[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] CfA: Human Rights Visiting Fellowships, Harvard Law School Human Rights Program

[Agron Alibali]

> I write to inform you about visiting fellowships of
> the Human Rights
> Program at Harvard Law School.  Given your close
> contact with activists and
> scholars engaged in human rights defense in the
> field, I thought you might
> be aware of promising candidates for this
> fellowship.
> 
> Founded in 1984, the Human Rights Program organizes
> a series of projects
> designed to promote scholarship and field work on
> human rights throughout
> the world.  Among these, our visiting fellowships
> figure prominently.
> 
> Through the fellowships, the Harvard Law School
> Human Rights Program seeks
> to give thoughtful individuals with a demonstrated
> commitment to human
> rights the opportunity to step back and conduct a
> serious inquiry in the
> human rights field. Women and men who become fellows
> at the Program are
> usually scholars with a substantial background in
> human rights, or
> experienced activists. On occasion, they have
> included young committed
> workers in the field with the capacity and interest
> to develop as teachers
> or activists. A number of fellows have also come
> from the judiciary.
> 
> Typically, fellows come from outside the United
> States. They spend from
> four months to one year in residence at the Law
> School and devote the bulk
> of their time to research and writing on a specific
> human rights topic.
> During this time, they may also audit courses in
> human rights and related
> subjects.
> 
> The fellows form an essential part of the human
> rights community at the
> Harvard Law School. With reasonable exceptions for
> brief trips, they are
> expected to remain in residence during the term of
> their fellowship and to
> participate actively in bi-weekly lunch discussions.
> Each fellow is
> required to make a presentation to Program staff,
> faculty and other fellows
> on at least one occasion. Fellows are also
> encouraged to participate in a
> number of other Program activities.
> 
> In order to profit from the fellowship, fluent oral
> English is essential.
> While the Program does not currently require a
> formal exam, it may request
> proof of such fluency.
> 
> The Program provides six to ten fellows annually
> with a shared office
> space, access to computers for word processing and
> basic internet
> applications (instruction is available at the start
> of the academic year),
> and use of the Harvard library system. The Human
> Rights Program does not
> charge fellows for the services and space that it
> provides. On the other
> hand, the Program cannot provide secretarial
> services for fellows, who must
> be prepared to take care of their own needs such as
> correspondence,
> photocopying, and so on. The Program does not, as a
> general matter, fund
> fellows or provide them with living expenses. When a
> fellow from a
> developing country cannot afford to come to HRP
> without additional aid, HRP
> will make every effort to provide such aid within
> the limits of its
> available funds. The Program will provide letters in
> support of fellows'
> applications for funding to foundations and other
> institutions.
> 
> Should you desire more information about our
> visiting fellows or if you
> would like to direct a potential applicant to the
> right person, please
> contact me at jcavalla at law.harvard.edu.  You may
> also reach me by phone at
> the HRP offices, at 1-617-495-5204.
> 
> Best regards,
> Jim Cavallaro
> Associate Director
> 
> 
> 


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