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 GRANT OPPORTUNITY
  
 The East European Studies (EES) program at the
Woodrow Wilson Center would
 like to announce the deadline for this year's Junior
Scholars' Training
 Seminar.  Please read below and see the attached
flier for more details.  If
 you have any further questions please do not hesitate
to contact EES by
 e-mail at ees at wwic.si.edu or phone 202.691.4222.  
  
 Junior Scholars' Training Seminar (JSTS)
 
 Deadline
 The deadline for receipt of this year's JSTS
applications and supporting
 materials is April 15, 2005. Applicants will be
notified approximately six
 weeks later.
 
 Background Information
 East European Studies of the Woodrow Wilson Center
and the Committee on
 Eastern European Studies of the American Council of
Learned Societies are
 soliciting applications for the eighteenth annual
training seminar for
 junior scholars in East European studies, to be held
outside of Washington,
 DC on the Chesapeake Bay from August 12 - 15, 2005.
All domestic
 transportation, accommodation and meal costs will be
covered by the
 sponsors. This program is funded by a grant from
Title VIII. 
 
 Eligibility
 These scholarships are only available to American
citizens or permanent
 residents. Graduate students enrolled in a doctoral
or masters program at an
 American university and recent graduates in any field
of East European are
 eligible to apply.
 
 All projects should aim to highlight their potential
policy relevance.
 Disciplines represented at JSTS 2004 included:
anthropology; history;
 political science; and, Slavic languages and
literatures.
 
 Program Description
 JSTS successfully combines formal and informal
meetings to promote a
 variety of intellectual exchanges. Past activities
have included:
 - individual presentations; 
 - constructive feedback and question and answer
sessions; 
 - one-on-one meetings for Junior Scholars with Senior
Scholars; 
 - advice regarding publishing; 
 - discussions about the state of the profession and
obtaining employment in
 the field; 
 - various social activities, including the crab-fest
and the annual
 volleyball challenge.
 
 Additional Requirements
 Successful applicants are expected to submit a
five-page paper no later
 than July 1 on the sources and methodology of their
report and the wider
 significance of their work. (In other words, what was
researched, how it was
 researched, and what it all means.) This paper will
serve as the basis for
 discussion at the seminar.
 
 Application Information
 To apply for the Junior Scholars' Training Seminar
(JSTS), the applicant
 must submit the following:
 - a completed application form (downloaded from
www.wilsoncenter.org/ees);
 - a curriculum vitae (which must include social
security number,
 institution where degree is expected or was received,
title of dissertation,
 and name and department of advisor);
 - a single page, single-spaced statement of the work
you wish to discuss -
 either the dissertation or another project;
 - one letter of recommendation from advisor. 
 
 The Junior Scholars' Training Seminar is supported by
the Act for Research
 and Training for Eastern Europe and Independent
States of Former Soviet
 Union program (Title VIII) of the United States
Department of State. 
 
 Completed application forms should be mailed to the
following address:
 East European Studies
 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
 One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
 Washington, DC 20004-3027
  

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 East European Studies
 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
 One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
 Washington, DC  20004-3027
  
 tel: 202-691-4000
 fax: 202-691-4001
  
 www.wilsoncenter.org/ees 
  
 Located in the Ronald Reagan Building
 Federal Triangle Metro Stop (Blue/Orange) Lines

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