POLIN Museum’s Global Educational Outreach Program, supported by the
William K. Bowes Jr Foundation and the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life
and Culture, is offering up to six doctoral and post-doctoral
fellowships for from three to five consecutive months in residence at
POLIN Museum and the Jewish Historical Institute (ŻIH). The fellowship
stipend is $2,000 per month.
Our goal is to support the scholarship on the Jewish history and
culture in the territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and its
successor states and new cohort of scholars expert in this field.
Fellows will be draw on POLIN Museum’s Core Exhibition, Resource Center,
library, and collection and on its expert staff. They will also have
access to the archive, library, and collection of the Jewish Historical
Institute. They will also be able to take advantage of libraries,
archives, and academic institutions research centers in Warsaw, Poland’s
vibrant capital city, Cracow, and elsewhere in Poland.
Fellows will be provided with a working space. POLIN Museum will offer assistance in finding housing in Warsaw.
Fellows will have the opportunity to:
- present their work-in-progress in a monthly seminar and receive feedback from their colleagues
- participate in the full programme of lectures, workshops, and conferences at POLIN Museum and the Jewish Historical Institute
- conduct research in archives and libraries in Warsaw and of Poland
- consult with an assigned mentor from POLIN Museum, the Jewish Historical Institute, or other academic institutions in Warsaw or Poland.
Requirements
Candidate for fellowships may apply for a period of between three and
five months and must have at least a passive knowledge of Polish and a
working knowledge of English. Applicants from any discipline related to
the history and culture of Polish Jews may apply. Applicants from
doctoral programmes from the United States and Canada should be ABD.
Those from Europe, Israel and other countries should be within two years
of completing their PhD. Post-doctoral candidates must have completed a
PhD within the past five years.
The Application Process
Applicants should submit their curriculum vitae (no longer than four
pages), a detailed statement of current research, including work plans
during the fellowship (up to 2000 words), and one writing sample (no
more than 25 pages). Applications should be submitted in English and PDF
format to GEOP@polin.pl.
Two letters of recommendation should be submitted directly by the recommenders in English by e-mail to GEOP@polin.pl. Members of the Selection Committee (see below) may not write letters of recommendation. Only two letters will be considered.
- Application deadline: November, 30, 2015
- Deadline for letters of recommendation: December 13, 2015.
- Decisions will be announced by March 2016.
- Fellowships may start as early as September 2016, and should be completed no later than August 2017.
- For more information, please email: GEOP@polin.pl
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