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> From: merithew@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU > Date: October 8, 2007 2:18:59 PM EDT > Subject: Fellowship Opportunities at NYU's Tamiment > > From: Michael Nash, Michael.Nash@nyu.edu > > Fellowship Opportunities at New York University's Tamiment Library > > The Center for the United States and the Cold War is pleased to > announce > that it will be offering a dissertation and post-doctoral > fellowship as well > as several travel grants for the 2008-2009 academic year. Our > mission is to > support research on the Cold War at home and the ways in which this > ideological and geopolitical conflict with the Soviet Union affected > American politics, culture, and society. We are particularly > interested in > proposals that deal with the impact that the Cold War had on the U.S. > political economy, the national security state, civil rights, civil > liberties, labor relations, and gender relations. The Center also > looks > forward to supporting projects that relate foreign policy to domestic > politics and those that see the central issue as U.S. response to > revolutionary nationalism and decolonization in Asia, Latin > America, and > Africa. > > The Frederic Ewen Academic Freedom Center offers a nine-month > residential > fellowship for projects relating to academic freedom and its > history. We > encourage proposals that seek to explore the ways that fear of enemies > abroad, and anxieties over perceived threats at home have jeopardized > academic freedom. Projects that focus on the public schools and the > changing nature of university governance are of particular interest. > > Post-doctoral scholars, public historians and documentary > filmmakers are > encouraged apply. > > The application deadline for all fellowships is February 1, 2008. > In order > to apply, please send the information listed below to Professor > Marilyn > Young and Dr. Michael Nash, Tamiment Library, New York University, 70 > Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012 > > 1. Copy of curriculum vitae > 2. Short project description (five pages maximum) > 3. Statement describing the relevance of the collections of the > Tamiment > Library to the project http://www.nyu.edu/library/research/tam > 4. Two letters of recommendation > 5. Writing samples are also welcome > > Dissertation fellows will receive stipends of $20,000 for a nine-month > academic year; stipends for post-doctoral and Ewen fellows will be > $40,000; > travel grants are $2,000 per month > > For more information, applicants are encouraged to contact either > Marilyn > Young ( Marilyn.Young@nyu.edu; 212 998 8610) or Michael Nash ( > Michael.Nash@nyu.edu; 212 998 2428).
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