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Publication Date - 12/3/1999

53. University of California, Berkeley/Institute of International Studies - Rockefeller Humanities Fellowships

During the academic year 2000-2001, with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, the University of California,Berkeley's Institute of International Studies will begin the first year of a three-year project on the theme of "Community in Contention." The project intends to explore the meanings, uses and prospects for the idea of community in its social, political, and cultural expressions at the end of the twentieth century. Future themes include communities in exile, community and democracy, and community governance. For the forthcoming year (2000-2001) the project will focus on communities in various forms of crisis (genocide, civil war, economic breakdown, "natural" disasters) and how questions of accountability, identity, tolerance, and reconstruction are represented and addressed in light of these crises.

The stipend for this fellowship will be $35,000/year plus benefits.

Applications are welcome from the social sciences, humanities, and legal, health and human rights fields. Regional, comparative, and interdisciplinary interests are especially welcome. In addition to their individual writing and research, fellows will participate in seminars, conferences and other activities relevant to the overall themes of the project. Applicants need not be U.S. citizens. The deadline for applications for 2000-2001 is JANUARY 15, 2000.