The Helen Diller Family Scholarships & Fellowships for Students from Israel

The Helen Diller Family Scholarship for Incoming Students:
This program supports new graduate students from Israel who have been 
admitted to U.C. Berkeley. Nominations will be solicited from relevant 
departments and professional schools of incoming graduate students from 
Israel who have been accepted into Ph.D. programs in the humanities, 
social sciences or professional schools. Individuals may not apply. The 
scholarship will cover tuition, fees, and a stipend of around $18,000 
for the recipient’s first year at U.C. Berkeley. This one-year grant is 
conditional upon the department offering the student a fellowship and/or 
teaching package in years two and three. It is expected that year four 
will be funded by a Dissertation Completion Fellowship (DCF) offered by 
Graduate Division. Nominations must include nominee’s complete 
application for admission to UC Berkeley and a letter of nomination from 
the chair of the departmental admissions committee. Nominations from 
departments accompanied by a department commitment are due on February 
4, 2013.

The Helen Diller Family Dissertation Research & Writing Fellowship for 
Continuing Students:
Continuing Ph.D. students from Israel who meet the same criteria as 
above and have advanced to candidacy or will have done so by the 
beginning of the fall 2013 semester may apply for the Helen Diller 
Family Dissertation Research & Writing Fellowship for Continuing 
Students from Israel. This fellowship covers tuition, fees, and offers a 
stipend of around $18,000. Applications for this fellowship are accepted 
directly from students and must include a c.v., dissertation proposal, 
table of contents, sample dissertation chapter (if available) and a 
letter of nomination from the primary Ph.D. advisor. Applications will 
be accepted from candidates in the humanities, social sciences and 
professional schools. Application materials are due on February 4, 2013.

Send all application materials to:
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
340 Stephens Hall #2314
Berkeley, CA 94720-2314

For more information contact the CMES at cmes@berkeley.edu 

Link:  http://jewishstudies.berkeley.edu/content/helen-diller-family-programs-jewish-studies

Post-Doc Position at Cornell

The ILR School at Cornell University invites applications for a one year post doctoral position to begin August 2013.  We are looking for applicants whose research interests center around comparative industrial relations and/or comparative human resource management topics. We expect that the applicants will teach one course each semester on an international/comparative topic of their choice. 

Information about the ILR School is available at www.ilr.cornell.edu. Faculty in its Department of International and Comparative Labor, where the applicant will be based, include leading scholars from a number of disciplinary backgrounds who study a broad range of issues related to employment relations. Information about the department is available at www.ilr.cornell.edu/academics/IC.html.

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter describing their research and teaching interests, a vita, a writing sample, a teaching proposal, and two reference letters to:

Professor Sarosh Kuruvilla, Chair
Department of International and Comparative Labor
ILR School, Cornell University

Applications and supporting material should be emailed to Anne Sieverding (ACS5@Cornell.edu).
Review of applications will begin December 10. Questions about this position should be directed to Prof. Sarosh Kuruvilla  (sck4@cornell.edu).

The Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies

Each year, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany offers a limited number of fellowships for doctoral and postdoctoral (new!) candidates around the world pursuing Holocaust studies.

Through the Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies, the Claims Conference supports Ph.D. and postdoctoral (new!) candidates pursuing advanced study of Jews who were systematically targeted for destruction or persecution by the Nazis and their allies between 1933 and 1945. Supported research can include: the immediate historical context in which the Shoah took place; political, economic, legal, religious or socio-cultural aspects; ethical and moral implications; or other related, relevant topics. Postdoctoral applicants who are researching contemporary anti-Semitism will also be considered and are encouraged to apply.

Kagan Fellowships are awarded to outstanding candidates around the world who exhibit strong personal commitment to Shoah memory, demonstrate excellence in academic achievement, and possess the potential to provide outstanding professional leadership that will shape the future of Holcoaust scholarship.

Ph.D. and postdoctoral fellows will receive a maximum of $20,000 per academic year

Application deadline is January 11, 2013

For more information: .http://fellowships.claimscon.org/

Brown University Post-Doc Academic Position

The following new job listing has been posted in the ASA Job Bank and may be of interest to section members:

Job ID: 8960
Institution: Brown University
Department: Environmental Change Initiative
Title: Interdisciplinary Postdoc - Environment Research
Position/Rank: Fellowships/Post-docs - Post-doctoral; Academic Positions - Other
Areas/Special Programs: Environmental Sociology; Demography

 For additional information on this position (including how to apply), visit the ASA Job Bank at http://jobbank.asanet.org.

UCHRI Graduate Event Co-Sponsorship Grants

The gathering of scholars for the purpose of discussion and sharing research is one of the most fruitful ways to enhance the University of California’s research mission and promote new directions in scholarship. Graduate students are a critical component of intellectual life and community in the humanities, often uniquely positioned to recognize and develop emerging trends in and across fields and to imagine new strategies for sharing and promoting research. To support this work, UCHRI is inviting proposals for campus-based events planned and hosted by UC graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Co-sponsorship funds provides provides partial funding and it is not meant as the primary source of event support.

Proposals may be for single or multi-campus events, including lectures, workshops, or small conferences, as well as more innovative event structures (research slams, un-conferences, etc.)
Funding may be used for honoraria and travel for speakers, travel for participants, workshop materials, or other relevant categories. No more than 10% of the award may be used for food and beverages for the event.

Who Can Apply: UC Graduate Students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
Level of Award: $500 – $1000
Funding Source: UCHRI
Deadline: Rolling. Applications can be submitted at any time before March 27, 2013 (11:59 pm PST). Applications will be evaluated as they are submitted. For that reason, applicants are encouraged to plan early since funding requests may exceed available funding. Apply online via FastApps.

For more information http://uchri.org/funding/cfps/graduate-event-co-sponsorship-grant/

Andrew Vincent White and Florence Wales White Graduate Student Scholarship

The Andrew Vincent White and Florence Wales White Scholarship will be awarded to one or more regularly enrolled full-time UC graduate students working in appropriate fields. To be eligible for the Andrew Vincent White and Florence Wales White Scholarship, candidates must be current full-time UC graduate students whose research involves the humanities and medicine or theoretical social sciences and medicine; advanced to candidacy by June 30, 2013, and enrolled at their home campus during the scholarship period. Preference is given to students who are more advanced in their dissertation research and writing. The scholarship, of up to $20,000, may be used for a mix of fees, living expenses, and research expenses for one academic year. The student will be based at his or her home campus; the scholarship is not a residency at UCHRI.

Who Can Apply: UC graduate students working on a dissertation project in the Humanities and Medicine or in the Theoretical Social Sciences and Medicine
Level of Award: Up to $20,000. Awards are contingent upon available funding.
Funding Source: UCHRI
Deadline: February 13, 2013 (11:59 pm PST). Apply online via FastApps (opens on November 28, 2012).

For more information  http://uchri.org/funding/cfps/andrew-vincent-white-and-florence-wales-white-graduate-student-scholarship/

UCHRI Residential Research Group Fellowship

Residential research groups (RRGs) are at the heart of UCHRI’s activities, convening key scholars to work in collaboration on interdisciplinary topics of special significance. UCHRI promotes new scholarship in the humanities by fostering collaborative inquiry outside institutional and disciplinary structures. RRGs are in essence teams of researchers, often unknown to each other before residency, and assembled to work on a commonly defined research agenda. They are composed of a range of UC faculty, visiting scholars (including UC postdoctoral scholars), UC doctoral students, and non-UC faculty as resources allow.

Who Can Apply: UC Faculty, Post-Docs, Graduate Students and non-UC faculty.
Level of Award: Replacement for faculty and stipend for non-faculty.
Funding Source: UCHRI
Deadline: December 12, 2012 (11:59 pm). Apply on FastApps (opens on October 17)
Group residency quarter: Spring 2014
Topic: Urban Ecologies
Conveners:
 To be selected from applicants by the UCHRI Advisory Committee

For further information: http://uchri.org/funding/cfps/residential-research-group-fellowships/