Visiting Member Awards in the School of Social Science

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-- Sponsor: Institute for Advanced Study

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support to visiting scholars at the junior and senior levels to pursue research in the social sciences. The focus of this year's program is "The 'Third World' Now." Fifteen to twenty awards will be made.

-- Deadline: 11/15/2006

-- Contact: Administrative Officer, School of Social Science, Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540

-- E-mail: donne@ias.edu

-- Web Site: http://www.sss.ias.edu/applications/announcement.pdf

-- Program URL: http://www.sss.ias.edu/applications/

-- Tel: 609-734-8250

-- Fax: 609-951-4457

-- OBJECTIVES: Areas of study include: economics, political science, law, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. The sponsor encourages social scientific work with a historical and humanistic bent and also entertains applications in history, philosophy, literary criticism, literature, and linguistics.

-- The theme for 2007-08 is The Rule of Law Under Pressure. The pressure comes from the "war on terrorism" (and other wars) and from the claim that military and political emergencies require the expansion of executive power and the violation of conventional moral norms. We are interested in all these issues as they arise, and as they have arisen, in political life: dirty hands, Machiavellian princes, emergency powers, the debate about torture, and so on. But we are also interested in the opposite of all these: constitutionalism, limited government, judicial review, and civil liberties. How does the rule of law work to protect ordinary citizens? What is the role of judges and courts in maintaining the rule of law? When do the "needs of the hour" override constitutional limits? What does "necessity" mean in politics and war, and who decides when it comes into play?.

-- ELIGIBILITY: A completed doctorate or equivalent is required by the application deadline, and memberships are awarded at the junior and senior levels.