Yale Center for International and Area Studies--Residential Research Fellowships Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence

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• Yale Center for International and Area Studies--Residential Research Fellowships Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence

-- Sponsor: Yale University

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for residential research fellowships from scholars who address fundamental questions of order, conflict, and violence. The Program is offering two fellowships, pre- or postdoctoral, in 2008-09. Fellows will be expected to be in full-time residence during the academic year beginning September 1, 2008. During the tenure of their appointment, Fellows are expected to work on their research projects, interact with graduate students and faculty, contribute to the intellectual life of the Program, and participate in its collective activities and development.

-- Deadline: 02/15/2008

-- Contact: Larisa Satara, Visiting Scholars and Fellowships Director / MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, P.O. Box 208206, New Haven, CT 06520

-- E-mail: larisa.satara@yale.edu

-- Program URL: http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/ocvprogram/fellowships.html#

-- OBJECTIVES: This interdisciplinary research program based on the social sciences and history, aims to promote innovative research on such questions as the causes of breakdown of order and violent conflict, the material and non-material sources and consequences of conflict, the various forms of political violence (e.g. coups, massacres, revolutions, riots, war, and genocide), the likelihood that some types of group conflict may be more or less prone to escalating into violent conflict, the evolution of national, subnational, or transnational political orders, and the social and political conditions and institutions associated with the emergence and breakdown of order.

-- Postdoctoral Fellows are expected to teach one undergraduate seminar structured around the general themes of order, conflict, and violence. Ideally, they also will complete a significant publication during their residency. Predoctoral Fellows are expected to complete their doctoral dissertations.

-- ELIGIBILITY: In awarding fellowships, preference is given to: (a) graduate students who have made progress on their dissertations and are likely to complete them during their fellowship; and (b) recent Ph.D. recipients. Applicants for Pre-doctoral fellowships must have completed all coursework and general examinations at the time of application and are expected to have made significant progress on their dissertations. All candidates must be fluent in English.

-- FUNDING: The Program offers academic year stipends of $39,000 plus benefits to Postdoctoral Fellows and $22,000 plus individual health insurance coverage to Predoctoral Fellows: All Fellows appointed by the Program will have full access to the Yale University libraries and email. Normally, Fellows can expect shared office space, computer access and basic office supplies. Unfunded or partially funded pre- and postdoctoral fellowships may be available at the discretion of the Program. Interested candidates, who have other sources of funding, may apply with a clear indication of their funding situation. All applicants should indicate clearly whether they are seeking full or partial funding.