Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Rockefeller Fellowships for Vietnam
Culture, Art, Trauma, Survival, Development: Vietnamese Contexts
The William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences University of Massachusetts Boston
This project is the collaborative effort of the University of MassachusettsBoston's William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences,the Asian American Studies Program, the East Asian Studies Program, and theInstitute of Asian American Studies. This project will expand on the workof a previous cycle of fellowships "(Re)constructing Identity and Place in the Vietnamese Diaspora," seeking to examine the roles culture and art haveplayed in the contexts of postwar experiences of Vietnam and the Vietnamesepeople. Work may focus on both Vietnam and the Diaspora.
The project aims to engage scholars, activists, and community leaders whosework, both practical and theoretical, seeks to address the issues ofculture, art, war, trauma, survival, and development. As an acknowledgement of the diverse situations of scholars, artists, and activists in theVietnamese community, the project will support fellowships with flexibleresidency requirements. Fellows will make presentations on their research on campus and within the community and will interact with other fellows oncampus as part of other institutes' programs as well as the many visitingwriters and scholars who take part in other Joiner Center and University Programs. Fellows will receive full university affiliation, includingoffice, library privileges, copy and computing facilities, and telephone,fax and email services.
Applications include:1) a ten page essay describing the research project and its relation toother research in the field;2) a work plan for the proposed project;3) three letters of recommendation, reviewing the proposed project and the candidate's qualifications;4) an up-to-date curriculum vitae.Researchers could submit applications in English or Vietnamese.Application Deadline:For 2006-2007: January 31, 2006.
Contact: Kevin Bowen/Nguyen Ba Chung, William Joiner Center, HealeyLibrary, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125-3393,617-287-5850, fax 617-287-5855, email chung.nguyen@umb.edu,www.joinercenter.umb.edu.
The William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences University of Massachusetts Boston
This project is the collaborative effort of the University of MassachusettsBoston's William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences,the Asian American Studies Program, the East Asian Studies Program, and theInstitute of Asian American Studies. This project will expand on the workof a previous cycle of fellowships "(Re)constructing Identity and Place in the Vietnamese Diaspora," seeking to examine the roles culture and art haveplayed in the contexts of postwar experiences of Vietnam and the Vietnamesepeople. Work may focus on both Vietnam and the Diaspora.
The project aims to engage scholars, activists, and community leaders whosework, both practical and theoretical, seeks to address the issues ofculture, art, war, trauma, survival, and development. As an acknowledgement of the diverse situations of scholars, artists, and activists in theVietnamese community, the project will support fellowships with flexibleresidency requirements. Fellows will make presentations on their research on campus and within the community and will interact with other fellows oncampus as part of other institutes' programs as well as the many visitingwriters and scholars who take part in other Joiner Center and University Programs. Fellows will receive full university affiliation, includingoffice, library privileges, copy and computing facilities, and telephone,fax and email services.
Applications include:1) a ten page essay describing the research project and its relation toother research in the field;2) a work plan for the proposed project;3) three letters of recommendation, reviewing the proposed project and the candidate's qualifications;4) an up-to-date curriculum vitae.Researchers could submit applications in English or Vietnamese.Application Deadline:For 2006-2007: January 31, 2006.
Contact: Kevin Bowen/Nguyen Ba Chung, William Joiner Center, HealeyLibrary, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125-3393,617-287-5850, fax 617-287-5855, email chung.nguyen@umb.edu,www.joinercenter.umb.edu.
