[Tlc] new fellowships and CFP

[justinm at ucr.edu]

FYI. Please scroll down for information on new fellowships and
calls for papers from NUS, Harvard, University of Washington,
SEASR and Human Rights.
Thanks,
justin 

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University
of Singapore, invites applications for the above, to be based
in the Southeast Asian Studies Programme
(http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/sea/).

The successful candidate will be someone who holds a PhD
degree (or is awaiting conferment) and has broad
interdisciplinary expertise and research interests in 
Southeast Asian Studies (including specializations in
anthropology, cultural studies, economics, geography, history,
political science and sociology).  The Fellow will work with
faculty members in the Department with ongoing research in
these and/or related areas.

The terms and conditions for the Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (FASS-PDF) are as follows:

1.      Contract tenable for one year and renewable, upon
review, up to two years, to be awarded on a competitive basis
to deserving candidates.
2.      A stipend of S$4,000 per month.
3.      An allowance of S$500 a month as contribution towards
housing expenses for non-citizens and their spouses who do not
own any property in Singapore and whose spouses are not in
receipt of any form of housing benefits from their Singapore
employers.
4.      Provident fund benefits for Singapore citizens and
permanent residents.

5.      Travel Assistance, payable once only, as follows.
*       $2,000 for the Postdoctoral Fellow
*       $2,000 for spouse
*       $1,000 for each child up to a max of 3 children (up to
age 18 years and for those of schooling age, in receipt of
full-time education)

        The above travel assistance is a contribution towards
expenses incurred by the appointee and his/her dependants in
re-locating to Singapore. Such expenses refer to costs for
travel, packing, transportation and insurance of personal and
professional effects as well as settling-in expenses.  The
travel allowance is contingent upon the Postdoctoral Fellow's
completion of his/her initial one-year contract. In the event
that the appointee does not fulfill the initial one-year
contract, the appointee shall be liable to refund the
University a proportionate amount of the travel assistance
granted to him/her and his/her dependants on appointment.

6.      Foreign PDFs who are granted Singapore Permanent
Residence will continue to receive an allowance of S$500 a
month as contribution towards housing expenses.  The allowance
will cease once they acquire Singapore citizenship.
7.      .Medical benefits in accordance with the
Medisave-cum-Subsidised Outpatient (MSO) Scheme.
8.      Vacation leave of 28 days per calendar year.
9.      Conference funding support of up to S$3,000 for each
term of appointment, following normal approval procedures, to
present research papers in local and overseas conferences.
10.     Research funding from the Academic Research Fund (ARF)
in the capacity of Co-principal Investigator or Collaborator,
subject to NUS guidelines.  In outstanding cases, for projects
with clear deliverables ending before the expiry of the PDF
contract and with strong support by the Head of Department, a
Postdoctoral Fellow may apply for research support as
Principal Investigator.  Research grants are awarded on a
competitive basis, depending on the merit of each case.
11.     Research funding under the Faculty's Staff Research
Support Scheme, if available.
12.     One month's notice for termination or salary in lieu
of notice.

In addition, the postdoctoral fellow will be expected to:
*       Present at least one seminar a year;
*       Give first right of refusal for at least one
publication to a Department/Faculty-produced journal, where
appropriate;
*       Contribute to the activities of graduate students;
*       Participate in a joint research project with NUS
staff, where appropriate

PDFs may be required to participate in some part-time teaching
of up to 3 hours per week without additional pay.

Interested scholars should submit the following by 31 December
2006:
*       An application form (can also be downloaded from the
website http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/about/res_fellow_postdoc.htm)
*       Curriculum vitae, with complete list of publications
*       Academic certificates and transcripts
*       2 letters of reference
*       A detailed research proposal of 4-6 pages (double spaced)

To:            Head
                Southeast Asian Studies Programme
                Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
                Blk AS3 Level 6, #06-17
                National University of Singapore
                Singapore 117570
                Tel (65) 6516 6338=20
                Fax (65) 6777 6608
                Website: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/sea/
____________________________________________________________

HARVARD ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES, THE
ACADEMY SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Targeted Fields: Social Sciences. School of Law.

Open To: Students Working on Doctoral Dissertation.
Postdoctoral Scholars.

Citizenship: No citizenship requirements.

Eligibility Requirements: Open to doctoral candidates and
recent PhD recipients. Doctoral candidates must have completed
all course work and examinations by the beginning of the
academic year in which they seek support. Postdoctoral
scholars currently holding teaching or research positions are
also eligible to apply. Plan scholarly career at a university.

Stipend: Pre-doctoral scholars will receive an annual stipend
of $28,000. Postdoctoral scholars will receive an annual
stipend of $46,000.

Deadline: 10/13/2006

Program Description: Two year scholarship for advanced
dissertation or postdoctoral level work at Harvard University.
Intended for scholars pursuing an academic career involving a
social science discipline and area studies. Approximately 5
scholars will be selected.

For More Information:
The Academy Scholars Program
Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
1727 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-2137
khoover at wcfia.harvard.edu
http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy/
_________________________________________________________

MICHIGAN SOCIETY OF FELLOWS, POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Targeted Fields: Humanities. Life Sciences. Physical Sciences.
Social Sciences. School of Arts and Architecture. School of
Education and Information Studies. School of Engineering.
School of Law. School of Management. School of Public Health.
School of Public Affairs. School of Theater, Film, & TV.

Open To: Postdoctoral Scholars.

Citizenship: No citizenship requirements.

Eligibility Requirements: Candidates should be near the
beginning of their professional careers and not more than
three years beyond completion of their degrees. PhD degree or
comparable professional or artistic degree must be received
prior to appointment. Application fee of $30.

Stipend: The annual stipend for fellows is $48,689.

Deadline: 10/6/2006

Program Description: Three-year postdoctoral fellowships at
the University of Michigan. Fellows are appointed as assistant
professors or research scientists and spend the equivalent of
one academic year teaching; the balance of their time is
devoted to independent research or artistic projects.

For More Information:
Michigan Society of Fellows
The University of Michigan
3572 Rackham Building
915 East Washington St.,
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1070
(734) 763-1259
society.of.fellows at umich.edu
http://www.rackham.umich.edu/Faculty/society.html
_______________________________________________________

Call for Papers

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of
Washington, Seattle (USA) invites academics, advanced graduate
students, and independent scholars to submit paper proposals
for the workshop, "Beyond Teleologies: alternative voices and
histories in colonial Viet Nam," to be held on the Seattle
campus of the University of Washington from Thursday, March
1st, to Sunday, March 4th, 2007.

Prof. Patricia Pelley (Texas Tech University), award-winning
author of "Postcolonial Vietnam: new histories of the national
past" (2002), will give the keynote address.

For this workshop, we are seeking papers that engage the broad
themes of alternative voices and counter-histories for the
period of French colonial rule, as well as the first phase of
the Franco-Viet Minh war in all areas of the country known
today as Viet Nam. Moving beyond the ideological demands of
colonialism, traditionalism, and nationalism, we seek to
re-evaluate
various political, social and cultural movements and phenomena
of the colonial era within their particular contexts and
meanings. Therefore, without diminishing the historical
centrality of 1945, the workshop will problematize teleologies
of 1945 in revolutionary-nationalist historiographies; i.e.,
the ways in which colonial-era histories often have come to be
interpreted merely through their supposed linkage to, and
subsumption under, the August Revolution as historical
endpoint. Papers might rather engage, for example, those
social and intellectual histories
that illuminate mentalités, or modes of thinking and being in
the modernizing colonial world, and investigate the symbolic
order and semantics of colonial power. Such topics might
include explorations of food, fashion, travel, advertising,
performance arts, or literature. Other papers might be
concerned with certain religious activities, social
identities, and political organizations beyond those that so
far have been paradigmatically privileged. Research on
³Cochinchina² up to 1949 is particularly encouraged.

Please submit
(1) a paper abstract,
(2) a brief statement how the paper will engage the larger
themes and
concerns of the workshop, and
(3) a short C.V. to:

Christoph Giebel & Judith Henchy
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
University of Washington, box 353650
Seattle, WA 98195-3650, USA
seac at u.washington.edu

Deadline: Monday, October 30, 2006

Participants should agree to submit their draft papers no
later than three weeks prior to the workshop, be willing to
provide detailed comments on other select papers, engage in
group deliberations during the entire workshop, and thereafter
commit to actively participate in periodic follow-up
discussions and commentary for the planned publications.
Participants will receive a modest travel subvention from the
organizers, but will be expected to cover most of their
expenses through other institutional funds.
______________________________________________________

Call for Papers
International Conference on Syncretism in South and Southeast
Asia: Adoption and Adaptation

This is a South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study
of Culture and Religion (SSEASR) Conference dealing with South
and Southeast Asia and is co-sponsored as a Regional
Conference by International Association for the History of
Religions (IAHR), Member of CIPSH, a n affiliate organization
of the UNESCO.

We plan to hold the Conference in Bangkok, Thailand from May
24 to 27, 2007 . We would be pleased if you would present
paper on any subject covering the scope of the Conference. The
information can be seen also at http://www.sseasr.org/ and the
Pre-registration form can be filled in online.

If you have any query, please do not hesitate to enquire.
Sophana Srichampa, Ph.D .
Chair, Organising Committee,
2nd SSEASR Conference, 2007
http://www.sseasr.org/
Email: conf2007 at sseasr.org    sseasr at gmail.com

__________________________________________________


Human Rights Delegations for Young Leaders
 
El Salvador, Cambodia, and Rwanda
Winter 2007 Programs

Global Youth Connect, an international human rights
organization, is
pleased to announce that we are currently recruiting young leaders
(ages 18-25) to participate in human rights delegations during the
winter of 2007.  Program locations include: El Salvador,
Cambodia, and
Rwanda.
 
Human rights delegations are a unique, first-hand opportunity
to cross
cultural boundaries and learn about the daily reality of human
rights
as experienced in a complex and increasingly globalized world.
 Each
delegation weaves together three core sets of activities: site
visits
to local organizations, hands-on fieldwork projects, and a cross-
cultural human rights training workshop.
 
Cambodia (December 27, 2006 - January 17, 2007)
Program Tuition:  $1,795

Participants will learn about the historical roots of conflict and
genocide in Cambodia.  We will examine how current human rights
challenges are impacting the country, particularly their
effect on the
lives of Cambodian youth.   We will connect with young
Cambodians and
get involved in collaborative projects to support the
development and
rebuilding process already underway.

Application Deadline:  Applications accepted on a rolling
basis but we
encourage you to apply as soon as possible.  Final deadline to
receive
applications is September 22, 2006.

How to Apply:  We invite interested young leaders to apply. 
We are
looking for participants who are between the ages of 18-25,
possess
U.S. citizenship or residency, or are studying full-time at a U.S.
college or university.  Most importantly, applicants should
wish to
expand their knowledge and understanding of human rights and
social
justice.  Participants will become part of a growing global
movement
of youth acting together for compassion, human rights and
responsibility.
 
For more information on the program details, costs, and how to
apply,
please visit our website:
http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/participate.html

______________
Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
2617 Humanities Building
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu