[Tlc] T-visiting scholar program

[justinm at ucr.edu]

Forwarded from Dr. Daniel Unger.
Thanks,
justin

THAI VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM

SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THAI STUDIES

CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES, NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

 

 

The Thai Studies Committee at Northern Illinois University is soliciting applications from Thai scholars who would like to spend about a semester at NIU.  Visiting scholars may want to use time off from teaching to write up research or to further their research making use of NIU’s Donn V. Hart (Southeast Asia library) collection.   Recipients of the award, however, will be asked to participate actively in the NIU community of students and faculty with interests in Thailand, and Southeast Asia more generally, while they are in DeKalb.  This participation may involve making presentations at brown bag lunches, conferences, and/or in classrooms.   Applicants may request up to $7500 to be used toward expenses incurred by June 1, 2010.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

 

A typical applicant would be a professor teaching at a Thai university or a researcher associated with a Thai research institute. 

 

Application:

 

Deadline: July 1,  2009

 

Applicants must send a two-page letter describing their research and how the opportunity to work at NIU would contribute to the research.  The letter should indicate how much money the applicant is seeking and the how those funds would be used (applicants would be reimbursed based on receipts.)  Applicants also should request two letters of recommendation be submitted independently (to the email address below) and include an up-to-date CV. 

 

 

Applications are to be submitted to Nancy Schuneman (nschunem at niu.edu) at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Pottinger House.

 

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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu