Visegrad Scholarship Program Announcement

The Open Society Archives (OSA) at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, is running a joint scholarship program with the International Visegrad Fund for a better and deeper understanding of the interdependent recent history of (the center of) Europe. 

15 research fellowship grants in the Open Society Archives are offered annually on a competitive basis to support scholars artists and journalists who wish to conduct research in the holdings of OSA.

OSA Research Program

The current call is part of a reflexive-research program at OSA interested in the working knowledge and skills that characterized the investigations of Cold War experts and diverse monitoring agencies before 1989. As an institution dedicated to linking teaching, researching and archiving, OSA is engaged in a research program dedicated to conditions of knowledge production during and after the Cold War. This “practice focus” is parallel with the “practice turn” in the history of science with an interest in the history of Cold War ideology and social thought.

Application procedure

Please submit the following to OSA:

1.Application letter in English (should specify expected period of stay and preferred dates). Please note that the Archive’s Research Room is closed during the Christmas period, and the research stay must end on the last day of the academic year, July 31, 2018.

2.Research description/plan in English (about 800 words; should indicate the relationship between the current research topic, the chosen collection in the OSA holdings and the general research interest, etc.). Artists are expected to submit a portfolio, too.

3.Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)

4.Proof of officially recognized advanced level English language exam (native speakers and those with qualification from an English language institution/degree program are exempted)

5.Names of two referees with contact address. Letters of reference are not needed.

The Application letter, C.V., the Research description/plan, the copy of a language exam certification and the Referees’ contact information should be sent by email to Katalin Gadoros at gadoros@ceu.edu.

Submission deadline: March 15, 2018

Assessment

The Selection Committee will evaluate proposals on the strength of the professional quality and novelty of the research proposal, its relevance to the chosen topic and the involvement of the OSA holdings in the research. In the case of equal scores those from V4 countries have advantage.

For more information, please visit http://www.osaarchivum.org/work-with-us/fellowship/visegrad-scholarship