Latin American Studies Center - Post-Doctoral Fellowship Competition Fellowship Deadline: 2000-03-01

The Latin American Studies Center is pleased to announce the
2000-2001 Post-Doctoral Fellowship Competition

The Latin American Studies Center at the University of Maryland College Park is pleased to announce a new competition for residential fellowships to begin in Fall 2000. For the current competition, the Center will particularly welcome proposals that address issues related to culture and democracy, governance and civil society, literature and ethnicity, and migration studies.

Fellows are required to be in full-time residence at the University of Maryland during the period of award. They will be asked to teach a seminar within the unit appropriate to the Fellows' discipline.

Resident fellowships are limited to post-doctoral applicants (Ph.D. or equivalent). Senior and junior scholars from any country are eligible. Applicants need not have an academic affiliation. Two Fellows, one for Fall 2000 and a second for Spring 2001, will be selected. Fellows will receive $16,000 for one semester.

Applications for resident fellowships must include: 1) the application form; 2) a description of the proposed research (2,500 words approximately) that defines the project to be carried out while in residence; 3) samples of pertinent publications if available (non returnable); 4) curriculum vitae; 5) three letters of reference.

Complete applications can be downloaded from the web address http://www.inform.umd.edu/LAS/grants and are due on March 1, 2000.
Announcement of awards will be made on April 1, 2000. For further information and applications contact the Latin American Studies Center, 4205 Jimenez Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Phone: (301) 405-6459 / Fax: (301) 405-3665 / e-mail: al68@umail.umd.edu

Contact information:
Christina Guidorizzi
University of Maryland
Latin American Studies Center
4205 Jimenez Hall
Phone: 301-405-6459
FAX; 301-405-3665
Email: guido@wam.umd.edu

Fellowship website:
http://www.inform.umd.edu/LAS/grants