Travel Funding for Grad Students in European Studies

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:
Council for European Studies Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowships
The Council for European Studies (CES) invites eligible graduate students to apply for its 2011 Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowships.

Designed for students in the early stages of the dissertation process, each fellowship includes a stipend of $4,000, travel support for attending the CES International Conference of Europeanists, and the opportunity to publish in Perspectives on Europe, a semi-annual publication of the Council for European Studies.

More specifically, the Council seeks applicants for the following:
1) Twenty (20) Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowships for graduate students working on general topics in European Studies. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

2) One (1) Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship for a graduate student working on a topic within the field of Portuguese Studies and whose research requires travel to Portugal for all or a portion of the research term. Funded by the Luso-American Development Foundation.

3) One (1) Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship for a graduate student working within the discipline of Anthropology on a topic in European Studies. Funded by the Society for the Anthropology of Europe.
For more information, please visit http://ces.columbia.edu/awards/awards.html.
 
Find more funding opportunities at the UW Libraries Grants & Funding Information Service.

International Human Rights Day Celebration

THIS WEEK:  Join the University of Washington’s “Write-a-Thon” Campaign !!

As part of the International Human Rights Day Celebration taking place at the UW on December 10th, the UW is WRITING FOR RIGHTS, (http://www.amnestyusa.org/writeathon/).  Letters will be written both to leaders who have the authority to free the prisoners, as well as letters of solidarity written to the prisoners themselves.

STOP BY TO WRITE LETTERS:

• UW Law School, Gates Hall, 12:30-1:20 Tuesday,  Dec.7
• UW Law School, Gates Hall, 12:30-1:20 Wednesday, Dec. 8
•  Red Square, 12:30-2pm on Tuesday, Dec. 7th.

This action will focus on the following 4 cases:

a.      Su Su Nway of Myanmar and other prisoners of conscience in Myanmar  
b.      The Case of maternal health in Burkina Faso
c.      The Case of Norma Cruz in Guatemala
d.      The Case of Reggie Clemons in the USA.

The UW “Write-a-Thon” event will culminate at the December 10th International Human Rights Day Celebration to be held on Friday December 10, 2010 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in University of Washington Seattle, William Gates Hall, Room 115.  In addition to a full program highlighting human rights and student engagement, attendees will have the opportunity to write letters and to learn more about the individual cases.  Those who write letters will be entered in a drawing to win a $50 gift certificate from the UW Bookstore OR a one pound bag of Starbucks coffee.

The UW has set a goal of 2010 letters, and has also challenged Evergreen State College, UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Riverside (who are also participating in the “Write-a-Thon”) to see who can write the most letters.  WE ARE HALF WAY THERE WITH 1,000 LETTERS - Let’s make UW #1 in terms of the most letters written!

This event is co-sponsored by the UW Center for Human Rights and the UW School of Law.

**For more information regarding the Write-a-Thon, please contact mariahortiz@gmail.com

At Northwest Film Forum: Deleuze and Cinema: An Introduction

Wednesday, Dec 08 at 07:00PM

The philosophy of Gilles Deleuze is perhaps one of the most important but least understood syntheses of cinema history and philosophy in the last forty years. In this two-hour discussion session, Joe Milutis will give a general introduction to Gilles Deleuze’s major books Cinema One and Cinema Two (English translation), with particular emphasis on Deleuze’s philosophy of the virtual, and its relation to the work of Henri Bergson.

More info at NW Film Forum.

Read up before you go!  Books by Deleuze.  Books about Deleuze.

Suitcase: Artists from around the world at Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Suitcase exhibit: Featuring 100 artists -- 10 artists from 10 different countries around the world -- Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Poland, and the United States.

There will be an opening reception for the exhibit from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7. The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is located in the north corner of the Art Building on the first floor.  Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, noon-4 p.m.  All events at the Gallery are free and open to the public.  For more information call 206-685-1805.

Daniele Di Lodovico holds a degree in Medieval Art from the University of Perugia and an MA in Italian Studies from the University of Washington. He is currently a PhD student in Art History. 

Read more about the event.  While you're there, why not stop by the Art Library to read more about the artists on display?