Fellowship

Call for Nominations: Weiser Emerging Democracy Fellowships for Incoming Graduate Students

The Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies at the University of Michigan (WCED) offers Weiser Emerging Democracy Fellowships for Incoming Graduate Students in 2013-14. These fellowships will be awarded to incoming graduate students at the University of Michigan who expect to focus their graduate work around the theme of “emerging democracy past or present” in Europe, Russia, or Eurasia.

This focus on emerging democracy is understood broadly. For example, it might refer to the historical development of democratic (or conversely, autocratic) rule; the impact of culture, literature, or the economy on democratic governance; the public sphere and civil society; or the impact of environmental conditions. While focus on post-communist Europe and Eurasia is preferred, we also welcome comparative and historical studies of the emergence of democracy in other regions.

Working with departments and schools, WCED will help recruit students to the University of Michigan and the study of emerging democracy. We encourage all units to collaborate with us in developing this thematic within scholarly disciplines, and across the university, by nominating their best prospective students in this field of scholarship.

Fellowship awards up to $12,000 will be given; the number of fellowships awarded is contingent on the availability of funds.

We expect Weiser Emerging Democracy Fellows to participate in the various lectures and conferences of the Center, and to join the Emerging Democracies Graduate Workshop. Upon successful completion of this workshop, up to an additional $3,000 will be added to awardees’ accounts to support their research on emerging democracy.

Current and past WCED Graduate Fellow profiles

Nominating departments/schools must provide:

1. A copy of all application materials submitted for consideration of admission.
2. A letter of support from the department chair and/or faculty advisor, including information on other funding to be offered to the nominee and the proposed use of Weiser Emerging Democracy Fellowship funds, and a brief explanation about how this student’s work—if not obvious from the application—would inform the study of emerging democracy.

Deadline for submission of nomination materials: February 15, 2013

For more information, please contact Julie Claus at 734.936.1842 or jclaus@umich.edu.

Nominations should be sent to:
Student Fellowships
Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies
1080 S. University Ave, Suite 3668
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106

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Julie E. Claus
Academic Services Coordinator
Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies
Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Center for European Studies
University of Michigan
jclaus@umich.edu
http://ii.umich.edu/wcee
Tel: 734.936.1842