Call for Applications

Gerardo Otero (otero@sfu.ca)
Thu, 27 Feb 1997 15:17:07 -0800

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>SUMMER SEMINAR IN U.S. STUDIES FOR LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL SCIENTISTS
>AND NON-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS
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>June 23 - August 1, 1997
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>CENTER FOR U.S.-MEXICAN STUDIES
>University of California, San Diego
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>1997 Competition
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>The Summer Seminar in U.S. Studies is designed for Latin American scholars
>and non-academic professionals who want to understand, teach, and do
>research on the United States. The Seminar immerses participants in the
>most recent research on U.S. political and economic history, the U.S.
>Constitution and judiciary, Congress, the presidency, political parties and
>elections, the mass media, the economy, organized labor, environmental and
>other nongovernmental organizations, foreign policy making, and the U.S.
>role in the global economy.
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>Citizens of any Latin American or Caribbean country may apply. Because all
>instruction will be provided in English, Seminar participants must be able
>to speak and read easily in that language. The criteria for selection are
>as follows:
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>· Professors or researchers who seek to improve their capacity to teach or
>do research on the United States, and to update their knowledge of that
country.
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>· Students who have completed at least one year of study at the graduate
>level, in any of the social sciences or history, at their home institution.
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>· Students who have been accepted for graduate study in the social sciences
>or history at a U.S. university during the coming academic year.
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>· Non-academic professionals working in private research institutes,
>government, business, journalism, law, and nongovernmental organizations, as
>well as other individuals involved in such fields as ecology, human rights,
>and poverty alleviation and whose responsibilities relate to the United States.
>
>A limited number of financial awards will be available to participants.
>These awards cover registration fees, housing on the UCSD campus, meals,
>access to library facilities, reading materials required for the Seminar,
>and limited medical insurance. Budget limitations do not allow for
>transportation expenses. We invite applications from individuals who can
>provide their own financial support to cover all or part of the expenses
>described above. We also encourage applicants to seek support from their
>home institutions or from other sources. The selection of all participants
>is based on merit.
>
>For further information and application materials, please contact the Center
>at Tel: (619) 534-4503, Fax: (619) 534-6447, E-mail: usmex@ucsd.edu.
>Application forms can be downloaded from the Center’s web page:
>http://weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/USMex/welcome.htm
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>The absolute deadline to submit applications for this competition is March
>14, 1997.
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