Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 11:00:17 -0800
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From: Graciela Platero <gplatero@weber.ucsd.edu>
Subject: Call for Applications - Please Post
SUMMER SEMINAR IN U.S. STUDIES
FOR LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL SCIENTISTS AND NON-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS
June 22 - July 31, 1998
CENTER FOR U.S.-MEXICAN STUDIES
University of California, San Diego
1998 Competition
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.
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:
· 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.
· 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.
· Students who have been accepted for graduate study in the social sciences
or history at a U.S. university during the coming academic year.
· 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
The absolute deadline to submit applications for this competition is March
13, 1998.