U of Notre Dame Kellog Visiting Fellowships

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VISITING RESIDENTIAL FELLOWSHIPS
2003-2004

Click here to see a list of Visiting Fellows

The Kellogg Institute promotes comparative international research by
attracting visitors, faculty, and students to Notre Dame and by providing
them with a supportive community of scholarship. Researchers nearly always
find new questions, ideas, and analytical approaches when they meet with
colleagues from other institutions. To encourage that interaction, the
Institute invites at least eight scholars each year from the United States
and abroad to spend a semester in residence as Visiting Fellows.

At the Institute these visitors from Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa,
and the United States meet regularly with Kellogg Fellows, all of whom are
Notre Dame faculty members, coming from 12 departments. They share work in
progress and research findings, undertake joint projects, gain feedback from
others, and help to set research priorities. Fellows participate in
twice-weekly seminars and other events at the Institute and advance their
research on individual or joint research projects related to the Institute's
themes.

FELLOWSHIPS: For the 2003-04 academic year (August-May), the Kellogg
Institute will offer up to eight Visiting Residential Fellowships of one
semester at the University of Notre Dame. Visiting Fellows are expected to
be in residence at the Institute and to take part in Institute seminars and
other meetings. They have faculty status within the University; they may
hold joint appointments in academic departments; and they may be invited to
teach a course. They have offices in the Hesburgh Center on campus and are
in residence during their appointment, staying in apartments located in the
residential wing of the Hesburgh Center.

THEMES: The Institute's research reflects commitments to democracy,
development, and social justice, and focuses on five priority themes. (1)
Democratization and the quality of democracy. The Institute studies cases of
transition to democracy, primarily in Latin America but also in Europe,
Asia, and Africa, and explores the various aspects that affect the quality
and eventual institutionalization of new democracies. It seeks to clarify
the factors that enhance democratic governability, accountability, and
responsiveness, as well as the expansion and consolidation of human rights
and of the quality of public life. It encourages scholarship-theoretical,
historical, and/or comparative-on these issues. (2) Growth and development.
This theme considers, using an interdisciplinary approach, the processes and
policies that potentially influence national and regional economic growth in
the context of an increasingly global economy. Research considerations
include the roles of economic, political, social, and cultural institutions,
government policies, market structures, distributional issues, international
trade and finance, and economic geography in explaining economic growth,
development, and welfare. (3) Religion and the Catholic Church. Dealing
mainly but not exclusively with Latin America, this theme focuses on past
and present trends in Catholicism and other religious traditions, on the
social and cultural relevance of churches, on the role of religion in
popular cultures, and on the influence of churches and religious belief upon
political, social, and cultural change. (4) Social movements and organized
civil society. The Institute studies women's movements, labor unions,
peasant organizations, Christian communities, popular culture, and other
grassroots expressions. It examines these expressions in their own logics as
well as in relation to various conceptions of citizenship, and of social and
political inclusion and exclusion. It also examines these expressions in
terms of their relation to types of political regime, patterns of
socioeconomic development, and to characteristics of labor markets. (5)
Public policies for social justice. From the perspective of various academic
disciplines, the Institute studies the impact of economic factors and
government policies on various issues of social equity. It studies and
fosters efforts to design public policies, as well as innovative interfaces
with various private organizations and social movements, that may advance
social equity without undermining economic development and the expansion and
institutionalization of democracy.

CRITERIA: The Institute seeks scholars of high accomplishment and promise
whose work and presence will contribute creatively to its major research
themes. It welcomes applications from candidates of any country who hold a
Ph.D. or equivalent degree in any discipline of the social sciences or
history. Candidates will be evaluated individually, but joint projects will
be considered.

A 6- to 8-page statement (double-spaced) of your research project is of
great importance in the selection process. Without imposing a rigid format,
we ask that you make clear: (a) the problem you are addressing, its interest
and importance within and beyond your field, with summary bibliographical
references; (b) how it relates to the research themes of the Kellogg
Institute; (c) your research design, including your basic hypotheses, the
methods you are using, and the kinds of data or evidence you are
considering; (d) where this particular project fits into your own
intellectual and professional development; and (e) how much you would expect
to complete during your time at the Institute.

STIPENDS: Stipends vary with seniority. Fellows may receive one direct
round-trip economy airfare.

DEADLINE: A complete application, including references and all
documentation, must be received by November 1, 2002. Awards will be
announced by February 1, 2003.

FORMS: Click here for an online form (information will be submitted via
email). Click here for a printable version (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

For more information, contact:

Sharon Schierling, Program Coordinator
University of Notre Dame
The Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Notre Dame, Indiana USA 46556-5677
e-mail: [email protected]