USHMM DC Visiting Fellowships

S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
CENTER FOR ADVANCED HOLOCAUST STUDIES

2003-2004 Fellowship Opportunities

Application Deadline: November 30, 2002

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust
Studies announces its fellowship opportunities for 2003-2004.  The Center
awards fellowships to support research and writing about the Holocaust and
genocide studies.  Awards are granted on a competitive basis to Ph.D.
candidates, postdoctoral researchers, senior scholars, and professionals
holding degrees from accredited academic and research institutions
worldwide.  The Center welcomes approaches by scholars in history, political
science, literature, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and other
disciplines.

Visiting Scholars spend anywhere from two months to an academic year in
residence at the Museum.  During this time, fellows have access to more than
18 million pages of Holocaust-related documentation from archives across
Europe. The Center encourages research proposals that are based on the
Museum's recent acquisitions from regional and state archives of the former
Soviet Union, from Belgium, and France as well as records of Jewish
provenance from the Ringelblum Archive, the World Jewish Congress and other
international, state and local Jewish rescue and relief organizations.
Scholars may also utilize the Museum's library; oral history collection;
music, film, and photo archives; as well as the vast resources available at
other repositories in the Washington, DC area.

The postmark deadline for all fellowship applications is November 30, 2002.
Decisions will be announced in April 2003.  Fellowships may begin as early
as June 2003 and must be completed by September 2004.  All applications must
be in English and consist of:

1.Completed application form;
2.Project proposal not to exceed five single-spaced pages (see application
form for guidelines);
3.Curriculum vita;
4.Three letters of recommendation that speak to the applicant's ability to
carry out the proposed project.

For information on the Center, a partial description of the Museum's
archival and other holdings, and to obtain a fellowship application online,
please refer to the Museum's website at www.ushmm.org/research/center/.

Please direct any inquiries to:

Visiting Scholars Division
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC  20024-2126
Phone: (202) 314-0378
Fax: (202) 479-9726
Email: [email protected]