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From: Kevin Eric Laney <kel1@columbia.edu>
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  Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:13:03 -0500
From: Vedrana Hadzialic <ieresvh@gwu.edu>
To: 'Vedrana Hadzialic' <ieresvh@gwu.edu>
Subject: GW Summer Institute on Archival Research for grad students| Deadline
      extended



CALL FOR APPLICATIONS



The George Washington University Cold War (GWCW) Group

Fourth Annual

Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research

June 12-16, 2006



Ph.D. students from any discipline working on dissertations involving
archival research on Cold War topics (broadly defined) are invited to
apply to participate in a five-day Summer Institute on Conducting
Archival Research at The George Washington University in Washington,
D.C.  The Summer Institute will focus on training graduate students to
get the most out of their time conducting research in archives and offer
the following sessions:



·          how to prepare to go to an archive

·          how to structure your time in the archives

·          understanding how archival documents come to be written and
deposited in archives

·          understanding the challenges of interpreting archival
documents, issues of culture and language in working in non-American
archives

·          how to search for information not in the archives, such as
consulting private papers

·          making Freedom of Information Act requests for
still-classified documents

·          conducting oral history interviews



Summer Institute participants will be actively involved in reading
archival documents (in English translation) provided to them during the
sessions and discussing their interpretation.  There will be an optional
session on Friday, June 16 for those students wishing to visit the staff
at the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, MD.



The Summer Institute is directed by the faculty of the GW Cold War Group
(including Hope M. Harrison, James G. Hershberg, James M. Goldgeier, and
Gregg Brazinsky).   Speakers include researchers from the National
Security Archive and the Cold War International History Project as well
as staff from the National Archives, the Presidential Libraries, the
State Department Historian's Office, and the Library of Congress.



The Summer Institute will be limited to 25 participants. Applicants must
submit the application form (to be downloaded from www.ieres.org ), a
two-page proposal indicating how they would benefit from participation in
the Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research, a curriculum vitae,
and one letter of recommendation from a faculty member in their
department. The deadline for applications HAS BEEN EXTENDED to February
21, 2006 and decisions will be announced by March 1, 2006.  APPLICANTS:
Please send applications via e-mail to ieresvh@gwu.edu (letters of
recommendation can be sent via regular mail to: The Institute for
European, Russian and Eurasian Studies; ATTN: SICAR ; 1957 E Street,
N.W., Suite 412, Washington,  D.C. 20052)



Applicants are expected to obtain travel costs from their home
department. GWU will cover the costs of housing and meals during the
Institute.



To see the program from the 2005 Summer Institute please visit
ieres.org.


  Please forward it to your students and if possible post it on your
department's websites.
Sincerely,

Vedrana Hadzialic
Assistant to the Director
Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street, Suite 412
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: (202) 994-6342
Fax: (202) 994-5436
Web: ieres.org


  -- 
Kevin Eric Laney
The Harriman Institute at
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