aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Re: Mellon-Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellowship at Universityof California

[M T Znayenko <znayenko@andromeda.rutgers.edu>]

> Greetings,
> 
> The following is a call for applications for a Mellon-Sawyer Postdoctoral 
> Fellowship at the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at 
> the University of California, Berkeley.  The announcement below and the 
> attachment are identical.  Please post and/or share this announcement with 
> your affiliates.
> 
> Thank you,
> Kalynn Yastro
> Program Assistant, Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
> 
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> 
> The Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the 
> University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a Mellon-Sawyer 
> Postdoctoral Fellowship for academic year 2006-2007 in conjunction with a 
> seminar series entitled, "Private Wealth and Public Power: Oligarchs, 
> Tycoons, and Magnates in Comparative Perspective." We seek a recent Ph.D. 
> whose research focuses on the seminar theme in whole or in part in communist 
> or post-communist societies. The seminars will explore the dramatic shift in 
> the interface of wealth and power in post-communist countries over the past 
> fifteen years by placing them in comparative and historical perspective, 
> using contemporary Russia and Ukraine as points of departure.
> 
> Eligibility is restricted to applicants who have received a Ph.D. since May 
> 2001. Applicants must have their degree in hand or a letter from the 
> dissertation chair indicating completion of the dissertation by the beginning 
> of the academic year.  While at Berkeley, the postdoctoral fellow will be 
> expected to participate in the seminars, contribute to our community's 
> exploration of the research theme, present a paper or dissertation chapter, 
> and participate in the intellectual life of ISEEES.
> 
> Compensation will be $35,000 plus benefits (including medical).  To apply, 
> candidates should send the following materials to the ISEEES Postdoctoral 
> Fellowship Committee at the address below by April 15, 2006: a one- or 
> two-page research plan outlining how the scholar's time will be spent at 
> Berkeley; a curriculum vitae; a substantial portion of the dissertation (an 
> abstract, plus one or two chapters); two or three letters of recommendation. 
> No online applications will be accepted.  Inquiries should be sent by e-mail 
> to bsp@socrates.berkeley.edu. A decision on the competition will be made by 
> early May and applicants will be notified in a timely manner.
> 
> Mailing address:
> 
> Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee
> Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
> University of California, Berkeley
> 260 Stephens Hall #2304
> Berkeley, CA 94720-2304