The Visiting Scholars Program at CES

Every year, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies is pleased to host a number of Visiting Scholars from the US and abroad. The Center welcomes applications from post-doctoral social scientists and historians who are working on modern Europe.

The Harvard and CES communities provide an intellectually stimulating environment for scholars of modern Europe. Visitors take part in a weekly seminar that is an opportunity for them to present work in progress and receive feedback from colleagues in their field. In addition, the Center has a full program of talks, study group sessions and conferences in which visitors are encouraged to participate.

Scholars are admitted on a competitive basis for a period of at least three months and up to one year. Most will have their own source of funding such as sabbatical salary or grants since the Center does not generally provide funding for Visiting Scholars.


All questions and inquiries concerning Visiting Scholars should be addressed to the Executive Director of the Center, Dr. Patricia Craig at pcraig@fas.harvard.edu.


Important Dates

Visiting Scholars Program Application Deadline:
The regular deadline for the 2012-2013 academic year is March 2, 2012.

Off-cycle Application Deadline:
The deadline for 2012-2013 off-cylce applications has passed.

John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship Application Deadline:
The deadline for the 2012-2013 academic year has passed.

2011-2012 Academic Calendar:
Fall term: August 31, 2011 to December 20, 2011
Spring term: January 23, 2012 to May 12, 2012

Full FAS Academic Calendar until 2015:
http://www.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/fasro/common/calendar.jsp

Announcements

Next Visiting Scholars Seminar

 Photo of Will Phelan

Will Phelan, Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies

What is Sui Generis about the European Union? Costly International Cooperation in a Self-Contained Regime

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Cabot Room, Busch Hall
12:15pm-1:45pm

Call for Applications
CES is now accepting applications for the Visiting Scholars Program for the 2012-2013 academic year.
The deadline for applications is March 2, 2012 and letters of recommendation are due March 9, 2012. All application materials are submitted electronically.

Get more information and apply now »

Posted on 6 Jan 2012

Visiting Scholars Publications
European Multiculturalisms book cover

Nasar Meer, current visiting scholar, recently released his co-edited volume European Multiculturalisms: Cultural, Religious and Ethnic Challenges, Edinburgh University Press, 2011. This interdisciplinary book reviews the actual state of affairs in several countries in relation to the theories behind immigrant minority claims. With a special focus on Muslim immigrants, the contributors look at the value issues entrenched in multiculturalism and the policy challenges and measures adopted to address them.
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Understanding Academic Work in the Changing Institutional Environment book cover

Liudvika Leisyte, former visiting scholar (2008-2009) published a chapter on the changing practices and identities of academics: "Understanding Academic Work in the Changing Institutional Environment - a comparison between the U.S. and in Europe" in the Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, Springer, 2012.
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Nationhood from Below book cover

Maarten Van Ginderachter, former visiting scholar (2007-2008), recently released his co-edited volume Nationhood from Below. Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century, Basingstoke, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2012. In this book, both renowned historians and younger scholars try to answer this question of what the nation meant to ordinary people in a host of European countries, including Italy, Germany, France and Finland.
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