[Air-l] Fwd: please circulate

[jeremy hunsinger]

>Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:27:45 +0200
>From: Anne von der Heiden <anne.vonderheiden at kwi-nrw.de>
>Subject: please circulate
>To: cddc at vt.edu
>Reply-to: Anne von der Heiden <anne.vonderheiden at kwi-nrw.de>
>Organization: KWI
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>The Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = 
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>im Wissenschaftszentrum des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen,
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>an international Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities,
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>hereby announces the
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>International Award for Advanced Research in the Humanities
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>of North Rhine-Westphalia
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>The International Award for Advanced Research in the Humanities of North 
>Rhine-Westphalia supports international research in the field of the 
>Humanities and the interdisciplinary debates about its basic research 
>questions, methodological approaches and interpretive strategies. The 
>Award will honour an exceptional and innovative research project that 
>focuses on foundational problems of modern societies and cultures.
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>The Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut (Essen, Germany) invites scholars 
>throughout the world involved in any discipline related to the humanities, 
>social sciences and cultural studies to apply for the Award with 
>suggestions for research projects. A renowned jury will examine the 
>applications and select the Award-winner. The Award will then be granted 
>by the Federal Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia. The Award 
>includes a budget of DM 1,000,000.- to finance the Award-winner s position 
>at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut and the on-going activities of a 
>research group that is to be selected by the Award-winner and to be 
>established at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut in Essen for a period 
>of two years as from the 1st of April, 2002.
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>The Award-winner and the members of his/her research group are 
>accommodated at the Institute in Essen for this time period. The Institute 
>offers housing as well as a library and other research services. Located 
>in the center of Essen and in the direct neighbourhood of other cultural 
>centers such as Cologne and Düsseldorf, the Institute provides manifold 
>opportunities fur cultural and academic exchange.
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>Interested scholars are asked to send their application and research 
>proposal to the President of the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, 
>Professor Dr. Jörn Rüsen, Goethestrasse 31, 45128 Essen, Germany by July 
>31st, 2001. The application should include a half-page abstract, a ten 
>page outline of the research project, and an academic CV of the applicant. 
>It should also include a list of possible members of the research group, 
>proposals for conferences and workshops connected with the project, and an 
>outline of the research schedule. For further information please contact 
>the Institute s academic manager, Dr. Norbert Jegelka (tel. +49 / 201 / 72 
>04 ext. 161; fax: +49 / 201 / 72 04 ext. 111) or visit the Institute s 
>website: <http://www.kwi-nrw.de>http://www.kwi-nrw.de
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>Anne von der Heiden
>Assistentin von Prof. Dr. Slavoj Zizek
>Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut NRW
>Goethestr. 31
>D - 45128 Essen
>Tel. +49-201-7204-255
>Fax. +49-201-7204-111

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