Princeton University is pleased to announce the
call for applications to the Fung Global Fellows Program at the Princeton
Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS).
Each year the Program selects six scholars from
around the world to be in residence at Princeton for an academic year and to
engage in research and discussion around a common theme. Fellowships are
awarded to scholars employed outside the United States who are expected to
return to their positions, and who have demonstrated outstanding scholarly
achievement and exhibit unusual intellectual promise but who are still early in
their careers.
During the academic year 2014/15, the theme for
the Fung Global Fellows Program will be "Global Diffusion." The
Program seeks applications from scholars developing new, innovative ways to
study global diffusion processes. The objects of diffusion could be specific
modes of social categorization (such as "race" in census forms),
principles of legitimation (such as democracy), government policies (such as
minority quota systems, forms of conflict (such as revolutions), or cultural
practices (such as Tango dancing or marrying "in white"). We
especially encourage analytically oriented approaches that identify recurring
patterns and mechanisms through rigorous comparison of multiple cases or
quantitative analysis, with broad geographic (preferably trans-continental)
coverage. Researchers working on all historical periods of the modern age, all
regions of the world and of all disciplinary backgrounds in the social sciences
and humanities are encouraged to apply.
Applications are due on November 1, 2013 (deadline
11:59 p.m. EST). To be eligible, applicants must have received their Ph.D. (or
equivalent) no earlier than September 1, 2004. Fellowships will be awarded on
the strength of a candidate's proposed research project, the relationship of
the project to the Program's theme, the candidate's scholarly record, and the
candidate's ability to contribute to the intellectual life of the Program.
