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2011-2012 International EF Education, Kaplan and Study Group Scholarships, UK

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International applicants from EF Education, Kaplan and Study Group for the 2011/12 academic year may apply for a Sheffield Hallam University scholarship worth £1000. To mark the partnership between our institutions, Sheffield Hallam University is offering a scholarship of £1000 to one student from each of the three colleges who begins a full-time course with us in the 2011/12 academic year. All full-time taught courses are taking part in this scheme.  Successful applicants will be awarded with a cheque and a certificate to mark their achievement at an annual Scholarships ceremony.
Eligibility: You are eligible to apply for the scholarship if

  • you are an international or European student and classed as such for fees purposes
  • you can meet the course entry requirements as specified in your offer
  • you have given a firm or insurance acceptance of your offer on your chosen course starting in September 2011
  • you can demonstrate in your personal statement, along with your personal or academic achievements so far, how the award of this scholarship will benefit you

Scholarship Application Deadline: 30 June 2011

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Commonwealth Shared Scholarship, Edinburgh University, UK: Africa and International Development Studies, Anthropology of Health and Illness, Global Crime, Justice and Security, Global Health and Public Policy

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The Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme is a joint initiative between the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and UK universities, including the University of Edinburgh, to jointly support scholarships for students from developing Commonwealth countries who would not otherwise be able to study in the United Kingdom. The School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh has three Commonwealth Shared Scholarships to offer for the 2011-2012 academic year. At the University of Edinburgh applications from students studying a one-year taught Master’s degree in one of the following eligible subject areas are considered:
Eligibility: Candidates are normally expected to hold a first degree at either first class or upper second class level. Candidates will normally be under the age of 35 at the time the award begins. Candidates should hold an unconditional offer of admission from the University of Edinburgh before applying for the Scholarship. Candidates must certify that they: (i) Are from a Commonwealth developing country, not at present employed by a government department (either national or local) or a parastatal organisation and not at present living or studying in a developed country; (ii) Have not undertaken studies lasting one year or more in a developed country; (iii) Are themselves, or through their families, unable to pay to study in the United Kingdom; (iv) Agree to return to their own country to work or study as soon as the award ends. DFID requires that the University certify when submitting its shortlist of candidates that they are sufficiently proficient in the English language to cope with the programme of study for which they have applied. This will normally mean that you will have to have satisfied any requirements concerning competence in the English language which are a condition of your offer of admission.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 March 2011

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2011 CFP Journal Fellowships in History of Communism in Europe, USA

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The forthcoming issue of History of Communism in Europe will focus on the Avatars of Intellectuals under Communism. The very relationship between intellectuals and the totalitarian State is of outstanding importance for anyone willing to understand the fate of academia and culture under Communism. The circulation of ideas in the public space and its subsequent shaping of the political and social bodies depended upon the aforementioned interaction. The Communist states witnessed very diverse reactions towards the ideological monopoly of the Party: outspoken resistance, quiet refusal, forced exile, passive collaboration, vocal support, and many other intermediary approaches. The next issue of the HCE welcomes original contributions on this topic. Ideally, the authors should address the role of the intelligentsia from a comparative viewpoint. The editors encourage young scholars, in particular, to assess the recent historical, cultural, and political findings within the former Soviet Bloc: Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, former GDR or various states of the former USSR or Yugoslavia. Equally, we welcome any contribution that describes the attitude of Western intelligentsia towards the birth, the growth, and the historical decay of the Communist utopia.
Senior scholars, researchers and PhD students are invited to submit their proposals on one of the following topics: Intellectuals and the Communist Party: doctrinaires, utopian revolutionaries, critiques, and dissident thinkers. Dissidence vs. collaboration. Case-studies and overarching narratives about the relationship between intellectuals and the Party nomenclatura and the Secret Police. In particular, we welcome discussions prompted by the recent archival revelations (responses formulated under pressure in terms of personal voice, voluntary betrayal, blind loyalty, etc) Eastern European intellectuals and the civil society. How was the 1989 event prefigured by the cultural circles of Poland, Hungary, Russia, and Czech Republic? Which were the first nuclei of civil society under communism and how did the Eastern European intellectuals coined the concept of civil society along their pursuits of an alternative political praxis? The alternative culture vs. official culture under Communism (this may also include reference to recordings and archival documents about the activities of various literary and artistic bodies).

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 May 2011

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