Avviso / Eleventh Berlin Roundtables On Transnationality Memory Politics: Education, Memorials And Mass Media
Eleventh Berlin Roundtables On Transnationality
Memory Politics: Education, Memorials And Mass Media
- Essay Competition
- Irmgard Coninx Research Grant 2009
- Workshops in Berlin, 21 – 26 October 2009
organized by the Irmgard Coninx Foundation in cooperation with the
Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and the Humboldt-University
Berlin.
1) Workshop participation in Berlin
50 successful applicants to the essay competition will be selected to
participate in the Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality and to discuss
their research with prominent scholars at two of Europe’s leading
research institutions.
The Roundtables take place at the WZB from 21 – 26 October 2009.
2) Deadline for essay submission: 30 June 2009
3) Irmgard Coninx Research Grant
An international jury will award a three-months fellowship to three
participants to be used for research at the WZB, the Humboldt-University
Berlin and the State library of Berlin. The Grant includes a monthly
stipend of EUR 1,000 plus accommodation. The winners will be invited to
join a follow-up workshop in Berlin in 2009/2010.
4) Program details
As part of the conference series “Political Culture in Divided
Societies”, the Eleventh Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality will
focus on “Memory Politics: Education, Memorials and Mass Media”
Discussions will take place in three workshops chaired by Susanne
Buckley-Zistel, Ph.D. (Free University Berlin), Elizabeth Cole, Ph.D.
(United States Institute of Peace, Washington D.C.) and Magdalena
Zolkos, Ph.D. (University of Western Sydney). Renowned professionals and
experts such as Daniel Libeskind (architect, New York) and Albie Sachs
(judge, Constitutional Court, South Africa) will give accompanying
evening lectures.
The Irmgard Coninx Foundation will cover travel and accommodation costs.
For details, please visit our website: www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de
For inquiries, please contact us: info@irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de
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