Monday, December 10, 2018

CFA:: Residence Grant 2019-2020 at the Center for Urban History (Lviv, Ukraine)

Deadline: February 1, 2019

The Center for Urban History invites researchers of various fields in the humanities from different countries to apply for the 2019-2020 Residence Grant.

 We especially encourage historians, culture studies scholars, and anthropologists. We welcome applications for research that offer broad interpretations of urban history as a discipline at the intersection of various approaches of humanities and social sciences. The chronological and geographical frames of the proposed research are limited to the 19th and 20th-century history of East and Central Europe. Preference will be given to topics related to the Center’s research focuses like urbanization in multi-ethnic cities, individual experience of city residents during 20th-century radical changes and wars, planned cities, urban heritage, commemorative practices and city space, infrastructure and cultural practices in the cities, digital and public history.

The program includes:

●        five one-month residence grants for young researchers, working on their PhD thesis or preparing them for publishing,
●        five two-week residence grants for advanced researchers,
●        four residencies on digital urban history. 


The Center offers

●        accommodation in the guest rooms of the Centre
●        a place for research at the office
●        shares access to its library resources, urban media arŅhive, research works, scholarly contacts
●        provides an opportunity to present and discuss the preliminary results of the grantee’s project at the Center’s Urban seminar or public lectures.

 Applications have to include:

●        Project Description (1000-2000 words)
●        Curriculum vitae
●        List of publications
●        Letter of recommendation for non-holders of PhD or relevant degree.

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