The Center for Urban History invites researchers of various fields in the humanities from different countries to apply for the 2020-2021 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,
- three residencies on digital urban history in cooperation with the Lviv Interactive project, an online encyclopedia representing the history of Lviv through places and spaces
- оne residency in digital urban history, jointly with the Urban Media Archive
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 arсhive, 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.
Application deadline: January 15, 2020
Please submit your application to the email grants@lvivcenter.org
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