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DOROT SUMMER FELLOWS PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
The deadline for 2008 applications has passed.
2008 Dorot summer research assistants
— United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum supports scholarship in the field of Holocaust studies; promotes the growth of Holocaust studies at North American universities and the development of strong relationships between American and foreign scholars of the Holocaust; and seeks to ensure the ongoing training of future generations of scholars specializing in the Holocaust.
The Center is now accepting applications for graduate student summer research assistant fellowships. Recipients will participate with the Center's staff scholars and program directors in four special research projects. Summer 2008 recipients will:
- Research sources, write, and edit entries on Nazi-run ghettos for the second volume of the Center's Encyclopedia of Camps, Ghettos and other Detention Sites in Nazi-Dominated Europe. In addition to English, fluency in Polish, German, Yiddish, Hebrew, Lithuanian, or Russian is essential.
- Assist with the annotation and contextualization of select documents for the Center's research and publication project on Jewish Responses to Persecution, 1933-1946. Tasks include performing archival and/or library-based research, translating and organizing select sources and writing glossary and other texts under the supervision of the volume editors. In addition to English, fluency in Polish, German, Yiddish, French or Dutch is required.
- Conduct research on antisemitism in its various historical and contemporary manifestations in order to compile a detailed bibliography of materials on the subject. Awardee will also assist with planned research workshop on antisemitism. In addition to English, fluency or good reading knowledge in German, French, or Hebrew is required.
- Conduct research and assist in preparing in-depth studies and reports about the archival collections of the International Tracing Service (ITS) collection. These massive collections include concentration camp records that provide a window to the daily fate of those targeted by the Nazis and their allies, as well as forced and slave labor records that reveal the workings of the Nazi system of persecution. In addition to fluency in English and German, reading knowledge of one other European language is preferred.
In addition to their involvement in these research projects, awardees will participate in the broad range of
scholarly and public education programs offered by the Museum during the summer months.
Each fellowship will last for three months during the May-August timeframe. Awardees will receive a stipend of $2,000/month. The Center will also provide funds for one roundtrip airline ticket to and from Washington, D.C. for travel within North America. Applicants must be currently enrolled in or admitted to a graduate degree program at a North American university. The Center is unable to provide visa assistance for non-U.S. citizens.
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APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Applicants should submit a resume, a personal statement of no more than two pages in length, and one letter of recommendation from a faculty member or dean at his/her institution that speaks to the applicant's qualifications for one of the projects listed above. The personal statement must specify the project for which the applicant is applying and explain the significance of the requested fellowship to the applicant’s professional and/or academic goals. Application materials must be received by March 24, 2008. All applicants will be notified of selection results by early April 2008.
Application materials should be sent to:
Dr. Lisa Yavnai, Director
Visiting Scholar Programs
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126
Tel.: (202) 314-7829
E-mail: dorot@ushmm.org
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The Graduate Student Summer Research Assistant Fellowship Program has been made possible through the generosity of the Dorot Foundation.
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