Niarchos Fellowship Application - Columbia Global Centers

Niarchos Postdoctoral Fellows ProgramAPPLICATIONS WILL BE START TO BE REVIEWED ON MARCH 16, 2012Columbia Global Centers│Europe invites applications for its 2012–2014 postdoctoral fellowships,made available by a generous grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. These fellowships areopen to Greek nationals with recent doctoral degrees from European universities, and will allowfellows to spend two years in residence at the CGC│Europe at Reid Hall in Paris. Niarchos Fellowswill carry out their own research, liaise with other scholars with the support of CGC│Europe, andgain teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels.Fellows will be encouraged to establish contacts with other research institutes across Europe, aswell as with Paris-based institutions, and to draw on the resources of CGC│Europe to runworkshops and seminars connected to their work. Fellows will have access to all of Columbia’sresources, local university and research connections, as well as to the wider network of GlobalCenters. They will be enabled to stay in New York for the fall semester of their second year at themain Morningside campus of Columbia University, where they will be supervised by facultymentors as they pursue their own research.Eligibility Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. degree requirements between September 2009and September 2012. Applicants must be Greek nationals with a Ph.D. from a European university. (Note:Applicants with doctoral degrees from the U.S. or Canada are not eligible.) Ph.D. must have been focused on the humanities or social sciences. (Note: Applicants neednot have worked on topics connected with modern Greece.) Fluency in English is essential. A demonstrable ability to teach is desirable, as is competencyin French.Application Components Completed application form (following page) Curriculum vitae Research proposal 2-3 page proposal for one undergraduate course to be offered at Columbia University 3 letters of reference (signed and sealed or directly sent via email to lg2637@columbia.edu)Please return completed applications to:Blinken European InstituteColumbia University1205 IAB, MC 3337420 W. 118 th StreetNew York, NY 10027For more information about this program, please contact Lily Glenn at lg2637@columbia.edu.

Postdoctoral Fellowship Application FormName: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________Last First Middle InitialMailing Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________E-mail Address: ________________________________________ Phone Number: _______________________________Month/Year Ph.D. Received/Expected: _________________________________________________________________Institution: ____________________________________________________ Department: ____________________________Academic Discipline: _______________________________________________________________________________________Dissertation Topic: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Field(s) of Study: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Country/Region of Expertise: _____________________________________________________________________________Name, Title and Affiliation of 3 References:1) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________2) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________3) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________Do you have a continuing teaching position? Yes __________ No __________If yes, where? _________________________________________________________________________________________