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ESF Scientific Programme in the Humanities
Call for Travel (Short Visit and Exchange) Grants General Information The aim of this five-year ESF Scientific Programme (NHIST), which started in May 2003, is to: analyse in depth national historiographies and their relationship to wider national historical cultures; study systematically the construction, erosion and reconstruction of national histories across a wide variety of European states; bridge the existing historiographical gap within Europe by bringing together the histories of Western and Eastern Europe; methodologically converge cultural transfer and comparative approaches in examining the relationship between national historiographies and national historical cultures. Programme Teams The programme is the collaborative effort of more than ninety leading scholars from almost 30 European countries. Its agenda is being implemented by four teams which cover the following areas: - the institutions, networks and communities which produced national histories and were themselves influenced by the idea of national history (Team 1, led by Professor Ilaria Porciani, University of Bologna), - the construction, erosion and reconstruction of national histories in their relationship with competing representations structured by the social divisions in a society such as class, race/ethnicity, religion and gender (Team 2, led by Professor Chris Lorenz, Free University Amsterdam), - national histories and their relationship with regional, European and world histories (Team 3, led by Dr Matthias Middell, University of Leipzig, and Professor Lluis Roura y Aulinas, Autonomous University of Barcelona), - the national histories in their spatial relationships and mutual interdependency with other national histories (Team 4, led by Dr Frank Hadler, University of Leipzig and Professor Tibor Frank, University of Budapest). Funding Terms The Programme has a small fund to support research into areas of the programme which have been identified as in need of further research. These areas are listed below. For all grants the following terms apply: - Grants are available for Short Visits of up to 15 days, and Exchanges from 15 days to 6 weeks;
Specific areas within the programme for which Short Visit and Exchange grants are available: - the gendering of national narratives in historiography,
Eligibility Applications must demonstrate that they will contribute to the research areas specified above. Applicants should be scholars from European universities and/or research institutes based in the countries which agencies are the ESF Member Organisations. Applicants are advised to consult the directory of ESF Member Organisations on the ESF website at www.esf.org. Priority will be given to the scholars from those ESF Member Organisations which have financially committed themselves to this programme. Presently the following countries are the programme donors (listed in alphabetical order): Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. A small number of participants from European countries without the representation at the ESF and/or from the countries outside Europe may also be selected, providing their expertise can significantly contribute to the research areas specified above. Application Procedures Applicants are asked to submit online the ESF application form for a
Short Visit grant applications:
Exchange grant applications:
The application is by email only. It should contain a brief summary of the proposed paper (ca 250 words) and an autobiographical paragraph, including the main publications and two referees. The submitted proposals will be reviewed by the Executive Group of the Programme. Presently, the Executive Group consists of Programme Chair, Professor Stefan Berger (University of Manchester, UK), two Co-chairs, Professors Christoph Conrad (University of Geneva, Switzerland) and Guy P. Marchal (University of Lucerne, Switzerland), two members of the Steering Committee, Professors Dusan Kovac (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia) and Jo Tollebeek (University of Leuven, Belgium) and all six team leaders as listed above.
Deadline: 27 April 2006
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