Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights Announces Fellowship Call

[Zeeshan Suhail]

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Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights Announces Fellowship Call
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August 10, 2008

Dear Colleague,

Can you think of a human rights activist (or an organization where one might be working) in need of a short respite from on the ground human rights work?  I am pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 2009 Oak Human Rights Fellowship, sponsored by the Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.  Attached is a copy of our brochure describing the program and Colby in detail.  The fellowship is a one-semester appointment for a scholar-in-residence.  It is designed to provide human rights practitioners doing "on-the-ground" work at some level of personal risk a respite from front-line duties to enable them to reflect, write, and communicate their work to our campus community.  We are writing to ask your help in identifying the Oak fellow for the fall of 2009.

Each year, we target our search for a human rights activist either regionally or functionally.  This year, the focus of our search is for an activist whose work involves migration and human rights of migrants outside of the United States.  Possible areas of human rights activity may include, but are not limited to: rights of displaced peoples and refugees; discrimination and unequal treatment of migrants; migrant workers' rights in both formal and informal markets; migrant land and resource struggles; resettlement; human trafficking and smuggling; economically motivated migration; asylum seekers; gender and sexual exploitation of migrants and refugees; or movement of seasonal workers.  The appointment is for the fall semester of 2009 (September through mid December).  Responsibilities include participation in a lecture series or symposium in the Fellow's area of expertise and regular interaction with Colby students through a one credit non-graded discussion class.  The College provides a stipend of $32,000, plus transportation, housing, health care coverage, and other fringe benefits.  We encourage the fellow to bring family through limited financial support for their travel as well.

To identify candidates for our annual search, we rely heavily on nominations from NGOs, other journalists, human rights lawyers, and academics—you are most likely to know of the work of on-the-ground professionals.  Since your organization, CERF: Central Emergency Response Fund, has been active in the field of human rights or migration, we would like to solicit your nominations for the fellowship. Please submit nominations to us no later than November 1, 2008.  We will contact your nominee(s) and encourage him or her to apply; you might also suggest that your nominee(s) apply directly.  Your nomination letter(s) will become part of the applicant's file, underscoring your recognition of this person's important contributions to human rights.  The deadline for completed applications is December 15, 2008.  For more information and application materials, please access our web page at www.colby.edu/oak; we call your attention to the frequently asked questions sidebar to clarify terms and eligibility. 

Kindly forward this announcement to potential candidates.  If you prefer to have an electronic copy of this announcement with a PDF brochure, please let us know.  If you have any questions, you can reach me at (207) 859-5234 or Assistant Director Susana Thompson at oa...@colby.edu.  Thank you in advance for helping us identify deserving candidates for this award.

Sincerely,

Patrice Franko
Grossman Professor of Economics and International Studies and Director of the Oak Institute for the Study of Human Rights

Colby College
4840 Mayflower Hill
Waterville ME 04901 USA
oa...@colby.edu
(207) 859-5319



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