FYI: Turkey's Constitution, Deadline Extension for Travel Grants
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From: cd...@columbia.eduDate: March 24, 2011 12:15:25 PM EDTSubject: Turkey's Constitution, Deadline Extension for Travel Grants
Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion
FEATURED EVENT
Tuesday, March 29, 9:00 am - 4:30 pmLecture Hall, Journalism Building, 3rd Floor
"Comparative Perspectives on Constitution-Making, Political Transitions, and Secularism: Turkey, United States, and India"
Register here
Turkey, India, and to some extent, the United States offer excellent material for analyzing democracy, secularism and constitution-making. On Tuesday, March 29, Columbia University's Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR) and the Democratization Program (DP)of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV), based in Istanbul will host "Comparative Perspectives on Constitution-Making, Political Transitions and Secularism: Turkey, the United States and India." Conference panels will use TESEV DP's research into important current debates in Turkey on constitutionalism, constitution-making, transitional justice and reparations, and religion-state relations as starting points for a comparative ! discussion of how these issues have been engaged in Turkey, the United States, and India and what each case can offer to scholarship and policymaking. CDTR's ongoing, in-depth research into democracy and religion in Turkey, the United States, and India provides valuable comparative and theoretical dimensions to TESEV DP's Turkish case studies.
This conference is part of an ongoing initiative between TESEV DP and CDTR to share research and expand scholarly collaboration. Co-sponsored by the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life and The Middle East Institute.
Speakers include:
Elazar Barkan (School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University)
Karen Barkey (Director of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Sociology and History, Columbia University)
Nazan Ustundag (Bogaziçi University, Turkey)Uday Mehta (CUNY)
Nilüfer Göle (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales)
Etyen Mahçupyan (TESEV Democratization Program),
Levent Köker (Law Department, Atılım University),
Kendall Thomas (Law Faculty, Columbia University),
Güneş Murat Tezcür (Political Science Department, Loyola University Chicago)
Dilek Kurban (TESEV Democratization Program)
John Torpey (Graduate Center at CUNY)
Reşat Kasaba (University of Washington)
Sudipta Kaviraj (Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University)Co-Sponsored by the Middle East Institute and TESEV
NEWS
FIELD RESEARCH GRANTS - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 30
CDTR is seeking applicants for our field research grants. These awards, designed to serve as seed money for conducting research in the field, are provided to two exceptional PhDs each year who are nearing the end of the second year of their PhD work. The deadline for submissions has been extended to March 30.
Two grants are available for Summer or Fall 2011 to Columbia University PhD candidates who are preparing proposals or conducting research for doctoral projects related to religion and international affairs, religion and democracy, religion and social integration, or related topics. Applications are welcome from PhD candidates who will have completed their comprehensive exams by Fall 2011.CDTR will provide each student $3,000 to cover expenses directly related to research including travel, lodging, and materials, as well as assistance in identifying underutilized material relevant to their dissertation topic and finding a supportive institutional base for field research. In the 2011/2012 academic year, students are expected to make oral presentations on the results of their research.
To Apply: Please provide 1) a detailed description of what you will do with this grant and how it relates to your proposed Ph.D dissertation project and; 2) a letter of reference from a faculty member who will serve on your dissertation committee. Please include your departmental affiliation and up-to-date contact information. Applications via e-mail are preferred, but hard copies are also accepted. All materials are due by 5pm on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Please send all application materials to Melissa Van at mav...@columbia.edu or 820 International Affairs.
PhD SPEAKERS' SERIES
CDTR is seeking applicants for our PhD Speakers’ Series. It allows new and recent PhD candidates working on innovative topics on politics and religion to present their work to students and faculty of Columbia University, as well as interested members of the public. Interested candidates are encouraged to attend the inaugural 2011 lecture, Rozeta Shimbilku's February 17 presentation on religious tolerance in Albania.
Topics covered by previous speakers include the Pakistani military, Islamic lawmaking, Allama Iqbal's League of Muslim Nations, and more. For information about applying to participate in the Speakers’ Series, please contact CDTR via email at CD...@Columbia.edu or by calling 212-854-7813.