TRENDS IN SCHOLARSHIP
Advanced Study Fellowships for scholars from Central en Eastern Europe at NIAS

Trends in Scholarship, a special programme under the auspices of the Royal
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), supported by the Netherlands
Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), starts in 1994.
The programme will allow for 20 fellowships each year, to enable at the
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(NIAS), which is a research institute of the KNAW. The programme will run for
a period of at least three years (1994-1996).

PROGRAMME AND AIMS
The aim of the programme is to enable scholars in the Humanities and Social
Sciences from Central and Eastern Europe (including the Republics of the
former Soviet Union) to participate in an advanced study programme of two
months, devoted to further exploration of recent developments in the various
disciplines and discussions on several topical scientific issues.
The programme is open to all scholars from Central and Eastern Euorpe, but
researchers from Hungary and the Russian federation in particular are invited
to apply. The disciplines include psychology, sociology, demography, social
geography, cultural anthropology, archeology, history, art history,
philosophy, theology, languages and literature, economy, law and political
sciences.
The fellowships are intended for researchers with a position at university or
research institute in the above mentioned countries (age indication: between
35-55 years old). A good knowledge of English and a willingness to participate
actively in the various features of the programme are prerequisites for
acceptance. Successful applicants will be granted an Advanced Study
Fellowship, which covers the reimburesement of travel expenses on a return
basis, the provision of lodgings and meals during the programme, and a stipend
of $1600 (DFL 3000) for incidental expenses for the whole period. In addition
special budgets for travelling, photocopies and books will be available.

WOODED SURROUNDINGS
Fellows will be offered an oppurtunity to read on their own field of research
as well as to participate in and to contribute to an intensive series of
lectures. A specific theme will be at the centre of attention every year.
NIAS's basic mission is to foster the study of the Humanities and Social
Sciences. The institute, comprising a number of buildings in wooded
surroundings, is pre-eminently equipped to receive scholars from abroad to
stay for a longer period of time to do advanced research. Comfortable
appartments are available as well as studies, meeting rooms, computer
facilities, a reference library and also a lounge, a restaurant, a bar, a
fitness room, a large garden with teraaces, and a volleyball court.
NIAS will provide fellows with a good daily library service giving direct
acess to all scientific literature in the modern languages. Also, the
universities of the Netherlands are within easy research of Wassenaar and
therefore personal contacts with Dutch colleagues can be readily arranged.
Interested scholars are invited to complete and return an application form,
togeteher with a curriculum vitae, a description of their present position and
activities, a memorandum explaining the benefits of the course for their work
and for their institute, two letters of recomendation, and the names of two
referees, ideally from Western Europe.

PLANNING
The first course will be held in October-Novenber 1994. The second course will
be held in April-May 1995 and the third course will be held in April-May 1996.
Candiadates are invited to submit a formal application not later than:
1 September 1994 for a fellowship in the year 1995;
1 September 1995 for a fellowship in the year 1996.
Application forms and further information about the programme can be obtained
from:
NIAS
Trends in Scholarship Programme
Meijboomlaan 1
2242 PR Wassenaar
The Netherlands
Tel: (31) 175122700
Fax: (31) 175117162