Colleagues, see the excellent fellowship opportunities, below, at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich. As a present Carson Fellow, I can attest to the outstanding support and working environment, and very flexible conditions, available to fellows here.
The themes and interests of the Center are inclusive and interdisciplinary, yet to date the majority of applicants and fellows have been environmental historians, and the opportunities available here don't seem widely known among scholars of environmental politics and theory. I am happy to attempt to answer queries about the Center and it's fellows if I can, and encourage you to consider an application. Sincerely, John Meyer ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Arielle Helmick <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 3:38 PM Subject: Call for Fellowships, 2013-14 To: [email protected] Dear all, We have ca. 3 weeks left in the application period for our next cohort of fellows and would like to ask for your help in distributing the Call for Applications (pasted below or available online<http://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/fellows/fellowship_info/fellows_2012-13/index.html>). If you could forward this to your various networks, we would greatly appreciate it! Best, Arielle *Call for Applications 2013-14* The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society invites applications for its 2013-2014 class of postdoctoral and senior fellows<http://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/fellows/fellowship_info/fellows_2012-13/index.html>. The fellowship program, directed by Christof Mauch (LMU Munich/Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität) and Helmuth Trischler (Deutsches Museum) is designed to bring to Munich a cohort of excellent scholars who are working in the environmental humanities and related disciplines. The Center will award fellowships to scholars from around the globe and from a variety of disciplines. Research and writing of applicants should preferably pertain to one (or more) of the topics that will be at the core of the Center’s 2013-2014 research agenda: - Ecological Imperialism - Environmental Ethics, Politics, and Movements - Natural Disasters and Cultures of Risk - Environmental Knowledge and Knowledge Societies Applications that deal with past topics of the Center will also be considered. These include: - Transformation of Landscapes - Resource Use and Conservation The program is a writing fellowship program; the Carson Center does not sponsor field trips or archival research. Fellowships will usually be granted for periods of 6, 9, or 12 months but they can also be granted for 3 months or be broken up into individual 3 month periods. Fellows are expected to spend their fellowship in residence, to work on a major research project, to attend the weekly lunchtime colloquium, and to present their research at the Center. The Carson Center will pay for a replacement of the successful candidate at his or her home institution; alternatively it will pay a fellowship that is commensurate with experience and current employment. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2013. Applications should include a cover letter, an abridged curriculum vitae (5 pages maximum), project description (3,000 words maximum), research schedule for the fellowship period, and the names of three scholars who might serve as references. While applicants may write in either English or German, we recommend that they use the language in which they are most proficient. They will be notified about the outcome of their application within approximately two months of the deadline given above. Please send applications (electronically only) in PDF or Word format via e-mail to [email protected] -- Dr. Arielle Helmick Communications Director Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society Leopoldstr. 11a 80802 München +49 (0) 89 2180 - 72364 -- John M. Meyer, Professor Through July 2013: Carson Fellow Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society 11a Leopoldstr. D-80802 Munich Germany (ph) +49 (0) 89 / 2180-72383 Department of Politics Humboldt State University Arcata, CA 95521 USA (ph): 707.826.4497 (fax): 707.826.4496 [email protected] users.humboldt.edu/john.m.meyer
