> COURSE DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION
>
> ORGANISED BY THE CURRICULUM RESOURCE CENTER (CRC),
> CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
>
>
CALL
> FOR PROPOSALS
>
> academic year: 2005-2006
>
>
> Application deadline: 25 November 2004
> (all applications should reach the CRC office by this date)
>
> The Curriculum Resource Center (CRC) of Central European University,
> sponsored by the Higher Education Support Program of Open Society
> Institute, announces a call for proposals to develop new,
innovative and
> relevant university courses.
>
> Aims of the Program
>
> 1. This competition is intended to encourage the introduction of
new
> courses, which are innovative in content, methodology and teaching
> approach.
> 2. The program funds innovative courses in order to have a
measurable
> impact on the host department's curricula and its mode of delivery.
In
> this way, the program seeks to further the development and
dissemination
> of new curricula across our region (defined as Central and Eastern
Europe,
> the former Soviet Union and Mongolia).
> 3. The CDC also aims to provide incentives and means for
> interdisciplinary and international co-operation amongst academics.
>
> Eligibility
>
> Application is restricted to resident citizens of Eastern- and
> Southeastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union and Mongolia who are
teaching
> or intending to teach at a university in any country of this region.
> Citizens of new EU member countries (Czech Republic, Hungary,
Poland,
> Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) are eligible
only if
> they participate in group projects with colleagues from non-EU
countries
> (in fact such collaborative proposals are strongly encouraged)
AND/OR
> projects are proposed in either of the two special focus areas
listed at
> the end of this call.
>
> Previous CRC participants may apply for a CDC grant, Academic
Fellowship
> Program fellows may only receive a CDC grant one academic year after
> finishing their AFP fellowship. Those who benefit presently from
another
> alternative Soros grant should contact the CRC office to discuss
their
> eligibility.
> Requirements for course proposals
>
> 1. Applicants are invited to develop and teach a one or two
semester
> long course in the discipline areas listed below. The course should
be
> clearly directed towards one of the following levels: introductory,
> intermediate, advanced, post-graduate.
> 2. The competition is open to individuals and groups for 10 month
> grants. During this period, successful applicants should first
prepare and
> then teach their proposed course.
> 3. Group grants will be awarded to promote innovative,
collaborative
> projects and priority will be given to groups of academics from at
least
> two different countries or cities of the region who aim to design a
course
> from an international perspective.
> 4. CDC strongly prefers to fund courses that are at least
partially
> based on applicants' original research in their field.
> 5. All applicants should show how they intend to apply new
teaching
> methodology to delivering the course.
> 6. Project proposals should demonstrate the following:
> * potential to contribute to curriculum reform at host
departments
> * innovative character and approach xxx
> * potential of being incorporated into the university
curriculum for
> longer term
> * relevance to regional or global issues
> * scientific quality in the selected field
> * feasibility
> 1. All accepted applicants are required to attend two workshops:
one
> workshop at the beginning of their grant period and another before
their
> teaching period begins. The exact dates will be confirmed and
announced
> later for selected applicants.
>
>
> Course Development Competition Grants
>
> Grants for both individual and group projects will consist of the
> following:
> 1. Monthly individual stipends for the preparation and teaching
period.
> Each CDC grantee will receive a monthly stipend, the amount of which
> depends on the country where the course development and teaching
will be
> carried out. The amount of the stipend is not negotiable.
> 2. An allowance for legitimate course development expenses (book
> purchases, reader production, teaching materials, photocopying,
slides,
> etc.). Grantees are strongly encouraged to produce readers for their
> courses (collection of articles, papers, chapters, documents, etc.
that
> represent readings and other materials for the course). The grant
will not
> fund the production of printed textbooks or publication.
> 3. An allowance for additional, justified travel costs and
> administrative expenses in the case of group grants.
> 4. By negotiation with the CRC, an allowance for justified
travel to a
> library outside the home city, within the region, for the
development of
> course materials etc. The CRC will not, however, cover the costs of
study
> or conference participation in any country.
>
> Group stipends for the teaching period will be calculated from the
amount
> of a full stipend in proportion to the degree of involvement of each
> participant (involvement should be expressed clearly as a
percentage in
> the course plan). Group leaders will, in addition, receive a small
group
> leader's fee for their extra responsibilities.
>
> Please note that the CDC grant cannot fund the purchase of any
equipment
> (computers, scanners, printers, etc.)
>
> Pilot CDC Course Portfolio Project
>
> The CRC office is piloting a course portfolio project within the CDC
> program. This opportunity will be available only to a small number
of CDC
> selected grantees and the selection will take place during the first
> project workshop when the staff of the CRC can get acquainted with
> individual courses and academics. Participation in the project
requires a
> more substantial reflexive planning and writing during the course
design
> and course implementation stage. A grant extension of 5 months is
> available upon successful completion of the project. The aims and
design
> of the project and the list of current participants are available
on the
> CRC website.
>
> Evaluation Procedures
>
> Applications will be evaluated and judged by a special selection
committee
> set up by the CDC. Members of the committee will be respected
scholars
> with sufficient knowledge of the higher education needs of the
region.
> Finally, all grantees are expected to submit interim and final
project
> reports, a finished course syllabus, student evaluation forms and
their
> head of department's reflections on the results. Finished course
syllabi
> will be edited and placed on the CDC Web Site to be available to
all. The
> CDC will visit a selected number of grantees during the course
> implementation.
>
> How to Apply
>
> 1. Applications must be presented in English on CRC Course
Development
> Competition forms (photocopied forms are acceptable).
> 2. For individual proposals, the application form must be
accompanied
> by a description of the proposed course (in the form of a draft
syllabus),
> preliminary bibliography of materials to be used in preparation and
> teaching, a curriculum vitae (also highlighting research activity),
a
> letter of recommendation and a letter of endorsement from the host
> university. The letter of endorsement should include the host
university's
> commitment to allowing you to teach the proposed course, and should
> clearly indicate the period when the course will be taught.
> 3. For group proposals, the application should be submitted by
the
> project leader. In addition to the above it should contain a list
of the
> individuals involved in the project, their CVs, institutional
> affiliations, contact information and a letter from each individual
> stating their willingness to be involved in the project. For group
> projects letters of endorsement must be submitted from all the
> institutions that will host the course (Please feel free to
duplicate the
> letter of endorsement form if necessary).
> 4. Application forms can be obtained from local CEU
representatives,
> the Curriculum Resource Center at Central European University or
from our
> website, http://www.ceu.hu/crc/cdc/. Applications must arrive to
CRC by 25
> November 2004 (to the address: CRC - Central European University,
1051
> Budapest, Nador u. 9, Hungary or to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - please note that
letters
> of endorsement and recommendation will be accepted by regular mail,
fax or
> directly from the e-mail address of the writer of the letter).
Applicants
> will be informed about the results in mid-December. Courses should
be
> taught during the first and/or second semester of the 2005/2006
academic
> year.
>
> Discipline Areas for the Course Development Competition 2005-2006
>
> The CRC invites applications to the Course Development Competition
in the
> discipline/ subject areas briefly described below.
>
>
> Environmental and Sustainability Planning
>
> The developed courses would investigate both traditional and
contemporary
> planning theories as well as specific national planning
institutions and
> debate to which extent planning reforms may contribute to
integrated,
> participatory and long-term planning which facilitates sustainable
> development.
>
> Literature and Gender
>
> We are inviting courses that introduce gender perspective in
literary and
> cultural studies within wide range of possible approaches. Areas of
> interest include (but are not limited) to:
> * Feminist literary criticism, and women's writing;
> * Intersectional perspective and inter/multidisciplinary
approaches to
> literary studies (film theory, psychoanalysis, postcolonial
studies, queer
> studies, etc.)
> * Sociological perspective in literary studies with more focused
> inquiries into gender/race (ethnicity) and class relations;
> * Theory of genres;
> * Masculinity in literature.
> History
>
> This year we are announcing the CDC in 4 sub-categories within the
> discipline of History. Please indicate on the application form
which of
> these topics you are applying in.
>
> 1 History and the Present
>
> Courses should address the problem of the "uses" and "misuses" of
the past
> (from ancient times to recent history) for modern or contemporary
> purposes, such as national or political aims. The "historical
myths" about
> past greatness have served in different forms in the national
revivals of
> the 18th-20th Century. Claims based on "historical rights" are a
recurrent
> issue even in our own days. The selection of persons, around
whom "cults"
> develop (be they ancient saints, medieval rulers, revolutionary or
> national heroes), may indicate political and cultural orientations.
The
> issue of "lieux de m�moire" (in the strict sense of locations and
in the
> abstract one of "notions") is very much part of our own days'
mythologies
> and (often partisan) political propaganda. Courses could explore the
> origin, the development and the function of these myths and cults
and
> their significance for our own days. They might concentrate on one
country
> or region - or treat the issues in a comparative framework.
>
>
> 2 History of Empires and/or Nationalism in Modern Period (18th-
early
> 20th century)
>
> We encourage courses on various aspects of history of the contiguous
> empires on European periphery - The Romanov, Habsburg and Ottoman -
> nationalism and empires, center-periphery relations, patterns of
> legitimacy, religious politics, transformation of political systems
and
> patterns of property, evolution of social structures.
>
> Particularly welcome are:
>
> * Theoretically informed courses which offer comparative
perspective
> on these and other empires in 17-20th centuries
> * Courses which explore entangled histories of these empires
>
> 2 Modern and Contemporary History of Eastern and Southeastern
Europe
>
> We invite applications for courses in Modern and Contemporary
history of
> Eastern and Southeastern Europe that deal with an array of topics:
> processes of under/development and modernization, incl. the
socialist
> "experiment" and current reorientation; a variety of social and
cultural
> topics (e.g. discources, images, identities, symbolic geographies,
etc.);
> the rewriting of history of the countries/regions of Eastern Europe
after
> communism and reviews of current historiographical and
methodological
> debates, etc. This is not an exclusive list and we also welcome
unorthodox
> courses on other topics.
>
> 2 Historical Studies in Post-Communist Eastern Europe
>
> Fifteen years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, historical studies
are
> still slowly recovering. A critical assessment of the situation is
badly
> needed, as well a thorough change in curricula, textbooks, methods,
> topics, approaches. Candidates specializing in methodology, textbook
> research, recent history, social memory will be given priority.
>
> Political Science / International Relations
>
> This year we are announcing the CDC in 2 sub-categories within the
> disciplines of Political Science/International Relations. Please
indicate
> on the application form which of these topics you are applying in.
>
> 1 Post-Positivist Research: Theory and Practice
>
> We encourage courses that engage with debates about objectivity and
> subjectivity in social science including interpretative
methodologies,
> critical methodologies, standpoint methodologies and feminist
> methodologies. The practical implications of such theories for doing
> research should also be explored.
>
> 2 Drawing Closer to the West
>
> We welcome applications for courses dealing with relations between
single
> states/group of states and "the West". Areas of particular interest
> include, but are not limited to, discussions of the notion "the
West",
> differences in identity between the "out-states" and "the West", the
> possibilities for and limitations of successful norm diffusion, the
value
> and relevance of different export strategies
(inclusiveness/exclusiveness,
> rewards/sanctions etc) and the overall impact of different types and
> categories of international organizations.
>
>
> Analytic Philosophy
>
> We particularly - but not exclusively - encourage proposals dealing
with
> the notions of action, agency and explanation. Problems in this
area have
> a long tradition in philosophy and attracted lively research
interest in
> the last decades. For example, courses on action theory may cover
the
> following questions: the difference between acting and happening;
reasons
> and causes; the individuation of actions; the special mode of
explanation
> associated with actions; the role of rationality in explaining
actions.
> Another direction is to investigate various questions connected to
the
> notion of agency. A course on this topic may deal with the following
> issues: what are the conditions for being an agent; are there non-
human
> agents; agency and responsibility for actions; the connection
between
> responsibility and free will.
>
>
> Beside the above discipline areas, we are inviting course proposals
in the
> following two special focus areas. The restriction on new EU
countries
> does not apply to these two areas.
>
> Courses on Corruption
>
> Courses in this area are expected to cover topics related to
recognizing,
> reducing and preventing corruption in various sectors of the society
> (public and private), by investigating the causes and costs of
corruption,
> possible anti-corruption initiatives, responses and reforms, etc.
Courses
> taught at economics, legal studies, public policy and other social
science
> departments could also familiarize students with the existing
> anti-corruption legislation in a specific country or region, legal
> measures to tackle bribery, methods of adapting policies and
management
> practices, and the use of new technology to combat corruption.
>
> Courses on Issues Related to Roma
>
> With the goal to further encourage the integration of issues
related to
> Roma into mainstream academic disciplines we welcome proposals for
> academic courses in all areas of humanities and social sciences
dealing
> entirely or in a significant part with this topic.
>
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