Richard Descoings

Sciences Po propose deux offres de financement issues de notre partenariat avec nos prestigieux partenaires américains :

• Center for European Studies – Harvard

• Gregory Flynn Memorial Visiting Professor, Georgetown University

Dans les deux cas, la date limite pour postuler est le 1er mars 2010

The Visiting Scholars Program at CES – Center for European Studies – Harvard

Every year, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies is pleased to host a number of Visiting Scholars from the US and abroad. The Center welcomes applications from post-doctoral social scientists and historians who are working on modern Europe.

The Harvard and CES communities provide an intellectually stimulating environment for scholars of modern Europe. Visitors take part in a weekly seminar that is an opportunity for them to present work in progress and receive feedback from colleagues in their field. In addition, the Center has a full program of talks, study group sessions and conferences in which visitors are encouraged to participate.
Scholars are admitted on a competitive basis for a period of at least three months and up to one year. Most will have their own source of funding such as sabbatical salary or grants since the Center does not generally provide funding for Visiting Scholars. A stipend of 5,000 euros will be given to the selected Sciences Po Visiting Scholar by Sciences Po Scientific Department.

Eligibility Requirements:
• Applicants must pursue an independent project on modern Europe or transatlantic relations in history or the social sciences.
• Applicants must possess a PhD at the time of application.
• Applicants outside of academia who are well established in their profession with a minimum of 7 years professional experience, such as journalists, are also encouraged to apply.
Applicants who wish to be considered for the 2010-2011 academic year should submit the following materials by Monday, March 1, 2010 to centre.ameriques (at) sciences-po.fr
• Cover letter including requested dates of residence and funding sources.
Note: University appointments have a minimum of three months and a maximum of one year.
• Current curriculum vitae
• Title and 3-5 page description of research or project to be carried out at CES
• 100 word abstract of research project
• In the case of non-native English speakers: TOEFL scores or a brief, signed letter attesting to competency in spoken and written English
• Two letters of recommendation are also required.

The Center for the Americas of the International Division at Sciences Po, a resource and welcome center for students, professors and researchers working on “the Americas”, informs reviews and guides professors and post-doctoral students applying to the CES/Harvard scholarships program. All questions and inquiries concerning Visiting Scholars should be addressed to the Elodie Luquet, International Affairs Manager, Center for the Americas, Sciences Po at elodie.luquet (at )sciences-po.fr

Important Dates : see the full FAS Academic Calendar

Fall ‘10 Gregory Flynn Memorial Visiting Professor, Georgetown University

The BMW Center for German and European Studies is calling for applications from eligible Sciences Po faculty to spend the Fall 2010 semester affiliated with the BMW Center for German and European Studies of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (Georgetown University) as the Gregory Flynn Memorial Visiting Professor. This visiting professorship was created in 2006 by Georgetown University and Sciences Po to honor the memory of our late colleague Gregory Flynn, who was instrumental in founding the BMW Center and in cementing close ties between Georgetown and Sciences Po.

The Gregory Flynn Memorial Visiting Professor will be in residence at Georgetown for the Fall 2010 term, which begins in on August 26 and ends December 22. The visiting professor will receive office space, computer support, and other forms of faculty support during the period of the appointment. The visiting professor is expected to teach a graduate-level seminar (in English), and to be an active participant in the intellectual community at the university. The visiting professor will receive $10,000 from the BMW Center for German and European Studies, which can be taken as salary and/or research support, and $10,000 from Sciences Po, which can be taken as salary and/or research support and/or reimbursement of certain expenses such as lodging.

Applicants should submit the following materials:
- a cover letter outlining a proposed program of research that will be carried out during the Spring 2008 semester;
- an up-to-date curriculum vitae;
- a teaching portfolio outlining the types of courses that the applicant would be prepared to teach while at Sciences Po (copies of syllabi would suffice).
The application deadline is March 1st. All materials should be sent via email to: centre.ameriques (at) sciences-po.fr