Call for APplications
Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe
Due by 1 December 2023 9 PM EST
Summary
The Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe (SISECSE) is a two-week residential workshop, that provides scholars of Eastern Europe time and space to dedicate to their own research and writing in a collaborative and interdisciplinary setting. ACLS in partnership with the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS) will convene leading scholars from Eastern Europe and North America for a two-week residency in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria from June 1, 2023 to June 15, 2023.
SISECSE will also provide participating scholars with the opportunity to undertake local fieldwork, including archival research, work in museum collections, interviews, site surveys, or other forms of data collection. (Fieldwork is not a requirement for participation.)
Details
The program will cover travel, accommodation, and per diem expenses for the two-week residency.
Institute members will be expected to be in residence and to participate in all planned events for the duration of the institute.
Scholars will also be provided with opportunities to travel locally during this time.
Scholars should apply with their own research proposals through the ACLS online system.
Immersive Discussions
In addition to conducting their own research, scholars will also have the opportunity to participate in small group writing workshops, as well as a series of immersive discussions on a broad topic of shared academic interest.
In 2023, discussions will explore “Scholarly Writing in the Digital Age.” Participants will be asked to consider broad questions of accessibility and audience; the democratization of scholarly writing, manifested in the expansion of acceptable writing styles in journals and books; the blur between scholarly writing and creative writing, essays, and memoirs; the implications of digital sources for the way scholars treat their work; the potential of graphics and digital publication; the perceived over-production of articles and books; changing institutional frameworks and cultures of academic writing, and the growing demands for wider impact while retaining intellectual substance; and more.
Discussions will be held over several meals and in one seminar session.
Please note: It is not required or expected that applicant’s research projects are connected to the workshop theme. Thematic discussions are intended for the enrichment of the participants.
For more information on eligibility, application guidelines, evaluation criteria, supporting documents, https://www.acls.org/competitions/summer-institute-east-central-southeastern-europe/