Created by the Congress of the United States in 1968 as the nation's
living memorial to its twenty-eighth president, the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars seeks to support advanced research and
writing on national and international issues by scholars and
practitioners from all over the world. The Center's aim is to bring
together the realms of scholarship and public affairs that President
Wilson himself combined. The Woodrow Wilson Center is a non-partisan
institution that does not take positions on political candidates or
policy issues in the Congress or in any other domestic or international
legislative body.
The Latin American Program was established in 1977. Its principal goals
are tofoster research and discussion on Latin American and
inter-American topics, and to facilitate the exchange of ideas among
persons working on the region from a broad range of perspectives. The
Program seeks, moreover, to serve as a bridge between North Americans
and Latin Americans of diverse backgrounds, and as a means for helping
to assure that opinion leaders in the United States focus more
fruitfully on Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Latin American Program is beginning a three-year project in
conjunction with the government of Argentina with the aim of increasing
interest in and knowledge ofArgentina in the United States. One of our
goals is to encourage promising young scholars in any academic
discipline to study Argentina, whether as a central subject of a
dissertation or as an element within a comparative or theoretical
framework.
Three fellowships of $12,000.00 each will be awarded. Applicants must be
willing to spend the 1995-1996 academic year engaged in dissertation
research on Argentina, at leastsix months of which must be fieldwork in
the country. The dissertation itself must be related to Argentina,
although Argentina may be a case study in a comparative analysis or it
may be studied as an example of a particular theoretical or public
policy issue.
All outstanding students who are enrolled in a recognized United States
university doctoral program in any academic discipline and who, by the
time they take up the award, have completed all required work toward
their doctoral degrees, except their dissertations, are eligible.
Applications from women and minorities are encouraged.
Completed applications, including all supporting material, must arrive
at the Latin American Program by February 28, 1995. Faxed applications
will not be accepted. All awards will be announced by April 1, 1995.
To apply, send a curriculum vitae, including complete address and
telephone number, three letters of recommendations, and a proposal of no
more that 2,000 words and an abstract to the address to the right. The
primary selection criteria will be the quality of the dissertation
proposal and its significance for Argentina.
To obtain further information about the fellowship competition contact:
Argentina Fellowship Competition Latin American Program The Woodrow
Wilson Center 1000 Jefferson Drive, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20560 (202)
357-1446 Fax (202) 357-4439.
Allison Garland
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Latin American Program, 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20560 wwcem106@sivm