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[Matthew Shapiro]

Please see the following postdoc announcement offered
by the SSRC.

Matthew Shapiro


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Korean Migration and Development

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

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The Social Science Research Council announces a
competition for postdoctoral fellowships to support
research on Korean International Migration and
Development.  Fellowships are available for research
and writing to be conducted between June 1, 2006 and
May 31, 2007.  Applications are due April 10, 2006.  

 

Funding to support these fellowships has been provided
by the Korea Research Foundation.

 

Goals and Topics:

The purpose of this fellowship program is to foster
innovative research that will improve understandings
of the relationship of international migration to
economic development and related social, political,
and cultural processes.  Research will be supported
that focuses on Korean international migration and its
developmental implications in Korea and/or in the
country receiving migrants.  Research topics that
might be proposed include but should not be limited
to:

 

·         The international transfer of migrants’
remittances and their developmental impacts through
consumption, education, savings, investment, loans,
and other activities related to economic and social
development.

 

·         The developmental implications of the
movement of unskilled and skilled workers,
professionals, and entrepreneurs for the welfare and
growth of families, communities, and national markets
within Korea and countries of migrant reception.

 

·         The relationship between migration and
international trade between Korea and migrant
receiving countries.

 

·         The roles of international networks and
organizations – such as churches, professional
associations, extended families, hometown
associations, trade and business groups, political
coalitions, etc. – in shaping economic activities,
development processes, and their outcomes.

 

·         The role of international migrants in
forming national and local policies to reinforce
overseas Koreans’ national identities and the impact
of such policies on economic, political, social, and
cultural aspects of development.

 

·         The implications of migration for culturally
based trade and consumption – e.g. exports of
traditional consumer goods to Koreans abroad; tourism
for returning migrants and their children; exchanges
of music, art, cinema and other cultural forms – as
related to economic growth and social development.

 

Applications to research these or other aspects of
Korean migration and development of a contemporary or
historical nature are welcome.

 



The Awards:

Four fellowships of $25,000 each will be awarded to
support research and writing that can begin as early
as June 1, 2006 and must be completed by May 31, 2007.
 Fellowship funds can be used to cover salary and/or
research expenses.  Applicants are encouraged to seek
supplemental financial support as useful. 

 

Pairs of scholars are encouraged to submit joint
applications for a single fellowship. For example, two
scholars based in different disciplines can propose to
examine an aspect of migration and development from
cross-disciplinary perspectives or two scholars based
in Korea and the United States can propose to examine
a transnational aspect of migration and development
linking Korea and a migrant receiving country.

 

Scholars who accept a fellowship will be required to
participate in two meetings with the other fellows and
members of the Fellowship Selection Committee to
consider how to link and enhance the collective
contributions of their research.  The meetings will
take place June 6-8, 2006 prior to the initiation of
research and May 28-30, 2007 after research and
writing-up of results have been completed.

 

Eligibility and Selection Criteria:

Scholars who are based in Korea or the United States
and who hold a PhD in any of the social sciences
(including history) are eligible to apply for a
fellowship.  Applicants must be professionally
proficient in English.  

 

Priority will be given to applicants who propose to
research significant questions, will employ
appropriate methods of research and analysis, have
backgrounds of prior research accomplishment, and
whose project promises to contribute new
understandings of migration and development specific
to Korean migration but with theoretical implications
for the advancement of migration and development
studies more broadly.  

 

Application Process:

Applications must arrive at the offices of the SSRC on
or before the deadline of April 10, 2006 and include
five copies of the following documents:

 

1.          Application form;

2.          Project description;

3.          Two letters of recommendation;

4.          Curriculum Vitae;

5.          Demonstration of English proficiency.

 

For application materials and instructions click here.


Applications must be written in English and mailed to:

 

Korean Migration and Development Fellowships

International Migration Program

Social Science Research Council

810 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY  10019

 

Awards will be announced and applicants notified by
May 15, 2006.

 

For further information contact the SSRC International
Migration Program:

Email:  migration at ssrc.org

Tel: (212) 377-2700 ext. 604

 



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