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********* CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY **************
                            Program on Gender & Culture
                         Call for Fellowship Applications
                   Application Deadline January 15, 1999
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The Program on Gender & Culture at the Central European University is
now accepting applications for full fellowships for nationals of the
CEE/fSU to participate in a one year master's program in gender
studies, or doctoral support fellowships in Budapest, Hungary for the
1999/2000 academic year. Up to 38 fellowships covering tuition and
living expenses are available to individuals from Central and Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union. A wide variety of other financial
aid programs are available to all students on a competitive basis.

>>>>>>>>>>>Application deadline: January 15, 1999<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

A brief description of CEU academic programs in gender studies follows
below.

For application materials, please visit the CEU web site at
http://www.ceu.hu or write the CEU Admissions Office: Nador u. 9, 1051
Budapest, Hungary. Tel: (36-1) 327-3009, Fax: (36-1) 327-3211, Email:
external at ceu.hu.please, or contact your local Soros Foundation.

For more information about academic programs in Gender Studies, please
contact the Program on Gender & Culture <gender at ceu.hu>, Tel:
+36-1-327-3034, Fax: +36-1-327-3001.

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The Program

The field of gender and culture studies is rich and diverse, full of
controversy and active debates on significant questions concerning
gender differences and inequalities.  As a "discipline," gender
studies takes as its primary focus the historical and social
elaboration of the differences between men and women, the
interdisciplinary critique of simple naturalism, and a concern for
social and other inequalities between the sexes in relation to the
broader cultural context. The Program on Gender & Culture focuses on
exploring the already established theoretical paradigms from Western
perspectives and those emerging from the East, especially in view of
the transition, to foster and support new theoretical and practical
initiatives emerging from the region.

The Program on Gender & Culture aims to furnish advanced graduate
students and junior faculty with specialized training in gender
studies in a broad cultural context, enabling them to develop their
own research projects and teach gender studies in their home
institutions. The program is accredited to grant the Master of Arts
degree in Gender Studies by the Board of Regents of the State of New
York (US) and the Master of  Philosophy degree by the Open University
(UK). In addition, the Program on Gender & Culture offers a one-year
certificate specialization for CEU doctoral students and supports
Ph.D.-level visiting fellows through the Doctoral Support Program.


Entry Requirements

Interested individuals may apply by following the general CEU
application guidelines and are expected to have a first university
degree or equivalent. Places are available for up to 30 students per
year. In addition, Doctoral Support Program candidates should submit a
3-5 page description of their Ph.D. thesis including research
questions, theory and methodology, and the current status of the
project; a 1-2 page proposal of research to be carried out at CEU; and
a letter of support from their Ph.D. supervisor.


Master of Arts Program

Students registered for the MA degree in Gender Studies will be
required to complete 40 credit hours (32 course credits, 8 writing
credits). In addition, MA students write a research thesis under the
guidance of  a faculty member who serves as an advisor. Thesis defense
takes place at the end of the Spring Session as an oral exam.


Master of Philosophy Program

Students enrolled in the Master's Program may choose to apply to
register for the MPhil at the end of  the Fall Semester. Selections
are based on academic performance and a 20-page thesis proposal.
Primarily a research degree, a 15 month course of study allows
students to explore their field of interest in much greater depth than
the MA. Registered students take 16 credits of course work in the Fall
Semester including one Directed Seminar, two terms of the M.Phil
Seminar and are expected to write a minimum 120-page research paper;
other course work is optional.


Doctoral Support Program

The Doctoral Support Program is available to graduate students
registered in an accredited Ph.D. program.  Positions are held on
either a semester or academic year basis, and during their term at
CEU, students will receive consultation and supervision from CEU
faculty. Although not required to attend classes, students are
encouraged to interact with other Program students and faculty,
present their work in informal workshops and in general contribute to
the life of the Program.

Doctoral Specialization in Gender & Culture Studies

The Doctoral Specialization is open to CEU Ph.D. students who wish to
concentrate in  gender studies. The Certificate requires 24 credits of
gender studies course work including  4 credits from a Directed
Seminar, 20 credits from other Program course offerings and a final
project.


Selected List of Courses

Semester I
Academic Writing in Gender Studies (Mandatory)
Directed Seminar in Gender Studies (Mandatory)
Feminist Philosophy
Gender & Ethnicity in Literature, Film and the Arts in Central and
South East Europe Gender & Nationalism Introduction to Literary Theory
Modern Masculinities The Production of Gender: From Freud to Judith
Butler The Body of Gender: Aspects in Theory, Art, Culture & Society
The Social History of Madness from a Gendered Perspective Women's
History Writing Women's History

Semester II
Academic Writing in Gender Studies (Mandatory)
Colloquium on Gender & Politics in East Central Europe
Feminist Philosophy II
Gender/Body/Emotion
Gender & Genre
Femininity, Creativity, Revolt: Art and Change in Kristeva's Writing
New Media: Questions of Identity, Agency and Communication Privacy,
Protection & Gender Policy Social Science Methodologies from a
Feminist Perspective

Spring Session
 Research Colloquium in Gender Studies (mandatory)

Additional Courses/Activities

In addition to degree and non-degree tracks, the Program on Gender &
Culture offers other courses and activities in the field. A bi-weekly
Faculty Seminar is open to advanced graduate students and faculty in
the Budapest area. Another of the program's key features is the
Regional Seminar on Gender & Culture, funded by the Higher Education
Support Program, which gathers 20 academics, predominantly from the
region but also from Western Europe and North America, for a series of
workshops on current gender studies topics. Program students
participate in the seminar sessions and may serve as  temporary
interns, thus allowing them to interact with faculty _ many of whom
are leading scholars in gender and culture studies _ and to
participate in new developments in the field.

Core Faculty

Director - Miglena Nikolchina
Ph.D., Philosophy, Sofia University; Ph.D., English, University of
Western Ontario

Marie-Luise Angerer
Ph.D., Department of Communications, University of Vienna

Dasa Duhacek
Ph.D. candidate, Philosophy,  Rutgers University

Sophia Howlett
D.Phil., English, University of York

Jasmina Lukic
Ph.D., Literature, University of Belgrade

Peter Krasztev
Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Hungarian Academy of Science

Andrea Peto
Ph.D., Contemporary History, Eoetvoes University

Arthur Redding
Ph.D., English and Modern Studies., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Joanna Regulska
Ph.D., Geography, University of Colorado-Boulder

Mindy Jane Roseman
 Ph.D. candidate, Modern Western European History, Columbia University

Judit Sandor
Ph.D., Political sciences and Law, Hungarian Academy of Science

Kim Lane Scheppele
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Chicago

Anna Wessely
Ph.D., Sociology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest

Darja Zavirsek
Ph.D., Faculty for Social Sciences, University of Ljubliana