Inya Institute Summer Research and Mentoring Fellowship - Myanmar's Borderlands
Organizer: Inya Institute
Description:
The Fellow will be expected to mentor researchers whose work may address any of the following themes related to Myanmar’s borderlands:
legacy of colonial knowledge on borderlands and their communities;
ethno-history of borderlands;
natural resources and challenges to environmental protection in borderlands;
communities, networks, and trade across borders;
legal and illegal border migration;
humanitarian relief to refugees and public health in borderlands;
borders at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic;
formal and informal governance of borderlands;
externalized economic development of borderlands;
formal and non-formal education in borderlands;
other themes related to borderlands.
The Inya Institute will cover international airfare (to Thailand, India, or Bangladesh, as per the Fellow’s proposed choice) and additional costs (including domestic travel, local accommodation, meals, internet costs). Within the limits of the time available outside of the Fellow’s mentoring duties, the Fellow may also engage in their own personal research work .
Following the Summer 2023 research and mentoring program, the Inya Institute will organize a conference in 2024 in Thailand on ‘Myanmar’s borderlands: past, present, and future’ in which both the Fellow and the Myanmar researchers will participate and present their papers.
Eligibility
The fellowship is open to post-doctoral scholars whose past or current research interests and work align with the study of Myanmar’s borderlands (see list above);
The fellowship is open to: (1) U.S. citizens who obtained their PhD degree in the last 10 years in a U.S. university or a university overseas: (2) foreign nationals who obtained their PhD degree in the last 10 years in a U.S. university.
Applications due by: March 17, 2023
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