Fellowship: TASI 2011, "Violence Across the Mediterranean to Northern Europe: Theory and Practice" (4/8; 7/17-29)

The DAAD Center for German & European Studies at the University of Minnesota invites applications to the 11th Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute in European Studies (TASI). The Institute will bring together 12 German or other European, and 12 North American advanced graduate students for an intensive two-week seminar on the campus of the University of Minnesota. The 2011 topic is "Violence Across the Mediterranean to Northern Europe: Theory and Practice."

The 2011 multi-disciplinary faculty leaders are Patricia Lorcin (History; University of Minnesota) and Aberrahmane Moussaoui (Anthropology; University of Provence, France). They will be joined by guest speaker Ruth Mandel (Anthropology; University College London, UK). The Institute offers a diverse mix of seminar discussions of key readings, research presentations by guest faculty and fellows, and informal discussions of fellows' research projects. The international faculty team encourages applications from young scholars in the social sciences and humanities who are eager to situate their own projects at the intersection of the four main strands in the scholarly literature on violence. All selected students will receive fellowships. A reading knowledge of French is required. Application deadline: April 8, 2011.