BU Fellowship: Center of Forced Displacement
Boston University, Center on Forced Displacement Accepting Applications for Graduate Fellowships
Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) invites applications for a one year graduate fellowship supporting a seminar on EU and US Border Externalization Regimes as they impact migrants and asylum seekers traveling through Central America and the Balkan states. The CFD Graduate Fellow should be engaged in a dissertation or artistic project related to critical displacement studies, border studies, migration studies, health and wellness of migrants and asylum seekers, or related fields.
We will appoint one graduate fellow during calendar year 2023 and a second fellow in 2024. CFD will provide full funding support for research activities and mentoring toward future projects and professional opportunities.
The duties of the CFD Graduate Fellow will including conducting and presenting original research and helping to organize the seminar on EU and US Border Externalization Regimes, including gathering and posting seminar materials, editing a monthly newsletter about the seminar and other communications, and ensuring that the seminar has the greatest impact possible. Graduate Fellows will also have the opportunity to contribute to the events and projects of CFD, including a book project on border externalization. Our Graduate Fellows will benefit from research support and mentorship as well as a lively and committed atmosphere of intellectual inquiry that is truly interdisciplinary.
Apply by October 15. More information here.