In view of the success of its short programmes, the Madrid Institute for Advanced Study (MIAS), in collaboration with the Centre d'études Picasso at the Musée national Picasso Paris, is launching a new call for applications for ‘PicALsso’ and offering a three-month scientific residency.
Applications for the first semester of the 2026–2027 academic year will close on 31 March 2026 at 12:00 noon (CET). Subsequently, the call for applications for the second semester of the 2026–2027 academic year will open.
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The Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) is pleased to launch the ninth cycle of its Small Grants Program and the second on the theme of “Constantine Zurayk: Nation, Identity, and History: Towards New Agendas.”
Up to four Science Diplomacy theme-based fellowships available
Fellowship period: September 2026 until June 2027
Interdisciplinary research collaboration and innovative ideas are prerequisites for tackling joint societal challenges. The complexity of global challenges, such as climate changes, pandemics and technological advancements, demands an integrated approach to international collaborations, where science plays an important role.
The deadline for applications to this grant is 23rd March 2026 at 23:59 UTC +0.
The Center for Korean Studies (CKS) at UC Berkeley is pleased to announce the establishment of the Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies. Inaugurated in 2022 to honor the late Professor Hong Yung Lee, the Award acknowledges books (and authors) that make significant contributions to the field of Korean Studies. The competition is flexible in regards to academic discipline, and encompasses not only the conventional areas of Korean Studies (i.e., humanities, arts and media, and social sciences) but also Korean Studies texts that engage the Korean diaspora and/or comparative approaches.
In close cooperation with partner institutes from Ukraine, Europe and the United States, the Wissenschaftskolleg has launched an initiative to support Ukrainian scholars in their effort to found an Institute for Advanced Study in Kyiv. Full-scale institutional activities in Ukraine will only be possible once the war is over, but in September 2023 the Virtual Ukraine Institute for Advanced Study (VUIAS) has taken up its activities and hosted a first interdisciplinary cohort of fellows.
In 2023, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies joined forces with In geveb to provide a series of grants to scholars and artists to work with Yiddish materials in the archive’s collection. The first cohort of fellows resulted in five successful projects ranging from traditional research and the creation of pedagogical materials for using Yiddish testimony in the classroom to musical performance and artistic works.