Eur-Asian Border Lab Summer School 2025 – YOA

Deadline: January 5, 2025

Applications are open for the Eur-Asian Border Lab Summer School 2025. The Eur-Asian Border Lab, along with the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) invites purposes for every week-lengthy programme of workshops, discipline journeys, and lectures to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan between 2-6 June, 2025. The Border Lab Summer School will contain consultants who’ve labored on borders in Central Asia and past to debate a number of the most up-to-date analysis and methodologies in border research.

It can even assist ECRs develop their analysis-in-progress and to encourage networking between the current and subsequent technology of border students. The fundamental concept is to create synergies and share theoretical and methodological insights between researchers who concentrate on completely different areas and fields in border research.

Costs

• Costs associated to spherical-journey economic system flights or prepare journey can be reimbursed (observe: the utmost restrict is 500 EUR).
• Accommodation together with breakfast for six nights and summer time college lunches can be supplied.
• Any additional prices will not be lined. Participants are anticipated to check their very own visa necessities to enter Kyrgyzstan and apply for visas nicely forward of time, in addition to manage their very own journey/medical insurance coverage (the journey prices won’t be reimbursed in case of cancellation).

Eligibility

• Open to PhDs, Postdocs, or different early-stage students within the humanities and social sciences engaged on border-associated subjects. MA college students and superior undergraduates may additionally be thought-about on a case-by-case foundation.
• Advanced degree English proficiency is required for participation.
• They particularly encourage students from underrepresented areas, minority teams, and various backgrounds to apply.

Application

The following paperwork must be uploaded within the application form by 17:00 CET on 5 January, 2025:

• CV info
• An announcement of motivation (not more than 1000 phrases), together with: why you wish to take part in the summertime college, what sort of writing-in-progress you intend to share, and what your analysis pursuits in border research are.
• A brief (not more than 3000 phrases max) writing pattern

For extra info, go to Eur-Asian Border Lab Summer School.