JUNE-AUGUST 2014
Applications due October 11

The Center invites proposals from workshop coordinator(s) to conduct
two-week research workshops at the Museum during summer 2014. We
welcome proposals from scholars in all relevant disciplines, including
history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, philosophy,
religion, anthropology, comparative genocide studies, and law.

Summer Research Workshops provide an environment in which groups of
scholars working in closely related areas of study–but with limited
previous face-to-face interaction–can discuss a central research
question or issue; their research methodologies and findings; the
major challenges facing their work; and future cooperative scholarly
ventures.

Participants have access to more than 70 million physical pages of
Holocaust-related archival documentation; the Museum’s extensive
library; oral history, film, photo, art, artifacts, and memoir
collections; and a Holocaust survivor database. Participants also have
access to more than 100 million digitized pages from the holdings of
the International Tracing Service (ITS), a collection that holds
information on the fates of 17.5 million people who were subject to
incarceration, forced labor, and displacement as a result of World War
II. Many of these sources have yet to receive scholarly examination
and offer unprecedented opportunities that will advance the field of
Holocaust studies.

The Summer Research Workshop program has a two-stage application
process. Stage One is a preliminary application, consisting of a
one-page, single-spaced description of the proposed workshop that
details the research project’s focus, significance, scope, methods,
objectives, and expertise required from potential participants.
Applications should include CVs for no more than two workshop
coordinators. Stage One applications are due October 11, 2013.
Applicants will be notified by the end of October whether they will be
invited to submit a full proposal in the second round of the
competition, with the assistance of Center staff. The deadline for the
full proposal is February 7, 2014. Applicants will be notified of the
Center’s final decision in March 2014.

Please address applications to Krista Hegburg, PhD, program officer,
University Programs, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, at
202.488.0459 or khegburg@ushmm.org (mailto:khegburg@ushmm.org). For
further information about this program, and to view the full Call for
Applications, please visit ushmm.org/research/center/workshops