We are happy to announce the next call for the Visegrad Scholarships at OSA in the fall of 2020/21!
Theme:
Possibilities of knowing: Truth seeking in a polarized world and [in] its aftermath.
We would like to assess the potential of a genealogical project linking the contemporary epistemic crisis of democracy to past modes of inquiry.
Submission deadline: November 15, 2020
We invite applicants from the fields of history, the arts, philosophy, and sociology to reflect on the conditions of knowledge production during and after the Cold War. Scholars and artists are invited to analyze the documentary practices of different agencies and persons on both sides of the Iron Curtain and assess the truth value of related documents/ artifacts.
Visegrad Scholarship at OSA
For a better and deeper understanding of the interdependent recent history of (the center of) Europe, the International Visegrad Fund offers 15 research fellowship grants annually in the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest on a competitive basis to support scholars who wish to conduct research in the holdings of OSA, and whose current research projects are relevant to the holdings and the given research priorities of the Fund and OSA.
For detailed information of the call, please check the official OSA Visegrad Scholarship website.