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发表于 2008-6-27 00:29:08
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March 15, 2007
It is our great pleasure once more to invite your institution to participate in the programs of the Harvard-Yenching Institute by nominating scholars as candidates to our visiting scholars and fellows program. For academic year 2008-09, your institution may nominate up to a total of 4 (four) candidates from among your most promising scholars. In conjunction with the mission of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, nominated scholars should be working in the humanities and social sciences with an emphasis on culture (see below for a list of fields for your reference). Here is a summary of our programs.
Visiting Scholars Program
This program offers younger faculty members in the humanities and social sciences the opportunity to undertake 11 months of study and research at Harvard University. Successful applicants join researchers at the Harvard-Yenching Institute, and have access to the Harvard University libraries. They are provided with living expenses while at the Institute. Applicants must be 42 years of age or younger at the date of application. Our selection committee reviews all the applications, and meets in early December. All the applicants and university/academy administrators will be notified of selection results in mid-December. The selection criteria include academic training, quality of research proposal, and depth of subject knowledge, originality of the proposal as well as feasibility of conducting the research at Harvard University. The deadline for the receipt of applications is June 15, 2007.
Visiting Fellows Program
This program provides advanced Ph.D. candidates (advanced graduate students and junior faculty members) in your institution an opportunity to do dissertation research at Harvard University for three semesters. Our selection committee reviews all the applications, and meets in early December. In our selection process, preference is given to advanced graduate students and junior faculty members working in East Asian Studies. Successful applicants join researchers at the Harvard-Yenching Institute, and have access to Harvard University libraries. They are provided with living expenses while at the Institute. An official TOEFL score is required for this program. All the applicants and university/academy administrators will be notified of selection results in mid-December. The selection criteria include academic training, quality of research proposal, and depth of subject knowledge, originality of the proposal as well as feasibility of conducting the research at Harvard University. The deadline for the receipt of application is June 15, 2007. A TOEFL score must be submitted to the Institute by September 1, 2007.
Late summer or fall this year, a representative of the Harvard-Yenching Institute will visit your university to interview all the nominees for these programs. We ask that you send all of your applications in one package to the Institute at the following address:
Program Office
Harvard-Yenching Institute
25 Francis Avenue, Suite 20
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
Tel: 617-495-0702
Fax: 617-496-7206
Scholarship applications sent directly to the Institute without official approval by your institution will not be considered. We look forward to hearing from you after you have nominated your candidates. In the meantime, please acknowledge the receipt of this letter and attached application forms to Dr. Ruohong Li via e-mail at ruohong_li@harvard.edu , or by fax at 617-496-7206.
Thank you very much for your kind cooperation.
Sincerely yours, |
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