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Synapsis grants for young scholars in Comparative Literature

(Official announcement)

 

The Executive Committee of the European School of Comparative Studies “Synapsis 2008” is offering twenty grants for participating in the next session of the School (Pontignano, September 8th-15th, 2008).
Each grant will be of € 100.

All Italian and foreign scholars are eligible for receiving the grant, provided that:
1. they are not over 35 years of age;
2. have sent in their application to Synapsis 2008 and have been accepted and enrolled in the school;
3. have paid the enrolment fee (€ 100) as requested to all the prospective participants by the selecting committee;
4. do not expect to receive any other form of financial support.

Applications for the grant should reach the Executive Committee not later than July 10th and should be sent in by e-mail to the address synapsis2008@unisi.it (please send copy also to micali@unisi.it) or fax to no. +39 0575 926410 (to the attention of Prof. Roberto Bigazzi).

Applications should contain:
1. a short c.v. (with special mention of studies and researches done or in progress in the field of comparative literature);
2. a list of publications, if any;
3. the explicit statement that no other form of financial support is available for her/his participating in the 2008 session of Synapsis; and, for a possible check, the name and contact information of a person in charge (her/his research supervisor, Department administrator, Dean of the Graduate School, etc) who can confirm it.

The special committee for the selection of the grant’s applications, composed by the executive committee of Synapsis  2008, has established the following criteria of priority:

1. The orientation towards comparative studies in the scholarly profile of the candidate;
2. Distance of  the home University from Siena.
3. The candidate’s attendance to a graduate school in Comparative Literature;
4. her/his lacking of financial support for writing a PhD dissertation

Deadline for applications: July 10.

The candidates selected for receiving the grant will be informed by official communication not later than July 31st 2008.

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Application form

The undersigned:
Male/Female
Born (place and date):
Nationality:
University:
Studies (undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate)
is applying for one of the 20 grants of € 100, for participating in the 2008 edition of Synapsis, which will take place in Pontignano (September 8-15, 2008). 
I don't have access to any other form of financial support for participating in the 2008 session of Synapsis; if you need confirmation, please contact:
Name:
Position:
University:
School /Department:
e-mail:
phone:

I attach my curriculum vitae.
Date and signature,
Address, telephone number, fax, e-mail for all communication.

 

Compalit scholarships:

The "Associazione di Teoria e Storia Comparata della Letteratura" (www.compalit.net) is offering 2 scholarships of 250 euros each, reserved to Italian PhD students or members of the Associazione.
All applicants, after they have been accepted and enrolled in the school,  must write to chiara.lombardi@unito.it , attaching their CV and a copy of their payment of the enrolment fee (€ 100).
Deadline for applications: July 10.

 

Special grants for graduate students of Siena University:

A few scholarships of € 200 and € 100 each, offered by the Siena "Azienda regionale per il diritto allo studio", are reserved to graduate students enrolled in the University of Siena.
For the official announcement, deadline, requirements and application form please go to http://www.dsu.siena.it/c_contributi