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Website: www.ushmm.org/research/center/fellowship/dorot/
Application deadline: November 26, 2008

The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum supports scholarship in the field of Holocaust studies; promotes the growth of Holocaust studies at American universities and the development of strong relationships between American and foreign scholars of the Holocaust; and seeks to ensure the ongoing training of future generations of scholars specializing in the Holocaust.

The Center is accepting applications for graduate student summer research assistant fellowships. Recipients will participate with the Center's staff scholars and program directors in four special research projects. Recipients will:

• Research sources, write and edit entries on Nazi-run ghettos for the second volume of the Center's Encyclopedia of Camps, Ghettos and other Detention Sites in Nazi-Dominated Europe. In addition to English, fluency in German, Polish, Russian, Yiddish, or Hebrew is required.
• Conduct research for the Center’s Archival Studies Publication Project on “Jewish Responses to Persecution” by identifying, describing, and annotating primary and secondary source materials in the Museum’s archives and library for possible inclusion in the series. In addition to English, fluency or good reading knowledge in German, Polish, Romanian, Yiddish, French, or Hebrew is required. Candidates should have some experience with computer databases including Access and Excel.
• Conduct research and writing on Jewish resistance in occupied Europe, including but not limited to materials relating to the activities of Jewish youth movements and underground organizations. Applicants should have fluency or a good reading knowledge in at least one of the following languages: Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Polish, or French, as well as some experience with computer databases including Access and Excel.
• Content analysis and description (in the form of finding aids and/or databases) of newly acquired archival collections from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Russia, and the ex-Soviet Republics. Fluency in Slovak, Czech, German, or Russian is required.

Each fellowship will last for three months during the June-August timeframe. Awardees will receive a stipend of $2,000/month. The Center will provide one roundtrip airline ticket to and from Washington, D.C. for travel within North America. Applicants must be currently enrolled in or admitted to a graduate degree program at a North American university. The Center is unable to provide visa assistance for non-U.S. citizens.

Applicants should submit a resume, a personal statement of no more than two pages in length, and one letter of recommendation from a faculty member or dean at his/her institution that speaks to the applicant’s qualifications for one of the projects listed above. The personal statement must specify the project for which the applicant is applying and explain the significance of the requested fellowship to the applicant’s professional and/or academic goals.

Contact information:
Dr. Lisa Yavnai, Director
Visiting Scholar Programs
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126
(202) 314-7829
dorot@ushmm.org