Scholarships Info

SUMMER SCHOOL
SERRES 4th -13th JULY 2011
The Byzantine Monastery
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 40 SCHOLARSHIPS

The Centre for Byzantine Studies of the Aristotle University of Salonica, the Centre for Byzantine, Modern Greek and South-Eastern European Studies of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris), and the Society for Study and Research on the Regional History of Serres have organised a series of courses (in English and French) as part of a summer school devoted to the topic The Byzantine Monastery, to be held in the city of Serres in Greece the 4-13 July 2011.

SCHOLARSHIPS
To enable students to participate in the courses, the organisers are offering 40 scholarships, divided into two categories:
Category A : 20 scholarships covering the following costs :
1) Flights from the international airport nearest the fellow’s place of residence to the airport of Salonica, transportation from Salonica to Serres and return
2) Stay in Serres (hotel and half-board)
3) Participation in the course
4) Excursion
Category B : 20 scholarships covering the following costs :
1) Transportation from Salonica to Serres and return
2) Stay in Serres (hotel and half-board)
3) Participation in the course
4) Excursion
At the end of the courses, certificates of participation will be issued to students, equivalent to 12 ECTS for students enrolled in the Master’s programme at the EHESS.

APPLICATION
Those eligible:
a) Students enrolled in a Master’s programme (Metaptychiako, Laurea specialistica …)
b) Doctoral students
c) Students enrolling in Master’s or doctoral programmes in 2011 or 2012 (letter from supervisor required)
The students must understand the two languages of the Summer scholl (french/english)

DEADLINES
19th March 2011 : Emails to be sent by applicants stating their intention to apply to the secretariat of the Summer School : byzance@ehess.fr
In the subject line: Scholarship – Summer School in Serres.
The pre-registration form is to be attached to the email.
2nd APRIL 2011: Applications to be sent by post to :
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Centre for Byzantine, Modern Greek and South-East European Studies
190-198, avenue de France
75244 PARIS CEDEX 13
PARIS
FRANCE
Tel. 00 33 149542335 / 00 33 149542498 Fax : 00 33 149542652

DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED
1) Covering letter
2) Curriculum studiorum indicating clearly study already completed, research activity and field of research
3) A letter of recommendation from the student’s director of studies
4) Other documents the candidate considers useful in support of his application

Provisional Programme
The Byzantine Monastery
The seminars will be conducted in French and English

Sources for Byzantine Monasticism
Monastic Literature and Anthropology
Monastic Reading and Writing
Seals
Law
Monasteries and Economics
History of Monasticism and Monastic Movements
Architecture of Monasteries
Painting

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