SIMA is a research training program offered by the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History with major funding from the Cultural Anthropology Program of the National Science Foundation. Dates: June 24 – July 19, 2013. The program seeks to promote broader and more effective use of museum collections in anthropological research by providing a supplement to university training. Application deadline in March 1, 2013. Applicants must submit a short statement of interest and an initial proposal for an individual research project. See full application instructions.
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Intensive summer program on Indigenous People’s Rights & Policy
Columbia University announces its Indigenous Studies Summer Program on Indigenous People’s Rights and Policy at Columbia University. The program runs from June 3-14, 2013. The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) is now accepting applications from researchers, professionals, practitioners, and advanced students who wish to participate in an intensive two-week summer immersion program at Columbia University on indigenous peoples’ rights and policy.
The program provides an overview and analysis of the major questions in indigenous affairs today, as they have emerged globally in the last decades. The program has an interdisciplinary approach and incorporates lectures and workshops on the most recent and innovative academic research and policy debates on indigenous peoples’ issues. It is complemented by visits and lectures at the United Nations and state and indigenous peoples’ institutions.
For details, click here.
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