*** Deadline extended ***
The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the University of Alberta is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year. On 14-15 October 2016, it will be holding a two-day conference at the University of Alberta entitled "Ukrainian Studies in Canada: Texts and Contexts." Scholars from Canada and abroad will be participating in five round tables on the following topics: "Foundations of Ukrainian Studies," "New Challenges for Ukrainian Studies," "Ukrainian-Canadian Studies," "Teaching Ukrainian Studies," and "Community Outreach."
CIUS is making available a limited number of travel awards to enable graduate students outside Edmonton to attend the conference at the University of Alberta. The awards will cover travel to and from Edmonton, accommodation (up to three nights), and meals at the conference.
To be eligible, students must be registered in a graduate-level program of study in the humanities or social sciences at a post-secondary institution in Canada.
At the conference, recipients of the award would be given the right of asking the first questions. Awardees will be expected to design and display a poster of up to 600 words describing their research, and, after the conference, to remit to CIUS a text of 300 words or more containing their insights and reflections about the two-day scholarly encounter. Expenses associated with the production of the poster will be reimbursed up to the sum of $40.00.
Letters of application, accompanied by a CV/résumé, a copy of graduate-level transcripts, and a short dissertation or thesis précis (up to 250 words), should be submitted by 29 July 2016 to the following email address: scipko@ualberta.ca. Successful applicants will be notified by 12 August 2016.