Dear Colleagues,
Please distribute this announcement as widely as you think appropriate.
This is a great fellowship opportunity for a semester. Thank you in advance.
Liliana
Dear Colleague,
I am the Director of the Oak Institute for the Study of
International Human Rights at Colby College and I would like to
solicit your assistance in our annual search for the Oak Human Rights
Fellow, which is targeted this year for someone working in the area
of THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
I have copied the announcement below. You can also access it
at http://www.colby.edu/oak.
Each year, we host a human rights professional doing
on-the-ground work at some level of personal risk and organize a
lecture series around his or her area of expertise. The purpose of
the fellowship is to offer activists a respite from their work and
spend a semester as a scholar-in-residence at the College, exposing
campus community to the issues surrounding the human rights issues on
which the Fellow works.
In conducting our annual search, we rely heavily on
nominations from NGOs, academics, journalists, and human rights
lawyers, since these are the people most likely to know of the work
of on-the-ground professionals.
Since you and your organization has been active in working on the
kinds of issues relevant to our search, I would like your assistance in
disseminating the
announcement to your membership. You should also feel free to
nominate anyone or forward the announcement to anyone in the field
who could help us.
Whatever assistance you might provide would be greatly appreciated.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get back to me.
Thank you in advance.
Ken Rodman
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OAK FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights
annually hosts an Human Rights Fellow to teach and conduct research
while at residence in the College and organizes lectures and other
events centered around the fellow's area of expertise. The purpose of
the fellowship is to offer an opportunity for prominent practitioners in
international human rights to take a sabbatical leave from their work
and spend a period of up to a semester as a scholar-in-residence at the
College. This provides the Fellow time for reflection, research, and
writing. While all human rights practitioners are eligible, we
especially encourage applications from those who are currently or were
recently involved in "on-the-ground" work at some level of personal
risk. The Oak Fellow's responsibilities include regular meetings with
students either through formal classes or informal discussion groups and
assistance in shaping a lecture series or symposium associated with the
particular aspect of human rights of interest to the fellow. The fellow
also is expected to participate in the intellectual life of the campus
and enable our students to work or study with a professional in the
human rights field. The Fellow will receive a stipend and College fringe
benefits, plus round-trip transportation from the fellow's home site,
housing for a family, use of a car, and meals on campus. The Fellow will
also receive research support, including office space, secretarial
support, computer and library facilities, and a student assistant. The
Fellowship is awarded for the fall semester (Sept.-Dec.) each year.
Following the period of the award, the fellow is expected to return to
her or his human rights work.
For the fall of 2006, the Oak Institute seeks a human rights practitioner
working on environmental issues that affect the rights of individuals and
communities. Possible areas of expertise include, but are not limited to:
exposing or mobilizing against environmental dangers to human health
particularly among marginalized peoples, preserving ecosystems on which
traditional communities depend, environmental justice, resource
extraction and the rights of local communities, indigenous rights and the
environment, rehabilitation and compensation for environmental damages,
and the application of rights-based approaches to environmental protection.
--
Prof. Kenneth A. Rodman
Department of Government
5310 Mayflower Hill Drive
Colby College
Waterville, ME 04901
phone: (207) 859-5310
fax: (207) 859-5229
Liliana Andonova
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Government
Department of Government
Colby College
4000 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901
