Visiting Scholars
Each year The Sigur Center hosts Visiting Scholars and Visiting Research Associates from around the world, who are selected on a highly competitive basis to conduct research related to Asia.
Visiting Scholars are usually faculty members at universities, analysts at research institutions, or mid-career government officials.
Visiting Research Associates are usually doctoral candidates.
The Sigur Center normally provides shared use of an office; access to a computer and the Internet; borrowing privileges at GW's Gelman library; limited telephone, fax, and photocopying privileges; and an opportunity to interact with other scholars focusing on Asia.
To Apply:
We are now accepting applications. Please submit all applications by October 1, 2008.
Click here to download the Sigur Center Visiting Scholar Application Form.
If you are interested in being considered for a Visiting Scholar or Visiting Research Associate position, please submit a complete application by email, fax, or mail. We will only consider complete applications. A complete application includes:
- a completed Visiting Scholar Application Form
- a detailed description of the research project (one page)
- a description of what resources in the area you will use
- a detailed resume or CV
- two letters of recommendation
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DEADLINES: There are two deadlines every year.
April 1
October 1
The visa application process will take at least one month to complete, so please keep that in mind when considering your start date. We will try to work with applicants' deadlines, including those imposed by funding organizations, so please let us know in your application if you have any such requirements.
Proposed research terms are usually 3-12 months long. Please clearly state your desired term in your introductory letter, as described above.
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Applications will be evaluated by The Elliott School of International Affairs and The Sigur Center. If accepted, a bench fee of up to $1000 per month may apply.
We welcome applications from candidates all over the world. Once the Sigur Center has agreed to host a scholar, and the scholar has accepted the invitation, it is expected that the scholar will withdraw any other applications to potential host institutions.
POSCO TJ Park Foundation NGO Fellowship Program
The 2008-2009 POSCO TJ Park Foundation NGO Fellowship application period is now closed. If you have questions regarding this program, please click here.
The Sigur Center is proud to announce its participation in an exciting new program: bringing members of South Korean non governmental organizations (NGOs) to the United States for research and study as fellows. The $2 million program, co-ordinated by Stanford University, involves four other leading North American universities. It is possible thanks to the generous support of the POSCO TJ Park Foundation, a non-profit organization established in 1971 by Tae Joon Park to contribute to Korean and Asian development in a spirit of social responsibility.
The POSCO TJ Park Foundation Fellowship Program aims to increase the interaction between members of the American and Korean NGO communities. GWU forms part of a consortium that includes Stanford, Columbia University , Indiana University, and the University of British Columbia. Each university will host two fellows each year for five years starting September 2006. The member universities will also hold an annual conference to highlight the scholars’ research.
For more information and an application, please visit the Stanford University Korean Studies Program.
Please direct questions and applications to:
Visiting Scholars in Residence at The Sigur Center
Since the scholars do not always come into the office, please email rather than call.
Byung-woo AHN, South Korea (August 2008-July 2009)
Tel: 202-994-1949
Email: click here
Affiliation: Hanshin University
Research Topic: "The History of Conflict and Reconciliation in East Asia"
Sanghoon KIM, South Korea (May 2008-Oct 2008)
Tel: 202-994-8847
Email: click here
Affiliation: Republic of Korea Army
Research topic: "The Future Threat of Nuclear Weapons"
Gilsup KWAK, South Korea (Jan 2008-Dec 2008)
Tel: 202-994-8847
Email: click here
Affiliation: Ministry of Unification, Republic of Korea
Research topic: "The Characteristics of the North Korean Leadership's Way of Thinking and Internal Conflict"
Sanghoon LEE, South Korea (Sept 2007-Aug 2008)
Tel: 202-994-9735
Email: click here
Affiliation: POSCO NGO Fellow and Korea Foundation for Environmental Movements
Research topic: "National Energy Policy Changes and the Affecting Factors in the US"
Hasna MOUDUD, Bangladesh (May 2008-Dec 2008)
Tel: 202-994-8841
Email: click here
Research topic: "The Role of Women Leaders in the Politics of South Asia"
Shinsuke TOMOTSUGU, Japan (August 2008-July 2009)
Tel: 202-994-4728
Email: click here
Affiliation: Fulbright Scholar and Nagoya University
Research topic: "U.S.-Japan Nuclear Diplomacy under the Carter Administration in 1977 over the Operation of the Tokaimura Reprocessing Plant"
Michael YAHUDA, United Kingdom (Jan 2008-Dec 2008)
Tel: 205-994-2760
Email: click here
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics
Mi-kang YANG, South Korea (Oct 2007-Aug 2008)
Tel: 202-994-9735
Email: click here
Affiliation: POSCO NGO Fellow and Asia Peace and Historical Education Network
Research topic: "Cooperation Model of Civic Society for Reconciling History in East Asia"