Visiting Scholars

The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) invites applications from US and foreign scholars who need to be in residence in Washington, D.C. for their research and writing on topics related to Europe, Eurasia, the cold war, and/or the interconnections between history, politics and international affairs in Europe and/or Eurasia. Senior scholars, post-doctoral scholars, and students working on their dissertations in the fields of political science, history, international affairs, economics, sociology, anthropology, and language and literature are eligible to apply. Applicants should have funding from elsewhere, such as a fellowship or a university sabbatical. Scholars may be in residence at IERES for a period from one month to one year.

Visiting scholars at IERES will have office space and library privileges and will be encouraged to participate in events at IERES and to make a presentation on their work while at IERES. Interested scholars should send their CV, a 2-page description of their research project (including why a residency at IERES would be beneficial, such as to consult with GW faculty, use area archives, or conduct interviews), and the proposed dates of residency to ieresgwu@gwu.edu. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year. Where possible, the Institute is grateful for bench fees from visiting scholars.

Visiting Scholars Fall 2008- Fall 2009

2007-2008 | 2006-2007 | 2005-2006 | 2005-2004

 

Noboru Miyawaki (nmiyaw@gwu.edu) - Associate Professor at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. Researching the CSCE/OSCE process and the U.S. diplomacy in the Cold War era as well as post-Cold War era (8/2/09 - 3/31/10)

Li Qianyu (liqianyu1977@hotmail.com) - Ph.D. Candidate at Peking University, School of International Studies, Beijing, China, member of "Chinese Historians in the United States". Research Topic: "China's Policy towards Asian and African Countries 1955-1965". (9/28/2009-9/27/2010)

Simon Schunz (schunz@gwu.edu) – Research fellow and Ph.D. candidate at the Institute for International and European Policy and the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, University of Leuven, Belgium. Research topic: "The European Union and global climate change policy". (3/1/09-5/31/09)

Igor Izhnin (izhnin@gwu.edu) -Associate Professor of International Relations, Lviv National University, Lviv, Ukraine. Dr. Izhnin's research project examines the conflicts that have erupted hroughout the world following the collapse of the Soviet Bloc (4/1/09-6/30/09)

Liu Yue "Linda" (liuyue@gwu.edu) – Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China. Examining U.S. Foreign Environmental Policy in the Nixon Administration. (5/15/08 - 7/31/09)

Rafael Nuñez (rrubio@gwu.edu) – Professor at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. Investigation of different tools for the EU to promote democracy abroad. (5/08 - 11/08)

Yasuko Kono (kono@gwu.edu) – Professor of Political Science and Japanese Political and Diplomatic History, Hosei University. Researching an analysis of Okinawa's role during the Cold War. (4/1/07 - 3/31/09)

Margaret Paxson "Maggie" (paxson@gwu.edu) – Senior Associate at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Researching social memory and social stability in Kabardino-Balkaria. (10/07 – 7/09)

Fumikazu Sugiura (fsugiura@gwu.edu) – Profesor at Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan. Researching "Nonpayment problem in Russia," "Corporate Finance in Russia" and "EU enlargement from the perspective of the USA." (6/9/08 – 6/8/09)

Harald Thorud (hthorud@gwu.edu) – Recipient of the Ambassador Stuart Fellowship awarded by the Norwegian-American Association. Researching policy in Afghanistan. (8/30/08 – 3/10/09)

Cosmina Tanasoiu (tanasoiu@gwu.edu) – Part-time Faculty at IERES and Profesor at the American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Examining: Romania, Retrospective Justice and Lustration Laws from 1990-2007. (9/1/08 – 12/08-08)

Andrey Baykov (abaykov@gwu.edu) – MGIMO-University, Moscow, Russia. Comparing the European experience with integrative activities in the Asia-Pacific Region. (9/15/08 – 10/14/08)

Evgeniy Chernyshev (echernys@gwu.edu) – Kant State University, Kaliningrad, Russia. Examining Poland, in the Foreign Policy of the USSR and the USA from 1939-1947. (9/18/08 – 1/09)

Irina Bystrova – The Institute of Russian History Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Research topic is the Military-Industrial Complexes: A Comparative Study of the American and Soviet Experience (1941-1991). (11/1/08 - 4/30/09)

Gulnara Iskakova – (iskakova@gwu.edu) An acting professor of law at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Dr. Iskakova's project examines the executive-legislative relationships in different countries pertaining to constitutional development, the role of elections and of other constitutional arrangements in transitional states. (9/24/08 - 5/30/09)

Carolyne Davidson – (cdavidso@gwu.edu) Yale. Ph.D. candidate in history. Research topic: "Dealing with De Gaulle: The United States, France and NATO, 1958-1969."

Max Bader – (bader@gwu.edu) Amsterdam University. Ph.D. candidate. Research topic: "The International Dimension of Political Party Development in the post-Communist Republics of Georgia and Ukraine." (2/1/09 - 5/31/09)

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