PHA-Exchange> Call for Nominations - Oak Fellowship on Health & HumanRights

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From: "Ken Rodman" <karodman at colby.edu>

> Call for Nominations - Oak Fellowship on Health & Human Rights
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> I am the Director of the Oak Institute for the Study of Interna-
> tional 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 HEALTH 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 lec-
> ture 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
> human rights issues, I would like your assistance in disseminat-
> ing 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 appreci-
> ated. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get back to
> me. Thank you in advance.
> 
> Ken Rodman
> mailto:karodman at colby.edu
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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 re-
> search 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 in-
> volved 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 inter-
> est 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 se-
> mester (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 2005, the Oak Institute seeks a human rights
> practitioner working on health-related human rights issues. Pos-
> sible areas of expertise may include, but are not limited to:
> HIV-AIDS, the rehabilitation of torture victims, the treatment
> of refugees or the victims of landmines, forensic anthropology,
> combating unsafe health and sanitary conditions, women's health
> issues, and infant malnutrition and mortality. The successful
> candidate should have some background in the health sciences or
> related fields. For more information, see our website at:
> http://www.colby.edu/oak
> 
> --
> Prof. Kenneth A. Rodman
> Department of Government
> 5310 Mayflower Hill Drive
> Colby College
> Waterville, ME 04901
> Tel: +1-207-872-3270
> Fax: +1-207-872-3263
> mailto:karodman at colby.edu