Short-Term Travel Grants Program

Grant Recipients 2002-2003

Funded by US Department of State, Title VIII Program
Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities

Funded by US Department of State, Title VIII Program
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Name: Victor Agadjanian
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Arizona State University
City, State: Tempe, AZ
Academic Field: Sociology
Countries to Visit: Yerevan, Armenia; Almaty, Kazakhstan
Travel Dates: 5/16/2002 - 6/6/2002
Project Title: "Understanding the Dynamics of Abortion and Contraception in Armenia and Kazakhstan"
Project Abstract: Dr. Agadian will conduct interviews with government officials, leaders and activists of non-governmental organizations, academics, and physicians in Armenia and Kazakhstan in order to develop a better understanding of the dynamics of abortion and contraception. Also, during his trip he will collect statistics and other materials regarding abortion that are not available in the United States.

Name: Dana Burde
Title: Adjunct Assistant Professor
Institution: Teachers College, Columbia University
City, State: New York, NY
Academic Field: Education
Countries to Visit: Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Travel Dates: 6/15/2002 - 8/1/2002
Project Title: "PTAs and Civic Engagement in Countries in Transition"
Project Abstract: Dr. Burde will begin the first part of a larger study to examine the strategies women use to overcome obstacles and further political changes that reflect their gendered interests. During six weeks in Sarajevo, she will conduct interviews with 15 women who participate in PTAs, with aid workers, and with governmental education officials who help organize these civil society building programs.

Name: Henry Carey
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Georgia State University
City, State: Atlanta, GA
Academic Field: Political Science/Government
Countries to Visit: Bucharest, Romania; Cluj, Romania; Sibiu, Romania; Iasi, Romania; Constanta, Romania; Timisoara, Romania
Travel Dates: 5/1/2002 - 6/30/2002
Project Title: "Judicial Independence in Romania: Perceptions and Reality"
Project Abstract: Dr. Carey will interview lawyers and judges in Romania about the extent of judicial independence with accountability in comtemporary Romania, in terms of actual challenges, clear improvements, and opportunities for policy reforms sponsored by the Romanian government and foreign aid and private foundations. He will also commission a public opinion survey of public perceptions of judicial independence by Metro Media Transylvania.

Name: William Clark
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: Lousiana State University
City, State: Baton Rouge, LA
Academic Field: Political Science/Government
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Russia
Travel Dates: 7/17/2002 - 8/7/2002
Project Title: "Institutional Development of the Russian State Duma"
Project Abstract: Dr. Clark's project entails interviewing members of the Russian State Duma, its staff, and outside experts on issues related to the organizational and procedural development of Russian legislature. The goal of her research is to understand and anticipate future institutional trends of the Russian legislature as an actor in the larger political system.

Name: Alan DeYoung
Title: Professor
Institution: University of Kentucky
Educational Policy Studies & Evaluation
City, State: Lexington, KY
Academic Field: Education, International Program Development
Countries to Visit: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Travel Dates: 6/1/2002 - 6/21/2002
Project Title: "The Status of School Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic, 2002"
Project Abstract: Dr. DeYoung will travel to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to visit and interview the multiple Ministry of Education and Culture, USAID and other official (and unofficial) players who helped to create and propose a comprehensive school reform agenda (the "Action Plan") in June of 2001 to the Kyrgyz government. The aim will be to find out if and how, and why or why not changes in the way schools work in Kyrgyzstan have been actually approved, proposed or pursued in the last calendar year since they were suggested and outlined.

Name: Kamal Fatehi
Title: Chair
Institution: Kennesaw State University
City, State: Kennesaw, GA
Academic Field: Business
Countries to Visit: Ashgabad, Turkmenista
Travel Dates: 7/1/2002 - 7/10/2002
Project Title: "Entrepreneurship in a Transitional Economy: A Turkmen Case Study"
Project Abstract: Dr. Fatehi will study the process of entrepreneruship through information collection, direct observation of business operations, and interviews with the managers of a newly privatized company in Ashgabad, th Turkmenistan.

Name: Yoshiko Herrera
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Harvard University
City, State: Cambridge, MA
Academic Field: Political Science/Government
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Russia
Travel Dates: 9/15/2002 - 10/15/2002
Project Title: "Empiracal Investigations of Institutional Reform and Development: Transformation of the Russian State Statistical Insitutions"
Project Abstract: Dr. Herrera's project examines how state institutions are transformed in the course of political and economic reform. Using extensive interviews and archival material, she willinvestigate the transformation over the last 15 years of the Russian State Statistical Committee. Dr. Herrera will interview Goskomstat officials in Moscow and work in RGAE and Goskomstat archives.

Name: Grigory Ioffe
Title: Professor
Institution: Radford University
City, State: Radford, VA
Academic Field: Geography
Countries to Visit: Minsk, Belarus; Grodno, Belarus; Vitebsk, Belarus
Travel Dates: 2/15/2002 - 7/10/2002
Project Title: "Belarus: A Case of Blurred Identity"
Project Abstract: Through his research, Dr. Ioffe will try to provide an explanation for the lack of a clear-cut ethnic and national identity of Belarussians. As part of a larger, ongoing research project, he will conduct pilot interviews to account for Belarus' one-sided orientation regarding the ethnic and national identity of Belarussians.

Name: Krzysztof Jasiewicz
Title: Professor
Institution: Washington and Lee University
City, State: Lexington, VA
Academic Field: Political Science/Government
Countries to Visit: Warsaw, Poland; Sopot, Poland
Travel Dates: 7/20/2002 - 8/30/2002
Project Title: "Reluctantly European? Ideological and Structural Sources of Euro-Skepticism in Poland"
Project Abstract: Dr. Jasiewicz's project will explore both ideological and structural sources of Euro-skepticism and assess the potential of the two generating an orchestrated anti-EU effort before the referendum. To accomplish his goals, Dr. Jasiewicz will research archives of polling centers and acquire data sets suitable for secondary analysis.

Name: Janet Johnson
Title: Instructor/Researcher
Institution: Miami University
City, State: Oxford, OH
Academic Field: Political Science/Government
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Russia; Saratov, Russia; Barnaul, Russia; Yerevan, Armenia
Travel Dates: 5/15/2002 - 7/15/2002
Project Title: "The Women's Movement and Violence Against Women in Russia and Armenia"
Project Abstract: By examining the space for mobilization created by the state and the claims made by social movements against violence, Dr. Johnson will assess the reasons why the Russian transition has been harder for women and whether this pain is likely to be permenent or dissapate with the consolidation of democracy.

Name: Rasma Karklins
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
City, State: Chicago, IL
Academic Field: Political Science/Government
Countries to Visit: Riga, Latvia
Travel Dates: 6/15/2002 - 7/15/2002
Project Title: "Corruption in Post-communist States and Strategies for Reform"
Project Abstract: Using a detailed case study approach by focusing on Latvia, Dr. Karklins will collect data for two crucial chapters in her book about the nature and political consequences of corruption in post-communist systems. She will collect material on the anti-corruption programs and strategies that have been launched to date in addition to collecting material from the local press, civic group meetings, parliatmentary debates, and other sources to study how corruption is understood in public discourse. Dr. Karklins will use this data to assess how to involve the citizenry in anti-corruption initiatives.

Name: David Kideckel
Title: Professor
Institution: Central Connecticut State University
City, State: New Britain, CT
Academic Field: Anthropology
Countries to Visit: Fagaras, Romania; Orasul Victoria, Romania; Petrosani, Romania; Petrila, Romania; Lupeni, Romania
Travel Dates: 7/21/2002 - 8/15/2002
Project Title: "Labor and the Body in Post-Socialist Romania: Final Research"
Project Abstract: Dr. Kideckel will conduct interviews and collect statistical data in the Jiu Valley and Fagaras region of Romania. He will use the information he collects to to complete a manuscript currently and tentatively titled "Working Stiffs: Labor and the Body in Post-Socialist Romania."

Name: Carolyn Kissane
Title: Adjunct Professor
Institution: Teachers College, Columbia University
City, State: New York, NY
Academic Field: Education
Countries to Visit: Almaty, Kazakhstan; Astana, Kazakhstan
Travel Dates: 8/20/2002 - 10/30/2002
Project Title: "Lessons from Kazakhstan: History Education in a Time of Transition"
Project Abstract: Dr. Kissane will examine changes in the teaching of history through an in-depth examination of implementation of educational policy and how teachers in three state schools approach changes in content and pedagogy. The result will offer three comparative empirical case studies of history education and its transition since the break-up of the Soviet Union.

Name: Paul Kubicek
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Oakland University
City, State: Rochester, MI
Academic Field: Political Science/Government
Countries to Visit: Warsaw, Poland; Gdansk, Poland; Krakow, Poland; Katowice, Poland
Travel Dates: 7/1/2002 - 7/31/2002
Project Title: "Post-Communist Organized Labor: Lost Amid Economic Reform and Democratization"
Project Abstract: Dr. Kubicek's project seeks to explore how marketization and globalization are affecting organized labor, the largest element in post-communist civil society. It seeks to capture tensions between the twin goals of economic and political reform. Dr. Kubicek will collect data from archives, union pulications and interviews.

Name: Dov Lynch
Title: Tenured Lecturer
Institution: King's College London
City, State: London, England
Academic Field: Political Science/Government
Countries to Visit: Dushanbe, Tajikistan; Khujand, Tajikistan; Qurghonteppa, Tajikistan
Travel Dates: 7/1/2002 - 7/28/2002
Project Title: "State Weakness: Explaining the end to the Tajik Civil War and Threats to it Since"
Project Abstract: Dr. Lynch's project will test several hypotheses for understanding the reasons for the end to the civil war with the 1997 peace agreement, and the threats to it since. His research framework draws from the theoretical literature on state weakness to understand the reasons for the 1997 agreement and the nature of possible threats. His objective is to gather elite perceptions in Tajikistan on the 1997 agreement and the threats. Dr. Lynch will conduct a range of interviews with official and non-official elites in Dushanbe and two regional capitals to meet this objective.

Name: Linda Malone
Title: Marshall-Wythe Foundation Professor of Law
Institution: College of William and Mary
City, State: Williamsburg, VA
Academic Field: Human Rights, Law
Countries to Visit: Sarajevo, Bosnia; Mostar, Bosnia
Travel Dates: 4/15/2002 - 5/6/2002
Project Title: "Prevention and Punishment of Sexual Violence Against Women and Children"
Project Abstract: Dr. Malone will conduct research for the completion of a book on the utilization of human rights mechanisms to protect women and children from sexual violence. This interdisciplinary project involves traditional legal research and interviews with women and children in Bosnia who have survived sexual violence during ethnic and religious conflicts.

Name: Martha Markward
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: University of Missouri
City, State: Columbia, MO
Academic Field: Social Work
Countries to Visit: Sofia, Bulgaria
Travel Dates: 6/8/2002 - 7/8/2002
Project Title: "Problem Solving Capacity of Bulgarians: Implications for Social Development Policy"
Project Abstract: Dr. Markward will research sociopolitical control among urban Bulgarians and determine how these skills relate to aspects of mental health and life satisfaction. She will also examine qualitatively what is imporant to Bulgarians, the extent to which they believe they can solve societal problems, such as governement corruption, and how they might change their lives, if they could. Dr. Markward's research results will indicate the extent to which Bulgarians feel empowered to evaluate events and make decisions in extablishing a civil society.

Name: Vojtech Mastny
Title: Researcher
Institution: National Security Archive
City, State: Washington, DC
Academic Field: International Relations
Countries to Visit: Bucharest, Romania; Budapest, Hungary; Warsaw, Poland
Travel Dates: 9/23/2002 - 10/8/2002
Project Title: "Archival Documentation and Oral History on the Warsaw Pact"
Project Abstract: Dr. Mastny will travel to Bucharest, Romania to discuss declassification of military and foreign ministry records of the Warsaw Pact and of stenographic minutes of Romanian politburo meetings and to prepare oral history interviews with high-level communist officials. He will travel to Warsaw, Poland to access newly declassified Warsaw Pact records in party, foreign ministry, and military archives and prepare publication of oral history inteviews with Polish Warsaw Pact generals. In addition, Dr. Mastny will travel to Budapest, Hungary to discuss, at the Open Society Archives, support for translations of archival doumuments from Eastern European languages.

Name: James Miller
Title: Professor
Institution: Hampshire College
City, State: Amherst, MA
Academic Field: Journalism, Media
Countries to Visit: Warsaw, Poland; Budapest, Hungary; Slovenia
Travel Dates: 5/14/2002 - 6/4/2002
Project Title: "Media Assistance and Democratization in East Central Europe: The Problem of "Fact-based" Journalism"
Project Abstract: To complement research that Dr. Miller has been conducting on Western donors who exported "fact-based" journalism during the past decade, he will use his Short-Term Travel Grant to conduct fieldwork and research collaboration in Warsaw, Budapest, and Ljubljana. Dr. Miller's main objective is to meet there with local academic experts, journalists and others to assess critical aspects of the recipient side of this significant example of public diplomacy. He will conduct interviews and peruse archival and documentary materials.

Name: Lynn Nelson
Title: Professor
Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University
City, State: Richmond, VA
Academic Field: Sociology
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Russia; Ekaterinburg, Russia; Kazan, Russia; Voronezh, Russia; Smolensk, Russia
Travel Dates: 5/13/2002 - 7/7/2002
Project Title: "Russia's Evolving Federal District Structure: Implications for Center-Region Relations, Economic Development and Civil Society"
Project Abstract: Dr. Nelson's project will examine the second phase of Russia's federal district administrative reform program. Building on an ongoing stream of work in four regions (Sverdlovsk, the Republic of Tatarstan, Voronezh, and Smolensk), his research will examine political and economic implications of specific measures that are being enacted. Several types of primary and secondary data will be collected in each region, including interviews with officials and interest group participants whose organizations are being affected by these institutional changes.

Name: Sarah Sisco
Title: Researcher
Institution: Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
City, State: New York, NY
Academic Field: Public Health
Countries to Visit: Gracanica, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Kosovo, F.R.Y.
Travel Dates: 8/1/2002 - 8/30/2002
Project Title: "Social Determinants of Health in a Post-Conflict Setting: The Serbian Acute Care Study (SACCS)"
Project Abstract: Ms. Sisco will investigate the relationship between physical complaints and underlying psychosocial dysfunction in a post-conflict setting. A cross-sectional study will be conducted in a minority Servian enclave population at an acute-care center (ACC) facility in Kosovo. This survey will seek to identify associations between occult mental health disorders and medical care utilization.

Name: Darrell Slider
Title: Professor
Institution: University of South Florida
City, State: Tampa, FL
Academic Field: Political Science
Countries to Visit: Tbilisi, Georgia
Travel Dates: 5/1/2002 - 5/15/2002
Project Title: "The Politics of the 2002 Census in Georgia."
Project Abstract: Dr. Slider will travel to Georgia to obtain the new Georgian census results and to inteview officials, scholars, the political figures about the census data and their political implications. The new Georgian census will provide data on how the popluation has changed since 1989, when the last Soviet census was conducted. These data have direct relevance to a number of important political issues in contemporary Georgia: election fraud, the changing ethnic composition of the population, the number of refugees, and regional development issues.

Name: David Stone
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Kansas State University
City, State: Manhattan, KS
Academic Field: History, Eastern Europe and USSR
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Russia
Travel Dates: 5/15/2002 - 7/7/2002
Project Title: "Foreign Debt and the Collapse of the Soviet Bloc, 1953-1991"
Project Abstract: Dr. Stone's project seeks to understand the role of foreign debt in the economic and political crisis of the former Soviet Region and its Eastern European empire in the 1970s and 1980s. The travel grant will support a survey of archival holdings in Moscow, expecially those of the Comecon, and intensive work with the most valuable collections.

Name: Maureen Taylor
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Rutgers University
City, State: New Brunswick, NJ
Academic Field: Journalism, Media
Countries to Visit: Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Travel Dates: 7/1/2002 - 8/1/2002
Project Title: "Media Development in Bosnia: A Longitudinal Study"
Project Abstract: Dr. Taylor will collect data about the development of independent media in Bosnia. She will use surveys and focus groups to track changes in public opinion about the new media.

Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities

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Name: Laura Adams
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Institution: Babson College
City, State: Babson Park, MA
Academic Field: Sociology
Countries to Visit: Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Ferghona, Uzbekistan
Travel Dates: 6/1/2002 - 6/30/2002
Project Title: "Global Culture in Uzbekistan: Modernity, Heritage and the Production of National Identity"
Project Abstract: The goal of Dr. Adam's research trip is to collect infromation on culture production in Uzbekistan as part of a larger book project that explains how the globalization of culture is taking place in Uzbekistan

Name: Sarah Costello
Institution: Binghamton University
City, State: Binghamton, NY
Academic Field: Anthropology
Countries to Visit: Istanbul, Turkey; Diyarbakir, Turkey; Bismil, Turkey
Travel Dates: 6/8/2002 - 6/30/2002
Project Title: "Excavations at Yenice Yani 1: Local Development and Culture Contact before the State in Mesopotamia"
Project Abstract: Dr. Costello will travel to Diyarbakir, Turkey to undertake excavation of an archeological site dating to the pre-state period in Mesopotamia. This three-week pilot project of small-scale excavation and immediate recording and analysis of artifacts will be aimed at determining the spatial and temporal extent of the ancient settlement, its subsistence practices, and cultural connections, in order to develop a more detailed research design for ensuing work at the site.

Name: Timothy Curp
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Ohio University
City, State: Athens, OH
Academic Field: History, Eastern Europe and USSR
Countries to Visit: Warsaw, Poland; Poznan, Poland; Zielona Gora, Poland
Travel Dates: 6/15/2002 - 7/15/2002
Project Title: "A Clean Sweep? Ethnic Cleansing, Ethnic Erasure and Poland's Postwar Nationalist Revolution, 1945-1960"
Project Abstract: Dr. Curp will research the ongoing impact of ethnic cleansing of all things or persons of German heritage on the Polish-German borderland region of Wielkopolska (otherwise known as the Poznan region) from 1945-60. His goal is to complete sufficient research at the Polish government archives in Wielkopolska and Warsaw so as to write a scholarly monograph on this subject.

Name: Davor Diklich
Title: Instructor
Institution: Western New England College
City, State: Springfield, MA
Academic Field: Theater and Stage
Countries to Visit: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina; Zenica, Bosnia and Hercegovina; Tuzla, Bosnia and Hercegovina; Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina; Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Travel Dates: 6/15/2002 - 8/15/2002
Project Title: "The Stages of Survival: Theater in Bosnia and Hercegovina During 1992-1995 War"
Project Abstract: Dr. Diklich's project is a finalization of his prior research conducted in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina. His will obtain additional needed materials by collecting media reviews, statistical data, and individual testimonies of participants in the theater events during the war. He will also conduct research at theater archives.

Name: Michelle Glantz
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Colorado State University
City, State: Ft. Collins, CO
Academic Field: Anthropology
Countries to Visit: Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Samarkand, Uzbekistan; Shahrisabs, Uzbekistan
Travel Dates: 5/15/2002 - 6/30/2002
Project Title: "Documenting Neandertal Occupation at the Periphery: Excavations at the Cave Sites of Siypantash and Angilak"
Project Abstract: Dr. Glantz will begin excavations in two potentially significant cave sites, Siypantash and Angilak, in the Kashkadariya region. These cave sites contain evidence of Neandertal orearly modern human occupation (stone tools and cave art) of this under-appreciated region prior to 50,000 B.P. The goal of Dr. Glantz's project is to expand our knowledge of the cultural history of Uzbekistan and its significance to human evolutionary studies through collaboration between Uzbek historians and archeologists and American anthropologists and their respective students.

Name: Alexander Gribanov
Title: Researcher
Institution: Brandeis University
City, State: Waltham, MA
Academic Field: History, Eastern Europe and USSR
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Russia; Sarov, Russia
Travel Dates: 8/1/2002 - 8/10/2002
Project Title: "Recovering Andrei Sakharov's Legacy: The Search for Unpublished Documents"
Project Abstract: Dr. Gribanov will work at the VNIIEF (All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Experiemental Physics) archives recovering declassified materials and documents pertaining to Andrei Sakharov.

Name: Larry Holmes
Title: Professor
Institution: University of South Alabama
City, State: Mobile, AL
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Kirov, Russian Federation
Travel Dates: 5/15/2002 - 7/15/2002
Project Title: "Little Pieces of the Puzzle: The Party's District Committees and the Administration of Schools, 1931-1941"
Project Abstract: Dr. Holmes will conduct research on the administration of schools in Russia's Kirov region from 1931 to 1941. In Kirov he will read materials of district committees of the Communist Pary and Young Communist League, which are located in the State Archives for the Social-Political History of the Kirov region.

Name: Victoria Khiterer
Title: Instructor
Institution: Stanford University
City, State: Stanford, CA
Academic Field: History, Eastern Europe and USSR
Countries to Visit: Kyiv, Ukraine
Travel Dates: 8/11/2002 - 9/5/2002
Project Title: "The History of Jews in Kiev (late 18th century - 1917)"
Project Abstract: Dr. Khiterer will work with colleagues and conduct research at various archives and libraries in Kyiv, Ukraine. The result of his research will be the preparation of a monograph on the history of Jews in Kyiv in the late eighteenth century through 1917.

Name: Philip Kohl
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Wellesley College
City, State: Wellesley, MA
Academic Field: Anthropology
Countries to Visit: Baku, Azerbaijan
Travel Dates: 6/15/2002 - 8/10/2002
Project Title: "Building ADA - American-Daghestan-Azerbaijan - Archaeological Research Project: Investigations in Northeastern Azerbaijan"
Project Abstract: Dr. Kohl will initiate and help complete two archaeological projects in northeastern Azerbaijan and develop a program of international collaboration - ADA - among American, Daghestan, and Azerbaijan archaeologists for future seasons.

Name: Gail Lenhoff
Title: Professor
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
City, State: Los Angeles, CA
Academic Field: Literature, Russian
Countries to Visit: St. Petersburg, Russia; Moscow, Russia
Travel Dates: 6/14/2002 - 7/14/2002
Project Title: "The Genisis of Russian History Writing: A Study of the Book of Royal Degrees"
Project Abstract: Dr. Lenhoff will be researching the sources, ideology, compositional process and goals of Russia's first coherent narrative history, written between 1556 and 1563, for a book-length study and a new critical edition of the text. During her research trip to St. Petersburg and Moscow she will consult with colleagues and work in archives to copy and/or verify manuscript copies of source texts.

Name: Sean McMeekin
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: New York University
City, State: New York, NY
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Russia
Travel Dates: 6/1/2002 - 7/31/2002
Project Title: "The Hidden Economics of Bolshevism, Volume One (1917-1929). Theft."
Project Abstract: Dr. McMeekin will conduct research in Moscow archives to piece together a complicated story involving the Bolsheviks' plundering of Russia's artistic and religious patrimony after coming to power in 1917, in order to finance international Communism. He will use his research to publish an article and begin writing a trilogy of books on the "Hidden Economics of Bolshevism."

Name: RaNae Merrill
Title: Independent Researcher
City, State: New York, NY
Academic Field: Art History/Arts
Countries to Visit: Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan; Samarkand, Uzbekistan; Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Travel Dates: 4/17/2002 - 6/12/2002
Project Title: "Pottery of Uzbekistan: A living record of Central Asian history and culture"
Project Abstract: Ms. Merrill will examine pottery styles of Uzbekistan from 3rd centruy BC to the present through a study of historical ceramics in museums and through interviews with and observation of working ceramists, particularily the Rakhimov family in Tashkent. The information that she collects will form the basis for an exhibit of pottery from Uzbekistan, using its evoloving design and techniques to elucidate Central Asian history and culture.

Name: Nicholas Miller
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: Boise State University
City, State: Boise, ID
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Travel Dates: 6/1/2002 - 6/15/2002
Project Title: "The Nonconformists: Culture, Politics and Nationalism in Serbia, 1945-1991"
Project Abstract: Dr. Miller's project uses three Serbian intellectuals active in the post-war period as case studies in an analysis of the growth in the appeal of Serbian nationalism after the Second World War. His research work will include conducting interviews, visiting art museums and visiting the National Library to conduct archival research.

Name: Inna Naroditskaya
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Northwestern University
City, State: Evanston, IL
Academic Field: Music
Countries to Visit: Baku, Azerbaijan
Travel Dates: 4/25/2002 - 6/1/2002
Project Title: "Song from the Land of Fire: The Music of Azerbaijan in the Twentieth Century"
Project Abstract: To complete a book centered on Azerbaijanian music as a social and cultural agency positioned at the intersection of Islam and communism, traditionalism and modernity in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, Dr. Naroditskaya will interview musicians and musicologists, collect archival materials, and gather copyright permissions.

Name: Alla Nedashkivska
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Alberta
City, State: Edmonton, Alberta
Academic Field: Linguistics/Language
Countries to Visit: L'viv, Ukraine
Travel Dates: 7/1/2002 - 8/25/2002
Project Title: "Femininities and Masculinities: Gender and Discourse in Contemporary Ukraine"
Project Abstract: The goals of Dr. Nedashkivska's research project are to examine questions of language and gender in contemporary Ukrainian, analyzing differences and similarities in spoken and written communication by females and males, and the relationship between linguistic coding and social realities. During her trip, she will collect speech recordings of native speakers and written sources which are not available in the United States.

Name: Tatiana Nikolova-Houston
Title: Post-graduate Researcher
Institution: University of Texas at Austin
City, State: Austin, Texas
Academic Field: Library and Information Sciences
Countries to Visit: Sofia, Bulgaria; Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Rila, Bulgaria; Bachkovo, Bulgaria
Travel Dates: 7/1/2002 - 8/31/2002
Project Title: "The Last Word: Historical Research through Manuscript Colophons"
Project Abstract: Ms. Nikolova-Houston will investigate the content and form of medieval manuscript colophons, the last page of a manuscript added by the scribe and containing information about the production of the manuscript. She will gather this information through physical inspection and description of the manuscript and the production of digital images to permit for futher inspection of the material without further deleterious handling of the physical manuscript. She will use this information in a future book project and share it with other researchers.

Name: Paul Priester
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
City, State: Milwaukee, WI
Academic Field: Psychology
Countries to Visit: Tehran, Iran; Esfahan, Iran
Travel Dates: 8/7/2002 - 8/19/2002
Project Title: "Qualitative Exploration of the Addiction Recovery Process in the Islamic Republic of Iran"
Project Abstract: Dr. Priester's study will explore the process of addiction treatment and recovery in an Islamic society. He will achieve this by using a qualitative rsearch design based on interviews with both mental health professionals and individuals in 12 step-based recovery groups. He will focus on the manner in which the12 step-based recovery process unfolds in a non-European and non-Christian setting.

Name: Irina Sekerina
Title: Postdoctoral Associate
Institution: City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center
City, State: New York, NY
Academic Field: Linguistics/Language
Countries to Visit: Sofia, Bulgaria
Travel Dates: 7/7/2002 - 7/28/2002
Project Title: "Psycholinguistic Investigation of Processing Principles in Bulgarian"
Project Abstract: The goal of Dr. Sekerina's project is to conduct three psycholingustic experiments with Bulgarian speakers in Sofia, Bulgaria in collaboration with a Bulgarian colleague. Two adult and one children's experiment will test universal processing principles in Relative Clause (RC) attachment ambiguity resolution by Bulgarian adults and their development by Bulgarian five-to-six year old children.

Name: Paul Shore
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: St. Louis University
City, State: St. Louis, MO
Academic Field: History, Cultural and Intellectual
Countries to Visit: Budapest, Hungary; Pannonhalma, Hungary; Bucharest, Romania
Travel Dates: 7/10/2002 - 8/15/2002
Project Title: "Contact, Conversation, and Conflict: The Jesuit-Uniate Encounter in Baroque Transylvania"
Project Abstract: Dr. Shore will visit archives and libraries to locate materials relating to the Romanian Uniate Church in the eighteenth century. He will photograph primary source documents and examine rare secondary sources in Romanian and Hungarian and incorporate his findings in a monograph on Jesuit activities in Transylvania.

Name: Barbara Skinner
Title: Instructor (Part-time Faculty)
Institution: Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis
City, State: Indianapolis, IN
Academic Field: History, Modern
Countries to Visit: Kyiv, Ukraine; Luts'k, Ukraine; Vynnytsia, Ukraine
Travel Dates: 5/6/2002 - 6/24/2002
Project Title: "Conversion and Cultural Identity of Ukrainian Uniates in the Early Russian Empire"
Project Abstract: Dr. Skinner will build upon her dissertation research on the conversion of Uniate believers in the Russian Empire to Russian Orthodoxy by spending seven weeks working primarily in the regional Ukrainian archives of Luts'k and Vynnytsia to study the mass conversions (1.3 million) that occurred in Central Ukraine in 1794-96. She will consult secular and non-secular documents that elaborate on the experience of the Uniates at that time and on the impact of the conversion on Ukrainian cultural identity.

Name: Timothy Snyder
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Yale University
City, State: New Haven, CT
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Warsaw, Poland; rembertow, Poland; Sejny, Poland; Kyiv, Ukraine; L'viv, Ukraine; Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Travel Dates: 6/19/2002 - 7/25/2002
Project Title: "Brotherlands, Family Choices, National Politics, and Ethnic Cleansing, 1918-1968."
Project Abstract: Dr. Snyder will research the development of modern national identity in Poland. The subject of his project is individuals who choose different national identities and become prominent in rival national movements and important to neighboring nation-states. He will conduct research at state and family archives.

Name: Olga Soffer
Title: Professor
Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
City, State: Urbana, IL
Academic Field: Anthropology
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Russia; St. Petersburg, Russia
Travel Dates: 5/15/2002 - 6/15/2002
Project Title: "A Study of Paleolithic Weavers and Their Tools."
Project Abstract: Dr. Soffer will work to identify the tools that people used approximately 25,000 years ago to weave textiles, loop nets, and plait baskets. She will do this by identifying diagnostic wear patterns on the working edges of pertinent archaeological implements curated in museums and institutes in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Name: Bettina Warnke
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: The University of Texas at Austin
City, State: Austin, TX
Academic Field: Theater and Stage
Countries to Visit: St. Petersburg, Russia
Travel Dates: 5/29/2002 - 7/29/2002
Project Title: "Yiddish Theater Repertoire in Tsarist Russia, 1896-1917: A Database of Censorship Copies"
Project Abstract: Dr. Warnke will complete work on her database of approximately 2,500 censorship copes of Yiddish play manuscripts housed at the St. Petersburg State Theatrical Library and where she will also conduct her research.

Name: Douglas Weiner
Title: Professor
Institution: The University of Arizona at Austin
City, State: Tucson, AZ
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Russia; St. Petersburg, Russia; Vladimir, Russia
Travel Dates: 4/27/2002 - 6/26/2002
Project Title: "Education and the Struggle for Russia's Future, 1890-1931"
Project Abstract: Dr. Weiner's study will focus on the period 1890-1931 and will analyze the poitical, social, intellectual and discursive factors that thwarted "progressive education" under both the Tsar and the Bolsheviks. His project will involve intensive research in a number of archives as well as various meetings with colleagues.

Name: Robert Whittaker
Title: Professor
Institution: Lehman College, The City College of New York
City, State: Bronx, NY
Academic Field: Literature, Russian
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Russia; Tula, Russia
Travel Dates: 6/10/2002 - 7/1/2002
Project Title: "Leo Tolstoy's American Correspondents: Volume I"
Project Abstract: In Russia, Dr. Whittaker will complete text verification, editing (including copy editing) and final preparations for producing a camera-ready copy of the first half of a two-volume publication of American letters to L. N. Tolstoy and his letters to Americans.

Name: Russel Zanca
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Northeastern Illinois University
City, State: Chicago, IL
Academic Field: Anthropology
Countries to Visit: Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Navoii Oblast, Uzbekistan
Travel Dates: 5/10/2002 - 6/20/2002
Project Title: "Listening to the Unheard to Write a History of Collectivization in Uzbekistan"
Project Abstract: Dr. Zanca's anthropological and historical research project investigates oral and textual narratives of collectivization in Uzbekistan with a particular focus on eyewitness accounts. Dr. Zanca will interview elderly shepherds in Navoii, Uzbekistan to document their recollections of the Stalinist transformatin of agrarian life. In addition to on-site interviews, Dr. Zanca will conduct research at the Uzbekistan State Historical Archive and will work with colleagues of the History Institute and the Ekspert-Fikri Social Science Center in Tashkent.