Short-Term Travel Grants Program

Grant Recipients 2004-2005

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Name: Ronelle Alexander
Title: Professor
Institution: University of California - Berkeley
City, State: Berkeley, CA
Academic Field: Languages
Countries to Visit: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Zagreb, Croatia
Travel Dates: 7/10/2004 - 8/10/2004
Project Title: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: One Language or Three?
Project Abstract: Dr. Alexander will focus on the grammar of Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian, seeking to understand the paradox whereby a single grammar functions as the core of what are now three separate official languages. Her research in Bosnia and Croatia will focus on the description of current levels of difference and their sociolinguistic context.

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Name: William Crowther
Title: Professor
Institution: University of North Carolina - Greensboro
City, State: Greensboro, NC
Academic Field: Political Science
Countries to Visit: Bucharest, Romania and Chisinau, Moldova
Travel Dates: 5/22/2004 - 6/13/2004
Project Title: Legislative Professionalization in Romania and Moldova: Recruitment, Representation, Leadership
Project Abstract: Dr. Crowther will perform a comparative analysis of the Romanian and Moldovan legislatures, based on member biographic data, member surveys, and interviews. He will participate in the legislator interviews, in coordination of Moldovan field research, and working with the Romanian and Moldovan investigators on analysis of the data.

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Name: Richard Day
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
City, State: Pittsburgh, PA
Academic Field: Public Health
Countries to Visit: Novokuznetsk and Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
Travel Dates: 5/18/2004 - 5/29/2004
Project Title: Public Health Epidemiology and HIV/AIDS Project Development in a Transitional Russian City
Project Abstract: Dr. Day will cover a visit to the Institute for Complex Problems in Occupation and Health (Siberian Academy of Medical Sciences) in Novokuznetsk, Kamarovo Oblast, Russia to (a) update and extend previous demographic and epidemiological research on the city; and (b) develop a research study on HIV/AIDS in this urban, economically transitional setting.

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Name: Katalin Fabian
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Lafayette College
City, State: Easton, PA
Academic Field: Women's Studies, Sociology
Countries to Visit: Ljubljana, Celje, Kranj, Velenje, Koper, Novo Mesto and Jesenice, Slovenia
Travel Dates: 8/1/2004 - 9/30/2004
Project Title: Domestic Violence in Central Europe: Changing Attitudes and Changing Laws
Project Abstract: Dr. Fabian will investigate how domestic violence became a central topic of debate among publics, governments and social movements among the 2004 European Union accession countries, in particular, the case of Slovenia. His research will fully illuminate the differences of public attitudes and governmental policy responses to domestic violence across Central Europe. Dr. Fabian will interview movement activists and study textual analysis of government policy documents.

Name: William Fierman
Title: Professor
Institution: Indiana University
City, State: Bloomington, IN
Academic Field: Political Science
Countries to Visit: Astana, Taraz, Shymkent, Kyzylorda, and Atyrau, Kazakhstan
Travel Dates: 8/25/2004 - 10/5/2004
Project Title: Paradigms of National Identity in Independent Kazakhstan
Project Abstract: Dr. Fierman will travel to Kazakhstan to interview scholars, government officials, and representatives of other organizations in five cities. These interviews will complement research he is conducting based on published sources that relate to government policies in the spheres of language, demography, religion, and land ownership.

Name: Stuart Finkel
Title: Fellow and Lecturer
Institution: Stanford University
City, State: Stanford, CA
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia
Travel Dates: 8/25/2004 - 10/19/2004
Project Title: The Conscience of the Revolution: Political Prisoners in Early Soviet Russia
Project Abstract: Dr. Finkel will study the position of political prisoners in early Soviet Russia, and in particular of the role that intermediary organizations played in making appeals on their behalf. He will conduct research in Moscow-based archives, including the State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF), and the Russian State Archive on Socio-Political History (RGASPI).

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Name: Michael Galaty
Title: Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Institution: Millsaps College
City, State: Jackson, MS
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Tirana, Shkodra, and Thethi, Albania
Travel Dates: 7/11/2004 - 7/18/2004
Project Title: Northern Albanian Tribal Systems: A Historical Study of Ethnic Identity Formation and Conflict in the Shala River Valley
Project Abstract: Dr. Galaty will work on a historical study of Albanian tribal political organization. He will focus on a better understanding of small-scale, tribal societies and their origins. The results will help to better explain and reduce ethnic conflict amongst such groups in other parts of the world.

Name: Elise Giuliano
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Miami
City, State: Coral Gables, FL
Academic Field: Political Science
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Russia
Travel Dates: 6/1/2004 - 7/27/2004
Project Title: Why Secession Fails: The Rise and Fall of Ethnic Nationalism in Russia
Project Abstract: Dr. Giuliano will research why Russia did not collapse along ethnic lines as the Soviet Union did in 1991. She will seek to understand why Russia's ethnic populations removed their support from opposition nationalist movements in the republics during the early 1990s. Dr. Giuliano plans to visit Moscow to examine 40-60 newspapers published in each of Russian's 21 republics at the Khimki branch of the Russian State Library.

Name: Johanna Granville
Title: Research Fellow
Institution: Stanford University
City, State: Stanford, CA
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Chisinau, Moldova
Travel Dates: 6/1/2004 - 7/20/2004
Project Title: Anticipating the Ripple Effects of Military Interventions: A Case Study of Moldova's Reactions to the Soviet Invasion in Hungary in 1956
Project Abstract: Dr. Granville will use Moldova in October 1956 as a case study, probing the effects of rebellion on neighboring countries and the reasons why people rebel, such as observation of other successful rebellions, economic deprivation, rising expectations, and political repression. She will study how the Moldovan people reacted to the Hungarian events and if the student unrest in nearby Romania affected them. Dr. Granville will work mostly with the Russian-language documents in the Archive of Social-Political Organizations in the Moldovan Republic.

Name: Patricia Grimsted
Title: Honorary Fellow
Institution: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
City, State: Cambridge, MA
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: St. Petersburg, Pushkin, Pavlovsk and Gatchina, Russia and Minsk, Belarus
Travel Dates: 5/1/2004 - 6/30/2004
Project Title: On the Trail of Displaced "Trophy" Books During WWII and its Aftermath
Project Abstract: Dr. Grimsted will further investigate displaced books from the imperial Russian palaces after WWII. She will find more Soviet sources in St. Petersburg and at the three palaces. Dr. Grimsted will also verify details of the fate of the books in Soviet hands and work to clarify some of the misconceptions in published volumes of Russia’s Lost Book Treasures.

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Name: Mehrdad Haghayeghi
Title: Professor
Institution: Southwest Missouri State University
City, State: Springfield, MO
Academic Field: Political Science
Countries to Visit: Almaty, Astana, Druzhba, and Khorgos, Kazakhstan; Bishkek and Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Travel Dates: 5/20/2004 - 6/14/2004
Project Title: China's Intentions in Central Asia: Perceptions Versus Reality
Project Abstract: Dr. Hagheyeghi will research the dynamics of Chinese growing influence in Central Asia since September 11, 2001. An attempt will be made to conduct a survey of the Chinese economic and diplomatic activities, and counterterrorism cooperation with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan through interviews and on-site observations.

Name: Michael Hickey
Title: Professor
Institution: Bloomsburg University
City, State: Bloomsburg, PA
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Smolensk, Russia
Travel Dates: 6/3/2004 - 6/17/2004
Project Title: Disenfranchised Jews, Zionist Youth, and State Power in Smolensk in the 1920s
Project Abstract: Dr. Hickey will work with files in the Smolensk Regional State Archives to study the statistical dimensions of Jewish disenfranchisement, patterns in appeals of those disenfranchised, and state responses to the activities of Zionist-Socialist youth groups locally in the 1920s.

Name: George Hudson
Title: Professor and Chair
Institution: Wittenberg University
City, State: Springfield, OH
Academic Field: Political Science
Countries to Visit: Samara and Volgograd, Russia
Travel Dates: 4/15/2004 - 5/9/2004
Project Title: Influences on the Development of Russian Civil Groups
Project Abstract: Dr. Hudson’s project endeavors to identify and assess the influence of various factors in the development of NGOs in Russia. This work, just begun, will include in-depth interviews with NGO members and leaders of environmental and legal rights groups in the cities of Samara and Volgograd.

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Name: Seema Iyer
Title: Lecturer
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
City, State: Philidelphia, PA
Academic Field: Urban Studies
Countries to Visit: Irkutsk, Russia
Travel Dates: 4/21/2004 - 5/7/2004
Project Title: The State of the Planning Process in Post-Soviet Russia: Evidence from the Building of the Angara Bridge in Irkutsk
Project Abstract: Dr. Iyer will research what changes to Soviet-era, technocratic planning happened during the course of realizing construction of a bridge in the city of Irkutsk in 2000. She plans to interview key actors (chief architects) involved as well as review planning documents and assess public sentiment.

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Name: Krzysztof Jasiewicz
Title: Professor
Institution: Washington and Lee University
City, State: Lexington, VA
Academic Field: Political Science
Countries to Visit: Warsaw, Poland
Travel Dates: 7/28/2004 - 8/24/2004
Project Title: The 2004 European Parliament Elections in Poland
Project Abstract: Dr. Jasiewicz will explore both ideological and structural sources of pro- and anti-European attitudes in Poland, based on a post-election nationwide survey of voting behavior of Poland. In addition, this project places the vote in the referendum in the broader context of voting behavior in Poland and other new and old EU member-states.

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Name: Cynthia Kaplan
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: University of California - Santa Barbara
City, State: Santa Barbara, CA
Academic Field: Political Science
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Kazan, and St. Petersburg, Russia
Travel Dates: 9/5/2004 - 11/4/2004
Project Title: Ethnic Identity Among Tatars and Russians: Competing Concepts and Their Links to Political Attitudes and Behaviors
Project Abstract: Dr. Kaplan will develop a subjective understanding of Tatar and Russian ethnicity and test competing explanations of ethnic identity and their links to political attitudes and behaviors. Her trip includes consultation with scholars in Kazan and Moscow, library work, and discussions with survey experts on focus groups and samples.

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Name: Jennifer Patico
Title: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Professor
Institution: Haverford College
City, State: Haverford, PA
Academic Field: Sociology
Countries to Visit: St. Petersburg, Moscow and Novgorod, Russia
Travel Dates: 6/20/2004 - 8/22/2004
Project Title: Russian Brides and the Cultural Implications of Russian Capitalism
Project Abstract: Dr. Patico will examine the Russian-American/European marriage (matchmaking) industry thriving in St. Petersburg and other post-Soviet cities. She will conduct interviews and participant-observation in agencies to ascertain the motivations and orientations of clients and employees, and to investigate developing standards of morality and commerce in post-socialist Russia.

Name: Bruce Perlman
Title: Associate Professor and Manager, External Programs
Institution: University of New Mexico
City, State: Albuquerque, NM
Academic Field: Public Administration
Countries to Visit: Astana, Almaty, Ust-Manenogorsk and Atyrau, Kazakhstan
Travel Dates: 5/1/2004 - 6/30/2004
Project Title: Administrative Theory and Anti-Corruption in Kazakhstan
Project Abstract: Dr. Perlman will research public sector exchange relations leading to theoretical and policy-relevant proposals for enhancing public transparency, accountability, and equity in ways consistent with Central Asian traditions.

Name: Richard Pozzuto
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: East Carolina University
City, State: Greenville, NC
Academic Field: Sociology
Countries to Visit: Vilnius, Alanta, Balninkai and Moletai, Lithuania
Travel Dates: 6/24/2004 - 7/12/2004
Project Title: Using Experiences of the Rural Community Movement to Develop Communal Social Work Strategies in Rural Lithuania
Project Abstract: Dr. Pozzuto will identify the factor facilitating successful community development movements in rural Lithuania in order to develop strategies, including roles for professions such as social work, and will suggest social policy initiatives addressing the needs of an increasing marginalized rural population.

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Name: Karl Qualls
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Dickinson College
City, State: Carlisle, PA
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Sevastopol and Simferopol, Ukraine
Travel Dates: 9/15/2004 - 11/15/2004
Project Title: Remembering the City: Power Politics, Everyday Life and Mythmaking in Soviet Sevastopol's Reconstruction, 1943-54
Project Abstract: Dr. Qualls will focus on a multidisciplinary project on contested space and ideas, collective memory and urban experience in post-WW II Sevastopol's reconstruction, which challenges notions of top-down rule and shows Soviet constituencies contesting and scripting myths that re-legitimized the regime and/or provided a sense of place and self to an urban population beleaguered by devastating losses from wars and terror. Using oral interviews, newspapers, and archival documents, he will illuminate how and why the key images of the city are perpetuated, promoted to visitors, further challenged, and understood.

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Name: Aaron Retish
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Wayne State University
City, State: Detroit, MI
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Kirov, Izhevsk, Slobodskoi, Iaransk, Kotel'nich, Urzhum and Malmyzh Russia
Travel Dates: 7/6/2004 - 8/24/2004
Project Title: Peasant Identities in Russia's Turmoil: Gender, Ethnicity, and Citizenship in War and Revolution, 1914-21
Project Abstract: Mr. Retish will examine archival documents in Moscow, Kirov, Izhevsk and numerous districts. He will complete research for his project showing how the various peasant populations experienced and helped to shape the Russian national projects of war and revolution.

Name: Michael Reynolds
Title: Research Fellow
Institution: Olin Institute for Strategic Studies
City, State: Cambridge, MA
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Baku, Azerbaijan and Makhachkala, Russia
Travel Dates: 9/1/2004 - 9/28/2004
Project Title: History of the Muslims of the Caucasus, 1917-1918
Project Abstract: Dr. Reynolds will investigate how the Muslims of the Caucasus envisioned their political future and their relations with Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Germany, and their non-Muslim neighbors.

Name: Roy Robson
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
City, State: Philadelphia, PA
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Riga, Latvia
Travel Dates: 5/1/2004 - 5/21/2004
Project Title: Russian Old Believers in Twentieth Century Riga: Adaptation, Preservation, and Relations with the State
Project Abstract: Dr. Robson will analyze both the internal development of Russian Old Believers in twentieth-century Riga and their relationship to the Latvian state. He will examine archival files of the Old Believer community and various Latvian state archives.

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Name: Lewis Siegelbaum
Title: Chairperson
Institution: Michigan State University
City, State: East Lansing, MI
Academic Field: History
Countries to Visit: Moscow, Togliatti and Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia
Travel Dates: 6/12/2004 - 7/30/2004
Project Title: The Soviet Automobile: A History
Project Abstract: Dr. Siegelbaum will research the role of the automobile in the Soviet state and the lives of its citizens as instanced in "Soviet Detroits," the places where cars were produced and the people recruited to produce them; road building and the "struggle against roadlessness," and car distribution, ownership, maintenance, and repair. He will conduct archival research and interviews with drivers in Moscow, which will be supplemented by oral history interviews with former auto workers in Togliatti and Naberezhnye Chelny, along with on-site visits to auto plants.

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Name: Maureen Taylor
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: Rutgers University
City, State: New Brunswick, NJ
Academic Field: Journalism
Countries to Visit: Banja Luka and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Travel Dates: 7/15/2004 - 8/15/2004
Project Title: A Longitudinal Study of Media Transitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Project Abstract: Dr. Taylor will collect a fourth time data set about the media transition in Bosnia. Through a survey of Bosnians in Sarajevo and Banja Luka (the two media centers in the nation), she will be able to track citizens' perceptions of media credibility, importance and realism from 1998 to 2004.

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Name: James Williams
Title: Assistant Professor, Director of International Education Program
Institution: George Washington University
City, State: Washington, DC
Academic Field: Education
Countries to Visit: Bucharest, Bacau, Iasi, Cluj, Oradea, Timisoara, Craiova and Pitesti, Romania
Travel Dates: 12/1/2004 - 12/20/2004
Project Title: Implementation of Higher Education Reform in Romania: Implications for National Capacity and Democratic Tradition
Project Abstract: Dr. Williams will trace the implementation of reforms of Romanian higher education from the mid-1990s to the present. He will examine the reforms aimed to decentralize the management of higher education so as to promote greater curricular relevance, responsiveness to the market, and financial sustainability. Dr. Williams will also research Implementation, its successes and failures, along with recommended policy strategies from the perspective of rectors and key stakeholders in eight Romanian universities, as well as the Ministry of Education, national education leadership over the past 10 years, and national coordinating bodies charged with supervision and oversight.