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Three-Week Summer Session: Bulgarian History and Culture
The American Research Center in Sofia is sponsoring a three-week summer session on Bulgarian history and culture. The session will consist of lectures at the American Research Center in Sofia with visits to sites in and near Sofia and historical and cultural excursions throughout Bulgaria. Lectures and site reports will be given by leading experts from Bulgarian universities and museums.The program is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students, high-school and college teachers, and other scholars with a serious interest in Bulgarian history and culture. More information.

Three-Week Summer Session: Bulgarian History and Culture

The American Research Center in Sofia is sponsoring a three-week summer session on Bulgarian history and culture. The session will consist of lectures at the American Research Center in Sofia with visits to sites in and near Sofia and historical and cultural excursions throughout Bulgaria. Lectures and site reports will be given by leading experts from Bulgarian universities and museums.The program is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students, high-school and college teachers, and other scholars with a serious interest in Bulgarian history and culture. More information.

CAORC Executive Director Receives Major Service Award
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) has selected Dr. Mary Ellen Lane, Executive Director of the Council of American Overseas Research Organizations (CAORC), to receive MESA’s 2009 Jere L. Bacharach Service Award. The award was bestowed in recognition of Dr. Lane’s exceptional service to the field of Middle East studies. Formal announcement of the award was made at the awards ceremony on November 22, at the MESA 2009 annual meeting at the Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. More information.

CAORC Executive Director Receives Major Service Award

The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) has selected Dr. Mary Ellen Lane, Executive Director of the Council of American Overseas Research Organizations (CAORC), to receive MESA’s 2009 Jere L. Bacharach Service Award. The award was bestowed in recognition of Dr. Lane’s exceptional service to the field of Middle East studies. Formal announcement of the award was made at the awards ceremony on November 22, at the MESA 2009 annual meeting at the Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. More information.

CAORC Receives Major Grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York
CAORC has been awarded a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Islam Initiative program. The CAORC Outreach on Islam & Muslim Cultures project will address the disconnect between U.S. public conversations about Islam and our knowledge of it, as well as the lack of opportunities at smaller U.S. undergraduate teaching institutions to access resources and expertise that larger research universities have through their institutional memberships in Title VI-funded American Overseas Research Centers or Title VI National Resource Centers. More information.

CAORC Receives Major Grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York

CAORC has been awarded a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Islam Initiative program. The CAORC Outreach on Islam & Muslim Cultures project will address the disconnect between U.S. public conversations about Islam and our knowledge of it, as well as the lack of opportunities at smaller U.S. undergraduate teaching institutions to access resources and expertise that larger research universities have through their institutional memberships in Title VI-funded American Overseas Research Centers or Title VI National Resource Centers. More information.

Application now available for the multi-country research Fellowship program
The CAORC Multi-Country Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. More information.

AIYS and CAORC Awarded a Four-year Grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s TICFIA Program
The American Institute of Yemeni Studies (AIYS) and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) have been awarded a four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA) program to catalog and digitize photographic, ethnographic, archaeological, cartographic, and other scholarly research support materials from a variety of international locations. More information.

AIYS and CAORC Awarded a Four-year Grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s TICFIA Program

The American Institute of Yemeni Studies (AIYS) and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) have been awarded a four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA) program to catalog and digitize photographic, ethnographic, archaeological, cartographic, and other scholarly research support materials from a variety of international locations. More information.

Call for Papers
The WARA/WARC Peace Initiative in West Africa invites paper proposals for a conference, Peacemaking in West Africa: Historical Methods and Modern Applications December 12 - 15, 2009, Dakar, Senegal. click here.

South Asia Centers Team Up on 'Dissertation to Book' Workshop
Sponsored by AIIS, AIPS, AIBS, and AISLS, this workshop aims to help a select number of recent Ph.Ds re-vision their doctoral dissertations as books. For more information on the workshop and how to apply, click here.

CAORC Welcomes New Member Center
The CAORC Board of Directors welcomed the American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS) as the newest member Center at the annual Board meeting on April 25, 2009.

New Catalog for Digital Library for International Research
CAORC and its Digital Library for International Research (DLIR) program are pleased to announce a new, improved Web site for the catalog representing the libraries of CAORC member centers and their local overseas partners. More Information