The Armenian
Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation announces 2019 LEMKIN SCHOLARSHIP
program for foreign young researchers and PhD candidates. Raphael Lemkin
scholarship is intended to extend research on the Armenian Genocide,
promote multilayered research of the theme and engage young scientists,
the AGMI Foundation told Armenpress.
The program will enable
one up to 40-year-old foreign PhD students or young researchers who
specialize in the field of genocide research and work on their doctoral
thesis, to spend one month in Armenia and conduct their research at the
archives of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, as well as other
local scientific institutions and libraries.
The duration of the scholarship is one month.
The AGMI Foundation will cover travel and accommodation expenses.
The deadline for application is February 15, 2019.
The name of the winner will be known on March 1, 2019.
At
the end of the program, the scholarship holder is required to make a
report and present a summary of the work done within the month. He/she
will also submit an article as a result of a research to be considered
for publication in the International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies within 1 year from the end of his/her visit to Armenia.
A round-table discussion with the Armenian specialists and the AGMI
Foundation researchers will be organized during the program with the
scholarship holder.
The program will run from April 1.
Required documents for the submission:
– CV or resume
– Research proposal (not less than 2 pages)
– List of published works (if any)
– Two letters of reference
– A filled application form.
The winner will be selected by the Scientific Council of the AGMI Foundation.
The Lemkin Scholarship was founded in 2010. So far there have been 12 winners.
http://www.genocide-museum.am/eng/Lemkin-Alumni.php
About Raphael Lemkin
Lawyer Rafael Lemkin (1900-1959) coined the term “genocide” as well as
participated in the preparation of the UN Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of December 9, 1948.
The Armenian Genocide has a special place for study in Lemkin’s extensive scientific heritage.
Rafael Lemkin was greatly impressed by the mass killings of Armenians
in the Ottoman Empire in 1915.When studying at Lvov University, he
learned from the local newspaper about the murder of ex-Minister of
Interior of the Ottoman Empire Talaat Pasha by Soghomon Tehlirian in
Berlin. The impunity of Turkish criminals who committed the Armenian
Genocide caused anxiety to Lemkin. He decided to go into the field of
international law, specializing in the study of crimes against humanity.
Unable to find appropriate international norms to prevent genocide and
punish the perpetrators, he himself undertook the task of creating those
norms.