MayaLisa Holzman
Discipline: History
University: University of Wisconsin- Madison
Project: The Front Within: The Soviet Partisan Movement, the Komsomol, and the Ideological War on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944
Location of Research: Russia, Ukraine
2013 Fellows
With funding from the Department of State Title VIII Program, the SSRC Eurasia Program is pleased to offer fellowship opportunities for graduate students in Eurasian studies whose work displays both high quality scholarship and policy relevance. In 2013 we provided Pre-Dissertation Awards for preliminary fieldwork to six scholars, from the fields of history, political science, and sociology. The Pre-Dissertation Fellows will travel to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Ukraine. Ten fellows were selected to receive Dissertation Development Awards for dissertation write-up in 2013-2014. This year’s fellows represent six disciplines and have varied thematic and regional interests, from Prehistoric Kazakhstan to present-day Moscow.
The SSRC has provided support to almost 400 scholars since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. With support from the U.S. Department of State’s Title VIII program, the Eurasia Program has additionally offered teaching development fellowships and post-doctoral fellowships.
With funding from the Department of State Title VIII Program, the SSRC Eurasia Program is pleased to offer fellowship opportunities for graduate students in Eurasian studies whose work displays both high quality scholarship and policy relevance. In 2013 we provided Pre-Dissertation Awards for preliminary fieldwork to six scholars, from the fields of history, political science, and sociology. The Pre-Dissertation Fellows will travel to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Ukraine. Ten fellows were selected to receive Dissertation Development Awards for dissertation write-up in 2013-2014. This year’s fellows represent six disciplines and have varied thematic and regional interests, from Prehistoric Kazakhstan to present-day Moscow.
The SSRC has provided support to almost 400 scholars since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. With support from the U.S. Department of State’s Title VIII program, the Eurasia Program has additionally offered teaching development fellowships and post-doctoral fellowships.
Pre-Dissertation Fellows
Meagan Todd
Discipline: Geography
University: University of Colorado-Boulder
Project: Localized Geopolitics of Mosque Construction in Moscow, Russia
Location of Research: Russia
Tekla Schmaus
Discipline: Anthropology
University: Indiana University at Bloomington
Project: The Environment and Social Change in Prehistoric Central Eurasian Societies
Location of Research: Kazakhstan
Kimberly Powers
Discipline: Anthropology and History
University: University of Michigan
Project: The Power of State Documents: Bureaucracy and the Transformation of Family and Gender Relations in 19th Century Kazakhstan
Location of Research: Kazakhstan
Jared McBride
Discipline: History
University: University of California- Los Angeles
Project: "A Sea of Blood and Tears": Ethnicity, Identity, and Survival in Nazi Occupied Volhynia, Ukraine 1941-1944
Location of Research: Ukraine
Michelle Maydanchik
Discipline: Art History
University: University of Chicago
Project: Creative Disruption: Performance Art in Post-Soviet Moscow
Location of Research: Russia
Laura Dean
Discipline: Political Science
University: University of Kansas
Project: Beyond the Natasha Effect: Determinants of Human Trafficking Policy Variation in the Post-Soviet Region
Location of Research: Russia, Latvia and Ukraine
Dale Correa
Discipline: Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies
University: New York University
Project: Testifying Beyond Experience: Regionalism, Authority, and Remembered Pasts in the Eurasian Islamic Legal Tradition
Location of Research: Uzbekistan
Sara Brinegar
Discipline: History
University: University of Wisconsin- Madison
Project: Baku at all Costs: The Politics of Oil in the New Soviet State
Location of Research: Azerbaijan
Natalie Belsky
Discipline: History
University: University of Chicago
Project: Encounters in the East: Evacuees in the Soviet Hinterland During the Second World War
Location of Research: Russia
Dissertation Development Fellows
MayaLisa Holzman
University at Time of Fellowship: University of Wisconsin- Madison
Dissertation: The Front Within: The Soviet Partisan Movement, the Komsomol, and the Ideological War on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944
Meagan Todd
University at Time of Fellowship: University of Colorado-Boulder
Dissertation: Localized Geopolitics of Mosque Construction in Moscow, Russia
Tekla Schmaus
University at Time of Fellowship: Indiana University at Bloomington
Dissertation: The Environment and Social Change in Prehistoric Central Eurasian Societies
Kimberly Powers
University at Time of Fellowship: University of Michigan
Dissertation: The Power of State Documents: Bureaucracy and the Transformation of Family and Gender Relations in 19th Century Kazakhstan
Jared McBride
University at Time of Fellowship: University of California- Los Angeles
Dissertation: "A Sea of Blood and Tears": Ethnicity, Identity, and Survival in Nazi Occupied Volhynia, Ukraine 1941-1944
Michelle Maydanchik
University at Time of Fellowship: University of Chicago
Dissertation: Creative Disruption: Performance Art in Post-Soviet Moscow
Laura Dean
University at Time of Fellowship: University of Kansas
Dissertation: Beyond the Natasha Effect: Determinants of Human Trafficking Policy Variation in the Post-Soviet Region
Dale Correa
University at Time of Fellowship: New York University
Dissertation: Testifying Beyond Experience: Regionalism, Authority, and Remembered Pasts in the Eurasian Islamic Legal Tradition
Sara Brinegar
University at Time of Fellowship: University of Wisconsin- Madison
Dissertation: Baku at all Costs: The Politics of Oil in the New Soviet State
Natalie Belsky
University at Time of Fellowship: University of Chicago
Dissertation: Encounters in the East: Evacuees in the Soviet Hinterland During the Second World War