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Enrolling the participants of other HESP programs (including AFP) will be considered a priority (AFP Fellows and department faculty should identify themselves as such in their cover letters or application forms)

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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite the junior university teachers in the humanities and social sciences in the countries of South-Eastern Europe and Eurasia to participate in the projects of the

HESP Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET)

The following projects will commence during the Summer of 2008 and are now open to applications and statements of interest from the junior faculty teaching at the undergraduate university programs in the relevant academic subjects in the countries of Southeastern Europe, the NIS and Mongolia:

• The Art of Economic Decision-Making (International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University)
• Methodological Seminars on Comparative Studies in Political Science (European University at St. Petersburg)
• Sustainable Growth and Resource Curse (European University at St. Petersburg)
• Modernity and the Futures of Capitalism in Eurasia: Scholarly Debates and Teaching Practices (St. Petersburg State University and St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance)
• Comparative and Interdisciplinary History of Religious Traditions in Eastern, Central and South-Eastern Europe (St. Petersburg State University and Central European University)
• Separation of Powers in the Context of Constitutional Reform in Russia and in Post Soviet Area (Institute of Law and Public Policy, Moscow and Tver State University)
• ReSET Challenges Seminar The ‘Practical Turn’: Contemporary Philosophy in and Beyond the University (European Humanities University)
  

HESP's funding to the projects, as a rule, provides coverage of all major costs of participation for the candidates from the target region. Non-regional faculty are encouraged to participate in the activities of the Seminar on a self- or co-funding basis.

Please note that HESP neither recruits nor selects the participants of the individual projects and does not provide funding to the participants on an individual basis; each project operates independently and the recruiting, funding and organizational procedures vary between projects. All inquiries and applications should be directed to the organizers of the projects according to the contact information for each project provided further. Individuals who are interested in participation in the projects are encouraged to contact the project organizers immediately, to meet the upcoming application deadlines.

The HESP Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET) aims to develop and nurture teaching excellence at the undergraduate university level. The program establishes a framework for the long-term collaborative development of scholarly teaching in areas important to the region's undergraduate humanities and social sciences curricula. While ReSET projects address diverse subjects, fields and disciplines, they share the approach based on:

developing reflexive scholarly and innovative undergraduate teaching;
critical rethinking of the subject, drawing on the best and most current international scholarship;
a collaborative structure fostering peer exchange and learning among the regional and international faculty.

Rooted in the concept of continuous development and self-renewal of university academics, ReSET creates opportunities for qualified and dedicated regional and international faculty to make a substantial contribution to the revision and advancement of teaching and learning in their subjects and fosters their leadership in the process of educational change in the region.

Please see further information on the individual projects in the attachment. Please assist us in circulating this information among the academic colleagues in your institutions, countries and through the electronic list serves available to you and encourage the qualified candidates who might benefit from the participation in these projects. Do not hesitate to contact the ReSET office at HESP Budapest with any general inquiries regarding this program.

Thank you and best regards,

Oleksandr Shtokvych
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Oleksandr Shtokvych
Senior Program Manager
Higher Education Support Program
Open Society Institute

Oktober 6. u. 12, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary
Tel.: 36.1.235.6153
Fax: 36.1.411.4401
Email: oshtokvych@osi.hu
www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp