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Each year the Institute offers by public competition junior and senior non-stipendiary fellowships. These are open to scholars, from the US and abroad, engaged in work on contemporary Europe. In the selection of fellows, preference may be given to candidates whose interests coincide with those of the Remarque Institute. The latter include, but are not restricted to the study of political, regional, ethnic, religious, linguistic, cultural and economic encounters and conflicts in contemporary Europe, and between Europe and North America. Fellowships include an office, housing in a studio apartment (not suitable for children), library access, secretarial assistance and some support for travel and research.
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To support and expand the study of contemporary Europe, the Remarque Institute encourages short-term visits to New York by men and women from Europe in a broad range of professional fields: journalists, businesspeople, political figures, scholars, and artists. These visiting fellows, who are the guests of the Institute for periods ranging from one to four weeks, are invited to meet colleagues in their own field from the New York area. To this end, the Institute organizes roundtable discussions, luncheon seminars, or other forums appropriate for the exchange of ideas and opinions.
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On an annual basis the Institute invites a distinguished person to give public lectures in New York on a subject of his or her own choosing. These lectures will then be published as a small book in a series. They are intended for a broad audience and it is hoped that they will contribute to public understanding of European history, politics, culture, and the arts and to the creation of a growing constituency for discussion about Europe.
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Occasionally the Remarque Institute organizes workshops on European themes of concern to a broad constituency. The purpose of these workshops is to bring together people with a common interest, from Europe as well as from New York, who might not otherwise have the opportunity to meet. Participants hail from the worlds of politics, the arts and learning, business, and journalism, depending on the theme of the workshop, and are encouraged to contribute actively to the informal discussions; where appropriate, the Institute will publish the proceedings in a series of occasional Working Papers.
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This is a biennial ‘retreat’ sponsored by the Remarque Institute. The aim is to invite young men and women from Europe and North America promising people from a variety of fields of public life to spend a few days together free from daily pressures. Participants are expected to take an active part in discuss ions on broad topics of common interest in European/US affairs; but the main goal of the Forum is met by the meeting itself. By forging personal links between people who in decades to come may play an important part in public life, in policy making, and in the world of arts and learning, the Institute seeks to help overcome the loss of the generation who shaped transatlantic exchanges and policy making in the decades after World War II.
After each Forum smaller ‘follow-up’ meetings are held in which some fifteen people take part in a shorter and more informal version of the earlier conference, focusing on a theme derived by mutual agreement from the conference discussions. Furthermore, the Remarque Institute encourages Forum participants to come to New York for short visits as fellows of the Institute. We provide travel costs, a free studio apartment in Greenwich Village, an office on Washington Square and some limited secretarial, travel and research support. In the case of visitors from Europe a stipend may be provided. Most importantly, we facilitate encounters between visitors and people of similar professional interests in New York.
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On occasion the Institute hosts conferences to commemorate a particular anniversary or to expand a successful workshop or forum onto a broader canvas. These international gatherings are not confined to encounters between specialists, but they retain a pedagogical function--they are open to participation from both students and nonacademics and are public occasions for the airing of significanttttt questions and problems of a topical nature. Where appropriate, the proceedings will be edited and published in book form.