[call for applications] PAUL CELAN FELLOWSHIPS FOR TRANSLATORS / deadline: 31. 03. 2009

The call for applications for the Paul Celan Fellowship for Translators 2009/2010 is now open.

Deadline for Application is March 31, 2009. 

Please send the application by mail to:

Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen
Fellowship Coordinator
Spittelauer Lände 3
1090 Wien
AUSTRIA

Advance copies by e-mail are accepted:
fellowships@iwm.at
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Paul Celan Fellowships

The Paul Celan Fellowship for Translators of the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna provides translations of significant works in the field of humanities and social sciences into languages of the Central and South Eastern European region. It bears the name of the author and translator Paul Celan, who´s work - probably more than any other in the 20th century - is based on the diversity of European cultures and in the same time arbitrates between them.

The objective of the Paul Celan Fellowship Program is to help overcome deficits and asymmetries in the exchange of ideas and reception of scholarly literature which resulted from the division of Europe in the 20th century, the effects of which are still felt today. Therefore, the program was established to contribute to filling gaps in the relevant literature on both sides as well as improving mutual understanding between formerly isolated cultures.

The Paul Celan Fellowships support East-West, West-East and East-East translations of canonical texts as well as contemporary key works in the Humanities, Social Sciences and in the field of Cultural Studies. Special emphasis is put on translations of relevant works written by East European authors and/or by female scholars.

ERSTE Stiftung, Programme Culture

The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM)