FYi. Pls don't responde to me, because I don't know nuthin about it other than what I read. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman@chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 12:28:25 -0500 From: Michael Gurstein <mgurst@vcn.bc.ca> To: ciresearchers <ciresearchers@vcn.bc.ca> Subject: FW: [DIGITALDIVIDE] new doctoral fellowship program Asia/Pacific/Africa/Latin Am -----Original Message----- From: The DIGITALDIVIDE discussion group [mailto:DIGITALDIVIDE@OWA.BENTON.ORG]On Behalf Of Mary Hess Sent: March 22, 2002 6:13 PM To: DIGITALDIVIDE@OWA.BENTON.ORG Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] new doctoral fellowship program Asia/Pacific/Africa/Latin Am I hope this is not too much off topic, but here is an announcement of a new doctoral fellowship program for people in Catholic communities in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Our intent (I am one of the members of the Study Commission who sponsors it) is to promote work that could ease the digital divide. Mary Hess Announcement follows: I'm pleased to be able to announce a call for applications for the first International Catholic Research Fellowships in Media Religion and Culture. The fellowship program is designed to further research in media, religion, and culture by offering fellowships for study at doctoral level at an approved university to applicants from Catholic communities in Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. The program is one of the outcomes of work being done by the International Study Commission on Media Religion and Culture http://www.jmcommunications.com/english/commission.html and will further the type of research being done by the Commission. It is expected that a number of fellowships will be offered each year over a four year period. The fellowships will cover full tuition at the university, along with travel and some other incidentals. As part of the program, it is planned to gather fellows during the course of their study for seminars and consultations with other scholars and with members of the Study Commission. Applicants need to have the support of a home community, have the qualifications and language requirements that make them eligible for entry into a doctoral program, and propose an area of research that falls within the terms of the research program and is of relevance to their region. Applications for 2002 close on 31st July 2002. Information about the fellowships, the research framework, processes and application requirements are available at the Fellowship website http://www.jmcommunications.com/fellowships/. You are invited to help make this information as widely known as possible by forwarding this email to relevant individuals, church or community leaders. Help is sought particularly to distribute the information as widely as possible through Catholic churches, communities and agencies in Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific, where email communication may not be as widely available nor accessed as in the west. Printed brochures for individual information or for group distribution can be obtained by emailing the Executive Secretary of the program, Adan Medrano at adan@jmcommunications.com Dr. Peter Horsfield Chair of the Research Fellowship Committee peterh@pac.com.au ____________________________________________ De: Peter Horsfield <peterh@pac.com.au> Asunto: Nuevas becas para estudios doctorales Tengo el gusto de anunciarles el llamado para solicitar la primera Beca Internacional Católica para Investigación en Medios de Comunicación, Religión, y Cultura. El programa de becas tiene como objetivo profundizar la investigación en medios de comunicación, religión y cultura ofreciendo becas de estudio a nivel doctoral en una universidad aprobada por el Comité a miembros de comunidades católicas en África, América Latina y el área del Pacífico de Asia. El programa es uno de los resultados del trabajo llevado a cabo por la Comisión Internacional de Estudio en Medios de Comunicación, Religión y Cultura http://www.jmcommunications.com/english/commission.html y continuará el tipo de investigación que actualmente lleva adelante la Comisión. Esperamos que varias becas sean ofrecidas cada año durante un período de cuatro años. Las becas cubrirán el costo total de la matrícula universitaria, además del viaje y algunos otros gastos. Como parte del programa, se planea reunir a los becarios durante el período de estudio para seminarios y consultas con otros académicos y con miembros de la Comisión de Estudio. Quienes soliciten la beca deberán contar con el apoyo de una comunidad local, tener las aptitudes y el conocimiento de la lengua necesarios para ingresar en un programa de doctorado, y proponer un área de investigación que esté incluida dentro de los términos del programa de investigación y que sea de utilidad para su región de origen. Las solicitudes para el 2002 deberán ser enviadas antes del 31 de julio del 2002. Más información sobre las becas, el marco de la investigación, el proceso y requisitos para solicitar la beca, está disponible en el sitio web de las Becas http://www.jmcommunications.com/fellowships/. Los invitamos a extender tanto como sea posible esta información reenviando este mensaje a personas, iglesias y líderes de comunidades pertinentes. Les pedimos ayuda para distribuir la información tanto como sea posible especialmente en iglesias católicas, comunidades y organizaciones en África, América Latina y el área del Pacífico de Asia, donde la comunicación por correo electrónico puede no ser tan accesible como en occidente. Pueden solicitar folletos impresos para información individual o para ser distribuidos en grupos enviando un mensaje al Secretario Ejecutivo del Programa, Adan Medrano, adan@jmcommunications.com Dr. Peter Horsfield Chair of the Research Fellowship Committee peterh@pac.com.au -- Mary E. Hess, PhD Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership Luther Seminary 2481 Como Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108 651.641.3232 mhess@luthersem.edu http://www.luthersem.edu/mhess ___________________________________________________________ hosted by Vancouver Community Network http://www.vcn.bc.ca