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Religion, Human Rights & Religious Freedom
an international exchange & research project
Columbia University with the support of the Pew Charitable Trusts,
has established a training and research program for religious
leaders, human rights activists, and scholars. A major goal of the
Project is to promote interaction between religious communities
and the international human rights movement, as well as to enhance
concern for religious freedom and religious tolerance.
The Project will organize annual exchange and research programs at
Columbia University for human rights advocates and religious
figures. During the first three years, they will come from
Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. Each
year, there will be nine funded fellows, appointed as visiting
scholars at Columbia University. The program begins each
September and continues for 4 to 7 months.
Welcomed as individual applicants are men and women active in
human rights organizations and/or religious groups in Central and
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The program is
conducted in English and fluency is required.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 4, 1998
There is a Web site which contains more information about this
program as well as an application form that can be downloaded.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights/relbro.html
For more information, contact:
Dr. Elizabeth A. Cole, Program Coordinator
Religion and Human Rights Program
Center for the Study of Human Rights
1108 International Affairs Building
Columbia University, Mail Code: 3365
New York, NY 10027 USA
Tel: (212) 854-2479
Fax: (212) 854-6785 or (212) 316-4578
Email: [email protected]
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| CivilSoc is a project of the Center for Civil |
| Society International ([email protected]) |
| in Seattle, in association with Friends & Partners. |
| For more information about civic initiatives in |
| the former USSR visit CCSI's web site at: |
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| http://www.friends-partners.org/~ccsi/ |
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