Advanced doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars are warmly invited to propose papers within the theme “Dictatorship: Ancient and Modern” to be presented during a three day summer school in Helsinki, August 20–22, 2009. For further details on the theme, please see Summer School 2009 (www.swedishcollegium.se).
The Ernst Cassirer Summer School forms part of the Ernst Cassirer professorship, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation and located at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) in Uppsala. The current holder of the chair, Professor Wilfried Nippel, SCAS and the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies together organize the Summer School.
Participants’ expenses for travel, accommodation and meals during the days of the summer school will be covered.
Applicants should submit a brief CV and an abstract of the proposed paper. Applications should be sent by email to SCAS (cassirer@swedishcollegium.se) no later than April 30.