Social Sciences
Tenth Annual Orientation Course on
Forced Migration 2012
Applications are invited for the Tenth Annual Orientation Course on
Forced Migration to be held in Kolkata,
India (1-15 October 2012)
The Course, certified by the UNHCR and Calcutta Research Group, will
be preceded by a two and a half month long
programme of distance education. It will consist of workshops,
lectures, other interactive exercises, and field visit. The
workshops will be based on assignments sent to the selected
participants two months prior to the programme for necessary
preparation. The programme is intended for human rights activists,
policy makers, academics, refugee rights activists and
others working in the field of human rights and humanitarian
assistance for victims of forced migration. The curriculum deals
with themes of nationalism, ethnicity, partition, and
partition-refugees, national regimes and the international regime of
protection, issues relating to regional patterns of forced migration
in South Asia, internal displacement, the gendered nature
of forced migration and protection framework, resource politics,
climate change and environmental degradation, and several
other themes related to the forced displacement of people. Selected
candidates will have to complete assignments based
on the workshop themes before they join the programme in Kolkata, India.
Applicants must have (a) 5 years experience in the work of protection
of the victims of forced displacement, OR (b)
experience in research work or policy studies on forced migration, (c)
proficiency in English. Besides giving all necessary
particulars, application must be accompanied by two appropriate
recommendation letters and a 500-1000 word write-up on
how the programme is relevant to the applicant's work and may benefit
the applicant.
There is a bursary for participants from the countries of South Asia.
However, this will not apply to any candidate applying
from outside South Asia. Therefore, the candidates selected from South
Asia will have to pay INR7000/ US $150 each as
registration fee, while those from outside South Asia will have to pay
US $1200. Inquiries relating to the application procedure
are welcome. Selected participants will not be required to pay for
anything else besides the registration fee.
Applications, addressed to the Course Coordinator, can be sent by
e-mail to [email protected] or by post
to the following address and must reach CRG not later than April 10,
2012: Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, GC 45,
Sector 3, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 106, West Bengal, India. Phone: +91
(33) 2337 0408
For information on past courses please visit http://www.mcrg.ac.in/winter.htm
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Social Sciences
Tenth Annual Orientation Course on Forced Migration 2012
Tenth Annual Orientation Course on
Forced Migration 2012
Applications are invited for the Tenth Annual Orientation Course on
Forced Migration to be held in Kolkata,
India (1-15 October 2012)
The Course, certified by the UNHCR and Calcutta Research Group, will
be preceded by a two and a half month long
programme of distance education. It will consist of workshops,
lectures, other interactive exercises, and field visit. The
workshops will be based on assignments sent to the selected
participants two months prior to the programme for necessary
preparation. The programme is intended for human rights activists,
policy makers, academics, refugee rights activists and
others working in the field of human rights and humanitarian
assistance for victims of forced migration. The curriculum deals
with themes of nationalism, ethnicity, partition, and
partition-refugees, national regimes and the international regime of
protection, issues relating to regional patterns of forced migration
in South Asia, internal displacement, the gendered nature
of forced migration and protection framework, resource politics,
climate change and environmental degradation, and several
other themes related to the forced displacement of people. Selected
candidates will have to complete assignments based
on the workshop themes before they join the programme in Kolkata, India.
Applicants must have (a) 5 years experience in the work of protection
of the victims of forced displacement, OR (b)
experience in research work or policy studies on forced migration, (c)
proficiency in English. Besides giving all necessary
particulars, application must be accompanied by two appropriate
recommendation letters and a 500-1000 word write-up on
how the programme is relevant to the applicant's work and may benefit
the applicant.
There is a bursary for participants from the countries of South Asia.
However, this will not apply to any candidate applying
from outside South Asia. Therefore, the candidates selected from South
Asia will have to pay INR7000/ US $150 each as
registration fee, while those from outside South Asia will have to pay
US $1200. Inquiries relating to the application procedure
are welcome. Selected participants will not be required to pay for
anything else besides the registration fee.
Applications, addressed to the Course Coordinator, can be sent by
e-mail to [email protected] or by post
to the following address and must reach CRG not later than April 10,
2012: Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, GC 45,
Sector 3, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 106, West Bengal, India. Phone: +91
(33) 2337 0408
For information on past courses please visit http://www.mcrg.ac.in/winter.htm
- Jobs@ Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group
Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group requires Fellow/Research and Programme Associate for its research in the area of migration studies with special emphasis on Forced Migration on a consolidated pay of Rs. 22,000-30,000/- per month (depending on qualification...
- Workshop
Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG) is organizing a special media workshop (8-13 October 2012) as part of its Tenth Annual Orientation Programme on Forced Migration. The workshop will include a ?eld visit. The objective of the workshop will be...
- Ninth Annual Orientation Programme On Forced Migration
Ninth Annual Orientation Programme on Forced MigrationApplications are invited for the Ninth Annual Orientation Programme on Forced Migration to be held in Kolkata, India, from 1-15 December 2011. The course is certified by the UNHCR and Calcutta...
- Research Associates
MAHANIRBAN CALCUTTA RESEARCH GROUP requires:-1. Research and Programme Associate/s (consolidated pay of Rs. 14,000-25,000/- per month, dependingon qualification and experience) for a period of one year, extendable to 2nd year in case of requirement. The...
- Research Associates
MAHANIRBAN CALCUTTA RESEARCH GROUP requires:-Programme and Research Associate/s (consolidated pay of Rs. 14,000-20,000/- per month, depending on qualification and experience) for aperiod of one year, extendable to 2nd year in case of requirement. The...