The Nuclear Proliferation International History Project is pleased to announce a 3-month research fellowship for a scholar studying Brazil’s nuclear history, in particular as it relates to US-Brazil relations, Brazil’s nuclear relations with Argentina and with other countries, and Brazil’s evolving role in the NPT regime. The Fellowship Programme will provide unique opportunity to conduct archival and oral history research on Brazil’s nuclear history using Brazilian archives. The fellow will be hosted by NPIHP’s partners at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ School of Social Sciences/CPDOC, in in Rio de Janeiro.

he ideal candidate will be an advanced Ph.D. candidate, post-doctoral researcher, or early career academic with an interest in Brazil’s nuclear program from a scholarly perspective. The fellowship will be awarded to an individual with substantial academic and professional accomplishments, a compelling research question, and the ability to connect research conducted during their proposed fellowship to their own ongoing body of academic research.

The fellowship will be awarded preferably to a candidate who has not yet had the opportunity to conduct nuclear history research in Brazilian archives.

Application deadline is December 15, 2014

Further details:
http://www.mladiinfo.eu