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October 16, 2015 DAAD Alumna receives Nobel Prize in Literature This years Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the Belarussian author, Svetlana Alexievich, who lived in Berlin through DAADs Artist-in-Residence program (BKP). She is the fourth BKP alumna to receive this honor, following Mario Vargas Llosa (2009), Imre Kertész (2002) and Gao Xingjian (2000). In 2013, Alexievich was also awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Alexievichs time in Berlin saw the completion of her most recent book, Second-Hand-Zeit: Leben auf den Trümmern des Sozialismus." The Swedish Academy characterizes her body of work as a collage of human voices resulting from countless interviews she conducted with people in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. In May, Alexievich returned to Berlin upon the invitation of BKP to participate in a podium discussion, where she said, Berlin is a city that lived through the tragedies of the 20th century and is strongly shaped by them. I would classify Berlin as the capital of a spirit that is open to all people. Thanks to DAADs BKP, the artists I encountered from around the world opened both my mind and my heart. This helped me work on the novel that I finished in Berlin. Career Booster Event at Goethe-Institut 
The Goethe-Institut New York, together with DAAD and other partners, will host an event on Friday, October 23rd at the Goethe-Institut New York. A vairety of presentations will cover work, study and research opportunities for German speakers in Germany and the U.S. alike. An info fair with workshops will be followed by a panel discussion bringing together entrepreneurs, educational experts and scientists to talk about the significance of Germany and the German language to their work. The event will conclude with a networking reception accompanied by live music. The timetable will be as follows: 10:00am-11:00am Opening For more info, please click here. Studienstiftung des Abgeordnetenhauses: Scholarships for graduate students and young scholars The Studienstiftung des Abgeordnetenhauses von Berlin sponsors a scholarship program for students and young scholars all fields from the U.S., UK, France, Russia and other successor states of the former Soviet Union. Applicants should work on projects that require access to research facilities in Berlin. The scholarships are awarded according to various criteria, including academic merit and civic engagement. 15 grants are awarded yearly in the amount of 1,100 EUR for graduate and doctoral students and 1,630 EUR for post-doctoral scholars per month. The Foundation also covers travel costs to and from Berlin and rent for the International Study Center Berlin. During their 10-month stay, scholarship holders will not only experience their research areas from an international perspective, but also the political, cultural and social dimensions of public life in Berlin. The application deadline for the 2016-2017 program is December 15, 2015. For more info, please visit: http://www.parlament-berlin.de/de/Das-Parlament/Studienstiftung. The Studienstiftung des Abgeordnetenhauses was founded by the Berlin House of Representatives in 1994 as a late sign of gratitude to the Allied Forces who occupied, befriended, and protected Berlin and its citizens for almost fifty years after the end of World War II. Approaching Deadlines for German Studies Grants Conference Funding in German Studies: Faculty members and advanced students in the humanities, social sciences and related fields are invited to apply for co-funding to organize workshops, seminars and conferences that embrace the interdisciplinary and/or comparative study of the history, politics, economics, law, society, culture and the arts of Germany. Deadline for application is October 31, 2015 (postmark date) for conferences scheduled for January to June 2016. German Studies Research Grant: This specialized DAAD program offers research grants to highly-qualified undergraduate, graduate and PhD students at American and Canadian universities who are nominated by their department/program chairs. The grant may be used for short-term research (i.e., 1-2 months) in Germany. The program is designed to encourage research and promote the study of cultural, political, historical, economic and social aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs from an interdisciplinary perspective. Deadline for application is November 1, 2015 (postmark date).
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