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The Turkish Cultural Foundation (TCF) has announced a new grant program for academics conducting research that contributes to the dissemination of knowledge about Turkey's cultural heritage. There are 10 fellowships at the PhD candidate level and 5 fellowships at the Post-doctoral level. While English proficiency is a requirement for the fellowship, citizens of any country are encouraged to apply. For more information, please download the announcement. The deadline is May 30, 2008.

The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) has announced its grant and internship program for the 2008-2009 academic year. Special grant categories this year include study abroad opportunities for Macedonian-Americans and African-Americans as well as a congressional internship program for Turkish-Americans. For more information, please see the TCA website.

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Call for Papers: "Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe?"

University of California Berkeley
September 26-27, 2008

UCAL - Berkeley is inviting abstract submissions for the interdisciplinary conference "Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe?" Taking as a point of departure the selection of Istanbul as one of Cultural Capitals of Europe in 2010, the goal of this conference is to reflect on how cities and culture have become key to imagining communities in a globalizing word.

Please, send your abstract submissions to Deniz Gokturk and Ipek Tureli by *May 20, 2008*.

And please, check www.ced.berkeley.edu/istanbulconference for full announcement and updates.