Oak Human Rights Fellowship Application

The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2010 Oak Fellowship. We seek front-line human rights activists working outside of the U.S. and advocating for those incarcerated.  Areas of work for prisoners’ rights include, but are not limited to living standards and health care in prisons, pretrial detention, illegal imprisonment, detained non-citizens, the right of legal representation, juvenile detention, education and practical training for inmates, post-detention rehabilitation, families of inmates, disciplinary procedures, prison privatization, gender and racial discrimination in incarceration, political prisoners, prisoners of war, torture, sexual abuse, brutality, and the death penalty.

The 2010 fellowship will offer a semester in residence at Colby, giving respite from front-line human rights work, a $32,000 stipend, plus medical insurance, transportation, housing and utilities. 

Instructions for Electronic Application:

1. Download the 2010 Oak Institute Application here
2. Complete the downloaded application and save to your computer
3. Fill in your name and email in the yellow box below
4. Upload your COMPLETED Oak Application below
5. Upload your RESUME or C.V. below
6. Click APPLY NOW
7. All recommendations should be sent directly to oakhr@colby.edu

**VERY IMPORTANT** You will not be able to make any changes to your application once you have clicked Apply Now. Please double check all information and files before you apply. Please use only one email address for all Oak Application correspondence.

You may also email or send your completed application and resume to:
Professor Patrice Franko
Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights
Colby College
5300 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901

Each year, the Oak Institute brings an Oak Human Rights Fellow to teach and conduct research while residing at the College. The Institute organizes lectures and other events centered around the fellow's area of expertise. The purpose of the fellowship is to offer an opportunity for prominent practitioners in international human rights to take a sabbatical leave from their work and spend as long as a semester as a scholar-in-residence at the College. This provides the Fellow time for reflection, research, and writing.

While all human rights practitioners are eligible, we especially encourage applications from those who are currently or were recently involved in "on-the-ground" work at some level of personal risk. The Oak Fellow's responsibilities include regular meetings with students either through formal classes or informal discussion groups and assistance in shaping a lecture series or symposium associated with the particular aspect of human rights of interest to the fellow. The fellow also is expected to participate in the intellectual life of the campus and enable our students to work or study with a professional in the human rights field.

The Fellow will receive a stipend and College fringe benefits, plus round-trip transportation from the fellow's home site, a two-bedroom apartment, use of a car, and meals on campus. The Fellow will also receive research support, including office space, secretarial support, computer and library facilities, and a student assistant. The Fellowship is awarded for the fall semester (September through December) each year. Following the period of the award, the fellow is expected to return to her or his human rights work.

If you wish to be contacted each year when we begin our annual search process, please join our electronic mailing list at:  www.colby.edu/academics_cs/goldfarb/oak/mail.cfm or email the Oak Institute at: oakhr@colby.edu