For the past 18 months, APSA has been working with the Academic Fellowship Program (AFP) of the Open Society Institute (OSI) (www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp/focus/afp) to support their programs in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and establish new linkages with political scientists and departments in the region. OSI recently held a conference bringing together 90 scholars from over 25 university departments from across the region. APSA members Benjamin Read (University of Iowa) and Susan L. Woodward (The Graduate Center, CUNY) were invited participants. Woodward has served as an AFP Non-Resident International Scholar, working with the faculty of political science at Belgrade University. Read was invited by AFP to discuss field research methods.

This article provides information about the Academic Fellowship Program, as well as an overview of the conference proceedings.

For more information about this conference and the APSA-OSI/AFP relationship, contact Bahram Rajaee at the APSA National Office (brajaee@apsanet.org).