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Smith College’s Visiting Scholars Program
serves to enrich campus intellectual activities, nurture the college’s commitment
to cultural diversity, and further its goal of being a world college. International
visitors have extended the range of global experiences the college can offer its
community. We consider programs enabling scholars from around the world to become
part of Smith’s intellectual life to be a vital constituent of the college’s
rich, diverse, and vibrant academic environment. Likewise, we are committed to supporting
and enhancing the opportunities for our own faculty members to visit other countries
through the exchange arrangement we have with the University of Hamburg.
The Visiting Scholars Program is overseen
by the Associate Dean of the Faculty in the Provost’s Office, in conjunction
with the Visiting Scholars Committee, an ad hoc faculty committee. The 2007-08 members
of the Committee are: Christophe Golé (Mathematics and Statistics), Dominique
Thiebaut (Computer Science), Margaret Zelljadt (Senior Class Dean), and Suzanne Zhang-Gottschang
(Anthropology). Questions about the Visiting Scholars Program may be directed to
Danielle Carr Ramdath, Associate Dean of the Faculty, at dramdath@email.smith.edu or
ext. 3000, or any member of the Committee.
The University of Hamburg
We have both a short and long-term faculty exchange program with the University of
Hamburg. For these visits, Hamburg proposes visitors, and the Visiting Scholars
Committee works with the appropriate Smith department or program on hosting details.
Any costs incurred related to these visits are covered out of the college’s
Visiting Scholars Fund.
STINT
We also currently have an exchange program with the Swedish Foundation for International
Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT), which allows scholars from
Swedish universities to spend one semester at Smith. For these visits, STINT proposes
visitors, and the Visiting Scholars Committee works with the appropriate Smith
department or program on hosting details. STINT covers all costs related to these
exchanges.
If your department or program is interested in hosting
a visitor from Hamburg or Sweden, please let the Associate Dean of the Faculty know.
The Provost’s Office is eager to place visitors in departments or programs
with a strong interest in hosting international scholars and utilizing them in all
facets of academic life at Smith.
Other Visiting Scholars
Most years, funds remain for a few additional visits beyond these official exchange
arrangements. If you are interested in arranging for a visiting scholar to come
to Smith, please review the following information and complete the Visiting Scholar
Request Form (see below). Please note that all visits
are subject to the visitor obtaining an appropriate work visa as directed by the
Office for International Students and Scholars.
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Hosting
Visiting
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Applying
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