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Can you get a degree in Agrarian Studies? |
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No, not at Yale. |
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Do you have any research funds for faculty? |
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No. |
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Can I attend a colloquium session if I haven’t read the week’s paper? |
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Yes, but you will get much more out of the session if you do because the paper is discussed — not read — at the colloquium. |
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How did the Agrarian Studies Program begin? |
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It began when the first graduate seminar was offered — in Spring 1990— and 58 graduate students showed up. We saw that there was interest at Yale in an interdisciplinary program, Professor James C. Scott wrote a proposal, and we secured funding. |
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Where does the Program get its funds? |
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Appropriations from Yale University, including the provost’s office, the MacMillan Center, and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. |
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Can I get copies of papers presented in past years’ Colloquia? |
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Yes. Papers beginning with the 2004–2005 Colloquium are archived on this site. Older papers are available for $4.00 plus postage |
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What is the meaning of your logo? |
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The logo represents an Asian peasant and a water buffalo plowing a field. |
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I’m getting my Ph.D. from Yale. Can I be an Agrarian Studies fellow? |
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You must have your Ph.D. to be a Program Fellow, but the answer is “yes.” (We have already had several Yale Ph.D.s as Program Fellows.) |
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Do you provide office space and secretarial support for fellows? |
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Office space, yes; secretarial support, no. |
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I want to apply for financial aid. Can I submit my application by email or over the Internet? |
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Applications for Visiting Postoctoral Fellowships may be submitted electronically. For Graduate Student Aid applications, please contact the Program office (203-432-9833) when the 2010 submission deadlines are announced (in January 2010) about submitting electronic applications. |
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