Category Archives: Small Grants

Small Grantee Feature – Chinese Investment in Kazakhstan

Please click here for a printer-friendly PDF version of this page. When it comes to China and Kazakhstan, it is fair to say that the bilateral relationship is not one of the most discussed or well-known in global politics.  Given … Continue reading →

Small Grantee Feature – Syria and the Regional Implications of the Crisis

Please click here for a printer-friendly PDF version of this page. The conflict in Syria is rapidly approaching the two-year mark, with no lasting cease-fire or negotiated settlement in sight. As the death toll continues to climb and the prolonged … Continue reading →

Small Grantee Feature – Bridging the Gap between Oral History and Documentary Filmmaking in the Middle East

Please click here for a printer-friendly PDF version of this page. Sawt, meaning “voice” in Arabic, is an oral narrative and animation documentary project highlighting the experiences of female activists in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and their role in the … Continue reading →

Small Grantee Feature – Lessons in Development: Afghanistan and Bosnia

Please click here for a printer-friendly PDF version of this page. For the past 10 years, the international community has often tried to transplant “best practices” or “development successes” to Afghanistan with the idea that developing or post-conflict countries have … Continue reading →

Small Grantee Feature – Female Voices from Egypt, Mauritania and Tunisia

Please click here for a printer-friendly PDF version of this feature. Should women fear a reversal of social, political and economic rights under Islamist governments, or will they find new opportunities in all three sectors? Emna ben Arab (Assistant Professor, … Continue reading →

Small Grantee Feature – Untold Stories: Oral Histories of Afghanistan’s Cultural Heritage

Please click here for a printer-friendly PDF version of this page. To many, Afghanistan is a war-torn country doomed to conflict. For those who have discovered its true identity and potential, however, there are many stories to be told about it … Continue reading →

Small Grantee Feature – Ankara Workshop on Nuclear Proliferation

The Hollings Center awarded a small grant to Dr. Şebnem Udum (Hacettepe University) and Dr. Philipp Bleek (Monterey Institute of International Studies) to plan a workshop on the science and politics of nuclear proliferation.  This one-day workshop, titled “Nuclear Proliferation & Turkish … Continue reading →

Small Grantee Feature – Workshops for Next-Generation Turkish and American Journalists

Yigal Schleifer recently received a Hollings Center Small Grant to organize a series of workshops for early-career Turkish and American journalists working in Turkey. Yigal has extensive experience as a freelance journalist in Istanbul where between 2002 and 2010 he … Continue reading →