Summer Fellowship Programs

HIA Fellowship Programs in Denmark, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, and the United States are the gateway to participation in HIA and the basis for highly effective individual and collaborative action.

The content of the fellowship programs reflects the specific histories and present challenges of each host country. All programs focus on histories and theories of resistance to legal and institutional abuse of minority populations and the development of international human rights institutions and doctrines after World War II and the Holocaust.

Each fellowship program is divided into two phases. During the first phase, recognized leaders of human rights organizations, politicians, diplomats, philanthropists, journalists, scholars, artists and authors meet with the Fellows during three-and-a-half weeks of intensive seminars, site visits, and focus group activities. Each program culminates in a period of research and writing. International teams of Fellows focus on past and present minority issues in their host country, producing a written report.

Following the summer programs, HIA Fellows complete an Action Project, engaging human rights or minority issues in their home institutions or communities.