> GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
>
> 1. Hudson Institute Resident Fellowships, Indianapolis, IN
> 2. Lincoln Fellows, Claremont Institute, CA
> 3. FIRE Internships, Philadelphia, PA
> 4. Drug Policy Alliance Internships
>
>
> AWARDS
>
> 5. Friedman Prize, San Francisco, May 6
>
> JOB OPPORTUNITIES
>
> 6. Executive Director, Collegiate Network, DE
> 7. Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
> 8. Economic Education, Florida State University
> 9. Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
> 10. Economic Development & International Economics, Sofia University, Japan
> 11. International Studies, US Studies, Communications, Rockford College, IL
> 12. Public Policy, Central European University, Budapest
>
> CONFERENCES
>
> 13. IHS at APEE, Nassau, April 4-6
> 14. A Liberal Agenda for a New Century, Moscow & St Petersburg, April 8-9,12
> 15. European and International Affairs, Athens, May 27-29
> 16. National Association of Scholars, New York, May 21-23
> 17. Workshop for Italian PhD Students in Economics, Salerno, May 27-28
> 18. IHS Social Change Workshop, University of Virginia, June 19-25
> 19. Institute for Justice Law Student Conference, Georgetown, July 30-
> August 2
> 20. Austrian Economics, FEE, Irvington NY, July 25-July 31
> 21. Economic Methodology, University of Copenhagen, Aug 2-22
> 22. Southern Economics Association, New Orleans, LA, Nov 21-23
>
> TEACHING AND RESEARCH TOOLS
> 23. The Devil's Footpath in Africa video
> 24. Economic Research Institute Papers
>
> PUBLICATIONS
>
> 25. Sowell on affirmative action
> 26. Hardin on indeterminacy
> 27. Rauch on Gay Marriage
> 28. Lawson & Seidman on US territorial expansion
> 29. Breen on consumers and American independence
> 30. Freys on the French Revolution
> 31. Clark on pre-Smith capitalism
> 32. Roth on a conservative economics
> 33. DeGregori on organic agriculture
> 34. Gunning on public choice
> 35. Lal on Indian history
> 36. Davies on The Right to Joke
> 37. Creppell on Toleration and Identity
> 38. Crockett et al on the financial services industry
> 39. Melnyk on physicalism
> 40. Culter on ethical argument
> 41. Cuzan, Heggen & Bundrick on Voters and Presidents
> 42. Ryn on America the Virtuous
> 43. Ryn on peace
> 44. Shanor & Hogue on national security and military law
> 45. Samuels et al on economic history
> 46. Kotlikoff & Burns on the demographic crisis
> 47. Wilson on the Harvard Cyclotrons
> 48. Dougherty on Maritain
> 49. Pojman on The Moral Life
> 50 Pickerill on Congress and the Constitution
> 51 Ahiakpor on classical macroeconomics
> 52. Harper on entrepreneurship
> 53. Minford on Alan Walters and money
> 54. Polsby on How Congress Evolves
> 55. Horowitz on social research
> 56.olf et al on China's problems W
> 57 Ku on states and international law
> 58. Klein on why people love government IHS Programs
>
> 59. IHS Summer Seminars
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
>
> 1. Resident Fellowships, Hudson Institute, Indianapolis, IN
> The Hudson Institute offer Herman Kahn Residential Fellowships to support PhD
candidates who have completed their course work and have only to finish writing
their dissertations. Fellows must be working in the following areas:
Criminology, Education, Social Welfare Policy & Civil Society, Economic
Development & Urban Planning, International Political Economy & Security.
Stipend is $18,000. Deadline: April 1
> www.Hudson.org
>
> 2. Lincoln Fellowships, Claremont Institute, CA
> Lincoln Fellows are working in the area of public policy and understand the
need to shape public opinion to recover limited government. Lincoln Fellows
participate in a program in Newport Beach, CA, August 7-15, in which they study
the Founding, the Progressive era, and contemporary politics. Contact Thomas
Krannawitter at tkrannawiter@... or visit
> www.Claremont.org/projects/Lincoln/2004.html
>
> 3. Internships, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
> FIRE offers paid internships for June 2 to August 30, including for law
students, at their offices in Philadelphia.
>
> 4. Internships, Drug Policy Alliance
> The Office of Legislative Affairs of the Drug Policy Alliance is seeking
interns for their Washington DC office. The internship is paid for graduate
students and unpaid for undergraduates. Deadline: March 15. Contact Caren
Woodson at
> cwoodson@...
> www.dpf.org/about/jobsfunding/jobs/jobinternona.cfm
>
>
> The Office of Legal Affairs of the Drug Policy Alliance in Oakland, CA, is
seeking legal interns. Contact Brenda Smeeton at bsmeeton@....
> www.dpf.org/about/jobsfunding/jobs/joblegalintern.cfm
>
> AWARDS
>
> 5. Friedman Prize, San Francisco, May 6
> The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty will be awarded at a dinner at
the Ritz Carlton, San Francisco on May 6, organized by the Cato Institute.
lalbanes@...
> www.cato.org
>
> JOB OPPORTUNITIES
>
> 6. Executive Director, Collegiate Network, Wilmington, DE
> The Collegiate Network, an alliance of alternative college newspapers, is
seeking a new executive director. Deadline: June 1. Contact Eileen Duke at
eduke@... or visit
http://www.isi.org/about/employ_opp/content/cn_executive_director.pdf.
>
> 7. Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
> The Graduate School of Management at Cornell University seeks an assistant,
> associate, or full professor of Economics, with completed dissertation or
> at the dissertation stage. Professor Robert Frank.
> www.cornell.edu
>
> 8. Economic Education, Florida State University
> FSU seeks an Assistant Director for the Gus A. Stavros Center for the
Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education. The appointee will
> be a non-tenure track instructor.
> www.fsu.edu/~stavros/
>
> 9. Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
> The University of Copenhagen seeks associate/assistant professors for three
positions in International Economics, Macroeconomics, and Development Economics.
Many courses are taught in English.
> www.econ.ku.dk/jobs
>
> 10. Economic Development & International Economics, Sofia University, Japan
> A tenured position in Economic Development and International Economics is
> open at Sofia University, Japan, where the language of instruction is English.
Japanese is an advantage. Contact Professor Uemura at k-uemura@... or
visit www.fcc.sophia.ac.jp.
>
> 11. International Studies, US Studies, Communications, Rockford College, IL
> Rockford College is searching for three tenure track assistant professors in
> International Studies, US Studies and Communications. Contact the Dean of
Academic Affairs.
> http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=281777&pg=s
>
> 12. Public Policy, Central European University, Budapest
> CEU seeks Assistant Professor to help launch its MA in Public Policy.
> Candidate must hold PhD in political science/international relations.
Appointment for 2 years and renewable. Deadline: March 31. Contact Professor
Diana Stone at stone@....
> www.ceu.hu/cps/mpp
>
>
> CONFERENCES
>
> 13. IHS at APEE, Nassau, April 4-6
> Nigel Ashford of IHS will be at the annual meeting of the Association for
> Private Enterprise Education. Please introduce yourself. He will be on a
> panel directed at graduate students and tenure track professors on Tuesday
> April 6th at 10:40am.
> www.apee.org
>
> 14. A Liberal Agenda for a New Century, Moscow, April 8-9 & St Petersburg,
April 12
> Cato Institute will be holding a major global conference in Moscow, April 8-9,
and in St Petersburg, April 12.
>
>
> 15. European and International Affairs, Athens, May 27-29
> The Athens Institute for Education and Research and the Institute of
International Economic Relations will organize the second international
conference on international and European political and economic affairs.
Participants will be scholars and students. atiner@...
>
> 16. National Association of Scholars, New York, May 21-23
> The NAS annual meeting is on  What Universities and Schools Owe Each Other
> nas@...
> www.nas.org
>
>
> 17. Workshop for Italian PhD students in Economics, Salerno, May 27-28
> The University of Salerno is organizing the first workshop for Italian PhD
students in Economics. Students who have completed in 2002-03 or will have
finished by 2004-05 are invited to submit papers. All expense paid for those
selected. Deadline: April 15. Contact Professor Alberto Bennardo at
csef@....
>
> 18. IHS Social Change Workshop, University of Virginia, June 19-25
> This IHS workshop for graduate students has the theme of Rationality and
> Institutions. Free for those accepted. Deadline: March 31.
> www.theihs.org/seminars
>
> 19. Institute for Justice Law conference, Georgetown University, July
30-August 2
> The Institute for Justice, a libertarian public interest law firm, organizes
> a Law Student Conference at Georgetown University. Attendance is free but
> competitive. Travel scholarships available but competitive. Deadline: March
25. Contact Lisa Msesr at lmoser@....
> www.ij.org/han
>
> 20. Austrian Economics, FEE, Irvington, NY, July 25-31
> The Foundation for Economic Education is organizing a free summer seminar on
> Austrian Economics: History, Theory and Prospects for 21st Century at their
> estate in Irvington-on-Hudson, NY. This program is aimed at graduate students.
FEE also runs other summer seminars.
> www.fee.org/vnews.php?sec=seminars
>
> 21. Economic Methodology, University of Copenhagen, August 2-22
> the University of Copenhagen has organized a summer school in econometric
> methodology and macroeconomic applications, using the cointegrated VAR model.
Deadline: April 30.
>
>
> 22. Southern Economics Association, New Orleans, LA, November 21-23
> The Southern Economics Association seeks proposals for panels or papers by
> April 1. cindy@...
>
>
>
> TEACHING AND RESEARCH TOOLS
>
> 23. Devils Footpath in Africa video
> June Arunga is a 22 year old Kenyan student featured in this BBC television
> series who traveled throughout the length of Africa. For those living in the
> Washington DC area, IHS will host a showing of the video at the Cato
> Institute on March 30, and June Arunga will comment and answer questions.
> www.cato.org
> The video, of two 30 minute shows, is available for purchase both in US and UK
formats from Insight News.
> www.insightnewstv.com/footpath
>
> 24. Economic Research Institute Papers
> Nine economic institutes, including the National Bureau for Economic Research
and the Center for Law, Economics and Organization, have made their papers
available free online though the Economics Research Network. Mail to
site@... and include  Subscribe Economic Research Papers  or go to
> http://hq.ssrn.com
>
> PUBLICATIONS
>
> 25. Thomas Sowell, Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study
(Harper & Row, 2004)
> Sowell reports on the unexpected consequences of affirmative action programs
> in Russia, China, Malaysia, Nigeria and elsewhere. 30% off from Laissez Faire
Books.
> http://www.lfb.com/products.asp?dept=40
> www.tsowell.com
>
> 26. Russell Hardin, Indeterminacy and Society (Princeton University Press,
> November 2003)
> Indeterminacy is pervasive and intractable. Hardin identifies how theorists
from Hobbes to Rawls have ignored this problem and suggests how social theories
would be improved if they assumed interdeterminacy was the normal state of
affairs.
> www.pupress.princeton.edu
>
> 27. Jonathan Rauch, Gay Marriage: why it is good for gays, good for straights
and good for America (Henry Holt, April 2004)
> Rauch argues that gay marriage is the best way to preserve and protect society
s most essential institution. The website also describes his book tour.
> www.henryholt.com/holt/gaymarriage.htm
>
> 28.Gary Lawson & Guy Seidman, The Constitution of Empire: Territorial
> Expansion and American Legal History (Yale University Press, March 2004)
> This book offers a constitutional and historical survey of American
territorial expansion form the founding era to the present day. The authors
describe the Constitution s design for territorial acquisition and governance
and examine the ways in which practice has diverged from the original vision.
> www.yale.edu/yup
>
> 29. Timothy Breen, Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped
> American Independence (Oxford University Press, February 2004)
> Breen demonstrates how consumer products and commerce helped to create a
> sense of American identity during the period of the American revolution.
> www.oup-usa.org
>
> 30. Linda Frey & Marsha Frey, The French Revolution (Greenwood Press, 2004)
> The Freys examine a number of orthodoxies about the French Revolution and its
ambiguous legacy. They give particular attention to the role of international
relations and the army.
> www.greenwood.com
>
> 31. Henry Clark ed., Commerce, Culture and Liberty: Readings on Capitalism
before Adam Smith (Liberty Fund, 2003)
> This collection of 37 essays brings together the most significant pre-Adam
Smith writings on the political dimensions of capitalism.
> www.libertyfund.org
>
> 32. Timothy Roth, Equality, Rights, and the Autonomous Self: Towards A
> Conservative Economics (Edward Elgar, May 2004)
> The author uses Kant to inform the conservative s constitutive political
position, and animate the consequence-detached, explicitly normative work of the
conservative, constitutional political economist.
> www.e-elgar.co.uk
>
> 33. Thomas DeGregori, Origins of the Organic Agricultural Debate (Blackwell,
November 2003)
> Providing a critique of the organics movement, the author argues that organic
chemistry, genetics and molecular biology have been essential to twentieth
century advances in agriculture and are instrumental in ensuring there is enough
food for everyone.
> www.uh.edu/~trdegreg/books.html
>
> 34. Patrick Gunning, Understanding Democracy: An Introduction to Public Choice
(Taipei, Nomad Press, December 2003)
> This is a comprehensive introduction to public choice, and its application to
democracy, political science and economics.
> http://nomadpress.com/public_choice
>
> 35. Vinay Lal, The History of History: Politics and Scholarship in Modern
India (Delhi Oxford University Press, October 2003)
> This book charts the ascendancy of the historical mode of thinking in modern
India by providing an account of debates on Indian history.
> www.oup-usa.org
>
> 36. Christie Davies, The Right to Joke (London, Social Affairs Unit, 2004)
> The leading British sociologist of humor defends the right to joke against
political correctness.
> www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk
>
> 37. Ingrid Creppell, Toleration and Identity: Foundations in Early Modern
Thought (Routledge, 2003)
> The history of toleration s emergence as an explicit value in early modern
Europe, when thinkers worked to construct political and cultural values to
bridge group identities undergirds this reinterpretation of toleration in
response to today s identity conflicts.
> www.routledge-ny.com
>
> 38. Andrew Crockett, Trevor Harris, Frederic Mishkin & Eugene White, Conflicts
of Interest in the Financial Services Industry (Geneva, CEPR, 2003)
> The authors argue that the combination of market discipline, supplemented by
> mandatory disclosure of conflicts and supervisory oversight, are sufficient to
contain the exploitation of conflicts of interest.
> www.cepr.org
>
> 39. Andrew Melnyk, A Physicalist Manifesto: Thoroughly Modern Materialism
(Cambridge University Press, 2003)
> Melnyk aims to formulate, explore the consequences of, and assemble evidence
> for, a comprehensive materialist and reductionist view of the world according
to which, crudely, everything in the world owes its existence to the antics of
microphysical phenomena as studied by current physics.
> http://us.cambridge.org
>
> 40. Hugh Cutler, Ethical Argument (Oxford University Press, February 2004)
> The author provides a sustained critique of ethical relativism that involves
> the reader in critical thinking while the same time teaching critical
> thinking skills.
>
>
> 41. Alfred Cuzan, Richard Heggen & Charles Bundrick, Voters and Presidents: A
Fiscal Model (Xlibris, 2003)
> www.xlibris.com
>
> 42. Claes Ryn, America the Virtuous: the Crisis of Democracy and the Quest
> for Empire (Transaction, 2004)
> Ryn explains the emergence to power of a new American ideology, the New
> Jacobinism, which encompasses an imperialistic view of America s role of the
> world, and demonstrates an erosion of traditional American constitutional
restraints and liberties.
> www.transactionpub.com
>
> 43. Claes Ryn, A Common Human Ground: Universality and Particularity in a
Multicultural World (University of Missouri Press, 2004)
> This is a philosophical study of the moral and cultural requirements of peace,
and rejects both ahistorical universalism and postmodernist multiculturalism and
argues for  values-centered historicism.
> www.system.missouri.edu/upress
>
> 44. Charles Shanor & Lynn Hogue, National Security and Military Law in a
Nutshell (Thomson West, 2003)
> http://west.Thomson.com/store
>
> 45. Warren Samuels, Willie Henderson, Kirk Johnson and Marianne Johnson,
Essays on the History of Economics (Routledge, 2004)
> Four essays on the history of economic thought, on Smith and Veblen, and how
> the subject is treated in textbooks.
> www.routledge-ny.com
>
> 46. Laurence Kotlikoff & Scott Burns, The Coming Generational Storm (MIT
Press, April 2004)
> The authors examine the remarkable ageing of the US population, the fatal
disaster this process portends, and the efforts of politicians to keep the
public from recognizing it.
> www.mitpress.mit.edu
>
> 47. Richard Wilson, History of the Harvard Cyclotrons (Harvard University
Press, March 2004)
> This is a history of the two Harvard University cyclotrons, one of which was
sold for $1 to the US government and used in Los Alamos and the other used in
medical treatments.
> www.hup.harvard.edu
>
> 48. Jude Dougherty, Jacques Maritain: An Intellectual Profile (Catholic
University of America Press, 2003)
> This is a study of the work of Maritain in the philosophy of art, of science
and social and political affairs, with a comparison with Rawls.
> http://cuapress.cua.edu
>
> 49. Louis Pojman ed., The Moral Life (Oxford University Press, 2004)
> This book brings together moral philosophy and literature, using literary
selections to enliven and make concrete moral theory and concepts.
> www.oup-usa.org
>
> 50. Mitchell Pickerill, Constitutional Deliberation in Congress: the Impact of
Judicial Review in a Separated System (Duke University Press, 2004)
> This book analyzes the impact of the Supreme Court s constitutional decisions
on Congressional debate and statutory language, contributing to the
"constitutionalism outside the courts  debates.
> http://dukeupress.edu
>
> 51. James Ahiakpor, Classical Macroeconomics: Some Modern Variation and
Distortions (Routledge, 2003)
> Keynes failed to correctly interpret classical economic concepts, and unfairly
dismissed classical explanations and conclusions. This book clarifies classical
explanations to resolve continuing theoretical and policy disputes.
> www.routledge-ny.com
>
> 52. David Harper, Foundations of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
(Routledge, 2003)
> This is the first book to deal with entrepreneurship in all its aspects
(economic psychological, political, legal and cultural).
> www.routledge-ny.com
>
> 53. Patrick Minford ed., Money Matters: essays in honor of Alan Walters
(Edward Elgar, 2004)
> www.e-elgar.co.uk
>
> 54. Nelson Polsby, How Congress Evolves: Social Bases of Institutional Change
(Oxford University Press, 2004)
> Polsby explains how the House of Representatives evolved into current sharp
> partisan discord from 1937 to the 1960s.
> www.oup-usa.org
>
> 55. Irving Louis Horowitz, Tributes: Personal Reflections of a Century of
Social Research (Transaction 2004)
> This is an intellectual history of social research through essays on 52
thinkers, including Aron, Nisbet, Popper, R. J. Rummel, Szasz and Wildavsky.
>
>
> 56. Charles Wolf, K.C.Yeh. Benjamin Zycher, Nicholas Eberstadt, & Sung-ho Lee,
Fault Lines in China s Economic Terrain (Rand, 2003)
> This study by the National Research Institute at Rand identifies fault lines
in China s society that could prevent sustained high levels of economic growth.
> www.rand.org
>
> 57. Julian Ku,  The State of New York Does Exist: How the States Control
> Compliance with International Law , 82 North Carolina Law Review 457 (2004)
> http://ssrn.com/abstract=491626
>
> 58. Daniel Klein,  The Peope s Romance: Why People Love Government (as much as
they do),  Ratio Institute
> This essay, explaining sympathy for government as sentiment coordination, is
> currently the most downloaded economic paper in Scandinavia.
> http://swopec.hhs.se/ratioi/abs/ratioi0031.htm
>
> IHS PROGRAMS
>
> 59. Summer Seminars
> IHS will organize 10 summer seminars for students in 2004, all free, ranging
from a graduate seminar on Social Change to introductory seminars on liberty.
Please encourage your students to visit our seminar website. Deadline March 31.
> www.theihs.org/seminars
>
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1. PUBLICATION: Muslim Culture in Russia and Central Asia 18th -
Early 20th Centuries
2. CALL FOR PAPERS: The 2004 Middle East & Central Asia
Politics, Economics, and Society Conference: Transitions and
Inequality in the 21st Century, University Of Utah, September 9-11,
2004
3. INFO: Internet Haftasi Etkinlikleri
4. WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER: EGovernance & Public Value of
Information in Developing Countries
5. SUMMER SCHOOL: International Summer Semester + Ecology and
Sustainable Development, International University of Nature, Society
and Man, Dubna, Moscow, Russia, June 28 - July 11, 2004
6. CALL FOR PAPERS: European Political Psychology Network
(EPoPs), First Symposium for Societal Political Psychology, Maison
des Sciences de l'Homme,  Paris, France  - June 4th-5th, 2004
7. CALL FOR PAPERS: The Fifth International Congress on Cyprus
Studies, Center for Cyprus Studies, Eastern Mediterranean University,
14-15 April, 2005
8. CALL FOR PAPERS: H-Net Announcements
9. SUMMER SCHOOL: H-Net Announcements
10. SUMMER SCHOOL: Democratisation Process&Citizenship,
Trieste,7/04
11. CALL FOR PAPERS: The XII International Conference on European
Studies, The Center of European Studies (CES) of Havana, Cuba,
September 28-October 1, 2004
12. SUMMER SCHOOL: Summer Research Lab on Russia, E
Europe&Eurasia, University of Illinois, 14/6-6/8/04
13. CALL FOR PAPERS: Second Balkan Conference, Balkan Cultural
Identities, Ovidius University,Constanta,Romania,14-16/10/04
14. CALL FOR PAPERS: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology
of Europe
15. NEWSLETTER: Isagram 6. News from ISA

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Eurasian Studies


PUBL.- Muslim Culture in Russia and Central Asia 18th - Early 20th
Centuries

(In German and Arabic)

Muslim Culture in Russia and Central Asia from the 18th to the Early
20th
Centuries, vol. 4: Die Islamgelehrten Daghestans und ihre arabischen
Werke

Nadir ad-Durgilis (st. 1935)

Nuzhat al-adhan fi taragim ´ulama Dagistan, herausgegeben, uebersetzt
und
kommentiert von Michael Kemper und Amri R. Sixsaidov
Islamkundliche Untersuchungen Band 259, Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag
2004,
294 pp. (translation and commentaries) plus 165 pp. (Arabic text),
49.-
Euro.

Nadhir al-Durgili´s (d. 1935) Nuzhat al-adhhan fi tarajim ´ulama
Dagistan is
the most comprehensive biographical dictionary of Daghestani scholars
to
date. In this book the author compiled all information on Daghestani
Sufis
and scholars (´ulama, fuqaha, literati) that had come down to him,
beginning
with the Islamization legends around Abu Muslim, the Muslim Shi´i
scholars
of Derbend of the 8th to 13th centuries, the Islamization of the
Daghestani
highlands in the following centuries up to his own time. A special
focus is
put on the scholars of the era of Imam Shamil (1834-59) as well as of
the
later period that Durgili had witnessed himself. The book thus traces
the
tradition of Islamic scholarship from its beginnings down to the
early
Soviet times and beyond - for the culture of Arabic manuscripts
thrived
even
in the 1930s and was continued in the 1950s, as the manuscript copies
of the
book itself testify. In addition to the biographical information,
each
entry
provides the names of the works written by the person in question and
often
quotes largely from letters, documents and especially from the Arabic
poetry
of these Daghestani scholars and Sufis.

The publication contains the Arabic edition of Nuzhat al-adhhan
(taken
from
the most complete existent manuscript) and a German translation of
the
text.
Based upon the scholarly research of the last decades (in particular
on
the
results the paleographic expeditions and fieldwork achieved by Amri
R.
Shikhsaidov since the 1960s), Durgili´s informations are commented
upon
and
supplemented in the footnotes. The book contains four indices,
including
personal and geographical names as well as of the Arabic works cited
in
Durgili´s work.

The book can be obtained from Klaus Schwarz Verlag (Berlin):
info@...

Michael Kemper (Bochum)

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Eurasian Studies

CONF./CFP- Middle East & Central Asia, Univ. of Utah, Sept. 9-11, 2004

The 2004 Middle East & Central Asia Politics, Economics, and Society
Conference: Transitions and Inequality in the 21st Century

September 9th to 11th, 2004
The University of Utah
Salt Lake City, USA

Deadline for proposals: May 15, 2004

The second annual multidisciplinary conference on the Middle East and
Central Asia will be held on the picturesque campus of the University
of
Utah in Salt Lake City. The objective of the conference is to bring
together
academics, analysts, and policy makers with interests in the Middle
East and
Central Asia who wish to network and share research endeavors.

The three-day conference will include at least two prominent keynote
speakers:

Dr. Michael Collins Dunn, editor of the Middle East Journal of the
Middle
East Institute in Washington, DC.; and Prof. Shirin Akiner, lecturer
in
Central Asian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies
at
the
University of London. There will be an estimated 44 conference
sessions, and
a special plenary discussion panel on 'The Post-9-11 World'. Other
attractions include two complementary meals, an evening of Middle
Eastern
and Central Asian dance and music performances, and screening of
films
and
documentaries.

The topics to be covered by the conference encompass
interdisciplinary
social science approaches to analysis and problem solving in the
regions of
Middle East and Central Asia and may fall within the following themes:

  - Problems of Economic and Democratic Transitions
  - State and Society Relations
  - Religion and Politics
  - Islam and Islamic Movements
  - Challenges of Post-Communism
  - The Impacts of Globalization
  - Culture, Gender, and Ethnicity
  - Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainability
  - Media, Cinema, and Film
  - Diaspora
  - Human Rights and Minorities
  - Post-9-11 Regional and International Affairs
  - Afghanistan and Iraq Nation-building Projects
  - Politics of External Actors (U.S., Russia, EU, China, etc.)
  - Israel and Palestine Studies
  - U.S.-Iranian Relations
  - Uighurs
  - Chechnya
  - Armenia-Azerbaijan Relations
  - Cypriot Reunification
  - Terrorism and State Violence
  - Conflict Prevention and Resolution
  - Regional Organizations and Cooperation
  - Civil Society

Selected papers from the 2003 conference were subsequently provided
to
editors of The Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs and Critique:
Journal
of
Critical Studies of the Middle East.

Those interested in presenting papers in the 2004 Middle East and
Central
Asia Politics, Economics, and Society Conference are asked to submit
the
following:

  - Title of paper
  - 250-word paper abstract
  - Your full name
  - Brief academic Resume
  - Institutional affiliation
  - E-mail address
  - Telephone numbers (work and home)
  - Postal address
  - Indicate willingness to serve as a session Chair or Discussant

Please e-mail the above to the conference committee:

Middle-East@... OR Central-Asia@...

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: May 15, 2004

Updates will be included in the conference web page:
http://www.utah.edu/CentralAsia-MiddleEast/

Please note that the Conference Committee is unable to provide for
participant travel and lodging expenses. All prospective participants
are
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3.
internethaftasi.org.tr, kurul.ubak.gov.tr
inetd.org.tr, pro-g.com.tr, emo.org.tr
senlik.linux.org.tr, seminer.linux.org.tr,linux.org.tr
tbd.org.tr

1. internet haftasi
2. INETD Kısa Dersleri
3. III. Linux ve Ozgur yazilim Senligi
4. LKD Seminerleri
5. TBD Bimy'11


1. 12-25 Nisan 2004 tarihleri internet haftasidir. Ülkedki
tüm kesimleri, olanakları olçülerinde aktif
katılıma ve intenreti tanıtmaya, yaymaya,
büyütmeye yönelik çabalara destek olmaya
çağırıyoruz.

Lutfen, logo ve banneri webe yerlestirin. Hafta webindeki
forumlara katılın, goruslerinizi paylasin. Universiteler,
ISS'ler, valilik/kaymakamlik, T.T, belediye, sanayi/ticaret
odasi, Kosgeb, organize sanayi bolgesi, Odalar, barolar,
STK'larla isbirligine girin. İntenreti cesitli boyutlarini,
bilgi toplumu, e-turkiye,e-devlet, gibi kavramlari tartisin,
anlatin. e-egitim, e-saglik, e-ticaret vb ne anlama geliyor
onları anlatin.

Bu sene bir milyon afisi basip dagitmayi hedefliyoruz.
Her turk vatandasi afis gorsun ve intenreti, ve onun kendi
yasamini nasil degistirmeye basladigini, nasil etkileyecegini
dusunmeye baslasin istiyoruz. Kamu Kurumlarindan illerinde
etkinliklerde oncu olmasini, kendi e-devlet uygulamlarini,
projelerini anlatsin istiyoruz.

Bir milyon afise sponsor ariyoruz. Sponsor olmak isteynler
hizla biizmle temasa gecsinler.

İnternet yaşamadır !

bilgi@...
http://internethaftasi.org.tr<BR< a> /> 2.
INETD mart-mayis kısa ders programı.

Internet Teknolojileri Dernegi Ankara ve Istanbul'da
Network ve Bilgi guvenligi uzerine bir dizi kisa derse basliyor.
Dersler ag yoneticileri basta olmak uzere, sektor icerisinde bulunan
tum bilisim uzmanlarina ve adaylarina hitap ediyor.
Kurs yada kisa dersler en az 3 saat surecektir ve ucretlidir.
On Kayit rica ediyoruz.


Kısa Ders Ücretleri:

Normal Katılımcı: 30 Milyon TL
INETD üyesi: 20 Milyon TL
Öğrenci: 10 Milyon TL
INETD üyesi öğrenci: 5 Milyon TL

Kayit icin:
http://inetd.org.tr/kayit.html<BR< a> /> Bilgi için:
bilgi@...

*********
i) Ankara Dersleri
INETD/EMO "Bilisim Güvenliği ve Savunma Derinligi " kısa dersi

20 Şubat cumartesi 15.00-18.00
Ders Egitmeni: Dr. Attila Özgit
Pro-G Bilişim Güvenliği Ltd.
Yer:
EMO Ankara Şubesi Eğitim ve Sosyal Tesisleri
Necatibey Caddesi No:102/1 Kızılay-ANKARA
e-posta: ankara@...
Tel: 231 44 74 Fax : 0 312 232 10 88
kroki: http://www.ankara.emo.org.tr/resimler/EMO.jpg<BR< a> />
Bu seminerde EMO uyeleri, INETD uyelerin indirimine tabidir.

***********************
ii) Istanbul Dersleri

1-) Bilgi Güvenlği Tehditleri ve Önleme Yöntemleri
27 Mart 2004 - Fatih Ozavci - 14:00-17:00

2-) Network ve Internet'in Temelleri: 1. Teldeki bitler
10 Nisan 2004 - Serdar Koylu - 14:00-18:00

3-) Bilgi Güvenliği Denetim Prensipleri ve Denetim Süreçleri
17 Nisan 2004 - Fatih Ozavci - 14:00-17:00

4-) Network ve Internet'in Temelleri : 2. IP networkleri (TCP/IP)
24 Nisan 2004- Serdar Koylu - 14:00-18:00

5-) Network ve Internet'in Temelleri : 3. Internet'te olmak.
08 Mayis 2004 - Serdar Koylu - 14:00-18:00

###############################
### Seminerlerin Icerikleri ###
###############################
1-)
## Bilgi Güvenlği Tehditleri ve Önleme Yöntemleri ##
27 Mart 2004 - Fatih Ozavci - 14:00-17:00

Bilgi güvenliği sürecinde karşılaşılan sorunlar, güvenlik tehditleri
ve
risk analizi eğitimin konusunu oluşturmaktadır. Güncel saldırgan
tekniklerinin analizi, kurumsal risk güvenliğine bakış, tehdit ve
saldırılara karşı alınabilecek önlemler detaylı olarak anlatılacaktır.


2-)
## Network ve Internet'in Temelleri: 1. Teldeki bitler ##
10 Nisan 2004 - Serdar Koylu - 14:00-18:00

Network sistemlerini iyi kullanabilmek icin onu olusturan temel
altyapiyi da iyi anlamak kesin bir ihtiyactir. Bu anafikirle yola
cikarak su bilgileri edindirmeyi amacliyoruz:

- Veri -> Elektrik Sinyali -> Veri cevrimi, zorluklar.
- Modulasyon/demodulasyon kavrami. Baseband ve broadband.
- Paket ve devre anahtarlama.
- Elektrik Sinyal -> Optik Sinyal, Elektrik Sinyali -> Radyo Sinyali
- TDMA ve CSMA/CD. Zaman paylasim / Ortam paylasim.
- MAC kavrami.
- Token Ring.
- Ethernet sistemleri, HUB, SWITCH, BRIDGE, REPEATER..
- xDSL sistemleri.
- Fiber optik sistemleri
- Virtual Devreler, Frame Relay, PPP, ATM, SDH vb.
- Bridge, * Over * (PPPoE, PPPoA, VoIP vs.) Kavramlari.

Bu konular bir network isletmeninin anlayacagi sadelikte ve elektronik
sistem detaylarina girmeden, routing, ag planlama gibi gorevleri
yerine
getirmek uzere gereken altyapiyi hazarlayacak kapsamda islenecektir.


3-)
## Bilgi Güvenliği Denetim Prensipleri ve Denetim Süreçleri ##
17 Nisan 2004 - Fatih Ozavci - 14:00-17:00

Kurumsal bilgi güvenliği sürecinin denetimi, risk analizi, denetim
sürecinin alt bileşenleri ile raporlama eğitimin konusunu
oluşturmaktadır. Denetim yöntemleri, kullanılabilecek teknikler ve
yazılımlar, denetim sürecinde dikkat edilecek noktalar ve raporlama
sistemleri detaylı olarak anlatılacaktır.


4-)
## Network ve Internet'in Temelleri : 2. IP networkleri (TCP/IP) ##
24 Nisan 2004- Serdar Koylu - 14:00-18:00

Internet'in tasiyicisi olan TCP/IP protokolunun etkin kullanimi ancak
onun nasil calistigini anlamakla gerceklesebilir. Bu baglamda IP
network'lerinin yapisi derinlemesine incelenecektir.

- TCP/IP Protokolu.
- IP Adresleri, ag siniflari, netmask.
- Routing kavrami. router, gateway bilesenleri.
- ARP ve IP.
- METRIC, TTL, TOS kavramlari.
- UDP Protokolu.
- TCP Protokolu.
- Tunnel kavrami, Tunnel ve Secure Tunnel (VPN).


5-)
## Network ve Internet'in Temelleri : 3. Internet'te olmak. ##
08 Mayis 2004 - Serdar Koylu - 14:00-18:00

IP networklerinin en buyuk ozelligi, son derece esnek
olabilmeleridir. Bu kapsamda esnekligi artiran temel bilesenleri
anlamak
uzere gereken konular incelenecektir.

- Servis kavrami.
- DNS sistemi ve ISC-BIND.
- Proxy uygulamalari.
- NAT, Network Adress Translation.
- Firewall ve uygulamalari.
- RPC kavrami.
- Basit transfer protokolleri, FTP, HTTP.
- Uzak dosya sistemleri, NFS ve SMB.
- Sunucu olarak X.
- SSH ve uzak sisteme tam, guvenli hakimiyet.




3. III. Linux ve Ozgur Yazilim Senligi 13-16 Mayis Ankara,
http://senlik.linux.org.tr<BR< a> />
LKD'nin duzenledigi Linux ve Ozgur Yazilim Senligi'nin üçüncüsü
13-16 Mayis tarihinde Ankara'da Milli Kütüphane
salonlarında yapilacak. Linux'a ve ozgur yazilim
felsefesine gonul vermis kisileri biraraya getirecek olan etkinlik
herkese acik. Senlik, hic bilmiyene, az bilene, ev
kullanicisina, KOBI'lere, is dunyasina yonelik, meraklilarin,
uzmanlarin, is dunyasinin, linux'a destek veren firmalarin
bulustugu bir ortam olmayi hedefliyor.
Senlik havasinda gerceklesecek etkinlikte; seminerler, toplantilar,
cesitli yarismalar ile bazi supriz aktiviteler olacak.
Ilgili firmalarin katildigi, cozumlerin sunuldugu Fuar da
olacak. Etkinliklerimze sponsor ariyoruz. Katkida bulunmak ve
gelismeleri takip etmek icin :

Yılın Penguenleri Aday Gosteme Sureci basladi.

http://senlik.linux.org.tr/



4. LKD seminerleri (seminer.linux.org.tr)

LKD Mart-mayis 2003 etkinlikleri

i)
Tarih : 18 Mart 2004 Perşembe
Baslik: DHCP Sunucusu
Konuşmacı : Afşin Taşkıran
Saat : 19:00
Yer : IBM İstanbul Linux Merkezi

Konu : Seminerde bilgisayarlarin ağ ayarlarının gene
ağ üzerinden dinamik olarak yapılabilmesine olanak
tanıyan DHCP sunucusunun çalışma mantığıyla
birlikte kurulumu ve ayarlanması ayrıntılı olarak
anlatılacaktır.

ii)
Linux nedir? Yenir mi?

Konuşmacı : Doruk Fişek
Tarih : 20 Mart 2004 Cumartesi
Saat : 11:00
Yer : Elektrik Mühendisleri Odası Ankara Şubesi

Konu : Bilgisayar kullanmasına karşın Linux
işletim sistemini tanımayan, Linux'u bugün
bulunduğu noktaya getiren ve hızla gelişmesini
sağlayan felsefesini anlamak isteyen, Linux ile neler
yapabileceğini merak eden insanlara yönelik seminerde
Linux işletim sistemi ve özgür yazılım olgusu
anlatılarak Linux ile ilgili kafalarda sıkça
oluşan genel sorulara yanıtlar aranacak.


iii)
OpenOffice.org Ofis Yazılımı

Konuşmacı : Görkem Çetin
Tarih : 01 Nisan 2004 Perşembe
Saat : 19:00
Yer : IBM İstanbul Linux Merkezi

Konu : *OpenOffice.org *, "tüm platformlarda
çalışan uluslararası ve lider bir ofis
yazılımı yaratma" amacıyla kurulan, açık
kaynak kodlu bir yazılım projesidir.
OpenOffice.org'un tüm arayüzleri ve XML tabanlı
dosya biçimi açık standartlara sahiptir. Bu
sunumda, bireysel ya da kurumsal amaçlarla serbestçe
kurulan ve kullanılabilen OpenOffice.org
yazılımı ve bu yazılıma adını veren
proje tanıtılacaktır.


iv)
PostgreSQL ve JBoss ile Java Kurumsal Çözümler


Konuşmacı : Nicolai Tufar
Tarih : 03 Nisan 2004 Cumartesi
Saat : 15:00
Yer : Internet Teknolojileri Derneği (İstanbul)

Konu :
* Giriş
Kurumsal çözümler nelerdir, neleri kapsar Kurumsal
çözümlerin temel yapıtaşlarıTarihten günümüze
kadar kurumsal uygulama modelin gelişimi

* Java 2 Enterprise Edition Kurumsal Platformu.
IBM CICS, Microsoft Transaction Server ve J2EE Günümüzdeki
iki kurumsal platform: J2EE ve Microsoft .NET. Özgür kaynak
kodlu J2EE yazılım geliştirme araçları (Eclispe, XDoclet)
Özgür kaynak kodlu J2EE kurumsal platform bileşenleri (JBoss, Tomcat)
* Kurumsalçözümlerinde uygulama sunucu olarak JBoss.
JBoss güvenilir bir uygulama sunucusu mudur? JBoss ve Java
standartlarıJBoss kümeleme

* Kurumsalçözümün veri saklama modülü olarak
PostgreSQL VTYS Kurumsalçözümlerde veri saklama
modülünden istenilen özellikler Oracle ve IBM DB2
veritabanıların günümüze kadar gelişimi
PostgreSQL'in tarihçesi ve yan projeleri
PostgreSQL'in kurumsal çözümlerinde uygulanılabilirliği
PostgreSQL kullanan kurumsal uygulamalar

* Sonuç
Özgür yazılım kurumsal ortamıiçin hazır mı?
Soru - cevap


v)
Wine/WineX/CrossOver Office ile Windows Uygulamaları

Konuşmacı : Onur Küçük
Tarih : 07 Nisan 2004 Çarşamba
Saat : 18:30
Yer : AnkaraÜniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Kırmızı Salon

Konu : Wine ve türevi olan yazılımları kullanarak Windows
uygulamalarını Linux
üzerinde çalıştırma yöntemleri anlatılacaktır. Wine
yazılımının; mimarisi, yapılandırmaları ve örnek uygulama
çalışmaları aktarılacaktır. Wine'da yerelleştirmeden
bahsedilerek ve daha verimli Wine kullanımı için ipuçlar
verilecektir.


vi)
Turquaz Özgür Muhasebe Yazılımı

Konuşmacı : Hüseyin Ergün
Tarih : 15 Nisan 2004 Perşembe
Saat : 19:00
Yer : IBMİstanbul Linux Merkezi

Konu :İki saat sürecek seminerin ilk saatinde Turquaz'ın yapısı,
geliştirme
aşaması ve vizyonu anlatılacaktır. İkinci saatinde ise
özellikle programcı ve muhasebeciler için, programın dizaynı,
eklenecek özellikler ve nasıl geliştirilebileceğinden bahsedilecek.

Turquaz'ın içeriği ile ilgilenenler, muhasebe konularında
tecrübelerini paylaşıp programın geleceğine yön vermek
isteyenler ile programcıları seminere bekliyoruz.


vii)
OpenOffice Ofis Yazılımı

Konuşmacı : Çağlar Onur
Tarih : 17 Nisan 2004 Cumartesi
Saat : 11:00
Yer : Elektrik Mühendisleri Odası Ankara Şubesi

Konu : Kurumsal ve bireysel kullanıcıların günlük bilgisayar
kullanımında önemli rol oynayan yazılımların başında ofis
yazılımları gelir. Günlük kelime işlem , hesap tablosu v.s
işler için kullanılacak çeşitli alternatiflerinin arasında
OpenOffice.org ücretsiz ,platform bağımsız ve diğer ofis
yazılımları ile sergilediği yüksek uyum ile göze
çarpmaktadır. Sunum, OpenOffice.org Ofis Yazılımı'nı ,
barındırdığı özellikleri ve ofis yazılımını
oluşturan parçaları tanıtmayı hedeflemektedir.


viii)
I.D.S. Kardeşliği : SecureBox ve HolePatcher

Konuşmacı : Derya Sezen + Suha Demir Can
Tarih : 29 Nisan 2004 Perşembe
Saat : 19:00
Yer : IBMİstanbul Linux Merkezi

Konu : Iptables güvenlik duvarına uzaktan kural eklenmesine olanak
sağlayan
HolePatcher sisteminin Snort saldırı tespit sistemi tabanlı SecureBox
sistemiyle haberlesmesi ile D.I.P. ( Direct Intrusion Preventing)
sağlayan
altyapı.


ix) SuSE Linux Kurulumu

Konuşmacı : Fatih Özavcı
Tarih : 01 Mayıs 2004 Cumartesi
Saat : 15:00
Yer : Internet Teknolojileri Derneği (İstanbul)

Konu : Kolay kullanımı, kararlılığı ile son yılların gözde
dağıtımı Suse Linux'un özellikleri ve diğer dağıtımlar
ile farkları anlatılacak, basit ve gelişmiş seçenekler ile kurulumu
gösterilecektir. Yast kullanımı gösterilecek ve temel
yapılandırma için yast'ın nasıl kullanılabileceği
aktarılacaktır.


x)
Linux Sunucu Dünyası

Konuşmacı : Doruk Fişek
Tarih : 05 Mayıs 2004 Çarşamba
Saat : 18:30
Yer : AnkaraÜniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Kırmızı Salon

Konu : Sunucu piyasasında %30'un üzerinde bir pazar payına sahip olan
Linux
dünyasında sunucuların nasıl çalıştığını, bir
Linux sunucu ile neler yapabileceğinizi hiç merak ettiniz mi?
Seminerde; sunucularla ile ilgili temel
prensiplerden bahsedilerek sunucuların yönetimi, güncellenmesi ve
üzerinde çalıştırılabilecek çeşitli sunucu
yazılımları anlatılacaktır.



5. TBD BIMY'11

Turkiye Bilisim Dernegi 8-11 Nisan 2004'te Aksu-antalya'a
Venezia Palace deLuxe Hotelde
Bilgiİslem Yonetcileri semineri 11'i yapiyor.
Detaylar
http://tbd.org.tr/bimy/<BR< a> /> adresinde.
--


4.
x-posted from CivilSoc

The theme of this newsletter is - Increasing "Public Value" of
Information through Electronic Governance Models.  We explain why
Governments becoming online" does not always mean Good Governance.
Instead Good Governance occurs when Electronic Governance is able to
enhance the "Public Value" of information supplied.

To those who joined recently, I wish to inform that Digital
Governance Initiative http://www.digitalgovernance.org
<http://www.digitalgovernance.org/>  is a global,
voluntary network aimed at identifying, researching and propagating
innovative electronic governance models that are applicable in
developing countries. Since its initiation in 2000 it has assisted
several organizations in their egovernance related projects.

The website http://www.digitalgovernance.org
<http://www.digitalgovernance.org/>  is becoming a portal to
Egovernance related Case-Studies, Publications, Events, Forums, Jobs
and other activities in developing countries. This newsletter is
subscribed by over 2600 colleagues and new readers can subscribe to
this free newsletter by sending a blank email to:
digitalgovernance-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

I hope that Digital Governance Initiative can push forward the
thinking that Electronic Governance has to be viewed as a governance
reform process which requires both political will and demands from
the civil society. Further, Electronic Governance in developing
countries has to be used as a development tool to provide benefits
of good governance to cross-sections of the society and especially
to those who so far have been bypassed of benefits of governance.

To those interestd, we will shortly be initiating our national
Digital Governance Networks in Ghana, Nigeria and Nepal this year to
foster national-level dialogues on egovernance. For more information
on these networks and how to participate in them, see
http://65.110.68.184/artman/publish/network.shtml
<http://65.110.68.184/artman/publish/network.shtml>

Your suggestions on how we can incorporate the learnings from
Digital Governance Initiative into specific egovernance activities
taken up by governments in developing countries, and any new
resources worth highlighting on Digital Governance website and
newsletter will be most appreciated.

Please write to:
knownet@... or at v.nath-alumni@...

I wish you a happy reading and learning.

Best,

Vikas Nath
Founder, DigitalGovernance.org and KnowNet.org Initiative
Email: knownet@... or v.nath-alumni@...
Homepage: http://www.vikasnath.org <http://www.vikasnath.org/>

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Newsletter 5. January 2004.
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Content

A. Increasing "Public Value" of Information through Electronic
Governance Models.

B. New Resources Added: Case-Studies, Publications, Events,
relating to Electronic Governance in developing countries

***

A.  Increasing "Public Value" of Information through Electronic
Governance Models.

There is no dispute that "Electronic Governance" is gradually
entering the domain of public administration concepts and strategies
in developing countries. (or, in what we term as the broader
governance sphere)

In spite of the best intentions to make Electronic Governance work
for people- by providing them with easy access to governance
products and services with which they can enhance their quality of
lives, the end-results are often very different.


i. Governments around the globe are becoming online

Many developing countries are now implementing a general policy to
make available government information electronically to
the "public". For instance, countries including Angola, Ethiopia,
Guinea, Lao PDR, Malawi, Moldova, Niger, Qatar, Togo and Yemen have
recently committed to Electronic Governance by taking steps to make
government information available online.

According to the UNPAN Report on "Benchmarking E-government: A
Global Perspective", in 2001, of the 190 UN Member States, 169
(88.9%), of their national governments used the internet in some
capacity to deliver information and services.
http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan003984.
<http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan003984.
>
pdf

Governments registering an online presence is a progressive step
from the situation where even the most basic of government
information is confined to government bureaucrats and departments
that are logistically and administratively inaccessible to the
public. Under earlier situations, there is a high transaction cost
(in terms of time, efforts and opportunities lost) to access timely
and relevant government information, which governments turning
online can "potentially" reduce.


ii. Is Government becoming online leading to increase in "Public
Value" of information provided?

Governments have always been providing information through means
such as government notifications, newspapers and radio/ TV
broadcasts. Providing the same information electronically through
Internet is a significant step in making such information more
easily accessible to the "public" but does not necessarily reflect
governance reform or a political change within the government.

Countries such as Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin,
Cambodia, Cote D¡¦Ivoire, Cuba, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Kyrgystan,
Mongolia,  Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda, Vietnam and Zimbabwe, for
instance, maintain official government websites on the Internet with
provide information to the "public". (See the Digital Governance
Initiative website at http://www.digitalgovernance.org
<http://www.digitalgovernance.org/>  to access
official websites of these countries).

There is no doubt that maintaining these websites have positive
utilities. Yet it would be imprudent to state that -maintaining an
online government presence has significantly enhanced the flow of
government information of "value" to the public.

As a governance information user, the key question which concerns me
is:

Is Electronic Governance providing me with information which is
of "value" to me and that I can use for my private benefit?

We now introduce a term - "Public Value" of information - to
understand the difference between information being provided and
information of "value" to the public being provided by the
governments.

ii.1 Public Value of Information

Public Value of information refers to the "value" of the information
being provided, as determined by the public.

PV == v(1) +v(2) + v(3) + v(4) + ... v(i) + ... + vN

Where,         N is the number of people reached by the governance
sphere
And,         v(i) is the value derived from the public information by
an
individual i

Thus public value of information will increase when:

* More number of people are brought under the governance
sphere [increasing the N]

* More relevant government information is provided to each
individual [increasing the v(i)]


iii. Two Lessons: How can Electronic Governance increase
the "Public Value" of Information?

For Electronic Governance to increase the "public value" of
information, planned efforts have to be made to provide information
which is of use to larger number of individuals. Two key lessons
emerge:


Lesson 1:
Electronic Governance models will have to be designed to provide
governance information which is of "value" for end-users, instead of
providing information that can be readily supplied by the
governments.

Governance information will have more "value" for me, when
information is:

i. CUSTOMIZED :  Is  useful for my information needs
ii. TIMELY         : Updated information is readily
available when required
iii. TRUSTWORTHY : Is usable, and individuals/
institutions can be held accountable for any wrong information
provided

At present, a fundamental flaw exists- Governments turning online
are providing governance information along sectoral lines, for
instance agriculture ministry, water-resources ministry, mining
ministry, industrial development ministry and rural development
ministry are each bringing more information about their ministry
online. Information requirements of end-users are however more
geographically inclined rather than sectorally.

For instance a farmer is not interested in what government schemes
and subsidies are offered by agriculture department, rural
development department and water-resources department. Instead his /
her need may be to know schemes and subsidies that are available in
his/ her area irrespective of which department they comes from. Thus
Electronic Governance models needs to take into cognizance this
interface where specific user requirements get matched with
information availability.


Lesson 2:

Electronic Governance models should try to reach those sections of
the society who have been bypassed and remained out of governance
sphere due to high transaction costs of accessing governance
information. And yet the need for governance information for these
sections of society may be the highest.

Due to high transaction cost of gaining governance information,
several sections of the community, for instance, small and landless
farmers, urban poor, tribal and backward communities, minorities,
unemployed rural youths, often remain outside of governance sphere
and remain unaware of governance information which could be useful
for them- for instance information about government schemes and
subsidies, credit and loans availability, employment opportunities,
new bills and notifications etc.

When Electronic Governance models are specifically designed to serve
information needs of these marginalized communities, they bring more
number of people into governance sphere and thereby increase
the "public value" of information being provided by the governments.

When the above 2 lessons are followed, the Electronic Governance
models become a catalyst to efforts towards good governance.

See the example of Egovernance for farmers in China in Quzhzou
http://www.developmentgateway.org/download/221732/NJ110_ITG_Case.pdf
<http://www.developmentgateway.org/download/221732/NJ110_ITG_Case.pdf>

  or the Naga City Egovernance http://www.naga.gov.ph/cityservices/
<http://www.naga.gov.ph/cityservices/>
in Philippines or the Vishakapatnam Municipal Corporation (India).
http://www.visakhapatnammunicipalcorporation.org/
<http://www.visakhapatnammunicipalcorporation.org/>   In all these
cases, the focus of e-governance services is geographically rooted
in a small area and there is an increased focus to identify and
design governance services that will be useful for cross-section of
the community. (See http://www.digitalgovernance.org
<http://www.digitalgovernance.org/>  for
links to their websites and other information)

***

B. New Resources Added on the Digital Governance Website

CASE-STUDIES
Browse 105 case-studies on DigitalGovernance.org Case-Studies
section at:
http://65.110.68.184/artman/publish/casestudies.shtml
<http://65.110.68.184/artman/publish/casestudies.shtml>

Recent Additions:

India: SWAGAT- State Wide Attention on Grievances by Application of
Technology
[ http://newsletter.gujarat.gov.in/vol2/NewsletterDec03.pdf
<http://newsletter.gujarat.gov.in/vol2/NewsletterDec03.pdf>  ]
To see that the aggrived person does not have to come all the way to
the capital of the State, it is also desirable to put up a system at
the local level to resolve the grievances and monitor the same with
IT tools.

Lebanon: Thousands of Government Forms Available from a Single
Access Point
[ http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?
<http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?>
CaseStudyID= 363 ]
A team of reformers went "underground" into all the corners of
Lebanon's 21 ministries and 44 agencies in search of every
government form. The paper documents were digitized and placed
together on a Web portal called Informs. Citizens can now access any
form over the Internet, or over the telephone through a four-digit
hotline, so they no longer get lost in the bureaucracy and waste
their time making repeated visits to government offices.

Latvia: Ventspils City Council -AVANTI Drives Uptake of E-Government
Services
[ http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?
<http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?>
CaseStudyID= 521 ]
Ventspils City Council in Latvia is reaching more citizens with its
online service offerings thanks to a collaborative pan-European
project with other municipal councils, Microsoft and Fujitsu. The
initiative, called AVANTI, enables visitors to the Ventspils Web
site to interact with an animated character called an avatar. This
has built in voice recognition and speech technology, which enables
it to understand and respond to spoken queries relating to e-
government information or services, such as online licence
applications.

Philippines: eBoto
[ http://eboto.org/ <http://eboto.org/>  ]
A movement to inform and empower Filipinos in politics through the
Internet. The organization strives to arm every Filipino involved in
the electoral process with adequate information about candidates for
election, as well as provide a forum for each individual to
communicate with these candidates. Through this project, eBoto aims
to provide a medium for concerned Filipino voters to get to know
candidates in terms of concrete issues, platforms, and principle
rather than mere personality and posturing.

Peru: Automated Public Registry
[ http://www.orlc.gob.pe/homepage.asp
<http://www.orlc.gob.pe/homepage.asp>  ]
Peru's public registry-and many of its problems-have existed since
1888. The last major change at the registry was in 1970 when it
graduated from handwritten to typed records. The agency?s many
problems-such as the length of time it took to send a certificate
and the illegal sales of homes to more than one buyer-were well
known, but viewed as an unfortunate reality. But with automation,
the user-friendly website (www.orlc.gob.pe) instilled confidence in
a new generation of customers.


PUBLICATIONS:
Browse 120 publications on DigitalGovernance.org Publications
section at:
http://65.110.68.184/artman/publish/publications.shtml
<http://65.110.68.184/artman/publish/publications.shtml>

Recent Additions:

Pre and Post Internet Activities towards e-governance- the Sri
Lankan Experience
[ http://www.cicc.or.jp/english/hyoujyunka/15-19.pdf
<http://www.cicc.or.jp/english/hyoujyunka/15-19.pdf>  ]
S. T. Nandasara, Sri Lanka

One of the main demarcation points of pre Internet era in e¡V
governance in Sri Lanka was the introduction of Computers for
assisting the Election commissioner for counting votes in the 1982
Presidential Election. For this project, BBC microcomputers were
used. Since then to-date, the computer have being assisting the
Election Commissioner for the release of election results of all the
elections that were held in Sri Lanka without a single break.

Latin America and the Caribbean: Democracy online
[ http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/index.cfm?thisid= 69
<http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/index.cfm?thisid= 69>  ]
Growing numbers of citizens in Latin America and the Caribbean are
finding that better government is just a keystroke away. Governments
throughout the region are putting information and communication
technology to work to serve their citizens more efficiently and to
open up the workings of government to public view. At the same time,
they are demonstrating the benefits of these technologies by helping
more people learn how to use computers and by increasing access to
them.

Mexico-Project E-Local: Internet for All Municipalities
[
http://www.developmentgateway.org/download/221756/Elocal_ITG_Case.pdf
<http://www.developmentgateway.org/download/221756/Elocal_ITG_Case.pdf
>
  ]
E-Local is promoting access to public information in a governmental
system that historically has been closed to citizens. The purpose of
this project is to improve communication among the different
structures of government and between those structures and the
citizenry at large. It is the first effort of a federal
administration to encourage the use of IT in municipalities in order
to strengthen democratic governance, improve municipal management
tools, and promote the building, within the local sphere, of
an "authentic federalism" in Mexico.

Final report of Online Consultation In GOL-IN Countries -
Initiatives to foster e-democracy
[ http://governments-online.org/articles/17.shtml
<http://governments-online.org/articles/17.shtml>  ]
The report shows that governments around the globe are actively
promoting online consultations in order to strengthen democracy and
development. The report provides guidance for governments that wish
to establish a productive form of online public consultations. In
order to achieve this, knowledge, initiatives and experience already
present in this field are clustered and made available.

Role of Mobile Communication for Effective e-Governance
[ http://www.mgsipap.org/egov- <http://www.mgsipap.org/egov->
conference/Post_Conference/conf_Papers/Papers/Yogesh_Dharminder.pdf ]
But all efforts at e-governance would be futile if information is
not available to decision makers/ administrators and a common user
as and where required. In order to do so mobile communication system
can play a very important role in providing information as and where
required. In this paper we have discussed how mobile communication
system can be used for effective e-governance by suggesting methods
of providing information to decision makers as and where required.


EVENTS:
Browse upcoming and past events on DigitalGovernance.org Events
section at:
http://65.110.68.184/artman/publish/events.shtml
<http://65.110.68.184/artman/publish/events.shtml>

Recent Additions:

The 3rd International Conference on Information Technology and
Economic Development
[ http://www.intercedconferences.org/27256_44787.asp
<http://www.intercedconferences.org/27256_44787.asp>  ]
3-5 March 2004, Accra, Ghana
The theme of the conference is "The Challenges of ICT development:
Policy, Strategies, Equity and Access." The gathering provides a
neutral ground for government, academia and civil society actors to
dialogue, re-educate each other and build a new and positive culture
for collaboration and development. Dialogue amongst different
participants bring different perspectives to common problems and
offers insights on how to translate information technology
innovations into practical and meaningful results.

XXVIth International Congress of Administrative Sciences on E-
Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for Democracy,
Administration and Law
[ http://www.iiasiisa.be/iias/aicor/aikorea.htm
<http://www.iiasiisa.be/iias/aicor/aikorea.htm>  ]
14-18 July 2004, Seoul, Korea
Workshops 1) E-Governance: effects on civil society, transparency
and democracy; 2) E-Governance: changes in administrative structures
and processes; 3) E-Governance: perspectives for countries in
transition and development; 4) E-Governance and the evolution of law.

5.
x-posted from CivilSoc

International summer semester + Ecology and sustainable development

International university of nature, society and man "Dubna"
(Dubna, Moscow region, Russia)

June 28 - July 11, 2004

The summer semester shall be organized for the young people from CIS
countries within the framework of 10 TUNZA commitments assumed at the
international youth conference UNEP TUNZA (Dubna, 2003).

The purpose of the summer semester is to create cooperating
international
youth community of scientists, experts, entrepreneurs, public figures
and
the politicians, focused on formation in their regions and countries
of
sustainably developing society of knowledge and that of possessing
tools for
ecologically safe inhabitancy and rational use of natural resources.

Scientific areas:
- ecology
- natural resources and geophysics
- economy and management
- law
- information society
- innovative processes
- planning territories as sustainable socio-natural systems


Subject areas:
- wastes
- drinking water
- energy
- information technologies
- education
- global and local ecosystems
- planning territories as sustainable socio-natural systems

Within the framework of a semester provisions have been made for
lectures,
planning laboratories, masters classes, summary conference + Youth
projects
for solution of problems in sustainable development of CIS, teaching
exhibition of technologies and projects in major topics of the
semester.

We invite students and post-graduate students of high schools, young
scientists and experts, representatives of young scientists and
entrepreneurs' communities, young politicians and public figures to
take
part in the international summer semester.

For application it is necessary to fill in the forms available from
sayana@... and send them to us.

Working language--Russian
Deadline: March 14 (possibility of extension)

Contact address: sayana@...
Contact person: Sayana Bartanova

For additional information (in Russian), please contact me at address
above.


Sincerely yours,

Sayana

6.
CALL FOR PAPERS

EPoPs – European Political Psychology Network , First Symposium for
Societal Political Psychology  - Maison des Sciences de l'Homme,
Paris, France  - June 4th-5th, 2004.
The European Political Psychology Network (EPoPs) is a group of young
European scholars in the field of Political Psychology based at the
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (MSH) in Paris, France. EPoPs was
launched in 2002 with the goal of developing a coherent
transdisciplinary approach to Political Psychology. Under the heading
of "Societal Political Psychology", we wish to emphasise the
importance of socio-historical and cultural factors that shape
citizens' relationships with politics and the polity. Moreover, EPoPS
aims to broaden the definition of politics to one that extends beyond
strictly institutional and electoral dimensions. Particular attention
is therefore paid to analysing the everyday lives of ordinary
citizens and to understanding intergroup phenomena, common sense and
widespread beliefs regarding political issues, institutions and
organisations.
Call for Papers
For our First Symposium on Societal Political Psychology, EPoPs
proposes the above framework as a point of departure and invites you
to debate, question and analyse this area of study. The symposium
will take place in Paris on June 4th and 5th, 2004 in form of plenary
sessions and workshops on three specific topics: democracy and
citizenship, identity and memory, dominance and exclusion. Our aim is
to collectively sketch the contours of a Political Psychology based
on a pluri-disciplinary perspective. To that end, speakers are
invited to hold a presentation, debate their ideas and act as
discussants for their colleagues' works. We invite you to submit your
paper proposals (in English or French) before April 16th, 2004 to
epops@... (or epops@...).
Besides contributions stemming directly from the fields of Social
Psychology and Political Science we also welcome proposals from
related disciplines such as Sociology, Anthropology, History, etc.
Regardless of the approach adopted, interdisciplinary contributions
will be favoured. Particular attention will be paid to original
proposals relevant to various problems and questions concerning
Political Psychology: theoretical concepts, outlines of the
discipline, epistemological aspects, methodological tools, possible
fields of application. We envisage publication of the colloquium's
proceedings in print as well as over the internet.
Organisational Details
The symposium will take place at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme,
54 boulevard Raspail, 75006, Paris. Metro: Sèvres-Babylone. A
welcoming cocktail will be served on Thursday, June 3rd at 7:00 pm.
The opening session will be held on Friday, June 4th at 9:00 am; the
symposium will come to a close the following day at 1:00 pm. Further
information regarding the organisation of the two-day symposium will
be sent at a later date.
7.
x-posted from H-TURK

THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CYPRUS STUDIES

organized by

Center for Cyprus Studies - Eastern Mediterranean University

14-15 April, 2005



CALL FOR PAPERS



The Fifth International Congress on Cyprus Studies will be held at
the
Eastern Mediterranean University on 14-15 April 2005. The aim of the
Congress is to open up a discussion platform for the analysis,
development, exchange and critique of ideas on Cyprus-related matters.



Themes:

The Organising Committe will accept papers related to Cyprus issues
in
general, specifically related to Cypriot history, archeology,
geography, language, literature, education, art, folklore, law,
politics,
economy, tourism, sports, and  the like.



Presentations can be done both in English and Turkish.



Presentation Types:

       Paper Presentations      Single or joint authors can present
their unique research paper in 20 minutes. Additional 10 minutes will
be
provided for discussion.

Poster Presentations     Completed or on-going research can be
presented in a poster to be displayed openly to the participants
during the
Congress days.

Round-Table Talks       This session is for those who would like to
discuss an issue in depth with a number of related speakers. Time
allocated for the round-table talk is maximum 2 hours.



Proposals:

Deadline for submission of proposals is 15 June 2004. One participant
can submit a maximum of two proposals: one single and one joint.



Proposals should include a minumum of 400, and maximum of 600 words.
Proposals with less than 400 words will not be taken into
consideration.
Also, a biodata (of 100 words) should be attached.



The proposals should include information on the presentation topic,
and
clearly express the aim, scope, method and data analysis of the
study.
In round-table talk proposals, the participant who would like to
chair
the session should give information on the topic as stated above and
should list the other speakers who would take part in the talk.



The participants can submit their proposals either through post, fax,
or e-mail. Proposals attached as word documents to e-mail messages
would
be most appreciated. All proposals (paper, poster and round-table
talk)
will be blind-reviewed by the Advisory Board. Relevance to the
congress
theme(s), quality of the research and originality of the ideas will
be
considered when reviewing submissions. Upon notification of
acceptance,
the authors are expected to submit their full papers by 3 December
2004. Successful papers accepted by the Advisory Board will be
published in
the Proceedings Book by the Eastern Mediterranean University Press.



Other Activities:

Workshops

Exhibitions

Concerts and shows

Sightseeing tours



Registration Fees:

       Participants with presentations
      80 Euro

       Post-graduate students with presentations
      40 Euro

       Participants without presentations
      60 Euro




The registration fee will cover

   a.. participation to all sessions
   b.. congress documents, bag, badge, certificate of attendance,
brochures, maps, program
   c.. proceedings (which can also be purchased by those participants
who didn't have a presentation)
   d.. welcome and closing receptions
   e.. lunches, tea/coffee/cookie services
   f.. participation to exhibitions, concerts, and sightseeing tours.




Important Dates:

       Deadline for submitting the forms of participation and proposals
      15 July 2004

       Acceptance notification for the proposals
      30 July 2004

       Deadline for submitting the full papers
      3 December 2004

       Acceptance notification for the presentations
      14 January 2005

       Deadline for registration
      1 March 2005

       Congress dates
      14-15 April 2005




For further information contact

necdet.osam@...   or  nihal.sakarya@...

Phone : +90 392 630 1415 or 1327

Fax: +90 392 630 2027

Web page: http://www.emu.edu.tr/daukam



Eastern Mediteranean University

Center For Cyprus Studies

Famagusta - North Cyprus

via Mersin 10, Turkey

8.
Title: Call for Papers: Race and Nation
    Deadline: 2004-05-01
    Description:  The Maryland Historian welcomes paper submissions
       for a special issue on _Race and Nation._ This issue will
       emphasize the interrelationships between race and nation.
       Papers may focus on any nation or time period. The editing
       committee encourages papers with an interdisciplinary focus and
       we invite  ...
    Contact: marylandhistorian@...
    URL: www.history.umd.edu/Histgrad/mdhistorian
    Announcement ID: 137436
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137436

    Title: 2nd Global ConferenceNew Media and Technological Cultures
    Deadline: 2004-05-07
    Description:  2nd Global Conference New Media and Technological
       Cultures Monday 9th August - Wednesday 11th August 2004 Prague,
       Czech Republic Call for Papers Keynote Speaker: Owen Kelly
       Author, developer and lecturer in multimedia Arcada
       Polytechnic, Espoo, Finland "Cultural Issues in Developing 3d
       Worlds" This ...
    Contact: cjm23@..., rf@...
    URL: www.inter-disciplinary.net/ci/mm/nmtc/nmtc2/nmtc04cfp.htm
    Announcement ID: 137445
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137445

Title: The Newberry Library Seminar on Technology, Politics, And
       Culture
    Location: Illinois
    Date: 2004-06-15
    Description: The Newberry Library Seminar on Technology, Politics,
       And CultureCo-sponsored by the University of Illinois at
       Chicago, Roosevelt University, the Illinois Institute of
       Technology, and Northwestern University CALL FOR PAPERS for the
       2004-05 academic yearDeadline for Submission: 15 June 2004 This
       semi ...
    Contact: koslowj@...
    Announcement ID: 137438
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137438

Title: War in Film, TV, and History
    Location: Texas
    Deadline: 2004-07-30
    Description:  Call For Papers WAR IN FILM, TV, AND HISTORY
       November 11-14, 2004 Area CFP: The Vietnam Conflict As the 2004
       Presidential Elections draw closer, and John Kerry emerges as a
       frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, the conflict in
       Vietnam is once again receiving public and media attention.
       While t ...
    Contact: Yek2730@...
    URL: www.filmandhistory.org.
    Announcement ID: 137447
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137447

Title: I. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON HIGHER EDUCATION-PERSPECTIVES
       ON UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY- FATIH UNIVERSITY
    Date: 2004-04-15
    Description:  University education is a dynamic process that is
       intended to complement the process of education that precedes
       it. This complementary function requires that individual
       students academic and cultural backgrounds and their
       expectations of university should be taken into account by the
       institution. F ...
    Contact: edu2004@...
    URL: www.edu2004.fatih.edu.tr
    Announcement ID: 137429
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137429

    Title: International Symposium on Retelling the Renaissance, East
       and West
    Begins: 2004-04-30
    Description:  "Retelling the Renaissance, East and West" is an
       international symposium which brings together writers and
       historians representing numerous specialisations to investigate
       the Renaissance, both as a historical period and an ideology of
       western origins and progressive rebirth. The event is designed
       t ...
    Contact: r.m.ayubi@...
    URL: www.ex.ac.uk/iais
    Announcement ID: 137431
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137431

    Title: Human Rights in an Age of Terrorism
    Begins: 2004-09-09
    Description:  CONFERENCE: HUMAN RIGHTS IN AN AGE OF TERRORISM
       INAUGURAL CONFERENCE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE OF THE
       UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT University of Connecticut September
       9-11th, 2004 This conference will bring together leading
       figures in the field of human rights to examine the impact of
       the war on t ...
    Contact: rachel.jackson@...
    URL: www.humanrights.uconn.edu/
    Announcement ID: 137439
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137439

Title: Call for Authors
    Description:  Call for Authors ABC-CLIO, a publisher specializing
       in historical reference works, is currently commissioning a
       series of reference books entitled The Multicultural West.
       Intended for use at both the university and advanced secondary
       school levels, this series covers the both the experiences of
       eth ...
    Contact: szeman@..., sdanver@...
    Announcement ID: 137434
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137434

    Title: Interest groups in the 21st century
    Deadline: 2004-05-10
    Description:  Call for proposals Interest groups in the 21st
       century in France and Europe An inter-disciplinary perspective
       Paris, 24 & 25 September 2004 Venue: Sciences Po The deadline
       for submission of proposals (300 words max.) is 10 May 2004
       This conference seeks to provide a general perspective on the
       role  ...
    Contact: emiliano.grossman@...
    Announcement ID: 137433
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137433

9.
Title: Second Summer School in Contemporary History:European
       Experiences 1945-2004  Global, Regional and National
    Deadline: 2004-05-18
    Description:  The Danish Research Academy for Historical Studies
       and the History Department at the Institute of History and Area
       Studies, University of Aarhus, invite Ph.D. students to
       participate in the second Summer School in Contemporary
       History, Aarhus (Denmark)from August 14th to August 19th 2004.
       The theme ...
    Contact: hissvm@...
    URL: www.hum.au.dk/forskerskoler/historiephd
    Announcement ID: 137461
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137461

10.
x-posted from PolisNews

CfA: Summer School: Democratisation process and citizenship in
the central-east European countries. The International protection of
human rights and minorities, Trieste, 7.2004

The International Institute for human rights studies of Trieste is
organising the first session of a Summer School dedicated on
"Democratisation process and citizenship in the central-east European
countries. The International protection of human rights and
minorities".

The summer school will take place in Trieste in July 2004 with the aim
to provide participants with specialized courses on human rights and
minorities protection
The Course is organised by the International Institute for Human
Rights
studies under the auspices of Council of Europe (www.coe.int) and
CEI-Central European Initiative (www.ceinet.org).
The summer school is addressed to undergraduate students, researchers,
members of NGO, governmental and civil officers, and who is
exceptionally skilled in the fields of law, political sciences, human
and social sciences, aged not more than 31 and coming from CEI -
Central
European Initiative member countries.

We would be very grateful if you could give the appropriate spreading
of
the announcement attached among students and resaerchers of your
Institution.

Please Do not hesitate to contact us for any further information.

Elisabetta Girardi and Clelia Fiano
Course Co-ordinators

11.
x-posted from PolisNews

Call For Papers

The Center of European Studies (CES) of Havana, Cuba, calls to the XII
International Conference on European Studies, to be held from
September
28, to October 1, 2004 in the auditorium of the Occidental Miramar
Hotel
in the capital city of Cuba.



Full details are available on the following website:



http://www.cee.cubaweb.cu/eng/conferen.htm



CENTER OF EUROPEAN STUDIES
Ave. 3ra No. 1805 entre 18 y 20, Miramar, Playa, CP 11300
City of Havana, Cuba.
Telephones: (53-7) 206-3098; 202-4806; Fax: (53-7) 204-1435
E-mail: 12conferencia@...

12.
x-posted from PolisNews

Subject: Summer Research Lab on Russia, E Europe and Eurasia at
Illinois


We would appreciate it if you could post this announcement to the
relevant constituents.  Thank you.

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic and
East European Library at the University of Illinois, Urbana-
Champaign, are pleased to announce its 2004 Summer Research
Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia, June 14 - August
6.  The Summer Lab provides free housing grants to qualified graduate
students/faculty, government officials, university librarians, and
independent scholars. The Summer Lab is an ideal program for doctoral
students conducting pre-dissertation/dissertation research. Below is
a select list of programs.  Please check the website for the full
list of programs, eligibility, and online application information:
http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html

DEADLINES: International applicants - April 1; US citizens/permanent
residents - April 30

*For those of you who have applied to the Summer Lab in the past,
please make note that some of the application procedure has changed.
Please use the new 2004 application to apply.
================================

2004 SUMMER RESEARCH LAB PROGRAMS

Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum:
International Conference on "Winds of Societal Change: Remaking Post-
communist Cities" <http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/events/fisher.html>
June 18–19

Inaugural Conference of the Association of Women in Slavic Studies
<http://www.awsshome.org/>
June 24-25

Research Workshop
June 14–24
The Workshop will include the following sessions:
Russian Archives by Diane Koenker (History, UIUC)
Writing for Grants and Fellowships by Lori Williamson (Campus
Development, UIUC)
Polish-Jewish Studies Bibliography by Marek Sroka (Slavic Library,
UIUC)
Russian Jewish Studies Bibliography by Harriet Murav (Head, Slavic,
UIUC)
Russian e-Resources by Mary Stuart (UI Main Library, UIUC)
June 22 Digital Imaging in Slavic Studies by Miranda Remnek (Head,
Slavic Library, UIUC)
June 23 Current State of Russian Libraries and Archives by Mikhail
Afanas'ev (Director, State Public Historical Library of Russia,
Moscow)
June 24 Women's Studies Bibliography by Helen Sullivan (Slavic
Library, UIUC)
Slavic Librarians' Workshop, July 6–7
Coordinator: Miranda Remnek, Slavic and East European Library,
University of Illinois, mremnek@...

Slavic Librarians' Digital Text Workshop, July 7–9 ($20 additional
fee)
Coordinator: Miranda Remnek, Slavic and East European Library,
University of Illinois, mremnek@...

Summer Lab Noontime Scholars Lectures
June 15–July 6

Summer Lab Film Series
June 14–July 14

Voluntary Discussion Groups, Workshops, and Conferences

Questions about specific groups should be addressed directly to the
group coordinator.

Early Russian History, June 14–18
Coordinator:  Ann Kleimola, Department of History, University of
Nebraska, kleimola@...

Hungarian Studies Workshop, June 16–17; June 21-23
Coordinator: Arthur A. Bartfay, Ohio State University,
tiszafolyo@...

Nineteenth Century Russian Reading Culture, June 28-30
Coordinator: Miranda Remnek, Slavic and East European Library,
University of Illinois, mremnek@...
Mikhail Afanas'ev from

Ukrainian Conference on "Contemporary Ukraine as Seen by Scholars in
Ukraine and Abroad," June 16-19
Coordinator: Dmytro Shtohryn, Slavic and East European Library,
University of Illinois, shtohryn@...

Women in Slavic Culture and Literature, June 28–July 2
Coordinator: Nicole Monnier, Russian, University of Missouri,
monniern@...

For more information contact the Russian, East European and Eurasian
Center at the University of Illinois at reec@..., 217.333.1244.


Lynda Y. Park
Assistant Director
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
104 International Studies Building, MC-487
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-6022, 333-1244; fax (217) 333-1582
lypark@...
http://www.reec.uiuc.edu

13.
x-posted from PolisNews

Call for Papers

SECOND BALKAN CONFERENCE
BALKAN CULTURAL IDENTITIES
Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania
October 14-16, 2004

This conference aims at singling out `a' possible Balkan, among so
many, identities in the world of late modernity. Commonly regarded as
a basic issue of interdisciplinary approaches to identity, cultural
specificity has been looked into as local, national, regional or
continental particularism. In the light of current research in the
field, the particular and the universal hold a tense, if dialectical,
relationship. `Balkan identity' is such a problematic category. It is
the loose nature of this identity that we invite colleagues from the
region and from the academe at large to question, analyse, and debate
at our forthcoming event.


Topics suggested:

- identity between self and other, centre and margin,
mainstream and alternative currents, metropolis and colony, etc.
- theories of identity and imagology
- cultural identity: forma mentis or determinism(s)?
- one or various Balkan identities? (whys and whereofs)
- narratives of Balkan identity (literary, musical, visual,
choreographic, historical, geographic, economic, political, etc.)
- the Balkan region, past and present (colonial and
postcolonial traces, patterns of private and public life, self-
assertion vs. the imperial `hangover')
- the linguist path to Balkan identity (language – dialect –
sociolect – idiolect, basic stock and loans, the onomastic factor,
toponyms, terms of endearment and swearwords, etc.)
- the cult-lit path to Balkan identity (national literature at
home and abroad, minority group literatures and cultures, national
classics, homeland and diaspora, second home and exile, my self – my
friend – my foe, us and them, etc.)
- Balkanism – Orientalism – Occidentalism, theories of modernity

Please consider the registration form provided and return it by April
30, 2004 to Alina Popescu / Ileana Chiru-Jitaru / Mona Momescu /
Nicoleta Stanca at the following e-mail addresses:
            <alinapopescu@...> and
<alinadpopescu@...>
            <ileanachiru@...> and <jitaruileana@...>
            <mmm2120@...>
            <nicoletastanca@...> and
<nicoletastanca@...>

IMPORTANT! PARTICIPANTS ARE ASKED TO SEND THEIR APPLICATION
                        FORMS TO BOTH E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF EACH OF THE
ABOVE
                        CONTACTS.




Registration fee: ROL 400.000 for Romanian participants / EURO 25 for
foreign participants, to be paid upon arrival. Further details on the
program will be made available at a later date to those who will have
filled in and returned the registration form below.

REGISTRATION FORM
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name:____________________________
Surname:__________________________
Title [Ms, Mrs, Mr, Dr, Prof]:_________
Affiliation: _________________________________________________
Address (+telephone/fax):
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
__________________
E-mail: ____________________________________

PRESENTATION DETAILS
Paper title /topic for panel discussion [specify which]:
______________________________________________________________________
_________
Suggested/preferred field/section:
___________________________________________________
Abstract (about 50 words):






AUXILIARIES NEEDED (please tick):
none
OHP
cassette player
video + TV
other – please specify

14.
x-posted from PolisNews

The Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe is calling
for
submissions to a special issue devoted to exploring developments in
the
discipline of anthropology in the former Soviet Union. This volume
will
be published in Fall 2004.

If you are interested in contributing, please contact JSAE editor
Kelli
Ann Costa at costaka@... or costaka@....

Information about JSAE can be found at
http://www.h-net.org/~sae/sae/JSAE.htm

Soyuz Website: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/soyuz/

15.
x-posted from TSBD

ISA e-mail information on the forthcoming events
Visit ISA website at http://www.ucm.es/info/isa


ISA Research Committee on Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice RC26
XXVIII Conference on Social Capital and Social Transformations in the
Age of Glocalization
http://www.akf.dk/conference/Lesbos/participation.htm
Molyvos, Island of Lesvos, Greece
June 11 - 14, 2004
It plans to discuss the diverse aspects of
globalization/glocalization and its impact on local communities and
social capital, including both functional and dysfunctional
consequences of the world development today. Applied and clinical
sociologists as well as social scientists interested in applied
social theory, action research, sociotechnics and sociological
practice are invited to submit papers [+]

South African Sociological Association Annual Congress
"10 Years into Democracy: Challenges Facing South Africa"
http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/cforp251.htm
Bloemfontein, South Africa
June 27 - 30, 2004
Submissions: March 31, 2004
In 1994, after decades of struggle, South Africa elected its first
democratic government. High hopes for the majority were matched by
apprehension from a minority. Ten years on, how should we assess the
extent and quality of the change that has occurred? If neither the
hope nor the apprehension was justified, how do we explain the gap
between those polarised expectations and the realities, or
perceptions of reality, in 2004? [+]

ESA Research Network for the Sociology of the Arts
http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/cforp252.htm
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
November 3 - 5, 2004
Submissions: April 15, 2004




Urban Development Debates: Theories and Praxes
http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/contr40.htm
Call for manuscripts
Submissions: April 30, 2004

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/contr41.htm
Call for manuscripts

Importance of Art
http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/contr42.htm
A web-based survey
The web-based survey concerns art. It attempts to understand, from
answers to (mostly) open-ended questions, what art means to different
people (the target audience for the survey is identified as:
sociologists, sociologists of the arts, art historians, artists,
students in any of these fields, those who frequently view art, art
critics, etc.) [+]

Sociologists without Borders
http://www.sociologistswithoutborders.org/
Sociologists without Borders is experimenting with international web
discussions. Social scientists and students are invited to
participate, and need not be members. Click on Discussion Forum, and
the discussion appears, with a place to enter comments.




PhD Fellowships
http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/fellow57.htm
Graduate School for Social Research
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Warsaw, Poland
Application deadline: April 19, 2003

1. Visiting Professor for European Studies, New York
2. EU Policy Network, Editor of the Journal of European Affairs
3. Human Rights Watch - Operations Manager, London
4. Agmin Italy Srl, Support to the Election Process in Ukraine
5. CAFOD - Donor Development Officer, two positions
6. H-Net Jobs, February 28-March 13, 2004
7. Research Fellow, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB),
Germany
8. Visiting Professor in Border Studies, University of
Glamorgan, School of Humanities, Law and Social Sciences
9. IREX, Education Consultants in Middle East and North Africa
10. Production/Manuscript Editor,American School of Classical
Studies
11. jobs.ac.uk
12. Regional Coordinator, Aga Khan Humanities Project, Dushanbe
13. Lecturer or Assistant Professor in English Literature,
University of Cyprus
14. eubrussels jobs
15. Professor in Anthropology, University of Aberdeen, College of
Arts and Social Sciences, School of Social Science


1.
x-posted from PolisNews

NEW YORK CONSORTIUM FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES VISITING PROFESSOR - Fall
2004

The New York Consortium for European Studies (New York University,
Columbia
University, New School University) seeks an established European
scholar
currently teaching in Europe with a minimum of five years teaching
experience and specializing in one or more of the following fields:
European constitutionalism, justice, and law; comparative politics of
Western Europe; international relations of Western Europe; European
public
policy; modern European history; social movements; religion in
Europe,
to
be the Consortium Visiting Professor during the Fall 2004 semester
(September 1-December 31). We are particularly interested in scholars
who
are specialists on the European Union.

The consortium professor will teach two graduate-level courses, one
at
NYU
and one at Columbia, participate in Consortium conferences and
workshops,
meet with students, and contribute to other activities of the New York
Consortium for European Studies. The stipend for this position is
$25,000.

There is no application form. Those interested should send a letter,
detailed CV and the names, addresses and contact details of three
references, by March 19, 2004, to:

Professor Martin Schain, Director
Center for European Studies
New York University
58 West 10 Street
New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212 998-3838
Fax: 212 995-4188

If you have any questions about this position, please contact Zoe
Ragouzeos, Program Administrator, NYU Center for European Studies at
(212)998-3838 or zr1@....

2.
x-posted from eupoljobs

Editor of the Journal of European Affairs - The Journal of European
Affairs, published by the EU Policy Network, is currently recruiting
an Editor-in-Chief for a fixed period of one year. The Journal of
European Affairs is EPN's flagship, quarterly e-publication.
Contributors to recent editions include Lord Hannay, Claude Moraes
MEP and Professors Jo Shaw and Alyson Bailes.The journal publishes
articles on all aspects of European and EU politics and economics.
The role of Editor-in-Chief will commence in March 2004 and run for
one full year. The successful applicant will be currently completing
a PhD in a relevant area of social science, preferably in political
science or economics. Experience of print journalism or editing would
be an advantage. The position is highly flexible and can be
undertaken from home or university. The role does not command a
salary but the successful candidate can expect to benefit from
playing a leading role in one of the fastest-growing online EU
research organisations in the UK and the opportunity to liaise with
MEPs and leading thinkers in the field. Application is by full
academic CV and a sample of written work. For further information and
to apply please contact Rob (robert@...) (tel
01173310834) 10 Priory Road, Bristol, BS8 1TU quoting ref:EIC01.

3.
x-posted from eupoljobs

Operations Manager
-Maternity cover / Part time
-London Office

Human Rights Watch, the international human rights monitoring and
advocacy organization, is seeking an Operations Manager for the
London Office for a period of 8 months (maternity cover) from April
2004 to December 2004. (32 hours a week)

Description:


The Operations Manager manages and supports the operational
infrastructure of the office. Working in conjunction with staff in
the New York-based headquarters, duties will include but are not
limited to: Finance: Managing bank accounts, processing payroll, bill
payments, monthly expense & deposit reports, gift aid applications
and processing donations. IT: Trouble shooting, helpdesk support to
London-based staff, back up and upgrading when necessary. HR:
Advising on UK employment law, recruitment for London-based staff,
attendance management, pension payments, insurance policies and
provision of staff benefits. Administration and Facilities: Reception
duties, general office maintenance, office supplies and stock,
answering general post, email and telephone enquiries.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, extremely well organized,
collegial, and able to function under pressure and handle numerous
tasks simultaneously. He or she must be willing to take initiative,
prioritize with minimal supervision, and work independently as well
as function as a member of a team. S/he will have strong IT skills,
knowledge of running a small network is highly desirable. S/he will
have proven experience in managing and recording the finances of a
small charity/organization; knowledge of SAGE is desirable. S/he will
have solid office and administration experience, proficiency with
Word and Excel, excellent written and verbal skills and outstanding
time management and prioritization skills.

Salary and Benefits:

Salary is £24,500 pro rata. Human Rights Watch offers employer-paid
benefits, and 20 days vacation per year pro rata.

APPLY BY 20th February 2003 (no calls please) by mailing a cover
letter, resume, and names or letters of reference to HRW Operations
Manager Search Committee, HRW, 2-12 Pentonville Road, London N1 9HF.
Fax: 44 20 7713 1800. Email hrwuk@... No calls please. Please
note that this position requires current U.K. work authorization.


Human Rights Watch is an equal opportunity employer.

4.
x-posted from eupoljobs

Organisation: Agmin Italy Srl

Organisation Description:
Italian Technical Assistance Organisation

Country: Ukraine
City/Town: Kiev
Closing Date: 24-Mar-2004
Restrictions: Citizen of the EU, a Phare or a Tacis country.

Description:
The project will start in May 2004 Duration - 10 month

Applicant Requirements:
Key expert 1: Team Leader Qualifications and skills • University
level education • Fluency in English • PC literacy • Experience as a
trainer desirable General professional experience The team leader
should have at least 15 years general professional experience with a
substantial background in the area of public relations or
communications management, preferably with experience of how these
activities relate to elections. Specific professional experience The
team leader should be familiar with the design and management of
voter education programmes. Experience as a trainer would be an
advantage as would experience of working in a sensitive, political
environment. The team leader should have five years of specific
project management experience, preferably in a Tacis or Phare
country. The team leader will also be expected to assume
responsibility for project backstopping, hence familiarity with EC
project procedures would be an advantage. Knowledge of Ukrainian or
Russian would be a strong advantage. The expert should have EU or
Accession country citizenship. (Should spend a minimum of 90% of the
time in Ukraine) Key expert 2: Senior training expert Qualifications
and skills • University level education • Expertise in the
development of tailor-made training courses General professional
experience The expert will be responsible for the training component
of the project. The expert should have at least 10 years general
professional experience in addition to a proven track record of
delivering training on election related issues. Experience of
developing new training methodologies or adapting existing courses in
a relevant field would be an advantage. Strong communication skills
are essential. Specific professional experience Experience of
training senior members of the civil service or the judiciary is an
asset. Knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian would be a strong advantage.
Regarding nationality, the expert must be a citizen of the EU, a
Phare or a Tacis country.

Application instructions:
Send updated CV

Other Contact Details:
37124 Verona Vicolo Trave 4 tel. (+39) 045 800 9214 fax. (+39) 045
800 9215

Contact Person: Liliana Matveeva

Email: l.matveeva@...

5.
x-posted from eupoljobs

Want to encourage people to support overseas development?
CAFOD, member of CIDSE, located in London is currently looking for 2
staff members for their fundraising department,

CAFOD's Major Donor Team needs two Donor Development Officers to help
develop relationships with major donors (individuals and trusts) and
solicit support for CAFOD's overseas work.

Donor Development Officer (with responsibility for funding proposals)
Full Timec. £22,300 to £29,000 p.a.

We are looking for someone with polished and versatile writing skills
to prepare funding proposals and reports in support of CAFOD's Major
Donor Team. This will also involve reviewing documentation on
overseas projects and programmes and conducting research on
prospective donors in order to match projects to funders.
Ref DDFF

For an application pack please visit ]CAFOD's website
jobs@...
or phone 020 7326 5601
quoting correct job ref.

Both jobs close 22 March 2004.


Donor Development Officer (with responsibility for donor events)
- Part Time 12 month contract
c. £19,500 to £21,500 p.a. pro rata

An experienced event organiser is needed to co-ordinate receptions
and develop relationships with donors. A confident and persuasive
communicator is required for this post, which will also include
responsibility for occasional appeal mailings.
21 hrs a week.
Ref DDEP

6.
Jobs submitted from February 28, 2004 to March 6, 2004
See the H-Net Job Guide website at http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/ for
more information.


____________________________________________________________________
AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
State University of New York - Fredonia - Visiting Assistant
Professor,
World History (NY, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25983



____________________________________________________________________
U.S. HISTORY

******************** Primary Listings ********************
Eastern Oregon University - Assistant Professor American HIstory (OR,
United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=26007

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
AMERICAN STUDIES

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
University of Otago - Dunedin - Chair in History (New Zealand)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25997



____________________________________________________________________
ASIAN HISTORY

******************** Primary Listings ********************
University of Otago - Dunedin - Chair in History (New Zealand)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25997

College of William and Mary - Visiting Assistant Professor, Chinese
History (VA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=26006

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
AREA STUDIES/ETHNIC STUDIES

******************** Primary Listings ********************
Colby College - one-year visiting assistant professor in Jewish
Studies
(ME, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=26010

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
EUROPEAN HISTORY

******************** Primary Listings ********************
Tulane University - Visiting Assistant Professor, 18th - 20th century
Modern British History (LA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25984

Northwestern College - Assistant Professor, Ancient or Medieval
History
(IA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25986

Indiana University - Bloomington - British history.  Rank open. (IN,
United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25992

Texas Tech University - Assistant Professor, Modern German History
(TX,
United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25995

College of Charleston - Visiting Assistant Professor, World and/or
European History Surveys (SC, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=26003

University of Goettingen - Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track-Option),
European Cultural and Contemporary History 20th Century (Germany)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=26009

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS/INTERNS

******************** Primary Listings ********************
King's College - London - Postgraduate Programme Officer, Department
of
War Studies (United Kingdom)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25982

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study - residential, postdoctoral
fellowship (MA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25993

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
GENERAL/WORLD

******************** Primary Listings ********************
State University of New York - Fredonia - Visiting Assistant
Professor,
World History (NY, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25983

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY

******************** Primary Listings ********************
College of Wooster - Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor of Latin
American History (OH, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25998

College of William and Mary - Visiting Assistant Professor, 19th/20th
Century Latin American History (VA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=26005

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
MEDIEVAL/ANCIENT HISTORY

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
Northwestern College - Assistant Professor, Ancient or Medieval
History
(IA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25986

Colby College - one-year visiting assistant professor in Jewish
Studies
(ME, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=26010



____________________________________________________________________
POLITICAL SCIENCE/INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
King's College - London - Postgraduate Programme Officer, Department
of
War Studies (United Kingdom)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25982



____________________________________________________________________
WOMEN/GENDER

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
University of Otago - Dunedin - Chair in History (New Zealand)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25997



____________________________________________________________________
RELIGIOUS STUDIES

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
Tulane University - Visiting Assistant Professor, Hebrew Bible, Second
Temple Judaism, or Early Rabbinic Judaism (LA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25989



____________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT CHAIRS/DEANS

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
University of Otago - Dunedin - Chair in History (New Zealand)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25997



____________________________________________________________________
HISTORY OF SCIENCE/MEDICINE/TECHNOLOGY

******************** Primary Listings ********************
Mississippi State University - Assistant Professor, Science and
Technology/Modern France (MS, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25996

George Mason University - Research Assistant Professor, Project
Historian (VA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=26002

Yale University - Postdoctoral Associate (CT, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=26008

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
HUMANITIES

******************** Primary Listings ********************
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - Lecturer in German (NC,
United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25988

Tulane University - Visiting Assistant Professor, Hebrew Bible, Second
Temple Judaism, or Early Rabbinic Judaism (LA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25989

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
DIPLOMATIC/MILITARY HISTORY

******************** Primary Listings ********************
Texas Tech University - Assistant Professor, American Diplomatic
history (TX, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=25994

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************
Jobs submitted from March 6, 2004 to March 13, 2004
See the H-Net Job Guide website at http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/ for
more information.


____________________________________________________________________
AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY

******************** Primary Listings ********************
University of Wisconsin - Parkside - Instructor, Mediterranean World
(WI, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26023

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
U.S. HISTORY

******************** Primary Listings ********************
Stanford University - Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of the North
American West (CA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26022

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
AMERICAN STUDIES

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
Northern Illinois University - Editor-in-Chief, The Writings of Henry
D. Thoreau (IL, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26020

Stanford University - Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of the North
American West (CA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26022



____________________________________________________________________
ASIAN HISTORY

******************** Primary Listings ********************
St. Vincent College - Assistant Professor, East Asian history (PA,
United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26013

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
AREA STUDIES/ETHNIC STUDIES

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
Stanford University - Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of the North
American West (CA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26022



____________________________________________________________________
EUROPEAN HISTORY

******************** Primary Listings ********************
European University Institute - Two Chairs in European History
(HEC1/HEC6) (Italy)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26019

University of North Florida - Visiting Assistant Professor, European
History (FL, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26031

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS/INTERNS

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
Stanford University - Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of the North
American West (CA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26022

University of Nevada - Reno - Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities
(NV, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26025



____________________________________________________________________
GENERAL/WORLD

******************** Primary Listings ********************
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania - Instructor or Assistant
Professor
of History (PA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26021

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



____________________________________________________________________
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
Stanford University - Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of the North
American West (CA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26022

Department of State - Historian/Technical Editor (DC, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26024



____________________________________________________________________
MEDIEVAL/ANCIENT HISTORY

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
University of Nevada - Reno - Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities
(NV, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26025



____________________________________________________________________
PROFESSIONAL NON-TEACHING POSITIONS/ARCHIVES/MUSEUMS/PUBLIC HISTORY

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
Northern Illinois University - Editor-in-Chief, The Writings of Henry
D. Thoreau (IL, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26020

Department of State - Historian/Technical Editor (DC, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26024



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RELIGIOUS STUDIES

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
University of Nevada - Reno - Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities
(NV, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26025



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TEACHING/ADMINISTRATION OF FRESHMAN WRITING/ADVANCED WRITING

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
University of California - San Diego - Academic Coordinator for core
curriculum course and writing program (CA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26015



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COMPOSITION

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
University of California - San Diego - Academic Coordinator for core
curriculum course and writing program (CA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26015



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HUMANITIES

******************** Primary Listings ********************
Governor's School for Humanities - Summer Program Humanities
Instructor
(VA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26014

Temple University - Visiting Associate Professor (PA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26017

Temple University - Executive Coordinator, Ambler and Tyler Campuses
(PA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26018

Northern Illinois University - Editor-in-Chief, The Writings of Henry
D. Thoreau (IL, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26020

University of Nevada - Reno - Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities
(NV, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26025

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GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCES

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
Governor's School for Humanities - Summer Program Humanities
Instructor
(VA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26014



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RESEARCH/PROFESSIONAL

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
Northern Illinois University - Editor-in-Chief, The Writings of Henry
D. Thoreau (IL, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26020

Department of State - Historian/Technical Editor (DC, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26024

University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth - Project
Coordinator, H=E1blenos de su salud (TX, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26030



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CANADIAN HISTORY

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Stanford University - Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of the North
American West (CA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26022

Department of State - Historian/Technical Editor (DC, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26024



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COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

******************** Primary Listings ********************
University of California - San Diego - Academic Coordinator for core
curriculum course and writing program (CA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26015

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PHILOSOPHY

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University of Nevada - Reno - Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities
(NV, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26025



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LINGUISTICS

******************** Primary Listings ********************
University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth - Project
Coordinator, H=E1blenos de su salud (TX, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26030

****************** No Cross-Listings *******************



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DIPLOMATIC/MILITARY HISTORY

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Department of State - Historian/Technical Editor (DC, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26024

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ECONOMICS

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Department of State - Historian/Technical Editor (DC, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26024



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ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
Stanford University - Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of the North
American West (CA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26022



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INTELLECTUAL HISTORY

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Temple University - Visiting Associate Professor (PA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26017

Temple University - Executive Coordinator, Ambler and Tyler Campuses
(PA, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26018



____________________________________________________________________
RUSSIAN/SOVIET HISTORY

***************** No Primary Listings ******************

******************** Cross-Listings ********************
Department of State - Historian/Technical Editor (DC, United States)
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=3D26024


* Note: There are no NEW job listings for the following categories *
ANTHROPOLOGY/ARCHAEOLOGY
HUMANITIES COMPUTING/DISTANCE EDUCATION/EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
POLITICAL SCIENCE/INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
WOMEN/GENDER
COMMUNICATION/MASS COMMUNICATION
RHETORIC
TESOL
ART AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
DEPARTMENT CHAIRS/DEANS
SOCIOLOGY
HISTORY OF SCIENCE/MEDICINE/TECHNOLOGY
FILM
DEPARTMENTS CHAIRS/DEANS (SOCIAL SCIENCES)
LIBRARY SCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY
BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC HISTORY
URBAN STUDIES

7.
x-posted from eurostudyabroad

Entry Title:
  Research Fellow

Advertising Institution:
  Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)

Address:
  Reichpietschufer 50 D-10785 Berlin Germany

Country:
  Germany

Description:
  The Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), research area Civil
Society, Conflicts, and Democracy, research unit Democracy:
Structures, Performance, Challenges (Director: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang
Merkel) is seeking to recruit a Research fellow

This full-time position (38.5 hours per week) is available for three
years in the first instance from April 1, 2004.

Applications are welcome from specialists in cross-national
comparative research on democracy, including democratic development
and democratic theory, perhaps with a focus on a global region. The
person appointed will be required to contribute to the main research
projects of the unit and to conduct independent research in the field
of democratic transformation, or comparative analysis of political
regimes, or empirical democratic theory.

Requirements: Candidates should have a Ph.D. in one of the fields
mentioned above, and publications demonstrating their ability in the
quantitative analysis of political institutions.

Salary will be according to BAT-Ib level of the German Civil Service.

Priority will be given to disabled candidates.

The WZB is committed to increasing the number of women in science and
especially encourages women to apply for this position.

One copy of a written application, together with the names and
addresses of 3 referees, should be sent no later than February 29,
2004 to Konstanza Prinzessin zu Löwenstein, Social Science Research
Center Berlin (WZB), Reichpietschufer 50, D-10785 Berlin, Germany,
tel: +49 30 25491302, e-mail: princess@..., from whom
further information is available.

Duration:
  01/02/2004, three years in the first instance

Closing Date:
  29/2/2004

Posting Date:
  16/2/2004

Web Address:
  http://www.wz-berlin.de

Primary Contact:
  Konstanza Prinzessin zu Löwenstein

Primary Contact Telephone:
  +49 30 25491302

Primary Contact Email:
  princess@...

8.
x-posted from GENDER AND NATION/NATIONALISMS

UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

VISITING PROFESSOR IN BORDER STUDIES (Ref: HU258)

Fixed-Term for a period of up to 6 months

Salary: Negotiable



You should demonstrate how your work links to the current research
programmes and activities undertaken by the Centre. (see
http://www.glam.ac.uk/hass/research/border). You should also have an
international research reputation, and considerable administrative
experience in organising research.  For an informal discusion please
contact Prof S Berger (sberger@...; +44-1443-482554), Prof K
Hagemann (khagemann@...; +49-30-25491309) or Prof C Williams
(cwilli16@...; +44-1443-483692).

Application forms and further particulars may be obtained by
accessing our web pages at www.glam.ac.uk/jobs or by telephoning
01443 482004 (Direct line - 24 hour service). Alternatively, you can
e-mail us at jobs@...

When requesting an application form, please quote reference HU258

CLOSING DATE: April 15, 2004

Claire Hooper
Acting Assistant HR Officer - Recruitment

Tel:  01443 482495
Fax:  01443 482394

e-mail:  cehooper@...
web-site:  www.glam.ac.uk

9.
x-posted from CivilSoc

Title: Education Consultants
Position Location: Middle East and North Africa
Start Date: Immediately
Eligibility: Open to US and Non-US Citizens

IREX (the International Research & Exchanges Board) is an
international
nonprofit organization specializing in education, independent media,
Internet development, and civil society programs. Through training,
partnerships, education, research, and grant programs, IREX helps
develop the capacity of individuals and institutions to contribute to
their societies.

IREX is currently seeking short and long-term consultants in the field
of education.

Successful candidates should posses:
* Extensive knowledge of and contacts with the basic and higher
educational systems in the Middle East and North Africa.
* Fluent English, knowledge of Arabic and/or French preferred.
* Experience in one or more of the following fields:

Basic (Primary and Secondary) Education
* Assessment and evaluation
* Community participation
* Curriculum development
* Education administration
* Education policy and planning
* Educational materials development
* Education for girls
* School connectivity/Technology in the Classroom
* Standardized testing
* Teacher training (pre- and in-service)
* Teaching methodologies

Higher Education
* Assessment and evaluation
* Curriculum development
* Distance learning
* Education financing
* Education policy and planning
* Faculty development
* Research programs
* Standardized testing
* University management
* University partnership development

Continuing Education/Professional Training
* Business development and entrepreneurship
* Internship programming
* Journalism and media management
* Leadership development
* Non-profit management
* Women's education

International Education
* Educational advising
* Distance learning
* Pre-academic training
* Standardized testing
* Study abroad

Send cover letter and resume to:
EDCONS/JW/2-25
Via e-mail to: resumes@...,
FAX: (202) 628-8189
EOE
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

10.
x-posted from PolisNews

Production / Manuscript Editor

The Publications Office of the American School of Classical Studies
at Athens (ASCSA) has an immediate full-time vacancy for a well-
organized and highly motivated individual to be responsible for the
production flow from raw manuscript to bound book of a major series
of archaeological monographs. Based in Princeton, NJ, the Editor will
be part of a small, friendly team working closely with authors to
produce publications of the highest quality.

The successful candidate will have at least two years experience as a
production/manuscript editor, excellent communication and
interpersonal skills, a sharp eye for detail, and an exceptional
ability to organize workflow. Computer literacy is expected, a good
knowledge of Pagemaker or InDesign an advantage. Minimum
qualifications include a BA degree, preferably in Archaeology,
Classics, or a related field. Excellent benefits, pleasant working
conditions, salary commensurate with experience.

Prospective applicants should submit a cover letter and resume,
either by e-mail or post, to: Charles Watkinson, Director of
Publications, ASCSA, 6-8 Charlton Street, Princeton, NJ 08540-5232. E-
mail: cwatkinson@.... The closing date for applications is
Monday March 22nd. ASCSA is an equal opportunity employer.

11.
Lecturer in Roman History (Fixed-term)
Department of Classics
University of Nottingham
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR668.html

Research Associate-Irish Culture and Language in Fermanagh
Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages
Faculty of Arts
University of Ulster
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT316.html

Associate Lecturers
Faculty Of Humanities, Law and Social Science
Manchester Metropolitan University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/FB432.html

PhD Studentship in Archaeology
School of Archaeology & Ancient History
University of Leicester
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK508.html

Chair in American Literature and Culture
Department of English and American Studies
Faculty of Arts, School of English and Linguistics
University of Manchester
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK586.html

Curriculum Leader (French and European Studies)
Bilborough Sixth Form College
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR725.html

Lectureships in Cultural Theory and in European Media (two posts)
Centre for European Languages and Cultures
School of Humanities
University of Birmingham
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK536.html

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader
School of Humanities - Division of Philosophy
University of Nottingham
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK567.html

Research Associates
School of Media and Performing Arts
Faculty of Arts
University of Ulster
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT317.html

Part-time Departmental Lecturership in Ottoman History
Faculty Of Oriental Studies
University of Oxford
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/XT532.html

Teacher of History
Bilborough Sixth Form College
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR723.html

Departmental Lecturership in the Study of Religion
University Of Oxford
University of Oxford
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/XT528.html

Research Associate
history of science & technology
Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
University of Manchester
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR650.html

Masters' Studentships in History
Dept Of History
University of Strathclyde
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/EF285.html

Research Fellow
The Scottish Parliament Project
School of History
University of St Andrews
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT312.html

Postgraduate Studentships and Bursaries
Department of History
Queen Mary, University of London
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/GE138.html

Lectureship in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature
Department of English and Related Literature
University of York
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/FB431.html

Religious Studies Teacher
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/FB450.html

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Bioethics
Centre for Human Bioethics
School of Philosophy and Bioethics
Monash University, Australia
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT319.html

Visiting Professorships In Border Studies
School Of Humanities, Law And Social Sciences
University of Glamorgan
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/EF278.html

Research Associate, Cambridge Interfaith Programme
Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies
Faculty of Divinity
University of Cambridge
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/JD866.html

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in International Relations
School of Sociology, Politics and Law
University of Plymouth
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR736.html

Research Associate-Irish Culture and Language in Fermanagh
Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages
Faculty of Arts
University of Ulster
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT316.html

Cancer Research Officer
Yorkshire Cancer Research Network
York Health Services NHS Trust
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/RD393.html

Research Fellow/Assistant (Part-time)
Care Providers, Care Receivers: a Longitudinal Perspective
Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT329.html

Research Studentships (Doctorate in Applied Social Science)
School of Sociology & Social Policy
University of Nottingham
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR675.html

Associate Lecturers
Faculty Of Humanities, Law and Social Science
Manchester Metropolitan University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/FB432.html

Data Services Officer
The UK Data Archive
University of Essex
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/YM205.html

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer In Criminology
Arts & Social Sciences
Kingston University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/LI824.html

Communications Manager
E-Society Programme
London Business School
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT346.html

Research Assistant
School of Nursing and Midwifery
University of Southampton
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/JD852.html

Chair in American Literature and Culture
Department of English and American Studies
Faculty of Arts, School of English and Linguistics
University of Manchester
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK586.html

ESRC Studentships 2004
University of Leeds
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK604.html

Research Associate
Manchester Institute of Telematics and Employment Research (MITER)
Faculty Of Humanities, Law and Social Science
Manchester Metropolitan University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/FB434.html

Senior Lecturer
Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies
University of Essex
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/YM206.html

Lectureships in Cultural Theory and in European Media (two posts)
Centre for European Languages and Cultures
School of Humanities
University of Birmingham
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK536.html

Research Opportunities In Sociology
Department Of Sociology
University of Surrey
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/LI814.html

Research Assistant/Research Fellow
Work, Interaction and Technology Research Group
The Management Centre
King's College London
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK600.html

Living & Learning Centre Manager
GL1 Gloucester Leisure Centre
University of Gloucestershire
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/EF306.html

Research Assistants
Ethnicity and Social Inclusion
School of Health Studies
University of Bradford
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/LI838.html

Temporary Lecturer in Criminology
School of Law
University of Leeds
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/YM185.html

Opportunities with AIM at Lancaster and Leeds
Understanding and Fostering Managerial and Organizational Cognitive
Capability for the 21st century
Advanced Institute of Management Research
Lancaster University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT343.html

Research Associates
School of Media and Performing Arts
Faculty of Arts
University of Ulster
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT317.html

Research Fellow: Social Policy/ Urban Policy/Sociology/ Geography
Public Spaces and Social Relations in East London
Institute of Community Health Sciences and the Department of Geography
Queen Mary, University of London
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT337.html

Research Associates
Management, Education, Sociology, Womens' Studies and Computing
Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL)
Lancaster University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT359.html

Executive Director Of Health
School of Health and Bioscience
University of East London
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/TG594.html

Research Support Officer
Centre for Excellence in Leadership
Lancaster University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT360.html

Research Assistant
Psychosocial Interventions
School of Health Studies
University of Bradford
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/LI839.html

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Sociology
Department of Sociology
Goldsmiths College, University of London
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/GE125.html

Researcher
Prison Health Care
Bournemouth University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/JD837.html

Departmental Lecturership in the Study of Religion
University Of Oxford
University of Oxford
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/XT528.html

Research Assistant
BHF funded National Cohort Study of children with Congenital Heart
Disease
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Institute of Child Health, University College London
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT372.html

Lecturer/Assessor in Health and Care
School of Human Sciences
Tamworth and Lichfield College
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT338.html

Senior Research Officer
Institute for Social and Economic Research
University of Essex
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/YM172.html

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer In Human Rights
Arts & Social Sciences
Kingston University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/LI825.html

Lecturers in Social Work
Department of Health and Social Care
Brunel University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK598.html

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer In Sociology (2 posts)
Arts & Social Sciences
Kingston University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/LI827.html

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Criminal Justice
School of Law
University of Leeds
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/YM184.html

National Datasets Co-ordinator
Social Sciences
Economic and Social Research Council - ESRC
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/BI189.html

PhD Studentship
Violence Research
Department of Oral Surgery, Medicine and Pathology
University of Wales, College of Medicine
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/EF284.html

MA & PhD Studentships
Centre for Pharmacy, Health & Society
University of Nottingham
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR669.html

Research Fellows - 2 posts
Faculty of Health and Social Work
University of Plymouth
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR740.html

Fixed-term Lecturer(s) in Social Policy
Department Of Social Policy And Social Work
University of Oxford
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/XT534.html

Research Worker
Autistic Symptomatology and Language Impairments
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Institute of Psychiatry
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT347.html

Lectureship in Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
London School of Economics and Political Science
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/FB460.html

Full-time PhD Studentship Scheme
Faculty of Social Sciences
Open University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT318.html

ESRC Enhancement Awards
University of Nottingham
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR666.html

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Bioethics
Centre for Human Bioethics
School of Philosophy and Bioethics
Monash University, Australia
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT319.html

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Criminology
School of Sociology, Politics and Law
University of Plymouth
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR735.html

Visiting Professorships In Border Studies
School Of Humanities, Law And Social Sciences
University of Glamorgan
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/EF278.html

Research Assistant
CoMMUni Project
Centre For The Promotion Of Social Inclusion
Manchester Metropolitan University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/LI806.html

Senior Research Assistant
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/JD838.html

Counsellors - 2 Posts
Warwickshire College, Royal Leamington Spa
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR728.html

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in International Relations
School of Sociology, Politics and Law
University of Plymouth
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR736.html

Associate Lecturers
Faculty Of Humanities, Law and Social Science
Manchester Metropolitan University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/FB432.html

Information Officer
International Development Department - Governance Resource Centre
School of Public Policy
University of Birmingham
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK612.html

ESRC Studentships 2004
University of Leeds
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK604.html

Lectureship
Department of Political Science
University of Dublin, Trinity College
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK514.html

Chair in Politics and/or International Relations
School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR679.html

Lecturers in Politics/International Relations
Division of Politics and International Relations (PAIR)
School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK570.html

Full-time PhD Studentship Scheme
Faculty of Social Sciences
Open University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT318.html

ESRC Enhancement Awards
University of Nottingham
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR666.html

Post-Doctoral Research and Teaching Fellow
Political Communication
Arts & Social Sciences
Kingston University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/LI815.html

12.
x-posted from Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central
Eurasian Studies

JOB- Regional Coordinator, Aga Khan Humanities Project, Dushanbe

Position: Regional Coordinator
Institution Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Humanities Project for
Central
Asia
Location: Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Expected Duration: 1 May 2004 - 31 December 2005
Closing Date: 22 March 2004

The Humanities Project for Central Asia (AKHP), part of the Aga Khan
Trust
for Culture, is seeking an experienced, capable manager to provide
strategic
direction and coordination for a higher education project working in
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The position will be based in
Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Further information on AKHP is available at
http://www.akdn.org/humanities/Humanity.htm

The Regional Coordinator reports directly to the AKHP Interim
Director
in
Boston, and is the senior regional representative of AKHP and the Aga
Khan
Trust for Culture. AKHP will be integrated into the University of
Central
Asia http://www.akdn.org/uca/uca.htm in January 2006, and as a
consequence
requires an individual capable of providing critical guidance and
support in
this transition.

The Regional Coordinator will be responsible for:

  - Strategic planning of AKHP's future role in the University of
Central Asia
  - Ensuring the ongoing day-to-day management of AKHP during this
transition
    period
  - Regional representation of AKHP and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture
to
    governmental and non-governmental agencies
  - Senior administration of the AKHP headquarters in Dushanbe
  - Provide on-site leadership for 35 AKHP staff members
  - Ensuring timely communication with international partners

The Regional Coordinator role requires the following:

  - Minimum four years demonstrated administrative experience with an
    international organisation in the former Soviet Union
  - Experience working with higher education institutions in
transition
    countries
  - Knowledge of Central Asian and liberal arts university environments
  - Strong diplomatic and public presentation skills
  - Excellent English-language communication skills
  - Professional capacity in Russian language
  - A post-graduate degree in the liberal arts

The ideal candidate will have:

  - Seven or more years senior administrative experience in Central
Asia
with
    an international organisation;
  - Experience in strategic planning for educational programmes in
developing
    countries
  - An earned Ph - D - in the social sciences or humanities, or
terminal
    degree in a professional field, preferably from a liberal arts
institution
  - In addition to English and Russian, working knowledge of one other
    regional language

There are no citizenship restrictions for this position. To apply,
please
submit a cover letter explicitly relating to the qualifications of
the
position, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information for
four
references by electronic mail to Norma Jo Baker at baker@... .
Please
put in the subject heading: Regional Coordinator Position. While AKHP
appreciates all applications, only those short-listed will be
contacted
by
March 31, 2004.

Norma Jo Baker
Regional Coordinator
Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Humanities Project for Central Asia
75 Tolstoy Street
Dushanbe 734000 Tajikistan
Email: baker@...
Mobile: (992-93) 505-2189
Office: (992-372) 245-823
Fax: (992-372) 510-128
Web: http://www.akdn.org/humanities/Humanity.htm

13.
x-posted from PolisNews

Subject: Job:Lecturer or Assistant Professor in English Literature,
Univ of Cyprus


UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS

  ______________________



  The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures,
  University of
  Cyprus seeks applicants for one tenure-track
  position at the rank of
  Lecturer or Assistant Professor in English
  Literature.

  The position will be in an area of English and
  Cultural Studies,
  16th-mid 19th centuries. Fields of specialization
  could include early
  modern studies, poetry and poetics, essay,
  autobiography, travel
  writing, cultural and social history. The successful
  candidate must
  display knowledge of critical theory and the ability
  to work within
  interdisciplinary and comparative frameworks.

   The successful candidate should be willing to teach
  courses ranging from
  introductory to graduate level courses. Teaching
  load: Two courses a
  semester. Gross annual salary including the 13th
  salary: Lecturer
  CYP22.136-CYP32.421; Assistant Professor
  CYP26.211-CY35.355 (1 CYP=2.15
  US$). Please send: Letter of application mentioning
  the rank you are
  applying for; curriculum vitae; three representative
  publications;
  summary of current and future research plans
  (2-3pp); and copies of
  degree certificates. Applicants must request three
  academic referees to
  send letters of recommendation directly to the
  University. The names and
  addresses of these referees must be submitted with
  the application.
  Deadline: Applications must reach the Registrar by
  March 19, 2004.
  Please send to: The Registrar, University of Cyprus,
  P.O.Box 20537, 1678
  Nicosia, Cyprus. Information: Tel: 00357-22-892101;
  Fax: 00357-22-892005.

   ____________________________________________
  Anastasia Nikolopoulou, Ph.D.,
  Associate Professor
  Program of English Studies
  Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
  University of Cyprus
  Kallipoleos 75
  Nicosia, CYPRUS


  tel. 00357-22-89-2112; 00357-22-374-453
  email: nicocy@...

  http://www.ucy.ac.cy

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[16 Mar] Finance Officer, NWE Joint Technical Secretariact, until end
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[12 Mar] Economic Affairs Officer, Grade 8, Development Division,
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[10 Mar] Legal Officer, executive level, Brussels (Deadline: 15
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[10 Mar] Editor of the Journal of European Affairs, London

EU Policy Network
[10 Mar] Internships, London

15.
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

Our primary purpose in making this appointment is to further develop
the
Department's programme of research and teaching in Social
Anthropology.
The
person appointed should be active in his or her field of
anthropological
research, and would be expected to play a part in building up and
extending
the Department's research capacity, for example through the
initiation
of
new projects and the recruitment of research students.  The post
carries no
restrictions as regards areas of regional, ethnographic or theoretical
interest, and candidates are welcome to apply regardless of their
topics of
specialisation.  There will however be a preference towards
candidates
who
can place their interests within the broad context of the Department's
research objectives, as set out above.  Though applicants need not be
specialists in the Anthropology of the North, we would expect them to
be
engaged with comparable issues, be they located geographically in the
North
or in other parts of the world, and to be able to relate their work
and
interests to those of current staff in the Department.



Further Particulars
For the Post of Professor/Reader/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in
Anthropology
USS006A


1.       ABERDEEN

With the population approaching 250,000, Aberdeen is big enough to
provide
all the advantages of city life, yet compact enough to enjoy the more
intimate atmosphere usually associated with small towns.

It is a busy city with many architectural splendours – its distinctive
sparkling granite has earned it the sobriquet of the Silver City.  In
Aberdeen the traditional industries – agriculture, shipping and
fishing
–
have been joined and, in some cases, overtaken by the newer
industries
which
earn a hard living from the North Sea; the oil-related industries
have
made
Aberdeen the oil capital of Europe.

Aberdeen supports a thriving cultural life – there are concert halls
with
regular symphony and chamber concerts from local and touring national
orchestras and ensembles; there is an exceptional Museum and Art
Gallery.
The city has one of Scotland's finest Edwardian theatres – His
Majesty's
Theatre – which attracts international companies performing opera,
ballet,
theatre, and light entertainment.  Aberdeen has a great variety of
first-rate restaurants; all of the major high street retailers are
represented in the city; and its sporting facilities are equally good,
ranging from swimming pools to golf courses and from horse riding to
American football.

Aberdeen has excellent communication services with other British and
European cities (flying time from Amsterdam, Dublin, London and Paris
is
just over one hour). Road links with Edinburgh and Glasgow are first
class
and there are fast coach services linking Aberdeen with most Scottish
towns
and cities, as well as with major English centres.  Rail links
southward are
equally good, with several trains each day direct to London and to
other
English cities.

The city enjoys a pleasant climate – generally crisp and dry with
average
rainfall and sunshine very similar to that of London and average
temperature
in both winter and summer of only 2 or 3 degrees Celsius below
London.
The
environment is exceptionally good and free of the pollution that
afflicts
many cities of equivalent size.  Education and health facilities are
both
outstanding, and a wide range of very high quality housing is
available
within the city and its immediate environs.

2.       THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN

The University of Aberdeen is a fusion of two ancient universities:
King's
College, founded in 1495 and Marischal College in 1593.  For over 500
years,
Aberdeen has been outstanding in scholarship.  It maintains its
tradition
with pride and supports a high level of teaching and learning
underpinned by
a first class portfolio of research programmes.
          The University currently has a turnover in excess of ?100
million
per annum.  The University employs more than 2,700 staff.  These
comprise
approximately 1,400 academic and academic-related staff and 1,300
non-academic staff.  The University currently has more than 11,000
matriculated students.



3.       THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

The College of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Aberdeen
is one
of three Colleges which cover a wide range of disciplines from the
Humanities through Education and Pure and Applied Sciences to
Medicine.
The
modern Colleges are largely autonomous bodies in terms of resource
planning
and, subject to the overall control of central resource committees,
are
free
to distribute funds and other resources as is judged most appropriate
by the
Head of College and the College committees.  Academic matters such as
course
content and degree regulations are the responsibility of the Boards of
Studies.

The College comprises six Schools: the School of Business; the School
of
Divinity, History and Philosophy; the School of Education; the School
of
Language & Literature; the School of Law; and the School of Social
Science.
The College provides a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate
teaching
and has a firm commitment to the promotion of research.  Research
centres
within the College include the Research Institute for Irish & Scottish
Studies, Centre for Early Modern Studies, Centre for the Study of
Scottish
Philosophy, Scottish Centre for International Security, Nordic Policy
Studies Centre, Centre for Entrepreneurship, Centre for the Study of
the
Civil Law Tradition and Centre for Property Law, the Centre for
European
Labour Market Research, and the Centre for the Study of Globalization
and
the Elphinstone Institute (for the study and promotion of history,
languages
and culture of the North East and North of Scotland).

The College is the major contributor to the undergraduate MA degree.
Students are admitted to study for the MA, not a particular subject
and
once
admitted are free to take a larger number of different courses in
different
subject areas.  The academic year is divided into two half sessions
of
12
weeks and most courses last one half session.  The curriculum is fully
modularised, each course is credit bearing, and each year students
will
normally accumulate 120 credits from their courses.  At the end of
their
second year students apply for entry to an honours programme.  The MA
lasts
three years and the Honours MA four years.  The great majority of
students
study for the honours degree.

More information about the College can be found at www.abdn.ac.uk/cass

4.       THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

The School of Social Science comprises the Departments of
Anthropology,
Sociology, and Politics & International Relations, and was
established
in
2002 as part of a reorganisation that grouped the majority of the
University
's departments within academic Schools.

Following significant growth over the last five years in all of its
constituent departments, the School is now at a critical point in its
evolution.  The appointment of new chairs and promising junior staff
in
each
department is intended to usher in a new phase of development,
leading
to
further improvements in research quality beyond the high levels
already
achieved.

The School of Social Science presently includes 37 lecturing staff, 8
full-time researchers and 7 support staff, divided between its three
departments.  Administrative and support services are provided by a
full-time School Officer and 6 secretarial staff.  The School's
research is
highly rated.  All staff were submitted in the 2001 Research
Assessment
Exercise.  Sociology was rated 5a, Anthropology was rated 4a (with its
research grouping on the Anthropology of the North flagged as 5*), and
Politics & International Relations was rated 4a.  The submissions can
be
viewed at www.hero.ac.uk/rae/submissions.  Staff research interests
are
described in the departmental websites available at
www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci.
In 2003, seven extremely promising new staff were appointed and the
School
reasonably expects all three departments to be rated 5* or its
equivalent in
the next research assessment exercise.



With around 900 (full-time equivalent) students, undergraduate
numbers
are
buoyant.  In addition to teaching in its main degree subjects, the
School
contributes to degrees in Cultural History, Women's Studies, and
Sports
Studies.  In the last external review of teaching quality in
Scotland,
all
the School's departments were very highly rated.  Postgraduate
numbers
are
strong.  The School has `1 + 3' ESRC (Economic and Social Research
Council)
recognition for its postgraduate training in all its disciplines.
Taught
postgraduate courses in Politics & International Relations attract
large
numbers of overseas students.

The School is a single budgetary unit, run by the head of School and
an
executive committee consisting of the heads of the Departments of
Anthropology, Politics & International Relations, and Sociology, and a
senior member from International Relations.  To save duplication, the
School
manages as much routine business as possible while academic and
discipline-specific matters remain the preserve of departments.

5.       ANTHROPOLOGY

5.1    Introduction

The programme of teaching and research in Social Anthropology at the
University of Aberdeen was launched in 1999.  Initially placed within
the
Department of Sociology (subsequently renamed Sociology and
Anthropology),
the programme has grown rapidly in its first three years.  In August
2002, a
separate Department of Anthropology was established within the newly
formed
School of Social Science.  The Department now includes no fewer than
six
full-time staff, four post-doctoral research fellows and seventeen
research
students.

5.2     Research

Aberdeen lies at the hub of a region that, besides Scotland itself,
extends
eastwards to the Nordic and Baltic countries, and to northern Russia,
and
westwards to Iceland, Greenland and Canada.  The region includes a
number of
institutions with distinguished traditions of anthropological
scholarship,
and others where it looks set to develop.  Much of this scholarship
concentrates on societies and communities within the region, though,
like
all anthropological work, it also has an important comparative
dimension.
Our objective is to establish the University of Aberdeen as the
principal
focus, nationally and internationally, for anthropological research
in
the
region as a whole.  We intend to do this in three ways:

•        Through the pursuit of an integrated programme of research
on
the
Anthropology of Scotland and the North, focusing on:  (1) relations
between
indigenous peoples and nation states; (2) comparative anthropology in
the
post-Soviet era; (3) perceptions and constructions of society, nature
and
environment; (4) systems of knowledge, practice and enskilment; (5)
culture
and traditions of North and North-East Scotland; (6) Scottish
diaspora,
emigration and immigration.

•        Through explorations of the interface between social
anthropology,
ethnology and cultural history, in the following areas:  (1) material
culture and the role of museums in the display of objects and texts,
(2) the
visual representation of indigenous culture, (3) the connections
between
anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture, (4) ethnographies of
speaking, language ideology and cultural revival, (5) the historical
anthropology of the body.

•        Through the development of a network of inter-Departmental
links
with institutions in North America, Greenland, the Nordic and Baltic
countries, and Russia, that would serve to promote the exchange of
staff and
research students with interests in northern anthropology.



The research environment at Aberdeen is currently very conducive to
the
establishment and growth of Social Anthropology.  Besides those staff
working in the Department of Anthropology, there are already a number
of
anthropologists working in other departments and units of the
University,
including Dr Arnar Arnason in the Arkleton Centre for Rural
Development
Research, Professor Seth Kunin, Dr Martin Mills and Dr Gabriele
Marranci in
the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, and Dr Trevor Stack
in
the
School of Language & Literature.  The University's Marischal Museum
has
substantial ethnological collections from many parts of the world,
offering
unparalleled opportunities for the `hands-on' study of artefacts and
for the
development of research in various aspects of material culture.  The
Department enjoys close research links with the Arkleton Centre, the
Elphinstone Institute, the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish
Studies,
and other Departments in and beyond the College of Arts and Social
Sciences,
including Sociology, History, Geography and Environment, Property,
Politics
& International Relations (which includes the Nordic Policy Studies
Centre),
and Plant & Soil Science.  Anthropology staff and research students
in
the
Department have also joined with colleagues in the Departments of
Geography
and Environment, and Plant and Soil Science, to form the recently
established Aberdeen Northern Studies Centre.

Finally, the city of Aberdeen is itself surrounded by a hinterland
that
is
immensely rich in possibilities for social anthropological research.
There
is considerable research expertise, both in the Department and more
widely
in the University, focusing on the North and North-East of Scotland.

5.3     Undergraduate Teaching

The Department offers a full Honours programme in Social
Anthropology,
and a
joint Honours programme in Anthropology and Sociology.  Anthropology
can
also be taken as part of joint Honours programmes with a wide range
of
other
subjects.  Following the conventions of the Scottish four-year MA,
students
progress through two foundation years before entering the two-year
Honours
programme.  The basic structure of the Anthropology programme is
outlined
below.

Currently, Level One students take introductory anthropology courses
in
both
autumn and spring half-sessions.  Approximately 200 students are
taking
these courses in 2002-03.  At Level Two, there are anthropology
courses
in
both half-sessions (entitled, respectively, Perceiving Cultural
Differences
and Culture, History and Anthropology).  Completion of these Level
One
and
Two courses is normally a condition for entry into the Honours
programme.
At Level Three, students take compulsory core courses in
Anthropological
Theory and Society and Nature, as well as in anthropological research
methods, and also begin work on their research projects.  At Level
Four,
they complete these projects, and take a range of advanced course
options,
which draw on, and reflect, the original research being carried out
in
the
Department.

5.4         Postgraduate Teaching

The Research and Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology, Ethnology
and
Cultural History, established in autumn 2000, provides a framework for
delivery of the subject-specific component of research training in
Social
Anthropology, including a research students' seminar and a two-module
course
on Philosophy and Methods of Research in Social Anthropology,
Ethnology
and
Cultural History.  These elements may now be combined with courses
providing
training in generic social science skills, offered by the School of
Social
Science, to make up the one-year taught Masters of Research (MRes) in
Social
Anthropology, Ethnology Cultural History.  Additionally, we offer
supervision for candidates for the research degrees of MLitt, MPhil
and
PhD.
The Research and Graduate Programme organises a regular series of
visitors'
seminars, as well as occasional conferences and guest lectures by
distinguished speakers.  We have also established a series of
residential
workshops (three per year) in conjunction with the Department of
Social
Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, bringing together
research
students from both St Andrews and Aberdeen around issues of common
interest.



6.       THE POST

Our primary purpose in making this appointment is to further develop
the
Department's programme of research and teaching in Social
Anthropology.
The
person appointed should be active in his or her field of
anthropological
research, and would be expected to play a part in building up and
extending
the Department's research capacity, for example through the
initiation
of
new projects and the recruitment of research students.  The post
carries no
restrictions as regards areas of regional, ethnographic or theoretical
interest, and candidates are welcome to apply regardless of their
topics of
specialisation.  There will however be a preference towards
candidates
who
can place their interests within the broad context of the Department's
research objectives, as set out above.  Though applicants need not be
specialists in the Anthropology of the North, we would expect them to
be
engaged with comparable issues, be they located geographically in the
North
or in other parts of the world, and to be able to relate their work
and
interests to those of current staff in the Department.

Alongside research, the appointee will be expected to teach courses,
and to
provide tutorial teaching and supervision, at all undergraduate
levels,
as
well as to contribute to the training and supervision of postgraduate
students.

The appointment may be subject to a probationary period of up to 3
years,
depending on previous experience.

7.         SALARY

Salary will be at an appropriate point on the Lecturer A/B scale
(?22,191 -
?33,679 per annum) or the Senior Lecturer/Reader scale (?35,251 –
?39,958
per annum) with placement according to qualifications and
experience.
The
salary for Professorial appointments will be competitive and
negotiable.

8.       APPLICATION PROCEDURE

The appointment is made subject to the usual terms and conditions of
employment of the University.

Confidential and informal enquiries regarding the nature of the post
can be
made in writing or by telephone to:
School of Social Science:  Professor Steve Bruce, tel. (01224) 272761;
e-mail s.bruce@...
For Anthropology:  Professor Tim Ingold, tel. (01224) 274350; e-mail
tim.ingold@...

Application forms and further information are available at
www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs.

One copy of the application form, personal details form, curriculum
vitae
and covering letter should be completed and returned to Human
Resources,
University of Aberdeen, University Office, King's College, Aberdeen
AB24 3FX
or alternatively e-mail to jobs@....  Please quote reference
number
USS006A.



In addition to the completed application form, candidates are
required
to
submit a copy of a CV which should contain, inter alia, the following
information (where relevant):
•        Details of teaching experience
•        Information on supervision of research students and research
staff
•        Details (including dates and value) of research grants and
contracts which have been held and whether these have been obtained as
principal investigator
•        The extent of involvement in raising funds to support
research
•        Details of research publications
•        A brief outline of up to one side of A4 in length of future
research plans
•        Membership of professional organisations.

Applicants should note that candidates who are selected for interview
are
normally expected to give a brief presentation on a research topic of
their
choice, as part of the selection procedure.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND APPLICATION FORMS OR CVs DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL OF
SOCIAL
SCIENCE.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 16 April 2004.


The University pursues a policy of equal opportunities in the
appointment
and promotion of staff.

In the interest of maintaining a comfortable and safe environment for
staff,
students and visitors, a "No Smoking" policy applies in all University
buildings

1. MA : Master Interdisciplinaire En Sciences Sociales Europe
Centrale Et Orientale
2. CALL FOR PAPERS: Within Hostile Borders, Michigan Feminist
Studies
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internationalen Osteuropaforschung, 25.-26. März 2004
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Philosophy, University of Guelph, 13-14 November, 2004
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at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
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Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, Princeton
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Studies (IFEA) Istanbul, June 14 – 20, 2004


1.
x-posted from Balkans

ECOLE DOCTORALE FRANCOPHONE EN SCIENCES SOCIALES,
EUROPE CENTRALE ET ORIENTALE

CONCOURS D'ADMISSION AU MASTER INTERDISCIPLINAIRE
EN SCIENCES SOCIALES

Diplôme obtenu : Diplôme de MASTER de l'Université de
Bucarest, reconnu par les Universités partenaires :
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université de
Neuchâtel, Université Laval du Québec, Université
Bordeaux 2, Université Bordeaux 4, Nouvelle Université
Bulgare de Sofia, Université Kliment Ohridiski de
Sofia, Université d'Etat de Chisinau, Université Sts.
Cyrille et Méthode de Skopje, Université Babes-Bolyai
de Cluj-Napoca, Université Alex. Ioan Cuza de Iasi.

Candidats admissibles :
• tout étudiant ayant obtenu ou sur le point d'obtenir
la maîtrise (IVe année) ou le master (Ve année)
• jeunes enseignants – chercheurs jusqu'à l'âge de 30
ans

Disciplines concernées :
Sociologie, histoire, anthropologie / ethnologie,
lettres, sciences politiques

Organisation :
• 25 places (bourse 150 euros par mois)
• 10 bourses doctorales de 3 ans à la fin du master
(France, Belgique, Suisse, Canada)

Le dossier de candidature, en version électronique et
4 exemplaires en version imprimée, doit comporter :
un projet de recherche de 5-10 pages (problématique,
argumentaire, sources, bibliographie) ; une lettre de
motivation ; une lettre de recommandation ; un
curriculum vitae
Voir thématique conseillée sur le site
www.europe-centrale-orientale.auf.org

Le dossier doit être déposé ou envoyé avant le 20 mai
2004  le cachet de la poste faisant foi. L'examen oral
aura lieu le 1er juillet 2004.

Pour des renseignements : du lundi au jeudi, 9h00 –
14h00 Téléphone : + 40-21-312 42 22,
ileana.covaser@...
Les candidatures doivent être déposées ou envoyées à
l'adresse suivante :
Secrétariat de l'Ecole doctorale en Sciences sociales,
  Europe centrale et orientale
36 – 46, Bd. M. Kogalniceanu, bât. C1, 2ème étage,
salle 203
Personne de contact à Chisinau : Ala ROSCA, Faculté de
Sciences politiques et administratives, Département
Relations Internationales.



Thématique recommandée aux futurs candidats à l'Ecole
doctorale
1. La construction des savoirs ethnographiques,
ethnologiques ou anthropologiques
(écoles, revues, thèmes, influences, situation
politiques).
2. Sens et usages des architectures (invention des
néo-styles, modes d'habiter, etc.).
3. Les modes de patrimonialisation (création de
musées, discours des sciences sociales, politiques
publiques, etc.).
4. Mutations contemporaines du monde rural.
5. Pratiques alimentaires.
6. Pratiques culturelles nouvelles dans les espaces
urbains(en particulier, les façons de faire et d'être
des jeunes).
7. Les représentations interculturelles (discours
croisés sur les identités nationales,
les minorités) et leurs expressions (dans la
littérature, les manuels, les sciences sociales,
etc.).
8. Culture, religion et politique au XXe siècle.
9. Acteurs politiques et sociaux ( partis politiques,
organisations syndicales, groupe intérêt, lobby ).
10. Sociologie du pouvoir dans les régimes
communistes.
11. Les formes de participation politique non
conventionnelles (les mouvements protestataires; le
militantisme associatif...).
12. L'impact du processus d'intégration européenne sur
les sociétés des Etats candidats.
13. Principes et méthodes de l'Atlas ethnographique de
la Roumanie (en cours
de publication).
14. Contributions de la dialectologie roumaine à une
ethnographie de la Roumanie.
15. Les grandes tendances de l'ethnologie roumaine au
XX° siècle (principes,
domaines, problématiques, méthodes, productions).
16. Archives pour une ethnographie de la Roumanie: un
état des lieux (institutions,
       fonds, inventaires des données, conditions
d'accès).
17. La mémoire du communisme
18. L'histoire du quotidien dans la seconde moitié du
XXe siècle.
19. L'histoire de la répression et celle de la
résistance
20. L'histoire des minorités régionales, ethniques,
religieuses, sociales, sexuelles, etc. à l'époque des
démocraties populaires.
21. L'histoire du temps social (des temps sociaux) au
XXe siècle.
22. Les lieux de mémoire de la nation
23. Cadres sociaux et culturels de la mémoire
24. Une étatisation du patrimoine
25. Les personnages illustres, mais aussi les vilains,
les ennemis  - toutes celles et tous ceux qu'on donne
comme exemple positif ou négatif - ont également été
l'objet de multiples manipulations tout au long du XXe
siècle. De nombreuses personnalités historiques
disparaissaient ou apparaissaient dans l'histoire
autorisée. Le culte de la personnalité a produit des
héros consacrés historiques de leur vivant et entourés
d'une cour de héros secondaires. La confrontation
entre l'histoire et la mémoire sociale d'un tel
personnage peut-être particulièrement intéressante.
26. Le travail de mémoire, le droit à la mémoire, le
devoir de mémoire.
27. Nouvelles technologies médicales et changement
social
28. Genre et marché du travail
29. Idéologie néo-libérale et nouvelle culture
d'entreprise
30. Le sport : contrôle social des corps ou pratique
émancipatrice ?
31. La consommation de drogues chez les jeunes
32. La parentalité contemporaine
33. Les inégalités sociales entre les générations
34. Les transformations des modes de vies avec le
développement des nouvelles technologies
35. L'émergence d'une conscience écologique et le
développement d'une nouvelle consommation de produits
(bio)et de services (écotourisme)
36. Permanence ou transformation des  comportements
écologiques des individus
37. Les inégalités face à l'environnement
38. La situation inégalitaire des enseignant-e-s  ou
doctorantes et doctorants à l'Université de Bucarest
(ou autres)
39. L'usage de l'argent au sein du couple
40. La transformation des rôles féminins après 1989.
41. Le couple, une approche différente selon les
genres ?
42. Parcours scolaire et formation universitaire, une
lecture selon la perspective de genre
43. Réseaux transnationaux et culture de diaspora
44. « Skilled migration » et effets de développement
45. Internet comme espace social
46. Risque, science et individu : nouveaux paradigmes
47. Pays balkaniques : les obstacles à l'intégration
européenne
48. Transformations du travail et de l'emploi : le
champ du travail tout retourné
49. Syndicalisme : la défense des travailleurs face
aux mutations économiques et sociales
50. Insécurité et lien social : autour du concept de
violence ordinaire
51. Agriculture dans la tempête : comment peut-on
encore être paysan-ne ?
52. Mouvements sociaux : quand les mouvements «
citoyens » occupent l'espace traditionnellement
réservé aux partis politiques
53. Identités régionales et cohésion sociale ou le
dilemme européen à l'échelle de la Roumanie
54. Toxicomanie : alcool, drogues, dépression :
similitudes et divergences selon une lecture
sociologique
55. Pauvreté, exclusion, déviance : des concepts, des
chiffres, des individus, des politiques, des
sensibilités
56. Pour une dépénalisation du cannabis ?

2.
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Please note the extended deadline (March 20, 2004) on the the call for
papers for next year's issue of Michigan Feminist Studies.

The journal welcomes contributions from all disciplines, and
particularly
encourages international scholars and graduate students to submit.

Please note that this year's call also invites submissions for book
and
film reviews, as well as visual materials, related to the
topic "Within
Hostile Borders."

*Please distribute; attached please find a print-ready copy of the
call*


CALL FOR PAPERS

Michigan Feminist Studies

Seeks submissions for its 2004 issue:

WITHIN HOSTILE BORDERS

This issue will consider how feminist work constructs a politics of
location
within and against global and local narratives that construct
ideological,
political or representational borders hostile to those living
within.
We
welcome contributions from all disciplines.

We also invite book and film reviews related to this topic as well as
visual
materials which may be considered for reproduction on the cover of
this
volume.



Topics may include:


feminization / femininity / the 'feminine' on the borders
(trans)gendering borders
productive borders: imagining communities, creating and contesting
identities
foreign nationals constructing a politics of location
law-making on / of the borders
borders and labor in the new world economy
warfare and the production of (gendered) borders
mobile territories and gendered maps
language of the border (linguistic or generic deconstructions)
mobility, traffic, contamination, and gender: how borders are shifted
and
redefined
sexual / economic exchanges across borders
labor, sexuality, and traffic of bodies across and between borders
borderlands, borderlines, and hybrid territories
historicizing borderlands: stories / histories from the edges
militarized subjects creating and crossing borders
(un)bounded geographies? : trade, travel, pilgrimage, warfare,
colonization



Michigan Feminist Studies is an annual publication edited by graduate
students at the University of Michigan.  MFS particularly encourages
interdisciplinary submissions, and has published papers in many
disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, psychology,
literature,
language & linguistics, science studies, history, philosophy, art
history, film, political science,and education. Graduate students,
independent scholars and activists are invited to apply.


Manuscripts should be 4000-6000 words, and double-spaced.  Please
submit
three single-sided copies, and include a 150-200 word abstract, brief
biographical note, institutional and departmental affiliation,
address,
telephone number, and e-mail address.  Papers may be submitted in the
accepted format of your academic discipline (e.g., MLA, APA).  If your
paper is selected, you will be asked to submit an electronic file.


Mail submissions to:
Michigan Feminist Studies
1122 Lane Hall
204 South State Street
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290

Submissions Deadline: March 20, 2004

Inquiries can be directed to mfs.editors@...
www.umich.edu/~mfsed

3.
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2. ÖSTERREICHISCHES OSTEUROPA-FORUM
BILANZ BALKAN
Internationales Symposion der Österreichischen
und internationalen Osteuropaforschung
25.-26. März 2004
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG
Am Stadtpark, 1030 Wien
Österreichisches Ost- und Südosteuropa-Institut (OSI)
In Kooperation mit
Institut für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa (IDM)
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB)
PROGRAMM
DONNERSTAG, 25. MÄRZ 2004, 9.00-12.30 UHR
B eg r ü ß u n g
Vorstandsdirektor Heinz HÖDL, Raiffeisen International
Botschafter i. R. Dr. Paul LEIFER, IDM
Direktor HR Univ.-Doz. Dr. Peter JORDAN, OSI
Eröffnungsvortrag
Michael LANDESMANN
Panel 1:
WIRTSCHAFTLICHE ENTWICKLUNG, INFRASTRUKTUR, SYSTEMFORTSCHRITTE,
INVESTITIONEN, RECHTSSICHERHEIT
Panel-Leitung: Peter JORDAN
Discussant: Ewald NOWOTNY
Peter BREZINSCHEK
Wirtschaftsaussichten und Kapitalmärkte in Südosteuropa
Alexander PATSCH
Rechtssicherheit in den Balkanländern: Ein Befund
K a f f eepau s e
Hermine VIDOVIÆ
Arbeitsmarkt und Beschäftigungsentwicklung in den Balkanländern
Roumiana PRESHLENOVA
Der Balkan. Bilanz misslungener Annäherungsversuche
Siniša KUŠIÆ/Vladimir CVIJANOVIÆ
Competitivness of Croatian Economy:
Situation, Causes and Prospects for the Future
Donnerstag, 25. März 2004, 14.00-18.30 Uhr
Panel 2:
POLITISCHE KULTUR, STAND DER ZIVILGESELLSCHAFT, INNERE SICHERHEIT
Panel-Leitung: Klaus ROTH
Discussant: Christine von KOHL
Karl KASER
Klientelismus: Positive Potenziale und Risken eines
traditionellen Modells sozialer Beziehungen
Robert PICHLER
Makedonien: Die politische Ökonomie eines ethnischen Konfliktes
K a f f epau s e
Rudolf RICHTER
Soziales Kapital und Zivilgesellschaft
I
rena RISTIÆ
Die politische Kultur in Serbien nach dem Sturz von Miloševiæ
***
FREITAG, 26. MÄRZ 2004, 9.00 - 12.30 UHR
PANEL 3:
BILDUNGSWESEN, HUMANRESSOURCEN, MIGRATIONEN, KULTURPROZESSE
Panel-Leitung: Michael DAXNER
Discussant: Manfred PITTIONI
Anna HAUSMANINGER
Migration und Ethnizität in Makedonien
Mariana MOCANU
IT-Fachkräfte nach Bedarf. Bericht über ein internationales
Postgraduierten-Programm
K a f f epau s e
Klaus SCHUCH, Andrea Christiane MAYR
Higher Education in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia.
A challenge for the Austrian Development Co-operation
Zoran TERZIÆ
Nichts ist, wie es war, und nichts ist anders. Die Verkehrungen der
Kulturproduktion
im Zuge der Desintegration Jugoslawiens
Gerhard KOWAR
Die Bedeutung der Task Force Bildung und Jugend für die
regionale Zusammenarbeit in Südosteuropa: 1999-2003
Freitag, 26. März 2004, 14.00-18.00 Uhr
Panel 4:
DER BALKAN IM INTERNATIONALEN KONTEXT, INTERREGIONALE BEZIEHUNGEN
Panel-Leitung: Paul LEIFER
Discussant: Henriette RIEGLER
Klaus BACHMANN
Die Rolle des Internationalen Jugoslawien-Tribunals für
Stabilisierung und Versöhnung im ehemaligen Jugoslawien
Vedran DZIHIÆ
Die Perspektiven der europäischen Integration für Südosteuropa
am Beispiel von Bosnien-Herzegowina und Kosovo
K a f f epau s e
Arben HAJRULLAHU
Der kosovarisch-serbische Konflikt zwischen ethno-nationalen
Ideen und EU-Integrationsprozess
Valeria HEUBERGER
Die Muslime im Balkanraum und die islamische Welt
von 1945 bis in die Gegenwart
Gustav E. GUSTENAU
Die Stellung des Balkan für die europäische Sicherheitspolitik
Abschlussreferat
Arnold SUPPAN
***
Kurzbiographien
BACHMANN Klaus, Dr., Osteuropa-Korrespondent, Brüssel
BREZINSCHEK Peter, Mag., Bereichsleiter Volkswirtschaft und
Finanzmarktanalyse der RZB, zuständig für
die Kapitalmarktanalyse in der RZB und ihren CEE-Investmentbanken
CVIJANOVIÆ Vladimir, B.A. Wirtschaftswissenschaften,
wissenschaftlicher
Mitarbeiter am Institute of
Economics, Zagreb
DAXNER Michael, Dr., Prof. für Soziologie und jüdische Studien,
derzeit
Berater des Wissenschaftsministers
in Afghanistan und Post-Konflikt-Experte.
DZIHIÆ Vedran, Mag., Studienassistent und Dissertant am Institut für
Politikwissenschaften der Universität
Wien.
GUSTENAU Gustav E., Bgdr Mag., Stellvertretender Leiter der Direktion
für
Sicherheitspolitik des
Bundesministeriums für Landesverteidigung (BMLV) sowie
Verbindungsperson zum
Sekretariat des
Nationalen Sicherheitsrates.
HAJRULLAHU Arben, Mag., Institut für Politikwissenschaft der
Universität
Wien, Länderreferent am
Kompetenzzentrum Südosteuropa, Graz
HAUSMANINGER Anna, Mag., Forschungsassistentin n der KFU-Graz
HEUBERGER Valeria, Dr., Österreichisches Ost- und
Südosteuropa-Institut/OSI,
Mitarbeiterin bei den
"Österreichischen Ostheften" und Lektorin am Institut für
Osteuropäische
Geschichte der Univ. Wien.
HÖDL Heinz, Vorstandsdirektor Raiffeisen International
JORDAN Peter, HR Univ.-Doz. Dr., Direktor des Österreichischen Ost-
und
Südosteuropa-Instituts/OSI, Wien
KASER Karl, Univ.-Prof. Dr., Direktor des Center for the Study of
Balkan
Societies and Cultures und Prof. für
Südosteuropäische Geschichte an der KFU-Graz
KOHL Christine von, Journalistin; Leiterin des Kulturni Centar,
Herausgeberin der Zeitschrift "Balkan-
Südosteuropäischer Dialog", Wien
KOWAR Gerhard, Mag., Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und
Kultur,
Wien
KUŠIÆ Siniša, Dr., Wirtschaftswissenschafter; wissenschaftlicher
Mitarbeiter an der J.W. v. Goethe-
Universität, Frankfurt
LANDESMANN Michael, Univ.-Prof. Dr., WIIW-Director of Research;
east-west
economic integration;
industrial structural change; economic growth; general topics in
international economic relations
globalization and labour markets; migration; Wien.
LEIFER Paul, Dr., Botschafter i. R., Mitglied des Vorstands des IDM;
Wissenschaftlicher Leiter des
Postgraduierten-Lehrgangs "Interdisziplinäre Balkanstudien" am
Institut
für
den Donauraum und
Mitteleuropa, Wien
MAYR Andrea Christiane, Mag., expert on research, higher education and
social policies in Eastern and
South-Eastern Europe. Zentrum für Soziale Innovation (ZSI), Wien
MOCANU Mariana, Prof. Dr.-Ing., Universität POLITEHNICA, Bukarest
NOWOTNY Ewald, Univ.-Prof. Dr., Vizerektor der Wirtschaftsuniversität
Wien
und Ordinarius am Institut für
Volkswirtschaftstheorie und -politik an der Wirtschaftsuniversität
Wien
PATSCH Alexander, Mag. Dr., RA bei Graf Patsch Rechtsanwälte, Wien
PITTIONI Manfred, Mag. Dr., Universitätskoordinator der Bank Austria
i.R.,
Historiker und Universitätslektor
an der Universität Wien, Fachbereiche Osmanisches Reich, Mittelmeer
und
Balkan
PICHLER Robert, Dr. Mag., wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Abt.
für
Südosteuropäische Geschichte,
Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz
PRESHLENOVA Roumiana, Dr., wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am
Institut
für
Balkanistik der Bulgarischen
Akademie der Wissenschaften, Sofia
RICHTER Rudolf, Univ.-Prof. Dr., Prof. für Soziologie an der
Universität
Wien
RIEGLER Henriette, Dr., Südosteuropa-Expertin am Österreichischen
Institut
für Internationale
Politik/Austrian Institute for International Affairs. Wien
RISTIÆ Irena, M.A., wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für
Sozialwissenschaften, Universität
Belgrad und Doktorandin an der Universität Passau
ROTH Klaus, Univ.-Prof. Dr., Institut für Volkskunde/Europäische
Ethnologie,
Universität München
SCHUCH Klaus, Mag., Zentrum für Soziale Innovation (ZSI), Wien
SUPPAN Arnold, Univ.-Prof. Dr., Ordinarius am Institut für
Osteuropäische
Geschichte der Universität Wien
TERZIÆ Zoran, Mag., studierte Nicht-normative Ästhetik in Wuppertal
und
Bildende Kunst in New York.
Derzeit: Dissertation über die Kulturproduktion der neunziger Jahre im
Zusammenhang mit der
Desintegration Jugoslawiens
VIDOVIC Mag. Hermine, Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am WIIW;
Schwerpunkte:
Wirtschaft Sloweniens
und Kroatiens, Arbeitsmarkt in den ost- und südosteuropäischen
Ländern;
Dienstleistungssektor in den
MOEL; Wien
Österreichisches Ost- und Südosteuropa-Institut/OSI
Information:
Dr. Elisabeth Vyslonzil
1010 Wien, Josefsplatz 6
Telefon: 512 18 95/47, Fax: 512 18 95/53
elisabeth.vyslonzil@...

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CALLS FOR PAPERS
International Summer School `Europe and the US in a Changing World' -
University of ROME Tor Vergata, Italy  - June 20th to July 7th,
2004 .
Application deadline: 30th March 2004
The Summer School "Europe and the US in a Changing World", organized
by the European Office of the University of Rome `Tor Vergata' in
collaboration with the University of Missouri-Columbia, the
University of Oklahoma and the Center for American Studies in Rome,
will be a truly unique experience for brilliant and very motivated
students.
Its objective is to create mutual understanding and networks among
the leaders of tomorrow and to offer them top-level education in a
challenging and stimulating environment.
Characterized by an unique mix of European, American and
international students, the Summer School will be dense, offering 6
US credits (12 ECTS) in 16 days. Credits are certified by the
University of Rome Tor Vergata and by partner Universities. The
Summer School will have a challenging program, alternating the
traditional lectures with interacting teaching style, the use of
audio-visual means, organization of simulation games and field trips.
Lectures from the best University Professors from both Europe and the
US will alternate with presentations and discussions with top-ranked
decision-makers: diplomats, European officials, and politicians. Our
special guest is the Vice President of the European Convention, Prof.
Giuliano Amato, who will give two lectures during the Summer School.
The list of speakers also includes the Publisher of the `European
Voice', Dennis Landsbert-Noon; the Head of the Public Relations of
the Council of EU Ministers, Charis Xirouchakis; the High Counselor
for Immigrants and Refugees in the Iraqi Provisional Government, José
Lamego and many more….
The Summer School will be divided into two modules of forty five
hours each. Part 1 will compare the EU and the US institutional and
economic systems and will examine the relations among the two blocks.
In fact, we believe that, despite the apparent differences, Europe
and the US share common culture and values, principles and beliefs
and, in addition, we are also each other's most important economic
partner. Therefore, the European model and the American one do not
exclude one another, but should be considered as complementary. Part
2 will examine the relations between the EU on one side, the US on
the other, and the rest of the world. We will examine together
whether the EU and the US policies and actions in the various areas
of the world tend to be cooperative or conflicting, and what is the
result of that interaction (the `International Triangle'). Within
Part 2, two "Embassy Days" will contribute to further enlarge the
range of the issues tackled, through the participation of diplomats
from European, African and Asian Countries, who will share with us
their every-day experience in a variety of fields.
As we are deeply convinced of the great value of such an enriching
experience, we kindly request you to signal this unique opportunity
to your most motivated students. The all-inclusive price is highly
competitive. You can find all the additional information you may need
on the site:  http://www.ue.uniroma2.it/
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the first edition of
the Rome Summer School… will take place from the
20th of June to the 7th of July 2004. It focuses on
`Europe and the US in a Changing World' and it is your
opportunity to be at the right time (soon after the EU
enlargement) and place (the City that housed the
signing of the Treaty of Rome) to discuss about the
two political actors and the continuous
transformations of their relations with students and
officials that live these realities every day.
The Rome Summer School is a truly unique experience.
Its objective is to offer top-level education in a
challenging and stimulating environment, while
creating mutual understanding and networks among the
leaders of tomorrow.
Since it is a Summer School for young people organized
by young people, it combines the traditional lectures
with an interactive teaching style, such as the use of
audio-visual means, organization of simulation games
and field trips. Hard work will be harmoniously (and
cheerfully) combined with relaxing time. The unique
mix of European, American and international students
is the best occasion to meet interesting people and
make new long-lasting friends. Furthermore, the
intensive learning (and the passing of the two written
exams) will be rewaded with 6 US credits (12 ECTS)!
Furthermore, lectures from the best University
Professors and European officials will alternate with
presentations and discussions with top-ranked European
decision-makers. Do you have any questions about the
European Convention? You can ask it to its Vice
President, Giuliano Amato, who will honor us with two
lectures. And the good news doesn't end here, since
our list of speakers continues with the Publisher of
the `European Voice', Dennis Landsbert-Noon; the
Director of the ULB, Eric Remacle; the Head of the
Public Relations of the Council of Ministers, Charis
Xirouchakis; the former Portuguese Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, Jose Lamego…At present we are
doing our best to ensure the presence of Giovanni
Sartori and other prestigious officials…
The Summer School also offers flexibility… if, from
various reasons, you can't be present for the entire
period of 16 days, you can choose to attend just one
of the two modules of forty five hours each. Part 1
will  compare the EU and the US institutional and
economic systems and will examine the relations among
the two blocks. Part 2 will examine the relations
between the EU on one side, the US on the other, and
the rest of the world. We will examine together
whether the EU and the US policies and actions in the
various area of the world tend to be cooperative or
conflicting, and what is the result of that
interaction (the `International Triangle').
Hope to see you this summer in Rome for a Summer
School that will definitely change your perception of
events and will help you see them in a new light.

For further information see www.ue.uniroma2.it

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Conference "The sixth meeting of the international seminar
"Socialism and Sexuality", October 8-9, 2004, Sofia,
Bulgaria

The sixth meeting in the series "Socialism and
Sexuality" will be held on October 8-9, 2004 hosted by
the Department of Philosophy, Sofia University,
Bulgaria. It will focus on the sexual ideologies and
programs of the new social movements in Western
Europe, the United States, and after 1989 in Central
and Eastern Europe.
Cultural changes in the 1970s and 1980s have led to a
proliferation of new social movements in Europe and
the United States concerning ecology, peace,
ethnicity, gender and sexual identity. Although they
are called "new social movements" some of them have
existed since the late 19th century. Extension of
participatory democracy has been one of the most
notable features of these new social movements. Most
of them have been closely allied with socialist
parties, and share some of the goals of the
traditional and the new left ideologies (with the
exception of the right wing ecology movement).
Sexuality and sexual reform occupied a significant
place in the new social movements of the West. The
demise of communism in 1989 triggered a new wave of
social movements in Central and Eastern Europe and the
former Soviet States. Unlike their predecessors in the
West, the pro-democracy movements of CEE countries are
essentially conservative and anti-socialist. One
important cluster of the new social movements in
Central and Eastern Europe that is clearly missing is
the movement for sexual reform. Despite promising
legal changes and expansion of the freedoms for the
individuals in all countries of the region, sexual
relationships are considered only in the case of
couple: adult, monogamous and heterosexual. Sexual
reform, gay and lesbian and the transgender movements
have usually been excluded from the public discourse
on social tolerance and development of social capital.

About the "Socialism and Sexuality" Seminar
Created in 1997 by Francis Ronsin (University of
Burgundy, Dijon) and other scholars associated with
the Institute of Contemporary History (Dijon), the
International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam),
and the Center for Millennial Studies (Boston), the
"Socialism and Sexuality seminar" has brought together
on a yearly basis a number of scholars who explored
the link between socialism and sexual politics. This
year the seminar aims to attract more scientists from
Central and Eastern Europe and the countries of the
former Soviet Union, and expand the existing
international network of scholars who research the
sexual programs of leftist ideologies. (Read more
about the last meeting of the series "Socialism and
Sexuality" at:
http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/socandsex.html)

Registration
If you are interested to attend the conference, please
submit paper abstracts by May 15, 2004 to Monika
Pisankaneva (monika_68@...). The organizers
are currently searching for sponsors to cover the
conference-related expenses of scholars who lack the
means to attend.

8.
On behalf of the ICI - 2004 Organizing Committee, I would like to
invite you to send papers presenting original research results and
original
implementations to ICI - 2004, International Conference on
Informatics, which will be held in Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, in
September 01-04, 2004.

The proceedings of ICI-2004 will be published by Software and
Information Technologies as a volume in LNCS.

For further information

http://www.ikss.org/ici-2004.htm

Best regards,

Program Committee Secretary
E-mail: ici-2004@...


International Conference on Informatics
ICI-2004
01-04 September 2004

CESME, IZMIR, TURKEY

Call For Papers
The International Conference on Informatics (ICI-2004) will be held
September 01-04 , 2004, in Cesme(Çeşme)- Izmir, Turkiye. ICI-2004 is
the comprehensive technical conference focused on Informatics,
Software Engineering and Software Technologies,Advanced Information
Technologies,Internet and Multimedia Technologies, Simulation &
Control and Modelling,Computer Networks, Information Security and
Telecommunication, Computers And Advanced Technology In Educatıon and
its applications. The conference will feature world-class plenary
speakers, tutorials and exhibits.

Multi-Conferences:
Scope:
* Internet and Multimedia Technologies (ICI-IMT)
* Software Engineering and Software Technologies (ICI-SEST)
* Advanced Information Technologies (ICI-AIT)
* Simulation & Control and Modelling (ICI-SCM)
* Computer Networks, Information Security and Telecommunication (ICI-
CNIST)
* Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (ICI-CATE)
* Intelligent Systems (ICI-IS)
* Database and Expert Systems Applications (ICI-DESA)
* Electronics, Hardware Engineering (ICI-EHE)
* Industrial Technology (ICI-IT)



SCIENTIFIC SPONSORS:
* Department of Multimedia Engineering,Graduate School of
Information, Science and Technology, Osaka University, JAPAN

* Dep. of Biomathematics and Informatics,Eötvös Loránd University,
HUNGARY

* Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of
Alberta,Edmonton, Canada

* Department of Multimedia Engineering, Graduate School of
Information Science and Technology, Osaka University,Japan

* Department of Computer and Information Science, Ohio State
University,U.S.A.

* Department of Computer Science and A.I.,Universidad de Granada,Spain

* Dept. of Reliability-based Information Systems Engineering,Faculty
of Engineering, Kagawa University,Kagawa-ken, JAPAN

* Computational Engineering & Telemedicine group at the NASA ACE
Center at the UNM in Albuquer,que, New Mexico, USA.

* Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

* Honda Research Institute Europe,GERMANY

* Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Pratt School of
Engineering, Duke University,Durham ,USA

* BUDAPEST POLYTECHNIC, John von Neumann Faculty of  Informatics,
Hungary

* School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering,
University of Queensland, Australia

* Faculty of Information Technology, Multimedia University,
cyberjaya,Malaysia

* Dept of Computer Engineering & Informatics,University of
Patras,HELLAS (GREECE)

* Institute of Mathematics and Informatics,University of Pécs,Hungary

* Helsinki University of Technology, Lab. of Computer and Information
Science, FINLAND

* Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Dept. Teoria del Senyali
Comunicacions, ESPANIA

* Computer Science Department, University of Auckland, New Zealand

* School of Engineering and Information Technology, Universiti
Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

* DIS - University of Pavia,Pavia, ITALY

* University of Maribor-,Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,Institute
for Production Engineering,Laboratory for Intelligent Manufacturing,
Maribor,Slovenia

* Univ. Mediterranee, Lab. d'Informatique Medicale, Faculte de
Medecine,France

* School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering,
University of Queensland, Australia

* Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK*CEN),Belgium

* InfoLab, Tilburg University,Netherlands

* School of Medicine,University of São Paulo, Brazil

* University of Applied Sciences, Soest Campus, Dept. Mathematics and
Center of Computational Intelligence and Cognitive Systems, Germany

* Dpto. Ciencias de la Computacion e I.A., E.T.S. de Ingenieria
Informatica
Universidad de Granada, ESPANIA

* University of Western Sydney, AUSTRALIA

* UTIA AV CR,Czech republic

* Technical University of Budapest, HUNGARY

* AI Research Center,Program Systems Institute, Russian Academy of
Sciences, Pereslavl-Zalessky Russia

* Systems Engineering Laboratory for Automation & Robotics,
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of
Patras,Greece

* Knowledge/Intelligence Systems Laboratory,Department of Mechanical
& Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

* Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

* Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering,Queensland University
of Technology,Australia

* Systems Research Institute ,Deputy Director for Research, Polish
Academy of Sciences, Poland

* Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory, Department of Computer
Science, Iowa State University, USA

* DTI - Università di Milano, ITALY

* Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,
University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

* Department of Computer Science, University of Vermont, USA

* University of Applied Sciences, Dept. Mathematics and Center of
Computational Intelligence and Cognitive Systems, Germany

* INFORM GmbH,Aachen,Germany

* School of Business Systems, Monash University, Australia

* Dept. Math and Computer Science, University of Udine, Italy

* DFKI Administration & Services,Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer
Kuenstliche Intelligenz, Germany

* International Intelligent Knowledge Systems Society

* Türkiye Bilisim Vakfı

COMPANY SPONSORS:

MICROSOFT

ORACLE

CISCO
9.
x-posted from POLCAN

http://www.uoguelph.ca/philosophy/spp/
International Conference in Social and Political Philosophy at the
University of Guelph
Theme: The Practice of Law-making and the Problem of Difference
Date: 13-14 November, 2004

This conference is an international and interdisciplinary gathering of
eminent theorists, who in their individual work have discussed the
conference's theme of "?The Practice of Law-making and the Problem of
Difference," but have not directly engaged each other. The goal of
the conference is to bring these
scholars together and accommodate a critical exchange among them.
Thus, i=
t
will be of great value for various disciplines in humanities and
social
sciences to
facilitate an exchange that could in turn lead to the formulation of
concrete law and policy making. The dialogue will be ensured by the
forma=
t
of the conference, which will match the presentation of the main
speakers
with discussants and commentators of different trends of thought. The
increasing diversity of liberal-democratic states and corresponding
deman=
ds
of recognition have forced political theorists of various camps to
reformulate their account of how to approach the goal of solidarity.
Desp=
ite
variation in their accounts, the majority of these theorists hold that
modern constitutions can recognize and accommodate cultural
diversity. Fo=
r
example, liberal culturalists such as Will Kymlicka speak about common
history and language and shared law-making as the ties that bind us in
multicultural societies, while critical theorists like J=FCrgen
Habermas =
speak
about the principle of universalization in constitutional norms that
are
sensitive to difference by virtue of p
rocedures of law-making, and minority rights theorists like James
Tully want to employ the practice of constitutional law-making based
on the three conventions of mutual recognition, continuity, and
consent in order to
accommodate cultural diversity in contemporary societies. Hence, one
can
speak
of a convergence of political ideas around the thesis of constitution-
mak=
ing
in diverse societies as capable of fostering solidarity.

Participants:

Keynote Speakers:

1) J=FCrgen Habermas (Philosophy, Frankfurt University)
2) Will Kymlicka (tentative) (Philosophy, Queen's University)
3) James Tully (Political Science, University of Victoria)
4) Andrew Arato (Sociology, New School University)

Presenters/Discussants:

1) Charles Taylor (Philosophy, McGill University)
2) Michel Rosenfeld (Law, Cardozo Law School)
3) Douglas Moggach (Political Science, University of Ottawa)
4) Thomas McCarthy (Northwestern University)
5) Courtney Jung (Political Science, New School University)
6) Jeremy Waldron (Politics, Columbia University)
7) Kenneth Baynes (Philosophy, Syracuse University)
8) Simone Chambers (Department of Political Science, University of
Toront=
o)

The Conference has been made possible by the support of the following
institutions, departments, and offices:
The Office of Research, University of Guelph
College of Arts, University of Guelph
College of Applied and Social Sciences, University of Guelph
Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University
Department of Philosophy, McMaster University
Department of Philosophy, Laurier University
Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph
Department of Political Science, University of Guelph
Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Guelph
10.
x-posted from POLCAN

Centre for Security and Defence Studies at the
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP


The Carleton Centre for Security and Defence Studies at The Norman
Paterson
School of International Affairs at Carleton University invites
applications
for one post-doctoral fellowship, tenable for one year (renewable).
Desired
areas of specialization include one or more of the following fields:
conflict analysis,  resolution, Canadian defence,  peacekeeping,
peacebuilding, conflict prevention, mediation and strategic studies.
The

stipend for the fellowship is $35,000 per annum, starting September 1,
2004.

CSDS post-doctoral fellows are expected to participate in the full
range
of
academic life in the School. Evidence of scholarly research must be
provided and, while in residence, the fellows are expected to produce,
at a
minimum, a publishable research monograph. Post-doctoral fellows may
also
teach a graduate course as part of the Fellowship. They will also help
coordinate and implement the programs and activities of the Centre.

Applicants should provide a c.v., evidence of completion of Ph.D.,
three

letters of recommendation, and a precise research proposal of
approximately
1000 words. Evidence of teaching,  such as course outlines,  should
also
be included where applicable. Applications should be sent to:

              Professor David Carment
              Director, Centre for Security and Defence Studies,
              The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
              Carleton University
              1125 Colonel By Drive
              Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6
              Canada
              http://www.carleton.ca/csds
              http://www.carleton.ca/cifp
          http://www.carleton.ca/~dcarment


The deadline for applications is 30 April 2004. Carleton University is
an
affirmative action/equal opportunities employer. The appointment is
subject
to budgetary constraints
11.
This job listing is available online at this address:

http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=284407


Visiting Fellowship --  Princeton University -- New Jersey

Visiting Fellowships:  The Institute for the Transregional Study of
the
Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia at Princeton
University invites applications for two one-semester visiting
fellowships.
Candidates with expertise in the area of the Institute's 2004-2005
theme,
'Gender, Family and Sexuality: The Definition of the Self in Moral and
Political Terms,' are encouraged to apply.

Fellows conduct independent research and have no teaching obligations.
Recent Ph.D. recipients are encouraged to apply.

Appointments will be for either fall or spring semester 2004-2005;
travel
assistance to Princeton is available; stipend and fellowship title
will
be
based on qualifications.
Complete information and application instructions are available at
www.wws.princeton.edu/~transreg; further information about applying to
Princeton is available at
www.princeton.edu/sites/dof/ApplicantsInfo.htm.
Princeton University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity
Employer.
Application deadline: April 15, 2004.

12.
Post-Soviet Women Encountering Transition: Nation-Building,
Economic
Survival, and Civic Activism

Edited by Kathleen Kuehnast and Carol Nechemias.    Woodrow Wilson
Press,
2004.

Table of contents
Foreword, Blair A. Ruble and Nancy E. Popson

Introduction: Women Navigating Change in Post-Soviet Currents,
Kathleen
Kuehnast and Carol Nechemias

Part I. Gender and Nation Building

1. Tatyana Zhurzhenko. Strong Women, Weak State: Family Politics and
Nation
Building in Post-Soviet Ukraine
2. Katherine E. Graney. The Gender of Sovereignty: Constructing
Statehood,
Nation, and Gender Regimes in Post-Soviet Tatarstan.
3. David Abramson. Engendering Citizenship in Postcommunist
Uzbekistan.
4. Elena Gapova. Conceptualizing Gender, Nation, and Class in
Post-Soviet
Belarus.

Part II. Women and Rural Household Economics

5. Cynthia Werner. Feminizing the New Silk Road: Women Traders in
Rural
Kazakhstan.
6. Susan A. Crate. The Gendered Nature of Viliui Sakha Post-Soviet
Adaptation.

Part III. Democratization in Post-Soviet Azarbaijan, Nayereh Tohidi

8. Ludmila Popkova. Women's Political Activism in Russia: The Case of
Samara.
9. Andrea Berg. Two Worlds Apart: The Lack of Integration between
Women's
Informal Networks and Nongovernmetal Organizations in Uzbekistan.
10. Janet Elise Johnson. Sisterhood versus the "Moral" Russian State:
The
Postcommunist Politics of Rape.

Part IV. Assistance Encounters

11. Rebecca Kay. Meeting the Challenge Together? Russian Grassroots
Women's
Organizations and the Shortcomings of Western Aid.
12. Armine Ishkanian. Working at the Local-Global Intersection: The
Challenges Facing Women in Armenia's Nongovernmental Organization
Sector.
13. Michele Rivkin-Fish. Gender and Democracy: Strategies of
Engagement
and
Dialogue on Women's Issues after Socialism.
14. Julie Hemment. Strategizing Gender and Development: Action
Reserach
and
Ethnographic Responsibility in the Russian Provinces.

Contributors

Index

13.
The Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe is calling
for
submissions to a special issue devoted to exploring developments in
the
discipline of anthropology in the former Soviet Union. This volume
will
be published in Fall 2004.

If you are interested in contributing, please contact JSAE editor
Kelli
Ann Costa at costaka@... or costaka@....

Information about JSAE can be found at
http://www.h-net.org/~sae/sae/JSAE.htm



Soyuz Website: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/soyuz/

14.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Inaugural issue

Outside the Frame: A Journal for Texts and Technology. Inaugural issue


Outside the Frame is a journal dedicated to examining emergent
theories
concerning how technology is transforming the way we currently think
of
or

practice scholarship in the Arts and Sciences.  We are specifically
interested in theoretical works that approach texts and technology
from
an interdisciplinary perspective.

Submissions on, but not limited to, the following topics are welcomed:

Autonomous agents/Autonomous Media
Digital Publishing and the place of Authorship
Digital Rhetoric and Queer Studies
Ethics of Online Communities
Feminism, Cyberculture, and the Appended Self
Identity, Representation, and Embodiment
Multicultural Communication
Posthuman vs. Postmodern
Remdiating Narratives
Secondary Orality and the Digital Environment
Semiotics and Cybernetic Discourse
Teletheory, Grammatology, and the Logic of New Media
The Plight of Film: Digital vs. Celluloid
Materiality/Immateriality of Electronic Texts

We are also looking for reviewers for the following texts:

Art, Performance, Media: 31 Interviews by Nicholas Zurbrugg, editor

The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction by Jonathan
Sterne

Can the Subaltern See?: Photography as History by Fernando Coronil

Changing Sex: Transsexualism, Technology, and the Idea of Gender by
Bernice L. Hausman

The Digital Sublime: Myth, Power, and Cyberspace by Vincent Mosco

Digitizing the News: Innovation in Online Newspapers by Pablo J.
Boczkowski

Experimental Ethnography: The Work of Film in the Age of Video by
Catherine Russell

Haunted Media: Electronic Presence from Telegraphy to Television by
Jeffrey Sconce

Image Ethics in the Digital Age by Larry Gross, John Stuart Katz, and
Jay Ruby, editors

Literature and Science: Cultural Forms, Conceptual Changes by Wai Chee
Dimock and Priscilla Wald

Memory Bytes: History, Technology, and Digital Culture by Lauren
Rabinowitz and Abraham Geil

Profiling Machines: Mapping the Personal Information Economy by Greg
Elmer

Race on the Line: Gender, Labor, and Technology in the Bell System,
1880-1980 by Venus Green

Wetwares: Experiments in Postvital Living by Richard Doyle


Due date for submissions for articles and reviews: June 1, 2004


Submissions to the Journal should contain a short 200 word abstract,
be
between 5,000 and 7,000 words in length, double-spaced and should
follow
Outside the Frame guidelines (to be found at
http://www.textsandtech.org/~outsidetheframe).

Any queries about  submissions for the inaugural issue are welcome. To
submit a paper or to query
about a subject, please contact Anthony Crisafi at
acrisafi@....

To query about a review, please contact Rebecca Middlebrook, Reviews
Editor at rmiddlebrook@....
In accordance with the Submission  Guidelines, all
material must be submitted via email.  Other queries may be sent to
the
following address:

Outside the Frame: A Journal for Texts and Technology
Department of English
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Fl 32816

15.
CFP- Insight Turkey, April-June 2004 Issue, Turkey and the Caucasus

Call for Papers

Insight Turkey's April-June 2004 issue will focus on "Turkey and the
Caucasus". Please forward paper proposals to this issue to the
Editor. We are particularly interested in articles on the following
topics:

- Georgia after the Velvet / Rose Revolution
- Turkish-Azerbaijani Relations
- Turkey and Armenia
- Turkey, Russia and the Caucasus
- Iran in the Caucasus
- The domestic dimension of Turkey's Caucasus policy
- An American view of developments in the Caucasus
- A European view on developments in the Caucasus
- Israel and the Caucasus: Early ramifications of a 'Greater Middle
   East'?
- Azerbaijan after the transfer of power

- Articles about Subregions:
- Abkhazia, Karabagh, Ossetia, Adjaria, Ahiska

- A Russian Perspective of the Caucasus
- Stability/Instability in Georgia
- The Role of Multinational organizations in the Caucasus
- The Politics of Development Work in the Caucasus

This is just a preliminary list. Please feel free to propose any
other paper ideas, including book reviews to the Editor.

We publish three categories of material. Comments are 2,000-3,000-
word front-of-the-book pieces that make a single, provocative point.
Essays are more extensive 4,000 5,000-word pieces of analysis that
comprise the body of the journal. Book reviews are 700-1,500-word
pieces of new books.

The deadline for article submission is April 10, 2004.

We welcome unsolicited manuscripts and article proposals. The
easiest mode of communication is electronic mail:
editor@.... We expect all article proposals to be made
in English. For format and referencing questions please contact the
Editor.

Insight Turkey covers a broad range of topics related to Turkish
domestic and foreign policy affairs. Insight Turkey particularly
aims to provide a forum for informed discussion on Turkey's
relationship to its adjacent regions such as the Middle East, the
Caucasus, the Balkans and Europe. It intends to present original
thinking by knowledgeable observers both from Turkey and abroad,
written in English that is easily read by professionals and a
general audience.


Suat KINIKLIOGLU
Editor-in-Chief

The Ankara Center for Turkish Policy Studies
Hilal Mah 46. Sok. No. 3/3
Cankaya-Yildiz 06550
Ankara, Turkey
Tel: +90.312.438-0256
Fax: +90.312.438-0259
E-mail: editor@...
Web: www.insightturkey.com

16.
x-posted from Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central
Eurasian Studies


PUBL.- Stephane Dudoignon, ed., Devout Societies vs. Impious States?

The Research Team ESA 7043 ("Cultures et societes en Europe") of the
CNRS,
Strasbourg, is glad to announce the publication of:

Devout Societies vs. Impious States? Transmitting Islamic Learning in
Russia, Central Asia and China, through the Twentieth Century
edited by Stephane A. Dudoignon

Klaus Schwarz Verlag, Berlin (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen: 258)

ISBN 3-87997-314-8, 292 pages, 45 euros

Description:

Fifteen years after the fall of the Wall, the need of new approaches
and
paradigms is still to be felt in Northern Eurasian studies, which
continue
to be dominated by Hegelian philosophies of the political struggle,
focused
on an inevitable confrontation between modern societies and states. A
consequence of this is the lasting postulate that, since the end of
the
Cold
War, Islamicate societies and minorities from the Balkans to mainland
China
are bound to triumph over "alienation" and to return to a pre-
Communist
"authenticity", in a spirit of permanent confrontation with the
hegemonic
cultural systems built up during the twentieth century.

This most common opinion has been revisited in the present volume, in
the
light of the complex typology of relations between, on the first
hand,
various segments of Northern Eurasian Islamicate societies and
minorities,
and on the other hand the imperial then Communist states which have
been
dominating this immense region of the world during the long twentieth
century. The question has been treated through the evolutions that
can
now
be observed in the transmission of Islamic learning and authority in
Russia,
Central Asia and China throughout this period - the theme of a
colloquium
held in November 2001 in Paris (Carre des Sciences, French Ministry
of
Research) by the Research Team ESA 7043 of the Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique.

Table of Contents:

I. "High" and "Popular" Culture

UYAMA Tomohiko:
"Devotion to the People" and Paternalistic Authoritarianism among
Qazaq
Intellectuals, from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1917

Rafyq MOHAMMATSHIN:
The Tatar Intelligentsia and the Clergy, 1917-1937

Bakhtiyar BABADJANOV:
Debates over Islam in Contemporary Uzbekistan: A View from Within

Leila CHERIF-CHEBBI:
Brothers and Comrades: Muslim Fundamentalists and Communists Allied
for
the
Transmission of Islamic Knowledge in China

Elisabeth ALLES:
Chinese Muslim Women: From Autonomy to Dependence

Constance-Helene HALFON-MICHEL:
From Oral to Written Culture: an Example from the Hui of China

II. History and Memory

Adeeb KHALID:
Nation into History: The Origins of National Historiography in
Central
Asia

Damir IS'HAQOV:
Through the Textbooks. The Academic Intelligentsia and the Shaping of
a
Tatar National Consciousness (1940s to 1990s)

Bruce G. PRIVRATSKY:
"Turkestan Belongs to the Qojas": Local Knowledge of a Muslim
Tradition

Stephane A. DUDOIGNON:
Local Lore, the Transmission of Learning, and Communal Identity in
Late
20th-Century Tajikistan. The Khujand-Nama of 'Arifjan Yahyazad
Khujandi

Sabine TREBINJAC:
Le savoir musical des Ouighours : et s'il s'agissait d'ambivalence de
la
memoire ?

To order, please contact:

Klaus Schwarz Verlag
P.O.Box 410240
D-12112 Berlin

Tel./Fax: 0049-30-7922944
E-mail: info@...
Website: www.klaus-schwarz-verlag.com

17.
x-posted from Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central
Eurasian Studies

ON-LINE RESOURCE- Inner Asian On-Line Library Catalogs

The Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies (RIFIAS), in
cooperation
with
the Department of Central Eurasian Studies and the federally-funded
Inner
Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC), has posted its
electronic library catalogs on the World Wide Web.

The catalogs are fully searchable, and are accessible to the
international
scholarly community at the following URL:
http://www.indiana.edu/~rifias/.

In the near future, RIFIAS will begin making available digitized
selections
from its extensive holdings.

Consisting of a general collection and several special collections,
the
RIFIAS Library is one of North America's premier resources for
research
in
the history, languages, literatures, geography, religions, and
cultures
of
Inner Asia. The general collections comprise about 8,000 volumes.
Special
collections include microfilms and photocopies of out-of-print
Russian
publications and microfilms of Persian, Turkic, and Arabic
manuscripts
containing historical, biographical, and geographical information on
Islamic
Central Asia.

18.
International Conference on
Intelligent Kowledge Systems
IKS-2004

16-20 August 2004

KUSADASI, TURKEY


Call for Paper:
The International Conference on Intelligent Kowledge Systems  (IKS-
2004) will be held August 16-20, 2004, in KUSADASI, AYDIN, TURKEY,
Turkiye. The conference is to address, explore and exchange
information on the state-of-the-art in information systems,
engineering, and technologies, their modeling and Signal and Speech
Processing, Image Processing and Remote Sensing, Fuzzy Systems and
Applications, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, Robotics
and Automation, Intelligent Education Technologies, Hybrid
Intelligent Systems, simulation, design and use, and their impact.
Participation is encouraged for all researchers, designers, educators
and interested parties in all IKS-2004 disciplines and specialties.
The conference will include invited presentations from experts from
academia, industry, and government as well as contributed paper
presentations describing original work that address the current state
of research in information technologies and related issues. The
conference's intent is to bring together scientists, engineers,
practitioners, computer users, and students to share and exchange
their experiences, ideas, and research results about all aspects of
Intelligent Kowledge Systems and to discuss challenges encountered
and potential solutions sought.
Scope:


• Signal and Speech Processing (IKS-SSP)
• Images Processing and Remote Sensing (IKS-IPRS)
• Fuzzy Systems and Applications (IKS-FSA)
• Intelligent Education Systems (IKS-IES)
• Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks  (IKS-AINN)
• Robotics and Automation (IKS-RA)
• Hybrid Intelligent Systems (IKS-HIS)


IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline for Abstract Submission  :April 23, 2004
Invited Sessions Proposal Deadline  :May 10, 2004
Regular Full Paper Submission Deadline  :May 10, 2004
Notification of Paper Acceptance/Rejection :June 09, 2004
Invited Paper Submission Deadline  :June 11, 2004
Final Camera-ready Manuscript Due  :June 18, 2004
Registration Deadline for Authors  :June 18, 2004
Registration Deadline for Listener Participants :June 18, 2004

WEB SITE:  http://www.ikss.org/iks-2004.htm


  SCIENTIFIC SPONSORS:
* Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory, Department of Computer
Science, Iowa State University, USA

* Department of Multimedia Engineering,Graduate School of
Information, Science and Technology, Osaka University, JAPAN

* Knowledge/Intelligence Systems Laboratory,Department of Mechanical
& Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

* Helsinki University of Technology, Lab. of Computer and Information
Science, FINLAND

* Computational Engineering & Telemedicine group at the NASA ACE
Center at the UNM in Albuquer,que, New Mexico, USA.

* AI Research Center,Program Systems Institute, Russian Academy of
Sciences, Pereslavl-Zalessky Russia

* Department of Computer Science and A.I.,Universidad de Granada,Spain

* Honda Research Institute Europe,GERMANY

* Systems Engineering Laboratory for Automation & Robotics,
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of
Patras,Greece

* University of Applied Sciences, Dept. Mathematics and Center of
Computational Intelligence and Cognitive Systems, Germany

* Dept of Computer Engineering & Informatics,University of
Patras,HELLAS (GREECE)

* University of Applied Sciences, Soest Campus, Dept. Mathematics and
Center of Computational Intelligence and Cognitive Systems, Germany

* Faculty of Information Technology, Multimedia University,
cyberjaya,Malaysia

* DIS - University of Pavia,Pavia, ITALY

* Computer Science Department, University of Auckland, New Zealand

* University of Maribor-,Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,Institute
for Production Engineering,Laboratory for Intelligent Manufacturing,
Maribor,Slovenia

* BUDAPEST POLYTECHNIC, John von Neumann Faculty of  Informatics,
Hungary

* Univ. Mediterranee, Lab. d'Informatique Medicale, Faculte de
Medecine,France

* School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering,
University of Queensland, Australia

* Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK*CEN),Belgium

* Dep. of Biomathematics and Informatics,Eötvös Loránd University,
HUNGARY

* Department of Multimedia Engineering, Graduate School of
Information Science and Technology, Osaka University,Japan

* Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Dept. Teoria del Senyali
Comunicacions, ESPANIA

* InfoLab, Tilburg University,Netherlands

* School of Medicine,University of São Paulo, Brazil

* Dpto. Ciencias de la Computacion e I.A., E.T.S. de Ingenieria
Informatica
Universidad de Granada, ESPANIA

* University of Western Sydney, AUSTRALIA

* Institute of Mathematics and Informatics,University of Pécs,Hungary

* UTIA AV CR,Czech republic

* School of Engineering and Information Technology, Universiti
Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

* Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of
Alberta,Edmonton, Canada

* Technical University of Budapest, HUNGARY

* Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

* Department of Computer and Information Science, Ohio State
University,U.S.A.

* Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

* Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering,Queensland University
of Technology,Australia

* Systems Research Institute ,Deputy Director for Research, Polish
Academy of Sciences, Poland

* Dept. of Reliability-based Information Systems Engineering,Faculty
of Engineering, Kagawa University,Kagawa-ken, JAPAN

* DTI - Università di Milano, ITALY

* Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,
University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

* Department of Computer Science, University of Vermont, USA

* Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Pratt School of
Engineering, Duke University,Durham ,USA

* INFORM GmbH,Aachen,Germany

* School of Business Systems, Monash University, Australia

* School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering,
University of Queensland, Australia

* Dept. Math and Computer Science, University of Udine, Italy

* DFKI Administration & Services,Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer
Kuenstliche Intelligenz, Germany


Before June 18, 2004
Presenters 	 :100 €
Listener Participants :50 €


E-Mail for Paper Send and Author Register:

E-mail: iks-2004@...

Please contact the International Organising Committee Secretariat
(address is given below) for paper submission, co-sponsoring and for
any other matter related to the conference via

E-mail: iks-2004@...
19.
x-posted from PolisNews
The George Seferis Chair of Modern Greek Studies and the graduate
students
of our Program invite graduate students in modern Greek studies
and/or
in
relative fields to participate in a graduate student conference that
will take
place in April 9, 2005. For further details please see the information
attached below in this message.
Sincerely,
Panagiotis Roilos

Panagiotis Roilos                         Office tel.: (617) 495-7783
Harvard University                        Office fax:  (617) 496-6720
Department of the Classics                e-mail:
roilos@...
Boylston Hall 2nd Floor
Cambridge MA 02138

Graduate Student Conference - Call for Papers
April 9,  2005
Program in Modern Greek Studies/The George Seferis Chair
of Modern Greek Studies/Department of the Classics/Harvard University

"The Cankered Muse: In Search of Modern Greek Satire"

         In his pioneer study "The Art of Satire", David Worcester
seeks
to explain contemporary criticism's incapability or unwillingness to
pay
proper attention and deal with satire on the basis of its elusive
nature
and the intrinsic complexity and multiplicity of satiric forms. As he
puts
it, the satiric spirit is 'hardy and impatient of bondage', and, as
such,
it easily escapes attempts for grammatological elaboration and
literary
classification.
	 This irreducibly 'volatile and Protean' quality of satire may
very
well be the reason behind modern Greek scholarship and criticism's
conspicuously negligent and hesitant attitude toward the genre and its
rich manifestations in modern Greek literature from its very
beginning
and
throughout its long history. Modern Greek satire  (with texts spanning
from the 12th century Ptochoprodromic corpus to Solomos and the Ionian
tradition; and from the romantic satiric production of the nascent
Greek
state to Giannis Skaribas or Bost)  has, with very few exceptions of
scholarly preoccupation with the topic, remained a generally
understudied
field to this day -and that despite its preeminent role in the
formation
and consolidation of a strong and vital linguistic and literary
tradition.
	 Our goal in conceiving and organizing this conference is
precisely
to account  for the prolific and uninterrupted presence of satire in
modern Greek literature, and to better understand its nature and
function,
both as an individual genre with a unique literary history and
exclusive
discursive elements and characteristics, and as a kind of "Protean"
literary mode that quite often interacts with other genres and puts
them
into a new perspective, affecting their generic identity, enriching
their
established reservoir of themes and tropes, and expanding their
traditionally ascribed limits. We have purposefully framed this topic
to
be as wide-reaching and interdisciplinary  as possible in order to
encourage broad investigation and interpretation (that could be
synchronic
or diachronic in scope, theoretical or text-centered, thematic or
stylistic) of neglected, though crucial, issues concerning or related
to
modern Greek satire, such as:

satire and language;
satiric modes: parody, invective, grotesque, allegory, etc.;
ancient and/or modern influences on Greek satire;
returning patterns, recurrent targets of satire;
mimesis, mimicry, representation in satiric texts;
satire and (other) literary genres: breaks and continuities;
vices and virtues: satire and the system of moral values;
satire and politics: uses and abuses of satire;
satire and social criticism;
the satiric persona ;
self-parody;
the limits of satire; etc.

Please submit 350-500 word abstracts for 20-25 minute presentations to
Nikos Panou (panou@...) and Nikos Poulopoulos
(poulop@...). Include a cover page with the
following information: name and institutional affiliation (program and
year), mailing and e-mail address, and title of presentation.
Submission deadline: September 30, 2005.

20.
x-posted from H-TURK

The French Institute for Anatolian Studies (IFEA, Istanbul),
in cooperation with the Institute for Studies on Islam and
Muslim Societies (IISMM / EHESS, Paris), and Center for
History of the Turkish Domain (CHDT / EHESS, Paris), invites
applications for an international doctoral session on the theme:

Powers and territories in contemporary Turkey

to be held in French and English on June 14 – 20, 2004 at the
IFEA in Istanbul.

You will find below the call for applications (in French).
Please do not hesitate to spread the information among
interested people.

With many thanks and best regards,

Dr. Elise Massicard

  -----------------------------

L'institut Français des Etudes Anatoliennes (IFEA), l'Institut
d'Etudes de l'Islam et des Sociétés du Monde Musulman (IISMM /
EHESS), et le Centre d'Histoire du Domaine Turc (CHDT /
EHESS), organisent une session d'études doctorales pour jeunes
chercheurs sur le thème « pouvoirs et territoires en Turquie
contemporaine ». Entre 20 et 25 jeunes chercheurs pourront
dans ce cadre présenter et discuter de leur recherche,
encadrés par des spécialistes internationaux de la question.

La société ottomane était formellement organisée et gérée sur
la base d'une agglomération de statuts hétérogènes
(communautés religieuses, guildes), souvent non
territorialisés. Par opposition, la République s'est voulu un
Etat-nation homogène et territorialisé, sur un modèle
administratif napoléonien. Ce changement a donné lieu à une
transformation des modes de pouvoir et des rapports entre
centre et périphérie.
Or, ce processus - déjà entamé sous l'Empire ottoman - reste
mal étudié. Les ottomanistes ont traité la dimension
territoriale du pouvoir, d'où l'existence d'une importante
littérature sur les notables (ayan) ou les relations
centre-périphérie. Mais les politologues, voire les
historiens, de la période républicaine n'ont pas repris ce
programme de recherche. Dans un cadre centraliste et
unitariste, la grande majorité des travaux de science
politique s'intéresse essentiellement à l'étude de l'Etat
central, ou des organisations politiques au niveau national,
et descend rarement au niveau infranational. Ainsi, les
monographies locales intégrant la dimension politique restent
rares, ou se ramènent à l'ethnicité. L'interrogation sur les
modes de pouvoir au niveau local reste largement illégitime,
sauf dans une perspective normative de "démocratie locale"
répondant aux demandes d'institutions internationales (Conseil
de l'Europe).
En outre, ce processus de "centralisation" est souvent conçu
sur un mode dichotomique, dans le cadre d'un processus de
modernisation unidirectionnel et inéluctable. Ainsi, on
considère couramment que les pouvoirs locaux, détenus par des
potentats locaux et notables "communautaires" sous l'Empire,
passent aux fonctionnaires ou hommes de parti, eux-mêmes
rattachés au centre, avec la République. La figure du notable,
centrale dans les études ottomanes, est presque absente des
études sur la Turquie républicaine. Elle y est abordée presque
exclusivement dans des contextes périphériques et constitue un
cliché récurrent sur le sud-est, et a été récemment abordée
pour la région de la mer Noire ; plus largement, cette figure
est traitée en termes de survivance et d'adaptation.

Il semble donc nécessaire de dépasser l'étude des structures
formelles par celle des modes réels d'exercice du pouvoir.
Ainsi, la sociologie politique française, dans la continuité
des travaux de Pierre Grémion, a montré que, derrière une
administration pyramidale apparemment transparente, se
déroulaient de véritables jeux de pouvoir complexes et que les
rapports de dépendance entre centre et périphérie pouvaient
s'inverser, au point de qualifier le préfets de "notables".
Mettre à profit les avancées théoriques de sociologie
politique (sociologie des organisations, de l'administration
territoriale, des mobilisations) doit permettre de faire
progresser l'analyse des pouvoirs locaux et de leur
articulation avec les pouvoirs centraux dans le cadre d'une
sociologie politique de la Turquie. Cela ne signifie pas de
plaquer ces approches telles quelles sur la Turquie, mais d'en
mesurer l'applicabilité et les nécessaires adaptations. Cette
démarche doit en outre permettre d'interroger la dimension
diachronique non en termes simplistes de l'avant / après
République, mais en mettant à profit les études ottomanes.
Elle mènera probablement à réintroduire des temporalités
complexes et multiples.

Cette session comporte en outre une dimension méthodologique.
De nombreux jeunes chercheurs basent leur recherche sur des
études de terrain localisées. Sans travailler directement sur
la dimension territoriale, ils s'interrogent sur le potentiel
de généralisation de ce qu'ils observent, sur son articulation
avec des phénomènes plus généraux. Une connaissance plus
précise de la structuration d'une scène politique locale, des
enjeux locaux, ou de l'articulation des différents niveaux de
pouvoirs en Turquie, et des manières de les aborder, pourrait
constituer un apport précieux. En ce sens, la question de
l'articulation des échelles d'observation et des échelles
d'analyse est susceptible d'intéresser également ceux qui ne
travaillent pas directement sur la territorialité politique,
mais sont confrontés, même indirectement, à cette dimension
transversale.

Un séminaire consacré à cette question s'est tenu à Paris
(EHESS) et à Istanbul (IFEA) lors de l'année 2003-2004, qui a
permis de faire le point des connaissances et de défricher
cette question. La session doctorale doit rassembler les
participants à ces séminaires, et permettre d'élargir le
cercle à d'autres doctorants. Une participation active des
doctorants est demandée, pour lesquels il s'agit d'interroger
et de relire leur propre travail sous cet angle. Faire
intervenir des spécialistes dans des séances de travail autour
de lectures de textes permettra de faire le point des travaux
et des différentes approches sur la question, mais aussi
d'engager de véritables débats.

Cette session, consacrée à la dimension territoriale, et
notamment locale, des pouvoirs en Turquie, abordera de manière
transversale la question de l'articulation des espaces de
l'action politique - notamment entre les pouvoirs locaux et
central –, ce qui requiert le mise en relation de différentes
échelles d'analyse. Plus précisément, trois thèmes seront
prioritairement abordés :

1) Les systèmes d'action politico-administratifs locaux.
Comment sont organisés les espaces juridiques, administratifs
et politiques ? Comment les dispositifs administratifs et
politiques interagissent-ils au niveau local ? Comment se
passe la prise de décision au niveau local ?

2) Notables, intermédiaires et figures du pouvoir local. Dans
ce cadre, on s'intéressera aux porteurs de pouvoir au niveau
local et aux ressources qu'ils mobilisent, aux groupes sur
lesquels ils s'appuient, ainsi qu'aux réseaux qu'ils forment.
Dans cette perspective, il s'agira de mieux cerner les
ressorts de la notabilité et du clientélisme. Peut-on
identifier, au niveau des trajectoires et des ressources,  des
passages et reconversions du niveau national au local, ou
vice-versa, et leurs limites ? Il s'agira aussi de mieux
cerner les stratégies d'acteurs politiques agissant
simultanément dans différents espaces, national, mais aussi
régionaux ou micro-locaux.

3) L'autonomisation des champs politiques locaux. Il s'agira
ici de mieux cerner la différenciation du phénomène politique
d'un lieu à l'autre, voire la prégnance locale de la vie
politique dans ce grand pays marqué par des disparités
sociales et régionales très importantes : régionalisation des
comportements électoraux, structuration locale différenciée
des mobilisations et leur articulation au niveau national.
Assiste-t-on à la formation de sous-espaces politiques
(quartiers, villes, régions, mais aussi espaces réticulaires,
pouvant également intégrer la migration), marqués par
l'existence d'un agenda local spécifique, de systèmes
d'alliance locaux ? Ces tendances vont-elles à l'encontre de
la nationalisation de la vie politique en Turquie, ou
constituent-elles au contraire un mode d'insertion dans la vie
politique nationale ?

La session sera organisée autour de deux types de travail :
- la présentation et discussion des travaux des doctorants
(1h30 par étudiant) dans le cadre de groupes réduits (quatre
demi-journées),
- des sessions plénières de discussion de textes distribués à
l'avance autour d'intervenants (cinq demi-journées),
- une demi-journée de découverte / terrain à Istanbul.

Les frais de transport et de séjour des participants seront
couverts par les organisateurs.

Conditions de candidature :
• Être inscrit en doctorat dans une discipline de sciences
sociales (sociologie, science politique, géographie,
ethnologie, histoire, aires culturelles)
• Travailler sur un sujet lié à la problématique
• Avoir une connaissance au moins passive du français et de
l'anglais, écrit et oral.

Composition du dossier de candidature:
• Un CV
• La présentation du sujet de thèse (trois à cinq pages) avec
un résumé d'une dizaine de lignes
• Rattachement de la recherche au sujet de l'école doctorale
(une page)
• Les références de trois textes se rattachant au thème de la
session que le participant aimerait voir discutés.

A renvoyer avant le 30 mars 2004 à :
Elise Massicard
CERAPS
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches administratives, politiques
et sociales
Faculté des Sciences juridiques, politiques et sociales
Université de Lille II
1, place Déliot
BP 629
59024 Lille
France
Fax : +33 03 20 90 77 00
e-mail : elise.massicard@...




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CERAPS
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches administratives, politiques
et sociales
Faculté des Sciences juridiques, politiques et sociales
Université de Lille II
1, place Déliot
BP 629
59024 Lille
France
Tel : +33 03 20 90 74 57
Fax : +33 03 20 90 77 00
e-mail : elise.massicard@...


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Call for applications:

International Summer School ‘Europe and the US in a
Changing World’ Rome, 20th June-7th July 2004

Application deadline: 30th March 2004




Dear Colleagues,

The Summer School “Europe and the US in a Changing
World”, organized by the European Office of the
University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ in collaboration with
the University of Missouri-Columbia, the University of
Oklahoma and the Center for American Studies in Rome,
will be a truly unique experience for brilliant and
very motivated students.

Its objective is to create mutual understanding and
networks among the leaders of tomorrow and to offer
them top-level education in a challenging and
stimulating environment.

Characterized by an unique mix of European, American
and international students, the Summer School will be
dense, offering 6 US credits (12 ECTS) in 16 days.
Credits are certified by the University of Rome Tor
Vergata and by partner Universities. The Summer School
will have a challenging program, alternating the
traditional lectures with interacting teaching style,
the use of audio-visual means, organization of
simulation games and field trips.

Lectures from the best University Professors from both
Europe and the US will alternate with presentations
and discussions with top-ranked decision-makers:
diplomats, European officials, and politicians. Our
special guest is the Vice President of the European
Convention, Prof. Giuliano Amato, who will give two
lectures during the Summer School. The list of
speakers also includes the Publisher of the ‘European
Voice’, Dennis Landsbert-Noon; the Head of the Public
Relations of the Council of EU Ministers, Charis
Xirouchakis; the High Counselor for Immigrants and
Refugees in the Iraqi Provisional Government, José
Lamego and many more….

The Summer School will be divided into two modules of
forty five hours each. Part 1 will compare the EU and
the US institutional and economic systems and will
examine the relations among the two blocks. In fact,
we believe that, despite the apparent differences,
Europe and the US share common culture and values,
principles and beliefs and, in addition, we are also
each other’s most important economic partner.
Therefore, the European model and the American one do
not exclude one another, but should be considered as
complementary. Part 2 will examine the relations
between the EU on one side, the US on the other, and
the rest of the world. We will examine together
whether the EU and the US policies and actions in the
various areas of the world tend to be cooperative or
conflicting, and what is the result of that
interaction (the ‘International Triangle’). Within
Part 2, two “Embassy Days” will contribute to further
enlarge the range of the issues tackled, through the
participation of diplomats from European, African and
Asian Countries, who will share with us their
every-day experience in a variety of fields.

As we are deeply convinced of the great value of such
an enriching experience, we kindly request you to
signal this unique opportunity to your most motivated
students. The all-inclusive price is highly
competitive. You can find all the additional
information you may need on the site:
www.ue.uniroma2.it.

Yours sincerely,

Federiga Bindi





Dott.ssa Federiga Bindi
Responsabile Ufficio Europeo
Università di Roma "Tor Vergata"
Rettorato, stanza 750
Via Orazio Raimondo 18
00173 Roma
Tel. +39-06-7259.2757 / 7259.3618
Cell. +39-320-4375670
Fax +39-06-7234368
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From: Marja Rytkonen
marja.rytkonen@...

The international and interdisciplinary project of the Academy of Finland
Contrasting Russian Others: Gender and Nationality in Cultural, Historical
and Literary Discourses of the 20th Century announces a call for papers for
the scientific seminar

Gender In Russian: Barriers and Boundaries
10-12 September 2004, Tver (University of Tver)


Submissions (from the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences) are invited
on the following themes:

I The national gender and the gender of nation:
a) How is the idea of nation involved in the construction of gender?
b) National specificities of representations of gender
c) The relationship between the symbolic of gender and nation

II Gender studies in Russian: strategies and perspectives:
a) The relationship between feminist and gender studies
b) Achievements and challenges of gender studies in Russia
c) Western methodologies on Russian soil

Please submit your abstract (max. 300 words) as an RTF-file attached to an
e-mail message to marja.rytkonen@...
Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2004.

(Because of the restricted financial resources we can cover the travel and
stay only for researchers from Russia and other countries of CIS.)

Members of the project:
Marianne Liljestrom, director (University of Turku)
Kirsti Ekonen (University of Tampere)
Christina Parnell (University of Erfurt)
Oleg Rjabov (University of Ivanovo)
Arja Rosenholm (University of Tampere)
Anna Rotkirch (University of Helsinki)
Marja Rytkonen (University of Tampere)
Suvi Salmenniemi (University of Helsinki)
Serguei Oushakine (Columbia University/Altai State University)

Organizers in Tver: Valentina Uspenskaja and Dmitrij Borodin (Tver center of
women’s history and gender studies)

About the project:
http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/naistutkimus/Russianothers.htm

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6. Fernand Braudel Center Binghamton University, "Haiti: The
Bicentenntial Coup d'Etat" Commentary No. 133, Mar. 15, 2004
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In This Issue:
NSDL Scout Reports
• NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology
Research and Education
• The Vietnam Project
• The Rise of New Immigrant Gateways
• Advanced Placement Digital Library
• DreiserWebSource
• Cogprints
• The Digital Human
• Elections 2004
• ippr: istitute for policy research
General Interest
• ABC Arts Online: Winged Sandals
• The Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library (THDL)
• World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition
• Beyond Compare: Women Photographers on Beauty
• The Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection
• National Portrait Gallery
• The Massachusetts Historical Society
Network Tools
• Web Desktop 2.2
• GnomeMeeting 1.00
In The News
• International Women's Day Celebrated



NSDL Scout Reports
NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology
The sixth issue of the third volume of the MET Report is available.
Its Topic in Depth section offers Web sites and comments about
Technology and the Global Economy.
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Research and Education
The Vietnam Project [pdf, RealOne Player]
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/
A number of online archives exist already to remember major military
conflicts (particularly for World War II), so it is fitting that the
Vietnam War also have a significant web presence. Designed by a
dedicated team at Texas Tech University, the Virtual Vietnam
Archive "enables scholars, students and all interested in this
remarkable period in our world history to conduct research directly
from universities, schools, libraries, and homes." Currently, the
project contains over 1.5 million pages of materials online, ranging
from photographs, slides, audio and video recordings, and a number of
oral histories. The search engine for the archive is quite powerful
and simple to use, and allows users to specify dates, media format
desired, language, and document title. While the site doesn't offer
any thematically organized collections per se, there is a real wealth
of material here. One particular highlight is the number of oral
history audio files online here. These are drawn from a number of
persons involved with the Vietnam War in a number of capacities.
Additionally, visitors will want to check out the wealth of material
related to the proceedings and history of the Vietnam Project,
including newsletters and project updates. [KMG]
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The Rise of New Immigrant Gateways [pdf]
http://www.brookings.edu/urban/pubs/20040301_gateways.pdf
Many urban areas in the United States continue to add population to
their respective locales by serving as gateway communities for the
millions of immigrants who come to live in the country every year.
This recent report published by the Brookings Institution, and
authored by Audrey Singer, demonstrates a rather intriguing pattern
by which certain cities (such as Chicago and San Francisco) have
effectively served as immigrant conduits for over a century; whereas
other American conurbations, such as Cleveland, were only able to
garner large streams of immigrants in the early 20th century. The 36-
page report discusses the nature of both former gateway cities as
well as drawing on Census 2000 data to look at the emergence of new
immigrant gateway cities such as Atlanta, Dallas, and Washington, DC.
The report also reveals several other notable findings, such as the
fact that by 2000 more immigrants in metropolitan areas lived in
suburbs than cities, and their growth rates there exceeded those in
the cities. [KMG]
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Advanced Placement Digital Library
http://apdl.rice.edu
In collaboration with the College Board, Rice University has
developed this very helpful online digital library for high school
Advanced Placement (AP) students and teachers of biology, physics,
and chemistry. Through the website, students and teachers alike can
access these materials (after filling out a free registration form),
and use them at their own leisure and adopt them for individualized
learning plans. These online resources are selected through a review
panel that includes a higher education faculty member with in-depth
knowledge of the AP curriculum, five AP teachers, two project context
experts, and an undergraduate student who is studying the subject at
the university level. The material itself made available here
contains a topic outline for each subject, with extensive hyperlinks
to the collected resources. Finally, visitors can also read about the
members of the Advanced Placement Digital Library Review Panel and
their backgrounds. [KMG]
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DreiserWebSource [RealOnePlayer]
http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/dreiser/
Designed and maintained by the Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript
Library Collection at the University of Pennsylvania, the
DreiserWebSource website brings together a host of written ephemera,
original essays, and electronic texts related to the life and
writings of Theodore Dreiser, the prominent American author. While
the site doesn't have a formal search engine, the material is divided
into four primary sections: Correspondence & Texts, Scholarly Essays,
Reference Sources, and Still and Moving images. The Correspondence &
Texts section is a delight unto itself, as it contains a host of
digitized correspondence between Dreiser and colleagues over several
decades and a special section dedicated to his ground-breaking novel,
Sister Carrie. Along with several editions of the complete novel
there are several essays about the novel's composition and historical
context, along with a virtual exhibition curated by Nancy M.
Shawcross from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Penn. The site
also includes a rare 3-minute silent film of Dreiser from 1938 at Mt.
Kisco, New York, taken by Robert Elias. [KMG]
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Cogprints [pdf]
http://cogprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
Utilizing technology generated by the University of Southampton,
Cogprints is an electronic archive for self-archive papers in a
number of scientific areas of study. Some of these areas include
psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, numerous areas of computer
science, philosophy, biology, anthropology, and several others.
Currently, the archive contains over 1200 papers ranging from 1950 to
2004. The search options for the database are quite extensive, as
visitors may initiate a simple search, or perform an advanced search,
which features 13 search fields. While papers are contained in a
number of academic fields, the archive is particularly strong in the
areas of artificial intelligence and philosophy of the mind. Visitors
looking to post their own work to the site will need to register for
a free account, and if they encounter any problems, may feel free to
consult the help section provided here. [KMG]
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The Digital Human [MS Word]
http://www.fas.org/dh/index.html
The Digital Human is an Open Source Software Consortium that uses
information technology tools to simulate and represent the body's
processes, such as the functions of DNA molecules and proteins to
cells, tissues, organs, and gross anatomy. In an effort to develop a
community where researchers can share their work, the website
provides links to various research centers and their work on
simulations, visualizations and engineering models. Another aspect of
the consortium is "to allow biomedical researchers and computer
scientists to work effectively together to develop a language that
will allow this to happen." Proceedings from conferences addressing
these issues are available from this website. [VF] This site is also
reviewed in the March 12, 2004 NSDL MET Report.
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Elections 2004
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/elec2004.html
Every presidential election in the United States gives rise to
greater legions of so-called "spin doctors," and a number of pundits
offering their opinions on the chances of each candidate who has
thrown their hat in the ring. Fortunately, the University of Michigan
Documents Center has developed this helpful and informative website
that culls together hundreds of useful websites about the upcoming
presidential election of 2004. From the homepage visitors can look
through a number of helpful sections devoted to listing sites
dedicated to such topics as Policy Issues, Candidates, and Campaign.
Within each of these broad thematic areas are contained more specific
areas dedicated to links on important subtopics such as campaign
finances, media coverage, terrorism, economics, and many others.
Scholars will want to take a look at the Academic Research section,
which contains links to online periodical databases and some links to
sites with recent working papers on the subject.
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ippr: istitute for policy research
http://www.ippr.org.uk
Launched in 1988, the ippr is a well-known British think tank
committed to producing high quality research in a number of important
sectors, including media, asylum and migration, and transport issues.
As the website notes, "Our aim is to continue a be a force for change
by delivering far-reaching and realistic policy solutions that we
hope will produce a fairer, more inclusive and more environmentally
sustainable world." The homepage allows visitors to view a calendar
of upcoming events hosted by the group, read its most recent press
releases, and find out about new and forthcoming publications. Most
visitors will find the Research section most compelling, as here they
may find general information about the group's ongoing research
agenda, which ranges from work on the digital society to substantial
work on social policy. [KMG]
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General Interest
ABC Arts Online: Winged Sandals [Macromedia Flash Reader]
http://www.wingedsandals.com/
The Scout Report has profiled numerous sites on the vast world of
Greek mythology before, but this most recent site is perhaps the most
enchanting and visually stimulating so far. Winged Sandals, produced
by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (in association with The
University of Melbourne's Centre for Classics and Archaeology), takes
visitors through the world of Greek mythology with a number of Flash-
enabled movies, intriguing games, and quizzes. Visitors are led
through the site by Hermes (appropriately enough, as he is the
messenger god), and are transported above the city of ancient Athens,
to various locales. The Storytime section is particularly lovely, as
visitors can watch retellings of such important tales as the
acquisition of the oracle at Delphi by Apollo or the story of
Perseus's encounter with Medusa. Also of note is the games section
which allows visitors the opportunity to charm Cerberus with music
and to create their own musical creations in Groove Pentatonica.
Designed for children age 6 to 12, this website is a fine teaching
aid and a real delight for young people and adults. [KMG]
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The Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library (THDL)
http://iris.lib.virginia.edu/tibet/frameset.html
As stated on the home page, "The Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library
is an international community using Web-based technologies to
integrate diverse knowledge about Tibet and the Himalayas for free
access from around the world." In other words, visitors to THDL can
expect more than an image database and digital documents, although
these materials are present. The Guide to Resources, accessed by
choosing the First Time Visitors link, provides an overview of THDL
resources grouped into broad categories (that appear as images on the
homepage) including: Collections, Reference, Community, Education,
and Tools. Collections are further organized by format, such as
audio, video, or GIS-technology based materials including a gazetteer
and maps of Tibet, Asia, Lhasa and Sera. There are multimedia
collections based on the work of a particular individual, such as
Frederick Williamson, a British political officer who took about 1700
photographs of Tibet in the 1930s. Also included are thematic
collections such as Architecture, Art, Literature, History;
Interactive maps and models, such as a 3D interactive model of Meru
Nyingba Monastery (Lhasa, Tibet); and electronic journals. There are
a number of resources to assist with Tibetan languages, such as
translators and dictionaries, and digital tools for displaying fonts,
and the Community section provides discussion forums, email lists,
Blogs, and links to associations and individuals of interest. [DS]
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World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition [pdf,RealOnePlayer]
http://www.wtcsitememorial.org/
Reconstruction of the World Trade Center site has begun in earnest in
Lower Manhattan, and many people are looking forward to see the
transformation of the site move forward. While the Lower Manhattan
Development Corporation was responsible for launching the largest
design competition ever to elicit submissions for the World Trade
Center Site Memorial, only recently have all of the submissions been
put online for the general public. Here visitors can look at all of
the 5201 submissions, which came from 63 nations and 49 U.S. states.
Each submission may be viewed in its entirety, and visitors may also
read more detailed information about the seven finalists.
Additionally, there is detailed information about the winning entry,
Reflecting Absence, which was submitted jointly by Michael Arad and
Peter Walker. Finally, visitors may browse through a detailed archive
of press releases related to the official competition. [KMG]
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Beyond Compare: Women Photographers on Beauty [Macromedia Flash
Reader]
http://www.dovebeyondcompare.ca/
Sponsored by the Dove Company, this online exhibit designed to
showcase the work of women photographers and photos of beauty
complements a ongoing photo exhibition that is making its way through
Canada during the spring of 2004. As the website notes, "The exhibit
speaks to the uniqueness of each artist's interpretation of beauty.
Each photograph is beyond comparison-beautiful on its own terms.
These images which depict confidence, individuality and character are
also accompanied by an anecdote or quote that explains the
photographer's vision." The photographs displayed online here come
from around the world, and include the work of such notable
photographers as Annie Leibovitz, Tierney Gearon, and Peggy Sirota.
While looking through the photo galleries, visitors can also stop to
read the story behind each image, and read different comments made by
the photographers as well. [KMG]
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The Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection
http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/dcmhtml/dmhome.html
Dayton C. Miller grew up on a small farm in Ohio in the middle years
of the 19th century, and later became a well-regarded acoustician and
physicist, and an avid collector of flutes and related musical
instruments and ephemera. In 1941, in his bequest, Dayton Miller
donated his massive collection of more than 1700 flutes and other
wind instruments to the Library of Congress. In order to offer
greater distributed public access to this trove of material, the
American Memory Project at the Library of Congress has created this
interesting archive of Mr. Miller's extensive collection. Here
visitors can search or browse through some of the many wonderful
instruments collected by Miller during his lifetime, including a
number of rare crystal flutes, a 22-karat gold flute designed by
Miller himself, and a flute presented to President James Madison.
Along with looking through this archive, visitors will want to take a
look at some other presentations on the site, such as a section
titled Fife vs. Band Flute, which looks at the substantial
differences between the two instruments, and one of the more than
3000 books and pamphlets contained within the collection, titled The
Pleasant Companion: or New Lessons and Instructions for the Flagelet
from 1680. [KMG]
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National Portrait Gallery
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/index.asp
Founded in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery in London was
established to collect the likenesses of famous British men and
women. For persons with a penchant for portraiture, this website will
be a welcome addition, and one with enough material to merit a number
of extensive visits. Besides information about visiting the Gallery
(which is available in several languages, including German and
Japanese), visitors will delight in the fact that they can search the
entire collection of 50,167 portraits online here. In all fairness,
only 28,539 of this total number are illustrated, but that's still
quite impressive, as visitors can look at renderings of Samuel
Johnson, Henry VIII, and other luminaries. Visitors to the site can
also browse the Gallery as if they were there, by selecting any one
of the rooms, organized by century. The site is rounded out by a nice
selection of special website features, such as the most recent one
added to the site, which deals with well-known Britons of the past
100 years. [KMG]
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The Massachusetts Historical Society
http://www.masshist.org
From its auspicious beginnings in 1792, the Massachusetts Historical
Society (MHS) has grown to be one of the major historical research
libraries and manuscript repositories in New England. Along with its
public outreach programs (which visitors can learn about on the
site), the society also offer a number of fellowship programs for
visiting scholars and persons interested in utilizing its
collections. For persons interested in doing research at the society,
there are over 51 digitized online finding aids available here as
well, along the ABIGAL online catalog which may also prove useful.
From the homepage, visitors can also view the Object of the Month
feature, which gives detailed information and a digitized image of an
important object in the Society's holdings, such as a dramatic
photograph of the Boston & Albany passenger train from 1885. Of
course, users will not want to miss the fine online resources here,
including the electronic archive of correspondence of the Adams
Family (including those legendary letters between John and Abigail
Adams) and the wonderful electronic archive that contains many
original documents and papers from Thomas Jefferson in the collection
of the MHS. [KMG]
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Network Tools
Web Desktop 2.2 [Macintosh Operating System]
http://stevenf.com/index.php?node=WebDesktop
While many applications seem to afford users the ability to
effectively multi-task, this small application allows users the
ability multi-task by layering a web browser over their existing
desktop. The application can also be customized, as users can specify
an automatic refresh interval so that the page on the desktop is
automated at various intervals. Some potential uses include tracking
the orbit of satellites, monitoring stock quotes and keeping track of
online auctions. WebDesktop 2.2 is compatible with all systems
running Mac OS X 10.2 and Safari 1.0 [KMG]
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GnomeMeeting 1.00 [Windows Operating System]
http://www.gnomemeeting.org
GnomeMeeting is a videoconferencing and telephony application that
allows users to make audio and video calls to remote users with
compatible software, such as Microsoft Netmeeting. The application
has a number of features such as call monitoring, audio and video
call mute, and PC-to-phone calls. From the website for the
application, users can review an extensive FAQ section, view a number
of screenshots, and read up-to-date news on version releases and bug
fixes. GnomeMeeting 1.00 is compatible with all systems running
Windows 98 and higher. [KMG]
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In The News
International Women's Day Celebrated
Baltimore Sun: Nobel laureate decries inequality
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-
te.women09mar09,0,1008586.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines
Al Jazeera.Net: Women Becoming Main Victims of AIDS
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E333C7B1-B5EC-48D2-B1A4-
7D72FAAFB7C3.htm
Cornell Daily Sun: Ceremony Recognizes Outstanding Women
http://cornelldailysun.com/articles/11187/
International Women's Day 2004 [pdf, RealOne Player]
http://www.un.org/events/women/iwd/2004/
A History of International Women's Day
http://www.isis.aust.com/iwd/stevens/contents.htm
WHO: Women's Health
http://www.who.int/health_topics/womens_health/en/
With historical origins dating back to the early 20th century,
International Women's Day has been officially celebrated since 1977,
when the United Nations made a special declaration setting the date
in early March every year. This year saw a flurry of important events
around the world that coincided with March 8th, including ceremonies
designed to honor women of national and international importance in
many countries and a number of valuable statements made on behalf
regarding the cause of gender equality. A number of prominent women
also gave speeches this Monday, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Shirin Ebadi, who noted that "The rights of women and democracy are
one and the same." A study released this past Monday by the Inter-
Parliamentary Union noted that women make up a record-breaking 15.3
percent of the world's lawmakers. The country with the greatest
percentage of female lawmakers is Rwanda (49 percent), followed
closely by Sweden, with 45 percent. While there was much to
celebrate, there were also some ominous trends noted by lawmakers and
officials, including the rapid and disturbing increase of young women
with HIV around the world in the past few years, a fact noted by UN
Secretary General Kofi Annan during his remarks to a special UN
session.

The first site will take visitors to a news piece from the Baltimore
Sun that contains Shirin Ebadi's remarks made on International
Women's Day. The second link leads to a news piece from Al-Jazeera
that discusses the rapid increase of HIV among young women, a public
health issue that is becoming endemic in certain parts of the
developing world. The third link leads to an article from the Cornell
(University) Daily Sun that offers details on a celebration honoring
women on their campus who had worked to improve the situation of
women locally, nationally, and internationally. The fourth link will
take visitors to the rather comprehensive website for International
Women's Day 2004 created by the United Nations. The site contains
information on the events sponsored by the UN and its Women Watch
website, which serves as a clearinghouse for resources on gender
equality and empowerment of women. The fifth link will take users to
a good history of International Women's Day, created by Joyce Stevens
for the Australian Women's Intra Network. The final link leads to a
well-honed site developed by the World Health Organization to
highlight its own work on women's health (including special sections
on work in Southeast Asia) and to bring together a number of useful
fact sheets and related web-based resources. [KMG]
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2.
The February-March 2004 issue of Middle East Intelligence Bulletin is
now online.  All of the articles can be fully accessed at
http://www.meib.org

contents:

LEBANON
Dossier: Hassan Nasrallah
Hezbollah's secretary-general is today the most widely revered public
figure in the Arab world. The story behind his meteoric rise. Gary C.
Gambill
Hezbollah Increasing Terror Activity
Syria and the Presidential Succession in Lebanon
With President Emile Lahoud's term in office coming to a close in
November, Syria must decide whether to extend the mandate of its most
reliable Maronite Christian surrogate or designate a successor. Ziad
K. Abdelnour
SYRIA
The Myth of Syria's "Old Guard"
Contrary to Western media reports, President Bashar Assad is in
control.  Gary C. Gambill
IRAN
Iran after the Elections
The ascendance of a minority right-wing regime in Tehran is unlikely
to produce major changes in Iranian foreign policy or spark
substantial domestic upheaval. Mahan Abedin

3.
The ISN Terrorism Dossier is now online at
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/dossiers/terrorism/. This dossier collects all
the terrorism-related content generated by the ISN over the last few
years in a single, convenient location. It also draws on research
experience at the Center for Security Studies in Zurich, specifically
the Political Violence Movements Project.

Our focus is not limited to a single incident or terrorist group but
includes content on a range of issues including national
counterterrorism policies, terrorist financing, narcoterrorism, and
cyberterrorism. As such,  we cover a much broader scope than that of
comparable services on the internet. We have significantly expanded
our
Links Library collection to include government and academic reports on
the combating of terrorism, and will continue to add the most relevant
content as and when necessary. We have also created a list of valuable
reference and research resources to enable further inquiry.

The dossier also makes use of the ISN's new Knowledge Management
System
(KMS). All terrorism-related publications produced by the Center for
Security Studies are now sorted by the relevant country and subject
categories. In time, all ISN content will be filtered through the KMS,
allowing you to find country and region-specific information on all
aspects of terrorism and over 2,500 other subjects.

This is the first in a planned series of dossiers. Future dossiers
will
cover a broad spectrum of subjects in international relations
including
drugs policy, small arms, and critical infrastructure protection.

We hope you find this service both useful and interesting and we look
forward to your feedback.

ISN

4.
The following 95 reviews were posted to the H-Net web site between
08 Mar 2004 and 15 Mar 2004.

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Wladislaw Hedeler
     J=F6rg Baberowski.  _Der rote Terror. Die Geschichte des
     Stalinismus_.  M=FCnchen: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2003.  288 S.
     EUR 24.90 (broschiert), ISBN 3-421-05486-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D204991078751418

Reviewed for H-Albion by Stephen Howe
     Clare Carroll and Patricia King, eds..  _Ireland and Postcolonial
     Theory_.  Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.  x +
     246 pp.  $47.50 (cloth), ISBN 0-268-02286-0; $25.00 (paper), ISBN
     0-268-02287-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D205071078751422

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Harald M=FCller
     Anthony Grafton.  _Leon Battista Alberti. Baumeister der
     Renaissance_.  Berlin: Berlin Verlag, 2002.  608 S.  EUR 24.90
     (broschiert), ISBN 3-8270-0169-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D205221078751430

Reviewed for H-German by Heike Bungert
     Frank Trommler and Elliott Shore, eds..  _The German-American
     Encounter: Conflict and Cooperation between Two Cultures, 1800-
     2000_.  New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2001.  xix + 344 pp.
     $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 1-57181-290-3.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D206371078751506

Reviewed for H-Museum by Antje Nagel
     Uwe Christian Dech.  _Sehenlernen im Museum. Ein Konzept zur
     Wahrnehmung und Pr=E4sentation von Exponaten_.  Bielefeld:
     Transkript Verlag, 2003.  176 S.  EUR 19.80 (kartoniert), ISBN 3-
     89942-132-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D206411078751510

Reviewed for H-California by Joseph Palermo
     Robert Cohen and Reginald E. Zelnik, eds.  _The Free Speech
     Movement:  Reflections on Berkeley in the 1960s_.  Berkeley:
     University of California Press, 2002.  xx + 618 pp.  $55.00
     (cloth), ISBN 0-520-22221-0; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-520-23354-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D240881078818568

Reviewed for H-CivWar by James S. Baugess
     Sam Davis Elliott, ed.  _Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and
     Second Bishop of Tennessee: The Memoir and Civil War Diary of
     Charles Todd Quintard_.  Baton Rogue: Louisiana State University
     Press, 2003.  xxii + 285 pp.  $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8071-2846-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D240941078818571

Reviewed for H-Africa by Inge Brinkman
     Minette Mans.  _Music as an Instrument of Diversity and Unity:
     Notes on a Namibian Landscape_.  Uppsala: Nordiska
     Afrikainstitutet, 2003.  55 pp.  EUR 10.00 (paper), ISBN 91-7106-
     510-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D241001078818573

Reviewed for H-Africa by Vladimir Shubin
     Wendy James, Donald L. Donham, Eisei Kurimoto, and Alessandro
     Triulzi, eds.  _Remapping Ethiopia: Socialism and After_.  Athens:
     Ohio University Press, 2002.  xi + 306 pp.  $49.95 (cloth), ISBN
     0-8214-1447-X; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8214-1448-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D241041078818575

Reviewed for H-California by Lynn Downey
     Katharine A. Rodger, ed.  _Renaissance Man of Cannery Row: The
     Life and Letters of Edward F. Ricketts_.  Tuscaloosa: University
     of Alabama Press, 2002.  liv + 283 pp.  $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     8173-1172-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D241081078818577

Reviewed for H-Environment by Peter J. Blodgett
     Hal Rothman, ed.  _The Culture of Tourism, The Tourism of Culture:
     Selling the Past to the Present in the American Southwest_.
     Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003.  xi + 250 pp.
     $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8263-2928-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D241121078818579

Reviewed for H-Texas by Mary L. Kelley
     Randolph B. Campbell.  _Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star
     State_.  New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.  xii+
     500 pp.  $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-19-513842-2; $29.95 (paper), ISBN
     0-19-513843-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D282501078820056

Reviewed for H-CivWar by Tilden G. Edelstein
     Michael Perman.  _Emancipation and Reconstruction_.  Wheeling:
     Harlan Davidson, 2003.  x + 144 pp.  $13.95 (paper), ISBN 0-88295-
     995-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D282751078820071

Reviewed for H-Albion by Victor Stater
     Barry Coward, ed.  _A Companion to Stuart Britain_.  Blackwell
     Companions to British History Series. Oxford: Blackwell
     Publishers, 2003.  xxiv + 564 pp.  $131.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-631-
     21874-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D282811078820095

Reviewed for H-California by Chia Youyee Vang
     Aiwha Ong.  _Buddha Is Hiding: Refugees, Citizenship, the New
     America_.  Berkeley and London: University of California Press,
     2003.  xix + 333 pp.  $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-520-22998-3; $21.95
     (paper), ISBN 0-520-23824-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D283281078820110

Reviewed for H-West by Steven Harmon Wilson
     Frank Van Nuys.  _Americanizing the West: Race, Immigrants, and
     Citizenship, 1890-1930_.  Lawrence: University Press of Kansas,
     2002.  xvi + 294 pp.  $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-7006-1206-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D283341078820115

Reviewed for H-DC by Christopher H. Sterling
     Michael Burlingame, ed.  _Dispatches from Lincoln's White House:
     The Anonymous Civil War Journalism of Presidential Secretary
     William O. Stoddard_.  Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press,
     2002.  xxvi + 287 pp.  $39.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8032-9290-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D228631078862336

Reviewed for H-DC by Christopher H. Sterling
     Edward Steers, Jr.  _Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of
     Abraham Lincoln_.  Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2003.
     xv + 360 pp.  $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8131-2217-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D228791078862338

Reviewed for H-West by Jean A. Stuntz
     Ellen McGowan Biddle.  _Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife_.
     Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2002.  xxiii + 257 pp.  $12.95
     (paper), ISBN 0-8117-2058-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D229501078862346

Reviewed for H-Italy by Francesca Vassalle
     Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan.  _Venice Triumphant: Horizons of a Myth_.
     Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.  xxi + 386 pp.
     $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8018-6958-7.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D247191078862499

Reviewed for H-Italy by Stanislao G. Pugliese
     Piero Gobetti.  _On Liberal Revolution_.  New Haven: Yale
     University Press, 2000.  lvi + 241 pp.  $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     300-08117-0; $16.95 (paper), ISBN 0-300-08118-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D248581078862508

Reviewed for H-Italy by Stanislao G. Pugliese
     Albert DeMeo.  _For the Sins of My Father: A Mafia Killer, His
     Son, and the Legacy of a Mob Life_.  New York: Broadway Books,
     2002.  288 pp.  $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-7679-0679-9; $14.95
     (paper), ISBN 0-7679-0689-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D249171078862512

Reviewed for H-Florida by Nicholas J. Linville
     James M. Denham and Canter Brown, Jr., eds.  _Cracker Times and
     Pioneer Lives: The Florida Reminiscences of George Gillet Keen and
     Sarah Pamela Williams_.  Columbia: University of South Carolina
     Press, 2000.  x + 215 pp.  $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 1-57003-346-3;
     $16.95 (paper), ISBN 1-57003-512-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D203741078867163

Reviewed for H-Italy by Marta Petrusewicz
     Don H. Doyle.  _Nations Divided: America, Italy, and the Southern
     Question_.  Athens and London: University of Georgia Press, 2002.
     xvii + 130 pp.  $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8203-2330-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D119141078904487

Reviewed for H-Museum by Thomas Overdick
     Jan Carstensen, Hrsg.  _Die Dinge umgehen? Sammeln und Forschen in
     kulturhistorischen Museen_.  M=FCnster, New York, M=FCnchen:
Waxmann,
     2003.  128 S.  19.80 (broschiert), ISBN 3-8309-1322-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D184161078916837

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Martina Hartmann
     Chiara Frugoni.  _Das Mittelalter auf der Nase. Brillen, B=FCcher,
     Bankgesch=E4fte und andere Erfindungen des Mittelalters_.
M=FCnchen:
     C.H. Beck Verlag, 2003.  200 S.  EUR 24.90 (broschiert), ISBN 3-
     406-50911-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D184261078916846

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Johannes Mikuteit
     Friedrich W. Graf, Christian Nees, Hrsg.  _Ernst Troeltsch in
     Nachrufen_.  G=FCtersloh: G=FCtersloher Verlagshaus, 2002.  770 S.
     EUR 34.95 (kartoniert), ISBN 3-579-00107-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D184301078916850

Reviewed for H-German by Kevin P. Spicer
     Georg Denzler.  _Widerstand ist nicht das richtige Wort:
     Katholische Priester, Bischoefe und Theologen im Dritten Reich_.
     Zurich: Pendo, 2003.  304 pp.  EUR 22.90 (cloth), ISBN 3-85842-
     479-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D184561078916867

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Dirk Naguschewski
     Josef Gugler.  _African Film. Re-imagining a Continent_.  Oxford:
     James Currey, 2003.  201 S.  =A340.00 (gebunden), ISBN 0-85255-
562-
     8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D184601078916871

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Peter Oliver Loew
     Christian Pletzing.  _Vom V=F6lkerfr=FChling zum nationalen
Konflikt.
     Deutscher und polnischer Nationalismus in Ost- und Westpreu=DFen
     1830-1871_.  Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003.  528 S.  EUR
     70.00 (gebunden), ISBN 3-447-04657-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D184641078916874

Reviewed for H-Buddhism by Paul L. Swanson
     Paul Groner.  _Ry=F4gen and Mount Hiei: Japanese Tendai in the
Tenth
     Century_.  Kuroda Institute Studies in East Asian Buddhism Series,
     vol 15. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002.  xv + 525 pp.
     $48.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8248-2260-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D300951078983349

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Sabine Andresen
     Andreas Petersen.  _Radikale Jugend. Die sozialistische
     Jugendbewegung der Schweiz 1900-1930_.  Z=FCrich: Chronos Verlag,
     2001.  00 S.  EUR 42.50 (gebunden), ISBN 3-0340-0510-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133211079048649

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Charlotte Schubert
     Helmut Kyrieleis, Hrsg.  _Olympia 1875-2000. 125 Jahre deutsche
     Ausgrabungen. Internationales Symposium Berlin, 9.-11. November
     2000_.  Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern Verlag, 2002.  376 S.
     EUR 45.00 (gebunden), ISBN 3-8053-2989-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133341079048657

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Wolfgang Schmale
     Luisa Passerini, Hrsg.  _Figures d'Europe/Images and Myths of
     Europe_.  Br=FCssel: Peter Lang, 2003.  183 S.  EUR 28.90
     (broschiert), ISBN 90-5201-189-3.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133541079048685

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Michael Schr=F6ders
     Klaus-Michael Mallmann, Wolfgang Pyta, Volker Riess, Hrsg..
     _Deutscher Osten 1939-1945. Der Weltanschauungskrieg in Photos und
     Texten_.  Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2003.
     204 S.  EUR 39.90 (broschiert), ISBN 3-534-16023-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133571079048690

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Birgit Schwelling
     Bernd Weisbrod, Hrsg.  _Die Politik der =D6ffentlichkeit--Die
     =D6ffentlichkeit der Politik. Politische Medialisierung in der
     Geschichte der Bundesrepublik_.  G=F6ttingen: Wallstein Verlag,
     2003.  283 S.  EUR 30.00 (gebunden), ISBN 3-89244-691-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133591079048693

Reviewed for H-Judaic by John D. Brolley
     Stefan C. Reif, ed..  _The Cambridge Genizah Collections: Their
     Contents and Significance_.  Cambridge and New York: Cambridge
     University Press, 2002.  xiv + 239 pp.  $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     521-81361-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133611079048696

Reviewed for H-Museum by Tom Lerch
     Joachim Huber und Karin von Lerber.  _Handhabung und Lagerung von
     mobilem Kulturgut. Ein Handbuch f=FCr Museen, kirchliche
     Institutionen, Sammler und Archive_.  Bielefeld: Transcript, 2003.
     194 S.  EUR 25.80 (broschiert), ISBN 3-89942-140-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133641079048700

Reviewed for H-German by Brenda Melendy
     Stefan Wolff.  _The German Question since 1919: An Analysis with
     Key Documents_.  Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2003.  xii + 227
     pp.  $67.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-275-97269-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133991079048703

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Hans-J=F6rg Sigwart
     Hans Maier, Hrsg.  _Totalitarismus und Politische Religionen.
     Konzepte des Diktaturvergleichs. Band III: Deutungsgeschichte und
     Theorie_.  Paderborn: Ferdinand Sch=F6ningh Verlag, 2003.  450 S.
     34.90 (broschiert), ISBN 3-506-76829-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D11191079054868

Reviewed for H-German by John S.Conway
     Helmut Walser Smith, ed..  _Protestants, Catholics and Jews in
     Germany 1800-1914_.  Oxford and New York: Berg Publishers, 2002.
     xiii + 336 pp.  $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 1-8597-3565-7.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D11281079054877

Reviewed for H-Buddhism by Jin Y. Park
     Bongkil Chung.  _The Scriptures of Won Buddhism: A Translation of
     the WOnbulgyo kyojOn with Introduction_.  Honolulu: University of
     Hawai'i Press, 2003.  xviii + 413 pp.  $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     8248-2185-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D32091079055661

Reviewed for H-Survey by John R. Moore
     Jean-Christophe Agnew and Roy Rosenzweig, eds.  _A Companion to
     Post-1945 America_.  Malden and Oxford: Blackwell Publishers,
     2002.  xvii + 584 pp.  $131.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-631-22325-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D305391079074307

Reviewed for H-Diplo by Gregory J. Dehler
     Paul G. Harris, ed..  _International Environmental Cooperation:
     Politics and Diplomacy in Pacific Asia_.  Boulder: University of
     Colorado Press, 2002.  xiii + 320 pp.  $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     87081-678-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D312071079074576

Reviewed for H-Diplo by James Jay Carafano
     Eric Hershberg and Kevin W. Moore, eds.  _Critical Views of
     September 11:  Analyses from Around the World_.  New York: The New
     Press, 2002.  viii + 304 pp.  $18.95 (paper), ISBN 1-56584-771-7.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D312111079074579

Reviewed for H-Diplo by Dr. Steven Wagner
     Pierre Asselin.  _A Bitter Peace:  Washington, Hanoi, and the
     Making of the Paris Agreement_.  Chapel Hill: University of North
     Carolina Press, 2002.  xi + 190 pp.  $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8078-
     2751-7; $18.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8078-5417-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D312191079074581

Reviewed for H-NILAS by Marion W. Copeland
     David Quammen.  _Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the
     Jungles of History and the Mind_.  New York and London: W. W.
     Norton, 2003.  485 pp.  $26.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-393-05140-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D312241079074584

Reviewed for H-War by Ian M. Brown
     Zara S. Steiner and Keith Neilson.  _Britain and the Origins of
     the First World War_.  Houndsmills and New York: Palgrave
     Macmillan, 2003.  x + 277 pp.  $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-333-73466-1;
     $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-333-73467-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D312281079074587

Reviewed for H-Albion by Susan Doran
     Georgianna Ziegler, ed.  _Elizabeth I: Then and Now_.  Seattle:
     University of Washington Press, 2003.  192 pp.  $40.00 (paper),
     ISBN 0-295-98323-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D40841079076148

Reviewed for H-South by Brian Kelly
     Adam Fairclough.  _Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-
     2000_.  New York: Penguin Books, 2002.  xiv + 384 pp.  $16.00
     (paper), ISBN 0-142-00129-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D48081079076267

Reviewed for H-USA by Burcak Keskin-Kozat
     Mary L. Dudziak, ed.  _September 11 in History: A Watershed
     Moment?_.  Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2003.  240
     pp.  $79.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8223-3229-9; $22.95 (paper), ISBN 0-
     8223-3242-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D48111079076269

Reviewed for H-Florida by Raymond A. Mohl
     Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., ed.  _Sunbelt Revolution: The Historical
     Progression of the Civil Rights Struggle in the Gulf South, 1866-
     2000_.  Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003.  x + 275
     pp.  $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8130-2577-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D48141079076271

Reviewed for H-CivWar by Jeanne T. Heidler
     Spencer C. Tucker.  _Brigadier General John D. Imboden:
     Confederate Commander in the Shenandoah_.  Lexington: University
     Press of Kentucky, 2003.  xiii + 392 pp.  $32.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     8131-2266-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D48251079076292

Reviewed for H-War by David L. Snead
     Robert L. Bateman.  _No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean
     War Incident_.  Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2002.  xvii + 302
     pp.  $22.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8117-1763-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D48281079076300

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Matthias Brosch
     Michel Grunewald und Uwe Puschner, Hrsg..  _Das konservative
     Intellektuellenmilieu, seine Presse und seine Netzwerke_.  Bern:
     Peter Lang, 2003.  718 S.  EUR 81.30 (gebunden), ISBN 3-906770-16-
     8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D111161079098139

Reviewed for HABSBURG by Gerald H. Davis
     Hannes Leidinger and Verena Moritz.  _Gefangenschaft, Revolution,
     Heimkehr: Die Bedeutung des Kriegsgefangenenproblematik f=FCr die
     Geschichte des Kommunismus in Mittel- und Osteuropa 1917-1920_.
     Vienna: B=F6hlau, 2003.  754 pp.  EUR 85.00 (cloth), ISBN 3-205-
     77068-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D111731079098156

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Michael Obst
     Georg Lehner und Monika Lehner.  _=D6sterreich-Ungarn und der
     "Boxeraufstand" in China_.  Wien: StudienVerlag, 2002.  740 S.
     EUR 43.50 (gebunden), ISBN 3-7065-1713-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D111761079098159

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Stephanie Irrgang
     Martin Kintzinger.  _Wissen wird Macht. Bildung im Mittelalter_.
     Stuttgart: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 2003.  203 S.  EUR 22.90
     (broschiert), ISBN 3-7995-0116-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D111891079098163

Reviewed for H-German by Karrin M. Hanshew
     Dieter Rucht, ed..  _Protest in der Bundesrepublik: Strukturen und
     Entwicklungen_.  Frankfurt a.M. and New York: Campus Verlag, 2001.
     322 pp.  EUR 34.00 (paper), ISBN 3-593-36451-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D111971079098167

Reviewed for H-Indiana by Randy Roberts
     Wes D. Gehring.  _Carole Lombard: The Hoosier Tornado_.
     Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press, 2003.  xx + 264
     pp.  $19.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-87195-167-3.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D144591079225681

Reviewed for H-Albion by Stephen K. Roberts
     Austin Woolrych.  _Britain in Revolution, 1625-1660_.  Oxford:
     Oxford University Press, 2002.  viii + 814 pp.  $35.00 (cloth),
     ISBN 0-19-820081-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D144631079225688

Reviewed for H-Africa by Gregory H. Maddox
     Dahilon Yassin Mohamoda.  _Nile Basin Cooperation: A Review of the
     Literature_.  Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2003.  41 pp.
     SEK 80.00 (paper), ISBN 91-7106-512-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D144711079225691

Reviewed for H-Florida by Sherry Johnson
     Charles R. Ewen and John H. Hann.  _Hernando de Soto among the
     Apalachee:  The Archaeology of the First Winter Encampment_.
     Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1998.  x + 256 pp.
     $29.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8130-1557-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D144741079225693

Reviewed for H-SHEAR by Erica R. Armstrong
     Susan Zaeske.  _Signatures of Citizenship: Petitioning,
     Antislavery, and Women's Political Identity_.  Chapel Hill:
     University of North Carolina Press, 2003.  iii + 253 pp.  $49.95
     (cloth), ISBN 0-8078-2759-2; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8078-5426-3.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D144791079225696

Reviewed for H-Florida by Paul E. Hoffman
     Brent Richards Weisman.  _Unconquered People: Florida's Seminole
     and Miccosukee Indians_.  Gainesville: University Press of
     Florida, 1999.  x + 170 pp.  $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8130-1662-2;
     $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8130-1663-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D174211079226396

Reviewed for H-Florida by Paul E. Hoffman
     Jerald T. Milanich.  _Florida's Indians from Ancient Times to the
     Present_.  Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1998.  xi +
     194 pp.  $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8130-1598-7; $19.95 (paper), ISBN
     0-8130-1599-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D180071079226569

Reviewed for H-Albion by David Turner
     Bernard Capp.  _When Gossips Meet: Women, Family, and
     Neighbourhood in Early Modern England_.  New York and Oxford:
     Oxford University Press, 2003.  ix + 398 pp.  $85.00 (cloth), ISBN
     0-19-925598-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D36391079238690

Reviewed for H-USA by Fred Davies
     Richard Maltby.  _Hollywood Cinema_.  Oxford: Blackwell
     Publishing, 2003.  544 pp.  $78.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-631-21614-6;
     $41.95 (paper), ISBN 0-631-21615-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D37071079238743

Reviewed for H-South by A. Glenn Crothers
     John K. Nelson.  _A Blessed Company: Parishes, Parsons, and
     Parishioners in Anglican Virginia, 1690-1776_.  Chapel Hill:
     University of North Carolina Press, 2002.  xiv + 477 pp.  $49.95
     (cloth), ISBN 0-8078-2663-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D37121079238749

Reviewed for H-AfrTeach by Alexandra O'Brien
     Joann Jovinelly and Jason Netelkos.  _The Crafts and Culture of
     the Ancient Egyptians_.  New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2002.
     48 pp.  $29.25 (cloth), ISBN 0-8239-3509-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D37191079238752

Reviewed for H-South by John H. Barnhill
     Charles D. Chamberlain.  _Victory at Home: Manpower and Race in
     the American South during World War II_.  Athens: University of
     Georgia Press, 2003.  288 pp.  $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8203-2429-9;
     $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8203-2443-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D37271079238754

Reviewed for H-Atlantic by Patrick Griffin
     Kerby A. Miller, Arnold Schrier, Bruce D. Boling, and David N.
     Doyle, eds.  _Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan: Letters and
     Memoirs from Colonial and Revolutionary America, 1675-1815_.  New
     York: Oxford University Press, 2003.  xxvii + 788 pp.  $74.00
     (cloth), ISBN 0-19-504513-0; $35.00 (paper), ISBN 0-19-515489-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D37291079238756

Reviewed for H-Environment by Brian Allen Drake
     George Perkins Marsh.  _Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as
     Modified by Human Action_.  Seattle and London: University of
     Washington Press, 2003.  xxxv + 472 pp.  $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-
     295-98316-7.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D142661079242094

Reviewed for H-USA by Elizabeth Jozwiak
     Mark Essig.  _Edison and the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and
     Death_.  New York: Walker, 2003.  358 pp.  $26.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     8027-1406-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D142701079242097

Reviewed for H-AfrLitCine by Stephen Belcher
     Mugyabuso M. Mulokozi.  _The African Epic Controversy: Historical,
     Philosophical, and Aesthetic Perspectives on Epic Poetry and
     Performances_.  Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2002.
     xviii + 550 pp.  $49.95 (paper), ISBN 9-987-68629-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D142801079242107

Reviewed for H-Gender-MidEast by Peter Gran
     Anthony Gorman.  _Historians, State and Politics in Twentieth
     Century Egypt: Contesting the Nation_.  London and New York:
     RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.  xii + 276 pp.  $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-415-
     29753-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D142851079242109

Reviewed for H-Environment by Richard Stuart
     Bruce Braun.  _The Intemperate Rainforest: Nature, Culture, and
     Power on Canada's West Coast_.  Minneapolis: University of
     Minnesota Press, 2002.  xiii + 347 pp.  $74.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     8166-3399-1; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8166-3400-9.
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5.
EurasiaNet Weekly Update

The following stories appeared on EurasiaNet over the past week:

AJARIA SHOWDOWN RAISES PROSPECT OF RENEWED CIVIL STRIFE IN GEORGIA
Jaba Devdariani: 3/15/04
Wojciech Bartuzi
The threat of separatist fighting is looming again over Georgia. In an
attempt to compel Ajaria's submission to central government authority,
President Mikheil Saakashvili has imposed an economic blockade on the
renegade region. Meanwhile, Ajarian leader Aslan Abashidze has accused
Tbilisi of trying to stage a coup in Batumi, and has appealed for
Russian support.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav031504.shtml

RIGHTS ADVOCATES STRIVE TO PROMOTE JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN ARMENIA
Emil Danielyan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/rights/articles/eav031204.shtml


NATO'S "PROGRESSIVE EXPANSION" IN AFGHAN PROVINCES REQUIRED FOR
GREATER
SECURITY
Abubaker Saddique
A EurasiaNet Q&A with Hikmet Cetin, NATO's Senior Civilian
Representative for Afghanistan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/qanda/articles/eav031204.shtml


GEORGIA TACKLES CHECHEN CONUNDRUM
Daria Solovieva
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav031104.shtml


THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING CHECHENS CONTINUES TO STIR CONTROVERSY IN
GEORGIA
A EurasiaNet Q&A with Georgian NGO lawyer Lia Mukhashavria
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/qanda/articles/eav031104.shtml


MEMORIES OF A LOST HOMELAND
Albina Digaeva
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav031104a.shtm
l


LOOMING ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN SPUR RURAL RACE FOR INFLUENCE BETWEEN
US TROOPS AND TALIBAN
Mevlut Katik
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav031004.shtml


KAZAKHSTAN'S ASAR PARTY EMERGES AS FRONT-RUNNER IN PARLIAMENTARY
CAMPAIGN
Alima Bissenova
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav030904a.shtm
l


A GEORGIAN_RUSSIAN PIPELINE: FOR PEACE OR PROFIT?
Cory Welt AND George Anjaparidze
A EurasiaNet commentary
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/business/articles/eav030904.shtm
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6.
Commentary No. 133, Mar. 15, 2004
"Haiti: The Bicentenntial Coup d'Etat"

In a world where many countries have sad tales to tell, Haiti is
quite possibly at the top of the list. In the eighteenth century,
Haiti (then known at St.-Domingue) was the jewel in the crown of the
French empire. It was the leading sugar exporter in the world at the
time and yielded immense profits to a small class of French
plantation owners. The overwhelming majority of the population were
Black slaves. There was a small intermediate group made up largely of
mulattoes, poor Whites, and a few free Blacks.

Then came the French Revolution, and everyone on the island decided
to profit from the turmoil. The White settlers elected
representatives to the Estates-General, which then became the
Assemblée Nationale, and sought autonomous authority on the island.
The "free colored" in turn demanded their rights and found support
among some members of the Assemblée Nationale, the Amis des Noirs.
They succeeded in getting the Assemblée to award the vote
to "propertied mulattoes," whose leader was promptly captured,
tortured, and executed by the White settlers.

At this point, there began a slave revolt, and Haiti entered into a
three-way civil war. The slave revolt frightened not only the White
settlers and the propertied mulattoes but France, Great Britain,
Spain, and not least the newly-constituted United States. Under the
leadership of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Black revolutionaries
created a disciplined army and took over control of an independent
state, which was then ostracized by everyone. By 1802, Napoleon had
reinvaded the island and by a combination of force and deception
captured Toussaint L'Ouverture and took him off to prison in France.

The story gets complicated after that. But basically the republic,
officially launched in 1804 (hence this is the bicentennial year),
would be under the control primarily of the mulattoes. The White
planters left the island. The economy became a shambles. Nonetheless,
the example of the Black slave revolt so frightened everyone that the
leaders of the various independence movements in Latin America,
including Simon Bolívar, would not recognize Haiti for many years.
The last country to recognize Haiti was the United States, doing it
only in 1854. The example of Haiti led both the Latin American
revolutionaries and the United States to discourage an independence
movement in Cuba, for fear of another Haiti. In the first half of the
twentieth century, after multiple coups, the U.S. marines invaded and
spent a lot of time in Haiti, running the show and collecting the
debt.

If we fast forward to the period after the Second World War, we find
ensconced in power one of the Western Hemisphere's worst rulers,
François Duvalier. A doctor, a Black, he used a demagogy of noirisime
to establish a dictatorial regime which he enforced through an armed
group of thugs known as the tontons macoutes. Duvalier ruled from
1957 to 1971, and on his death he was succeeded by his son, Jean
Claude, known as "Baby Doc." The regime remained the same but Baby
Doc was less efficacious a ruler, He finally lost the support of the
United States, and was overthrown in 1986, allowed to go into golden
exile to his estate in France.

Power fell back into the hands of a largely mulatto elite group, who
found themselves challenged by a populist priest, champion of the
Black underclasses, named Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Aristide won the
presidential election in 1990 and was ousted by a coup in 1991 led by
a right-wing group who proceeded to kill and repress supporters of
Aristide. By now, there was some attention being paid to Haiti by
world public opinion and a sense that this situation was intolerable.
In 1994, Clinton sent in U.S. troops to restore Aristide to power, on
condition that he only "complete" his term of office, not run again
in 1996, and carry out a neoliberal economic policy.

Aristide accepted the terms. What else could he do? Meanwhile,
however, Senator Jesse Helms, then the Republican chair of the Senate
Foreign Affairs Committee, fulminated against Aristide aa a leftist
anti-American. In 2000, Aristide ran again for President and won
overwhelmingly. The opposition refused to stand, claiming that the
elections were unfair. No doubt they were not pristine (but neither
were those in the U.S. in 2000), but no outside observer thought that
Aristide did not command the majority of the population.

When Bush came to power, the person in charge of Haitian affairs in
the Department of State was Roger Noriega, previously the assistant
of Jesse Helms and the one who had managed his anti-Aristide
polemics. The U.S. cut off international funds promised to Aristide,
forced him to empty his treasury to repay IMF loans, and (via the
Republican party) poured money into those who had been ousted by
Aristide in 1991 and again in 1994.

This brings us to 2004. A small group of right-wing rebels,
indirectly armed by the U.S., invaded from the Dominican Republic.
Aristide had been weakened by the financial squeeze, the corruption
of his regime, and the fact that his supporters had been using
oppressive tactics as well. The diplomatic charade now began. France
called for Aristide to resign. Colin Powell said he was for a
compromise - that Aristide stay but name a new Prime Minister after
negotiating with the more palatable of the opposition. Aristide
agreed, but the opposition refused. So the U.S. then said, quite
illogically, well Aristide should resign. He refused. The U.S. then
arranged that the hired security guards (from a U.S. firm) that had
been protecting Aristide be withdrawn.

At this point, the U.S. emissary said to Aristide, we can guarantee
your safe escape from the rebel troops only if you resign. Aristide
wrote an ambiguous letter in Creole, and was then whisked off in a
U.S. place to the Central African Republic (no golden exile in France
for him). He immediately told all and sundry that he had not
resigned, that he had been kidnapped by the U.S. At which point, the
Central African Republic authorities reminded him of their
requirement that he be reserved, that is, shut up.

The U.S. Black poilitcal community are all demanding that Aristide be
allowed to return and that the alleged kidnapping be investigated.
This is supported by the association of Caribbean states (CARICOM)
and by the African Union. But don't hold your breath. The coup (32nd
in Haiti's history) has succeeded.

Why did this happen? The first question is why France played the role
that it did. It is said in the press that this was a gesture of
reconciliation after the fallout with the U.S. over Iraq. I don't
think this is too plausible. France was not on good terms with
Aristide, who had recently demanded that France pay reparations for
what they did 200 years ago. But most of all, France was the ex-
colonial power which had been eased out of a role in Haiti by the
United States. By taking the lead, France got its foot back inside
the Haitian scene, at the expense of Aristide whom they regarded as
someone who had been installed by the U.S. (albeit now discarded).

As for the U.S., objectively, Aristide was not particularly
bothersome. Unlike say Chavez, he was not sitting on oil, nor
denouncing the U.S. But the neo-conservatives saw him as a Clinton
product, a dubious type, and someone to be ousted in favor of people
with whom they had close relations. So they stage-managed the whole
transfer of power. In addition, it is meant as a warning to other
countries in the Americas about the readiness of the U.S. to
resume "gunboat diplomacy" in their backyard. And so it is being read.
Immanuel Wallerstein

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perspective not of the immediate headlines but of the long term.]


Becky Dunlop
Secretary, Fernand Braudel Center
Binghamton University
PO Box 6000
Binghamton NY 13902-6000
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http://fbc.binghamton.edu/index.htm

7.
--- ISN - INFO ---

- Current world affairs section -
_______________________________________________


March 2004


The first set of links provides information on the terrorist bombings
of
four trains in Madrid on 11 March 2004, which killed 200 and injured
around 1500. This attack occurred just before the Spanish
parliamentary
elections of 14 March 2004. Former Prime Minister José Maria Aznar of
the People's Party (PP) accused the Basque separatist movement ETA,
while the latest investigations suggest that the attack was
perpetrated
by an Islamist group. Spanish police believe they have identified six
Moroccan Islamic militants who carried out train blasts. The Spanish
Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) won the elections by a clear margin,
and
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Spain's new prime minister. After his
surprise victory, Zapatero said that he would withdraw Madrid's troops
from the "disastrous" occupation of Iraq, unless the UN took charge in
the summer. If the involvement of al-Qaida in the bombings is
confirmed,
Europe faces a new level of security threat to EU territory.

The second section of this newsletter focuses on the latest
developments
in the current violent insurgency in Haiti. On 29 February 2004,
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's first democratically elected
president,
went into exile after armed rebels gained control of half the country.
International troops arrived the same day with the aim to restore
order.
On 8 March 2004, Boniface Alexandre was installed as Interim
President.
The next day, Gérard Latortue was named Haiti's Prime Minister. But
deposed Haitian president Aristide flew back to the Caribbean on 15
March 2004, causing concerns from US and Haitian officials, who
believe
his presence in the region will increase tensions in the country.
Aristide insists he was forced by the US to leave Haiti, but the US
denies this accusation.

The third set of links deals with Iraq's new interim constitution,
called the Transitional Administrative Law for Iraq, which was signed
on
8 March 2004 by the members of Iraq's Governing Council. This
constitution lays out the framework on how Iraq will be governed after
the departure of the occupying power. According to the constitution,
Iraq will be a democratic republic with clear decentralization. But it
remains unclear which body will assume power for half a year after the
alliance lead by the US leaves the country.


The following links on current developments in world politics have
been
added to the ISN Links Library at
<<http://www.isn.ethz.ch/linkslib/cwa/>>.




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*
Terrorist Attacks in Madrid
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*

---Madrid train attacks, by the BBC News---
This in-depth section of 16 March 2004 offers information on the
terrorist attacks of 11 March 2004 in Madrid, as well as articles on
the
EU's reaction, with commentaries and videos.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/europe/2004/madrid_train_attacks/
de
fault.stm>
(ID 10298)

---Spain train bomb attacks, by Guardian Unlimited---
This interactive guide offers basic information on the terrorist
attack
of 11 March 2004 on four trains in Madrid.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,5860,1167380,00.html>
(ID 10302)

---Six Moroccans suspected of Madrid attacks, by Guardian Unlimited---
This article of 16 March 2004 deals with the identification of six
Moroccans whom the Spanish police suspect of having carried out the
bomb
attacks in Madrid. This site also provides links to more comment and
analysis, press reviews, photos, and maps on this topic.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1170380,00.html>
(ID 10319)

---Spain against terrorism, by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior,
Madrid, Spain---
This official Spanish government site provides information on the
Spanish position with regard to the fight against terrorism, and
especially on the government's policy towards the ETA (Euskadi ta
Askatasuna), which is fighting for the independence of the Basque
region.
<http://www.mir.es/oris/paz/indexin.htm>
(ID 10284)

---C.N. Policía---
This site, maintained by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, offers
information on Spain's most wanted terrorists as well as on important
treaties and documents related to Spain's fight against terrorism.
<http://www.mir.es/policia/linea/ter_prin.htm>
(ID 10305)

---Freedom, security, and justice, by the European Union (EU)---
The EU in 2002 adopted a framework decision to fight against
terrorism,
since the changes experienced in the nature of terrorist offences
reflected in the events of the 11 September 2001 highlighted the
inadequacy of traditional forms of cooperation in combating this form
of
crime.
<http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/fsj/criminal/terrorism/fsj_cri
mi
nal_terrorism_en.htm>
(ID 10317)

---EU calls anti-terror summit, by EUpolitix.com---
Article on Ireland's demand for an emergency meeting of EU justice
ministers to thrash out a joint response to the Madrid bombings.
Dublin
is pushing for guidelines for a common anti-terror approach and says
priority must be given to the freezing of terrorist assets.
<http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200403/cef3f98a-021e-4e96-8e83-
630c2e6
008fc.htm>
(ID 10314)

---Europe tightens security after Madrid attacks, by EUpolitix.com---
Article on the consequences of the Madrid bombings for European
security
policy. If the involvement of al-Qaida in the terrorist attacks of 11
March 2004 is confirmed, Europe's leaders know they will be facing a
new
level of security threat on EU territory.
<http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200403/1daba9c0-2edb-421e-840f-
c933636
4a815.htm>
(ID 10312)

---UN, OSCE agree to expand joint counter-terrorism activities---
Article of 12 March 2004 on a counter-terrorism meeting in Vienna that
led to a call for greater co-operation between international,
regional,
and sub-regional organizations in strengthening common defenses
against
terrorism.
<http://www.osce.org/news/show_news.php?id=3929>
(ID 10316)

---NATO pays tribute to victims of Madrid attacks---
Short message by the NATO Secretary-General sharply condemning the
Madrid bombings and stating that NATO and its partners will remain
resolute and united.
<http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2004/03-march/e0312a.htm>
(ID 10318)

---La Guardia frente al Terrorismo/ Civil Guard against Terrorism---
This site is provided by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior and
offers
information on terrorist attacks and groups in Spain as well as
information on the work of the Civil Guard. In Spanish.
<http://www.guardiacivil.org/terrorismo/index.jsp>
(ID 10306)

---Asociación Víctimas del Terrorismo (AVT)/ Association of Terrorism
Victims---
This site provides news and information on terrorist organizations and
their victims in Spain, as well as information on conferences,
seminars,
and legislation related to terrorism. In Spanish and French.
<http://www.avt.org/>
(ID 10308)

---Basta Ya!/ Enough is Enough!---
This Spanish civic initiative fights against terrorism of any sort,
provides support for victims of terrorism or of political violence,
and
defends the rule of law, the constitution, and the statute of autonomy
of the Basque Country. Mainly in Spanish.
<http://www.bastaya.org/>
(ID 10310)

---Masacre Terrorista en Madrid/ Terrorist Massacre in Madrid---
The website of Spanish NGO Manos Blancas provides the latest news on
the
terrorist attack of 11 March 2004 in Madrid, as well as photos and
links
to institutions and associations that explicitly condemned the
attacks.
<http://www.manosblancas.org/en/index.html>
(ID 10311)

---Spain's 3/11: democracy after atrocity, by openDemocracy---
Article of 12 March 2004 on the new Spanish government's difficult
task
of articulating a coherent political program in a time of national
trauma.
<http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?
id=3&debateId=56&artic
leId=1785>
(ID 10315)

---Partido Popular (PP)---
The Spanish conservative party PP, led by Mariano Rajoy, lost 35
mandates in the parliamentary elections in Spain on Sunday, 14 March
2004, three days after the terrorist bombings in Madrid. The party led
Spain into the war against Iraq.
<http://www.pp.es/PartidoPopular/nacionalpp/home.jsp>
(ID 10313)

---Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE)---
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE won the Spanish
parliamentary
elections of 14 March 2004 by a clear margin. Jose Luis Rodríguez
Zapatero, the incoming prime minister, announced that he would
withdraw
the Spanish contingent from occupied Iraq unless the UN takes charge
by
the end of June.
<http://www.psoe.es/ambito/actualidad/home.do>
(ID 10320)


**********************************************************************
*
Insurgency in Haiti
**********************************************************************
*

---Aristide back in the Caribbean, by Guardian Unlimited---
Article of 16 March 2004 on the return of deposed Haitian president,
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the Caribbean, to objections from US and
Haitian officials, who believe his presence will increase the tension
in
the country. The site also offers links to more news and comments on
Haiti.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1170135,00.html>
(ID 10334)

---Haitian Times---
The online edition of this Haitian-American newspaper covers recent
political and economic developments in Haiti with a special focus on
Haitian-US relations.
<http://www.haitiantimes.com/>
(ID 10332)

---Elections in Haiti, by Electionworld.org---
This site provides quick information on past and present political
constellations in Haiti.
<http://www.electionworld.org/election/haiti.htm>
(ID 10333)

---The Latest, by ReliefWeb---
This page contains a list of the latest major documents and news items
pertaining to the crisis in Haiti.
<http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLCE/Haiti%20?
OpenDocument&StartKey=
Haiti%20&Expandview>
(ID 10322)

---National Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR), New York, US---
This US-Haitian human rights organization provides Haiti-related
reports, news, and a huge collection of links to information on Haiti.
<http://www.nchr.org/>
(ID 10329)

---Situation in Haiti, by the Organization of American States (OAS),
Washington, DC, US---
This site provides resolutions by the UN Security Council and the
Permanent Council of the OAS, a report on the state of freedom of
thought and expression in Haiti, information on the human rights
situation in Haiti, and a news archive.
<http://www.oas.org/OASpage/Haiti_situation/default_year.asp?
nYear=2004>
(ID 10321)

---United Nations seek 35 Million for Haiti---
Official UN document of 9 March 2004 on a UN flash appeal for Haiti.
The
appeal seeks US$35 million to meet emergency humanitarian needs
created
by the recent violence.
<http://www.undp.org/haiti_pr.pdf>
(ID 10323)

---Embassy of the Republic of Haiti in Washigton, DC, US---
This site provides information on Haiti and its government, press
releases on developments in Haiti, and links to related information.
<http://www.haiti.org/>
(ID 1601)

---Haiti, by the US Department of State---
This site provides information on the work of the US embassy in Haiti,
background notes on the economy, history, and foreign relations of
Haiti, press releases, statements, and links to major reports on the
situation in Haiti.
<http://www.state.gov/p/wha/ci/c2872.htm>
(ID 10330)

---Embassy of the Republic of Haiti in Washington, DC, US---
This site provides information on Haiti and its government, press
releases on developments in Haiti, and links to related information.
<http://www.haiti.org/>
(ID 1601)

---Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement - Haïti---
This official UN site provides news on the situation in Haiti and
information on the work of the UN Development Program to promote
development in Haiti. In French.
<http://www.ht.undp.org/>
(ID 10324)

---Political Database of the Americas, by Georgetown University,
Washington, DC, US---
This site provides information on the political system of Haiti, the
country's constitution, past elections, parties, executive,
legislative,
and judicial institutions, and on the role civil society plays.
<http://cfdev.georgetown.edu/pdba/Countries/countries.cfm?ID=20>
(ID 10325)

--- Report 2003: Haiti, by Amnesty International (AI)---
This report analyses the human rights situation in Haiti and exposes
serious problems with regards to political violence, violations by the
police, disappearances and extra-judicial executions, freedom of
speech,
and repression of trade unions.
<http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/hti-summary-eng>
(ID 10273)

---Tambou: Trilingual journal of Haitian political and literary
studies---
This Haitian journal is a political forum that seeks to stay involved
in
the political questions and challenges that Haiti is confronted with.
<http://www.tanbou.com/>
(ID 10331)

---Haiti Info---
This online news provider offers information on the latest
developments
in Haiti, mostly from non-Haitian sources.
<http://www.haiti-info.com/>
(ID 10326)

---Agence Haïtienne de Presse (AHP), Port-au-Prince, Haiti---
This Haitian online news provider offers short articles on recent
developments in Haiti.
<http://www.ahphaiti.org/>
(ID 10327)

---Haïti Progrès, Port-au-Prince, Haiti---
Haitian weekly news provider offering articles in French, English, and
Creole.
<http://www.haiti-progres.com/>
(ID 10328)


**********************************************************************
*
New constitution for Iraq
**********************************************************************
*

---Iraqis hail signing of historic outline law, by Guardian
Unlimited---
Article of 9 March 2004 on the signing of the transitional
constitution
in Iraq. The article provides information on how the constitution came
about, on its strongest opponents and advocates, and on the meaning of
the constitution for the transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1165295,00.html>
(ID 10344)

---'They have put off every big issue for a later date, when the US is
no longer ringmaster', by Guardian Unlimited---
Article of 9 March 2004 on the criticism expressed by various
stakeholders with regard to the new interim Iraqi constitution.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1165279,00.html>
(ID 10345)

---Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional
Period---
The Iraqi Provisional Coalition Authority website provides the
full-text
version of the provisional Iraqi constitution, which was signed on 8
March 2004.
<http://www.cpa-iraq.org/government/TAL.html>
(ID 10337)

---Constitution Marks New Start for Iraqi Women, Minister Says---
This article is provided by the Iraqi Provisional Authority and offers
information on the implications of the signing of an Iraqi interim
constitution of 8 March 2004 for the role of women in Iraq.
<http://www.cpa-
iraq.org/pressreleases/20040310_constitution_barwari.htm
l>
(10336)

---Iraq Women Say New Constitution Doesn't Protect Their Rights, by
Iraq
Occupation Watch---
Article of 8 March 2004 on the concerns of Iraqi women about their
rights under the new Iraqi interim constitution.
<http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=3490>
(ID 10349)

---Summary of Iraqi Transitional Administrative Law, by the Institute
for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR)---
This site provides an explanation of the principles and rules of the
interim Iraqi constitution.
<http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?iraq_ta_law_032004.html>
(ID 10341)


---Transitional Administrative Law---
This site provides an analysis of the interim Iraqi constitution by a
political scientist of George Washington University. The analysis
includes background information as well as commentaries on specific
articles of the constitution.
<http://www.geocities.com/nathanbrown1/interimiraqiconstitution.html>
(ID 10340)

---Iraqi 'constitution' made in USA: New puppet regime already in
trouble, by khilafah.com---
Article of 18 March 2004 that describes the signing of the Iraqi
interim
constitution as a great triumph of the imperialist occupation, which,
the authors say, is already starting to crumble.
<http://www.khilafah.com/home/category.php?DocumentID=9237&TagID=2>
(ID 10347)

---Al-Sistani Criticizes Iraq's Interim Constitution, by Global
Security---
Article of 8 March 2004. Hours after members of the US-installed Iraqi
Governing Council signed the country's interim constitution, Iraq's
top
Shi'a Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called the
interim
constitution an obstacle to a permanent constitution.
<http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2004/03/iraq-
040308
-rferl03.htm>
(10343)

---Interim Constitution Sidelines the UN, by the Education for Peace
in
Iraq Center (EPIC)---
Critical article on the new Iraqi interim constitution pointing out
that
without the UN, the US will have undue influence over shaping Iraq's
future, and the process of transferring sovereignty to Iraqis will
lack
legitimacy in the eyes of the Iraqi people and the world.
<http://www.epic-usa.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=62>
(ID 10348)

---Iran, Saudi Arabia welcome Iraq's news, by the Iraq Occupation
Watch---
Article of 8 March 2004 on Iraq's neighbors Iran and Saudi Arabia,
which
have welcomed the signing of the new interim constitution in Iraq,
hailing it as a step toward free-elections and sovereignty.
<http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=3585>
(ID 10350)

---With Iraqis signing interim constitution, Annan stresses need for
national dialogue, by the UN News Centre---
Article of 8 March 2004 on the signing of the interim constitution for
Iraq. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has stressed the need for
all-encompassing, nationwide discussions that would help boost
stability
in Iraq.
<http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=10001&Cr=iraq&Cr1>
(ID 10339)

---President Bush Congratulates Iraq for Transitional Administrative
Law---
US president Bush congratulates the Iraqi Governing Council and the
Iraqi people on completing the Transitional Administrative Law for
Iraq,
saying that the document is an important step toward the establishment
of a sovereign government on 30 June.
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/03/20040308.html>
(ID 10338)



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- Special Issue of the Month -

*** World Trade Organization (WTO) ***
_____________________________________________

March 2003


The World Trade Organization (WTO) was created in 1995 to replace the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) created after the Second
World War. It is the aim of the currently 146 WTO member states to
promote growth by liberalizing world trade according to negotiated
rules. The WTO Dispute Settlement System, a court-like procedure, is
designed to ensure that members respect these rules - the agreements -
and prevent trade disputes from escalating into military conflicts.
Although world trade has been growing exceptionally during the past 50
years, the WTO faces criticism mainly from NGOs for its lack of
democratic legitimacy and control, for favoring the developed
countries
or not doing enough for the poor ones, for its lack of transparency,
and
for not integrating NGOs into the decision-making processes. This
newsletter provides an introduction to the WTO organs, agreements, and
principles, with a special focus on the criticism expressed by NGOs
and
on the role of the developing and least-developed countries in the
WTO.
Most of the information provided here comes from the WTO itself.


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******************************************************************
WTO Organs
******************************************************************

---Who's WTO is it anyway?, by the World Trade Organization (WTO),
Geneva, Switzerland---
This site provides information on the structure and organization of
the
WTO and explains who has the power and makes decisions in the WTO.
<http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org1_e.htm>
(ID 10251)

---WTO Organization Chart, by the World Trade Organization (WTO),
Geneva, Switzerland---
This official WTO site offers information on the structure of the WTO
and on how the different organs interact. This information is
accompanied by diagrams and information on the chairpersons of the
major
WTO bodies.
<http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org2_e.htm>
(ID 10244)

---Members and Observers, by the World Trade Organization (WTO),
Geneva,
Switzerland---
This site offers information on the agreements the 146 WTO member
countries have made with regard to the trade of goods, services, and
intellectual property, as well as on the disputes they have been
involved in. This site also provides information on the accession
status
of the 30 observer states.
<http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.htm>
(ID 10240)

---Accessions, by the World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva,
Switzerland---
The WTO website provides basic information on how to become a member
of
the WTO, as well as news on the current status of individual
countries'
accession processes.
<http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/acc_e/acc_e.htm>
(ID 10241)

---Ministerial Conferences on the WTO website, by the World Trade
Organization (WTO), Geneva, Switzerland---
This site offers basic information on the Ministerial Conference, the
top decision-making body and therefore the highest authority of the
WTO,
as well as information on its mandate and on the five Ministerial
Conferences held between 1996 and 2003.
<http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/minist_e.htm>
(ID 10242)

---The WTO General Council, by the World Trade Organization (WTO),
Geneva, Switzerland---
The General Council is the second-level body of the WTO; it consists
of
all WTO members, and has three roles: it convenes as the General
Council, as the Dispute Settlement Body, and as the Trade Policy
Review
Body. This site provides news, official documents, and information on
the mandate and the work of the Council.
<http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/gcounc_e/gcounc_e.htm>(ID 10243)

---Dispute Settlement, by the World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva,
Switzerland---
This page is a gateway to information on economic disputes in general,
and especially on how they are handled within the WTO; it is also a
source for information on the WTO dispute settlement body and on new
negotiations towards dispute settlement.
<http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm>
(ID 10142)

---Trade Policy Reviews, by the World Trade Organization (WTO),
Geneva,
Switzerland---
One of the General Council's main tasks is overseeing national trade
policies. It performs this function in its role as the Trade Policy
Review Body. All WTO members are reviewed, but the frequency of
reviews
varies according to each country's share of world trade.
<http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tpr_e.htm>
(ID 10245)

---Overview of the WTO Secretariat, by the World Trade Organization
(WTO), Geneva, Switzerland---
This site offers a brief introduction to the WTO Secretariat, which is
headed by the director-general and located in Geneva.
<http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/secre_e/intro_e.htm>
(ID 10247)

---Secretariat and Budget: Divisions, by the World Trade Organization
(WTO), Geneva, Switzerland---
The WTO Secretariat is organized into Divisions with functional,
information and liaison, and support roles. This site provides
information on the work of each Division.
<http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/secre_e/div_e.htm>
(ID 10248)

---WTO Director-General, by the World Trade Organization (WTO),
Geneva,
Switzerland---
This site provides biographical information on the director-general
and
the deputy director-general of the WTO, as well as on their speeches,
statements, and visitors.
<http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/dg_e/dg_e.htm>
(ID 10246)


******************************************************************
WTO Agreements and Principles
******************************************************************

---Overview: a navigational guide, by the World Trade Organization
(WTO), Geneva, Switzerland---
The WTO agreements consist of three umbrella agreements, the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the General Agreement on Trade
in
Services (GATS), and the Agreements on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). There are more specific
agreements
under each umbrella agreement.
<http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/agrm1_e.htm>
(ID 10252)

---WTO Trade Topics, by the World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva,
Switzerland---
This site offers links to detailed information on all the trade
agreements that are covered under the WTO's umbrella agreements.
<http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tratop_e.htm>(ID 10250)

---GATT and the Goods Council, by the World Trade Organization (WTO),
Geneva, Switzerland---
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) covers the
international trade in goods. The workings of the GATT agreement are
the
responsibility of the Council for Trade in Goods (Goods Council),
which
is made up of representatives from all WTO member countries.
<http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/gatt_e/gatt_e.htm>
(ID 10249)

---Services trade, by the World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva,
Switzerland---
This site offers information on the services trade covered under the
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), as well as related
news,
analysis, and publications.
<http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/serv_e/serv_e.htm>(ID 10253)

---TRIPS material on the WTO website, by the World Trade Organization
(WTO), Geneva, Switzerland---
Information on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPS) in the WTO, news and official records of the activities of the
TRIPS Council, and details of the WTO's cooperation with other
international organizations in the field of intellectual property.
<http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/trips_e.htm>
(ID 10254)

---Principles of the trading system, by the World Trade Organization
(WTO), Geneva, Switzerland---
This site offers information on the two basic principles of the WTO
trading system, the most-favored-nation (MFN) principle and the
national
treatment principle.
<http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/fact2_e.htm>
(ID 10255)


******************************************************************
Criticism on the Part of NGOs
******************************************************************

---Focus on the Global South, Bangkok, Thailand---
Focus on the Global South claims that the mainstream paradigms of
development, as promoted by the World Trade Organization (WTO), the
World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are in serious
crisis, since they can not improve the life of the poor.
<http://www.focusweb.org/>
(ID 10264)

---World Trade Organization (WTO), by Global Exchange, San Francisco,
US---
This international human rights organization accuses the WTO
ofundermining democracy around the world by promoting the free trade
agenda of multinational corporations above the interests of local
communities, working families, and the environment.
<http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/wto/>
(ID 10258)

---Trade Observatory, by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy
(IATP)---
The IATP provides a global information center on the WTO, trade, and
sustainable development. It criticizes WTO trade policies, which
threaten the livelihoods of small producers.
<http://www.tradeobservatory.org/pages/home.cfm>
(ID 10259)

---InvestmentWatch, by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), Amsterdam,
The Netherlands---
This website specifically follows the issue of investment in the World
Trade Organization (WTO), claiming that the WTO Investment agreement
is
a danger to society, development, environment, and democracy.
<http://www.investmentwatch.org/>
(ID 10267)

---GATSwatch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands---
GATSwatch is a joint project of Corporate Europe Observatory and the
Transnational Institute that critically observes and publishes
information on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) of
the
World Trade Organization (WTO).
<http://www.gatswatch.org/>
(ID 10268)

---International Forum on Globalization (IFG), San Francisco, US---
The IFG is an alliance of activists, scholars, economists,
researchers,
and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and
public
education in response to economic globalization. The organization
searches for alternatives to globalization and the World Trade
Organization (WTO).
<http://www.ifg.org/>
(ID 10261)

---Global Trade Watch (GTW), by Public Citizen, Washington, DC, US---
GTW argues that the current globalization model, promoted among others
by the World Trade Organization (WTO), is neither inevitable nor an
example of free trade. GTW works on an array of globalization issues,
including health, safety, environmental protection, economic justice,
and democratic governance.
<http://www.citizen.org/trade/>
(ID 10260)

---Third World Network (TWN)---
Non-profit international network of organizations and individuals
involved in issues relating to development, the Third World, and
North-
South issues. They have an extensive website with current news on the
World Trade Organization (WTO).
<http://www.twnside.org.sg/>
(ID 10265)

---Our World is Not For Sale (OWINFS)---
OWINFS is a loose grouping of organizations, activists, and social
movements worldwide fighting against the current model of corporate
globalization. It accuses the World Trade Organization (WTO) for being
inherently undemocratic and for putting pressure on developing
countries.
<http://www.ourworldisnotforsale.org/>
(ID 10262)

---Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First), Oakland,
US---
The institute highlights the root causes and value-based solutions to
hunger and poverty around the world, with a commitment to establishing
food as a fundamental human right. It wants the World Trade
Organization
(WTO) to stay out of the food and agricultural sectors.
<http://www.foodfirst.org/>
(ID 10263)

---Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)---
International confederation of environmentalist movements with a
strong
emphasis on criticizing corporate globalization and the World Trade
Organization (WTO).
<http://www.foei.org/>
(ID 10266)


******************************************************************
WTO and Development
******************************************************************

--- Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL), Geneva, Switzerland---
A public international organization independent of the World Trade
Organization (WTO). It provides legal advice on WTO law, support in
WTO
dispute settlement proceedings, and training in WTO law to developing
countries, countries with economies in transition, and least-developed
countries.
<http://www.acwl.ch/e/index_e.aspx>
(ID 10270)

---International Trade Centre (ITC)---
The ITC is the technical cooperation agency of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade
Organization (WTO) for enterprise-oriented aspects of trade
development
of developing and transition economies.
<http://www.intracen.org/home.htm>
(ID 10256)

---Trade and Development Centre---
The center is run jointly by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and
the
World Bank Institute. This site offers case studies, regional
overviews,
interactive guides, training courses, and essays related to trade and
development.
<http://www.itd.org/>
(ID 10257)

---WTO assistance for developing countries, by the World Trade
Organization (WTO), Geneva, Switzerland---
This site provides news and information on technical assistance and
training courses that the WTO offers to its developing and
least-developed members.
<http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel_e/teccop_e/tct_e.htm>
(ID 10269)

---WTO training courses, by the World Trade Organization (WTO),
Geneva,
Switzerland---
This site describes current and future WTO training activities for
government officials from developing and least-developed member
states.
<http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel_e/train_e/train_e.htm>
(ID 10271)

---Trade and development, by the World Trade Organization (WTO),
Geneva,
Switzerland---
This site offers an introduction to the WTO and developing countries
as
well as information on the work of the WTO development committees and
working groups.
<http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel_e/devel_e.htm>
(ID 10272)

9.
Le Monde diplomatique

    -----------------------------------------------------


                               March 2004

                             In this issue:
    .. Iraq, an overview; Kurdistan, what degree of separation? why
     Haiti's revolution failed; Algeria, traumatised by past grief;
        Russia, nostalgic for the cosy old Soviet days; Balkans,
      democracy wobbles.. plus Germany remembers exodus and exile;
    France's intolerance of Islam starts at school; Julio Cortázar,
                   artist of encounters.. and more..


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Terror tactics

by Ignacio Ramonet

                                             Translated by Ed Emery

      <http://MondeDiplo.com/2004/03/01aramonet>


UNITED RESISTANCE FRONT MAY SOON BE IN ACTION

Iraq: the postwar conflict *

by Paul-Marie de La Gorce

      Iraq's governing council has produced an interim
      constitution, but leading Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali
      al-Sistani immediately warned that there were still
      disagreements between ethnicities and sects. What does this
      mean for the Iraqi resistance? Will its forces fight each
      other for dominance or unify in continued opposition to the
      occupying powers?

                                        Translated by Harry Forster



Iran and the Iraqi resistance *

by Paul-Marie de La Gorce



Kurdistan: the highlands of Iraq *

by Michel Verrier

      The new Iraq is being designed in Baghdad by a provisional
      government that wants a federation, although there is no
      agreement yet as to whether that will offer autonomy to
      Iraq's peoples or just be an association based on
      geographical and administrative regions.

                                       Translated by Gulliver Cragg



'THE REVOLUTION SWEPT AWAY THE PAST WITHOUT PROVIDING A MODEL TO BUILD
A NEW STATE'

Haiti: two unhappy centuries of freedom

by André Linard

      President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is in exile but he was not
      sent there by the Haitian people. They have watched as
      Aristide's band of armed thugs was replaced by those who
      support a movement with no democratic legitimacy, backed by
      foreign governments. The present power vacuum is just another
      crisis in Haiti's 200-year history of instability.

                                       Translated by Gulliver Cragg

      <http://MondeDiplo.com/2004/03/05haiti>


Haiti: a modern timeline

      <http://MondeDiplo.com/2004/03/05haitimeline>


LOOKING BACK AT THE EXTENT OF THE NIGHTMARE

Algeria: a state of depression

by Lyes Si Zoubir

      Algerian society has been traumatised by 10 years of violence
      and has no enthusiasm for the political manoeuvrings of
      President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who waited until February to
      announce that he would run for re-election in April. He is
      backed by the National Democratic Rally and the moderate
      Islamist Movement for a Peaceful Society. The army does not
      support him. He is counting on part of the National
      Liberation Front, but most of it is behind his rival Ali
      Benflis.

                                           Translated by Paul Jones

      <http://MondeDiplo.com/2004/03/06algeria>


Twenty years of the family code

by Lyes Si Zoubir

      <http://MondeDiplo.com/2004/03/07familycode>


Algeria: a long and dirty war *

by Djamel Benramdane

                                           Translated by Paul Jones



QABOOS AND HIS 33-YEAR RULE

Oman slowly opens up *

by Bruno Callies de Salies

      Oman - which supported the war in Afghanistan, but opposed
      the 2003 invasion of Iraq - calls itself one of the West's
      main allies in the Persian Gulf. It is just managing a
      difficult internal and external balancing act.

                                       Translated by Gulliver Cragg



'FOREIGNERS ARE SEEN AS A DANGER AND THEIR INVASION AS OUT OF CONTROL'

Europe blocks right to asylum *

by Alain Morice

      Even the traditionally tolerant Dutch parliament voted by a
      large majority last month to expel 26,000 foreigners without
      papers to countries such as Chechnya, Afghanistan and
      Somalia. Supporters of a hardline policy on asylum have found
      allies in all the European Union governments and are slowly
      working on ending the right to asylum.

                                           Translated by Paul Jones



Death at Europe frontiers *

by Olivier Clochard and Philippe Rekacewicz



'ALL THAT FRIENDSHIP AND SOLIDARITY COLLAPSED WITH THE BREAK-UP OF THE
USSR'

Russia: nostalgic for the Soviet era

by Jean-Marie Chauvier

      As President Vladimir Putin went to the polls he faced strong
      demands to redistribute national wealth and rebuild at least
      part of the old social welfare system. The demands are linked
      with a re-evaluation of the legacy of the old Soviet Union. A
      misremembered past appeals because the present doesn't work
      and the future looks bleak.

                                         Translated by Julie Stoker

      <http://MondeDiplo.com/2004/03/11russia>


Soviet history: who's researching what

by Jean-Marie Chauvier

                                         Translated by Julie Stoker

      <http://MondeDiplo.com/2004/03/12soviethistory>


IMPOVERISHED ECONOMIES AND ENRICHED ELITES

Balkans: voting out democracy *

by Jean-Arnault Dérens

      Vojislav Kostunica, Serbia's prime minister, will form the
      next government, abetted by Slobodan Milosevic's supporters.
      In Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, voters are dissatisfied
      with the record of the ruling Democrats. Will the region
      return to dangerous nationalism?

                                       Translated by Barbara Wilson



DEBATE OVER COMMEMORATION OF MILLIONS EXPELLED FROM LOST TERRITORIES

The German exodus *

by Brigitte Pätzold

                                       Translated by Barbara Wilson



HOW ANCIENT BATTLES WITH THE 'SARACENS' SHAPE FRENCH ATTITUDES TO
ISLAM

France: what every schoolchild knows *

by Alain Ruscio

      Where do people acquire their attitudes towards other nations
      and religions? French anti-Muslim feeling partly derives from
      familiar school lessons about ancient battles against Islamic
      invaders - and from a medieval poem that even gets the
      enemy's identity wrong.

                                         Translated by Barry Smerin



'THIS HAS ALL THE MARKS OF A COUP'

Italy: Berlusconi rules the airwaves *

by Pierre Musso

      Italy's premier has gone as far as signing an emergency
      decree to save one of his profitable television channels, at
      least temporarily. Can he continue to command and even expand
      his media control?

                                       Translated by Gulliver Cragg



'BLOW-UP' AND OTHER STORIES

The lost art of encounters *

by José Manuel Fajardo

                                       Translated by Gulliver Cragg




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Resources of the Week

Two articles and an excellent directory this time around.

This week ResourceShelf begins an occasional feature where we'll
either
link to or post full text articles by members of The Association of
Independent Information Professionals.

I've asked the AIIP's President-Elect, Mary Ellen Bates, to provide
ResourceShelf with a brief introduction. "The Association of
Independent
Information Professionals (www.aiip.org) is an international
association
of over 700 info-entrepreneurs, many of whom are among the leading
names in the information profession. In addition to the research,
analysis
and consulting work, AIIP members often write and give presentations
about the information industry and profession." You can learn more
about
AIIP via their web site. The site includes a searchable membership
directory.
Here are the first two articles.

+ "Delivering Competitive Intelligence Visually" by Angela Kansinger
Note: This article was originally published in SCIP's Competitive
Intelligence Magazine From the article, "The breadth of intelligence
information available, client requirements, and the continued
development of
new technologies now require that we disseminate much of our CI
information visually."

+ "8 As of Information" by Dennis Gaulin
From the article, "The gathering, delivery and application of quality
information is essential to sound decision-making. The process is
complex, and requires expert knowledge and professional competence
through a
number of steps to ensure quality results. The process can appear
deceptively simple and is often undervalued. Gaulin's 8 A's of
information
is designed to provide researchers and consumers of information with
a
simple model that clearly identifies which steps in the research
process
are the domain of the professional researcher and which apply to the
information user."
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Economics--Directories
EconData.Net
Place this one in your "must have" file (if it's not already there)!
From the site, "1,000 links to socioeconomic data sources, arranged
by
subject and provider, pointers to the Web's premiere data
collections,
and our own list of the ten best sites for finding regional economic
data." EconData.Net's monthly e-mail update (free) lists new reports
and
economic resources.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Digital Preservation
Source: FCW
Library of Congress plots digital preservation path

Professional Reading Shelf (3 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Virtual Reference
QuestionPoint part of pilot project to provide virtual reference,
online information to visually impaired
++
Public Libraries
Source: Public Library Association
Handouts from the 2004 Public Library Association Conference

Web Search--Google
Source: Business Week
Google's Ads -- and Minuses
From Alex Salkever's article, "The search engine's policy of not
taking
ads that slam a third party could end up hurting its reputation, not
to
mention muffling free speech."

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items
Listed on the Web Site)
Microsoft
Source: The Charlie Rose Show
Streaming Audio, Charlie Rose Interviews Bill Gates
"Bill Gates, founder and chairman of Microsoft Corp., talks with
Charlie Rose in Cambridge, Massachusetts, about his company's
disinterest in
acquiring Walt Disney Co., the most promising areas of software
research and the outlook for software subscriptions as a new revenue
source."
The program runs about one hour. You'll need RealPlayer.
++
Advertising--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Yellow Pages Integrated Media Association
Top 300 Yellow Pages Headings, 2002


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Tuesday, March 9, 2004

Web Search--Yahoo
Source: News.com
Yahoo Introduces SmartView

Professional Reading Shelf (3 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Gray Literature--Webliography
Source: C&RL News
Gray literature: Resources for locating unpublished research
++
Open Access
Scholarly Publishing
Source: The Guardian
Open access publishers close ranks

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
Source: Technology Review
Visualizing RFID

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (4 Items)
Campaign Finance--United States--Statistics
Source: Federal Election Commission
Recently Released, Congressional Campaign Fundraising Rises Sharply
In
2003
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Business--United States--Statistics
Source: Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
Glass Ceilings: The Status of Women as Officials and Managers in the
Private Sector

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Monday, March 8, 2004

News Search--Topix.Net
No More Beta: Topix.Net Officially Launches
A web-based news aggregator that we've mentioned on ResourceShelf
several times, Topix.Net moves out of Beta today. It's absolutely
worthy of
your attention.

Professional Reading Shelf
Librarians
Source: The Harvard Crimson
Harvard To Aid Libraries In Iraq

Information Industry--United States--Legal Issues
Source: ALA Washington Office Newsline
Alternative Database Protection Legislation Introduced

Industry Briefs (3 Items Listed on the Web Site)
H.W. Wilson Continues Its March Back to the Future (via Information
Today NewsBreaks)
--
ebrary Announces International Distributors

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items
Listed on the Web Site)
Military and Defense--Directories
Source: Cranfield University
DEVISE
"DEVISE is a special collection of quality military and defence
sources
focussing directly on the information needs of the armed forces. It
forms a tailored subset of the main aerospace and defence resources
database." Browse by subject heading or keyword search.

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Sunday, March 7, 2004

Professional Reading Shelf (4 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Events--Australia
Call For Papers: ALIA Information Online 2005 12th Conference and
Exhibition
--
Digital Libraries
Derek Law to speak at OCLC About the Social Role of Digital Libraries

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents
Drug Information--United States--Databases
FDA Makes New Drug Information Database Available

Legal--United States--Databases
Consumer Issues
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Learn About: DoctorKnow.Us
From the article, "A new Web site aims to help physicians track
people
who have filed medical malpractice lawsuits -- and consumer groups
fear
doctors could use the site to 'blacklist' patients."


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Saturday, March 6, 2004

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Scholarly Publishing
Open Access
Source: JISC
JISC and Publishers Work Together to Open up Access to Journals

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (2 Items
Listed on the Web Site)
Law--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: VerdictSearch / The National Law Journal
Top 100 Largest Jury Verdicts of 2003
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Friday, March 5, 2004

News Search
Findory: A New "Adaptive" News Resource

Web Search
Source: eWeek
Google Grumbles
It's great to read that others are beginning to realize the potential
of what Teoma offers.

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items
Listed on the Web Site)
Government--United Kingdom
UK Government Launches New Web Directory: DirectGov
A browsable and searchable directory offering direct links to "the
widest range of government information and services."
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Business--Canada--Search Engines
Government--Canada--Search Engines
Source: Industry Canada
Strategis Improves Search Engine

National Archives and Records Administration
New/Updated Content Added to Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
System

Library Briefs
S.F. library officials grilled on plan to put trackers in books (via
AP/Sacramento Bee)

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Thursday, March 4, 2004

Reference Reviews
Peter's Digital Reference Shelf, March 2004 Is Now Online
This month Dr. Jacso looks at:
+ e.encyclopedia
"Novel synergy between a print encyclopedia and a high-quality online
mini-directory from the best representatives of both worlds. It is a
perfect example of how to have kids refer to a book because Google,
through its entries in the special directory, refers them to specific
pages
of the brilliant print encyclopedia and makes them understand that
what
is online is not all that's golden."
+ Fact Monster
"Splashing wacky colors, typography and icons on pages from adult
reference sources does not a kids' reference site make. It is like
sending
Al Gore to talk funny to kids about the government."

Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items Listed on the Web Site)
Digital Information
The March Issue of First Monday is Now Online
Articles include:
+ Do you "google"? Understanding search engine use beyond the hype
+ Finders, keepers? The present and future perfect in support of
personal information management

Internet--United States--Statistics
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
New Data Memo, Use of the Internet in places other than home or work

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Documents (4 Items
Listed on the Web Site)
Voting--United States--Statistics
Source: U.S. Census
Just Released, Profile of Voting-Age Population
++
Higher Education--United States--Databases
Source: NCES
Now Available, Postsecondary Institution Graduation Rates Now
Available
in IPEDS COOL


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1. The Scout Report, Volume 10, Number 10, March 12, 2004
2. The February-March 2004 issue of Middle East Intelligence
Bulletin
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5. EurasiaNet Weekly Update, March 16, 2004
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The Scout Report
Volume 10, Number 10
March 12, 2004
A Publication of the Internet Scout Project
Computer Science Department, University of Wisconsin



The Scout Report is a weekly publication offering a selection of new
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In This Issue:
NSDL Scout Reports
• NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology
Research and Education
• The Vietnam Project
• The Rise of New Immigrant Gateways
• Advanced Placement Digital Library
• DreiserWebSource
• Cogprints
• The Digital Human
• Elections 2004
• ippr: istitute for policy research
General Interest
• ABC Arts Online: Winged Sandals
• The Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library (THDL)
• World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition
• Beyond Compare: Women Photographers on Beauty
• The Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection
• National Portrait Gallery
• The Massachusetts Historical Society
Network Tools
• Web Desktop 2.2
• GnomeMeeting 1.00
In The News
• International Women's Day Celebrated



NSDL Scout Reports
NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology
The sixth issue of the third volume of the MET Report is available.
Its Topic in Depth section offers Web sites and comments about
Technology and the Global Economy.
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Research and Education
The Vietnam Project [pdf, RealOne Player]
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/
A number of online archives exist already to remember major military
conflicts (particularly for World War II), so it is fitting that the
Vietnam War also have a significant web presence. Designed by a
dedicated team at Texas Tech University, the Virtual Vietnam
Archive "enables scholars, students and all interested in this
remarkable period in our world history to conduct research directly
from universities, schools, libraries, and homes." Currently, the
project contains over 1.5 million pages of materials online, ranging
from photographs, slides, audio and video recordings, and a number of
oral histories. The search engine for the archive is quite powerful
and simple to use, and allows users to specify dates, media format
desired, language, and document title. While the site doesn't offer
any thematically organized collections per se, there is a real wealth
of material here. One particular highlight is the number of oral
history audio files online here. These are drawn from a number of
persons involved with the Vietnam War in a number of capacities.
Additionally, visitors will want to check out the wealth of material
related to the proceedings and history of the Vietnam Project,
including newsletters and project updates. [KMG]
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The Rise of New Immigrant Gateways [pdf]
http://www.brookings.edu/urban/pubs/20040301_gateways.pdf
Many urban areas in the United States continue to add population to
their respective locales by serving as gateway communities for the
millions of immigrants who come to live in the country every year.
This recent report published by the Brookings Institution, and
authored by Audrey Singer, demonstrates a rather intriguing pattern
by which certain cities (such as Chicago and San Francisco) have
effectively served as immigrant conduits for over a century; whereas
other American conurbations, such as Cleveland, were only able to
garner large streams of immigrants in the early 20th century. The 36-
page report discusses the nature of both former gateway cities as
well as drawing on Census 2000 data to look at the emergence of new
immigrant gateway cities such as Atlanta, Dallas, and Washington, DC.
The report also reveals several other notable findings, such as the
fact that by 2000 more immigrants in metropolitan areas lived in
suburbs than cities, and their growth rates there exceeded those in
the cities. [KMG]
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Advanced Placement Digital Library
http://apdl.rice.edu
In collaboration with the College Board, Rice University has
developed this very helpful online digital library for high school
Advanced Placement (AP) students and teachers of biology, physics,
and chemistry. Through the website, students and teachers alike can
access these materials (after filling out a free registration form),
and use them at their own leisure and adopt them for individualized
learning plans. These online resources are selected through a review
panel that includes a higher education faculty member with in-depth
knowledge of the AP curriculum, five AP teachers, two project context
experts, and an undergraduate student who is studying the subject at
the university level. The material itself made available here
contains a topic outline for each subject, with extensive hyperlinks
to the collected resources. Finally, visitors can also read about the
members of the Advanced Placement Digital Library Review Panel and
their backgrounds. [KMG]
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DreiserWebSource [RealOnePlayer]
http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/dreiser/
Designed and maintained by the Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript
Library Collection at the University of Pennsylvania, the
DreiserWebSource website brings together a host of written ephemera,
original essays, and electronic texts related to the life and
writings of Theodore Dreiser, the prominent American author. While
the site doesn't have a formal search engine, the material is divided
into four primary sections: Correspondence & Texts, Scholarly Essays,
Reference Sources, and Still and Moving images. The Correspondence &
Texts section is a delight unto itself, as it contains a host of
digitized correspondence between Dreiser and colleagues over several
decades and a special section dedicated to his ground-breaking novel,
Sister Carrie. Along with several editions of the complete novel
there are several essays about the novel's composition and historical
context, along with a virtual exhibition curated by Nancy M.
Shawcross from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Penn. The site
also includes a rare 3-minute silent film of Dreiser from 1938 at Mt.
Kisco, New York, taken by Robert Elias. [KMG]
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Cogprints [pdf]
http://cogprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
Utilizing technology generated by the University of Southampton,
Cogprints is an electronic archive for self-archive papers in a
number of scientific areas of study. Some of these areas include
psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, numerous areas of computer
science, philosophy, biology, anthropology, and several others.
Currently, the archive contains over 1200 papers ranging from 1950 to
2004. The search options for the database are quite extensive, as
visitors may initiate a simple search, or perform an advanced search,
which features 13 search fields. While papers are contained in a
number of academic fields, the archive is particularly strong in the
areas of artificial intelligence and philosophy of the mind. Visitors
looking to post their own work to the site will need to register for
a free account, and if they encounter any problems, may feel free to
consult the help section provided here. [KMG]
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The Digital Human [MS Word]
http://www.fas.org/dh/index.html
The Digital Human is an Open Source Software Consortium that uses
information technology tools to simulate and represent the body's
processes, such as the functions of DNA molecules and proteins to
cells, tissues, organs, and gross anatomy. In an effort to develop a
community where researchers can share their work, the website
provides links to various research centers and their work on
simulations, visualizations and engineering models. Another aspect of
the consortium is "to allow biomedical researchers and computer
scientists to work effectively together to develop a language that
will allow this to happen." Proceedings from conferences addressing
these issues are available from this website. [VF] This site is also
reviewed in the March 12, 2004 NSDL MET Report.
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Elections 2004
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/elec2004.html
Every presidential election in the United States gives rise to
greater legions of so-called "spin doctors," and a number of pundits
offering their opinions on the chances of each candidate who has
thrown their hat in the ring. Fortunately, the University of Michigan
Documents Center has developed this helpful and informative website
that culls together hundreds of useful websites about the upcoming
presidential election of 2004. From the homepage visitors can look
through a number of helpful sections devoted to listing sites
dedicated to such topics as Policy Issues, Candidates, and Campaign.
Within each of these broad thematic areas are contained more specific
areas dedicated to links on important subtopics such as campaign
finances, media coverage, terrorism, economics, and many others.
Scholars will want to take a look at the Academic Research section,
which contains links to online periodical databases and some links to
sites with recent working papers on the subject.
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ippr: istitute for policy research
http://www.ippr.org.uk
Launched in 1988, the ippr is a well-known British think tank
committed to producing high quality research in a number of important
sectors, including media, asylum and migration, and transport issues.
As the website notes, "Our aim is to continue a be a force for change
by delivering far-reaching and realistic policy solutions that we
hope will produce a fairer, more inclusive and more environmentally
sustainable world." The homepage allows visitors to view a calendar
of upcoming events hosted by the group, read its most recent press
releases, and find out about new and forthcoming publications. Most
visitors will find the Research section most compelling, as here they
may find general information about the group's ongoing research
agenda, which ranges from work on the digital society to substantial
work on social policy. [KMG]
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General Interest
ABC Arts Online: Winged Sandals [Macromedia Flash Reader]
http://www.wingedsandals.com/
The Scout Report has profiled numerous sites on the vast world of
Greek mythology before, but this most recent site is perhaps the most
enchanting and visually stimulating so far. Winged Sandals, produced
by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (in association with The
University of Melbourne's Centre for Classics and Archaeology), takes
visitors through the world of Greek mythology with a number of Flash-
enabled movies, intriguing games, and quizzes. Visitors are led
through the site by Hermes (appropriately enough, as he is the
messenger god), and are transported above the city of ancient Athens,
to various locales. The Storytime section is particularly lovely, as
visitors can watch retellings of such important tales as the
acquisition of the oracle at Delphi by Apollo or the story of
Perseus's encounter with Medusa. Also of note is the games section
which allows visitors the opportunity to charm Cerberus with music
and to create their own musical creations in Groove Pentatonica.
Designed for children age 6 to 12, this website is a fine teaching
aid and a real delight for young people and adults. [KMG]
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The Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library (THDL)
http://iris.lib.virginia.edu/tibet/frameset.html
As stated on the home page, "The Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library
is an international community using Web-based technologies to
integrate diverse knowledge about Tibet and the Himalayas for free
access from around the world." In other words, visitors to THDL can
expect more than an image database and digital documents, although
these materials are present. The Guide to Resources, accessed by
choosing the First Time Visitors link, provides an overview of THDL
resources grouped into broad categories (that appear as images on the
homepage) including: Collections, Reference, Community, Education,
and Tools. Collections are further organized by format, such as
audio, video, or GIS-technology based materials including a gazetteer
and maps of Tibet, Asia, Lhasa and Sera. There are multimedia
collections based on the work of a particular individual, such as
Frederick Williamson, a British political officer who took about 1700
photographs of Tibet in the 1930s. Also included are thematic
collections such as Architecture, Art, Literature, History;
Interactive maps and models, such as a 3D interactive model of Meru
Nyingba Monastery (Lhasa, Tibet); and electronic journals. There are
a number of resources to assist with Tibetan languages, such as
translators and dictionaries, and digital tools for displaying fonts,
and the Community section provides discussion forums, email lists,
Blogs, and links to associations and individuals of interest. [DS]
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World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition [pdf,RealOnePlayer]
http://www.wtcsitememorial.org/
Reconstruction of the World Trade Center site has begun in earnest in
Lower Manhattan, and many people are looking forward to see the
transformation of the site move forward. While the Lower Manhattan
Development Corporation was responsible for launching the largest
design competition ever to elicit submissions for the World Trade
Center Site Memorial, only recently have all of the submissions been
put online for the general public. Here visitors can look at all of
the 5201 submissions, which came from 63 nations and 49 U.S. states.
Each submission may be viewed in its entirety, and visitors may also
read more detailed information about the seven finalists.
Additionally, there is detailed information about the winning entry,
Reflecting Absence, which was submitted jointly by Michael Arad and
Peter Walker. Finally, visitors may browse through a detailed archive
of press releases related to the official competition. [KMG]
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Beyond Compare: Women Photographers on Beauty [Macromedia Flash
Reader]
http://www.dovebeyondcompare.ca/
Sponsored by the Dove Company, this online exhibit designed to
showcase the work of women photographers and photos of beauty
complements a ongoing photo exhibition that is making its way through
Canada during the spring of 2004. As the website notes, "The exhibit
speaks to the uniqueness of each artist's interpretation of beauty.
Each photograph is beyond comparison-beautiful on its own terms.
These images which depict confidence, individuality and character are
also accompanied by an anecdote or quote that explains the
photographer's vision." The photographs displayed online here come
from around the world, and include the work of such notable
photographers as Annie Leibovitz, Tierney Gearon, and Peggy Sirota.
While looking through the photo galleries, visitors can also stop to
read the story behind each image, and read different comments made by
the photographers as well. [KMG]
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The Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection
http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/dcmhtml/dmhome.html
Dayton C. Miller grew up on a small farm in Ohio in the middle years
of the 19th century, and later became a well-regarded acoustician and
physicist, and an avid collector of flutes and related musical
instruments and ephemera. In 1941, in his bequest, Dayton Miller
donated his massive collection of more than 1700 flutes and other
wind instruments to the Library of Congress. In order to offer
greater distributed public access to this trove of material, the
American Memory Project at the Library of Congress has created this
interesting archive of Mr. Miller's extensive collection. Here
visitors can search or browse through some of the many wonderful
instruments collected by Miller during his lifetime, including a
number of rare crystal flutes, a 22-karat gold flute designed by
Miller himself, and a flute presented to President James Madison.
Along with looking through this archive, visitors will want to take a
look at some other presentations on the site, such as a section
titled Fife vs. Band Flute, which looks at the substantial
differences between the two instruments, and one of the more than
3000 books and pamphlets contained within the collection, titled The
Pleasant Companion: or New Lessons and Instructions for the Flagelet
from 1680. [KMG]
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National Portrait Gallery
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/index.asp
Founded in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery in London was
established to collect the likenesses of famous British men and
women. For persons with a penchant for portraiture, this website will
be a welcome addition, and one with enough material to merit a number
of extensive visits. Besides information about visiting the Gallery
(which is available in several languages, including German and
Japanese), visitors will delight in the fact that they can search the
entire collection of 50,167 portraits online here. In all fairness,
only 28,539 of this total number are illustrated, but that's still
quite impressive, as visitors can look at renderings of Samuel
Johnson, Henry VIII, and other luminaries. Visitors to the site can
also browse the Gallery as if they were there, by selecting any one
of the rooms, organized by century. The site is rounded out by a nice
selection of special website features, such as the most recent one
added to the site, which deals with well-known Britons of the past
100 years. [KMG]
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The Massachusetts Historical Society
http://www.masshist.org
From its auspicious beginnings in 1792, the Massachusetts Historical
Society (MHS) has grown to be one of the major historical research
libraries and manuscript repositories in New England. Along with its
public outreach programs (which visitors can learn about on the
site), the society also offer a number of fellowship programs for
visiting scholars and persons interested in utilizing its
collections. For persons interested in doing research at the society,
there are over 51 digitized online finding aids available here as
well, along the ABIGAL online catalog which may also prove useful.
From the homepage, visitors can also view the Object of the Month
feature, which gives detailed information and a digitized image of an
important object in the Society's holdings, such as a dramatic
photograph of the Boston & Albany passenger train from 1885. Of
course, users will not want to miss the fine online resources here,
including the electronic archive of correspondence of the Adams
Family (including those legendary letters between John and Abigail
Adams) and the wonderful electronic archive that contains many
original documents and papers from Thomas Jefferson in the collection
of the MHS. [KMG]
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Network Tools
Web Desktop 2.2 [Macintosh Operating System]
http://stevenf.com/index.php?node=WebDesktop
While many applications seem to afford users the ability to
effectively multi-task, this small application allows users the
ability multi-task by layering a web browser over their existing
desktop. The application can also be customized, as users can specify
an automatic refresh interval so that the page on the desktop is
automated at various intervals. Some potential uses include tracking
the orbit of satellites, monitoring stock quotes and keeping track of
online auctions. WebDesktop 2.2 is compatible with all systems
running Mac OS X 10.2 and Safari 1.0 [KMG]
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GnomeMeeting 1.00 [Windows Operating System]
http://www.gnomemeeting.org
GnomeMeeting is a videoconferencing and telephony application that
allows users to make audio and video calls to remote users with
compatible software, such as Microsoft Netmeeting. The application
has a number of features such as call monitoring, audio and video
call mute, and PC-to-phone calls. From the website for the
application, users can review an extensive FAQ section, view a number
of screenshots, and read up-to-date news on version releases and bug
fixes. GnomeMeeting 1.00 is compatible with all systems running
Windows 98 and higher. [KMG]
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In The News
International Women's Day Celebrated
Baltimore Sun: Nobel laureate decries inequality
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-
te.women09mar09,0,1008586.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines
Al Jazeera.Net: Women Becoming Main Victims of AIDS
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E333C7B1-B5EC-48D2-B1A4-
7D72FAAFB7C3.htm
Cornell Daily Sun: Ceremony Recognizes Outstanding Women
http://cornelldailysun.com/articles/11187/
International Women's Day 2004 [pdf, RealOne Player]
http://www.un.org/events/women/iwd/2004/
A History of International Women's Day
http://www.isis.aust.com/iwd/stevens/contents.htm
WHO: Women's Health
http://www.who.int/health_topics/womens_health/en/
With historical origins dating back to the early 20th century,
International Women's Day has been officially celebrated since 1977,
when the United Nations made a special declaration setting the date
in early March every year. This year saw a flurry of important events
around the world that coincided with March 8th, including ceremonies
designed to honor women of national and international importance in
many countries and a number of valuable statements made on behalf
regarding the cause of gender equality. A number of prominent women
also gave speeches this Monday, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Shirin Ebadi, who noted that "The rights of women and democracy are
one and the same." A study released this past Monday by the Inter-
Parliamentary Union noted that women make up a record-breaking 15.3
percent of the world's lawmakers. The country with the greatest
percentage of female lawmakers is Rwanda (49 percent), followed
closely by Sweden, with 45 percent. While there was much to
celebrate, there were also some ominous trends noted by lawmakers and
officials, including the rapid and disturbing increase of young women
with HIV around the world in the past few years, a fact noted by UN
Secretary General Kofi Annan during his remarks to a special UN
session.

The first site will take visitors to a news piece from the Baltimore
Sun that contains Shirin Ebadi's remarks made on International
Women's Day. The second link leads to a news piece from Al-Jazeera
that discusses the rapid increase of HIV among young women, a public
health issue that is becoming endemic in certain parts of the
developing world. The third link leads to an article from the Cornell
(University) Daily Sun that offers details on a celebration honoring
women on their campus who had worked to improve the situation of
women locally, nationally, and internationally. The fourth link will
take visitors to the rather comprehensive website for International
Women's Day 2004 created by the United Nations. The site contains
information on the events sponsored by the UN and its Women Watch
website, which serves as a clearinghouse for resources on gender
equality and empowerment of women. The fifth link will take users to
a good history of International Women's Day, created by Joyce Stevens
for the Australian Women's Intra Network. The final link leads to a
well-honed site developed by the World Health Organization to
highlight its own work on women's health (including special sections
on work in Southeast Asia) and to bring together a number of useful
fact sheets and related web-based resources. [KMG]
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2.
The February-March 2004 issue of Middle East Intelligence Bulletin is
now online.  All of the articles can be fully accessed at
http://www.meib.org

contents:

LEBANON
Dossier: Hassan Nasrallah
Hezbollah's secretary-general is today the most widely revered public
figure in the Arab world. The story behind his meteoric rise. Gary C.
Gambill
Hezbollah Increasing Terror Activity
Syria and the Presidential Succession in Lebanon
With President Emile Lahoud's term in office coming to a close in
November, Syria must decide whether to extend the mandate of its most
reliable Maronite Christian surrogate or designate a successor. Ziad
K. Abdelnour
SYRIA
The Myth of Syria's "Old Guard"
Contrary to Western media reports, President Bashar Assad is in
control.  Gary C. Gambill
IRAN
Iran after the Elections
The ascendance of a minority right-wing regime in Tehran is unlikely
to produce major changes in Iranian foreign policy or spark
substantial domestic upheaval. Mahan Abedin

3.
The ISN Terrorism Dossier is now online at
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/dossiers/terrorism/. This dossier collects all
the terrorism-related content generated by the ISN over the last few
years in a single, convenient location. It also draws on research
experience at the Center for Security Studies in Zurich, specifically
the Political Violence Movements Project.

Our focus is not limited to a single incident or terrorist group but
includes content on a range of issues including national
counterterrorism policies, terrorist financing, narcoterrorism, and
cyberterrorism. As such,  we cover a much broader scope than that of
comparable services on the internet. We have significantly expanded
our
Links Library collection to include government and academic reports on
the combating of terrorism, and will continue to add the most relevant
content as and when necessary. We have also created a list of valuable
reference and research resources to enable further inquiry.

The dossier also makes use of the ISN's new Knowledge Management
System
(KMS). All terrorism-related publications produced by the Center for
Security Studies are now sorted by the relevant country and subject
categories. In time, all ISN content will be filtered through the KMS,
allowing you to find country and region-specific information on all
aspects of terrorism and over 2,500 other subjects.

This is the first in a planned series of dossiers. Future dossiers
will
cover a broad spectrum of subjects in international relations
including
drugs policy, small arms, and critical infrastructure protection.

We hope you find this service both useful and interesting and we look
forward to your feedback.

ISN

4.
The following 95 reviews were posted to the H-Net web site between
08 Mar 2004 and 15 Mar 2004.

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Wladislaw Hedeler
     J=F6rg Baberowski.  _Der rote Terror. Die Geschichte des
     Stalinismus_.  M=FCnchen: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2003.  288 S.
     EUR 24.90 (broschiert), ISBN 3-421-05486-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D204991078751418

Reviewed for H-Albion by Stephen Howe
     Clare Carroll and Patricia King, eds..  _Ireland and Postcolonial
     Theory_.  Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.  x +
     246 pp.  $47.50 (cloth), ISBN 0-268-02286-0; $25.00 (paper), ISBN
     0-268-02287-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D205071078751422

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Harald M=FCller
     Anthony Grafton.  _Leon Battista Alberti. Baumeister der
     Renaissance_.  Berlin: Berlin Verlag, 2002.  608 S.  EUR 24.90
     (broschiert), ISBN 3-8270-0169-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D205221078751430

Reviewed for H-German by Heike Bungert
     Frank Trommler and Elliott Shore, eds..  _The German-American
     Encounter: Conflict and Cooperation between Two Cultures, 1800-
     2000_.  New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2001.  xix + 344 pp.
     $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 1-57181-290-3.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D206371078751506

Reviewed for H-Museum by Antje Nagel
     Uwe Christian Dech.  _Sehenlernen im Museum. Ein Konzept zur
     Wahrnehmung und Pr=E4sentation von Exponaten_.  Bielefeld:
     Transkript Verlag, 2003.  176 S.  EUR 19.80 (kartoniert), ISBN 3-
     89942-132-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D206411078751510

Reviewed for H-California by Joseph Palermo
     Robert Cohen and Reginald E. Zelnik, eds.  _The Free Speech
     Movement:  Reflections on Berkeley in the 1960s_.  Berkeley:
     University of California Press, 2002.  xx + 618 pp.  $55.00
     (cloth), ISBN 0-520-22221-0; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-520-23354-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D240881078818568

Reviewed for H-CivWar by James S. Baugess
     Sam Davis Elliott, ed.  _Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and
     Second Bishop of Tennessee: The Memoir and Civil War Diary of
     Charles Todd Quintard_.  Baton Rogue: Louisiana State University
     Press, 2003.  xxii + 285 pp.  $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8071-2846-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D240941078818571

Reviewed for H-Africa by Inge Brinkman
     Minette Mans.  _Music as an Instrument of Diversity and Unity:
     Notes on a Namibian Landscape_.  Uppsala: Nordiska
     Afrikainstitutet, 2003.  55 pp.  EUR 10.00 (paper), ISBN 91-7106-
     510-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D241001078818573

Reviewed for H-Africa by Vladimir Shubin
     Wendy James, Donald L. Donham, Eisei Kurimoto, and Alessandro
     Triulzi, eds.  _Remapping Ethiopia: Socialism and After_.  Athens:
     Ohio University Press, 2002.  xi + 306 pp.  $49.95 (cloth), ISBN
     0-8214-1447-X; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8214-1448-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D241041078818575

Reviewed for H-California by Lynn Downey
     Katharine A. Rodger, ed.  _Renaissance Man of Cannery Row: The
     Life and Letters of Edward F. Ricketts_.  Tuscaloosa: University
     of Alabama Press, 2002.  liv + 283 pp.  $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     8173-1172-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D241081078818577

Reviewed for H-Environment by Peter J. Blodgett
     Hal Rothman, ed.  _The Culture of Tourism, The Tourism of Culture:
     Selling the Past to the Present in the American Southwest_.
     Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003.  xi + 250 pp.
     $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8263-2928-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D241121078818579

Reviewed for H-Texas by Mary L. Kelley
     Randolph B. Campbell.  _Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star
     State_.  New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.  xii+
     500 pp.  $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-19-513842-2; $29.95 (paper), ISBN
     0-19-513843-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D282501078820056

Reviewed for H-CivWar by Tilden G. Edelstein
     Michael Perman.  _Emancipation and Reconstruction_.  Wheeling:
     Harlan Davidson, 2003.  x + 144 pp.  $13.95 (paper), ISBN 0-88295-
     995-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D282751078820071

Reviewed for H-Albion by Victor Stater
     Barry Coward, ed.  _A Companion to Stuart Britain_.  Blackwell
     Companions to British History Series. Oxford: Blackwell
     Publishers, 2003.  xxiv + 564 pp.  $131.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-631-
     21874-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D282811078820095

Reviewed for H-California by Chia Youyee Vang
     Aiwha Ong.  _Buddha Is Hiding: Refugees, Citizenship, the New
     America_.  Berkeley and London: University of California Press,
     2003.  xix + 333 pp.  $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-520-22998-3; $21.95
     (paper), ISBN 0-520-23824-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D283281078820110

Reviewed for H-West by Steven Harmon Wilson
     Frank Van Nuys.  _Americanizing the West: Race, Immigrants, and
     Citizenship, 1890-1930_.  Lawrence: University Press of Kansas,
     2002.  xvi + 294 pp.  $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-7006-1206-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D283341078820115

Reviewed for H-DC by Christopher H. Sterling
     Michael Burlingame, ed.  _Dispatches from Lincoln's White House:
     The Anonymous Civil War Journalism of Presidential Secretary
     William O. Stoddard_.  Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press,
     2002.  xxvi + 287 pp.  $39.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8032-9290-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D228631078862336

Reviewed for H-DC by Christopher H. Sterling
     Edward Steers, Jr.  _Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of
     Abraham Lincoln_.  Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2003.
     xv + 360 pp.  $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8131-2217-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D228791078862338

Reviewed for H-West by Jean A. Stuntz
     Ellen McGowan Biddle.  _Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife_.
     Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2002.  xxiii + 257 pp.  $12.95
     (paper), ISBN 0-8117-2058-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D229501078862346

Reviewed for H-Italy by Francesca Vassalle
     Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan.  _Venice Triumphant: Horizons of a Myth_.
     Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.  xxi + 386 pp.
     $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8018-6958-7.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D247191078862499

Reviewed for H-Italy by Stanislao G. Pugliese
     Piero Gobetti.  _On Liberal Revolution_.  New Haven: Yale
     University Press, 2000.  lvi + 241 pp.  $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     300-08117-0; $16.95 (paper), ISBN 0-300-08118-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D248581078862508

Reviewed for H-Italy by Stanislao G. Pugliese
     Albert DeMeo.  _For the Sins of My Father: A Mafia Killer, His
     Son, and the Legacy of a Mob Life_.  New York: Broadway Books,
     2002.  288 pp.  $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-7679-0679-9; $14.95
     (paper), ISBN 0-7679-0689-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D249171078862512

Reviewed for H-Florida by Nicholas J. Linville
     James M. Denham and Canter Brown, Jr., eds.  _Cracker Times and
     Pioneer Lives: The Florida Reminiscences of George Gillet Keen and
     Sarah Pamela Williams_.  Columbia: University of South Carolina
     Press, 2000.  x + 215 pp.  $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 1-57003-346-3;
     $16.95 (paper), ISBN 1-57003-512-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D203741078867163

Reviewed for H-Italy by Marta Petrusewicz
     Don H. Doyle.  _Nations Divided: America, Italy, and the Southern
     Question_.  Athens and London: University of Georgia Press, 2002.
     xvii + 130 pp.  $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8203-2330-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D119141078904487

Reviewed for H-Museum by Thomas Overdick
     Jan Carstensen, Hrsg.  _Die Dinge umgehen? Sammeln und Forschen in
     kulturhistorischen Museen_.  M=FCnster, New York, M=FCnchen:
Waxmann,
     2003.  128 S.  19.80 (broschiert), ISBN 3-8309-1322-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D184161078916837

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Martina Hartmann
     Chiara Frugoni.  _Das Mittelalter auf der Nase. Brillen, B=FCcher,
     Bankgesch=E4fte und andere Erfindungen des Mittelalters_.
M=FCnchen:
     C.H. Beck Verlag, 2003.  200 S.  EUR 24.90 (broschiert), ISBN 3-
     406-50911-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D184261078916846

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Johannes Mikuteit
     Friedrich W. Graf, Christian Nees, Hrsg.  _Ernst Troeltsch in
     Nachrufen_.  G=FCtersloh: G=FCtersloher Verlagshaus, 2002.  770 S.
     EUR 34.95 (kartoniert), ISBN 3-579-00107-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D184301078916850

Reviewed for H-German by Kevin P. Spicer
     Georg Denzler.  _Widerstand ist nicht das richtige Wort:
     Katholische Priester, Bischoefe und Theologen im Dritten Reich_.
     Zurich: Pendo, 2003.  304 pp.  EUR 22.90 (cloth), ISBN 3-85842-
     479-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D184561078916867

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Dirk Naguschewski
     Josef Gugler.  _African Film. Re-imagining a Continent_.  Oxford:
     James Currey, 2003.  201 S.  =A340.00 (gebunden), ISBN 0-85255-
562-
     8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D184601078916871

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Peter Oliver Loew
     Christian Pletzing.  _Vom V=F6lkerfr=FChling zum nationalen
Konflikt.
     Deutscher und polnischer Nationalismus in Ost- und Westpreu=DFen
     1830-1871_.  Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003.  528 S.  EUR
     70.00 (gebunden), ISBN 3-447-04657-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D184641078916874

Reviewed for H-Buddhism by Paul L. Swanson
     Paul Groner.  _Ry=F4gen and Mount Hiei: Japanese Tendai in the
Tenth
     Century_.  Kuroda Institute Studies in East Asian Buddhism Series,
     vol 15. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002.  xv + 525 pp.
     $48.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8248-2260-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D300951078983349

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Sabine Andresen
     Andreas Petersen.  _Radikale Jugend. Die sozialistische
     Jugendbewegung der Schweiz 1900-1930_.  Z=FCrich: Chronos Verlag,
     2001.  00 S.  EUR 42.50 (gebunden), ISBN 3-0340-0510-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133211079048649

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Charlotte Schubert
     Helmut Kyrieleis, Hrsg.  _Olympia 1875-2000. 125 Jahre deutsche
     Ausgrabungen. Internationales Symposium Berlin, 9.-11. November
     2000_.  Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern Verlag, 2002.  376 S.
     EUR 45.00 (gebunden), ISBN 3-8053-2989-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133341079048657

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Wolfgang Schmale
     Luisa Passerini, Hrsg.  _Figures d'Europe/Images and Myths of
     Europe_.  Br=FCssel: Peter Lang, 2003.  183 S.  EUR 28.90
     (broschiert), ISBN 90-5201-189-3.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133541079048685

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Michael Schr=F6ders
     Klaus-Michael Mallmann, Wolfgang Pyta, Volker Riess, Hrsg..
     _Deutscher Osten 1939-1945. Der Weltanschauungskrieg in Photos und
     Texten_.  Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2003.
     204 S.  EUR 39.90 (broschiert), ISBN 3-534-16023-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133571079048690

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Birgit Schwelling
     Bernd Weisbrod, Hrsg.  _Die Politik der =D6ffentlichkeit--Die
     =D6ffentlichkeit der Politik. Politische Medialisierung in der
     Geschichte der Bundesrepublik_.  G=F6ttingen: Wallstein Verlag,
     2003.  283 S.  EUR 30.00 (gebunden), ISBN 3-89244-691-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133591079048693

Reviewed for H-Judaic by John D. Brolley
     Stefan C. Reif, ed..  _The Cambridge Genizah Collections: Their
     Contents and Significance_.  Cambridge and New York: Cambridge
     University Press, 2002.  xiv + 239 pp.  $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     521-81361-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133611079048696

Reviewed for H-Museum by Tom Lerch
     Joachim Huber und Karin von Lerber.  _Handhabung und Lagerung von
     mobilem Kulturgut. Ein Handbuch f=FCr Museen, kirchliche
     Institutionen, Sammler und Archive_.  Bielefeld: Transcript, 2003.
     194 S.  EUR 25.80 (broschiert), ISBN 3-89942-140-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133641079048700

Reviewed for H-German by Brenda Melendy
     Stefan Wolff.  _The German Question since 1919: An Analysis with
     Key Documents_.  Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2003.  xii + 227
     pp.  $67.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-275-97269-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D133991079048703

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Hans-J=F6rg Sigwart
     Hans Maier, Hrsg.  _Totalitarismus und Politische Religionen.
     Konzepte des Diktaturvergleichs. Band III: Deutungsgeschichte und
     Theorie_.  Paderborn: Ferdinand Sch=F6ningh Verlag, 2003.  450 S.
     34.90 (broschiert), ISBN 3-506-76829-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D11191079054868

Reviewed for H-German by John S.Conway
     Helmut Walser Smith, ed..  _Protestants, Catholics and Jews in
     Germany 1800-1914_.  Oxford and New York: Berg Publishers, 2002.
     xiii + 336 pp.  $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 1-8597-3565-7.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D11281079054877

Reviewed for H-Buddhism by Jin Y. Park
     Bongkil Chung.  _The Scriptures of Won Buddhism: A Translation of
     the WOnbulgyo kyojOn with Introduction_.  Honolulu: University of
     Hawai'i Press, 2003.  xviii + 413 pp.  $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     8248-2185-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D32091079055661

Reviewed for H-Survey by John R. Moore
     Jean-Christophe Agnew and Roy Rosenzweig, eds.  _A Companion to
     Post-1945 America_.  Malden and Oxford: Blackwell Publishers,
     2002.  xvii + 584 pp.  $131.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-631-22325-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D305391079074307

Reviewed for H-Diplo by Gregory J. Dehler
     Paul G. Harris, ed..  _International Environmental Cooperation:
     Politics and Diplomacy in Pacific Asia_.  Boulder: University of
     Colorado Press, 2002.  xiii + 320 pp.  $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     87081-678-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D312071079074576

Reviewed for H-Diplo by James Jay Carafano
     Eric Hershberg and Kevin W. Moore, eds.  _Critical Views of
     September 11:  Analyses from Around the World_.  New York: The New
     Press, 2002.  viii + 304 pp.  $18.95 (paper), ISBN 1-56584-771-7.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D312111079074579

Reviewed for H-Diplo by Dr. Steven Wagner
     Pierre Asselin.  _A Bitter Peace:  Washington, Hanoi, and the
     Making of the Paris Agreement_.  Chapel Hill: University of North
     Carolina Press, 2002.  xi + 190 pp.  $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8078-
     2751-7; $18.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8078-5417-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D312191079074581

Reviewed for H-NILAS by Marion W. Copeland
     David Quammen.  _Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the
     Jungles of History and the Mind_.  New York and London: W. W.
     Norton, 2003.  485 pp.  $26.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-393-05140-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D312241079074584

Reviewed for H-War by Ian M. Brown
     Zara S. Steiner and Keith Neilson.  _Britain and the Origins of
     the First World War_.  Houndsmills and New York: Palgrave
     Macmillan, 2003.  x + 277 pp.  $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-333-73466-1;
     $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-333-73467-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D312281079074587

Reviewed for H-Albion by Susan Doran
     Georgianna Ziegler, ed.  _Elizabeth I: Then and Now_.  Seattle:
     University of Washington Press, 2003.  192 pp.  $40.00 (paper),
     ISBN 0-295-98323-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D40841079076148

Reviewed for H-South by Brian Kelly
     Adam Fairclough.  _Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-
     2000_.  New York: Penguin Books, 2002.  xiv + 384 pp.  $16.00
     (paper), ISBN 0-142-00129-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D48081079076267

Reviewed for H-USA by Burcak Keskin-Kozat
     Mary L. Dudziak, ed.  _September 11 in History: A Watershed
     Moment?_.  Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2003.  240
     pp.  $79.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8223-3229-9; $22.95 (paper), ISBN 0-
     8223-3242-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D48111079076269

Reviewed for H-Florida by Raymond A. Mohl
     Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., ed.  _Sunbelt Revolution: The Historical
     Progression of the Civil Rights Struggle in the Gulf South, 1866-
     2000_.  Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003.  x + 275
     pp.  $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8130-2577-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D48141079076271

Reviewed for H-CivWar by Jeanne T. Heidler
     Spencer C. Tucker.  _Brigadier General John D. Imboden:
     Confederate Commander in the Shenandoah_.  Lexington: University
     Press of Kentucky, 2003.  xiii + 392 pp.  $32.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     8131-2266-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D48251079076292

Reviewed for H-War by David L. Snead
     Robert L. Bateman.  _No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean
     War Incident_.  Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2002.  xvii + 302
     pp.  $22.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8117-1763-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D48281079076300

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Matthias Brosch
     Michel Grunewald und Uwe Puschner, Hrsg..  _Das konservative
     Intellektuellenmilieu, seine Presse und seine Netzwerke_.  Bern:
     Peter Lang, 2003.  718 S.  EUR 81.30 (gebunden), ISBN 3-906770-16-
     8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D111161079098139

Reviewed for HABSBURG by Gerald H. Davis
     Hannes Leidinger and Verena Moritz.  _Gefangenschaft, Revolution,
     Heimkehr: Die Bedeutung des Kriegsgefangenenproblematik f=FCr die
     Geschichte des Kommunismus in Mittel- und Osteuropa 1917-1920_.
     Vienna: B=F6hlau, 2003.  754 pp.  EUR 85.00 (cloth), ISBN 3-205-
     77068-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D111731079098156

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Michael Obst
     Georg Lehner und Monika Lehner.  _=D6sterreich-Ungarn und der
     "Boxeraufstand" in China_.  Wien: StudienVerlag, 2002.  740 S.
     EUR 43.50 (gebunden), ISBN 3-7065-1713-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D111761079098159

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Stephanie Irrgang
     Martin Kintzinger.  _Wissen wird Macht. Bildung im Mittelalter_.
     Stuttgart: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 2003.  203 S.  EUR 22.90
     (broschiert), ISBN 3-7995-0116-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D111891079098163

Reviewed for H-German by Karrin M. Hanshew
     Dieter Rucht, ed..  _Protest in der Bundesrepublik: Strukturen und
     Entwicklungen_.  Frankfurt a.M. and New York: Campus Verlag, 2001.
     322 pp.  EUR 34.00 (paper), ISBN 3-593-36451-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D111971079098167

Reviewed for H-Indiana by Randy Roberts
     Wes D. Gehring.  _Carole Lombard: The Hoosier Tornado_.
     Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press, 2003.  xx + 264
     pp.  $19.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-87195-167-3.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D144591079225681

Reviewed for H-Albion by Stephen K. Roberts
     Austin Woolrych.  _Britain in Revolution, 1625-1660_.  Oxford:
     Oxford University Press, 2002.  viii + 814 pp.  $35.00 (cloth),
     ISBN 0-19-820081-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D144631079225688

Reviewed for H-Africa by Gregory H. Maddox
     Dahilon Yassin Mohamoda.  _Nile Basin Cooperation: A Review of the
     Literature_.  Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2003.  41 pp.
     SEK 80.00 (paper), ISBN 91-7106-512-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D144711079225691

Reviewed for H-Florida by Sherry Johnson
     Charles R. Ewen and John H. Hann.  _Hernando de Soto among the
     Apalachee:  The Archaeology of the First Winter Encampment_.
     Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1998.  x + 256 pp.
     $29.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8130-1557-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D144741079225693

Reviewed for H-SHEAR by Erica R. Armstrong
     Susan Zaeske.  _Signatures of Citizenship: Petitioning,
     Antislavery, and Women's Political Identity_.  Chapel Hill:
     University of North Carolina Press, 2003.  iii + 253 pp.  $49.95
     (cloth), ISBN 0-8078-2759-2; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8078-5426-3.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D144791079225696

Reviewed for H-Florida by Paul E. Hoffman
     Brent Richards Weisman.  _Unconquered People: Florida's Seminole
     and Miccosukee Indians_.  Gainesville: University Press of
     Florida, 1999.  x + 170 pp.  $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8130-1662-2;
     $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8130-1663-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D174211079226396

Reviewed for H-Florida by Paul E. Hoffman
     Jerald T. Milanich.  _Florida's Indians from Ancient Times to the
     Present_.  Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1998.  xi +
     194 pp.  $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8130-1598-7; $19.95 (paper), ISBN
     0-8130-1599-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D180071079226569

Reviewed for H-Albion by David Turner
     Bernard Capp.  _When Gossips Meet: Women, Family, and
     Neighbourhood in Early Modern England_.  New York and Oxford:
     Oxford University Press, 2003.  ix + 398 pp.  $85.00 (cloth), ISBN
     0-19-925598-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D36391079238690

Reviewed for H-USA by Fred Davies
     Richard Maltby.  _Hollywood Cinema_.  Oxford: Blackwell
     Publishing, 2003.  544 pp.  $78.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-631-21614-6;
     $41.95 (paper), ISBN 0-631-21615-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D37071079238743

Reviewed for H-South by A. Glenn Crothers
     John K. Nelson.  _A Blessed Company: Parishes, Parsons, and
     Parishioners in Anglican Virginia, 1690-1776_.  Chapel Hill:
     University of North Carolina Press, 2002.  xiv + 477 pp.  $49.95
     (cloth), ISBN 0-8078-2663-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D37121079238749

Reviewed for H-AfrTeach by Alexandra O'Brien
     Joann Jovinelly and Jason Netelkos.  _The Crafts and Culture of
     the Ancient Egyptians_.  New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2002.
     48 pp.  $29.25 (cloth), ISBN 0-8239-3509-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D37191079238752

Reviewed for H-South by John H. Barnhill
     Charles D. Chamberlain.  _Victory at Home: Manpower and Race in
     the American South during World War II_.  Athens: University of
     Georgia Press, 2003.  288 pp.  $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8203-2429-9;
     $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8203-2443-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D37271079238754

Reviewed for H-Atlantic by Patrick Griffin
     Kerby A. Miller, Arnold Schrier, Bruce D. Boling, and David N.
     Doyle, eds.  _Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan: Letters and
     Memoirs from Colonial and Revolutionary America, 1675-1815_.  New
     York: Oxford University Press, 2003.  xxvii + 788 pp.  $74.00
     (cloth), ISBN 0-19-504513-0; $35.00 (paper), ISBN 0-19-515489-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D37291079238756

Reviewed for H-Environment by Brian Allen Drake
     George Perkins Marsh.  _Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as
     Modified by Human Action_.  Seattle and London: University of
     Washington Press, 2003.  xxxv + 472 pp.  $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-
     295-98316-7.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D142661079242094

Reviewed for H-USA by Elizabeth Jozwiak
     Mark Essig.  _Edison and the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and
     Death_.  New York: Walker, 2003.  358 pp.  $26.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     8027-1406-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D142701079242097

Reviewed for H-AfrLitCine by Stephen Belcher
     Mugyabuso M. Mulokozi.  _The African Epic Controversy: Historical,
     Philosophical, and Aesthetic Perspectives on Epic Poetry and
     Performances_.  Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2002.
     xviii + 550 pp.  $49.95 (paper), ISBN 9-987-68629-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D142801079242107

Reviewed for H-Gender-MidEast by Peter Gran
     Anthony Gorman.  _Historians, State and Politics in Twentieth
     Century Egypt: Contesting the Nation_.  London and New York:
     RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.  xii + 276 pp.  $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-415-
     29753-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D142851079242109

Reviewed for H-Environment by Richard Stuart
     Bruce Braun.  _The Intemperate Rainforest: Nature, Culture, and
     Power on Canada's West Coast_.  Minneapolis: University of
     Minnesota Press, 2002.  xiii + 347 pp.  $74.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-
     8166-3399-1; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8166-3400-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D142891079242111

Reviewed for H-World by David Christian
     Patrick Manning.  _Navigating World History: Historians Create a
     Global Past_.  New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.  xxiii + 425
     pp.  $79.95 (cloth), ISBN 1-4039-6117-4; $26.95 (paper), ISBN 1-
     4039-6119-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D144051079242210

Reviewed for H-Law by Steven Semeraro
     Eric M. Freedman.  _Habeas Corpus: Rethinking the Great Writ of
     Liberty_.  New York and London: New York University Press, 2001.
     x + 243 pp.  $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8147-2717-4; $19.00 (paper),
     ISBN 0-8147-2718-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D320571079248061

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Tobias Brinkmann
     Frederic Cople Jaher.  _The Jews and the Nation. Revolution,
     Emancipation, State Formation, and the Liberal Paradigm in America
     and France_.  Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002.  295 S.
     $45.00 (Leinen), ISBN 0-691-09649-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D285561079277955

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Georg Schild
     Robert Dallek.  _John F. Kennedy. Ein unvollendetes Leben_.
     M=FCnchen: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2003.  759 S.  EUR 39, ISBN
3-
     421-05200-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D285921079277964

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Annemarie Gronover
     Jane C. Schneider und Peter T. Schneider, Hrsg.  _Reversible
     Destiny.  Mafia, Antimafia, and the Struggle for Palermo_.
     Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.  339 S.  $24, ISBN
     0-520-23609-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D285981079277969

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Ulrich Wyrwa
     Klaus Holz.  _Nationaler Antisemitismus. Wissenssoziologie einer
     Weltanschauung_.  Hamburg: Hamburger Edition, 2001.  615 S.  EUR
     35, ISBN 3-930908-67-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286141079277973

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Hillard von Thiessen
     Birgit Emich.  _B=FCrokratie und Nepotismus unter Paul V. (1606-
     1621)_.  Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann Verlag, 2001.  475 S.  EUR
     78, ISBN 3-7772-0121-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286271079277977

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Bernd-A. Rusinek
     Ernst Klee.  _Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was
     vor und nach 1945?_.  Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, 2003.  731 S.
     EUR 29, ISBN 3-10-039309-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286321079277982

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Julia Wilker
     Peter Sch=E4fer, Hrsg.  _The Bar Kokhba War reconsidered. New
     perspectives on the second Jewish revolt against Rome_.
T=FCbingen:
     Mohr Siebeck, 2003.  313 S.  EUR 99, ISBN 3-16-148076-7.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286341079277986

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Syrinx von Hees
     Stephan Conermann und Anja Pistor-Hatam, Hrsg.  _Die Mamluken.
     Studien zu ihrer Geschichte und Kultur_.  Schenefeld: EB-Verlag,
     2003.  413 S.  EUR 25, ISBN 3-930-82681-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286361079277990

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Rochus Wolff
     Martin van Creveld.  _Das bevorzugte Geschlecht_.  M=FCnchen:
     Gerling Akademie Verlag, 2003.  492 S.  EUR 29, ISBN 3-932425-52-
     9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286421079277995

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Peter Kissling
     Thomas Nicklas.  _Macht oder Recht. Fr=FChneuzeitliche Politik im
     Obers=E4chsischen Reichskreis_.  Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag,
     2002.  394 S.  EUR 84, ISBN 3-515-07939-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286501079277999

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Jan R=FCdiger
     Michael Mitterauer.  _Warum Europa? Mittelalterliche Grundlagen
     eines Sonderwegs_.  M=FCnchen: C.H. Beck Verlag, 2003.  352 S.
EUR
     24, ISBN 3-406-50222-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286521079278003

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Martin Holler
     Eric D. Weitz.  _Century of Genocide. Utopias of Race and Nation_.
     Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003.  360 S.  $29.95
     (Leinen), ISBN 0-691-00913-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286541079278007

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Udo Hartmann
     Holger Sonnabend.  _Geschichte der antiken Biographie. Von
     Isokrates bis zur Historia Augusta_.  Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler
     Verlag, 2002.  246 S.  EUR 49, ISBN 3-476-01914-4.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286561079278012

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Hilde Hoffmann
     Bernhard Chiari, Matthias Rogg, Wolfgang Schmidt, Hrsg.  _Krieg
     und Milit=E4r im Film des 20. Jahrhunderts_.  M=FCnchen:
Oldenbourg
     Wissenschaftsverlag, 2003.  654 S.  EUR 49, ISBN 3-486-56716-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286581079278017

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Wolfgang Stelbrink
     Markus Dreist, Hrsg.  _Die D=FCsseldorfer Bezirksregierung
zwischen
     Demokratisierung, Nazifizierung und Entnazifizierung. Eine
     staatliche Mittelbeh=F6rde an der Schnittstelle zwischen
Verwaltung
     und Politik_.  Essen: Klartext Verlag, 2003.  158 S.  EUR 14, ISBN
     3-89861-205-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286881079278023

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Andreas Mai
     Rudy Koshar.  _German Travel Cultures_.  Oxford: Berg Publishers,
     2002.  256 S.  =A315.99 (Leinen), ISBN 1-85973-451-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3D286941079278031

5.
EurasiaNet Weekly Update

The following stories appeared on EurasiaNet over the past week:

AJARIA SHOWDOWN RAISES PROSPECT OF RENEWED CIVIL STRIFE IN GEORGIA
Jaba Devdariani: 3/15/04
Wojciech Bartuzi
The threat of separatist fighting is looming again over Georgia. In an
attempt to compel Ajaria's submission to central government authority,
President Mikheil Saakashvili has imposed an economic blockade on the
renegade region. Meanwhile, Ajarian leader Aslan Abashidze has accused
Tbilisi of trying to stage a coup in Batumi, and has appealed for
Russian support.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav031504.shtml

RIGHTS ADVOCATES STRIVE TO PROMOTE JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN ARMENIA
Emil Danielyan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/rights/articles/eav031204.shtml


NATO'S "PROGRESSIVE EXPANSION" IN AFGHAN PROVINCES REQUIRED FOR
GREATER
SECURITY
Abubaker Saddique
A EurasiaNet Q&A with Hikmet Cetin, NATO's Senior Civilian
Representative for Afghanistan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/qanda/articles/eav031204.shtml


GEORGIA TACKLES CHECHEN CONUNDRUM
Daria Solovieva
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav031104.shtml


THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING CHECHENS CONTINUES TO STIR CONTROVERSY IN
GEORGIA
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Commentary No. 133, Mar. 15, 2004
"Haiti: The Bicentenntial Coup d'Etat"

In a world where many countries have sad tales to tell, Haiti is
quite possibly at the top of the list. In the eighteenth century,
Haiti (then known at St.-Domingue) was the jewel in the crown of the
French empire. It was the leading sugar exporter in the world at the
time and yielded immense profits to a small class of French
plantation owners. The overwhelming majority of the population were
Black slaves. There was a small intermediate group made up largely of
mulattoes, poor Whites, and a few free Blacks.

Then came the French Revolution, and everyone on the island decided
to profit from the turmoil. The White settlers elected
representatives to the Estates-General, which then became the
Assemblée Nationale, and sought autonomous authority on the island.
The "free colored" in turn demanded their rights and found support
among some members of the Assemblée Nationale, the Amis des Noirs.
They succeeded in getting the Assemblée to award the vote
to "propertied mulattoes," whose leader was promptly captured,
tortured, and executed by the White settlers.

At this point, there began a slave revolt, and Haiti entered into a
three-way civil war. The slave revolt frightened not only the White
settlers and the propertied mulattoes but France, Great Britain,
Spain, and not least the newly-constituted United States. Under the
leadership of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Black revolutionaries
created a disciplined army and took over control of an independent
state, which was then ostracized by everyone. By 1802, Napoleon had
reinvaded the island and by a combination of force and deception
captured Toussaint L'Ouverture and took him off to prison in France.

The story gets complicated after that. But basically the republic,
officially launched in 1804 (hence this is the bicentennial year),
would be under the control primarily of the mulattoes. The White
planters left the island. The economy became a shambles. Nonetheless,
the example of the Black slave revolt so frightened everyone that the
leaders of the various independence movements in Latin America,
including Simon Bolívar, would not recognize Haiti for many years.
The last country to recognize Haiti was the United States, doing it
only in 1854. The example of Haiti led both the Latin American
revolutionaries and the United States to discourage an independence
movement in Cuba, for fear of another Haiti. In the first half of the
twentieth century, after multiple coups, the U.S. marines invaded and
spent a lot of time in Haiti, running the show and collecting the
debt.

If we fast forward to the period after the Second World War, we find
ensconced in power one of the Western Hemisphere's worst rulers,
François Duvalier. A doctor, a Black, he used a demagogy of noirisime
to establish a dictatorial regime which he enforced through an armed
group of thugs known as the tontons macoutes. Duvalier ruled from
1957 to 1971, and on his death he was succeeded by his son, Jean
Claude, known as "Baby Doc." The regime remained the same but Baby
Doc was less efficacious a ruler, He finally lost the support of the
United States, and was overthrown in 1986, allowed to go into golden
exile to his estate in France.

Power fell back into the hands of a largely mulatto elite group, who
found themselves challenged by a populist priest, champion of the
Black underclasses, named Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Aristide won the
presidential election in 1990 and was ousted by a coup in 1991 led by
a right-wing group who proceeded to kill and repress supporters of
Aristide. By now, there was some attention being paid to Haiti by
world public opinion and a sense that this situation was intolerable.
In 1994, Clinton sent in U.S. troops to restore Aristide to power, on
condition that he only "complete" his term of office, not run again
in 1996, and carry out a neoliberal economic policy.

Aristide accepted the terms. What else could he do? Meanwhile,
however, Senator Jesse Helms, then the Republican chair of the Senate
Foreign Affairs Committee, fulminated against Aristide aa a leftist
anti-American. In 2000, Aristide ran again for President and won
overwhelmingly. The opposition refused to stand, claiming that the
elections were unfair. No doubt they were not pristine (but neither
were those in the U.S. in 2000), but no outside observer thought that
Aristide did not command the majority of the population.

When Bush came to power, the person in charge of Haitian affairs in
the Department of State was Roger Noriega, previously the assistant
of Jesse Helms and the one who had managed his anti-Aristide
polemics. The U.S. cut off international funds promised to Aristide,
forced him to empty his treasury to repay IMF loans, and (via the
Republican party) poured money into those who had been ousted by
Aristide in 1991 and again in 1994.

This brings us to 2004. A small group of right-wing rebels,
indirectly armed by the U.S., invaded from the Dominican Republic.
Aristide had been weakened by the financial squeeze, the corruption
of his regime, and the fact that his supporters had been using
oppressive tactics as well. The diplomatic charade now began. France
called for Aristide to resign. Colin Powell said he was for a
compromise - that Aristide stay but name a new Prime Minister after
negotiating with the more palatable of the opposition. Aristide
agreed, but the opposition refused. So the U.S. then said, quite
illogically, well Aristide should resign. He refused. The U.S. then
arranged that the hired security guards (from a U.S. firm) that had
been protecting Aristide be withdrawn.

At this point, the U.S. emissary said to Aristide, we can guarantee
your safe escape from the rebel troops only if you resign. Aristide
wrote an ambiguous letter in Creole, and was then whisked off in a
U.S. place to the Central African Republic (no golden exile in France
for him). He immediately told all and sundry that he had not
resigned, that he had been kidnapped by the U.S. At which point, the
Central African Republic authorities reminded him of their
requirement that he be reserved, that is, shut up.

The U.S. Black poilitcal community are all demanding that Aristide be
allowed to return and that the alleged kidnapping be investigated.
This is supported by the association of Caribbean states (CARICOM)
and by the African Union. But don't hold your breath. The coup (32nd
in Haiti's history) has succeeded.

Why did this happen? The first question is why France played the role
that it did. It is said in the press that this was a gesture of
reconciliation after the fallout with the U.S. over Iraq. I don't
think this is too plausible. France was not on good terms with
Aristide, who had recently demanded that France pay reparations for
what they did 200 years ago. But most of all, France was the ex-
colonial power which had been eased out of a role in Haiti by the
United States. By taking the lead, France got its foot back inside
the Haitian scene, at the expense of Aristide whom they regarded as
someone who had been installed by the U.S. (albeit now discarded).

As for the U.S., objectively, Aristide was not particularly
bothersome. Unlike say Chavez, he was not sitting on oil, nor
denouncing the U.S. But the neo-conservatives saw him as a Clinton
product, a dubious type, and someone to be ousted in favor of people
with whom they had close relations. So they stage-managed the whole
transfer of power. In addition, it is meant as a warning to other
countries in the Americas about the readiness of the U.S. to
resume "gunboat diplomacy" in their backyard. And so it is being read.
Immanuel Wallerstein

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Counterattack

Summary

The March 11 attack in Spain indicates that al Qaeda still
exists. It also indicates that al Qaeda has a strategy that
strikes at the soft underbelly of the U.S. strategy in the war.
The political success of the Spanish bombings will encourage al
Qaeda and could lead to further militant attempts to work the
fault line created in nations that joined the U.S. war in Iraq in
an effort to disturb the U.S. alliance.

Analysis

Since December 2003, the United States has been squeezing back al
Qaeda and jihadists throughout the Islamic world. Al Qaeda's goal
has proven elusive -- there has not been a rising in the Islamic
world to topple Islamic governments. To the contrary, Islamic
countries have moved to accommodate themselves to the United
States. As the strategic balance shifted in favor of the United
States, the U.S. focus was on an offensive into Pakistan designed
to capture Osama bin Laden and liquidate al Qaeda. In short, the
United States was looking at the beginning of the endgame.

The fundamental question has been: Is al Qaeda still there -- and
is it capable of carrying out further operations? It was obvious
that if al Qaeda could carry out operations, it would have to do
so now. Its viability was in doubt, and therefore its credibility
-- particularly in the Islamic world -- was in decline. It was
not a question of support or popularity, but a growing sense that
al Qaeda, rather than triggering an Islamic renaissance, had led
the Islamic world into a disaster of toppled regimes, regimes
cooperating with the United States and a massive foreign military
presence casting a shadow over the region. If al Qaeda did not
act quickly and decisively, it was going to lose the war. More
important than any single action, al Qaeda had to demonstrate
that it had a strategy for reversing its fortunes.

The March 11 attack indicates that al Qaeda still exists. It also
indicates that al Qaeda has a strategy -- one that strikes at the
soft underbelly of the U.S. strategy in the war. The Iraq war
succeeded in shifting the behavior of the Saudis and Iranians,
albeit by very different routes. The U.S. position in the Islamic
world is stronger than before. But the same war created a fault
line within nations that worked with the United States in Iraq,
as well as between those nations and the United States. Al Qaeda
appears to be focusing on that fault line.

The majority of Spaniards opposed the U.S. intervention in Iraq
and Spain's participation in the war. Nevertheless, the Popular
Party government that chose to support the war was, according to
polls a week before the March 14 election, going to win. The
peculiarity of a government following an unpopular foreign policy
yet remaining likely to win is easy to explain: There were many
other issues on the table, and the voters were not being driven
to their decisions by Iraq. Issues such as Franco-German
domination of the European Union were more important than the
Iraq war.

The attack on the Madrid train stations changed that. Perfectly
timed to be absorbed into the Spanish electorate's psyche, it was
designed to demonstrate the price that Spain would be forced to
pay for its Iraq policy. What was a less-than-decisive issue for
voters March 10 became the defining issue by March 12. The
electorate, unhappy with the war in Iraq anyway, now saw
themselves paying a price for the war that was simply too high.
They voted the Popular Party out and the Socialists in. The
Socialists pledged to withdraw Spain's troops from Iraq by June
30.

From a strategic perspective, this is a massive al Qaeda victory.
With one blow, it knocked a major U.S. ally out of the Iraq
campaign and raised serious questions as to how far Spain will go
to support the United States elsewhere. There can be no question
but that al Qaeda understood what it was doing. It struck on the
eve of the election in a manner that was clearly intended to
cause maximum casualties. When viewed from the standpoint of
total casualties (as opposed to total dead), the Madrid attack
was almost half as devastating as Sept. 11. But in this case,
rather than increasing Spain's aggressiveness as Sept. 11 did
with the United States, it caused Spain to draw back.

The attack has enormous political implications. There are a
number of countries that supported the United States in Iraq in
the face of majority popular opposition to the war. These
countries have political dynamics similar to Spain's. They
include Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Hungary,
Australia and Japan. Their governments managed the politics of
the war in ways similar to Spain. Each of these governments is
highly vulnerable to the kind of attack carried out in Madrid.

If al Qaeda could generate a process in which non-Islamic U.S.
allies were to peel away from the United States, two things would
happen. First, the position of the United States in the Islamic
world might start to deteriorate. One of the strengths in the
U.S. position has been deep divisions in Europe, which left
Islamic states isolated from alternative centers of support. If
Europe shifted en masse to the Franco-German position, the
Islamic sense of isolation and lack of alternatives also would
shift. It could -- emphasize could -- undermine the U.S. position
in the region.

Second, a massive defection from the United States by allied
governments would hurt the Bush administration. One of the
charges critics have made against President George W. Bush is
that he has followed a unilateralist policy that has isolated him
from allies. That criticism has never been true -- most of
Europe's governments supported the U.S. policy in Iraq -- but if
it becomes true, if reality catches up with perception, then
Bush's domestic position would weaken enormously.

Al Qaeda would love to see Bush defeated, particularly if his
defeat could be perceived -- particularly in the Islamic world --
as a consequence of the network's actions. That means U.S. allies
are not the only possible targets. Al Qaeda has shown itself to
be politically sophisticated. If it has operatives in the United
States, then those operatives have friends who can advise the
group on U.S. politics. Any attack will give Bush an immediate
boost. It is a given in U.S. policy that the president's support
increases during a crisis. It is also true that over time that
support bleeds off, particularly if the president is not seen as
moving toward solving the problem effectively. It follows that al
Qaeda will not attack on the eve of the U.S. election, but months
before, giving the American public time to come to the conclusion
that Bush is unable to cope with the threat.

When we look at the attack on Madrid, we see a newer model of al
Qaeda operations than we have seen in the past. This was not a
suicide attack. It was an attack using explosives, arranged and
triggered in a reasonably sophisticated fashion, with the
attackers -- far from killing themselves -- trying to withdraw,
evade and survive. Some of the team was captured. Others escaped
and will be available for further operations.

The fact that they did not use suicide attackers is, for us,
extremely significant. It indicates that al Qaeda is preserving
its personnel. This could mean that it is short of manpower. It
could also mean that it is planning an increased tempo of
operations and needs the same personnel to carry out multiple
attacks, potentially in different countries.

The political strategy fits neatly with the new operational
modality. If the Spanish strategy is to be replicated, there will
be a series of Madrids in the coming months. These will comprise
conventional, nonsuicide attacks designed to elicit maximum
casualties and will focus on countries allied with the United
States with anti-war populations. The timing will be designed to
influence elections or topple governments in parliamentary
democracies. Assuming the attack teams can escape, there is no
theoretical limit to the number of attacks that can be carried
out, other than the number of teams available and their
locations.

This, of course, is the great unknown. The only victory al Qaeda
can claim in March 2004 is that two-and-a-half years after Sept.
11, U.S. intelligence remains unclear as to al Qaeda's
capabilities, globally and in the United States. This is al
Qaeda's greatest strength. No one knows what it is capable of.
After Madrid, as after Sept. 11, the world is braced for more
attacks. They might or might not come. However, it should be
noted that a massive truck bomb was found in Karachi two days
before U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived. That means
that there were at least two teams out there -- one in Spain and
one in Pakistan. We suspect there are at least a few more.

Al Qaeda has maintained a slow tempo of major operations in the
past. Attacks have been separated by two or more years. That
could happen again. Al Qaeda's political situation really will
not support that, however, and it has political opportunities now
that it needs to take advantage of. A wave of attacks in Europe
followed by strikes in the United States at strategic moments
could revive its credibility in the Islamic world and, in an
extreme case, reverse the political shifts that have taken place.
It might even trigger al Qaeda's holy grail: a rising of the
Islamic masses.

Clearly Madrid means the war is not going to end as neatly as the
United States had hoped. Indeed, the political success of the
attack in Spain will encourage al Qaeda. In a sense, this
increases the pressure to find bin Laden, in the hope of
disorganizing any impending campaign. We suspect that that
campaign does not need further organizing -- it is good to go
with or without bin Laden. What we are going to see now is an
intense effort in Pakistan to get bin Laden, plus -- and this is
our guess -- an intensifying effort by al Qaeda to counter by
destabilizing the U.S. alliance.

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*** THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION ***
By Phyllis Bennis

*** RENDERING AN ACCOUNT ON IRAQ ***
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*** IRAQ ONE YEAR LATER ***
By Stephen Zunes

*** THE PEACE MOVEMENT ONE YEAR LATER ***
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*** BAIT AND SWITCH? HUMAN RIGHTS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY ***
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*** THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION ***
By Phyllis Bennis

(Editor's Note: Excerpted from a new set of talking points available
in full at http://www.fpif.org/cgaa/talkingpoints/0403iraq-
const.html .)

The signing of the interim Iraqi "Constitution" by the Governing
Council represents a significant step in U.S. efforts to legitimize
its invasion and occupation of Iraq. By achieving the codification in
a U.S.-supervised process of an ostensibly "Iraqi" legal document,
the U.S. as occupying power is hoping that its planned June
30th "transfer of power" will be accepted globally as
the "restoration of sovereignty to Iraq." In fact, that "transfer of
power" will not end the U.S. occupation, will not lead to the
withdrawal of U.S. troops, and will not result in any real
sovereignty for Iraq. The Constitution itself implies recognition of
its impotence, as it recognizes that all "laws, regulations, orders,
and directives" issued by the U.S. occupation authorities will remain
in force.

The new Iraqi Constitution lacks legitimacy. It was drafted under
U.S. supervision by a body hand-chosen by the U.S. military
occupation authorities, and subject to final approval by the U.S.
proconsul, Paul Bremer.

The Constitution describes only a vague process to select the new
transitional government to which the U.S. will "transfer power" on
June 30th.

The Iraq Governing Council holds on to power. Since the Constitution
says nothing about how the interim government will actually be
selected, the unspoken understanding is that the Governing Council--
perhaps enlarged by additional U.S.-selected individuals, perhaps in
its current form--will remain the center of Iraqi authority.

The Constitution calls for a federal system of government, in which,
despite language to the contrary, the sectors are almost certain to
be determined by Iraqis' ethnic and religious identity. This causes
three major problems: 1) there is no representation for Iraqis who
identify first as Iraqi citizens, and only secondarily as Shia'a,
Kurds, or whatever. 2) The ethnic/religious quotas assume that all
Kurds, Shia'a, Sunni, Assyrians, or others represent monolithic
political blocs. 3) A system based on ethnic or religious sectoral
interests is inherently unstable, in most cases giving minority and
majority populations too little or too much power, and undermining
national identity as Iraqis.

The Constitution creates a federal system but leaves vague what
powers remain with the national government and what devolves to the
regions.

The Constitution asserts a set of individual political rights, as
well as economic and social rights significantly advanced, though not
absolutely unprecedented, in the Arab world.

The relationship between religious law and individual liberty remains
unclear.

Issues missing from the Constitution. The new document does not
address crucial questions even for the interim period itself. It does
not identify the means of choosing the new interim government
beyond "deliberations and consultations." It leaves undefined the
future legality and power of sectarian militias existing in a legal
vacuum. The language states that militias and armed factions outside
of the to-be-created Transitional Government "are prohibited, except
as provided by federal law," implying that a law drafted in the
future granting the Kurdish Pesh Merga forces or a Shia'a militia or
anything else would be deemed within the constitutional framework.

(Phyllis Bennis is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and
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By Colonel Daniel Smith, USA (Ret.)

(Editor's Note: Excerpted from a new global affairs commentary
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The first anniversary of the beginning of the 2003 war against Iraq
is upon us.

Like good and faithful stewards, it is time for the Bush
administration to give an accounting to its employer, the U.S.
public. Some questions relative to the Iraq war and the period
following for those entrusted with the nation's future--and honest
answers from them--might include:

What has been achieved over the past year?

Saddam Hussein's brutal, self-serving, and surprisingly incompetent
regime has been removed from power. Most of the former regime's key
players have been killed or captured, including Saddam himself.

At the provincial and local (town and village) levels, the Iraqi
people are choosing councils to discuss and resolve local issues.
Baghdad alone has 88 such councils. Civil society is beginning to
emerge in many areas, but its development remains susceptible to the
security situation.

A "Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional
Period" has been adopted by the U.S.-appointed 25 member Iraqi
Governing Council. Due to go into effect July 1, 2004, it is to serve
as the guide for elections of a National Assembly, the appointment of
an interim government, the writing of and referendum on a new Iraqi
constitution, and the election of a full-fledged, federal-style
government. On the other hand, it may only lead to divisive wrangling
and the disintegration of Iraq.

What remains to be done? How long will it take?

Find the weapons of mass destruction that the Bush administration
said made Saddam Hussein an imminent threat to the U.S., the original
justification for starting this war. The search may be scaled back by
the June 30 transition of power from the Coalition Provisional
Authority (CPA) to the transitional government; it probably will end
by December 2005 when the permanent government is to be elected.

Obtain as soon as possible a full and public explanation of the use
or abuse of information by the intelligence agencies in forming their
judgments, and the use or abuse of intelligence by policymakers in
their communications with the U.S. public and with other governments.

Provide reliable, consistent physical security for the Iraqi
population. The old regime had, at most, passing interactions with al
Qaeda "adherents." Now Iraq has become a battleground not only
involving disaffected Iraqis but also extremists targeting U.S.
forces and Iraqis working with the U.S.-led CPA or foreign military
forces. This may not be achieved for as long as five years, and
certainly not until a better trained, reliable police force, border
police, and regular army are available.

Rebuild Iraq. While a start has been made, the remaining tasks are
enormous. Other nations have pledged about $14 billion for this
effort; the U.S. contribution so far is more than $20 billion.
Estimates of the final cost vary, but most are in the $75 to $100
billion range, with some predicting as much as $200 billion over the
next decade.

What was (or should have been) learned?

Preventive (the administration's "preemptive") war cannot
be "justified."

In peace operations and nation-building (or rebuilding) endeavors,
well-planned, swift responses are required to prevent the development
of a security and public safety vacuum. It is less costly if the
intervening multinational force is powerful enough to unmistakably
be "in charge" vis-à-vis armed groups that might otherwise try to
intimidate the population or even seize control of the country in
question.

Building coalitions and obtaining the backing of the UN spreads the
responsibilities, burdens, and costs of diplomatic and--where
necessary--military actions. Strong coalitions, endorsed by the UN,
by presenting a solid world front, can induce a retreat from
confrontation by a state whose policies and actions are offensive to
the majority of nations.

Democracy cannot be imposed by force or by an outside power.

In war as in all life, the law of unintended consequences governs.
Reality has an iron law of its own: one never knows what one doesn't
know until those unknowns reveal themselves.

(Dan Smith <dan@...> is a military affairs analyst for Foreign
Policy in Focus (online at www.fpif.org), a retired U.S. army colonel
and a senior fellow on Military Affairs at the Friends Committee on
National Legislation.)


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*** IRAQ ONE YEAR LATER ***
By Stephen Zunes

(Editor's Note: FPIF's Middle East editor Stephen Zunes explores the
status of the U.S. occupation of Iraq one year after the invasion
began. The following excerpt is from a new policy report available in
full at http://www.fpif.org/papers/2004iraq-ann.html .)

A full year after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, while the tyrannical
rule of Saddam Hussein is over, the killing continues and the quality
of life for most Iraqis has actually deteriorated. Meanwhile, the
United States is continuing to sacrifice lives and money in an
enterprise for which the original rationales--eliminating Iraq's
weapons of mass destruction and its support for the al Qaeda
terrorist network--are now widely acknowledged to be false.

The violence in reaction to the U.S. occupation has consisted of both
urban guerrilla warfare against U.S. and other occupation forces, led
primarily by Baathist and other nationalist militias, and terrorism
against Iraqi and foreign civilians, presumably led by domestic or
foreign radical Islamists. There is also small-scale and potentially
large-scale nonviolent resistance, particularly in the Shiite
community.

The guerrilla attacks, while responsible for fewer deaths overall,
have been the primary concern for U.S. officials. Though dismissed
simply as supporters of the old regime, their support appears to be
much deeper. A CIA report at the end of last year acknowledged
that "there are thousands in the resistance--and not just hardcore
Baathists" and that "the resistance is broad, strong, and getting
stronger."

Much of the armed resistance appears to be under the control of
Baathists, but--with the capture and killing of most senior Baath
officials loyal to Saddam Hussein--they appear to be mid-level
Baathists who were more independent and not saddled with the baggage
of the old regime. For example, Samarra--which is a center of anti-
occupation resistance--was also a center for anti-Saddam elements of
the Baath Party.

Even if some sort of Iraqi government emerges in July, it may mean
little in terms of the military commitment of the United States.
President Bush may be able to claim that the United States is no
longer an occupying army but there at the invitation of the
legitimate government of Iraq. The fact is, however, that whatever
government emerges in July will be directly or indirectly appointed
by the United States, which illegally invaded and occupied the
country. It is less important whether the occupier sees its presence
as an occupation than it does the people of the country itself. The
Americans may have declared that their presence in Vietnam was at the
request of the government of South Vietnam and the Soviets may have
declared that their presence in Afghanistan was at the request of the
government of Afghanistan, but as long as the people of a given
country see them as a foreign occupying army, it matters little
whether the government they install "invites" them to stay.

While it would be a mistake to believe that U.S. forces will
successfully crush the Iraqi resistance in short order, it would also
be a mistake to assume that the resistance will grow significantly or
drive the American occupation forces out. The United States has
several advantages: U.S. forces have access to sophisticated
surveillance technology, which far surpasses earlier counter-
insurgency campaigns, that can track down and root out resistance
cells. The resistance does not have mountains and jungles in which to
hide, nor an outside source of arms and support. The paranoid "snitch
culture" from years of totalitarian rule makes it difficult for
insurgents to create trustworthy underground networks. The use of
terrorism by some resistance forces--which has primarily harmed Iraqi
civilians--has alienated huge segments of the population from the
resistance as a whole.

On the other hand, U.S. occupation forces have killed far more Iraqi
civilians--albeit accidentally in most cases--than have the
terrorists, and the occupation itself is extremely unpopular.

(Stephen Zunes is an associate professor of politics and chair of the
peace & justice studies program at the University of San Francisco.
He serves as Middle East editor for the Foreign Policy in Focus
project <www.fpif.org> and is the author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle
East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism (Common Courage Press, 2003).)


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*** THE PEACE MOVEMENT ONE YEAR LATER ***
By Mark Engler

(Editor's Note: The excerpt from this new policy report (available in
full at http://www.fpif.org/papers/2004peace.html) explores the
accomplishments and challenges facing the peace movement one year
after the invasion of Iraq.)

One year after the start of war in Iraq, the peace movement in the
United States faces an unusual predicament. Critics of the invasion
had many of their key arguments vindicated in the past year, as
President Bush's case for war has collapsed. Likewise, activists can
take substantial credit for emboldening Democratic criticisms of the
Bush administration and for keeping war-related scandals in the
spotlight. Yet even as we sense that greater space for progressive
activism in the country is opening, it has been hard to maintain a
sense of unity and purpose within the peace movement itself.

On March 20, the one-year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of
Iraq, opponents of the war and the ongoing occupation will stage
protests and memorials in countries across the globe. The actions
will recall the massive demonstrations that took place before the
war. However, they will be far smaller than the protests of early
2003.

This set of circumstances raises two key questions: What has the
peace movement accomplished? And where do we go from here?

Reflection on these two questions is vital, not because it will
magically give the movement a bold new direction or clear up all
confusion among supporters about where peace activism now stands.
Rather, only by standing back can we crystallize the strains of
thinking that are circulating between different activists, and spark
further discussion about strategies for going forward. Therefore,
this paper will consider each of the questions in turn, with the
goals of providing an overview of what has happened so far and of
evaluating current ideas about movement strategy.

Since the end of combat operations, peace activists have struggled to
present a unified message, structured campaign goals, or a plan for
escalating dissent. The call to "Bring the Troops Home Now" is not
universally accepted even amongst those who oppose the U.S.
occupation, and it often muddies the waters by focusing on technical
discussion of if and how the international community should play a
greater role in furthering Iraqi sovereignty. The slogan for the
March 20 protests, "The World Still Says No to War," is not fashioned
to provide a new alternative or to convey a sense of fresh demands.

Some prominent writers have proposed campaigns that might inaugurate
a new phase of the peace movement. Tariq Ali has proposed an
international movement to close some of the 702 U.S. military bases
abroad. Arundhati Roy has suggested a targeted campaign against two
selected corporations profiting from Iraq, and the organization
Direct Action to Stop the War has continued its focus on corporate
profiteers. Naomi Klein has argued for a focus on stopping the
privatization of the Iraqi economy.

Each of these proposals merits consideration, especially on the
international level. But in the U.S., they must be put in the context
of the one dominant strategy to which organizations and activists
have actually committed themselves already: The drive to
achieve "regime change at home."

(Mark Engler, a writer based in New York City, is a commentator for
Foreign Policy in Focus. He can be reached via the web site
http://www.DemocracyUprising.com. Research assistance for this
article provided by Jason Rowe.)


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*** BAIT AND SWITCH? HUMAN RIGHTS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY ***
By Julie A. Mertus

(Editor's Note: Excerpted from a new policy report available in full
at http://www.fpif.org/papers/2004rights.html .)

In the aftermath of the failure to find Iraqi weapons of mass
destruction, human rights have become the most prominent
justification for the Iraq War in statements by President George W.
Bush and other administration officials. This represents the latest
of what has become a routine pattern for numerous U.S.
administrations: invoking human rights to justify a range of foreign
policy decisions and military ventures. But this human rights talk
has not been supported by a human rights walk. Policymakers
consistently apply a double standard to human rights norms: one that
the rest of the world must observe but which the U.S. can safely
ignore.

Talk of human rights has become the political equivalent of a "bait
and switch tactic." Like the car salesman promoting an amazing but
bogus deal in order to get people into his showroom and to boost his
reputation as a preferred dealer, politicians champion human rights
in order to induce desired behaviors in others and to nurture a
positive self-image. Then, as soon as the desired behavior occurs,
they offer a substitute sentiment unreflective of a genuine concern
for rights. Instead of promoting just solutions to contemporary
foreign policy dilemmas, rights talk is becoming just another way to
dupe otherwise-unwilling allies into supporting U.S. interests.

There is nothing wrong with human rights per se, but they are often
opportunistically seized upon as the best available choice for
framing arguments and making policy choices. Other options, which may
not be intrinsically bad, look less appealing when compared to the
pretty veneer of human rights. What is wrong is that human rights
remains only an option and has not achieved the status of an
imperative. Furthermore, in interplay with other policies, human
rights are vulnerable to misuse by powerful states plying the cause
for their own benefit.

The misuse of human rights gets to the heart of international
relations theories about how norms spread and gain influence. For a
long time, the most popular theory of norm diffusion has been the
socialization and persuasion approach championed by such
international relations thinkers as Thomas Risse and Kathryn Sikkink.
According to this school of thought, dialogue, communication, and
argumentation are essential mechanisms for the socialization of
norms. Arguing for the inherent goodness of human rights may shame
states into action in individual instances, and, as human rights
norms are internalized, this process may provoke a shift in identity,
interests, and expectations. The best advocates are those that make
the most convincing or skillful argument in favor of one norm over
another.

One could point to significant evidence that human rights arguments
are indeed powerful tools for framing policy issues and can influence
behavior. After all, in recent years, regardless of administration,
both the White House and Pentagon have repeatedly invoked human
rights concerns as justifications for their actions. But in those
cases where human rights advocates are successful, have they really
persuaded anyone in a broad or transformative sense, or have they
only managed to convince someone to apply their approach to a
specific, isolated case?

The socialization theory of norm diffusion has serious shortcomings.
If we could get into President Bush's head when he speaks about human
rights, what would we find? Given the instrumental and selective
manner in which the Bush administration employs human rights, can we
really point to a shift in the identity, interests, or expectations
of anyone in the White House? Can we ever really tell if someone's
sentiments have shifted? More importantly, does a sentiment shift
matter if behavior does not change? Why is it that U.S. foreign
policy, regardless of administration, continues to address in a
selective and self-serving manner the violation of human rights by
other countries while refusing to apply the same international
standards to its own behavior?

(Julie Mertus, a professor of human rights at American University's
School of International Service, is the author of Bait and Switch:
Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2004) and Kosovo:
How Myths and Truths Started a War (University of California Press,
1999).)


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*** PETITION TO CONGRESS ON THE PLIGHT OF HAITI IN LIGHT OF
DESTABILIZATION ***
By Foreign Policy in Focus, Ecumenical Program in Central America and
the Caribbean (EPICA), TransAfrica Forum, and Global Justice, Inc.

(Editor's Note: FPIF, in collaboration with EPICA, TransAfrica Forum,
and Global Justice, Inc. has drafted a petition framing a policy
agenda for U.S. policy toward Haiti. Organizations and individuals
can endorse the statement at http://www.fpif.org/form_haiti-
petition.html .)

We, organizations and members of the international community,
denounce the flagrant violation of international sovereignty laws by
the United States government through its involvement in the overthrow
of the democratically elected President of Haiti. The United States
has entered Haiti without invitation of the Haitian government or its
duly-elected president.

The Bush administration has overstepped its constitutional and moral
authority. By no law of the United States is there any sanction given
for the overthrow of a duly-elected government. Indeed, there are
extensive laws that explicitly forbid it. This reckless usurpation of
power further isolates the United States in the global community of
nations and more closely resembles the activities of a rogue state.

We condemn the manner in which the Bush administration created the
conditions for regime change in Haiti by obstructing the deployment
of international assistance that had been specifically requested by
President Aristide to halt the military opposition. What happened in
Haiti may not be unprecedented, but remains a clear violation of
international and federal laws, as well as being unethical and
immoral.

The choices made by the Bush administration are causing irreparable
harm to the Haitian people and further advance the notion that regime
change should be the modus operandi in the relations between the
United States and other countries with whom it disagrees.

We, as organizations that work for global justice, are not writing
solely out of concern regarding the treatment of the administration
of President Aristide of Haiti but also for the precedent it sets in
light of the allegations of a direct U.S. role in the removal of an
elected leader from office.

The problems caused by recent behavior by this administration,
including the allegations here noted of forced removal of a
president, sending of troops without specific authorization of
Congress, and being actively complicit in the decay of a nation and
the degradation of its people, causes us to respectfully urge
Congress convoke a Commission with wide-ranging authority to examine
U.S. government activities as they relate to Haiti in these five
areas:

- Removal of the duly-elected president of Haiti
- Obstruction of economic aid to Haiti--whether directly or
indirectly--during President Aristide's term of office
- Using convicted criminals and thugs to attain the overthrow of the
Haitian government
- Using disinformation to foment discontent in Haiti
- Permitting convicted criminals and terrorists to operate freely in
the United States

Therefore, we, the signatories of this letter demand:

- A condemnation of the coup and a return of Haiti to constitutional
democracy.
- That Congress investigates the role of the United States
government, including the military and various intelligence agencies,
in the destabilization campaign against Haiti's democracy and their
role in the overthrow of President Aristide.
- Cessation of any and all U.S. overt and covert support for
continuing repression in Haiti. Arrest of the criminals and death
squad leaders and no reconstitution of the Haitian army. An immediate
disarming of the so-called military opposition and the immediate
detaining of known Haitian convicted criminals and terrorists
operating on U.S. soil.
- Grant refugee status to Haitians fleeing the current situation;
suspend Haitian deportations indefinitely; grant temporary protective
status to Haitian nationals currently residing in the United States,
given the serious political crisis in Haiti.
- Immediate resumption of humanitarian and economic assistance and
emergency aid to the people of Haiti.


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II. Letters and Comments

*** SYRIA IS NEXT ***

Re: It's Time to Engage, Not Isolate, Syria
(http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2004/0403syria.html)

It appears to me that this is the start of the Bush administration's
attempt to weaken Syria for the kill just like they did with Iraq.
Fox News has jumped on the bandwagon and is bad-mouthing Syria like
crazy when they never said anything before. It took the
administration a while to soften up Iraq for the kill; they can
continue all summer and be ready for another "necessary" war after
Bush is re-elected. I've read that the neocons have Syria on their
agenda for the next county to be taken over. It looks like they've
started.

- Norma Scalise <nscalise@...>


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10.
The new edition of CORDIS Express  is now available
at http://www.cordis.lu/express/home.html

EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has, once again, had a
		 busy week. On Monday he joined colleagues from the
European
		 Commission and the Belgian government for three
minutes of silence
		 at 12 pm in remembrance of the Madrid bombs. He could
not have
		 known, when a press conference on security research
was organised
		 for the morning of that day, that he would have to
cut it short for
		 an occasion sadly, but very closely linked to the
subject.

1. CALL FOR PAPERS: Islam and Society: Perspectives and
Prospects, A National Conference on Islam, The University of
Queensland, Australia, September 3-4, 2004
2. CONFERENCE: Re-telling the Rennaisance, East and West,
University of Exeter, the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, 30
April-2 May 2004
3. NEWSLETTER: European Science Foundation(ESF) Standing
Committee for the Humanities (SCH)
4. NEWSLETTER: Foreign Affairs: Background on the News, March
17, 2004
5. CALL FOR PAPERS: Transformative Methodologies in Feminist
Studies, Special issue of The European Journal of Women's Studies,
Vol. 12, No 3, 2005
6. PUBLICATION: Vestnik Yevraziyi/Acta Eurasica, 2003, No. 3 (22)
7. PUBLICATION: Coyote Magazine,  No. 8
8. FELLOWSHIP: The Europeanization of Europe? Historical
Comparison and Transfer, Hertie-Foundation and Gerda Henkel
Foundation,Berlin School for Comparative European History
9. PUBLICATION: Ruth Seifert, ed., Gender, Identity and Armed
Conflict: The Example of the Former Yugoslavia/Gender, Identitaet und
kriegerischer Konflikt: Das Beispiel des ehemaligen Jugoslawien
(Muenster, Germany: Lit Publishers, 2004) (bi-lingual English-German
volume)
10. CALL FOR PAPERS: New Patterns of Migration in Central and
Eastern Europe, Cluj Napoca, Romania, 15-19 July 2004
11. CALL FOR PAPERS: The Ethics of Communications, Ksamil
(Albania), 11-17.4.2004
12. SEMINAR: Cultural Reflections in Photography: Me / The Other,
Ankara, 10/2004
13. PROGRAMME: Council of Europe, Democratic Leadership Programme
14. CALL FOR PAPERS: Security and Stability in the Euro-Atlantic
Area, Bucharest, 19-25.4.2004
15. CALL FOR PAPERS: H-Net Announcements
16. SEMINAR: Voyvoda Caddesi İstanbul Sohbetleri, Osmanlı
Toplumundaki Kitle Iletişim Aracı: İstanbul Kahvehaneleri, Cengiz
Kırlı, 24 Mart 2004 Çarşamba
17. CALL FOR PAPERS: Middle East & Central Asia, University of
Utah, September  9-11, 2004
18. PUBLICATION: Manual for Mahalla and Community-Based
Organization  Leaders in Uzbekistan
19. CALL FOR PAPERS: Community Development in Rural Areas of
Central Asia, 27-28 April 2004, Osh
20. PROJECT: Dynamics of the European Enlargement, 2nd European
Weekend School, Istanbul, 15th – 17th May 2004
21. MA: Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences,
International Economic and Political Studies (IEPS) & Economics,
Prague, Czech Republic
22. CALL FOR PAPERS: 2nd Global Conference, New Media and
Technological Cultures,  Prague, Czech Republic, 9-11 August 2004
23. CALL FOR PAPERS: Studies In The Social Sciences, "(Un)healthy
Interiors: Contestation at the Intersection of Public Health and
Private Space"
24. CONFERENCE: 17th Annual Conference of the Women's Studies
Association (UK and Ireland): Promoting Feminist Teaching and
Research in the UK and Ireland Feminism Contesting Globalisation,
WERRC, University College Dublin, 8 - 10 July 2004
25. NEWSLETTER: CSID bi-Weekly E-news: March 18, 2004



1.
x-posted from PolisNews

CALL FOR PAPERS



ISLAM AND SOCIETY: PERSPECTIVES AND PROSPECTS

A National Conference on Islam

The University of Queensland

September 3-4, 2004



ORGANIZERS

Dr. Roxanne D. Marcotte and Dr. Ren=E9e Worringer

School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics

The University of Queensland



DATE

September 3-4 (Friday/Saturday), 2004



VENUE

The University of Queensland, Brisbane, St Lucia Campus, Queensland,
Australia



VISIT THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE (regularly updated)

http://www.uq.edu.au/hprc/ipap/



PROPOSED THEMATIC SESSIONS

Panels will be one and a half (1 =BD) hour each with approximately 3
papers per session. Proposed thematic sessions include:



.           Islam and Contemporary Society

.           Islam, Politics, Economics and Security

.           Islam and Gender

.           Islam, History and Culture

.           Islam and Literature, Cinema, Media

.           Islam and Law, Theology and Philosophy

.           Islam in Australia and South-East Asia



CALL FOR PAPERS

Academics or Postgraduates interested in participating in this
National
Conference on Islam and Society are kindly requested to submit their
abstracts (250-300 words) and a short biodata to one of the
organizers by
the 1st of June, 2004:



Dr. Roxanne D. Marcotte                                 Dr. Renee
Worringer

Lecturer, Arabic & Islamic Studies                    Lecturer,
Islamic
Studies & Middle East History

Email: r.marcotte@...                            Email:
r.worringer@...

Ph.+61 7 3365 3321
Ph.+61 7 3365 6555



School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics

The University of
Queensland


Brisbane, Queensland  4072,  Australia

Fax: +61 7 3365 6266

2.
x-posted from PolisNews

The Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies and the Centre for
Mediterranean
Studies at the University of Exeter announce an International
Symposium,
sponsored by the British Academy

RE-TELLING THE RENAISSANCE, EAST AND WEST
at the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies
30 April-2 May 2004.

This symposium brings together writers and historians representing
numerous
specializations to investigate the Renaissance, both as a historical
period
and an ideology of western origins and progressive rebirth.

This event is designed both to stimulate post-graduate research and to
bridge the gap between academic and more popular approaches to
historical
enquiry. Opening up debate between top academic scholars and
distinguished
authors cannot fail to reveal the relevance for today of the stories
we
tell
about East and West in that pivotal moment known as ³the Renaissance².

Speakers will each give a substantial forty-minute presentation that
will be
followed by a formal short response and open discussion.

Speakers

¨          C.E. Bosworth, Professor Emeritus, University of
Manchester,
general editor of The Encyclopedia of Islam, will speak on the
Scottish
traveller William Lithgow.

¨          Dr Jerry Brotton, Queen Mary, London, author of The
Renaissance
Bazaar (OUP, 2002), Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern
World
(Reaktion, 1997), will speak on ³St George Between East and West².

¨          William Dalrymple, author of White Mughals: Love and
Betrayal in
Eighteenth-Century India  (HarperCollins, 2002), From the Holy
Mountain:
Travels Among the Christians of the Middle East (HarperCollins,
1997),
will
speak on ³White Mughals: A Belated Renaissance?²

¨          Dr Caroline Finkel, Istanbul, author of  Osman's Dream:
The
Story
of the Ottoman Empire  (John Murray, forthcoming) will speak on
³Myths
of
Ottoman Decay².

¨          Professor Deborah Howard, St John's College, Cambridge,
author of
Venice and the East (Yale, 2000), will speak on ³The Status of the
Oriental
Traveller in Renaissance Venice².

¨          Dr Robert Irwin, author of The Orientalists and Their
Enemies
(Penguin, forthcoming), The Alhambra (Profile, 2004), will speak on:
³Petrarch and Œthat rabid dog Averroes¹².

¨          Dr Philip Mansel, author of  The Levant (forthcoming),
Constantinople: City of the World's Desire (Murray, 1995; Penguin,
1997) and
Sultans in Splendour (Parkway, 1988), will speak on: ³Redrawing the
boundaries of Renaissance diplomacy: Western Ambassadors and Ottoman
Sultans
in Constantinople².

¨          Professor Nabil Matar, Florida Institute of Technology,
author of
Islam in Britain, 1558-1685 (Cambridge, 1998), Turks, Moors and
Englishmen
in the Age of Discovery  (Columbia UP, 1999),  In the Lands of the
Christians (Routledge, 2002), Britain and Barbary, 1589-1689
(forthcoming),
will speak on ³Mulay Ismail and Britain².

¨          Barnaby Rogerson, author of The Life of Muhammad (Little
Brown,
2002), will speak on ³Ogier de Busbeq and Melchior Lork: The Scholar
and the
Artist, Rivals or Colleagues?²

¨          Dr Philip Schwyzer, School of English, Exeter, will speak
on
³Mummy is Become Merchandise: Literature and the Anglo-Egyptian Mummy
Trade
in the Seventeenth Century².


This event is sponsored by the British Academy, and by the Centre for
Mediterranean Studies, the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, the
School of English, and the Centre for European Studies, at Exeter
University.


Conference organisers: Dr Mohamed-Salah Omri, Centre for Mediterranean
Studies, University of Exeter, and Professor Gerald MacLean, Wayne
State
University, Detroit, currently Visiting Professor, Institute for Arab
and
Islamic Studies, University of Exeter.

PLEASE WATCH THIS WEBSITE FOR REGISTRATION DETAILS  AVAILABLE SHORTLY

www.ex.ac.uk/iais

contact Lindy Ayubi for details
The Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Stocker Road
University of Exeter
EXETER EX4 4ND

Tel. +44 (0)1392 264 034 / r.m.ayubi@...

3.
x-posted from PolisNews

Please find below the European Science Foundation
(ESF) Standing Committee for the Humanities (SCH)
latest news:

A) The 2004 Call for proposals for Exploratory
Workshops has now been launched:
ESF Exploratory Workshops are viewed by the ESF
Standing Committee for the Humanities (SCH) as a
useful instrument for identifying emerging fields
requiring action at a European level. Exploratory
Workshops are aimed at helping European research teams
to exchange knowledge, establish new links and to
explore the possibilities of developing future
collaborative actions.
The 2004 Call for Proposals is for workshops to be
held between 1 January-31 December 2005.
Applications should be submitted as an attachment to
EW-proposals@... by 1 May 2004.
More information is available at the following
address:
http://www.esf.org/workshops


B) Travel Grants are offered in the framework of two
ESF Scientific Programmes:

  **The ESF Scientific Programme on Representations of
the Past: The Writing of National Histories in
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Europe (NHIST)
invites applications for two types of travel grants:
(1) grants for short visits of up to 15 days, to
attend workshops and cross-team conferences of the
NHIST programme and/or to do research, and
(2) grants for longer research stays of up to 6 months
to contribute to the NHIST programme or one of its
teams. For the research topics please see the NHIST
website at the address below.
Applications should be submitted in electronic form to
the Programme Coordinator by 15 April 2004.
More information is available at the following
address:
http://www.esf.org/esf_article.php?
language=0&activity=1&domain=4&article=36
3&page=1054

**The ESF Scientific Programme on From Natural
Philosophy to Science offers grants to enable junior
scholars, both at the doctoral and postdoctoral level
to attend one of the programme's workshops and thus
meet scholars who are active in their own field.
Applications should be submitted in electronic form to
the Programme Coordinator no later than three months
before the workshop.
More information is available at the following
addresses:
http://www.phil.kun.nl/center/esf/applications.htm
http://www.esf.org/esf_article.php?
language=0&domain=4&activity=1&article=33
4&page=965


C) A Summer School on The Impact of the Humanities on
the Development of European Science will take place on
10-15 June 2004 at the Instituto Veneto, Venice,
Italy.
Applicants must be under thirty-five and can be either
doctoral students in History of Science and
Philosophy, postdoctoral fellows or assistant
professors. Applications should be sent as attached
documents to Ms. Carole Mabrouk (humanities@...)
by 15 April 2004.
More information is available at the following
address:
http://www.esf.org/esf_genericpage.php?
language=0§ion=2&domain=4&generic
page=1979

Should you wish to have further information on the SCH
activities, you to visit our web site
(http://www.esf.org/human).

Should you wish to be removed from the humanities
e-list, please do not hesitate to inform me
(cseewald@...).

Should you know someone who would be interested in
receiving information from the ESF, I would be pleased
to include him/her to the Humanities e-list.

Please feel free to circulate this message to anyone
who might have an interest in it.

Best regards,


Céline Seewald
Administrative assistant
Standing Committee for the Humanities and Social
Sciences
1, quai Lesay Marnésia
BP 90015
67080 Strasbourg Cedex
tel: +33 3.88.76.71.58
fax: +33 3 88.37.05.32
e-mail: cseewald@...

4.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: BACKGROUND ON THE NEWS

* Wednesday March 17, 2004
* Featuring the full text of past essays that are newly relevant
today,
plus essay postscripts by the authors.


>>>>> 3/11 <<<<<

Last week's devastating bombings in Madrid may jolt European states
into revising their antiterrorism strategies, especially if the
attacks
turn out to have been orchestrated by al Qaeda. In an article for
Foreign
Affairs last year, Jonathan Stevenson explained the differing
perspectives on homeland security in Europe and the United States
after 9/11. He
warned that the disparity made each region more vulnerable and showed
how greater common efforts could improve matters on both sides of the
Atlantic.

* Click for the full essay text:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-hvbyIoLX/1CLg%40465808-AjJylrLObN7sI




~~~~~~ PREVIOUSLY IN BACKGROUND ON THE NEWS ~~~~~~


>>>>> TRACKING TERORRISTS <<<<<

With U.S. support, Pakistan recently launched an ambitious offensive
against al Qaeda and Taliban operatives suspected of hiding along its
border with Afghanistan. In an article for Foreign Affairs last year
Jessica Stern warned that al Qaeda's uncanny ability to adapt its
mission
and operations to current circumstances allows it to attract a
constant
stream of new recruits and makes it remarkably difficult to detect
and
destroy.

* Click for the full essay text:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-SZnfMcczSUojk%40465809-XJR3o6DO4LHCQ


>>>>> HELPING HAITI <<<<<

The current uprising against Jean-Bertrand Aristide is more than a
political crisis in a country with weak democratic traditions. It's
the
latest symptom of Haiti's pathological inability to break the cycle
of
poverty and violence within its borders. In an article written for
Foreign
Affairs two years ago, Sebastian Mallaby explains how powerful and
stable states like the United States could -- and should -- help
states
that repeatedly teeter on the brink of collapse.

* Click for the full essay text:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-ANYYrFIGrgMLc%40465810-jXaUBTVIS8bsM


>>>>> NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE <<<<<

* Click to browse past issues of the Foreign Affairs newsletter:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-FvJDWB5hpYz/2%40465811-hi4ygGfz9RsXU




*************   OUTSTANDING NEW BOOKS   *************

Plaudits from our book review panel in the March/April issue of
Foreign
Affairs.

>>>>> The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership <<<<<
by Zbigniew Brzezinski
" . . . one of the most important books on U.S. foreign policy since
September 11."  -- Walter Russell Mead

* Click to read the full review:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-YB393xpkMlMP2%40465812-/Sh8RQ5mNDh6%2e


>>>>> Opening Mexico: The Making of a Democracy <<<<<
by Julia Preston and Samuel Dillon
"[This] brisk narrative, full of shrewd analysis and masterly
old-fashioned reporting, takes the reader inside the black box of PRI
politics .
. . "  -- Kenneth Maxwell

* Click to read the full review:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-aNcgnEDiEscQg%40465813-OaDrpco1Qplo2


>>>>> Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies <<<<<
by Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit
" . . . [a] grandly illuminating study of two centuries of anti-
Western
ideas . . ."  -- G. John Ikenberry

* Click to read the full review:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-xZu/iERpq29r.%40465814-9OgHKFTz4HOqA


>>>>> Indonesian Destinies <<<<<
by Theodore Friend
" . . . few books give so complete and vivid an introduction . . .
Friend [is] a masterly political scientist, economist, and
anthropologist .
. . "  -- Lucian W. Pye

* Click to read the full review:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-FLO4sRsoF2GGs%40465815-MzYmNWinBpBho


>>>>> War Crimes: Confronting Atrocity in the Modern World <<<<<
by David Chuter
" . . . a penetrating and uncomfortable discussion of the relativism
of
truth in situations in which victim status is a strategic prize and
evidence is treated in self-serving ways by governments, the media,
nongovernmental organizations, and even academics. Such groups will
surely
bridle at Chuter's barbed observations . . . but this is a book that
they
cannot ignore."  -- Lawrence D. Freedman

* Click to read the full review:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-IauKBA2stPg9s%40465816-gJHM9qcdEu.Tk




*************   IN THE CURRENT ISSUE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
*************

On newsstands now

The complete text of selected essays and of all the book reviews from
the March/April issue can be found on the Foreign Affairs Web site.
Currently the following essays are available in their full text:


>>>>> A NORMAL COUNTRY <<<<<
by Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman

Conventional wisdom in the West says that post-Cold War Russia has
been
a disastrous failure. The facts say otherwise. Aspects of Russia's
performance over the last decade may have been disappointing, but the
notion that the country has gone through an economic cataclysm and
political
relapse is wrong -- more a comment on overblown expectations than on
Russia's actual experience. Compared to other countries at a similar
level of economic and political development, Russia looks more the
norm
than the exception.

* Read: http://m1e.net/c?25232199-N33ze3AOM7Ocs%40465817-3YyW4BmkUtWOY


>>>>> TROUBLE IN TAIWAN <<<<<
by Michael D. Swaine

George W. Bush was right to rebuke Taiwan's president over his plans
for a referendum on relations with China. Administration critics
assume
that democracy and independence are inseparable, that the "one China"
principle is no longer useful, and that China would never go to war
over
Taiwan. But they are wrong on all three counts and fail to appreciate
the dangers that may lie ahead.

* Read:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-mJwBLUzlaGi9k%40465818-6loGrmrmcq34%2e


>>>>> ILLUSIONS OF EMPIRE: DEFINING THE NEW AMERICAN ORDER <<<<<
by G. John Ikenberry

From Washington to Baghdad, the debate over American empire is back.
Five new books weigh in, some celebrating the imperial project as the
last best hope of humankind, others attacking it as cause for worry.
What
they all fail to understand is that U.S. power is neither as great as
most claim nor as dangerous as others fear.

* Read: http://m1e.net/c?25232199-Hh4aO9wEHLVso%40465819-f2xbREUjkfUBM

5.
x-posted from WISE-L

Call for Papers
Special issue of The European Journal of Women's Studies
Transformative Methodologies in Feminist Studies
Edited by Nina Lykke
Vol. 12, No 3,  2005

The special issue will bring together articles which put focus on
transformative methodologies in feminist studies. Methodologies will
be
understood in a broad sense as 'thinking technologies', and the aim
of the
special issue is to reflect, discuss and assess some of the many
innovative approaches which have been developed and used as an
integrated
part of
feminist theorizing.

Since the beginning of the Women's Studies movement in the 1970s,
feminist theorizing has expanded within all kinds of disciplines from
the
human and social sciences to technoscience and biomedicine. Together
with
postcolonial and queer studies, feminist studies has, moreover, been
part of a strong movement in contemporary research which has pushed
for
inter- and transdiscplinarity. A politics of location aiming at
self-reflexion, contextualization and situatedness in research has
also been
given high priority. All these trends have had a transformative
impact on
research and research methodologies.

The special issue will give space to articles which will engage in a
presentation and critical assessment of methodological transformation
processes engendered by feminist theorizing. Articles with many
different
points of departure are welcomed. They can be written from
disciplinary
outlooks as well as from inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives.
They can be theoretical reflections on methodological transformations
brought about by feminist theorizing, or they can address questions
of
method raised by specific research projects within the field of
Women's and
Gender Studies. They can reflect methodological issues emerging from
research in the intersections between feminist, postcolonial or queer
studies, or, from
dialogues between theory and feminist activism. They can, in a
comparative perspective reflect how different national/regional
contexts have
produced different research agendas and designs. They can reflect
tensions between modern and postmodern research agendas and designs,
between
poststructuralist, realist, constructivist and post-constructivist
approaches as well as between qualitative and quantitative methods in
feminist studies.

The call for submissions is open-ended, but a common denominator for
the the special issue will be a commitment to discussions of
transversal
links between feminist theorizing, methodological approach and
transformation of research.

All articles will be subject to the usual review process.

Articles should be prepared according to the Manual of Style
available
on request and should be sent to the Managing Editor of the journal:

The European Journal of Women's Studies
Attn. Akke Visser (Managing Editor)
Utrecht University
Heidelberglaan 2
3584 CS Utrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 30 253 1881
Fax: +31 30 253 1277
EJWS@...

The closing date for the submission of articles is June 30th, 2004

For further information, please contact Nina Lykke at:
ninly@...

6.
x-posted from Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central
Eurasian Studies

PUBL.- Vestnik Yevraziyi/Acta Eurasica, 2003, No. 3 (22)

I would like to introduce the contents of the second issue of the
journal
Vestnik Yevraziyi/ Acta Eurasica (in Russian), 2003

To inquire about more details, as well as to subscribe, please
contact:

Sergei Panarin
Educational, Research and Publishing Center
"Vestnik Yevraziyi"
E-mail: sergpanar@...
Web:  www.eavest.ru

VESTNIK YEVRAZIYI / ACTA EURASICA
Independent Scientific Journal
No. 3 (22), 2003

IN THIS ISSUE:

EURASIANISM

Yulia Kolobova. Exodus to post-modernism: Souvtchinsky and music

TERRITORIES

Vladimir Shunikov. Spatial models in the works of A. Platonov and I.
Babel

COMMUNICATION

Dmitrii Timofeyev. Cultural mechanisms of adaptation of liberal
values
by
ruling circles in Russia in the first quarter of the 19th century

Artyom Kosmarskii. Points of latinization in Uzbekistan (the end of
the
20th
- the beginning of the 21st)

EDUCATION

Natalya Galashova, Natalya Forrat, Natalia Shimanskaya. The first
independent steps: The School of Younger Author in Tomsk

PEOPLE

Nadezhda Lipatova. Time and people: A generalized portrait of leaders
in the
Volga's Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' deputies in 1917

PEOPLES

Alexei Bezugol'nyi. Don't draft mountaineers into the army and send
them
nowhere... (conscription and national policy in the Northern Caucasus
during
the Great Patriotic War)

INSTITUTIONS

Viktoria Shuvayeva. Civil servants in the region of Russian
Federation:
Does
their activity conform to the rules and meet expectations?

REGIONS

Dmitrii Smirnov. The regional policy of big Russian companies in the
context
of wars between 'oligarchs' (the case of Lipetsk oblast)

LIVELY VOICES

Mariya Safonova. Everyone ought to be in outsider's shoes.
Educational
migration: familiarization of new social quarters

7.
Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to announce that the 8th issue of the Coyote
Magazine
is
now available online at the Partnership website.

Coyote is published by the Partnership Programme on European Youth
Worker
Training, a joint project of the Council of Europe and the European
Commission.

The main theme of the 8th issue is Inclusion and it follows on the
European Year of people with disabilities 2003. There are a number of
articles looking at this complex topic from a variety of aspects. In
addition, you will also find many other articles, on training
methodologies, spirituality in training or youth research, to mention
only
a few.

We welcome any reactions or suggestions about the magazine in general
or
this issue in particular. I should also like to remind our readers
that
you can start and contribute to debates and discussions on Coyote
articles
at the Discussion Forum of the Partnership web site.

Coyote is currently being printed, and will be mailed to our
subscribers
in the next few days.

Faithfully,
Balázs HIDVÉGHI
www.training-youth.net
info@...

Coyote is distributed free of charge, upon request. Please send an
email to
<coyote@...> to subscribe or unsubscribe.



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8.
Hertie-Foundation and Gerda Henkel Foundation
Berlin School for Comparative European History
(Berliner Kolleg fur Vergleichende Geschichte Europas)
---------------------------------------


The Berliner Kolleg fur Vergleichende Geschichte Europas (BKVGE;
Berlin
School for Comparative European History), which will be established
on
1
July 2004, grants 10 fellowships to doctoral students.

- Five fellowships will be provided by the Gemeinnutzige
Hertie-Stiftung
(Frankfurt am Main) for candidates from East European states.

- Five more doctoral students from West European states and Germany
will
be generously supported by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung (Dusseldorf).

The fellowships (1.030 Euros per month) will be accorded to the
successful

candidates for 30 months each, starting on 1 July 2004 at the
earliest.

The doctoral programme of the BKVGE will deal with 'The
Europeanization
of

Europe? Historical Comparison and Transfer.' Four fields of research
will
receive particular attention:

- the public sphere and citizenship
- migration and transfer
- the state and social self-organisation
- identities and images of Europe and Europeans in global perspective.

Applicants should have an excellent university exam in History, a good
command of German and at least one additional European language. They
are
expected to live in Berlin and participate in the academic activities
of
the BKVGE. Moreover, they should be involved in civic engagement and
interested in Germany as well as in issues of European integration.

Deadline: 8 April 2004.

For further details, see www.fu-berlin.de/zvge/enter-var-a.htm

Please sent your applications with a curriculum vitae, a sketch of
your
project proposal and certificates to

PD Dr. Arnd Bauerkamper
Zentrum fur Vergleichende Geschichte Europas
Koserstra?e 20
14195 Berlin.
baue@...
Tel.: +49 (0)30 / 838-54541
Fax: +49 (0)30 / 838-52840

9.
Ruth Seifert (Ed.), Gender, Identitaet und kriegerischer Konflikt. Das
Beispiel des ehemaligen Jugoslawien, Lit Publishers Muenster,
Germany,
April
2004.

Gender, Identity and Armed Conflict. The Example of the Former
Yugoslavia.

bi-lingual English-German volume.

hamburg@...

CONTENTS:
Ruth Seifert
Einleitung: Identitaet, Gender und kriegerischer Konflikt
(Introduction:
Identity, Gender and Armed Conflict)

Svetlana Slapsak,
Gender and War in the Post-Socialist World


Vlasta Jalusic,
Victimization of the Nation as Pre- and Post-War Identity Discourses


Marina Blagojevic,
Conflict, Gender and Identity: Conflict and Continuity in Serbia


Natalija Basic,
Kampfsoldaten im ehemaligen Jugoslawien: Legitimationen des Kaempfens
und
des Toetens (Combat Soldiers in the Former Yugoslavia: Legitimation of
Fighting and Killing)


Azra Hromadzic,
Kriegsvergewaltigungen in Bosnien: Alte und neue Erklaerungsansaetze
(War
Rapes in Bosnia:
Old and New Approaches)


Maja Korac,
Living Ethnicity in Exile: Identity Processes of Refugees from the
Former
Yugoslavia


Nita Luci,
Das "Schweigen der Frauen": Genderkonstruktionen und Genderdynamiken
in
Vor-
und Nachkriegs-Kosova ("Women?s Silence": Gender Constructions and
Gender
Dynamics in Pre- and Post-War- Kosova)


Ruth Seifert,
Nachkriegs-Kosovo/a: Diskurse ueber Nation und Gender
(Post-War-Kosovo/a:
Discourses on Nation and Gender)


Chris Corrin,
Geschlechterverhaeltnisse und Friedensprozess: Gender in der
Nachkriegs-Rekonstruktion in Kosova (Gender and the Peace Process:
Gender in
Post-War Reconstruction in Kosova)


Lynne c. Alice,
Bridging the Gender Gap: Political Culture in Kosovo


Christine Eifler,
Genderkompetenz und militaerisches Handeln in Krisengebieten und
Nachkriegsgesellschaften - eine Problemskizze (Outlining the Problem:
Gender
Competence and the Military in War-Torn Regions and Post-War
Societies)


Elenor Richter-Lyonette,
Gender: Beobachtungen einer Praktikerin internationaler Zusammenarbeit
(Gender: Observation of a Practitioner in Post-War Reconstruction)


- Articles with a first German title are written in German -

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List owners and editors:

Karen Hagemann
University of Glamorgan, Centre for Border Studies / Technical
University of Berlin, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Women
and Gender

Dietlind Huechtker
Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Department of History

E-MAIL: <fng-l-owner@...>

10.
x-posted from euroconferinte

To all interested parties!

It is my honour to announce the Romanian Public Policy Centre's new
seminar
initiative entitled New Patterns of Migration in Central and Eastern
Europe, at
Cluj Napoca, Romania, 15-19 July 2004.

The purpose of the international seminar is to address the policy
issues of
labour migration from Central and Eastern European countries in the
context of
the first wave of the EU eastern enlargement. For this we seek to
bring
together different actors of the policy debate on labour migration
from
various
European countries in order to facilitate evidence based policy
discussions.
The main emphasis will be on labour migration related empirical
research
showing evidence of the new patterns of labour migration. Special
focus
will be
dedicated to the effects of migration on the economic growth and
development of
source regions.

For the detailed description of the seminar, please see the attached
call for
papers or visit the following link:
http://www.cenpo.ro/labourseminar .

We look forward to hearing from you -- and still more to your
participation in
what we are persuaded can be a significant intellectual undertaking.
Furthermore, please feel free to disseminate this information to all
parties
who might be interested in learning or participating at this seminar.



Yours truly,



Daniel Pop
Director
Public Policy Centre
b-dul. 21 Decembrie 108/22
Cluj Napoca, 400124
Romania
Tel: + 40 264 590 554
Fax: + 40 264 590 555
E-mail: dpop@...

11.
x-posted from balkans

The Organization " The Friends of Philosophy for a better life" in
collaboration with Soros Foundation Tirana is organizing the seven
days
conference dedicated on
" Ethics of communications "

The conference  will take place in Ksamil (near the antic citty of
butrint), Abania in 11-17 April 2004 with the aim
to provide participants with specialized courses on philosophy and
the
role of ethics in the higher education.
The conference  is addressed to students, researchers, members of
NGO,
and who is exceptionally skilled in the fields of law, political
sciences, human and social sciences, aged not more than 30.

The languages of the conference it will be the French and the
Albanian
language.

Some of the topics of discussion it will be :

The moral integrity of a person and the dynamics of the values in the
democratic societies.

Education and the institutional ethics.

The consensus and the conflicts of the values in the society.

Philosophy and the society, the relations of the transition values
and
the system of education.

Some of the lectors



Prof. Alain Brossat                University Paris 8

Prof. Jean-Luis Deotte       University Paris 8

Prof.As.Dr. Aleksandër Kocani   University of social sciences Tirana
Albania

Prof. Artan  Fuga                 Paris 10

We have 20 participants until now , but are 10 places still free ,
who
want to participate must send before 20 march ,

APPLICATION INFORMATION

An application should include:
1. The paper, on one of the topics above.
2. A short abstract ,main assumptions and conclusions of paper (300
words maximum)
3. Participant name(s) and institutional affiliations
4. A short curriculum vitae
5. Participant e-mail addresses (essential), telephone and fax numbers

The participation fee is 250 euro in which  are included the
accommodation and the food for the seven days in ksamil, and the
transport from
Tirana to ksamil and from ksamil to Tirana.
You also will have the chance to visit the beautiful Ionian south of
Albania and the antic city of Butrint which is 30 minutes from Ksamil.

The deadline is 20 March

Please Do not hesitate to contact us for any further information.

philosophyfriends@...

www.filozofia.tk

12.
x-posted from balkans

Dear Friends,

We invite you to participate in the

"Cultural Reflections in Photography –Me / The Other- " Seminar
which
will take place in Ankara / Turkey in October-2004.

The theme of the project is art. This seminar aims at bringing
together
youth leaders and workers and experts from European and Mediterranean
countries to discuss the related subjects with art and photography.
The
seminar is planned to be a balanced mixture of both theory and case
studies. We also hope to have the opportunity to exchange our
experiences
and create good networks that could work in the future.


General information:

Partners : From European and Mediterranean countries (3 persons for
each country)

Duration: 5 days

Finance: According to Action (5) funding rules

Board and lodging are provided by the hosting  organisation and by
the
project budget. The organisers cover  the accommodation only for the
days of the event.

% 70 of the travel  costs will be covered. Participants are required
to arrange  their journey in the most economical  manner possible (
APEX tickets, student fee, etc).

Estimated dates: October 2004

Age Limit: No age limit

Participation fee: 30 Euro

Contact person: Derya Buyuktanir
        drbuyuktanir@...

         +90 535 452 6779

         Association of Ankara Photographers

         www.afsad.org.tr

Note: Please send Partner Agreements by fax
before 26th March to +90-312-417 21 16,

Attn to: DERYA BUYUKTANIR

13.
x-posted from balkans

Wanted! New DLP MembersDeadline for applications: 1 April 2004
The Directorate General of Political Affairs of the Council of Europe
will carry out a renewal of the Democratic Leadership Programme (DLP)
groups in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and
Montenegro
and "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia". To this end, an
introductory seminar will be organised at the European Youth Centre
in
Strasbourg on 15-22 May 2004 for 24 participants from these
countries.
The candidates should be aged 18 to 28, active members of political
parties, journalists and NGO representatives, but also youth from
trade
unions, local and national administration, etc... They will be
trained in
skills of leadership and conflict resolution and relations with the
media. They should have a good level of English, as it is the working
language of the seminar.
More information at:
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-
operation/Youth/1._News/Calls_for_applications/094_DLP.asp#TopOfPage
Please complete the application form and send it NO LATER THAN 4
APRIL
2004 to:
Ms Biljana Zasova
Democratic Leadership Programme
Division of NGOs and Civil Society
Directorate General of Political Affairs
Tel: + 333 90 21 50 18
Fax: +333 90 21 47 66
Democratic.leadership@...

14.
x-posted from balkans

CALL FOR PAPER - UESF 2004

The United Europe Scientific Forum (U.E.S.F.) is an international
Conference. This year, the main theme represents the Security and
Stability
in the Euro-Atlantic Area. UESF 2004 is organized by the Romanian
Business Students' Association -ASER - Romania.

WHY TO PARTICIPATE:

By applying to this International Event, you will have the
opportunity
to express your ideas in a different environment.

Participants will have the chance to see Bucharest, and also, at the
end, to visit a little part of Romania (more details on
www.aser.ro/forum2004 )

The candidates are expected to submit a Working Paper, between 10 and
20 pages, on the following MAIN themes: (more details regarding the
themes you can find on our site)

NATO - the alliance of the XXIst century
European Union and the Future of Europe
NATO - EU relations



PLACE AND DATE of event:

19-25 April - Bucharest, Romania

Arrival date should be placed on the 18th of April, and departure
date
on the 25th of April.

PARTICIPANTS: Our target is represented by students all over the
world
which have developed an interest in the social, politic and economic
features of the international environment.

THEMES OF UESF 2004:

ACCOMODATIONS: all accommodations will be covered by ASER, the
participants do not have to pay. There is no participation fee.

TRAVELLING: ASER will grant 20 scholarships for traveling expenses by
the cheapest ways of traveling (each scholarship can not exceed 300
EUR
for the international participants (10 scholarships) and 400.000 lei
for the national participants (10 scholarships)).

APPLICATION FORM: the student application form can be downloaded by
accessing www.aser.ro/forum2004. Applications will be sent at
application@....

DEADLINES: the applications will be received until the 25th of MARCH.
The results of the selection will be announced one week later, on
www.aser.ro/forum2004

Notes: For the participants attending the meeting, the prizes will be
awarded mainly taking into account the scientific value of the
presented
Working Papers, but considerable weight will be granted to paper
presentation and participation in debates and discussions;

The papers may be conceived individually or collectively; in the
latter
case only one group representative may attend the event.

15.

Title: Sacred Tropes: The Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Qur'an
       as Literary Works
    Location: Pennsylvania
    Deadline: 2004-03-23
    Description:  Modern Language Assocation 2004 National Conference,
       Philadelphia Special Session Proposal Sacred Tropes: The Hebrew
       bible, New Testament, and Quran as Literary Works Suggested
       literary approaches include, but are not limited to,
       philosophical, ethical, aesthetic, literary, cultural,
       sociological,  ...
    Contact: sabbathr@...
    Announcement ID: 137506
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137506

Title: Turkey and the Caucasus - Insight Turkey, April-June 2004
       Issue
    Deadline: 2004-04-10
    Description:  CFP- Insight Turkey, April-June 2004 Issue, Turkey
       and the Caucasus Insight Turkey's April-June 2004 issue will
       focus on "Turkey and the Caucasus". Please forward paper
       proposals to this issue to the Editor. We are particularly
       interested in articles on the following topics: Georgia after
       the Velve ...
    Contact: editor@...
    URL: www.insightturkey.com
    Announcement ID: 137483
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137483

Title: Mythcon 35 (Mythopoeic Society Annual Conference)
    Location: Michigan
    Deadline: 2004-04-30
    Description:  - Mythcon XXXV - Bridges to Other Worlds:
       Thirty-five Years of Mythopoeic Scholarship Papers dealing with
       the conference theme are encouraged, as are those on the role
       of the Society in Mythopoeic scholarship. Papers focusing on
       the work and interests of our Guests of Honor (Neil Gaiman,
       Charles Hu ...
    Contact: jbcroft@..., jkollman@...
    URL: www.mythsoc.org/mythcon35reg.html
    Announcement ID: 137523
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137523

    Title: 2nd Global ConferenceVisions of Humanity in Cyberculture,
       Cyberspace and Science Fiction
    Deadline: 2004-05-07
    Description:  2nd Global Conference Visions of Humanity in
       Cyberculture, Cyberspace and Science Fiction Friday 13th August
       - Sunday 15th August 2004 Prague, Czech Republic Call for
       Papers This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary project
       aims to explore what it is to be human and the nature of human
       communi ...
    Contact: cjm23@..., rf@...
    URL: www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/Visions/V2/vh04cfp.htm
    Announcement ID: 137519
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137519

Title: Call for Publications
    Deadline: 2004-08-15
    Description: The International Social Science Review, the official
       refereed journal of Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in
       Social Science published on a biannual basis, invites
       submissions of manuscripts in history, political science,
       sociology, anthropology, economics, international relations,
       criminal j ...
    Contact: dxfafoutis@...
    Announcement ID: 137512
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137512

Title: The Library Quarterly
    Description: The Library Quarterly, now under the editorial
       leadership of John C. Bertot and Wayne A. Wiegand, seeks
       original submissions that link scholarship on reading with the
       library as a reading institution, explore the library as a
       cultural space, evaluate library networked services and
       resources, examine ...
    Contact: lq@...
    URL: www.journals.uchicago.edu/LQ
    Announcement ID: 137564
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137564

    Title: ISIS
    Description:  Isis, now under the editorial leadership of Bernard
       Lightman, of York University in Toronto, actively seeks
       original submissions. The Editors of Isis seek articles that
       will take the lead in shaping the field through proactive
       discussion on emerging and provocative developments in all
       areas of the  ...
    Contact: isis@...
    URL: www.journals.uchicago.edu/ISIS
    Announcement ID: 137565
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137565

    Title: Deadline extended: Seventh National Conference of the
       National Coalition of Independent Scholars
    Location: New York
    Deadline: 2004-04-15
    Description:  Call for Papers-- DEADLINE EXTENDED Seventh National
       Conference of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars
       The seventh national NCIS conference will be held in New York
       City, October 15-17, 2004. The program committee invites
       submissions of papers that deal with participants specific
       researc ...
    Contact: jwlafler@...
    URL: www.ncis.org
    Announcement ID: 137539
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137539

    Title: Congrs 2004
    Deadline: 2004-04-20
    Description:  Congrs 2004 Appel propositions Le prochain Congrs de
       l'AFEMAM se tiendra Lyon, du 2 au 4 juillet 2004,dans les
       locaux de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Mditerrane (1
       rueRaulin, 69007). Il aura pour thme : Mythes et ralits des
       mondesmusulmans. Narrations, transcriptions, reprsentations .
       Paralllemen ...
    Contact: denoix@...
    Announcement ID: 137554
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137554

    Title: Call for Papers for a Conference at the New Jersey
       Historical Society
    Location: New Jersey
    Deadline: 2004-05-15
    Description:  Call for Papers for a Conference at the New Jersey
       Historical Society Sponsored by the New Jersey Historical
       Society and the Rutgers University Institute on Ethnicity,
       Culture, and the Modern Experience 1960s Conflicts in Context:
       Race, Ethnicity, and Urban Unrest in Post-War New Jersey or
       just Con ...
    Contact: mrute@...
    URL: ethnicity.rutgers.edu/
    Announcement ID: 137566
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137566

Title: 1st Global ConferencePhilosophy with Children:
       Transdisciplinary Perspectives
    Deadline: 2004-06-04
    Description:  1st Global Conference Philosophy with Children:
       Transdisciplinary Perspectives Friday 10th September - Sunday
       12th September 2004 Mansfield College, Oxford Keynote Speaker
       Dr Joseph Dunne St. Patrick's College, Dublin City University
       This first Global conference aims to bring a multi- and
       inter-dis ...
    Contact: rf@..., jones1@...
    URL: www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/education/cp/cp1/pc04cfp.htm
    Announcement ID: 137551
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137551

    Title: Center for Cyprus Studies - Eastern Mediterranean
       University
    Deadline: 2004-07-15
    Description:  THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CYPRUS STUDIES
       organized by Center for Cyprus Studies - Eastern Mediterranean
       University 14-15 April, 2005 CALL FOR PAPERS The Fifth
       International Congress on Cyprus Studies will be held at the
       Eastern Mediterranean University on 14-15 April 2005. The aim
       of the  ...
    Contact: necdet.osam@..., nihal.sakarya@...
    URL: www.emu.edu.tr/daukam
    Announcement ID: 137529
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137529

    Title: War in Film, Television, and History
    Location: Texas
    Deadline: 2004-07-30
    Description:  Call For Papers Film and History League, Dallas,
       November 11-14 2004 Depictions of War on Television War has
       been depicted on television in a number of ways, from serial
       situation comedies to the realities of the evening news. Paper
       proposals are invited that examine television depictions of
       war, a ...
    Contact: ircresearch@...
    URL: www.filmandhistory.org
    Announcement ID: 137528
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137528

    Title: Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies - NEW EDITION and
       CALL FOR PAPERS
    Deadline: 2004-10-31
    Description:  I am pleased to announce the release of the latest
       edition of the Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies along
       with a revamped website. GJAPS is an interdisciplinary
       peer-reviewed electronic journal that showcases the original
       work of graduate students, taking advantage of the dynamic
       possibiliti ...
    Contact: m.oshaughnessy@...
    URL: www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/gjaps
    Announcement ID: 137567
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137567

Title: Radical History Review, Call for Papers:  The New
       Imperialisms
    Deadline: 2004-07-01
    Description:  Radical History Review -- Call for Papers -- Issue
       93 (Fall 2005): New Imperialisms Radical History Review invites
       submissions for its Fall 2005 thematic issue on New
       Imperialisms. The New in the title refers to new critical and
       heuristic perspectives on imperialism, imperial encounters, and
       imperi ...
    Contact: Iona.Man-Cheong@...,
Mansour.Bonakdarian@...
    URL: chnm.gmu.edu/rhr
    Announcement ID: 137561
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=137561

16.
x-posted from b-s-v

Osmanlı Bankası Müzesi'nden Haberler
Subject: Voyvoda Caddesi Toplantıları İstanbul Sohbetleri




                  Osmanlı Bankası Müzesi
                   Osmanlı Bankası Karaköy Binası
                   Voyvoda Caddesi 35/37
                   Tel: (212) 334 22 70
                   obmuze@...


               Voyvoda Caddesi İstanbul Sohbetleri'nde bu ay.

             Osmanlı toplumundaki kitle iletişim aracı:
                         İstanbul Kahvehaneleri

              Osmanlı Bankası Müzesi, Voyvoda Caddesi İstanbul
Sohbetleri kapsamında, Mart ayında Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Atatürk
Enstitüsü
Öğretim Üyesi Yrd. Doç. Dr. Cengiz Kırlı'yı konuk edecek. "19.
Yüzyılda
İstanbul Kahvehaneleri" konulu sohbet toplantısı, 24 Mart 2004
Çarşamba
günü saat 18:30'da gerçekleştirilecek. Kırlı, kitle iletişim
araçlarının
bulunmadığı modernlik öncesi Osmanlı toplumunda, insanların kendi
yaşamlarını etkileyen siyasi gelişmelere dair haberlere ulaşma
yolunun
sohbetler, merkezinin ise kahvehaneler olduğunu anlatacak.

             Kırlı, Osmanlı kahvehanelerinin "haber merkezi" işlevini
ve
siyasi haberlerin sohbet yoluyla nasıl yayıldığını vurgulayacak. Öte
yandan imparatorluğun, kahvehanelerdeki siyasi içerikli sohbetleri
veya o
zamanın deyimiyle "devlet sohbetlerini" hangi yollarla kontrol etmeye
çalıştığını, tarihsel bir perspektifle açıklayacak. Kırlı, 19. yüzyıl
ortalarında hafiyeler tarafından kaydedilen kahvehane sohbetlerine
dayanarak, İstanbul halkının 150 yıl önceki kaygı ve şikayetlerinden
örnekler
verecek.

             Katılımın ücretsiz olduğu toplantı hakkında, Osmanlı
Bankası Müzesi'nin
             (0212) 334 22 70 numaralı telefonundan bilgi alınabiliyor.

             Katılmak İstiyorum


               Voyvoda Caddesi Toplantıları İstanbul Sohbetleri
             19. Yüzyıl'da İstanbul Kahvehaneleri

             Yrd. Doç. Dr. Cengiz Kırlı
             Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Öğretim Üyesi

             24 Mart 2004 Çarşamba 18:30 - 20:30

17.
x-posted from Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central
Eurasian Studies

[Please note that this announcement was previously posted under the
wrong
e-mail address; the correct e-mail address is: Middle-East@....]

CONF./CFP- Middle East & Central Asia, Univ. of Utah, Sept. 9-11, 2004

The 2004 Middle East & Central Asia Politics, Economics, and Society
Conference: Transitions and Inequality in the 21st Century

September 9th to 11th, 2004
The University of Utah
Salt Lake City, USA

Deadline for proposals: May 15, 2004

The second annual multidisciplinary conference on the Middle East and
Central Asia will be held on the picturesque campus of the University
of
Utah in Salt Lake City. The objective of the conference is to bring
together
academics, analysts, and policy makers with interests in the Middle
East and
Central Asia who wish to network and share research endeavors.

The three-day conference will include at least two prominent keynote
speakers:

Dr. Michael Collins Dunn, editor of the Middle East Journal of the
Middle
East Institute in Washington, DC.; and Prof. Shirin Akiner, lecturer
in
Central Asian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies
at
the
University of London. There will be an estimated 44 conference
sessions, and
a special plenary discussion panel on 'The Post-9-11 World'. Other
attractions include two complementary meals, an evening of Middle
Eastern
and Central Asian dance and music performances, and screening of
films
and
documentaries.

The topics to be covered by the conference encompass
interdisciplinary
social science approaches to analysis and problem solving in the
regions of
Middle East and Central Asia and may fall within the following themes:

  - Problems of Economic and Democratic Transitions
  - State and Society Relations
  - Religion and Politics
  - Islam and Islamic Movements
  - Challenges of Post-Communism
  - The Impacts of Globalization
  - Culture, Gender, and Ethnicity
  - Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainability
  - Media, Cinema, and Film
  - Diaspora
  - Human Rights and Minorities
  - Post-9-11 Regional and International Affairs
  - Afghanistan and Iraq Nation-building Projects
  - Politics of External Actors (U.S., Russia, EU, China, etc.)
  - Israel and Palestine Studies
  - U.S.-Iranian Relations
  - Uighurs
  - Chechnya
  - Armenia-Azerbaijan Relations
  - Cypriot Reunification
  - Terrorism and State Violence
  - Conflict Prevention and Resolution
  - Regional Organizations and Cooperation
  - Civil Society

Selected papers from the 2003 conference were subsequently provided
to
editors of The Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs and Critique:
Journal
of
Critical Studies of the Middle East.

Those interested in presenting papers in the 2004 Middle East and
Central
Asia Politics, Economics, and Society Conference are asked to submit
the
following:

  - Title of paper
  - 250-word paper abstract
  - Your full name
  - Brief academic Resume
  - Institutional affiliation
  - E-mail address
  - Telephone numbers (work and home)
  - Postal address
  - Indicate willingness to serve as a session Chair or Discussant

Please e-mail the above to the conference committee:

Middle-East@... OR Central-Asia@...

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: May 15, 2004

Updates will be included in the conference web page:
http://www.utah.edu/CentralAsia-MiddleEast/

Please note that the Conference Committee is unable to provide for
participant travel and lodging expenses. All prospective participants
are
expected to seek funding from their own institutional and
organizational
affiliations. We will, however, assist overseas participants whose
paper
proposals have been approved by sending official letters necessary
for
acquiring entry visas into the U.S.  All participants will be asked
for
a
conference participation fee of $45 ($65 late fee). Other important
dates
and suggested lodging information will be forthcoming.

2004 Middle East & Central Asia Conference Committee
c/o Political Science Department
260 S. Central Campus Dr.
OSH Building, Room 252
The University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT  84112
USA
Tel: +1-801-581-6047
Fax: +1-801-585-6492
18.
x-posted from Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central
Eurasian Studies

PUBL.- Manual for Mahalla and Community-Based Org. Leaders in
Uzbekistan

This manual has been prepared by the Business Women's Association of
Uzbekistan jointly with "Hamroh-consulting" Public Association with
the
financial support of the World Bank within the Community Empowerment
Network
Project.

The manual is the first publication containing analysis and compiled
information about community-based organizations (CBOs) and their
categories
in Uzbekistan. The manual also addresses the legal framework
regulating
the
activity of CBOs. The manual contains both theoretical materials and
practical examples of communities' empowerment development.

This publication presents a study of today's important and urgent
issues
such as mobilization of communities, ensuring sustainable development
and
increasing community's engagement in the decision-making process; it
is
intended as a manual both for community leaders and for everyone
concerned
with the issues of CBO development.

Authors of the manual express their sincere gratitude to all
organizations
that have provided information for this publication, in particular
the
World
Bank Mission in Uzbekistan, UNDP Uzbekistan, the Counterpart
International,
INTRAC, CHF and the Community Development Initiative Group of
Azerbaijan.

If you would like to recieve the email version of this document in
English
or Russian, please contact David Mikosz: dmikosz@...

If you wish to contact the Business Women's Association directly,
please
write to: bwa@...

19.
x-posted from Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central
Eurasian Studies

CONF./CFP- Community Develop. in Rural Areas of Central Asia, April
2004, Osh

INTRAC Central Asia Programme's 2004 Conference
"Community Development in Rural Areas of Central Asia"
to be held on 27-28 April 2004 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.

The conference "Community Development in Rural Areas of Central Asia"
will
be held on Tuesday 27 - Wednesday 28 April 2004, in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.

Participants at the conference will include representatives of
donors,
international agencies, national and local government bodies,
non-government
organisations (NGOs) and community based organisations (CBOs) from
the
five
countries of Central Asia plus guests from other countries in the CIS
region.

The aim of the conference is to influence key players in Community
Development within the Central Asia region, helping them to develop
better
and more informed strategies, based on increased knowledge of the
local
context. We hope that this can be achieved through a sharing of
knowledge,
experience and methodologies in this important area of work.

The Conference Fees are: $50.00 local organisations, $300
international
organisations.

All those who wish to attend should fill in an application form. The
form
can be obtained from Natasha Laptieva at INTRAC Almaty, tel/fax
(3272)
61-37-97, email intrac@....

For further information you can also contact our Bishkek and Tashkent
offices,
email icap@... or rakhima@....

The closing date for applications is 31 March.

We advise you to book quickly since places will be in demand!

There are a limited number of places funded under INTRAC's programme
with
the UK Department for International Development (DFID).

Hoping to see you at the conference.

Yours sincerely

Charles Buxton
Programme Manager, Central Asia

tel.: (3272) 61 24 07
fax.: (3272) 61 37 97
mail: intrac@...
ICAP web site: www.intrac.org/ICAP
INTRAC web site: www.intrac.org

20.
x-posted from eurostudyabroad

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE APPLICATION FORM JUST E-MAIL
selenteen@... AND ASK ONE !!!!!!!!

Bogazici University

Center For European Studies Student Forum

2nd European Weekend School





            We are pleased to announce our 2nd international annual
event on European affairs. You are cordially invited to join the 2nd
European Weekend School on 15th – 17th of May 2004, located in
Istanbul, one
of the most beautiful cities of Europe. It will be an opportunity for
the international youth to exchange ideas and develop a common vision
for the future of Europe. Main topic of "2nd European Weekend School"
is
the challenging issue of "Dynamics of the European Enlargement".



During the conference, participants are going to attend lectures
given
by prestigious experts on the issue and have a chance to participate
in
workshops which aim to debate key issues about European Union's
Enlargement Process using an interdisciplinary approach. All
participants will
receive a certificate of participation at the end of the conference.



Willing participants are welcomed to submit papers for the project.
There will be an opportunity for the presentation of these papers
during
the workshops. The submitted papers will be evaluated by the academic
committee of the organization team and selected papers will be
presented
during the project.  To allow the committee enough time for the
selection process, participants should send their papers to the
contact
address until May 1, 2004.

The possible topics for papers include:



* Political Process of the 2004 Enlargement

* Dynamics of the 2004 Enlargement

* The Future of Europe after May 1st

* Multi-cultural Structure of the Enlarged Europe

* Influence of the Enlargement on Economic and Monetary Union

* Common Foreign and Security Policy

* Social and Public Policies of the New Europe



We hope that this event will contribute to establishing contacts
among
students, scholars and practitioners from different parts of Europe.
European Weekend School in Istanbul is an event you cannot miss!!!



To make your application for participation, you should fill the
application form which is attached to this announcement. If you have
not
received it, please contact us via ces@...

All applications should be submitted before the preferred date of
April
15, 2004, to the organizers via e-mail. An early reply is greatly
desired.  The applications submitted after this deadline will be
reviewed on
a space-available basis. Program of the organization will be sent to
the participants.



Participation Fee:  50 EURO



The fee includes all accommodation, lunches, dinners, refreshments,
sightseeing tours along the Bosphorus and visits to historical
places.  A
number of participation fee waivers will be made available according
to
the evaluation of your motivation letters.



The organizing committee has been working hard to make the 2nd
European
Weekend School a truly memorable experience for all participants. We
hope you can join us for this unique and excellent educational
experience
in Istanbul.





For further information, please contact:

Tel: +90 212 358 15 91 / +90 212 358 15 40 -ext.2344 / +90 532 225 02
36

Fax: +90 212 358 15 91

E-mail: ces@...

21.
x-posted from eurostudyabroad

Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences is now offering
two fully-accredited Master's degree programmes in English,
giving students a new opportunity to obtain their Master's degree
from one of the oldest universities in Europe.

Degrees are offered in the subjects:
1. International Economic and Political Studies (IEPS)
2. Economics

The application deadline for school year 2004/2005 was postponed
to 15th May 2004.

We can also make arrangements for visiting students.

For further details, please see:
http://www.fsv.cuni.cz/zahran/foreign/index_master.html

Or contact:
Cyril Simsa
Head, International Office
Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
svoz@...

Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Deadline: 5/15/2004
Website: http://www.fsv.cuni.cz/

22.
x-posted from ro_filosofia

2nd Global Conference
New Media and Technological Cultures

Monday 9th August - Wednesday 11th August 2004
Prague, Czech Republic

Call for Papers

Keynote Speaker: Owen Kelly
Author, developer and lecturer in multimedia
Arcada Polytechnic, Espoo, Finland

"Cultural Issues in Developing 3d Worlds"

This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference aims to
explore, examine and critically engage with the issues and
implications
created by the emergence of new media for human living and culture. In
particular the project will encourage innovative trans-disciplinary
dialogues in wrestling with theoretical and practical debates which
surround the cultural contexts within which emerging media and
technological advances are occurring.

Papers, presentations, workshops and reports are invited on any of the
following themes:

* defining the characteristics and features of 'new' media
* histories and theories of new media
* visual culture and the impact of entertainment
* digital communications and ways of relating
* new media in political contexts; new forms of citizenship
* new media in social and economic contexts; the 'modern' society
* culture, cybercultures, virtual reality and the impact of
technologies
* the rise of the internet, www, and online 'communities'
* interaction, interactivity and interfaces
* private and public space; regulation; risk;
* issues of access and control; knowledge management; security
issues
* social movements and the shaping of individual and collective
identities
* the impact and implications of increasing globalisation
* cyberprotest, activism, anti-globalisation and social
mobilisation

This is purely an indicative list - papers are welcome on any related
theme. There will also be an opportunity for a 'problem-solving'
consultative exercise whereby projects in development from any context
can be presented to the delegates for feedback and responses.

Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts
should be submitted by Friday 7th May 2004. If your paper is accepted
for presentation at the conference, an 8 page draft paper should be
submitted by Monday 19th July 2004.

The conference is part of a larger series of ongoing projects entitled
Critical Issues, which aim to encourage innovative cutting-edge
dialogue and research by bringing together people from different
disciplines, professions and interests.

All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be
published as an ISBN eBook. Selected papers accepted for and presented
at this conference will be published in a hard copy themed volume. One
themed volume from the previous conference is in press.

300 word abstracts should be submitted to both the Organising Joint
Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, PDF or RTF formats.

For further details about the project please visit the website below.

For further details about the conference please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ci/mm/nmtc/nmtc2/nmtc04cfp.htm
<http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ci/mm/nmtc/nmtc2/nmtc04cfp.htm>


23.
x-posted from ro_filosofia

Call for Article Submissions


Studies In The Social Sciences, a journal devoted to interdisciplinary
scholarship, announces a call for papers for its 2004 issue entitled
"(Un)healthy Interiors: Contestation at the intersection of public
health and private space." The editors are soliciting manuscripts
from
a
range of disciplines within the social sciences, medical sciences and
humanities that address the social dimensions of state public health
policies, particularly with regards to public health campaigns and
public hospitals. The editors welcome papers that focus on any region
of
the world since 1850.

Studies In The Social Sciences is a peer-reviewed journal. Three paper
copies of manuscripts of 4,000-7,000 words should be submitted in
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Essays should be sent to the address given below.

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x-posted from Chora-L

17th Annual Conference of the
Women's Studies Association (UK and Ireland):
Promoting Feminist Teaching and Research in the UK and Ireland

Feminism Contesting Globalisation
8 - 10 July 2004
WERRC, University College Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/werrc/events/ev_conf_2004_2.html

Conference Overview
Confirmed Keynote Speakers include:

Cynthia Enloe, Breda Gray, Liz Kelly, Gail Lewis, Chandra Talpade
Mohanty,
Janet Price, and Margrit Shildrick.

The conference will be hosted by the Women's Education, Research and
Resource
Centre (WERRC) at University College Dublin from 8-10 July 2004. It
aims to
provide a forum for exploring various discourses, politics and
theories
of
feminism and its challenges to globalisation. We are inviting
proposals
for
individual papers, panel presentations, round table discussions and
workshops
representing the multitude of ways in which feminism explores and
critiques the
diverse forms and impacts of globalisation in local, regional, and
global
arenas. We are also open to work considering how feminists contribute
to
globally innovative and contestatory activist and political projects.


Conference Themes include:
Feminism and Globalisation: Theoretical Challenges
Globalisation, Culture and Representation
Women, Ecology and the Environment
Global Transfers of Gender
Sex and Sexuality in a Global Economy
Violence Against Women and Children: Global Perspectives
Women and Movement Across Borders
Feminism, Global Citizenship and Democracy
Globalisation and Labour
Feminist Perspectives on Human Rights
Globalisation and Feminism: From Resistance to Protest
Communities and Relationships from Local to Global
Technology, Gender, and (Re)Production
Queer Globalisation: Paradigms for Theories and Praxis
Organizing from the Grassroots and Transnational Coalition Building
War, Conflict, and Peace-Building
Empire and Post-Colonisation
Globalisation of Rural and Urban Spaces
Women's Studies, Feminist Scholarship and the 'Global Economy':
Issues
and
Challenges


Proposal Formats:

Individual Papers: Individual papers should last 15-20 minutes.
Please
submit
the following: 1) paper title, 2) abstract (no more than 250 words),
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requirements.


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CSID bi-Weekly E-news:                     March 18, 2004


Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy
www.islam-democracy.org (in English)
http://www.islam-democracy.org/ar/ (in Arabic)


CONTENTS:
1) TOMORROW:  IJTIHAD: Reinterpreting Islamic
                 Principles for the 21st Century.
2) CSID is looking for NEW office Space
3) Mourning Fern Holland
4) The democrat (article on Iranian Scholar
                 Abdolkarim Soroush)
5) Employment Opportunities (NED, USIP, AID, Human
                 Rights First)

__________________________________
IJTIHAD: REINTERPRETING ISLAMIC PRINCIPLES FOR THE 21st CENTURY.

TOMORROW’s USIP/CSID workshop on Ijtihad is OVERSUBSCRIBED and
seating is no longer available.  However, you can still join us,
watch the
event LIVE, and even ask questions through the internet from ANYWHERE
IN
THE WORLD.

Please TUNE IN VIA WEBCAST on:  www.usip.org
See more info at http://www.usip.org/events/2004/0319_wksislam.html

Tomorrow, FRIDAY, March 19, 2004, from 2-4:30pm on at the Institute
(17th and M). Co-hosted with the US Institute for Peace (USIP). How
can
religious interpretation in Islam be used to address the needs of
Muslims
in the 21st century? What role can American Muslim leaders and
organizations play in promoting a more tolerant, modern, and moderate
interpretation of Islam? How can religious differences be resolved
without
resort to violence or repression?

Featuring:
MUNEER FAREED of Wayne State University, Michigan;
INGRID MATTSON of Hartford Seminary;
HASSAN QAZWINI, Imam in Detroit, Michigan;
MUZAMMIL SIDDIQUI of the Orange Country, CA Islamic Center.

Moderated by RADWAN MASMOUDI, President of CSID and DAVID SMOCK,
Director of the USIP’s Religion and  Peacemaking Initiative.


_____________________________
LOOKING FOR OFFICE SPACE IN WASHINGTON DC:

The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) is pleased to
announce it is expanding its headquarters in Washington DC. The rapid
growth shows both the success of CSID and the heightened interest and
importance of CSID's mission. The overwheliming support of
individuals like
yourself has enabled CSID to triple its full time staff and to expand
its programs.

We are currently seeking an office space in Washington DC that will
fulfill the current needs of CSID and accommodate for future growth.

Please inform us if you know of any locations, within the District of
Columbia, that rent for $28.00 to $31.00 per square foot. We are
seeking
approximately 1000-1400 square feet of office space.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.


___________________________________
Mourning Fern Holland


Should the United States, and other democratic nations, spend costly
resources and even make sacrifices to help the people of Iraq develop
democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human rights?  Fern
Holland
believed so, and she gave her life for this belief.

On March 9, Fern Holland became the first civilian in the U.S. aid
and
reconstruction efforts to be killed by the enemies of democracy.  She
and Robert J. Zangas, another U.S. aid worker, were shot to death
together with their Iraqi translator south of Baghdad.

Fern Holland was only 33 years old when she was brutally murdered,
but
few individuals have done more for the cause of freedom and human
rights in Iraq and the Middle East.  This dynamic young attorney
helped in
writing essential provisions for women’s rights in the new Iraqi
interim constitution.  During a few brief months since American
forces
liberated Iraq from Saddam Hussein’s regime, Fern Holland labored
to make
this liberation deep and lasting.

Fern Holland was a friend not only of democracy but also of the
authentic faith of Islam.  Contrary to the terrorists and thugs of Al-
Qaeda
and Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party who have tried to hijack a
great
and humane religion, Fern Holland understood that Muslims’ love for
God
requires compassion and respect for the rights and dignity of all men
and women.

Between tours of service in Iraq, she visited Washington last
November
and attended the Iftaar dinner, during the holy month of Ramadan,
sponsored by the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy.  The
theme of
the panel discussion that evening was:  “The Road to Democracy in
Iraq:  The Role of Religion in Politics�.  Fern’s enthusiasm, her
love
of other people, and her sincere and genuine devotion and respect for
the Iraqi people were on radiant display at the dinner.

Fern Holland left lucrative work in law firms not once but several
times to serve the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized far from
home.
She volunteered for two years in the Peace Corps in Namibia, and ran
a
legal clinic in Guinea.  Finally, she worked for the U.S. Agency for
International Development and the Coalition Provisional Authority as
a
human rights and democracy specialist in Iraq.

During the last six months of her life, Fern Holland corresponded
with
me every week by e-mail from Hilla, in the south-central region of
Iraq.  She was passionate in her determination that Iraq can and will
become a society devoted to democracy and human rights.  She was
always
urging and inspiring me and my colleagues at the Center to do our
best to
help the Iraqi people stand up with dignity, and build a modern,
democratic, and progressive state that can protect their rights and
inspire
Arabs and Muslims around the world.

We could never do enough to satisfy Fern Holland’s zeal for helping
the people of Iraq.  The constant refrain of her e-mails was: “We
need
more scholars, books, and teachers over here,�  “When will you
open
an office for the Center in Iraq?�  In recent months, she helped
set
up three training centers (human rights group, women's association
and
tribal democracy council) in each of the six provinces in South
Central
Iraq, and was trying to post a democracy teacher/trainer in each
one.

Fern Holland dreamed of setting up a Middle Eastern Institute for
Democracy in Babylon, that will draw leaders and students from all
over the
region.  In recent weeks, she organized a one-week course on
constitutional democracy in Jordan and took 67 Iraqis to participate
in it,
coordinated the participation of 36 Iraqi (men and women) leaders of
newly
founded NGO’s in a workshop on Islam and democracy, and coordinated
a
campaign that collected 12,000 signatures by the women (and men) of
Hilla to request that 40% of the future parliament of Iraq be set-
aside
for women.

Almighty God, the Merciful, the Compassionate, will embrace this
noble
woman whose love for long-suffering Muslim victims of tyranny and
terror was greater than her love for her own life.  She was fervent
in her
belief and commitment that Iraqis are capable, and desirous, of
becoming
the first real democracy in the Arab world, and she gave her life to
make it happen.

Americans and all civilized nations must persevere to make sure that
the seeds that Fern Holland planted bear fruit.  The goal of freedom,
democracy, and human rights in Iraq and throughout the Muslim world
is, as
Fern Holland understood, attainable.  This cause, that she loved so
bravely, will triumph if good men and women, and their governments,
invest
time, toil, and persistence.

I, and my colleagues at CSID, grieve for this great and sudden loss
for
Iraq and the cause of democracy everywhere.  May God bless Fern
Holland.


Dr. Radwan A. Masmoudi
Founder and President
Center for the Study of Islam& Democracy
www.islam-democracy.org

________________________________________________
The democrat

Iran's leading reformist intellectual tries to reconcile religious
duties and human rights
By Laura Secor, 3/14/2004

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/03/14/the_democra
t/

IF IRAN'S DEMOCRATIC REFORM movement has a house intellectual, it's
Abdolkarim Soroush. A small, soft-spoken philosopher with fiercely
expressive eyebrows, Soroush specializes in mysticism, Sufi poetry,
Islamic
theology, chemistry, pharmacology, and the philosophy of science.
Although he once worked for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's
revolutionary
government, he now advances a powerful argument for democracy and
human
rights -- and he does so drawing not only on John Stuart Mill and
John
Rawls, but also on the deepest intellectual traditions of Shi'ite
Islam.
Religion must remain aloof from governance, he is fond of saying, not
because religion is false and would corrupt politics, but because
religion
is true and politics corrupts it.

Soroush's work is heady, abstract stuff. And yet, its hold on throngs
of young Iranians -- hundreds of students show up to the typical
Soroush
lecture -- is so strong that Iran's ruling mullahs consider him a
threat, and pro-clerical militias regularly harass and beat him when
he
speaks in his native land. That's why these days, he makes his home
at
Princeton University, where he teaches a seminar of fewer than 10
graduate
students and passes all but unnoticed through the halls of the
Woodrow
Wilson School of Public Policy.

That is where I met Soroush on Feb. 23, the day the dismal results of
the latest Iranian parliamentary election began trickling out. The
Guardian Council, a body of clerics with far-reaching powers, had
disqualified some 2,000 candidates, mostly reformists, from so much
as running
for parliament. Unsurprisingly, though the level of voter turnout and
hence the strength of the new parliament's mandate is disputed, the
election results were clear: Pro-clerical conservatives packed 156 of
the
parliament's 290 seats, with 50 still left to be decided.

But the success of the reform movement, says Soroush, will be
measured
not in parliamentary seats but in attitudinal shifts, as Iran's
educated youth embrace such notions as "freedom, justice, political
participation, and the rights of man."

"The reform movement actually had two dimensions, if you like, two
sides," he explains as we sit in his bare visiting professor's
office. "One
side was the political. Some of the reformists were part of the
establishment, of the government. Now they've lost their power. But
on the
other hand, the most important part of the reform movement was
intellectual, theoretical, educational."

That intellectual reform movement finds expression in Soroush's own
work, which attempts to reconcile revelation and reason, religious
duties
and human rights. Whether or not such a reconciliation is possible is
the subject of much debate and experimentation in the Muslim world
today. But perhaps no one has attempted to develop so ambitious and
unique a
philosophical framework for that project as Abdolkarim Soroush.

Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution seemed to herald a new era for the
Muslim world. In place of the secular, corrupt, repressive government
of the
American-backed Shah, Iranians imagined they would create something
entirely new: a regime that would promote social justice and
spiritual
fulfillment, and one that would draw on indigenous cultural
traditions and
the theory of the state embedded in the country's overwhelmingly
dominant faith, Islam.

The charismatic Ayatollah Khomeini, who had suffered prison and exile
under the Shah, would replace a crass, alien capitalism with a
dignified, indigenous spiritualism that rejected worldly motives. As
Khomeini
admonished the people, the purpose of the revolution was not "to have
less expensive melons" but to lead a more elevated life.

In the end, however, Khomeini saddled Iran with something not all his
supporters bargained for: the doctrine of velayat-i-faqi, or the rule
of
the jurist. This doctrine effectively delivered autocratic executive
powers to Iran's clerics, and particularly to the ayatollah deemed
wisest
by his peers -- in the first instance, Khomeini himself.

Initially, Soroush believed in the democratic and spiritual promise
of
the revolution. Born Husayn Haj Farajullah Dabbagh to a
lower-middle-class, religious family in Tehran in 1945, Soroush
studied religion and
science side by side. He went to Britain in 1973 to pursue an
advanced
degree in analytical chemistry, followed by a course of study on the
history and philosophy of science. During this time, he began
publishing
philosophical papers in Iran under the pen name Abdolkarim Soroush.

In 1980, scant months after revolutionary forces had closed Iran's
universities, Khomeini invited Soroush to return to Iran as a member
of a
committee of seven scholars who would revise the country's higher
education curriculum. At first Soroush was enthusiastic, working with
his
colleagues to develop courses that would educate students about their
Islamic heritage and traditions. But as the revolutionary government
exerted increasingly dogmatic control over the committee's work,
Soroush
soured on the project. He didn't approve of separating men and women
in the
classroom, forcing rituals on students, restricting the subjects
professors could teach, or marginalizing the sciences or social
sciences.

"I was a little bit more liberal-minded than some of the others,"
Soroush tells me. Feeling isolated -- "There were no ears to listen
to me,"
he says -- he resigned in 1983, never again to work for the
government.
Instead, he would become its critic. "Undemocratic things were
growing
in the whole country," Soroush says of the post-revolutionary period.

In `92, Soroush established the Faculty of History and Philosophy of
Science. It was Iran's first program of its kind. At the same time,
his
philosophical writings on Islam and democracy began to circulate
through
an eclectic intellectual journal called Kiyan. In these writings,
Soroush directly challenged the political power of the clerics, even
advocating that they cease working for pay so that they would no
longer be
corrupted by worldly interests. "They must remain lovers rather than
dealers of religion," he explains in an e-mail. With these and other
writings, Soroush became a professor with a following.

As Soroush's influence grew, so too did the influence of the defining
figure of the reform movement's political wing: Mohammad Khatami,
minister of Islamic Guidance for 10 years after the Revolution.
Advocating
constitutional law over strict religious law and parliamentary rule
over
clerical rule, Khatami won the presidency in a landslide in `97.

Soroush, who considers Khatami a friend, believes the president
squandered the hopes reformists had vested in him. "I think he lost
some of
the best opportunities for reform in our society," Soroush says. "He
was
a very, very powerful man because he had more than 20 million votes."
But Khatami was a cautious ruler, refraining even from criticizing
such
obvious abuses as the beating of students and closing down of
newspapers, Soroush laments.

In July 2003, Soroush issued an open letter to Khatami in which he
pulled no punches. "The present generation as well as generations to
come
must never forget this ominous message of religious despotism," he
wrote. "That in Iran today, the best newspaper is the one that is
closed,
the best pen is the one that is broken and the best thinker is the
one
that is nonexistent."

The slide toward despotism had advanced past the point where Khatami
could stop it, though he might have done so earlier, in Soroush's
view.
Nevertheless, when clerics manipulated the recent elections and
Khatami
again failed to take a resolute stand, many of the president's
supporters came to think that he "betrayed the whole cause of
reform," says
Soroush.

But the intellectual reform movement, of which Soroush is an integral
part, lives on. "If people think that even in theory the reformists
have
failed," he observes, "that will be the real death of this movement.
But I think that will not happen, because I think the reform movement
in
theory is much more advanced and much richer than its rival."

The day I attend Soroush's Princeton seminar, the class is discussing
a
group of eighth-century rationalist Islamic philosophers called the
Mu'tazilites, whom Soroush sees as among the precursors of the
Iranian
reform movement.

The Mu'tazilites, who drew on ancient Greek philosophical sources,
believed that the Qu'ran was a created text, rather than an eternal
one --
meaning that it was situated in the moment of its historical creation
and could conceivably have been different, had external circumstances
been different. Most intriguingly, the Mu'tazilites believed justice
did
not derive from God but guided God's actions. Therefore an action was
not good or bad because God commanded or forbade it; God commanded or
forbade it because it was good or bad. What this meant was that
morality
stood independent of God and in fact inhered in the actions
themselves.
It could be apprehended with reason, even by someone ignorant of
God's
injunctions. Soroush calls this vision of justice "moral secularism."

Though the Mu'tazilites produced the official doctrine of the Baghdad
caliphate from 765 through 848, they were unpopular elitists who
resorted to violent repression. When they were displaced by the
orthodox
Ash'arites, who held reason to be subservient to revelation, the
Mu'tazilites went into near-permanent eclipse. Sunni Muslims embraced
the
Ash'arite view and came to see Mu'tazilite ideas as heretical. But
the often
subterranean Mu'tazilate influence became woven into the theology of
the
Persian Shi'ites and the Yemeni Zaydis.

Soroush's philosophical views owe much to the Mu'tazilite insights he
explains to his graduate seminar, in particular the notion that
reason
can allow us to distinguish between good and evil, quite apart from
divine revelation. From this notion of moral secularism follows
Soroush's
belief that "you can have a democratic debate about good and bad in
politics" -- something implicitly denied by those who advocate rule
by
clerics or by the letter of the scriptures.

But while Soroush makes a business of separating the rational from
the
divine, he is everywhere clear that his aim is not to diminish the
divine but to protect it. In his seminal Kiyan essay, "The Expansion
and
Contraction of Religious Knowledge," Soroush argued that the essence
of
religion, which is immutable, eternal, and sacred, can be separated
from
religious knowledge, which is mutable, relative, and historical. The
implications of this simple theory were far-reaching. The
interpretive
work of the clergy, therefore, was not itself divine; rather, the
pursuit
of religious knowledge was human and historically situated. Religious
ideology, like religious knowledge, also stood apart from religion
itself as something ephemeral and, in Soroush's view, dispensable.

As Daniel Brumberg writes in "Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for
Reform in Iran," it is precisely in separating religious knowledge
from
the core of religion that Soroush makes it possible to engage with
Western ideas without invoking the Muslim bugbears of "cultural
surrender,
cultural superiority, or mechanistic `borrowing.' " Rather, one can
apprehend justice, say, through reason, and reason can wield tools of
worldly -- even of Western -- provenance. In any case, Soroush
argues,
contemporary Iran draws on three cultural wellsprings: Persian,
Islamic, and
Western.

Soroush believes that religious institutions and political ones
should
be kept separate. Doing so will allow religious life to truly
flourish,
because it will be chosen rather than imposed. But if this sounds
like
Western-style liberal secularism, it isn't. Rather, Soroush envisions
what he calls a democratic religious society. Its goal is the freedom
of
believers to practice and live by their faith without compulsion --
but
also without the "profanity" that pervades Western secular life.

Shari'ah law provides the Islamic framework for moral living, and
Soroush does not seem prepared to do away with it, although he is
clear that
scripture should never form the sole basis of legislation. Indeed,
Soroush sees Shari'ah as a form of religious knowledge rather than an
article of religious faith. And so, in his view, it should be subject
to
rational discussion and adjustment.

It is here that my discussion with Soroush becomes most tangled and
most intriguing. Shari'ah law is flexible, he tells me. It can be
reinterpreted by religious scholars who may not feel that its actual
provisions
-- the stoning of adulterers, say -- still perform the functions God
intended.

But is this not antidemocratic? Unelected, unaccountable jurists are
left to make political decisions based on their interpretation of the
divine intent, and the social expediency, of Qu'ranic injunctions.
And
what about human rights? I ask Soroush. The idea of human rights is
still
alien to Iranian jurists, he tells me, but when they are better
educated that will change: "I am 100 percent sure that if our clerics
become
familiar with the ideas of human rights, not superficially but
deeply,
philosophically, that definitely this will influence their
interpretation of Shari'ah."

What Soroush would like, then, is for Islamic thought to engage and
adapt secular notions of rights. What he doesn't want, however, is
for
rights claims to take precedence over traditional religious morality.
He
certainly doesn't wish to see Iranian society become as permissive as
American society, where he believes that human rights claims have
unduly
silenced religious believers. He says, "Like even the omnipotent god
whose actions are conditioned by the concept of justice, human
rights,
though they are universal, must be conditioned by the idea of
morality. I
think human rights nowadays has been carried away." While those who
advocate human rights may favor gay rights, for instance, Soroush
believes
homosexuality is simply immoral.

It is hard to discern exactly what Soroush means here by morality,
but
it certainly doesn't sound like moral secularism. For if, as the
Mu'tazilites claimed, morality is rational, why shouldn't rights be a
component of morality, subject to negotiation but not to unexplained
moral
censure of certain groups of rights-seekers? The idea of
universality, I
come away thinking, is an uncompromising one, whether it's the
secular
world's universal human rights or the religious world's universal
power
of God. Can there really be an independent idea of justice that
conditions them both, and isn't ultimately founded on the conviction
of one's
supremacy over the other?

Certainly, it's a tension that runs through our own society, even if
in
the end we resolve it in a manner exactly opposite to Iran. That
tension is not lost on Soroush, an Iranian liberal who laments the
lack of
power of American religious conservatives: "I don't have the
statistic,
but roughly 70 percent of American people are religious -- they go to
church, they are regular churchgoers and things like that as far as I
know. But they do not have the power in order to say something about
homosexuality in this society. Their voice is virtually unheeded."

Laura Secor, a writer living in New York, is the former staff writer
for Ideas.

___________________________________________________
JOB OPPORTUNITIES:

National Endowment for Democracy:   http://www.ned.org/employment.html

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is seeking to fill the
position of a Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa.

Duties:  The program officer will work with other program officers to
develop and manage the Endowment’s grants program, develop the
Endowment strategy, set priorities and monitor and evaluate projects
in the
region. Duties of the Program Officer will include assessing and
drafting
grant proposals, monitoring existing grants, maintaining contacts
with
organizations and individuals in the region and traveling to the
region, including Iraq, for site visits with grantees.

Qualifications: Applicants should have experience in and knowledge of
political, social and intellectual issues in the Middle East, an
advanced degree in international affairs, political development or
another
relevant field, excellent writing skills in English, fluent in Arabic
and
preferably good communication skills in French and. Experience with
international NGOs and civic projects, and with living and working in
the
Middle East desirable.

Qualified candidates should send a resume, a brief writing sample and
names of two references to:

Laith Kubba
Senior Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa
National Endowment for Democracy
1101 15th St,  NW, Suite 700
Washington DC 20005-5000
(202) 223 6042 (fax)
laith@...

United States Institute of Peace:  http://www.usip.org/jobs/index.html

Agency for International Development:   USAID/General Notice -
Update
on Non-career Limited Term Foreign Service Appointments

The first of many advertisements has now been  posted on our website
and on USAJOBS, the Office of Personnel  Management's website.
Please
see following attachment for conditions.

Point of Contact:  Any questions concerning this Notice may be
directed
to Dennis Diamond, M/HR/OD, (202) 712-4456.



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of
independent human rights defenders around the world. It campaigns for
the realization of the right to promote and protect human rights.  It
intervenes on behalf of individual defenders suffering persecution
for
their human rights activities, as well as working for the creation of
enabling legal environments for human rights defenders in which the
basic
freedoms essential to human rights defenders are upheld.

Based in New York, working in coordination with other departments and
programs and under the supervision of the Director of the Human
Rights
Defenders’ Program, the Senior Associate of the Human Rights
Defenders’ Program bears responsibility for ensuring that Human
Rights First
continues to play a vital role in supporting the work of human rights
defenders around the world. She or he will play a lead role in
formulating program goals in all areas of the program’s activities;
researching
and writing position papers, web-site materials, op/eds and other
press
pieces; conducting advocacy; fostering relationships with NGOs and
governments; developing specific projects.


Primary responsibilities will include:
•         Work with program directors and staff to identify and
respond to situations where local partner organizations and defenders
are
targeted for persecution.
•         Maintain and develop relationships with other NGOs, both
in
the U.S. and internationally, to ensure effective and timely
responses
to threats to human rights defenders as they arise.
•         Engage in factual and legal research for defender cases,
and
work with program staff to draft appropriate documents â€" letters,
advocacy alerts, press statements, background analysis documents, and
reports.
•         Work with staff in Communications and IS departments to
develop material for media distribution and posting on HRF web-site,
concerning all concerns of the Human Rights Defenders’ Program.
•         Serve as a focal point for existing, long-term cases and
assist program staff to respond to developments in these cases and
pursue
further advocacy.
•         Continue to liaise with the UN Special Representative on
Human Rights Defenders and explore new ways to support and develop
her
mandate.
•       Work closely with International Justice Program to develop
projects supportive of human rights defenders engaged in the
promotion and
implementation of accountability mechanisms for serious human rights
violations, often in post-conflict situations.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
•          In-depth knowledge of international human rights
standards
and their enforcement institutions at the regional and international
levels;
•         Excellent written and oral communications skills;
•         Track record of conducting public advocacy and achieving
clearly defined objectives through the use of both legal and non-
legal
strategies;
•         Capacity to work under pressure, to take initiative and to
work collegially with others;
•         Ability to work comfortably in a variety of settings,
including legal, academic and governmental, and to achieve a
sympathetic
rapport with local human rights advocates;
•         A law degree, and/or other advanced academic training in
human rights, and five years experience in a related field is highly
desirable;
•         Experience promoting and protecting human rights in
diverse
international environments is highly desirable.
•         Willingness to travel;
•         Fluency in a language other than English, especially
Spanish, French or Arabic is strongly desirable.

ANNUAL SALARY:          Competitive, Excellent benefits.
START DATE:   Immediate Hire
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Respond no later than April 5, 2004.
SUBMISSIONS (E-mail Preferred): Cover letter, resume, 2 Writing
Samples
(1 unedited); names and contact details for three (3) references to:

HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST
HR- HRDP â€" Sr. Assoc.
333 Seventh Ave., 13th floor
New York, NY 10001-5004
Or via facsimile to: (212) 845-5299
Or via e-mail to: HumanResources@...

All applicants will be notified of our receipt of application; only
selected applicants will be contacted for phone or in-person
interviews.
NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE.

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www.islam-democracy.org (in English)
http://www.islam-democracy.org/ar/ (in Arabic)

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1. Professor in Gender Studies, University of Aberdeen, College
of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Social Science
2. Jobs at the Department of Political Science at the University
College of Cape Breto
3. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of
Intergovernmental Relations at Queens University
4. Sessional Appointments for 2004-05, The University of British
Columbia, Department of Political Science
5. jobs.ac.uk
6. Visiting Scholar Position, Council on Middle East Studies,
Yale Center for International and Area Studies
7. Program Development Officer, Eurasia Foundation
8. Administrative Assistant, Central Asian Studies Unit,
Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
9. Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Institute, Washington DC
10. Social Care Advisors, EveryChild

1.
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

The School aims to make two appointments, both of which can be at any
academic level.  One person will additionally be given the
responsibility of
Head of Gender Studies.  He or she will, with the Head of School,
play
a
major part in the re-design of the degree programme.


Further Particulars

For the Post of Professor/Reader/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Gender
Studies
(2 Posts)  USS004A

1.       ABERDEEN

With the population approaching 250,000, Aberdeen is big enough to
provide
all the advantages of city life, yet compact enough to enjoy the more
intimate atmosphere usually associated with small towns.

It is a busy city with many architectural splendours – its distinctive
sparkling granite has earned it the sobriquet of the Silver City.  In
Aberdeen the traditional industries – agriculture, shipping and
fishing
–
have been joined and, in some cases, overtaken by the newer
industries
which
earn a hard living from the North Sea; the oil-related industries
have
made
Aberdeen the oil capital of Europe.

Aberdeen supports a thriving cultural life – there are concert halls
with
regular symphony and chamber concerts from local and touring national
orchestras and ensembles; there is an exceptional Museum and Art
Gallery.
The city has one of Scotland's finest Edwardian theatres – His
Majesty's
Theatre – which attracts international companies performing opera,
ballet,
theatre, and light entertainment.  Aberdeen has a great variety of
first-rate restaurants; all of the major high street retailers are
represented in the city; and its sporting facilities are equally good,
ranging from swimming pools to golf courses and from horse riding to
American football.

Aberdeen has excellent communication services with other British and
European cities (flying time from Amsterdam, Dublin, London and Paris
is
just over one hour). Road links with Edinburgh and Glasgow are first
class
and there are fast coach services linking Aberdeen with most Scottish
towns
and cities, as well as with major English centres.  Rail links
southward are
equally good, with several trains each day direct to London and to
other
English cities.

The city enjoys a pleasant climate – generally crisp and dry with
average
rainfall and sunshine very similar to that of London and average
temperature
in both winter and summer of only 2 or 3 degrees Celsius below
London.
The
environment is exceptionally good and free of the pollution that
afflicts
many cities of equivalent size.  Education and health facilities are
both
outstanding, and a wide range of very high quality housing is
available
within the city and its immediate environs.

2.       THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN

The University of Aberdeen is a fusion of two ancient universities:
King's
College, founded in 1495 and Marischal College in 1593.  For over 500
years,
Aberdeen has been outstanding in scholarship.  It maintains its
tradition
with pride and supports a high level of teaching and learning
underpinned by
a first class portfolio of research programmes.
          The University currently has a turnover in excess of ?100
million
per annum.  The University employs more than 2,700 staff.  These
comprise
approximately 1,400 academic and academic-related staff and 1,300
non-academic staff.  The University currently has more than 11,000
matriculated students.



3.       THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

The College of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Aberdeen
is one
of three Colleges which cover a wide range of disciplines from the
Humanities through Education and Pure and Applied Sciences to
Medicine.
The
modern Colleges are largely autonomous bodies in terms of resource
planning
and, subject to the overall control of central resource committees,
are
free
to distribute funds and other resources as is judged most appropriate
by the
Head of College and the College committees.  Academic matters such as
course
content and degree regulations are the responsibility of the Boards of
Studies.

The College comprises six Schools: the School of Business; the School
of
Divinity, History and Philosophy; the School of Education; the School
of
Language & Literature; the School of Law; and the School of Social
Science.
The College provides a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate
teaching
and has a firm commitment to the promotion of research.  Research
centres
within the College include the Research Institute for Irish & Scottish
Studies, Centre for Early Modern Studies, Centre for the Study of
Scottish
Philosophy, Scottish Centre for International Security, Nordic Policy
Studies Centre, Centre for Entrepreneurship, Centre for the Study of
the
Civil Law Tradition and Centre for Property Law, the Centre for
European
Labour Market Research, and the Centre for the Study of Globalization
and
the Elphinstone Institute (for the study and promotion of history,
languages
and culture of the North East and North of Scotland).

The College is the major contributor to the undergraduate MA degree.
Students are admitted to study for the MA, not a particular subject
and
once
admitted are free to take a larger number of different courses in
different
subject areas.  The academic year is divided into two half sessions
of
12
weeks and most courses last one half session.  The curriculum is fully
modularised, each course is credit bearing, and each year students
will
normally accumulate 120 credits from their courses.  At the end of
their
second year students apply for entry to an honours programme.  The MA
lasts
three years and the Honours MA four years.  The great majority of
students
study for the honours degree.

More information about the College can be found at www.abdn.ac.uk/cass

4.       THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

The School of Social Science comprises the Departments of
Anthropology,
Sociology, and Politics & International Relations, and was
established
in
2002 as part of a reorganisation that grouped the majority of the
University
's departments within academic Schools.

Following significant growth over the last five years in all of its
constituent departments, the School is now at a critical point in its
evolution.  The appointment of new chairs and promising junior staff
in
each
department is intended to usher in a new phase of development,
leading
to
further improvements in research quality beyond the high levels
already
achieved.

The School of Social Science presently includes 37 lecturing staff, 8
full-time researchers and 7 support staff, divided between its three
departments.  Administrative and support services are provided by a
full-time School Officer and 6 secretarial staff.  The School's
research is
highly rated.  All staff were submitted in the 2001 Research
Assessment
Exercise.  Sociology was rated 5a, Anthropology was rated 4a (with its
research grouping on the Anthropology of the North flagged as 5*), and
Politics & International Relations was rated 4a.  The submissions can
be
viewed at www.hero.ac.uk/rae/submissions.  Staff research interests
are
described in the departmental websites available at
www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci.
In 2003, seven extremely promising new staff were appointed and the
School
reasonably expects all three departments to be rated 5* or its
equivalent in
the next research assessment exercise.


With around 900 (full-time equivalent) students, undergraduate
numbers
are
buoyant.  In addition to teaching in its main degree subjects, the
School
contributes to degrees in Cultural History, Women's Studies, and
Sports
Studies.  In the last external review of teaching quality in
Scotland,
all
the School's departments were very highly rated.  Postgraduate
numbers
are
strong.  The School has `1 + 3' ESRC (Economic and Social Research
Council)
recognition for its postgraduate training in all its disciplines.
Taught
postgraduate courses in Politics & International Relations attract
large
numbers of overseas students.

The School is a single budgetary unit, run by the head of School and
an
executive committee consisting of the heads of the Departments of
Anthropology, Politics & International Relations, and Sociology, and a
senior member from International Relations.  To save duplication, the
School
manages as much routine business as possible while academic and
discipline-specific matters remain the preserve of departments.

5.       ANTHROPOLOGY, POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, SOCIOLOGY

5.1    Anthropology

The programme of teaching and research in Social Anthropology at the
University of Aberdeen was launched in 1999.  Initially placed within
the
Department of Sociology (subsequently renamed Sociology and
Anthropology),
the programme has grown rapidly in its first three years.  In August
2002, a
separate Department of Anthropology was established within the newly
formed
School of Social Science.  The Department now includes no fewer than
six
full-time staff, four post-doctoral research fellows and seventeen
research
students.

5.2    Politics and International Relations

The Department has 18 full-time lecturing staff.  Politics staff
currently
hold 3 ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) awards.  The
Department
has areas of established strength in parties and candidate selection,
Scandinavian politics; public policy and interest groups,
international
security, Scottish and European regional politics, democracy and state
building.  Recent appointments have seen diversification into Asian
and
African international relations and strengthening of interests in
globalization.  There is excellent research and conference support,
which
reflects the priority these are given within the Department and
School.

5.3    Sociology

The department has 14 permanent lecturing staff together with several
researchers, teaching fellows and temporary staff.  We recently made
two
lecturing appointments in key areas of our research (religion and the
body)
and intend to add several posts over the next three years, in line
with
the
University's recognition of the Department's successes in research
and
in
attracting students

5.4         Teaching in Gender Studies

The University currently offers an inter-disciplinary minor programme
in
Women's Studies (WS) as part of the MA degree (which for honours is
four
years in duration).  There are WS courses in each of the two
foundation
years and the minor programme takes up one-third of a student's time
in
the
third and fourth year.  From September 2004 the School of Social
Science is
taking over the management of the degree.  It will be re-designed as
a
joint
programme (ie half an MA) and re-named Gender Studies.  The School of
Language & Literature and the School of Divinity, History and
Philosophy
will continue to offer courses as part of the programme but there
will
be a
considerable increase in involvement from the three departments in the
School of Social Science.

The new staff we are currently seeking to appoint will play a major
part in
the Gender Studies programme re-design.  Our intention is that, while
the
programme will have a thread of dedicated Gender Studies courses, most
courses will also be available to students of Anthropology, Politics
and
International Relations and Sociology Degrees.



6.       THE POST

The School aims to make two appointments, both of which can be at any
academic level.  One person will additionally be given the
responsibility of
Head of Gender Studies.  He or she will, with the Head of School,
play
a
major part in the re-design of the degree programme.

We wish to appoint people who are primarily sociologists,
anthropologists,
or political scientists and whose research would form a creditable
part
of
an RAE submission in one of those disciplines.  Hence we will be
interested
in how the research interests of the candidates might fit with
research
strengths in our existing departments.  We will also be interested in
potential to assist with the teaching of the surveys and statistics
component of our methods courses.

The appointment may be subject to a probationary period of up to 3
years,
depending on previous experience.

7.         SALARY

Salary will be at an appropriate point on the Lecturer A/B scale
(?22,191 -
?33,679 per annum) or the Senior Lecturer/Reader scale (?35,251 –
?39,958
per annum) with placement according to qualifications and
experience.
The
salary for Professorial appointments will be competitive and
negotiable.

8.       APPLICATION PROCEDURE

The appointment is made subject to the usual terms and conditions of
employment of the University.

Confidential and informal enquiries regarding the nature of the post
can be
made in writing or by telephone to:
School of Social Science:  Professor Steve Bruce, tel. (01224) 272761;
e-mail s.bruce@...

Application forms and further information are available at
www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs.

One copy of the application form, personal details form, curriculum
vitae
and covering letter should be completed and returned to Human
Resources,
University of Aberdeen, University Office, King's College, Aberdeen
AB24 3FX
or alternatively e-mail to jobs@....  Please quote reference
number
USS004A.

In addition to the completed application form, candidates are
required
to
submit a copy of a CV which should contain, inter alia, the following
information (where relevant):
•        Details of teaching experience
•        Information on supervision of research students and research
staff
•        Details (including dates and value) of research grants and
contracts which have been held and whether these have been obtained as
principal investigator
•        The extent of involvement in raising funds to support
research
•        Details of research publications
•        A brief outline of up to one side of A4 in length of future
research plans
•        Membership of professional organisations.

Applicants should note that candidates who are selected for interview
are
normally expected to give a brief presentation on a research topic of
their
choice, as part of the selection procedure.



PLEASE DO NOT SEND APPLICATION FORMS OR CVs DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL OF
SOCIAL
SCIENCE.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 16 April 2004.


The University pursues a policy of equal opportunities in the
appointment
and promotion of staff.

In the interest of maintaining a comfortable and safe environment for
staff,
students and visitors, a "No Smoking" policy applies in all University
buildings

2.
x-posted from POLCAN

The Department of Political Science at the University College of Cape
Breto=
n invites applications for two Political Science positions at the
rank of A=
ssistant Professor. The successful candidates should have a doctorate
in Po=
litical Science or be near completion.


Reference number POL0403 - 12 month term commencing July 1, 2004

This position is in the area of International Relations. The
successful can=
didate will teach one full-year Introduction to Politics course, two
half-y=
ear courses on the United Nations, one half-year course on the
Internationa=
l Dimensions of Human Rights and one-half-year course on Politics of
Race, =
Gender and Class. This position may be converted to a tenure-track
position=
  subject to budgetary approval in 2005.=20


Reference number INT0403 - 8 month term commencing late August 2004

The successful candidate will teach two full-year Introduction to
Politics =
courses and one full-year Introduction to Canadian Politics course.
It is e=
xpected that applicants' teaching competencies will reflect their
research =
interests.


Applicants are expected to demonstrate potential and commitment with
regard=
  to teaching, research/creative/scholarly activities and service to
UCCB, c=
ommunity and profession.


For further information, please contact Andrew Molloy, Chair,
Department of=
  Political Science (902) 563-1858.


The union affiliation of this position is with the UCCB Faculty
Association=
  of University Teachers (FAUT).


UCCB is an equal opportunities/affirmative action employer. All
qualified c=
andidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent
residen=
ts will be given priority. UCCB encourages applications from
qualified Abor=
iginal People, African Canadians or other persons from a visible
minority g=
roup, persons with disabilities and women. Applicants who wish to be
consid=
ered for this initiative may self-identify in their cover letter.


Qualified candidates should send a letter of application quoting the
refere=
nce number, a curriculum vitae, a statement on teaching and research
intere=
sts, academic transcripts and three letters of reference to the Human
Resou=
rces Department. Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. May 7,
2004. Em=
ail applicants will receive a return email confirming receipt.


UCCB Human Resources Dept.

University College of Cape Breton (902)563-1158 tel.

P.O. Box 5300, 1250 Grand Lake Road (902)563-1458 fax

Sydney, NS, B1P 6L2 email: hr@...

Website: www.uccb.ns.ca

3.
x-posted from POLCAN

Job Posting: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Organization: Institute of Intergovernmental Relations at Queens
University
Salary: $40,000 (plus benefits)

The Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (IIGR) at Queen's
University
invites applications for the  position of Postdoctoral Research
Associate.
The successful candidate must hold a completed Ph.D. and is expected
to
show evidence (or the promise) of research excellence in one or more
of the
following fields: local government, Canadian and comparative
federalism,
and multilevel governance. Under the broad direction of the
Institute's
Director, the candidate's primary responsibilities will be to
undertake
research and related activities in the area of multilevel governance,
with
emphasis on a SSHRC-funded MCRI project on Multilevel Governance and
Public
Policy in Canadian Municipalities. The candidate will also have some
research and administrative responsibilities associated with the
broader
mission of the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations. These duties
could
include assistance with conference organization, preparation of grant
proposals, supervision of student research assistants, and the
administration of the Institute's web sites.

In addition to a Ph.D., the successful candidate will be an excellent
communicator and in possession of a strong set of computer skills. A
working knowledge of French is an asset, but is not a requirement for
the
position.

The starting date for the position is 1 May, 2004, and is tenable for
up 2
years with the possibility for renewal at the end of the second year.
The
competition will remain open until the position is filled.

Application materials, including a CV, cover letter, and the names and
contact details of 3 referees should be forwarded to:

Harvey Lazar
Director
The Institute of Intergovernmental Relations
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
K7L 3N6
613-533-2080 (tel)
613-533-6868 (fax)
lazar@...
4.
x-posted from POLCAN

The University of British Columbia

Department of Political Science


The Department of Political Science anticipates being able to make a
number
of sessional appointments for academic year 2004-2005.  Individuals
interested in offering one or more courses are invited to contact the
department indicating which of the department's courses they would be
willing to offer and in what terms they are available.  Individuals
may be
appointed to either full-time (equivalent to 18 credits of teaching)
or
part-time (the amount of teaching to be agreed upon) positions.
Appointees
will be responsible for the organization and conduct of their courses,
though in large lower level classes some teaching assistance may be
available.

We anticipate making appointments in the areas of International
Politics,
Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics, and Political Theory.

Preference will be given to candidates with a completed Ph.D.  The
University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is
committed
to employment equity.  We encourage all qualified applicants to apply;
however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given
priority.



Applications close April 13, 2004


Interested individuals are invited to apply by sending a statement of
interest indicating teaching competencies and a current C.V. to:

Richard Johnston, Head
Department of Political Science
The University of British Columbia
C472 – 1866Main Mall
Vancouver,  B.C.   V6T 1Z1


For information about the Department and its programs see:
www.politics.ubc.ca

--------------------
Dory Urbano
Administrator
Department of Political Science
The University of British Columbia
C472 - 1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1  Canada
Telephone: 604 - 822-2345
Fax: 604 - 822-5540
Web site: www.politics.ubc.ca
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Faculty of Social Sciences
Flinders University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/LI893.html

Lecturer in the Sociology of Gender
Department of Sociology
University of Essex
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/YM234.html

Counsellor/Mental Health Co-ordinator
Maritime Greenwich Campus
University of Greenwich
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Disabled Student Adviser
Directorate of Academic and Student Affairs
Oxford Brookes University
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Senior Lecturers and Lecturers in Defence Studies
War Studies Group
King's College London
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Manager
Pre School Centre
Lancaster University
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Research Assistant
Department of Geography
University of Sheffield
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/JD889.html

1.5 Research Officers in Food Management (RA1A)
School of Management
University of Surrey
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/JD907.html

Research Fellow in Psychosocial Factors and Mortality
Department of Psychology
University of Edinburgh
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR746.html

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer In Social Work
Centre For Applied Community Studies
School Of Health And Social Sciences
University of Wales Institute Cardiff
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/EF326.html

Part-time Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Counselling (0.4fte)
School of Social, Community and Health Studies
University of Hertfordshire
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR816.html

Phd Bursaries & Scholarships
School of Life & Sport Sciences
University of Surrey Roehampton
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/JD871.html

Lectureship in Scottish Studies
School of History & Classics/School of Literatures, Languages &
Cultures
University of Edinburgh
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR817.html

Lecturer in Geography
Birkbeck College, University of London
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/RD396.html

Exceptional Research Prospects for Exceptional Researchers
De Montfort University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/EF311.html

MA in Research Methods (Education) Studentship
School of Education
University of Durham
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR778.html

Lectureship in Political Thought
School of Geography, Politics & Sociology
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK622.html

Lecturer in Public Policy and Research Methods
School of Public Policy
University College London
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK732.html

Research Fellow
Identifying Sustainable Models to Finance Health Care in Low-resource
Settings
Department of Public Health and Policy
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT460.html

Faculty Openings for Teaching Contracts
School of Economics and Management
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/EF322.html

Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers, Lecturers
10 New Posts for our 6th Century
School of Social Science
University of Aberdeen
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Senior Lecturers and Lecturers in Defence Studies
War Studies Group
King's College London
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT438.html

Lecturer in International Relations/International Political Economy
School of Public Policy
University College London
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PK733.html

ESRC 1+3 Scholarships
University of Bristol
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IR786.html

The H.M. King Mohamed VI Fellowship
Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies
The Middle East Centre
University of Oxford
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/LI858.html

Lectureship in Modern German History
School of Humanities (History)
University of Southampton
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/JD929.html

Exceptional Research Prospects for Exceptional Researchers
De Montfort University
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/EF311.html

Three Lectureships in Modern History
Department of History
University of York
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT453.html

Lecturership
Cultural Studies
Centre for Visual and Cultural Studies
Edinburgh College of Art
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HT442.html

Lectureship in Modern History
Department of History
University of Sheffield
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/JD890.html

Teaching Assistant in Bioarchaeology (Part-time, Fixed-term)
Department of Archaeology
University of Sheffield
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0.5 Researcher
AHRB Artists on Films
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University of Westminster
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G R Elton Postgraduate Scholarship in History
Clare College Cambridge
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MA in Research Methods (Education) Studentship
School of Education
University of Durham
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Postdoctoral position
The Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Department of Technology
Management
Association of Universities in The Netherlands - VSNU
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/XT692.html

Junior Research Fellow
Late Colonial Studies
Department of Historical Studies
University of Bristol
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/RD395.html

Research Fellowship (three years)
The ethics of human-machine emotion interaction
School of Humanities
King's College London
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Lectureship in Scottish Studies
School of History & Classics/School of Literatures, Languages &
Cultures
University of Edinburgh
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Lectureship in European History
School of History
University of Liverpool
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Faculty Openings for Teaching Contracts
School of Economics and Management
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
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Assistant Librarian (Middle Eastern Studies)
John Rylands University Library of Manchester
University of Manchester
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PhD Studentships
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University of Glasgow
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King's College London
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Lecturer A/B in Museum Studies (Collection Care)
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University of Leicester
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Lectureship in Medieval History (Fixed-Term)
Department of History
University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Modern British History (Temporary)
Department of Historical Studies
University of Bristol
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Junior Research Fellow
Late Colonial Studies
Department of Historical Studies
University of Bristol
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Julia Mann Junior Research Fellowship
St. Hilda's College, Oxford
University of Oxford
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Development Officer
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University of Exeter
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6.
x-posted from H-MIDEAST-POLITICS

VISITING SCHOLAR Position, one year appointment.

Council on Middle East Studies, Yale Center for International and Area

Studies


The Council on Middle East Studies (CMES) at the Yale Center for

International and Area Studies (YCIAS) announces an opening for a
Visiting

Scholar beginning July 1, 2004.  The appointment is designed for a
single

individual for a full academic year teaching as many as two seminars
and

one lecture course.  We will entertain applications for either fall or

spring term, allowing the possibility of two individuals being
appointed

for one semester each.  Applicants must have a completed PhD in the
social

sciences or humanities, thorough knowledge of Middle East studies,

university level teaching experience, proficiency in one or more of
the

major languages of the region, and excellent English oral and written

communication skills. Salary will be commensurate with experience,

background and length of appointment.



The CMES supports and coordinates the interdisciplinary study of
ancient

and modern Middle East cultures and civilizations at Yale.  CMES,
which
has

recently received National Resource Center and Foreign Language and
Area

Studies Fellowship funding from the United States Department of

Education.  CMES organizes a graduate certificate program, lectures,

symposia, conferences and supports faculty and student scholarly

activities. For more information

see  http://www.yale.edu/ycias/cmes/index.html . Primary duties of the

Visiting Scholar include undergraduate teaching in subject areas
directly

related to the modern and/or contemporary Middle East.  Other duties
will

include student advising, participation in CMES-sponsored lectures,

symposia and conferences.



Send letter of application, curriculum vita and names and contact

information for three references to the Council on Middle East
Studies,

c.o. Barbara Papacoda, Yale Center for International and Area Studies,

Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, P.O. Box 208206, New Haven,
CT

06520-8206. Submissions by e-mail will be accepted. Please send to

barbara.papacoda@.... For more information, contact

<larisa.satara@...>.



Deadline for submissions:  April 9, 2004

AA/EOE; applications from women and minorities are encouraged.

7.
x-posted from Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central
Eurasian Studies

JOB- Program Development Officer, Eurasia Foundation

Eurasia Foundation

A private not-for-profit organization, funded by the US Agency for
International Development and other donors, that supports democratic
institutions and the development of market economies

Announces a search for the position of:

Program Development Officer for Central Asia

Primary Qualifications:

  - Masters degree or equivalent experience in one or more fields
covered by
    the Foundation
  - At least three years' experience working in international
development
    organizations
  - Experience in project development and project management
  - English proficiency (written and oral)
  - Strong communications skills, personal initiative, and an ability
to
work
    in teams

Responsibilities:

  - Liaison with corporate and government partners of the Foundation
  - Development of projects in the program areas of the Foundation
(see
web
    site)
  - Preparation of reports and other documentation for corporate and
    government partners of the Foundation
  - Frequent travel

Preferential consideration will be given to candidates who have
experience
with public relations, negotiations and public presentations.

Candidates should send a resume, two letters of recommendation and a
cover
letter to the Foundation at iporechina@... by April 1,
2004.

For more information about the work of the Eurasia Foundation, visit
http://www.efcentralasia.org.

8.
x-posted from Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central
Eurasian Studies

JOB- Admin. Ass't, Central Asian Studies Unit, Inst. of Ismaili
Stds.,
London

The Institute of Ismaili Studies

Administrative Assistant for the Central Asian Studies Unit

The Central Asian Studies Unit of The Institute of Ismaili Studies is
recruiting an Administrative Assistant for a two-year period.  This
position
reports to the Coordinator of the Central Asian Studies Unit and
provides
administrative support and assistance to the Coordinator.  In
addition
to
other administrative responsibilities, the Administrative Assistant
will
manage the budget, record minutes of meetings, write reports, follow
up
on
the implementation of the annual plans, and edit papers.

The applicants must meet the following criteria:

  - Equivalent of Bachelor's degree in the fields of management and
administration from a credible university
  - A minimum of three years' administrative experience in an NGO,
including
private or tertiary educational institutions.
  - Excellent command of the English language and good writing and
communication skills.
  - IT skills, including competence in the use of Microsoft Office
Suite®
(Word, Excel, Power Point, and Access).
  - Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to be a team player.
  - Strong base of knowledge in Humanities, Islamic Studies or
Educational
Studies.
  - Knowledge of Russian and Tajik/Persian languages will be an
advantage

The closing date is 1st May 2004.

Interviews will be scheduled in mid-May.

To apply, please send a CV with a covering letter and two references
to:

Dr. Sarfaroz Niyozov
Central Asian Studies Unit
42 - 44 Grosvenor Gardens
London SW1W 0EB
United Kingdom

Email: sniyozov@...
Copy to: aelnazar@...

9.
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Eurasian Studies
JOB- Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Institute, Washington DC

Position Announcement

Senior Policy Analyst
Open Society Institute Washington Office

February 2004

The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking
foundation based in New York City, implements a range of initiatives
to
promote open society by shaping government policy and supporting
education,
media, public health, and human and women s rights, as well as
social,
legal, and economic reform.  To foster open society on a global
level,
OSI
aims to bring together a larger Open Society Network of other
nongovernmental organizations, international institutions, and
government
agencies.  OSI was created in 1993 by investor and philanthropist
George
Soros to support his foundations in Central and Eastern Europe and
the
former Soviet Union.  Those foundations were established, starting in
1984,
to help former communist countries in their transition to democracy.
OSI
has expanded the activities of the Soros foundations network to other
areas
of the world where the transition to democracy is of particular
concern.
The network encompasses more than 50 countries with initiatives in
Africa,
Central Asia and the Caucasus, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, as
well as
in Haiti, Mongolia, and Turkey.  OSI also supports programs in the
United
States and selected projects elsewhere in the world.

The OSI Washington, D.C. Office represents the international and
domestic
work of OSI and the Soros foundations network.  The Senior Policy
Analyst
will report to the Director of the OSI Washington Office and the
Director of
the OSI Central Eurasia and Middle East Program.

Position:

This is a joint position intended to be devoted 50 percent to
facilitating
the work of the OSI Middle East and Central Eurasia Programs and 50
to
the
other activities of the OSI Washington Office.  The Senior Policy
Analyst
will help implement advocacy strategies relating to the work of the
OSI
Middle East and Central Eurasia Program and additional advocacy
strategies
designed to help facilitate the work of the OSI network of programs.
The
ideal candidate will have strong policy advocacy skills and
experience
and
an excellent working knowledge of the issues that OSI funds and for
which
the Soros network advocates.  Internationally, this includes
knowledge
of
rule of law as it relates to human rights, election monitoring,
treatment of
minorities, women and public health, media, and education in
countries
where
the Soros Foundations are active.  In particular, the position is
intended
to work with and facilitate the Washington advocacy needs of the OSI
network
as assigned by the Director of the Washington Office.  The successful
candidate will also have substantial practical experience in
advocacy,
working with varied organizations and constituencies and implementing
communication strategies.  The candidate must have strong
organizational and
interpersonal skills.


Responsibilities:

Assist in the Washington advocacy work of the OSI Middle East and
Central
Eurasia program and in the Washington advocacy work of the OSI
network
as
assigned.  Maintain close and effective collaboration with relevant
OSI
NY
staff and other parts of the OSI network.

The specific duties include:

  - Research and write issues briefs related to OSI objectives.
  - Analyze and review legislation initiatives, proposed legislation
by
executive agencies and bills passed by Congress that are part of the
OSI
agenda.
  - Attend hearings and prepare related summaries.
  - Make presentations to a wide variety of audiences, including
national and
international policymakers.
  - Advocate initiatives related to OSI issues.
  - Act as liaison with US government agencies, institutions,
coalitions
and
others on OSI issues.
  - Promote the OSI interests with individuals and organizations by
monitoring relevant events and establishing strategic activities in
response.

Requirements:

Graduate level degree preferred in international affairs or relevant
field;
substantial practical experience in the field including 6-8 years or
more
relevant advocacy work experience in Washington; general knowledge of
international affairs and international organizations; excellent
written,
verbal, and public speaking skills; ability to function effectively
within a
collaborative environment.

To Apply:

Send cover letter, resume, writing sample, salary
requirements/history
to:
OSI-Washington Office, Attn:  Administrator, 1120 19TH Street, NW,
8th
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036 or email osidcresume@... or fax
202-530-0128.  EOE

Applications will be accepted until March 31st.

Anu Kangaspunta-Garfield
Program Assistant, Central Eurasia Project
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Tel: 212-548-0179
Fax: 212-548-4607

10.
x-posted from euroconferinte

Social Care Advisors (x2)

EveryChild is an international NGO working with some of the world's
most
vulnerable and marginalised children.  We are seeking two Social Care
Advisors to support and train EveryChild staff, partners and
beneficiaries
overseas.

Post 1:  Worldwide (Fixed term contract - 24 months)
The majority of assignments will be in the former Soviet Union and
South
East Europe to provide technical support and training to EveryChild
staff
and partners in the development of sustainable social services for
vulnerable children, families and communities. The role will involve
a
wide
range of training, as well as support in policy development.

Post 2:  Bulgaria (Fixed term contract - 4 months)
Based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, this post will provide training and
support
to
the local Social Care and Training Advisor working on the development
of a
new family-type small group home.

Both posts require a professional social work qualification and at
least
five years' post qualifying experience in social work.  Experience as
a
trainer is essential.  Previous experience in the region would be an
advantage.

For a full job description, person specification and details on how
to
apply
please visit the EveryChild website www.everychild.org.uk

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 7th April 2004
Interviews: 19th April 2004

Recruitment and selection procedures and checks reflect our
commitment
to
child protection.


Chris Rayment
Programme Manager

EveryChild

Direct Line:  + 44 (0) 207 749 2434
Fax:            + 44 (0) 207 749 2463

website:       www.everychild.org.uk <http://www.everychild.org.uk>

1. PUBLICATION: Andrea Berg, A Study on Non-Governmental
Organizations in Uzbekistan
2. PUBLICATION: Cantemir Music in Istanbul and Ottoman Europe
3. MA/MPhil/PhD/LLM: Postgraduate Taught and Research, Degrees,
(MA/MPhil/PhD/LLM)European Studies at the University of Birmingham
4. CALL FOR PAPERS: International Research Project on
Macroeconomic Policy Challenges of Low Income Countries
5. CALL FOR PAPERS: The Essex Human Rights Review (EHRR), New e-
journal
6. PUBLICATION: The joint 2003 issue ( No. 13-14) of Turkluk
Arastirmalari Dergisi (Marmara University, Istanbul)
7. INFO: Current Bibliography on Balkans
8. NEWSLETTER: Foreign Affairs Newsletter, The Outsourcing
Bogeyman, March 23, 2004
9. SUMMER SCHOOL: LIEIS Summer School in Romania, Vama Veche, 1-
7 August 2004
10. PRIZE: Celal Bayar Vakfi Tez Yarismasi
11. INFO: New CrisisWatch Database
12. FORUM & FELLOWSHIP: Europaeisches Forum Alpbach 2004,
Stipendienprogramm
13. PROGRAMME:Bogazici University Center For European Studies
Student Forum, 2nd European Weekend School, 15th – 17th of May 2004,
14. Third International Conference on Territorial
Development, "EU enlargement: A Major Opportunity for European
Territories" May 3, 2004
15. NEWSLETTER: ECPR Electronic Bulletin, MARCH 2004

1.
x-posted from Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central
Eurasian Studies

PUBL.- Andrea Berg, A Study on Non-Governmental Organizations in
Uzbekistan

We are pleased to announce the publication of:

"Global concepts versus local reality - A study on non-governmental
organizations in contemporary Uzbekistan" by Andrea Berg (in German)

Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden (Reihe: Demokratie, Sicherheit, Frieden 162)

ISBN 3-8329-0572-3, 240 pages, 44 euros

Description:

This original study considers the issue of non-governmental
organizations
(NGOs) in contemporary Uzbekistan. While NGOs have gained a lot of
attention
in discussions on development aid in Latin America, Africa and the
Middle
East, little is known about their role in Central Asia. The author
shows
that NGOs in Uzbekistan are working in a field characterised by
conflicting
local and international interests. The asymmetric relations that
result
create significant problems for the societal embeddedness of NGOs.

The volume is based on sound knowledge of the local context in
Uzbekistan
and contributes to the research on the potential and limits of NGOs.
It
is
part of the growing number of critical publications that question the
naïve
view of NGOs being a panacea for development problems. It also makes
recommendations for sustainable development based on local knowledge
and
strategies.

The author, Dr. Andrea Berg, is currently working as researcher at
the
Institute of Peace Research and Security Studies at the University of
Hamburg. (www.core-hamburg.de)

Table of contents:

1) Introduction

2) Historical, political and legal conditions

3) Women in Uzbekistan

4) NGOs in Uzbekistan - Self-perception and societal embeddedness

5) The work of local NGOs - Actors in networks

6) Local NGOs and the international community

7) Conclusion

To order, please contact:

NOMOS Verlagsgesellschaft
Waldseestr. 3-5
76530 Baden-Baden

Tel: +49 7221 2104-0
Fax: +49 7221 2104-43
Website: www.nomos.de
Email: vertrieb@...

2.
x-posted from Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central
Eurasian Studies

PUBL.- Cantemir Music in Istanbul and Ottoman Europe

Golden Horn Records Releases "Cantemir - Music in Istanbul and
Ottoman
Europe around 1700" By Ihsan Ozgen and Linda Burman-Hall with Lux
Musica

Golden Horn Records is very pleased to announce its release of
Cantemir:
Music in Istanbul and Ottoman Europe around 1700, an authoritative
album
celebrating the musical life of Prince Dimitrie Cantemir (1673-
1723).
The
album features co-directors Ihsan Ozgen and Linda Burman-Hall, and
the
Santa
Cruz-based quintet Lux Musica.

Prince Dimitrie Cantemir (1673-1723) was born in Moldavia, then at
the
rule
of the Ottoman Turks. Dimitrie was sent to Istanbul as a guest of the
court
to ensure Moldavia's loyalty. Here Cantemir studied the tanbur, a
long-necked Turkish lute, earning a reputation for his knowledge of
the
historical Ottoman repertoire and theory. Cantemir's Kantemir Edvari
was a
major contribution to musicology preserving 352 works in a unique
notation
style he developed to document his music study, known as ebcet.  Many
of
these works were composed in the Ottoman pesrev and saz semai forms.

Cantemir examines three repertoires. The section titled "The World of
Cantemir: Istanbul and Ottoman Europe around 1700" explores music
composed
by Cantemir and also traditional Moldavian dances, such as Cantemir
might
have heard back home at his wedding. The section "New Music in Honor
of
Kantemiroglu (Prince Cantemir)" features a kemenche taksim (solo
improvisation for the bowed instrument, kemenche), a form that had
just
gained popularity when Cantemir was in Istanbul, and a beraber taksim
(collective improvisation), a contemporary experimental form of
improvisation pioneered by Ihsan Ozgen. The new music section debuts
two
compositions inspired by Cantemir's musical legacy.  "In Honor of
Prince
Cantemir" (track 14) was composed by internationally celebrated
composer Lou
Harrison and arranged for this recording by Linda Burman-
Hall. "Andante
from
Concertino per Kemance" (track 16) was composed by Yalcin Tura, a
devoted
scholar of Cantemir who recently published a full transcription of
Cantemir's Book of the Science of Music. The third section, "Turkish
Images,
European Reflections," presents English and French music in the alla
Turca
style, a style popular in the 18th century that included
Turkish-inspired
percussion, rhythms, and "exotic" melodies. One such work is Ben
Jonson's
"The Turks' Dance" (track 20).

Ihsan Ozgen (kemenche, tanbur, co-director) is a self-taught
musician,
composer, and teacher of the Classical Ottoman music of Turkey. He is
famous
for his kemenche performances and for his improvisation of melodic
taksims.
In 1991, Ozgen was awarded the Abdi Ipekci Peace Award in recognition
of his
work with the Bosphorus ensemble, a group composed of Turkish and
Greek
musicians. He is also the leader of the well-known ensemble Anatolia.
An
instructor at the Istanbul Turkish Music Conservatory and former
guest
lecturer at University California at Santa Cruz, Ozgen is a leading
specialist and interpreter of Tanburi Cemil Bey, an early 20th
century
Turkish composer.

Linda Burman-Hall (early keyboards, bendir, co-director) is a
musicologist/ethnomusicologist best known as a performer of historic
keyboard works. Burman-Hall's interests and skills are wide-ranging,
including: performances with contemporary music artists Steve Reich
and
Meredith Monk; premiering and editing new works by contemporary
Indonesian
composers; and performing the works of medieval mystic Hildegard von
Bingen.
Burman-Hall is a faculty member of the University of California at
Santa
Cruz music department, a founder and artistic director of the Santa
Cruz
Baroque Festival, and the musical director of Lux Musica.

Lux Musica is the quintet of Lars Johannesson, David Wilson, Amy
Brodo,
Mesut Ozgen, and Linda Burman-Hall. Dedicated to presenting
interesting
and
beautiful works from the Enlightenment, Lux Musica draws on a
versatile
combination of historical flutes, violin or viola, violoncello or
viola
da
gamba, and historic keyboards with percussion. A mainstay of the
Santa
Cruz
Baroque Festival, their work can also be heard on several CDs,
including
their debut recording Haydn and the Gypsies: Music in the Style
Hongrois and
their recent Celtic Caravans: The Road to Romanticism.

GOLDEN HORN RECORDS is a Contemporary / Traditional World Music and
Jazz
label established in 1995 and based in California.

For more information on Cantemir, please contact:

GOLDEN HORN RECORDS
P.O. Box 5776, Walnut Creek, California, 94596, U.S.A.
Phone: (800) 969-9455, (925) 930-7184
Fax: (925) 938-8447
E-mail: info@...
Web Site: http://www.goldenhorn.com

Available at goldenhorn.com, amazon.com, cdbaby.com and
towerrecords.com

3.
x-posted from eurostudyabroad

European Studies at The University of Birmingham
Postgraduate Taught and
Research Degrees (MA/MPhil/PhD/LLM)

The University of Birmingham is home to one of the largest
concentrations of expertise engaged in research and advanced-level
teaching in European Studies in the world.We study Europe from a
variety of disciplines in a number of top-rated Institutes,
Departments and Centres. The University is also home to the European
Research Institute (ERI), which opened by the Prime Minister in
November 2001, is a national centre of excellence and a hub for many
of our teaching and research activities.
We invite applications from suitably qualified candidates for the
following courses and programmes. Funding opportunities are available
and candidates should contact the relevant person for further
information.

The European Research Institute (ERI)- offers MA and PhD programmes in
European Studies. The MA in European Studies offers students a state-
of-the-art, multi-disciplinary perspective on contemporary Europe, a
wide selection of optional modules, research dissertation, language
tuition and a Brussels study visit. PhD applications are invited on
any theme relating to contemporary Europe, please refer to our
website for priority areas.
Contact Dr Gareth Sears (g.m.sears@...); Tel: 0121 414 4058;
http://www.eri.bham.ac.uk

The Centre for European Languages and Cultures (CELC) offers MA, MPhil
and PhD programmes in the internationally-reputed 5*/5-rated
departments of French Studies, German Studies, Hispanic Studies (with
Portuguese and Latin-American Studies) and Italian Studies, in all
areas of modern and contemporary European culture and its
representations such as: the European cultural heritage;
identities and identifications; culture and ideology; language and
communication; textual studies. Candidates may apply for School of
Humanities awards and bursaries.
Contact CELC at humanities-postgrad@... Tel: 0121 414 2277;
http://www.celc.bham.ac.uk/pg/

The Centre for Russian and East European Studies (CREES), which is an
internationally renowned 6* centre for research in politics and
international relations, history, economics, culture & society of
Central and Eastern Europe, offers a range of taught and research
programmes with or without intensive language training. CREES is an
ESRC-recognised outlet for PhDs. Also, 2 ESRC scholarships
are available for a combined MA+PHD (1+3) programme. Applicants for
AHRB ring-fenced awards in Russian and East-European Studies are also
welcomed.
Contact Mrs M. Arries (m.b.arries@...); Tel: 0121 414 6347;
http://www.crees.bham.ac.uk


The Institute for German Studies (IGS) is the UK's only specialised
research institute (rated 5 in the 2001 RAE) into the politics,
international relations, security, economics and culture of
contemporary Germany. The IGS is inviting applications to
its doctoral programme from suitably qualified candidates with
research proposals in any of these fields; comparative research is
also very welcome. A number of bursaries are available for 2004
entry: please see the website for details.
Contact Dr Simon Green (s.o.green@...); Tel: 0121 414 8219;
http://www.igs.bham.ac.uk

LLM in European Law. This flexible and dynamic programme is offered
by the School of Law whose European law experts work under the
auspices of the Institute of European Law. Students are taught in
small groups and have the opportunity to study in depth several key
aspects of European law including Judicial Protection in
the EU, EC Competition Law, Institutional Law and Politics, Law of
the Internal Market, European Human Rights, EC Discrimination Law, EU
External Relations and Commercial Conflict of Laws. Students may also
choose modules in other areas of European studies including politics,
economics and international relations.
Contact Ms Helen Lewis (law-llm@...) Tel: 0121 414 6286;
http://www.law.bham.ac.uk/prospectus/llm/llm-european-law.htm

Applicants should note that for PhD and MPhil courses candidates
should have or expect to obtain at least an Upper Second in a
relevant subject. Applications are welcome at any time before 10
September 2004 however given strong competition for places early
application is advised. Applicants are encouraged to apply to ESRC
(and AHRB for CREES) studentships, the deadline for which is
4 May 2004 (applicants need to apply to the University in the first
instance).

The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston,
Birmingham B15 2TT, Great Britain.
http://www.bham.ac.uk

4.
Only 3 Weeks Remaining for Submissions!  Call for Proposals on
Macroeconomic Policy Challenges of Low Income Countries

The Governments of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the
International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank are launching an
international research project on key macroeconomic policy challenges
faced by low income countries.  GDN, acting as the organizer, is
soliciting proposals for research projects from academics and other
researchers based in low income countries.   Submissions are due by
April
15, 2004.  Full details on submissions, eligibility, and honoraria,
are
noted below!


INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT ON MACROECONOMIC POLICY CHALLENGES OF
LOW
INCOME COUNTRIES

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Governments of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the
International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank are jointly launching
an
international research project on key macroeconomic policy challenges
faced by low income countries.  A main goal of the project is to
obtain
the perspectives and insights of academics and practitioners based in
low
income countries on the effectiveness and scope for improvement of
macroeconomic policy in their economies.  The body of research that
will
be generated by this project is expected to add fresh perspectives to
the
analysis of the macroeconomic problems of low income countries, and
facilitate an exchange of views with academics and researchers based
in
developed economies, including those in the international financial
community.

To initiate this worldwide project the Global Development Network,
acting
as the organizer, is soliciting proposals for research projects from
academics and other researchers based in low income countries that
address
challenging policy questions on three important areas of macroeconomic

policy: (1) linkages between macroeconomic policies, shocks and
poverty
reduction; (2) challenges in domestic revenue mobilization; and (3)
relationships  between domestic government debt, financial
development
and
fiscal sustainability. Examples of the type of questions in each of
these
broad areas that the research proposals submitted in response to this
call
for papers should address are listed below and research proposals
could
attempt to answer one or more of the questions proposed.  Proposals
are
being sought for empirical case studies of individual countries or
groups
of countries that will enable comparison across low income countries
exhibiting a range of economic, social, political and institutional
characteristics.



A. THE THREE RESEARCH AREAS



1.  MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, SHOCKS, AND POVERTY REDUCTION

Examples of policy questions in this area that research projects may
choose to address include:

•Through what channels do macroeconomic policies influence
long-run growth in low income countries?  Will rapid and sustained
growth suffice to attain the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for
income
poverty?

•What types of shocks impact long-run growth in low-income
countries? Through what channels?  Can that impact be mitigated by
public policy interventions aimed at improving the investment climate?

•What types of shocks have a direct impact on poverty in
low-income countries?   How do shocks affect the relationship between
growth and poverty? What are the transmission mechanisms?

•What macroeconomic policies can be adopted to prevent and/or
mitigate the impacts of different shocks on growth and poverty
reduction?   What are the comparative poverty and social impacts of
employing
macroeconomic policies to help absorb shocks?

•Are migrants' remittances pro-cyclical in low income
countries?  Do those remittances help mitigate the impact of
macro-volatility on the poor?  What government policies influence
migrants'
remittances?

•Do shocks hinder the usefulness of fiscal policy rules in low
income countries? How can low income countries retain fiscal policy
flexibility without endangering medium-term fiscal consolidation
objectives?

•What have been the poverty/distributional impacts of alternative
fiscal policy regimes in low income countries?  What other policies
might be
employed to mitigate any adverse distributional impacts of fiscal
policy?



2.   DOMESTIC REVENUE MOBILIZATION

Examples of policy questions in this area that research projects may
choose to address include:

•What scope is there, and what measures are available, to increase
the level and/or efficiency of government revenue in low income
countries? How is revenue effort affected by external sources of
financing?
What is the appropriate balance between domestic and external sources
of
revenue in low income countries?

•What is the appropriate mix of tax instruments in terms of
efficiency,equity and operational constraints in low income
countries?
What policies or measures can lessen the trade-off between short term
fiscal needs and long term efficiency and institutional improvements
in
revenue mobilization?

•What have been the effects of trade liberalization on domestic
revenue mobilization in low income countries?  Can trade
liberalization
spur tax system reform?

•What institutional factors affect the success of tax reform in low
income countries?   How is the political economy of tax reform
different
in particular low income countries?

•How do poverty reduction and/or private sector development goals
constrain the design of an optimal tax system (for example, the mix of
direct versus indirect taxes or the choice between various forms of
indirect taxation--e.g., VAT, sales taxes, custom duties, export
taxes)?
How can poverty reduction goals best be integrated into the design of
tax
policies?

•What are the comparative poverty and social impacts of key tax
reform options that have been considered in low income countries?
What
is the scope for improving the implementation and/or assessment of
those impacts?



3.  DOMESTIC GOVERNMENT DEBT, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND FISCAL
SUSTAINABILITY

Examples of policy questions in this area that research projects may
choose to address include:

•What are the macroeconomic and institutional prerequisites for the
development of a sound domestic debt market in low income countries?

•To what extent do characteristics of the financial sector restrict
or facilitate the accumulation and sustainability of government
domestic
debt?  How does government domestic debt influence financial market
development?

•What are the implications of domestic debt holdings on resource
allocation and banking system solvency in low income countries?  How
do
the collateral and liquidity functions of domestic government debt
differ
in low income countries?

•How do characteristics of the domestic debt market and the
financial sector affect the design and conduct of monetary policy in
low income countries?  Has the domestic debt market facilitated the
sterilization of capital and/or aid inflows?  Has it reduced reliance
on the
inflation tax? What have been the implications for interest rates?

•When is domestic government debt a source of vulnerability? What
criteria and indicators are most useful to assess sustainable levels
of
domestic debt in low income countries?  How do these criteria and
indicators relate to those typically used to gauge external debt
sustainability?



B. SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
Proposals
Proposals submitted for this research project should not exceed 4000
words
maximum (excluding supporting documentation), and should include the
following sections:

1.  Summary Sheet (1 page maximum)
•       Project Title
•       Lead Researcher, Applicant Institution and Address
•       Other Members of the Research Team, Institutions, and
Addresses
(do not include research assistants)
•       Summary of the approach to be used (250 words)

2.  Description of the methodology and research team
•       Capacity statement – i.e. why you think your institute/team
can
do
this study well (500 words)
•       Methodology and coverage of the study including how it will
add
to
existing knowledge and understanding in this area (c2000 words)
•       Brief, maximum 2 page CVs for each member of the research
team.
Emphasize work relevant to this assignment.

Approval process
Research proposals will be initially assessed by GDN. A Steering
Committee
comprised of senior representatives of the four sponsoring agencies
will
select the proposals that will be financed by the research project.
The
selection will be guided by the following criteria:

a)      Question(s) addressed—Broad area and proposed methodology –
Is
the
research proposal likely to generate meaningful/new findings?
b)      Quality of research team
c)      Policy relevance
d)      Geographical diversity and diversity among country
characteristics

Honoraria
Proposals selected for participation in the project will be eligible
for
an honorarium of US$10,000 upon completion of the research paper. A
subset
of the papers prepared for the project will be selected for
presentation
at a conference to be held at the IMF/World Bank headquarters in
Washington DC in January 2005. Details about payments of honoraria and
selection criteria for the January conference will be made available
at
a
future date.

Eligibility

The primary residence of the lead researcher must be in a low
income-country (see list below).  All members of the research team
must
be
citizens or residents of a low income country or a developing or
transition country.  At least 50% of the research team (including the
lead
researcher) must have their primary residence in a low income
country.
Employees of international financial or United Nation organizations
are
not eligible.  If you have any questions about eligibility, please
contact
GDN.

Eligible Countries:  Lead Researcher

Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin,
Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia,
Cameroon,  Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo
(Republic of), Congo (Democratic Republic of), Cote D'Ivoire,
Djibouti,
Dominica, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya,
Kiribati,
Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives,
Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal,
Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, St.
Lucia,
St. Vincent, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia and
Montenegro,
Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa (Republic of),
Sri
Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Uganda,
Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen (Republic of), Zambia, Zimbabwe


Submission details
The deadline for submission of proposals is April 15, 2004.
Proposals
should be sent by e-mail to cfp@....   Receipt of proposals
will
be
acknowledged by return and successful proposals will be notified by
May
7,
2004.

5.
x-posted from euroconferinte

Call for Papers

The Essex Human Rights Review (EHRR) is a new online publication
edited

by graduate students at the University of Essex.

EHRR welcomes articles, book reviews and other contributions on
contemporary human rights issues, primarily (but not exclusively) in
the
areas of law, political science, sociology, and philosophy, covering
both the academic and the practical aspects of human rights. For our
June 2004 issue, we would particularly welcome submissions that focus
on
the following topics:

- Defending human rights in Africa
- Rights of minorities: The case of the Roma
- Human rights in religion - religion in human rights?

All submissions should be in English. The contributions must be
original, previously unpublished material. Submissions must not
already

be under consideration for any other publication. The length of
submissions should not exceed 8,000 words for articles and 3,000 words

for other items (e.g. book/conference reviews), including footnotes.
Submissions exceeding the word limit will be considered only in
exceptional circumstances. The initial appraisal of all submissions
will
be carried out on an anonymous basis; the final decision on the
acceptance of a paper rests with the EHRR's Editorial Board.

Please e-mail your submissions in Microsoft Word format, together with

full contact details, to: ehrr@..., by April 16, 2004. The
subject line of your e-mail should include the title of your article.
Submissions must follow the EHRR style sheet, which can be obtained
from
the editors at the above e-mail address, to which any other queries
may

also be sent.

6.
x-posted from H-TURK

The joint 2003 issue ( No. 13-14) of Turkluk Arastirmalari Dergisi
(Marmara
University, Istanbul) is now available.
The journal is provided locally by KITABEVI (Catalcesme Sok,
Sultanahmed)
and other leading academic bookstores in Istanbul, and
internationally
by
ISIS Press.
Best regards,
Gultekin YILDIZ
Editor
Turkluk Ars. Dergisi


The Table of Contents of the recent volume is as follows:

ARTICLES:
R. Ali Abou-El-HAJ,    "Said'in =DEarkiyatcilik'indan Bu Yana Bati
Asya
ve
Kuzey Afrika Calismalarinda Tarih Yaziciligi"
Tahsin GORGUN,        "Osmanli Dusuncesi Nasil Anlasilabilir ? Osmanli
Dusuncesinin Arastirilmasinda Karsilasilan Bazi
Zorluklar Uzerine"
Erol OZVAR,               "Servet ve Guvenlik Arasinda Osmanli
Sultani"
Ismail KARA,               "Tasrada Mesrutiyet Ruhu: Akcaabat Muftusu
Mehme=
t
=DDzzet Efendi ve 'Mir'at-i Mesrutiyet' Risalesi"
Sema UGURCAN,       "Abdulhak Hamid Tarhan'da Hayat ve Eser Iliskisi"
Sait KOFOGLU,          "Milli Mucadele'de Siyasi Bir Donum Noktasi:
Birinci
Inonu Muharebesi ve Duzenli Orduya
Gecis"
Husamettin ARSLAN,   "1933 Turk Universite Devrimi ve Surgun Alman
Bilim
Adamlari"


REV=DDEWS:
Daniel Goffman, The Ottoman Empire And Early Modern Europe (by Fatih
Yesil)
Birol Cetin, Osmanli Imparatorlugu'nda Barut Sanayi (by Ibrahim
Sezgin)
Kemal Ozcan, Vatana Donus: Kirim Turkleri'nin Surgunu ve Milli
Mucadele
Hareketi (by Okan Yesil)
Ahat Salihov, Naucnaya deyatel'nost' A. Validova v Rossii (by
Sebastian
Cwiklinski)

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Markus Mode,            "Avrasya Bozkirlarinda Erken DOnem Atli
Gocebeler-II"

7.
1. Global Review of Ethnopolitics
2. Eurojournal
3. Ethnologia Balkanica
4. Comparative Studies in Society and History
______________________________________________________________________
___

Dear colleagues,

The latest issue of the Global Review of Ethnopolitics
(www.ethnopolitics.org) has just been published, featuring articles
by
Peter Vermeersch, Anamaria Dutceac, Rossen Vassilev and Zhidas
Daskalovski, review essays by Sally N. Cummings and Jon Holbrook, a
research note by Helena Jerman and over twenty pages of book reviews.

Access to all contributions is free via the journal's website where
you
can
either read, download, or print each contribution individually or by
following the links below. Alternatively, you can do the same with
the
entire issue by clicking the link for the COMPLETE ISSUE. (N.B.: This
is
quite a large file and may take some time to download.) In order to
access
contributions, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded
for
free following this link.
Contents

ARTICLES


Peter Vermeersch
Minority Policy in Central Europe:
Exploring the Impact of the EU s Enlargement Strategy
3

Anamaria Dutceac
Globalization and Ethnic Conflict:
Beyond the Liberal  Nationalist Distinction
20

Rossen Vassilev
The Roma of Bulgaria: A Pariah Minority
40

Zhidas Daskalovski
Democratic Consolidation and the  Stateness Problem: The Case of
Macedonia
52


REVIEW ESSAYS


Sally N. Cummings
Islam in the Former Soviet Union
67

Jon Holbrook
The Tension between International Law and International Justice


73

RESEARCH NOTE

Helena Jerman
Russians as Presented in Finish TV Documentaries
79

REVIEWS
107

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___

New Papers and Documents on http://Eurojournal.org:

1) Stability in the Neighborhood  a Challenge for the New EU and NATO
Members
Lauri LEPIK, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute

2) Moldova's European Policy Options
Nicu POPESCU, Eurojournal.org

3) The emergence of the triangular security link: US-EU-Turkey
Corneliu MANOLE

4) Transnistria and Moldova in the Context of Euro-Atlantic
Integration
Boris ASAROV, Pro Europe Movement, Tiraspol

5) Sixth meeting of the EU-Moldova Co-operation Council, Brussels, 24
February 2004
6) Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European
Parliament on relations with Russia




1) Stability in the Neighborhood  a Challenge for the New EU and NATO
Members
Lauri LEPIK, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute: The same applies to
the
New Neighbors. One can hardly see how the EUs policy of helping the
New
Neighbors to transform themselves will succeed without a very clear
and
broadly accepted prospect for the populations of those countries.
There
are several examples of successful  stick and carrot  policies. The
first such example is the enlargement itself... It seems that some of
the
New Neighbors have suggested themselves a carrot they would like to
have
-- visa-free travel between their countries and the enlarged EU. The
time
is ripe to seize the moment and the New Members of the EU should be
the
natural advocates for this policy. There are at least 5 good reasons
why
the New Members should be seriously engaged in promoting visa-free
travel...
http://www.eurojournal.org/more.php?id=127_0_1_0_M


2) Moldova's European Policy Options
Nicu POPESCU, Eurojournal.org
There are currently three key issues on the EU-Moldova agenda: the
"Wider
Europe - Neighbourhood Policy", EU's role in the Transnistria
settlement
process and Moldova's Southeast European aspirations, including the
perspective to join the Stabilisation and Association Process. Due to
external, as well as internal constraints, Moldova's policy options in
dealing with the EU are relatively limited. The two main reasons for
that
is Moldova's modest record in promoting democratisation and reform,
and
the EU's reluctance to start taking its eastern neighbourhood
seriously
in
practice, not only in rhetoric. The present article seeks to put
forward
certain ideas that could promote Moldova's EU aspirations in the
context
of the Wider Europe Policy and the conflict- resolution process in
Transnistria.
http://www.eurojournal.org/more.php?id=125_0_1_0_M

3) The emergence of the triangular security link: US-EU-Turkey
Corneliu MANOLE: Turkeys place in the Western security system has
changed
considerably since the end of the Cold War. Throughout the global
East-West strategic confrontation, Ankara was the pivotal element of
NATOs southern flank. It contributed to the policy of credible
deterrence
in the southern European theatre and its national security interests
were
guaranteed by its inclusion in the western security system.
http://www.eurojournal.org/more.php?id=126_0_1_0_M


4) Transnistria and Moldova in the Context of Euro-Atlantic
Integration
Boris ASAROV, Pro Europe Movement, Tiraspol: The unstable existence
of
the
Republic of Moldova, which is the result of the USSR collapse, and the
functioning in the conditions of international non-recognition of
Transnistria give little chances for even a re-integrated state to
develop
in a stable way. Taking into account the most optimistic prognoses,
lying
apart, it would take 30 years to get into the EU. In this situation it
seems to be more adequate to head for a parallel bringing of
Bessarabian
and Transnistrian standards up to European ones and the subsequent
integration into the EU through a synchronous integration with Romania
after its acceptance there in 2007. The situation becomes even more
complex because Transnistria does not have mechanisms and political
will
to implement European standards.
http://www.eurojournal.org/more.php?id=124_0_1_0_M

DOCUMENTS

1) Sixth meeting of the EU-Moldova Co-operation Council, Brussels, 24
February 2004
The sixth meeting of the Co-operation Council stressed the importance
of
the forthcoming EU enlargement for the reinforcement of the EU-Moldova
political and economic independence. The Cooperation Council welcomed
the
extension of the PCA to the ten Acceding States. The EU looks forward
to
the ratification by Moldova of the PCA enlargement protocol as soon as
possible...
http://www.eurojournal.org/more.php?id=130_0_1_0_M


2) Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European
Parliament on relations with Russia
The Commission adopted a Communication on EU-Russia relations which
proposes measures to improve the effectiveness of EU-Russia
relations,
in
particular in light of increased EU and Russian interdependence, the
EU's
historic enlargement on 1 May and the unresolved conflicts in the
Newly
Independent States (NIS). It underlines that the EU and Russia should
be
ready, as strategic partners, to discuss frankly all issues of
concern,
including human rights, media freedom and events in Chechnya in
addition
to strengthening co-operation on concrete issues, on the basis of
common
interests... The Communication argues that the EU needs to take a more
coherent and more consistent approach to relations with Russia, which
must
be founded on the implementation of the common values underlying the
bilateral partnership. It also suggests that the EU should review and
upgrade its policy towards the countries in the southern Caucasus and
the
western NIS.
http://www.eurojournal.org/more.php?id=129_0_1_0_M


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___


Volume 7 of "Ethnologia Balkanica", the journal of the International
Association for Southeast European Anthropology
(http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/inasea/index.html), has just come
out
of press. It addresses the problem of Southeastern Europe in the
context

of 'Europe'.

Contents:

Gabriele Wolf (Munich): 'Was nicht n*tzlich ist, ist sch*dlich'.
Theater

und st*dtische Unterhaltungskultur im bulgarischen
Europ*isierungsdiskurs (zweite H*lfte 19. Jh.)

Maria Kaliambou (Munich): Fremdes 'Europa': Verlockung und Gefahr.
Zur
Wahrnehmung 'Europas' in Griechenland in popularen M*rchenheften
(Ende
19./Anfang 20. Jh.)

Karin Taylor (Graz): Socialist Orchestration of Youth: The 1968 Sofia
Youth festival and Encounters on the Fringe

Chris Hann (Halle): Is Balkan Civil Society an Oxymoron? From
K*nigsberg

to Sarajevo, via Przemysl

Ivaylo Ditchev (Sofia): Fluid Belongings? Citizenship during
Accession
to the European Union

Evgenija Krasteva-Blagoeva (Sofia): Who Are We? Types of Collective
Identitites in Contemporary Bulgaria

Francois Ruegg (Fribourg): Ly citoyennet* au sein de l'Union
europ*enne:

un acc*s  la civilisation?

Pieter van Abshoven (Alphen aan den Rijn): 'As you own, so you shall
reap'. Romanians between the Feudal and Knowledge-based Economy

Domna Michail (Thessaloniki): From 'Locality' to 'European Identity':
Shifting Identities among the Pomak Minority in Greece

Galia Valchinova (Sofia, Paris): Znepole, Western Bulgaria, Between
'Europe' and 'America'. The Changing Visions of the 'West' in a
Bulgarian Border Town

Miroslava Malesevic (Belgrade): Are there Nations on Planet Reebok?
Local vs. Global Identity Among Young Serbs

Bojan Baskar (Ljubljana): Within or without? Changing Attitudes
towards
the Balkans in Slovenia
-------
For orders go to
http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/inasea/publications.html

______________________________________________________________________
___

4. Comparative Studies in Society and History

Liviu Chelcea, ANCESTORS, DOMESTIC GROUPS, AND THE SOCIALIST STATE:
HOUSING NATIONALIZATION AND RESTITUTION IN ROMANIA. Comparative
Studies in
Society and History 2003 45(4): 714-740.

7.
x-posted from Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central
Eurasian Studies

PUBL.- Vestnik Yevraziyi/Acta Eurasica, 2003, No.4 (23)

Vestnik Yevraziyi/Acta Eurasica, 2003, No. 4 (23)

I would like to introduce the contents of the forth issue of the
journal
Vestnik Yevraziyi/ Acta Eurasica (in Russian), 2003

To inquire about more details, as well as to subscribe, please
contact:

Sergei Panarin
Educational, Research and Publishing Center
"Vestnik Yevraziyi"
E-mail: sergpanar@...
Web:  www.eavest.ru

Vestnik Yevraziyi / Acta Eurasica
Independent Scientific Journal
No. 4 (23), 2003
This is a special issue on SPACE IN IDEAS, IMAGES AND LIVING
EXPERIENCES
IN THIS ISSUE:

EURASIANISM

Vadim Tsymburskii. Twice-born "Eurasia" and the geostrategic cycle of
Russia

TERRITORIES

Dmitrii Zamyatin. Political and geographical images of the Russia's
territories

Nadezhda Zamyatina. "Rybinsk, whence the powerful breath of Volga
begins..."
(In search of cultural and geographical reason for the town's image)

Grigorii Ioffe, Tatiana Nefyodova. Fragmentation of rural space in
Russia

COMMUNICATION

Leonid Blyakher. Cultural dialogue in the course of cross-border
economic
transactions: Two regional patterns

PEOPLE

Darima Amgolonova, Irina Baldayeva. "I want for nobody, I'm wanted by
no
one". Homeless people in Ulan-Ude

Stanislav Panin. A master in city streets: Hooliganism in Russia in
1920s

MYTHS

Marlene Laruelle. L'imaginaire russe et occidental sur l'Asie
centrale:
la
recherche du berceau des premiers Aryens

REGIONS

Nadezhda Lipatova. Is it ours amidst aliens or aliens in our midst?
The
mono-quarter of aircraft workers within an ancient historical city:
Its
coming into being and post-Soviet transformation

Tatiana Shmankevich. On the edge of town: From differencies to
segregation

GUIDE

Yevgenii Volosov. Inter-regional seminar "Civil society formation in
a
young
town".

8.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS NEWSLETTER

* Tuesday March 23, 2004
* A special Web preview of an essay by Daniel W. Drezner that will
appear in the upcoming May/June issue of Foreign Affairs.


>>>>> THE OUTSOURCING BOGEYMAN <<<<<

According to the election-year bluster of politicians and pundits,
the
outsourcing of American jobs to other countries has become a problem
of
epic proportion. But this alarmism is misguided, argues Daniel W.
Drezner of the University of Chicago in an article that will appear
in the
May/June issue of Foreign Affairs. Outsourcing actually brings far
more
benefits than costs, both now and in the long run. If its critics
succeed in provoking a new wave of American protectionism, the
consequences
will be disastrous -- for the U.S. economy and for the American
workers
they claim to defend.

* Click for the full essay text:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-Gk93M7GPmyRcU%40472316-UYISSykaTHKnE




~~~~~~ PREVIOUSLY IN BACKGROUND ON THE NEWS ~~~~~~


>>>>> 3/11 <<<<<

Last week's devastating bombings in Madrid may jolt European states
into revising their antiterrorism strategies, especially if the
attacks
turn out to have been orchestrated by al Qaeda. In an article for
Foreign
Affairs last year, Jonathan Stevenson explained the differing
perspectives on homeland security in Europe and the United States
after 9/11. He
warned that the disparity made each region more vulnerable and showed
how greater common efforts could improve matters on both sides of the
Atlantic.

* Click for the full essay text:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-b/Nb54xgtiAv.%40472317-elJ7zJl.FBKSk


>>>>> TRACKING TERORRISTS <<<<<

With U.S. support, Pakistan recently launched an ambitious offensive
against al Qaeda and Taliban operatives suspected of hiding along its
border with Afghanistan. In an article for Foreign Affairs last year
Jessica Stern warned that al Qaeda's uncanny ability to adapt its
mission
and operations to current circumstances allows it to attract a
constant
stream of new recruits and makes it remarkably difficult to detect
and
destroy.

* Click for the full essay text:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-6IaDRvMimPBuk%40472318-ga3mHikQuxYS%2e


>>>>> NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE <<<<<

* Click to browse past issues of the Foreign Affairs newsletter:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-ec/kHrM0Cmx5.%40472319-wUKTxucJuyXtc




*************   OUTSTANDING NEW BOOKS   *************

Plaudits from our book review panel in the March/April issue of
Foreign
Affairs.

>>>>> The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership <<<<<
by Zbigniew Brzezinski
" . . . one of the most important books on U.S. foreign policy since
September 11."  -- Walter Russell Mead

* Click to read the full review:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-3O4jbRo17rR/U%40472320-WOzNCvLgPpBog


>>>>> Opening Mexico: The Making of a Democracy <<<<<
by Julia Preston and Samuel Dillon
"[This] brisk narrative, full of shrewd analysis and masterly
old-fashioned reporting, takes the reader inside the black box of PRI
politics .
. . "  -- Kenneth Maxwell

* Click to read the full review:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-QGv/T4xRWc5hA%40472321-rABfrr.tAZHWw


>>>>> Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies <<<<<
by Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit
" . . . [a] grandly illuminating study of two centuries of anti-
Western
ideas . . ."  -- G. John Ikenberry

* Click to read the full review:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-gsX3hpYng9muE%40472322-YuC44stryWRtI


>>>>> Indonesian Destinies <<<<<
by Theodore Friend
" . . . few books give so complete and vivid an introduction . . .
Friend [is] a masterly political scientist, economist, and
anthropologist .
. . "  -- Lucian W. Pye

* Click to read the full review:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-vcxEtmrTqwTuA%40472323-Cm2TWspAaPUtA


>>>>> War Crimes: Confronting Atrocity in the Modern World <<<<<
by David Chuter
" . . . a penetrating and uncomfortable discussion of the relativism
of
truth in situations in which victim status is a strategic prize and
evidence is treated in self-serving ways by governments, the media,
nongovernmental organizations, and even academics. Such groups will
surely
bridle at Chuter's barbed observations . . . but this is a book that
they
cannot ignore."  -- Lawrence D. Freedman

* Click to read the full review:
http://m1e.net/c?25232199-Bno9R7mui9eV.%40472324-bAdsCV/dx87Rg




*************   IN THE CURRENT ISSUE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
*************

On newsstands now

The complete text of selected essays and of all the book reviews from
the March/April issue can be found on the Foreign Affairs Web site.
Currently the following essays are available in their full text:


>>>>> A NORMAL COUNTRY <<<<<
by Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman

Conventional wisdom in the West says that post-Cold War Russia has
been
a disastrous failure. The facts say otherwise. Aspects of Russia's
performance over the last decade may have been disappointing, but the
notion that the country has gone through an economic cataclysm and
political
relapse is wrong -- more a comment on overblown expectations than on
Russia's actual experience. Compared to other countries at a similar
level of economic and political development, Russia looks more the
norm
than the exception.

* Read: http://m1e.net/c?25232199-WWKmN173tRzVo%40472325-tgol3QyAdWJLw


>>>>> TROUBLE IN TAIWAN <<<<<
by Michael D. Swaine

George W. Bush was right to rebuke Taiwan's president over his plans
for a referendum on relations with China. Administration critics
assume
that democracy and independence are inseparable, that the "one China"
principle is no longer useful, and that China would never go to war
over
Taiwan. But they are wrong on all three counts and fail to appreciate
the dangers that may lie ahead.

* Read: http://m1e.net/c?25232199-GnU4LKa5r/dRU%40472326-ARFBMHrxVPznA


>>>>> ILLUSIONS OF EMPIRE: DEFINING THE NEW AMERICAN ORDER <<<<<
by G. John Ikenberry

From Washington to Baghdad, the debate over American empire is back.
Five new books weigh in, some celebrating the imperial project as the
last best hope of humankind, others attacking it as cause for worry.
What
they all fail to understand is that U.S. power is neither as great as
most claim nor as dangerous as others fear.

* Read: http://m1e.net/c?25232199-BGonUZAS3nxss%40472327-mrz9umwGiy94c

9.
x-posted from eurostudyabroad

Dear colleagues,
We would like to inform you that the Luxembourg Institute for
European
and International Studies, in cooperation with the Black Sea
University
Foundation in Romania and the European Cultural Centre, Bucharest
will
organize an international summer school on Europe after 2007, that
will
be held at Vama Veche, Romania, between 1 – 7 August 2004.

The course will provide a platform of expert debates for a topical
issue, namely the way the European Union will evolve between 2004-
2007,
after 2007, and further ahead, in the next 15 – 50 years or so.

We would be happy to have you contribute to the works of the seminar.
Alternatively, would it be possible for you to publicize the meeting
(leaflet attached) among other students?

As mentioned in the flyer (attached), there is a fee of 335 EUR that
covers the individual costs of lodging, meals and documentation for
those
who take in the seminar. Besides, the participants will have to pay
for
their international and local transportation.

Those who cannot afford to pay the fee themselves, may seek for
funding
from foundations that currently provide financial assistance for
training on political culture (LIEIS will provide scholarships).

Please send your reply to the European Cultural Centre in Bucharest
(details in leaflet attached), who, together with the Black Sea
University
Foundation is in charge with the logistics of this meeting.

10.
x-posted from b-s-v

Celal Bayar Vakfi Tez Yarismasi

Celal Bayar Vakfi, Turkiye'yle ilgili ozgun bilimsel
calismalari
desteklemek amaciyla bir yarisma duzenlemistir.
Birinci Mesrutiyetten
gunumuze dusunce tarihi, siyaset tarihi, iktisat
tarihi, toplumsal tarih ve dis politika dallarinda bir
doktora tezine odul verilecektir.

Dr. Nilufer Gursoy
Celal Bayar Vakfi Baskani

Yarisma Kosullari
1. Calismanin 1998-2003 tarihleri arasinda kabul
edilmis olmasi
gerekmektedir.
2. Calisma yayinlanmamis olmalidir.
3. Yarismaya katilmak isteyen adaylar oz gecmisleri
ile birlikte
tezlerinin 1 nushasini asagidaki adrese en gec 15
Mayis 2004 tarihine
kadar gondermelidirler. Adres: Celal Bayar Vakfi,
Umurbey, Gemlik,
Bursa.
4. Odul 1,000,000,000 TL (bir milyar Turk Lirasi)'dir.

Juri Uyeleri

Dr. Nilufer Gursoy
Prof. Dr. Ali Karaosmanoglu (Bilkent Universitesi)
Prof. Dr. Ilber Ortayli (Galatasaray Universitesi)
Prof. Dr. Suheyl Batum (Bahcesehir Universitesi)
Prof. Dr. Selcuk Esenbel (Bogazici Universitesi)
Dr. Mehmet Genc (Marmara Universitesi)
Doc. Dr. Gokhan Cetinsaya (Istanbul Teknik
Universitesi)

Bilgi icin Dr. Gul Tokay
e-mail: gultokay@...   veya
gultokay@...

11.
New CrisisWatch Database

In the 7 months that we have been producing CrisisWatch, it has
rapidly become one of ICG's most popular publications.

We are continuing to improve CrisisWatch. The most recent feature we
have introduced is a new CrisisWatch database with a search function.
You can now search the current and previous issues of CrisisWatch on
our website. Searches can be carried out on specific countries or
conflicts, or by keywords. For example, a search on Iraq and 2004
will bring up all 3 entries for Iraq over this year, providing a
quick snapshot of the conflict developments in that country (the
results for this search are set out below). A keyword search on
Charles Taylor will produce the 5 entries for Sierra Leone and
Liberia which have mentioned him to date.

You can find the search feature by clicking on Search CrisisWatch, or
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Search results for Iraq and 2004

Iraq 03/2004

  Following fact-finding mission led by UN Special Envoy Lakhdar
Brahimi, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iraqi elections not
feasible before end of 2004 or early 2005. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-
Sistani, country's most powerful Shiite cleric, called for guarantee –
  possibly in form of UN Security Council resolution – that elections
would be held by year end. U.S. acknowledged plan to select
transitional assembly through local caucuses requires modification,
but handover of power will go on as scheduled 30 June. Governing
Council agreed on interim constitution; composition of transitional
assembly yet to be decided. Violence continued with series of large-
scale attacks mainly targeting Iraqis: On 1 February suicide bombers
struck offices of Kurdish political parties PUK and KDP, killing 101,
including several senior Kurdish officials. Two apparent suicide car
bombs 10 and 11 February killed around 100 Iraqi men waiting in line
for police and army jobs. Twin suicide attacks on Coalition base in
al-Hillah 18 February left 11 Iraqis dead and dozens of Coalition
soldiers wounded. 316 Coalition soldiers, including 267 Americans,
killed by hostile fire since declared end of combat operations on 1
May 2003.
§ "The next plan for Iraq", The Economist, 26 Feb. 2004.
§ "Annan says Iraq voting not feasible until winter", International
Herald Tribune, 24 Feb. 2004.
§ "Post-war, or pre-civil war?", Al-Ahram Weekly, 19 Feb. 2004.
§ For background, see ICG Middle East Report N°20, Iraq: Building a
New Security Structure, 23 Dec. 2003

Iraq 02/2004

  U.S. looking to amend plan for handover of power to provisional
Iraqi government as pressure mounting for elections to be held in
June. Pressure coming chiefly from Ali Hussein al-Sistani, leading
Shiite cleric, and his followers: 100,000 marched through Baghdad 19
January. American and UN officials discussed possible modifications
to original plan, which calls for transitional assembly to be
selected by local caucuses rather than directly; all options
reportedly back on table, including elections. Sistani said would not
drop election demand unless UN agreed with U.S. contention that
elections not feasible; UN assessment likely to be completed in
February. Lakhdar Brahimi appointed special adviser to Kofi Annan and
expected to devote much time to Iraq. Two-man team arrived in Baghdad
to inspect security situation for potential UN return. Attacks
continue unabated: 18 January suicide bombing outside CPA HQ killed
25, and attacks across Iraq 31 January left at least 18 dead. 300
Coalition soldiers, including 253 Americans, killed by hostile fire
since declared end of combat operations on 1 May 2003.
§ "Bush and Blair under fire", The Economist, 27 Jan. 2004.
§ "Changes in U.S. Iraq plan explored", The Washington Post, 25 Jan.
2004.
§ "Al-Hawza's muscle", Al-Ahram Weekly, 22 Jan. 2004.
§ "100,000 Iraqis rally for elections", International Herald Tribune,
20 Jan. 2004.
§ Kenneth Pollack, "Spies, lies, and weapons: what went wrong", The
Atlantic Monthly, Jan. 2004.
§ For background, see ICG Middle East Report N°20, Iraq: Building a
New Security Structure, 23 Dec. 2003.


Iraq 01/2004


  U.S. troops captured hiding Saddam Hussein 13 December, setting off
both clashes and celebrations in Iraqi streets. Impact of capture on
anti-Coalition insurgency still uncertain; at present, attacks
continue unabated, with 22 Coalition soldiers killed by hostile fire
since capture. Day after capture, car bomb exploded in town of
Khaldiya, killing 17 policemen. Attacks in Karbala 27 December killed
12, including 4 Bulgarian soldiers, 2 Thai engineers. U.S. followed
up capture with large-scale arrests, claiming better intelligence,
including from documents found with Hussein, helping piece together
structure of resistance. U.S. says no decision made on whether new
Iraqi war crimes court will try Hussein. Anger at U.S. move to
exclude countries who did not send troops from bidding on
reconstruction contracts; France, Germany, and Russia nonetheless
agreed to major write-off of Iraqi debt, as did Britain, Japan, and
others. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called 15 January meeting
with Governing Council and U.S. to seek clarity about role they
thought UN might play; said in 10 December report that security
situation made quick return unlikely. 261 Coalition soldiers,
including 214 Americans, killed by hostile fire since 1 May, declared
end of combat operations
§ "UN's return to Iraq is stalled by friction", International Herald
Tribune, 30 Dec. 2003.
§ "Iraq after Saddam's capture", The Economist, 18 Dec. 2003.
§ "Suicide bombers strike Iraqi police", International Herald
Tribune, 16 Dec. 2003.
§ For background, see ICG Middle East Report N°19, Iraq's
Constitutional Challenge, 13 Nov. 2003, and ICG Middle East Briefing,
Iraq's Shiites Under Occupation, 9 Sept. 2003.

------------------------------

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members across five continents, who already report on some 40 of the
situations listed in CrisisWatch.

CrisisWatch is available in electronic and printed versions. The
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12.
x-posted from IEF-News

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

Das Europaeische Forum Alpbach 2004, das vom 19. August bis
04. September 2004 im Tiroler Bergdorf Alpbach stattfinden wird,
ist unter das Thema "Grenzen und Grenzueberschreitungen"
gestellt.

Als Organisatoren dieser Veranstaltung ist es uns ein besonders
grosses Anliegen auch jungen engagierten Menschen die
Moeglichkeit zu geben, in Kontakt miteinander und mit den
Referenten des Forums zu kommen.

Allein im letzten Jahr konnten wir ueber 370 jungen Menschen die
Teilnahme an unseren Veranstaltungen ermoeglichen. So wird
Alpbach alljährlich zu einem Ort des Dialogs zwischen Vertretern
aus Kunst und Kultur, Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft, Politik und
Gesellschaft, Europaeern und Nicht-Europaeern, ....

Auch in diesem Jahr gibt es wieder die Moeglichkeit, Stipendien
fuer die Teilnahme zu erhalten. Ziel der Stipendienaktion ist die
Erweiterung des Teilnehmerkreises durch engagierte, kritische,
junge Hochschulabsolventen aus ganz Europa, um deren
Anregungen und Ideen in die Diskussionen abseits der
Tagespolitik einfließen zu lassen.

Weitere Informationen zur Stipendienaktion finden Sie auf im
Internet unter

http://www.alpbach.org/Deutsch/Stipendien.htm

http://www.alpbach.org/pdf/Stipendienausschreibung.pdf

http://www.alpbach.org/PDF/Leaflets/Leaflet%20Sommerschule%20
Stip.pdf

http://www.alpbach.org/PDF/Leaflets/Leaflet%20Forum%20Stip.pdf

Das Vorprogramm steht Ihnen ab 20. Maerz ebenfalls auf der
Homepage zur Verfuegung.

Mit freundlichen Gruessen

Roman Puff
Europainstitut | wu
Althanstrasse 39-45, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Phone/ +43/1/31336-4135 Fax: -758
URL: http://fgr.wu-wien.ac.at/institut/ef

13.
x-posted from euroconferinte

Bogazici University
Center For European Studies Student Forum
2nd European Weekend School


             We are pleased to announce our 2nd
international annual event on
European affairs. You are cordially invited to join
the 2nd European Weekend
School on 15th – 17th of May 2004, located in
Istanbul, one of the most
beautiful cities of Europe. It will be an opportunity
for the international
youth to exchange ideas and develop a common vision
for the future of Europe.
Main topic of "2nd European Weekend
School" is the challenging
issue of "Dynamics of the European
Enlargement".

During the conference, participants are going to
attend lectures given by
prestigious experts on the issue and have a chance to
participate in workshops
which aim to debate key issues about European
Union's Enlargement Process
using an interdisciplinary approach. All participants
will receive a
certificate of participation at the end of the
conference.

Willing participants are welcomed to submit papers for
the project. There will
be an opportunity for the presentation of these papers
during the workshops.
The submitted papers will be evaluated by the academic
committee of the
organization team and selected papers will be
presented during the project.  To
allow the committee enough time for the selection
process, participants should
send their papers to the contact address until May 1,
2004.
The possible topics for papers include:

* Political Process of the 2004 Enlargement
* Dynamics of the 2004 Enlargement
* The Future of Europe after May 1st
* Multi-cultural Structure of the Enlarged Europe
* Influence of the Enlargement on Economic and
Monetary Union
* Common Foreign and Security Policy
* Social and Public Policies of the New Europe

We hope that this event will contribute to
establishing contacts among students,
scholars and practitioners from different parts of
Europe. European Weekend
School in Istanbul is an event you cannot miss!!!

To make your application for participation, you should
fill the application form
which is attached to this announcement. If you have
not received it, please
contact us via ces@...
All applications should be submitted before the
preferred date of April 15,
2004, to the organizers via e-mail. An early reply is
greatly desired.  The
applications submitted after this deadline will be
reviewed on a
space-available basis. Program of the organization
will be sent to the
participants.

Participation Fee:  50 EURO

The fee includes all accommodation, lunches, dinners,
refreshments, sightseeing
tours along the Bosphorus and visits to historical
places.  A number of
participation fee waivers will be made available
according to the evaluation of
your motivation letters.

The organizing committee has been working hard to make
the 2nd European Weekend
School a truly memorable experience for all
participants. We hope you can join
us for this unique and excellent educational
experience in Istanbul.


For further information, please contact:
Tel: +90 212 358 15 91 / +90 212 358 15 40 -ext.2344 /
+90 532 225 02 36
Fax: +90 212 358 15 91
E-mail: ces@...

14.
x-posted from euroconferinte

EU enlargement: a Major Opportunity for European
Territories

On May 1, 2004, ten new Member States will join the
European Union. Two days after that symbolic date, the
Third International Conference on Territorial
Development will focus on this major political,
economic and social event.

In 2002, the first International Conference
concentrated on local governance. The main focus was
the strong partnerships between the major players,
including elected officials, companies and civil
society.

In 2003, as the second stage of France's
decentralisation process got under way, the Conference
highlighted the regions' role in local development,
especially their growing importance in promoting the
dynamics of innovation and cooperation. Altogether,
1,400 participants from approx-imately 60 countries
listened to the experiences and analysis of some 80
international figures: ministers, local elected
officials including 20 presidents of European regions,
business leaders, scholars and researchers.

In 2004, the Conference will concentrate on the
collective future that the 453 million men and women
who will be living in the European Union are going to
build, and the resources that have been or must still
be implemented to achieve a successful expansion.

Like any fundamental change, this new step in European
construction has raised questions. It is because they
are convinced that expansion is, on the contrary, a
tremendous chance for development for Europe's
territories that the Datar, the Caisse des dépôts and
the OECD have decided to open this forum of debate and
exchange on May 3 and 4. And they are pleased to
propose you to attend it.

For further information on the programme and for
registration:
http://www.eiadt.com/2004/index.php

15.
ECPR Electronic Bulletin - MARCH 2004
======================================================
Contents:

    3rd ECPR Conference - Budapest 2005 - Call for Section Chairs
    Uppsala Joint Sessions
    ECPR Book Series Launch Titles
    Essex Summer School - Extended Deadline for ECPR Members: 26th
April
2004
    World International Studies Committee (WISC) - First Global
Conference
    Oxford University Press Books for ECPR Members
    Routledge Series in Extremism & Democracy
    Dates for Diaries
    Job Vacancies & Fellowships
    Conference and Call for Proposals
    Miscellaneous

Link to online (HTML) version:
http://www.ecprnet.org/email/current.asp

======================================================
ECPR News
======================================================
== Uppsala Joint Sessions ==

Just a reminder if you have not already done so that hotel rooms are
very limited and if you have not already booked then please contact
the
Agency urgently at kongress@...

Papers should be circulated to all participants in workshop at least
3/4 weeks before the Joint Sessions. A copy (by e-mail or on disk)
should
also be sent to the Central Services in Essex [ecpr@...], and
one copy to the European Journal of Political Research editor Kris
Deschouwer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Vakgroep Politieke
Wetenschappen,
Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium. Email: Kris.Deschouwer@...


On Saturday 17th April there will be an Open Meeting to which all
ECPR
members are invited [12:00 to 14:00 at Musikrummet, Katedral]

== 3rd ECPR Conference - Budapest 2005 - Call for Section Chairs ==

The ECPR, will organise its third General Conference in 2005. As with
the
first two conferences, the main academic forum will be organised in
the
format of sections and panels, with each section chair organising a
variety
of panels in a given field.

Please see both the full call for papers:
http://www.ecprnet.org/noticeboard/files/budapest2005_call_for_section
_chairs.pdf

and the Budapest 2005 website:
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/events/generalconference/budapest/index.as
p

for full proposal information and appropriate forms.

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ECPR BOOK SERIES LAUNCH TITLES:

ECPR Classics and ECPR Monographs launch Spring 2005

The ECPR is pleased to confirm that the following titles will be the
first six books to be published in-house by the ECPR under its
new 'ECPR
Press' imprint:

In the ECPR Classics series: Giovanni Sartori, Parties and Party
Systems: A framework for analysis; Geraint Parry, Political Elites;
and
Morton Kaplan, System and Process in International Politics

In the ECPR Monographs series: Kevin Casas-Zamora, Paying for
Democracy: Political Finance and State Funding for Parties; Mercedes
Mateo-Diaz,
Representing Women? Female Legislators in West European Parliaments;
and Paul Magnette, Citizenship: The history of an idea

All six books will be published in Spring 2005 to coincide with the
official launch of the imprint and series at the Granada Joint
Sessions;
prices will be confirmed in the autumn, as will details of how to
order
ahead of publication. For more details in the meantime please see the
ECPR web site.

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ESSEX SUMMER SCHOOL - EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR ECPR MEMBERS: 26TH APRIL
2004

The University of Essex and ECPR have extended the deadline for
applications for reduced fee places and scholarship fund grants for
ECPR
members who wish to attend the Essex Summer School to 26th April 2004.

ECPR members may apply for a reduced fee of £450 per two week
session
(instead of the full academic rate of £660).  Participants are
limited
to a reduced fee for only one two week session, but they will no
longer
be required to attend for a minimum of four weeks in order to be
eligible for the reduced fee.

In addition, ECPR members may apply for a grant from the new
Scholarship Fund. The grants are intended to cover the cost of fees,
up to a
fixed amount.  For the 2004 Summer School the grant will be £300.

Both the reduced fee places and the Scholarship Fund will be
distributed on a first-come, first-served basis and the number of
recipients per
member institution will be limited to one per institution.
Institutions
may also nominate up to one reserve place and are strongly urged to
do
so.

Potential participants (including the nominated reserve) must
complete
an application form for the reduced fee place and/or the Scholarship
Fund AT THE SAME TIME as they apply for the Summer School.  The Essex
Summer School  course application form can be found at
http://www.essex.ac.uk/methods/Application%202004/ECPR%202004%
20form.htm.
Both forms must be sent together to the ECPR Central Services by the
extended deadline of 26th April 2004.

Participants are also eligible to apply for the ECPR’s Mobility
Fund,
which contributes towards travel and accommodation.  The application
form for the reduced fee places, the Scholarship Fund and the
Mobility
Fund which can be found at
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/events/mobilityfund/essex_applicationSF.pd
f

If you have any queries about the above, please contact either Clare
Dekker or Sandra Thompson at the ECPR Central Services
(ecpr@...).
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World International Studies Committee (WISC) - First Global Conference

The first global International Studies Conference will be held at
Bilgi
University in Istanbul, 24-27 August 2005. It is on the
theme 'Bringing
International Studies Together: contrasting approaches and agenda'.

For further information please see the following file:
http://www.ecprnet.org/noticeboard/files/wisc_advanced_info.pdf

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<<ROUTLEDGE SERIES IN EXTREMISM & DEMOCRACY>>

American Extremism
History, Politics and the Militia Movement
Darren Mulloy

Routledge, 2004

ISBN: 0415326745

Type: Hardback Book

Price: £65.00

Extent: 256 pages (Dimensions 234x156 mm)


American Extremism explains how at the heart of the politics
practiced
by the militia movement is an attempt to define the nature of
'Americanism', and shows how militia members employ the myths,
metaphors and
perceived historical lessons of the American Revolution, the
constitutional settlement and America's frontier experience to do so.
Mulloy argues
that militia members' search for the 'authority of history' leads
them
to a position best characterized as 'ahistorical historicism', in
which
political interests in the present are given greater weight than the
demands of a historically accurate reading of the past.

With discussion of such recent events as the Oklahoma City bombing,
Waco and the September 11th attacks alongside topical issues
including
militia conspiracy theories and the origins of Americans' right to
keep
and bear arms, this work provides the deepest understanding to date
of
the American militia movement.


Contents:

Preface
1. Introducing the Militia Movement
   (i) America in the 1990s: The paranoid decade?
   (ii) Gun Control, and the Sieges of Ruby Ridge and Waco

2. Approaching Extremism: Theoretical perspectives on the far right
in
American history
   (i) Defining Extremism
   (ii) Status Politics and Status Anxiety: Questions of causation
   (iii) Style: The characteristics of extremists
   (iv) A Critique: Towards an alternative approach

3. Conversations with the Dead: The militia movement and American
history
   (i) Inheriting the Past
   (ii) Contesting the Past
   (iii) Accessing the Past
   (iv) The Authority of History

4. A Revolutionary History
   (i) Citizen Soldiers, Militias and the American War of Independence
   (ii) The Rhetoric of Revolutionary Action
   (iii) A Sacred Text: The militia movement and the Declaration of
Independence
   (iv) Conclusion: A continuing inspiration

5. A Republican Tradition
   (i) The Lost Republic
   (ii) Reconstructing Republicanism: Basic principles
   (iii) The Limited Republic
   (iv) Resisting Tyranny: Militias and the Second Amendment
   (v) Conclusion: A Republican legacy?

6. A Frontier Nation
   (i) Going West: Militias, independence and the American frontier
   (ii) Fighting Talk: Militias and the ideology of vigilantism
   (iii) The Homestead Ethic
   (iv) No Duty To Retreat: The militia movement and the code of the
West
   (v) Remembering the Alamo: Militias and the history of Texas
   (vi) Conclusion: The weird West?

7. Conclusion: History and conspiracy

Selected Bibliography

Author Biography:
D. J. Mulloy is a Research Fellow at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, where he also teaches about the history of
political
extremism. He has taught American Studies at the University of East
Anglia
and is the editor of Homegrown Revolutionaries: An American Militia
Reader.

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The Department of Political Science of Leiden University invites
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can
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International Conference and Call for Papers on DEMOCRATIC NETWORK
GOVERNANCE

Copenhagen, October 21-22, 2004

The conference focusses on the new interactive modes of governance
through
the articulation of broad, crosscutting networks of mutually
interdependent,
but operationally autonomous actors from the public and private
sector.
Governance networks seem to have gained an increasing prominence as
effective and legitimate means for governing of our increasingly
complex,
fragmented and multi-layered societies. The conference aims to
investigate
the democratic problems and potentials of governance networks. For
this
purpose it seeks to create a dialogue between recent theories of
governance
network and new theories of democracy.

Participants who want to present a paper in one of the five panels
should
send an abstract of no more than 250 words to eva@... before
August
15.
The selection of papers will be advertized September 1. Deadline for
submission of papers is October 1. Unfortunately, we can accept no
more
than
30 papers.

Registration:
Deadline for registration is August 15. Arrival from October 21 at
19.00
hrs. The conference fee is 300 Euros which covers food, conference
dinner,
accommodation (one night) and administration costs. Registration to
demnetgov@... and queries to eva@.... Maximum number of
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"New Patterns of Migration in Central and Eastern Europe" Int'l
Seminar,
Cluj Napoca, Romania

The purpose of the international seminar is to address the policy
issues of
labour migration from Central and Eastern European countries in the
context
of the first wave of the EU eastern enlargement. For this we seek to
bring
together different actors of the policy debate on labour migration
from
various European countries in order to facilitate evidence based
policy
discussions. The main emphasis will be on labour migration related
empirical
research showing evidence of the new patterns of labour migration.
Special
focus will be dedicated to the effects of migration on the economic
growth
and development of source regions.

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Call For Papers

Fifth Essex Graduate Conference in Political Theory
'Difference, Gender, Class'

7-8 May 2004

Guest Speakers:

Wendy Brown (University of California, Berkeley)
Judith Squires (University of Bristol)

Respondents:

Kate Nash (Goldsmiths College, University of London)
Vicky Randall (University of Essex)
Ernesto Laclau (University of Essex)
Aletta J. Norval (University of Essex)

The Department of Government (www.essex.ac.uk/government), in
collaboration
with the Centre for Theoretical Studies
(www.essex.ac.uk/centres/TheoStud/)
and the Doctoral Programme in Ideology and Discourse Analysis
(www.essex.ac.uk/ida), is pleased to invite you to the Fifth Essex
Graduate
Conference in Political Theory to be held at the University of Essex
between
the 7th and 8th of May 2004. The conference has achieved a renowned
reputation for the quality of the papers presented and the large
number
of
international participants. Previous guest speakers have included
Quentin
Skinner, Joan Copjec, James Tully, Fred Dallmayr, David Campbell and
Chantal
Mouffe, among others. The conference provides an important
opportunity
to
engage with the contemporary challenges and possibilities of social
and
political theory and to exchange views on ongoing research. Papers are
encouraged from a wide variety of backgrounds in the field of social
and
political theory. Broad themes include:

* Issues in Political Theory
* Inclusion, Exclusion and Representation
* Democracy, Citizenship and Rights
* Ethnicity and Race
* Identity Politics and Mobilisation
* Modes of Subjectivity and Psychoanalysis

Please send proposed paper abstracts of 300-400 words to
polcon@...
by 10th April 2004.

Registration form and general information available at:
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Conference fees: £25 (Attendance Only); £20 (Paper Givers)

For further enquiries, please contact Mercedes Barros and Michael
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University of Essex
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Virtual Conference on "Changing Party Systems in a Deepening and
Widening
Europe"
Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Bonn, Germany

We would like to rise your interest in this electronic conference on
changing party systems in Europe.

The purpose of this conference is to examine whether the European
party
families are ready to meet the challenges that go together with
deeper
and
wider European integration.

Politics in Europe has become much more volatile since the 1990s. The
Italian party system has changed completely. The radical left has
lost
much
of its influence in the wake of the collapse of communism. On the
right, new
liberal-populist as well as radical nationalist parties have gained
ground,
notably in Austria, Denmark, and the Netherlands. Parties that had
governed
with apparent success fell from power, sometimes dramatically (for
example,
the French and Dutch Socialists). These newly volatile polities will
be
joined by (still?) fragile party systems from the transition
countries
that
will become full EU members in May 2004.

Leading experts, including Herbert Kitschelt, Phil Schmitter, Andreas
Maurer, and Gary Marks, will contribute to the debate.


Dates:  8/3/2004 to 8/4/2004
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The Federal Trust Graduate Student Essay Competition

Graduate students are invited to submit essays on the broad topic of
the
‘Future of Europe’. Essays could focus on the evolution of
European
constitutionalism, EU reform, theories of integration including
federalism,
or on policy issues, such as developments in defence or economic
governance.
Essays must be original work and not previously published, and
competition
entries should include your name, university, degree programme and
contact
email. All essays must be in English and should not exceed 7000 words
including notes.

All submitted essays will be considered for online publication in the
Federal Trust Constitution Project Online Paper series. From those
essays
accepted as Online Papers, a winning essay will be chosen. This essay
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be printed and distributed as a Federal Trust European Essay. The
winner
will also receive £100.

Essays will be accepted on a rolling basis. However, the ultimate
winner
will not be declared until July. To be eligible for the final prize,
you
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http://www.fedtrust.co.uk/graduatecompetition

The competition is supported by UACES Student Forum, the Institute of
German
Studies at the University of Birmingham, European Parliament Office in
London, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Manchester University,
and
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BNW 2004 - Call for Papers
BRAVE NEW WORLD 2004
Eighth Manchester Postgraduate Conference in Political Theory

CALL FOR PAPERS

BNW 2004, the eighth annual postgraduate conference organised under
the
auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Thought (MANCEPT),
will
take
place on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 June 2004. The plenary speakers
are
Philippe Van Parijs (Catholic University of Louvain) and Ian Carter
(University of Pavia).

The Brave New World conference series has emerged as the leading
international forum exclusively dedicated to the discussion of
postgraduate
research in political theory. This conference offers a great
opportunity for
postgraduates from many different countries and universities to share
experiences, concerns and research interests, to exchange stimulating
ideas
and to make new friends - all in a financially accessible and highly
informal setting. Moreover participants will have the chance to meet
and
talk with eminent academics who will deliver keynote addresses at the
event.
Plenary speakers in previous years have included G.A. Cohen, Quentin
Skinner, Onora O'Neill, Carole Pateman, Christopher Norris, Anne
Philips,
Bhikhu Parekh, Adam Swift, David Miller, Catriona McKinnon, John
O’Neill,
Brian Barry, Thomas Pogge, and Jonathan Wolff.

This year the conference is also open to undergraduate students
interested
in undertaking postgraduate work in political theory. Brave New World
2004
will provide them with an opportunity to meet senior students already
engaged in research and to gain an insight into the academic
interests
of
the Manchester Graduate School.
The main part of the conference will be devoted to postgraduate
speakers.
Special sessions will be reserved for undergraduate students willing
to
present papers.

Papers are invited from any area and any school within political
thought.
Panels include:

Ethics and Politics
European Philosophy and Politics
Theories of Rights
Gender and Politics
History of Political Thought
Theory of International Relations
Theory of Democracy
Political Theory and Jurisprudence

If you would like to present a paper, please send us a 300 word
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no later than 30 March 2004 to the conference address. If you would
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personal details and indicating which panel you are interested in
chairing.

Please note that the conference is self-financed and participants are
responsible for seeking their own funding.

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web
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or by sending an E-mail to: Brave.New.World@.... Alternatively
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Government,
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
Kingdom.

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Call for Papers - Sektion "Internationale Politik" Deutsche
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Politische Wissenschaft

Die Sektion "Internationale Politik" plant vor diesem Hintergrund eine
Tagung, die zum einen den Anschluss an und die Auseinandersetzung mit
der
neueren Wissenschaftsforschung suchen und zum anderen die
Implikationen
dieser Forschung für das Wechselverhältnis zwischen Wissenschaft,
Politik
und Gesellschaft neu thematisieren soll. Als Tagungsprojekt der
Sektion
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aber
keineswegs ausschließlich, an Wissenschaftlerinnen und
Wissenschaftler, die
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passende
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benachbarten sozialwissenschaftlichen Disziplinen sind vor allem dann
aber
ausdrücklich erwünscht, wenn sie theoretische oder empirische
Problemstellungen aus dem Blickwinkel der Wissenschaftsforschung
aufgreifen,
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Zu den u.a. Themenfeldern werden bis zum 1. Mai 2004 Vorschläge für
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an folgende Adresse erbeten: ib-sektion@.... Die Exposés sollen
auf
ca.
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Bedeutung
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entscheidet der
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Finanzierung sämtlicher Tagungskosten wird angestrebt. Die Tagung
wird
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März 2005 in Berlin stattfinden.

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Dates:  1/5/2004 to 1/5/2004
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WHO WON THE SPANISH ELECTION? TERROR OR DEMOCRACY

This week on www.openDemocracy.net: was Spain's election earthquake a
democratic affirmation or surrender to terrorism? Ivan Briscoe and
Douglas Murray contest the politics of the "M-11" atrocity. More than
50
posts in our members forum feel and think through the implications of
the
Madrid bombing, alongside analysis from Diego Hidalgo, Mary Kaldor
and
Paul Rogers

Plus: openDemocracy hosts a meeting on the aftermath of Madrid at the
Foreign Press Association in London, Friday 19 March, 5-7pm

On Friday: The day before presidential elections in Taiwan, Hsin-
Huang
Michael Hsiao charts an exciting democratic transformation on the
island

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A VICTORY FOR SPAIN, NOT AL-QAIDA
Did terrorist bombs in Madrid force Spanish people into electoral
surrender, asks IVAN BRISCOE in the Spanish capital
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3605/briscoe_1795.jsp

"HOW TO MAKE PEACE": IRAQ BEFORE AND AFTER WAR
One year after the Iraq war, SCILLA ELWORTHY asks: was there an
alternative, what can be done now, and what are the lessons of Iraq
for
peace-building?
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3605/elworthy_1793.jsp

MAKE WAR ILLEGAL
Women's struggle abolished slavery, colonialism and apartheid. Why
should
war be different, challenges CORA WEISS
http://www.opendemocracy.net/email/ed3605/weiss_1799.jsp

INDIA AND PAKISTAN: THE CRICKET TEST
The two South Asian giants are fighting where it really matters - on
the
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THE UN AND HUMAN RIGHTS: THE DANGER OF IRRELEVANCE
As the UNHCR begins its 60th session in Geneva, ROBERT WALGATE asks
IRENE
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Volume 10, Number 11
March 19, 2004
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In This Issue:
NSDL Scout Reports
• NSDL Scout Reports for the Life Sciences and Physical
Sciences
Research and Education
• The Middle East Institute at Columbia University
• Math Cats
• My Chicago
• Wonderful World of Weather
• Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
• Frontline: World
• Seattle Community Colleges Television
• Raintree: Tropical Plant Database
General Interest
• Serco TransArctic Expedition
• American Women's History: A Research Guide
• Droplet-Microscopy of the Protozoa
• NPR: Justice Blackmun's Papers [RealOnePlayer
• Carriers' Addresses
• Comm-Org: The On-Line Conference on Community Organizing and
Development
• Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project
Network Tools
• TECOAS 0.9
• NewsMac 3.0
In The News
• Cholesterol and Heart Disease



NSDL Scout Reports
NSDL Scout Reports for the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences
The sixth issues of the third volumes of the Life Sciences Report and
Physical Sciences Report are available. The Topic in Depth section of
the Life Sciences Report annotates sites on Migration. The Physical
Sciences Report's Topic in Depth section offers websites and comments
about Photoelectrochemistry.
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Research and Education
The Middle East Institute at Columbia University [pdf]
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/regional/mei/
Founded in 1954, the Middle East Institute of Columbia University has
offered a multidisciplinary approach to studying the Middle East,
with a particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th century. Currently
under the direction of Professor Rashid Khalidi, the Institute
sponsors a number of conferences and talks each year, and also
functions as a clearinghouse for information on the region. Alongside
detailed information about various public programs for scholars and
the general public, the institute's site also provides some helpful
educational materials, such as a Research Projects section. Here
visitors can download materials on educational outreach for Muslim
sensitivity, and peruse other documents on researching Middle East
topics on the Internet. The e-Resources section is also worth a look,
as it contains a number of archived lectures on very topical themes,
including Iran and Israeli and Palestinian nationalism. [KMG]
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Math Cats
http://www.mathcats.com/
It is at times very difficult to get children excited about math, but
Math Cats (designed by Wendy Patti, a teacher) is an online archive
of fun and informative activities that will help young people learn
about a number of math topics, including geometry, arithmetic, and
other topics. As one might expect, much of this is achieved by a
number of virtual cats who explain various features of the site, and
the different math concepts that are explored within. The site is
divided up into a number of sections, including one that is
particularly well-thought out, MicroWorlds. Here visitors may
download a number of interactive projects, such as Coin Flipper (a
way to learn about probability) and Multiply It, which allows users
to learn about multiplication. The Math Crafts section is also quite
ingenious, providing plans for different fun projects, such as the
Number City and a Polygon Airport. Finally, visitors may sign up to
receive an electronic newsletter and learn about the various
accolades that the site has received. [KMG]
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My Chicago
http://www.chicagohistory.org/mychicago
It's hard to get a handle on the Second City at times, even for long-
time residents, and particularly for young people who may be
overwhelmed by the city's history. Assisting with that process of
developing historical knowledge and acumen is this new site from the
Chicago Historical Society (with support from the National Endowment
for the Humanities). Designed for young people ages 6 to 12, the site
uses the city flag (and its symbols and design) to facilitate an
introduction to the city's past. The Games section is where it all
begins, as students can use an interactive flag of the city to learn
what its symbols represent, play artefact detective with objects from
before and after the Great Fire of 1871, and learn about the World's
Fair of 1893 while completing a puzzle. Students and teachers alike
can download one of ten activity handouts, along with completing a
brief survey about the site and it usefulness. [KMG]
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Wonderful World of Weather [Microsoft Word]
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj/index_NEW.html
Created by the Stevens Institute of Technology, the Wonderful World
of Weather is a standard-based real time data module for elementary
students to explore weather phenomena locally and globally. Teachers
can find many fun classroom activities divided into three sections:
introductory activities, real time data activities, and language arts
activities related to weather. The website features an abundance of
links to real time weather data. Students can learn how to have their
work published on the website. Users can find additional materials
about children's books related to weather, guidelines for data
collection, and curriculum standards. [RME] This site is also
reviewed in the March 19, 2004 NSDL Physical Sciences Report.
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Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) [pdf]
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/
The landscape of higher education (and, in particular, its funding
schemes) in Britain is quite complex. And given recent developments
it is likely to become even more variegated in the coming years. One
way to stay abreast of these important developments is through
consulting the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) website,
which is the agency responsible for making decisions about how much
funding each higher education institution will receive from the
United Kingdom's central government. Visitors to the site will want
to peruse the six primary sections, which are dedicated to the
council's main activities, including research, finance, good
practice, widening participation, and learning and teaching. As with
many organizations, the publication section is quite strong, as it
features literally hundreds of documents (dating back to 1994) that
deal with various aspects of higher education throughout Britain,
including the financial performance of higher education, best
practice models, and information on the research and assessment
exercise for British universities and colleges.
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Frontline: World [RealOne Player, pdf]
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/index.html
The PBS television news program, Frontline, has been applauded over
the years for its fine coverage of important national and
international topics that demand intensive research and a commitment
to investigative journalism. This relatively recent addition to the
program, Frontline: World aims "to not only help fill the void in
current international news coverage but also to engage the American
public in global stories that resonate in their own lives." Each
episode of Frontline: World contains two or three short stories, told
by an eclectic group of video journalists and reporters who are
working in various countries, such as Sierra Leone, Bhutan, and
Bolivia. On the site, visitors can watch the programs in their
entirety, browsing through a list of programs organized by location,
date, place or theme. Visitors can also take part in lively online
discussion forums, which are provided as a place for viewers to
debate and discuss some of the complex problems and issues raised by
these short features. The site also includes an area for educators
that features helpful educational materials, and a place where they
may sign up to receive email updates about new materials and upcoming
programs in the series. [KMG]
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Seattle Community Colleges Television [Windows Media Player, pdf]
http://www.scctv.net
Perhaps some users of the Scout Report are thinking to themselves, "I
wonder where on the internet I might be able to watch a course on
anthropology, listen and watch artists from the Northwest talk about
their work, then watch an in-depth conversation with entrepreneurs
and business leaders." Well, the waiting is over, as the Seattle
Central Community College has created the SCCtv website, broadcasting
academic and vocational telecourses over the web 24 hours a day at no
charge. Visitors can view these programs at their discretion, browse
a calendar of programming (which can also be downloaded for easy
reference), and take a brief look at the archived programs. Some of
the archived thematic collections are quite nice, including the
Entrepreneurs & Innovators area, which features interviews with
executives from creative and successful businesses in the Pacific
Northwest. Late night web-browsers may also want to take a look at
Movie Marvels, where Professor Fred Fridays plays host to a different
campy horror movie every Friday at 9 p.m., PST. [KMG]
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Raintree: Tropical Plant Database
http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm
Hosted by Raintree, the Tropical Plant Database is authored and
maintained by Board Certified Naturopath, Ms. Leslie Taylor to
provide accurate information about rainforest plants and to help
promote rainforest conservation. Including over 300 pages of
documentation on rainforest plants and very well-organized, the
Tropical Plant Database lists plants by Common name, Botanical name,
Ethnic uses, and Action/disorder. The Database File for each plant
includes an illustration and information about family, genus,
species, common names, plant description, and more. Visitors can link
to great illustrations and photos as well as web resources for each
plant including Medline Abstracts, W3 TROPICOS Database, Ethnobotany
Database, and Phtyochem Database among others. Plant Database File
pages include references as well. This site is also reviewed in the
March 19, 2004 NSDL Life Sciences Report. [NL]
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General Interest
Serco TransArctic Expedition [Macromedia Flash Reader]
http://www.sercotransarctic.com/
In our time, it would seem that all of the boundaries of exploration
have been pushed to the limits here on terra firma. With the notable
exception of the world's oceans, every mountain peak has been
successfully conquered, every inhospitable landscape traversed and so
on. Stepping into the grand tradition of exploration is Ben Saunders,
a long distance skier from Devon, England, who is currently seeking
to become the first person to ski solo more than 1200 miles across
the Arctic from Siberia to Canada via the geographic North Pole. On
the website dedicated to his expedition, visitors can learn more
about his previous expeditions, view a map of his route, and view
statistics on his progress on a daily basis. Of course, visitors will
also want to read his daily dispatches, and perhaps send along a word
of encouragement via email. [KMG]
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American Women's History: A Research Guide
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
Greatly revised and expanded since its last Scout Report mention,
(March 13, 1999) Ken Middleton's American Women's History: A Research
Guide includes over 2100 citations to print and Internet sources and
hundreds of links to digitized primary sources, as well as frequent
updates and link checking to ensure the currency of cited resources.
The Research Guide now consists of 4 main sections: an index to
resources by subject, an index to resources by state, and two Tools
sections offering guidance on finding primary sources (e.g. archival,
manuscript, and museum collections, historical newspapers and
periodicals), as well as secondary sources (e.g. books, articles,
theses and dissertations). Some print resources listed under Marriage
are bibliographies and historical overviews; examples of online
materials are digital photo databases at the Los Angeles and Denver
Public Libraries, that include images of weddings and marriage.
Shortcuts to popular, quickly available, online resources are
provided from the home page. [DS]
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Droplet-Microscopy of the Protozoa
http://www.pirx.com/droplet/
The world of the protozoa is one that is still not wholly understood,
and certainly not by the average person. Of course one thing that can
be immediately appreciated is the many interesting nuances amongst
their number (something that is not lost on the creator of this site,
one Piotr Rotkiewicz, who holds a PhD in chemistry). The site itself
contains 184 pictures (drawn from 84 genera) of various protozoa,
ranging from the well-known paramecium to the marine spiroloculina.
All of the images have been taken by a number of different
microscopes, and visitors to the site are also provided with some
detailed information about these devices. The site has a nice collage
that brings together images of protozoa from 45 different genera that
gives users some sense of the relative size of each organism. The
site is rounded out by an extensive set of outside links to other
relevant websites, and a list of suggested readings. [KMG]
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NPR: Justice Blackmun's Papers [RealOnePlayer
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/blackmun/
Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun was born in the small town of
Nashville, Illinois, grew up around St. Paul, and later graduated
from Harvard University. Blackmun was nominated to the Supreme Court
by President Richard Nixon in 1970, and spent 24 years on the court,
rendering important opinions on Roe v. Wade and other influential
decisions. Blackmun passed away in 1999, and recently, NPR's Nina
Totenberg was granted access to his papers, which are housed at the
Library of Congress. Drawing on revelations in these papers and
various interviews, this site offers a number of recent radio
programs from NPR that hone in on various aspects of Justice
Blackmun's time on the court and his various opinions on different
cases. A couple of the more recent programs made available here deal
with the humor of various fellow judges and the deliberations over
the constitutionality of prayer at public school graduations. There
are also a number of nice video clips, including one of Blackmun
giving a tour of his Supreme Court chambers and another featuring him
speaking about Roe v. Wade. [KMG]
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Carriers' Addresses
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/carriers/index.html
Along with the plaintive cries of greengrocers, fishmongers, and
small waifs calling out "Shine your shoes guv'nor?" in the late 19th
century, one might also see a variety of newspaper boys out
delivering the paper and hawking it on the streets by means of
colorful language and lurid descriptions. One form of _expression by
these carriers was their annual addresses, which were printed pieces
distributed to their customers on New Year's Day in order to solicit
a small tip for their faithful service throughout the year. The good
people at the Center for Digital Initiatives at Brown University
Library have placed a fine collection of these broadsheets online for
the general public, dating from 1772 to 1912, and originating from
such papers as the Albany Argus and the Peoria Journal. Visitors may
search or browse this delightful collection, and read an introductory
essay on these addresses, which includes a notable excerpt from one
address about the carriers themselves that reads: "Bedouins of the
street they are, tenting anywhere. Pitching camp upon the
cobblestones, Braving rain and snow and sleet and winter's chilly
wind; Lighting fires to warm their frozen bones." [KMG]
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Comm-Org: The On-Line Conference on Community Organizing and
Development
http://comm-org.utoledo.edu
With origins in a 1994 online seminar on the history of community
organizing led at the University of Illinois at Chicago, COMM-ORG has
grown into a fine resource for persons interested in the current
field (and history) of community organizing, both in the United
States, and with an international perspective. COMM-ORG is currently
under the direction of Randy Stoecker at the University of Toledo,
and brings together a host of materials related to the field of
community organizing, including a moderated listserv, various syllabi
from courses about community organizing, and a collection of papers
about this broad theme. The COMM-ORG Discussion listserv area allows
visitors to view archives of the many interesting electronic listserv
topics, and to join up to become a member of the listserv. The papers
section is also worth a look, as it contains approximately 80 papers
dating back to 1995 on the various subfields of community organizing,
such as faith-based movements and social justice. [KMG]
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Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project
http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/smokies/
With project headquarters at the University of Tennessee Libraries,
the Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project is designed to serve as
both a physical and digital collection of resources for researchers
studying the Smokies and their surrounding communities. From the
homepage, visitors can view a selection of finding aids (if they are
planning to conduct research), browse through the Project's
newsletters dating back to 2002, and look through a list of other
organizations (with hyperlinks to their respective homepages, where
available). Currently, there are two nice digital collections
available here, both of which are worth more than just a glance. The
first is a digitized collection of 898 photographs taken by the late
Albert "Dutch" Roth. Roth was an amateur photographer who spent six
decades photographing the Great Smoky Mountains' Greenbrier and Mount
Le Conte sections. Here visitors can peruse these images by subject
heading and a variety of other fields; in doing so, visitors will get
a real feel for the landscape of the region. The second digital
collection is of the flora of Tennessee, and allows visitors to
search through images of native and introduced flora throughout the
state by plant name, family and genus.
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Network Tools
TECOAS 0.9 [Macintosh Operating System, Windows Operating System]
http://www.kaba.or.jp/tecoas/index_en.html
More and more persons are telecommuting everyday, and an increasing
number may find it necessary to browse or comment on any number of
documents interactively. This version of TECOAS provides such an
opportunity to interactively browse and discuss a document, and is
intended to both help with the co-authoring of papers and to provide
a format in which small seminar groups can discuss various works. The
website for the application also includes a helpful user's manual.
TECOAS 0.9 is compatible with all systems running Mac OS X or Windows
95 and above. [KMG]
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NewsMac 3.0 [Macintosh Operating System]
http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/newsmac/
It's hard to slog through the mass of websites dedicated to websites,
especially with limited time. One such application designed to aid
users in this process is News Mac 3.0, which is a news aggregator
that contains over 120 built-in news feeds, effectively giving users
both headlines and story descriptions for quick perusal.
Additionally, users can add any news website or weblog (provided that
they offer an RSS feed), and create customized categories of news as
well. Finally, visitors can synchronize these news feeds with their
PDA's, including the iPod. NewsMac 3.0 is compatible with all systems
running Mac OS X 10.2 and higher. [KMG]
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In The News
Cholesterol and Heart Disease
New York Times: Scientists Begin to Question Benefit of 'Good'
Cholesterol
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/15/health/15HEAR.html?hp
NPR All Things Considered: Benefits of Lower Cholesterol [Windows
Media Player, RealOne Player]
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1766118
CBS News: Children and Heart Disease
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/20/earlyshow/series/health/hear
tscore/main601436.shtml
NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: High Blood Cholesterol
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hbc/HBC_WhatIs.html
University of Maryland Medicine: Trans Fats 101
http://www.umm.edu/features/transfats.html
ACSM's Active Aging Partnership and the Strategic Health Initiative
on Aging
http://www.acsm.org/health+fitness/activeaging.htm
WPR Zorba Paster On Your Health: Zorba's Heart Healthy Recipes
http://www.wpr.org/zorba/recipe.html
Hardly limited to being in the news this week, cholesterol and the
role it plays in heart disease has emerged again. Science, while
seeking to describe and dissect the pros and cons of LDL and HDL, has
yet to produce a truly definitive answer to the many uncertainties
regarding cholesterol. Yet, in the midst of this seemingly uncertain
topic, research has provided a whole host of recommendations and
definitive lifestyle changes that do lead to lower blood cholesterol,
reduced risk of heart disease, and, the true goal, better overall
wellness. The sites selected here not only introduce recent media
coverage of the topic but this In the News issue pulls back and
offers sites with good general information and suggestions about
cholesterol and trans fats as well as offering some heart healthy
recipes and exercise ideas.

The first link leads to a recent New York Times article by Gina
Kolata which offers a look at new research into the true benefits
of "good cholesterol" or HDL. The article cites two recent studies
that question how much HDL is good and whether, indeed, it is always
a good thing. (Remember: Most NY Times articles are free to
registered users, which is also free, but you may be asked to sign up
if you haven't yet done so). The second link leads to a recent NPR
feature by Richard Knox which examines how a significant lowering of
cholesterol affects those with risk of heart disease. Third,
traditionally a disease of adults, high cholesterol and heart disease
often begins with eating and exercise habits adopted as a child. In
fact, heart disease problems can even manifest themselves then, too.
This CBS story on Children and Heart Disease offers a brief look at
the topic. The fourth site from the NIH Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute is a great primer to the topic of high blood cholesterol,
breaking down the language it offers information about causes,
symptoms, and treatments. The fifth site, from University of
Maryland, says it all with it's title: Trans Fats 101. The site
offers a great introduction to the issue of trans fats and their
relationship to cholesterol. A great addition to the site is the page
on daily menu ideas. While not detailed, it offers good ideas. Also
providing helpful ideas is the sixth site from the American College
of Sports Medicine. This great site offers detailed information about
active aging and how to bring fitness into your everyday life.
Finally, if you're looking for tangible eating advice, check out Dr.
Zorba Paster's Hearth Healthy Recipes. Zorba, a family physician in
Madison, Wisconsin, blends knowledge of eastern and western medicine
as part of a weekly call-in show on Wisconsin Public Radio and
syndicated nationally. Each week, several recipes are offered -- some
of which are catalogued at this site. Included currently are minted
turkey meatballs with pine nuts and winter harvest pork tenderloin.
[JPM]
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February 25, 2004:

To read a past analysis on China that provides background to today's
analysis,
visit the following URL:

''China's Distant Threat to U.S. Dominance in Asia''
http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=87

------------------------------

"China's Demand for Energy is Reshaping Power Structures Around the
World"
Drafted by Adam Wolfe on February 25, 2004
http://www.pinr.com

China's Gross Domestic Product rose at a rate of 9.1 percent in 2003,
and
surpassed Japan to become the world's second-largest oil importer
after the
United States. Domestic energy production is rapidly expanding, but
China
continues to rely on imported fuel to keep its economy growing. The
expectation
that China will continue to demand more and more oil from foreign
countries is
beginning to reshape the relationships between oil producing
countries, and has
even had an effect on the U.S.' "war on terrorism."

China plans to spend 200 billion yuan, or U.S. $24.2 billion, this
year to build
power plants that generate three times the electricity used by New
York City in
an effort to prevent blackouts. The rapid ascent of China's economy
has happened
on the back of an outdated and chronically failing power grid and
production
system. China is now faced with the daunting task of repairing the
current
system and expanding production to accommodate future growth, all
while
privatizing industries that are currently state controlled
monopolies --
cooperating with large multinational companies such as General Motors
and SVA
Group. Demand for electricity is expected to expand 11 percent this
year.

The seemingly endless demand for energy has persuaded China to focus
much of its
attention on finding foreign sources of oil and gas. China sits on
major
deposits of coal, but the government is trying to move towards
cleaner burning
sources of energy for environmental and health concerns. Chinese
crude oil
imports rose by 31 percent in 2003, at an increased cost of 55
percent. The
higher prices that Beijing was forced to pay last year have helped to
focus
China's efforts on establishing a reliable and steady source of oil.

China had hoped to build a pipeline from Russia in order to avoid the
cost of
shipping the oil through the Black Sea, but Russia's prosecution of
the Yukos
Oil Company has stymied this effort. The deal seems to have been put
on the back
burner until the circumstances of Mikhal Khodorovsky's arrest are
straightened
out; in the meantime, China has acquiesced to an agreement in which
oil will be
shipped from Russia to China via rail. This is a less attractive deal
for the
Chinese because the fixed costs of shipping by train are higher than
a pipeline;
also, Russia will be able to maintain greater control over shipments
under the
agreement. Beijing will continue to pressure Moscow to allow the
building of a
pipeline into China; how Moscow reacts will in large part be dictated
by forces
in the Middle East.

As the Northern Hemisphere eases out of winter, demand for oil and
gas falls. In
this situation China's purchasing power increases. China prefers to
purchase its
oil from Russia because even though the shipping route is twice as
long as the
route from the Middle East, the cost of Russian crude oil is still
below the
market price of OPEC. This has helped to draw down the prices of
Middle Eastern
oil, and those countries have begun to seek ways to prevent any more
slippage in
price.

Russia and Saudi Arabia are jockeying for position as the global
leader in crude
oil exports, with each country hovering around 8 million barrels per
day. The
importance of oil to each country's economy has forced the leaders to
change
their diplomatic strategies in reaction to China's demand for energy.
Because
China's need for oil is so great, neither country is interested in
pursuing an
aggressive strategy to weaken the other. A Brunswick UBS analyst, a
leading bank
in Russia, sums up the situation: "We believe that growing demand far
in excess
of Russian production offers the most realistic and probable outcome
that would
alleviate OPEC of the need to confront Russia dramatically, although
the risk is
present."

As long as the Chinese economy continues to expand, Russia will
persist on
working with the Middle Eastern producers, but Russia has not
forgotten the
lessons of 1985 when the Saudis used excess production capacity to
drive down
oil prices to $12 a barrel, which wrecked any hopes of a Soviet
survival. Russia
is demanding far more for its cooperation with OPEC during this cycle
of
increased demand.

In September 2003, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi
Arabia visited
Russia and signed a five-year cooperation agreement. Then, in January
2004,
Akhmad Kayrov, the pro-Moscow president of Chechnya, visited Riyadh.
The Saudis
agreed to halt all funding for Islamic rebels in Chechnya and
recognize his
government. These major concessions will have a huge impact on global
affairs.
Greater cooperation between the two largest suppliers of crude oil
will leave
producing countries in a better position to keep prices at higher
levels, which
will affect the bottom line of nearly every industry in practically
every
country. Saudi Arabia's recognition of the Chechnya government has
made it a
target for Islamic militants and will only stoke the fire that keeps
al-Qaeda
and similar organizations full of willing recruits.

China's economic rise has already begun to reshape the world in many
ways, but
perhaps its greatest effect will be on the global market for energy
supplies.
While Asia purchases nine out of ten barrels of oil from the Middle
East, China
has actively pursued Russia as its major supplier. As the purchasing
power of
China increases, this simple act of pursing oil at the best price
available will
reshape the global energy market; every industry and every country
that relies
on foreign fuel supplies will feel the effects.

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"Anticipating the Presidential Election, Bush Administration Pulls
Troops Out of
Baghdad"
Drafted by Erich Marquardt on March 02, 2004
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In an effort to reduce casualties among U.S. forces, the Bush
administration has
decided to pull U.S. troops out of central Baghdad and place them on
the
outskirts of the city. This ring formation follows the
administration's pattern
of fear over how the U.S. electorate will respond if U.S. casualties
continue to
mount. Hoping that Iraq's Civil Defense Corps will be able to
maintain a general
atmosphere of stability in Baghdad, the administration would like to
bring Iraq
off the political radar for the time being.

The number of U.S. military bases in Baghdad has already been
dramatically
reduced, now down to 26 from a high of 60. The Pentagon plans to
diminish this
number to eight by the middle of April. Even though U.S. troop
influence has
been decreasing in Baghdad, the level of attacks against the U.S.-led
coalition
and U.S.-trained Civil Defense Corps and police forces has continued
largely
unabated. Even so, the Bush administration is hoping that the Civil
Defense
Corps and police will be able to at least prevent the insurgency from
growing
anymore powerful than it already has.

Presently, only 8,000 police patrol Baghdad, a city of 5.5 million
people that
probably should be policed by 19,000; hoping to reach this number,
Washington
has been training about 1,000 new policemen each month. This program
stirred
U.S. Brigadier General Martin Dempsey to say that Iraq's police and
Civil
Defense Corps "are capable of handling the threat" inside the city of
Baghdad.

Taking into account the violence on the ground in Baghdad, Dempsey's
hope is
naïve. As U.S. forces pull out of the city, it will embolden the
insurgency and
cause them to launch more spectacular attacks, such as the one on
February 14
when guerrillas stormed an Iraqi police station freeing nearly a
hundred
prisoners. In the process, they managed to kill about 20 policemen.
If, at the
time, there were a heavy U.S. troop presence near the police station,
this
attack would have been much more difficult to mount since U.S. forces
simply
have too many resources at their disposal for the insurgency to
contend with.

Therefore, by relying more on Iraqis to fight Iraqis, the Bush
administration
may be giving ample time for the insurgency to better organize and
plan new
stunning methods of attack. Having less to fear from attacking Iraqi
police and
members of the Civil Defense Corps, it is likely that attacks against
such
targets will escalate and become more successful.

The frequent attacks on policemen in recent weeks highlight the
insurgents'
plan. The goal of the insurgency is to destroy Washington's mission of
establishing a successful Iraqi political and societal structure.
They hope to
continue to weaken Washington's plans to the point where the Bush
administration
will be so politically weakened domestically that the possibility of
U.S. troops
pulling out of Iraq will increase.

The insurgency also hopes that if it continues to create anarchy, the
Iraqi
population will become enraged with Washington's attempts at bringing
stability.
Already subjected to violence and large-scale attacks not seen even
in the days
of Saddam, Iraq's population has remained a tinder box of impatience
and anxiety
due to the failure of the Bush administration to bring peace and
stability to
the country.

If the insurgency is not stopped, the U.S.-led occupation could
become so
unpopular that it could lead more Iraqis over to the side of the
insurgency.
Increasing attacks on U.S. troops would create a difficult domestic
situation
for Washington's leaders, possibly forcing them to pull troops out of
the
chaotic country -- a decision that would be eerily similar to the
political
failure that occurred during U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

If U.S. troops were to pull out of Iraq, it would create yet another
power
vacuum that the disparate insurgent groups would attempt to fill.
Furthermore,
many of Iraq's ethnic differences would likely become quickly
accentuated,
raising the specter of civil war and ethnic violence.

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March 11, 2004:

The following past analyses will provide helpful background
information to
today's latest analysis on Iran:

''Why Nuclear Weapons May Be In Iran's National Interests''
http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=80

''Can Iran's Pursuit of Nuclear Technology Be Thwarted By Air
Strikes?''
http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=103

''Tehran Outmaneuvers Washington For Now''
http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=116

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"Iran Reaffirms its Goal of Controlling the Nuclear Fuel Cycle"
Drafted by Erich Marquardt on March 11, 2004
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In recent days, Iran has reaffirmed its commitment toward its goal of
gaining
complete control over the nuclear fuel cycle. Tehran's desire to
research and
control every aspect of the nuclear fuel cycle required for producing
nuclear
energy has been hotly contested by the United States. The aspect of
Tehran's
nuclear research program that has drawn the most flak is the uranium
enrichment
program. In order to create fuel for a nuclear reactor, it is
necessary to
produce low-enriched uranium. At the same time, however, high-
enriched uranium
can be used to create nuclear weapons. It is for this reason that the
United
States has made every attempt to prevent Iran from undertaking the
uranium
enrichment process and has attempted to forge together a coalition of
states
demanding that Iran only import enriched uranium, rather than produce
it
independently.

The political wrestling between the two states culminated in an
accord signed by
Tehran on October 21, 2003. The countries of Great Britain, France
and Germany
intervened and compromised with Iran, causing Tehran to sign an extra
protocol
to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) allowing for more
intrusive
inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and
placing into
effect a temporary halt on all uranium enrichment activities inside
Iran. In
exchange for these concessions, London, Paris and Berlin offered
Tehran nuclear
research information and greater access to modern technology.

Tehran agreed to the additional protocol not because it planned on
giving up its
uranium enrichment program, but because it considered signing the
protocol to be
the best available route toward that program. By complying with the
IAEA's
demands, and forging a compromise with London, Paris and Berlin,
Tehran hoped to
secure greater assistance from trade partners in the form of modern
technology.
This assistance would help Iran better understand the methods
involved in all
aspects of nuclear technology, including the methods of creating
nuclear
weapons. Outside support would also help Tehran build the necessary
infrastructure to increase the country's economic and military
stability -- a
path that it must follow due to the regional threats it faces.

Iran's true intentions of restarting its uranium enrichment program
can already
be seen in the recent statements by Iranian officials. Iranian
Foreign Minister
Kamal Kharrazi argued during a cabinet meeting that "it's our
legitimate right
to enrich uranium." Echoing statements made in October of last year,
following
the signing of the additional protocol to the NPT, Kharrazi
continued, "We
suspended uranium enrichment voluntarily and temporarily. Later, when
our
relations with the IAEA return to normal, we will definitely resume
enrichment."

Hassan Rohani, the secretary of the Supreme Council for National
Security, also
made a statement, explaining how Tehran complied with the additional
protocol
only because it considered it the best route toward the country's
goal of
controlling every aspect of the nuclear fuel cycle. Rohani explained
that Tehran
agreed to a compromise with the three European states because "the
pressures
applied on Iran were so great that most of the world's leading
industrial
nations conditioned trading with us to the signing of the protocol,
as seen in
the Azadegan oilfields that the Japanese refused to develop."

Also, by not compromising with the main European Union states, there
would be
little chance that the Europeans would be able to restrain the United
States'
aggressive foreign policy. Rohani admitted as much, warning that had
Tehran
failed to comply with the IAEA, "it would face the same fate as
Iraq." Indeed,
the threat that the United States poses to Iran is very real, and is
one of the
driving factors behind Iran's possible quest for nuclear weapons.

Washington's demonstration of power in Iraq perhaps proved to the
leadership in
Tehran that the threat from the United States could not be taken
lightly, and
that in order to prevent the United States from using force to push
through
political decisions affecting Iran, it would have to develop a solid
deterrent
force made up of nuclear weapons. Furthermore, Tehran is also aware
that its
future progression as a regional power will be stunted by the state
of Israel,
unless Tehran acquires the capability of deterring Tel Aviv. Israel,
due to its
support from the United States, has always remained a force for the
status quo
in the Middle East, working with the United States to prevent any
Middle Eastern
or regional contender from becoming strong enough to alter the
balance of power.
This strategic relationship was best seen during Tel Aviv's attack on
Iraq's
Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981.

With these two threats in mind, Tehran is aware that if it is to have
an
independent foreign policy, free from the restraints of outside
powers, it will
need to develop nuclear weapons in order to deter against
conventional attacks.
While becoming nuclear-armed would not ensure its protection from
attacks from
the United States, Israel, or other neighbors, it would lessen the
risks. In
fact, the only reason that Iran would not seek nuclear weapons was if
it were
afforded a nuclear umbrella, similar to the way the United States
shielded
Western Europe under its own nuclear umbrella during the Cold War.

Iran, presently, has no such protection. The primary country willing
to offer
Tehran military support is the Russian Federation, but Moscow is in
no position
to assist Tehran in any military conflict with Washington. Therefore,
the
leadership in Tehran must rely on itself for its security and, in a
region full
of threats, it may need to develop nuclear weapons to adequately do
so.

Rohani admitted as much, stating, "We want to be recognized as a
member of the
nuclear club, that means Iran be recognized as a country having the
nuclear fuel
cycle, and enriching uranium. This is very difficult for the world to
accept."
Rohani continued, outlining Iran's agenda, "We have two goals ahead
of us that
we must achieve. One is closing Iran's nuclear dossier with the IAEA
and
bringing the board of governors to take it out of their agenda, and
the other is
to have Iran recognized globally as a nuclear country."

With such outspoken policy goals, Tehran's aim of joining the nuclear
club is
sure to spark incessant controversy. With the United States and Israel
desperately trying to preserve the balance of power in the Middle
East, they
will tactfully respond to each step Iran takes toward acquiring
control over the
nuclear fuel cycle. The only way that such persistent conflict may
end is if
Iran does indeed prove that it is a nuclear-armed country. The
response by the
United States and Israel might then be rather muted, similar to the
way the
world responded when China acquired nuclear weapons in 1964; rather
than launch
a military attack to restore the balance of power in the region, the
Nixon
administration at the time instead responded to Beijing with none
other than a
full presidential visit, giving China instant credibility in the eyes
of the
world.

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March 15, 2004:

The following past analysis will provide helpful background
information to
today's latest analysis on Haiti:

''Haiti's Experiment with Democracy Subverted Once Again''
http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=148

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"How Involved Was the United States in the Removal of Aristide?"
Drafted by Erich Marquardt on March 15, 2004
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Within hours after deposed Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide
arrived in
exile in the Central African Republic, questions were raised about
U.S.
complicity in his removal from power. Speaking to reporters, Aristide
stated,

"During the night of the 28th of February 2004, there was a coup
d'etat. One
could say that it was a geo-political kidnapping. ... The 28th of
February, at
night, suddenly, American military personnel who were already all over
Port-au-Prince descended on my house in Tabarre to tell me … the
foreigners and
Haitian terrorists alike, loaded with heavy weapons, were already in
position to
open fire on Port-au-Prince. And right then, the Americans precisely
stated that
[the rebels] will kill thousands of people and it will be a
bloodbath. That the
attack is ready to start, and when the first bullet is fired nothing
will stop
them and nothing will make them wait until they take over, therefore
the mission
is to take me dead or alive."

Based upon Aristide's statement, and the actual events that took
place on the
ground in Haiti, Washington was certainly involved in the coup d'etat
that
removed the democratically elected Haitian leader from power; the
issue at hand
is how involved. It is not clear what level of communication existed
between
Washington and the rebel leaders. What is clear, however, is that
Washington
tacitly approved of the rebels' actions since the United States did
nothing to
prevent their rapid military gains.

Throughout the conflict that would eventually remove Aristide from
power, the
Bush administration distanced itself from the Haitian leader. This
fact alone
clearly shows that the Bush administration did not consider Aristide's
governmental policies to be in the interests of the United States. Had
Aristide's policies coincided with U.S. interests, Washington would
have no
doubt intervened to help preserve his fragile rule.

Even if the United States would have been unwilling to send in a
token force of
troops to help buoy Aristide's government -- a deployment that would
have used
up minimal resources and would have had a tremendous depressing
effect on the
will of the rebel forces -- Washington could have at least made a
public
pronouncement that the United States would not accept a change of
government in
Port-au-Prince and that it would stand behind the country's
democratically
elected leader.

Instead, Washington did very little. At first, the Bush
administration tried to
coax the Democratic Platform -- an umbrella group of Aristide's
political
opponents -- and the rebel leaders into signing a proposal that would
have
incorporated them into the Haitian government but would have left
Aristide as
the country's head until the end of his constitutionally mandated
term. The
opposition and the rebel leaders balked at the United States'
suggestion, since
they knew all along that the U.S. must have been more than willing to
support a
change of government in Haiti as long as that change didn't create
unacceptable
levels of instability and violence in the country.

After the Democratic Platform and the rebel leaders rejected the
United States'
proposal, the Bush administration released a statement that, rather
than support
Aristide's rule, blamed him for the uprising that was rapidly
usurping the power
of the elected president of the country. The statement read, "This
long-simmering crisis is largely of Mr. Aristide's making. ... His
own actions
have called into question his fitness to continue to govern Haiti. We
urge him
to examine his position carefully, to accept responsibility, and to
act in the
best interests of the people of Haiti." In the end, Washington acted
in what it
considered were the best interests of the United States, and, perhaps
in the
minds of administration policymakers, the people of Haiti.

Washington's final decision involved sending an armed security
element to
Aristide's place of residence, advising him that the United States
would do
nothing to preserve his rule, and if he did not accept Washington's
offer of
safe haven out of Haiti, the United States would stand by as rebel
forces
stormed Port-au-Prince, a situation that would have likely led to
bloodshed in
the streets coupled with Aristide's death.

It was the failure of the United States to support Aristide that has
led to his
frequent statements that Washington was involved in the coup that
overthrew his
rule. While it is unknown what connection Washington had with the
Democratic
Platform and the rebel leaders, it is known that Washington decided
its
interests would best be served if Aristide were removed from power.
The moment
that Aristide agreed to leave Haiti, the White House released a
statement that
U.S. Marines would be sent to the island country to preserve order,
foster
stability, and help set up a new government there. Indeed, as Vice
President
Dick Cheney, speaking to CNN shortly after Aristide's flight to
exile, stated,
"I'm happy he's gone."

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"Moammar Gadhafi and the African Union's New Military Structures"
Drafted by Christopher Lord on March 17, 2004
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The international military cooperation that was always intended to be
a
cornerstone of the United Nations system has had some successes, but
also many
failures, with Iraq the latest of these. Among United Nations staff,
however,
there has always been an understanding that it is Africa, and not the
Middle
East, that most deserves the attention of the world body. But
effective military
cooperation for peacekeeping in Africa is hard to organize. At a two-
day summit
on February 27-28, the African Union (A.U.) announced the creation of
new
military structures for this very purpose.

The French have often intervened unilaterally in their former African
colonies,
as have the British -- most recently in Sierra Leone in 2000. A
separate class
of military interventions was "proxy war": the use of African
battlegrounds for
military confrontations between clients of the Cold War adversaries,
with arms,
troops, military training or money supplied by the superpowers. With
the death
in combat in February 2002 of Jonas Savimbi, the leader of UNITA, the
Angolan
faction supported for decades by the United States and apartheid
South Africa
against the nominally Marxist MPLA government party, that phase of
conflict came
to an end.

Another Cold War legacy was the generation of African leaders who
used the
backing of the United States or the Soviet Union as a means of
cementing their
personal power. The most deadly conflict since the Second World War,
with more
than three million dead, has been that in the former Zaire, now the
Democratic
Republic of the Congo (D.R.C.), and it was the fall of the C.I.A.-
backed
President of Zaire, Mobutu Sese Seko, that sparked the fighting
there. The war
in the D.R.C. has been complicated by ethnic factors and by the
struggle for
control of mineral resources. Eleven other African countries have
seen fit to
send troops, and in reality the motive has often been to seize or
protect a
mining area.

An unusual aspect of military conflict in Africa is that countries
hardly ever
go to war against each other (with a few exceptions, such as the
Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict). Nearly all the conflicts take place inside
countries, and if there is involvement from neighboring states, it is
likely to
be in the form of covert cross-border raids and illicit funding of
armed groups,
rather than the actual deployment of national armed forces. And of
course the
bloodiest conflicts have not involved regular troops at all, but
unofficial
armed factions of various kinds. Against this background, everyone is
in favor
of so-called "African Solutions for African Problems," meaning in
this context
an independent African peacekeeping capability designed to address
problems such
as these. But there have been few countries ready to supply troops.

Nigeria's interventions in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the 1990s were
carried
out under a military government, and the democratic system now
operating there
would not allow such an experiment to be repeated today. South
Africa, often
seen as a potential source of peacekeeping troops, has been reluctant
to get
drawn into this role, an important reason being the chaos still
prevailing among
its own armed forces after apartheid-era officers were replaced with
African
National Congress cadres. Other countries are prepared to supply
troops to U.N.
operations, but not to initiate peace operations themselves.

This leaves the African Union. The Organization of African Unity
(O.A.U.), a
venerable, mostly respectable and mainly inert body that has existed
since 1963,
was renamed as the A.U. in July 2002 as part of the biggest shake-up
in its
history. The plans for the A.U. are ambitious: a Pan-African
Parliament, an
African Court of Justice, and a high level of military cooperation
through a
Peace and Security Council modeled after the U.N. Security Council.

All this is very different from the O.A.U., which saw non-
interference in the
affairs of its member states as a cardinal principle, but, at least
on paper,
there has been rapid progress with developing the A.U. Nevertheless,
there will
be no African army. What has been agreed to so far is a much more
modest scheme
to create five "standby brigades," one for each region. It is a low-
risk and
low-cost policy, since these are troops already belonging to national
armies,
who will simply now be earmarked for possible future peacekeeping
duties.

The great question mark hanging over all these developments is that
they have
mainly been pushed forward like this by Libya.

Although there are other African countries with significant
resources, hardly
any of them see international cooperation as a policy priority,
especially when
it comes to paying for it. So Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's
decision to
reinvent himself as an African leader, and Libya as a leading African
power, has
met little direct resistance or competition inside Africa. However,
his attempts
to redefine Africa itself as a unified super-state, presumably Libyan-
led, have
not prospered.

Politically secure at home, and with money still being pumped
abundantly out of
the ground from the world's third largest oil reserves, he has been
able to buy
political support at the A.U. from poor African countries without
much apparent
effort, but even so, the A.U. summit in Addis Ababa in February 2003
threw out
the more extreme Libyan proposals, and what has just been agreed to
at Sirte is
also much less radical than what Gadhafi has been proposing.

He has suggested putting Libya at the center of the whole new
structure, with
the proposed African parliament, for instance, to be located there,
and he has
been pressing for all African armies to be merged and placed under
centralized
A.U. command –- ready for an eventual President of Africa to lead.
But the other
A.U. member states, guessing that Gadhafi sees himself in this role,
seem to be
intent on a policy of passive resistance.

It was Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, the inaugural president of the
African
Union, who led the counterattack, though it was a backroom affair,
consisting
mainly of creating an anti-Gadhafi block inside the new political
structures,
and using it to push the pro-Libyan people and policies quietly
aside. It seems,
in fact, that Gadhafi's grand scheme will fail. After all, is Libya
really an
African country in the first place, let alone one deserving of
becoming the
pre-eminent African state and seat of its continental institutions?
But the
question is, will this spell failure for the rest of the A.U.
project, too?

There is still a political vacuum that needs to be filled at a pan-
African
level. The Russians have withdrawn. The United States, as a result,
has seen no
point in maintaining its own presence, and only private American oil
and mining
companies remain. The French have realized that African military
adventures are
simply too expensive, and have limited themselves to participation in
small
international operations, like the peacekeeping operation in Côte
d'Ivoire that
is currently under way. But Africa's huge raw materials wealth is
still there,
and there are still customers eager for oil, gold, diamonds and other
treasure.
The unique advantage Gadhafi enjoys is that he is not primarily
interested in
getting his hands on this wealth. This has allowed him to stand above
the
factional politics demonstrated in the D.R.C., where African leaders
have been
more interested in making sure they get a share of the booty than in
stopping
the bloodshed. Nonetheless, there are some other i!
ssues.

David Crane, the American chief prosecutor of the new U.N. war crimes
court in
Sierra Leone, told the BBC on March 9 that "There was a 10-year plan
to take
down Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, then move to Guinea and
then
elsewhere as the situation developed. ... The 10-year plan was to put
in
surrogates who were beholden to Moammar Gadhafi." If this were the
real nature
of Gadhafi's total plan -- to destroy a series of African states
through armed
subversion and then to create an African army, largely under his own
control, to
resolve the conflicts that result, all in the name of African unity --
  then it
is not surprising that African leaders should have hesitated before
signing up
to his well-funded, political project. Thabo Mbeki's scheme seems to
have been
to salvage what useful structures could be saved, rather than
shooting down the
whole project.

The danger is that this will prevent the A.U. from developing beyond
the
limitations of the old O.A.U. "dictators' club." A military structure
is
certainly a key element, and success in this area would transform
international
cooperation in Africa almost beyond recognition. The African Union
launched a
peacekeeping mission in Burundi with some fanfare soon after its
foundation, but
rather than this being the first of many successes, there is now talk
of putting
this stagnating mission under U.N. control, as is also to happen to
the
French-led Côte d'Ivoire operation. The A.U. is already 40 million
dollars in
the red thanks to non-payment of dues, and whether the new
institutions will
ever function properly must at this point remain open to question. If
the price
of military effectiveness is having Gadhafi in charge, it is
evidently one that
Africa collectively is not prepared to pay.

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March 19, 2004:

For an interesting analysis on al-Qaeda that was released in
September of last
year, please visit the following article:

''Al-Qaeda's Exaggerated Organizational Strength''
http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=84

------------------------------

"Spanish Elections Reinforce Terrorism as Effective Political Weapon"
Drafted by Erich Marquardt on March 19, 2004
http://www.pinr.com

The victory of the Socialist Party in Spain's general elections is a
significant
development that cannot be lost on the decision makers in the White
House. The
fact that the Spanish populace voted out a steadfast U.S. ally and
replaced it
with a party led by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, a man who has
candidly
lambasted the Bush administration's foreign policy, is a brutal blow
to the
White House's public image and the future of its present political
course. Take,
for instance, Zapatero's past comments on the upcoming U.S.
presidential
election: "We're aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will
be for
peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue
between the
government of Spain and the new Kerry administration." While Zapatero
promised
that his "immediate task is to combat all forms of terrorism," his
methods far
differ from those of the Bush administration: "Combating terrorism
with bombs,
with operations of shock and awe, with Tomahawk missiles, is!
  not the way to defeat terrorism. .
.. Terrorism is combated by the state of law."

Spain, a member of the Bush administration's "coalition of the
willing," is not
joined in this coalition by many other prominent states. In Europe,
only the
prominent states of Britain and Italy also stand behind U.S. policy
and, like
Spain, the populations of these two countries are radically against
that
support. Since both of these states are democracies, the current U.S.-
allied
governments stand the possibility of defeat in their respective coming
elections.

The Socialists' stunning victory in Spain, achieved on a platform of
increasing
ties with France and Germany, in addition to pulling support and
troops out of
the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, will prove to other dissatisfied
democratic
populations that they can successfully undergo the same change in
their own
governments. Indeed, Zapatero ran on a campaign of accusing the
present ruling
party of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar of "[gambling] everything on
its blind
support of the United States, or rather the Bush administration, at
the price of
weakening the bond between Spain and Europe" and outright calling the
occupation
of Iraq a "fiasco."

If an increasing amount of U.S. allies are voted out of power and
replaced by
ones whose policies do not fall in line with U.S. interests, then the
backlash
against U.S. foreign policy that analysts have long predicted may
fast be upon
us. The simple fact that the Bush administration invaded Iraq against
the
population of nearly the entire world was bound to cause these
developments to
occur.

- Terrorism as a Political Weapon

The other cause for concern for the Bush administration is how much
of a role
the bomb attacks in Madrid had on the outcome of the Spanish general
election.
It was forecasted that the current Spanish ruling party, the Popular
Party,
would win the elections by a sizeable majority. The multiple bomb
attacks in
Madrid that are believed to have been organized by al-Qaeda or other
Islamic
militants, in addition to the scandal in which the Spanish people
accused Aznar
of trying to initially blame the attacks on Basque separatists, show
that this
strategy of influencing elections through terrorism can be an
effective form of
policy. Whether or not Islamic militants were actually involved in
the attacks
makes little difference at this point since the precedent of
influencing
elections through terrorism has now been established.

This potential strategy has shaken the White House, shown through
spokesman
Scott McClellan's warning that "terrorists must not be allowed to
think that
they influence elections or that they influence policy. That would be
a terrible
message to send." Indeed, sending such a message would reinforce the
political
truth that terrorism can often be a successful form of military,
economic and
political warfare. The problem with McClellan's statement is that
what is a
democratic country to do when it does not agree with U.S. foreign
policy?

While the Spanish population reinforced the notion of terrorism as a
successful
strategy, this outcome was inevitable since 90 percent of the Spanish
people
were against the Iraq war to begin with. Now, with the bombings in
Madrid that
are believed to be punishment for its support of Washington, Spanish
politicians
are having to address the concerns of individuals such as one 79-year-
old
Spanish citizen who recently told the New York Times, "My daughter's
hand was
cut off [in the Madrid bomb blasts], and she almost lost a part of
her leg.
Aznar should come here to see that, to see these people. But he did
nothing for
us, he did nothing for the poor, he is one who brought us to war."

- Key Strategy for Opponents of U.S. Foreign Policy

In light of the results of Spain's general elections, a key strategy
for
opponents of U.S. foreign policy will likely be to attack other U.S.
allies
during elections or at other critical moments in their political
development. If
these opponents can manage to create a reward and punishment
strategy, where
support of U.S. policies is punished and opponents of it are spared,
then
backing for U.S. policies abroad could dwindle even further. Already,
members of
the Bush administration's fragile coalition are beginning to have
doubts about
the viability of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. Small countries
such as
Honduras have said that they will pull their troops out of Iraq once
the July 1
U.S. handover of power takes place; the Netherlands plans on
following suit.
While this may not have negative consequences for Washington's
military strategy
in Iraq, it does erode the Bush administration's international
standing.

Allies to the United States, especially poor ones that lack the
resources to
protect their populations adequately from terrorist attacks, are
fearful that
their support will act as a magnet for individuals who want to punish
U.S.
allies. John Pistole, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's executive
assistant
director for counterterrorism, told Sydney's 2UE radio station
that "any country
that allies itself with the United States, unfortunately, is a
target."

According to the Washington Times, one Pentagon official said that
the outcome
in the Spanish elections "was a big defeat for us. Al-Qaeda caused a
regime
change better than we did in Baghdad. No cost." This statement could
not be
truer, and if the Bush administration wants to be able to perpetuate
its current
foreign policy, it will need to rectify the level of distrust and
outright
hatred that many of the world's governments, and most of the world's
population,
have for the United States at this point in its history.

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regions and points of interest around the globe. PINR approaches a
subject based
upon the powers and interests involved, leaving the moral judgments
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9.
EurasiaNet Weekly Update

The following stories appeared on EurasiaNet over the past week:

IRAN LASHES OUT OVER US RELUCTANCE TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE
Jim Lobe
Iranian officials have characterized Washington's policy-making
process
as "childish" after a top Bush administration  official downplayed the
chances of a rapprochement between the United States and Iran.
Meanwhile, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali  Khamenei has called on Iranians
to be vigilant against foreign efforts to destabilize the country.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav032204.shtml

As Ajarian Leader Backpedals, Saakashvili Threatens to Revive Economic
Blockade
Daan van der Schriek
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav032204a.shtm
l


KYRGYZSTAN CONFRONTED BY NARCOTICS NIGHTMARE AS DRUG TRADE BOOMS
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav031904.shtml


"OSAMA'S" ACCOLADES MAY SPUR AFGHAN FILM INDUSTRY
Mark Berniker
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/culture/articles/eav031904.shtml


FACTIONAL INGIGHTING IN IRAN COULD HAMPER CONSERVATIVES' POLITICAL
AGENDA IN PARLIAMENT
Ardeshir Moaveni
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav031804a.shtm
l


GEORGIAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES END TO AJARIA BLOCKADE
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav031804.shtml


GEORGIAN OFFICIALS UP PRESSURE ON ABASHIDZE
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav031704.shtml


GOVERNMENT USING CARROTS AND STICKS IN GEORGIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE
Jaba Devdariani
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/business/articles/eav031704.shtm
l


"NO WAR, NO PEACE" MOOD SETTLES OVER RENEGADE GEORGIAN REGION OF
AJARIA
Wojciech Bartuzi
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav031604.shtml


PRESIDENTIAL AIDES DOWNPLAY RUMORS OF RULING PARTY REVOLT IN
KAZAKHSTAN
Ibragim Alibekov
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav031604a.shtm
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10.

The following 30 reviews were posted to the H-Net web site between
15 Mar 2004 and 22 Mar 2004.

Reviewed for H-German by Eva Bischoff
     Christoph Nonn.  _Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder. Gerücht, Gewalt
     und Antisemitismus im Kaiserreich_.  Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and
     Ruprecht, 2002.  x + 248 pp.  EUR 19.90 (paper), ISBN 3-525-36267-
     6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=180661079380609

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Achim Landwehr
     Andrea Iseli.  _"Bonne Police". Frühneuzeitliches Verständnis von
     der guten Ordnung eines Staates in Frankreich_.  Epfendorf:
     bibliotheca academica Verlag, 2003.  400 S.  EUR 49.00 (gebunden),
     ISBN 3-928471-40-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=180821079380615

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Beate Ihme-Tuchel
     Hans-Joachim Veen, Hrsg.  _Nach der Diktatur. Demokratische
     Umbrüche in Europa--zwölf Jahre später_.  Köln: Böhlau Verlag,
     2003.  225 S.  EUR 17.90 (broschiert), ISBN 3-412-03603-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=181231079380622

Reviewed for H-Museum by Thomas Höpel
     Philippe Poirrier.  _Les collectivités locales et la culture. Les
     formes de l' institutionnalisation, XIXe-XXe siècles_.  Paris: La
     documentation française, 2002.  432 S.  EUR 21.00 (broschiert),
     ISBN 2-11-005086-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=181321079380625

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Manfred Hettling
     Bernd Weisbrod, Hrsg.  _Akademische Vergangenheitspolitik.
     Beiträge zur Wissenschaftskultur der Nachkriegszeit_.  Göttingen:
     Wallstein Verlag, 2002.  288 S.  EUR 30.00 (broschiert), ISBN 3-
     89244-595-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=216151079381310

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Manfred Hettling
     Hedda Gramley.  _Propheten des deutschen Nationalismus. Theologen,
     Historiker und Nationalökonomen (1848-1880)_.  Frankfurt am Main:
     Campus Verlag, 2001.  449 S.  EUR 51.00 (kartoniert), ISBN 3-593-
     36731-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=216301079381314

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Manfred Hettling
     Franz-Rutger Hausmann, Hrsg..  _Die Rolle der
     Geisteswissenschaften im Dritten Reich 1933-1945_.  München:
     Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2002.  Xxv + 374 S.  EUR 64.80
     (gebunden), ISBN 3-486-56639-3.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=216321079381317

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Charlotte Schubert
     Edmond Lévy.  _Sparte. histoire politique et sociale jusqu'à la
     conquête romaine_.  Paris: Editions du Seuil, 2003.  364 S.  EUR
     9.00 (broschiert), ISBN 2-02-032453-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=131011079741889

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Uwe Walter
     Simon Hornblower.  _The Greek World. 479-323 BC_.  London:
     Routledge, 2002.  XIX + 396 S.  £16.99 (gebunden), ISBN 0-415-
     15344-1.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=131051079741893

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Eric-Oliver Mader
     Heinz Durchhardt und Karl Teppe, Hrsg.  _Karl vom und zum Stein.
     Der Akteur, der Autor, seine Wirkungs- und Rezeptionsgeschichte_.
     Mainz: Philipp von Zabern Verlag, 2003.  261 S.  EUR 34.80
     (broschiert), ISBN 3-8053-3102-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=131151079741912

Reviewed for H-German by Michael Berkowitz
     Zeev W. Mankowitz.  _Life between Memory and Hope: The Survivors
     of the Holocaust in Occupied Germany_.  Cambridge: Cambridge
     University Press, 2002.  Half-tones, bibliography, index.  $40.00
     (cloth), ISBN 0-521-81005-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=131611079741958

Reviewed for H-German by Dean Phillip Bell
     Achim Detmers.  _Reformation und Judentum: Israel-Lehren und
     Einstellungen zum Judentum von Luther bis zum frühen Calvin_.
     Verlag W. Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, 2001.  392 pp.  EUR 35.30
     (paper), ISBN 3-17-016968-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=131631079741961

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Andreas Mix
     Hermann Kaienburg.  _Die Wirtschaft der SS_.  Berlin: Metropol
     Friedrich Veitl-Verlag, 2003.  1200 S.  EUR 49.00 (gebunden), ISBN
     3-93641-104-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=131671079741964

Reviewed for H-Judaic by Linda Maizels
     Stephen Eric Bronner.  _A Rumor About the Jews: Reflections on
     Antisemitism and the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion_.
     Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.  177 pp.  $24.95 (paper),
     ISBN 0-19-516956-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=141461079742078

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Ulrich Baumgärtner
     Saskia Handro.  _Geschichtsunterricht und historisch-politische
     Sozialisation in der SBZ und DDR (1945-1961). Eine Studie zur
     Region Sachsen-Anhalt_.  Weinheim: Beltz Verlag, 2002.  456 S.
     EUR 39.00 (broschiert), ISBN 3-407-32032-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=22331079748728

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Kersten Schüßler
     Christoph Dejung.  _Plessner. Ein deutscher Philosoph zwischen
     Kaiserreich und Bonner Republik_.  Zürich: Rüffer & Rub, 2003.
     620 S.  EUR 59.00 (gebunden), ISBN 3-907625-11-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=22401079748732

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Heidi Hein
     Markusz Krzoska.  _Für ein Polen an Oder und Ostsee. Zygmunt
     Wojciechowski (1900-1955) als Historiker und Publizist_.
     Osnabrück: fibre Verlag, 2003.  482 S.  EUR 35.00 (broschiert),
     ISBN 3-929-75949-7.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=22421079748734

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Sepp Linhart
     Reinhard Zöllner.  _Einführung in die Geschichte Ostasiens_.
     München: Iudicium-Verlag, 2002.  158 S.  EUR 15.80 (broschiert),
     ISBN 3-89129-780-7.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=22441079748737

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Nicole Mehring
     Robert Bohn and Markus Oddey.  _U-Bootbunker "Kilian". Kieler
     Hafen und Rüstung im Nationalsozialismus_.  Bielefeld: Verlag für
     Regionalgeschichte, 2003.  256 S.  EUR 24.00 (broschiert), ISBN 3-
     89534-468-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=22541079748764

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Matthias Middell
     Gudrun Gersmann und Hubertus Kohle, Hrsg.  _Frankreich 1871-1914.
     Die Dritte Republik und die Französische Revolution_.  Stuttgart:
     Franz Steiner Verlag, 2002.  239 S.  EUR 48.00 (broschiert), ISBN
     3-515-08057-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=22561079748769

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Mark Spoerer
     Jürgen Osterhammel und Niels P. Petersson.  _Geschichte der
     Globalisierung. Dimensionen, Prozesse, Epochen_.  München: C. H.
     Beck Verlag, 2003.  128 S.  EUR 7.90 (broschiert), ISBN 3-406-
     48020-9.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=270961079840019

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Udo Hartmann
     Gerald Kreucher.  _Der Kaiser Marcus Aurelius Probus und seine
     Zeit_.  Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003.  298 S.  EUR 48.00
     (gebunden), ISBN 3-515-08382-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=272151079840116

Reviewed for H-German by David E. Barclay
     Jonas Floeter.  _Beust und die Reform des Deutschen Bundes 1850-
     1866.  Sächsisch-mittelstaatliche Koalitionspolitik im Kontext der
     deutschen Frage_.  Cologne and Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 2001.  565
     pp.  EUR 61.00 (cloth), ISBN 3-412-08901-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=272171079840120

Reviewed for H-German by Clayton Whisnant
     Christoph Schlatter.  _"Merkwürdigerweise bekam ich Neigung zu
     Burschen": Selbstbilder und Fremdbilder homosexueller Maenner in
     Schaffhausen 1867 bis 1970_.  Zurich: Chronos Verlag, 2002.  540
     pp.  EUR 36.90 (paper), ISBN 3-0340-0524-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=272241079840130

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Alexander Schmidt
     Sved Keller.  _Günzburg und der Fall Josef Mengele. Die
     Heimatstadt und die Jagd nach dem NS-Verbrecher_.  München:
     Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2003.  211 S.  EUR 24.80
     (broschiert), ISBN 3-486-64587-0.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=272281079840132

Reviewed for H-Judaic by Shalom Freedman
     Massimo Giuliani .  _"A Centaur in Auschwitz" Reflections on Primo
     Levi''s Thinking_.  Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2003.  109 pp.
     $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-7391-0663-5.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=272321079840135

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Werner Faulstich
     Matthias Frese, Julia Paulus, Karl Teppe, Hrsg..
     _Demokratisierung und gesellschaftlicher Aufbruch. Die sechziger
     Jahre als Wendezeit der Bundesrepublik_.  Paderborn: Ferdinand
     Schöningh Verlag, 2003.  839 S.  EUR 64.00 (gebunden), ISBN 3-506-
     79617-8.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=272411079840143

Reviewed for H-Soz-u-Kult by Benjamin Obermüller
     Christoph Moß und Altmaier Jakob.  _Ein jüdischer Sozialdemokrat
     in Deutschland (1889-1963)_.  Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 2003.  310 S.
     EUR 29.90 (broschiert), ISBN 3-412-02103-2.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=42851079886478

Reviewed for HABSBURG by Hans-Christian Maner
     Sorin Mitu.  _Die ethnische Identität der Siebenbürger Rumänen.
     Eine Entstehungsgeschichte_.  Köln-Weimar: Böhlau Verlag, 2003.
     354 S.  EUR 37.90 (gebunden), ISBN 3-412-16402-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=43221079886494

Reviewed for H-German by Gerhard L. Weinberg
     Traudl Junge.  _Bis zur letzten Stunde: Hitlers Sekretärin erzählt
     ihr Leben_.  Munich: Claassen Verlag, 2002.  272 pp.  EUR 19.00
     (paper), ISBN 3-546-00311-X.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=43241079886502

----- Forwarded message from Janet Hyer <janet.hyer@...> -----
     Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:03:19 -0500
     From: Janet Hyer <janet.hyer@...>
Reply-To: Janet Hyer <janet.hyer@...>
  Subject: Comintern Archives available at Library of Congress
       To: unlisted-recipients@


>Date:   Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:48:37 -0500
>From:   Mary Stevens <mary.stevens@...>
>
>Hi Janet,
>Could you send this out to your list of e-mail people:
>Thanks kindly,
>Mary Stevens
>U of Toronto Library
>>>>
>>>>rbac@... 3/5/2004 10:59:05 AM >>>
>Dear colleagues,
>
>I would like to announce that the Library of Congress now provides
>access to the archives of the Communist International (Comintern).
>
>The Comintern archives are held by the Russian State Archives for
>Social and Political History (RGASPI) in Moscow. As part of an
>international effort to preserve the archives and make them accessible
>to researchers, RGASPI has digitized some one million pages of
>documents
>from 59 sub-series.
>
>In selecting materials for digitization, the International Committee
>for the Computerization of the Comintern (INCOMKA), of which the
>Library
>of Congress is a participating institution, drew upon the expertise of
>Comintern historians from around the world. INCOMKA focused on the
>commissions, secretariats, and departments under the Executive
>Committee
>of the Comintern.
>The role of the Library of Congress in the INCOMKA project has been to
>convert personal names from Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet and to
>translate "descriptors" (keywords/subject headings) from Russian to
>English. The descriptors link to the digital images, which are
>displayed
>in the Archidoc system. Archidoc is a product of the Spanish software
>company Informatica El Corte Ingles.
>
>In addition to the roughly one-million digital images, the database
>provides access to the bibliographic records of the entire Comintern
>archive. Along with the standard archival citation (fond, opis', delo
>numbers), each record includes detailed subject headings (displayed in
>Russian or English) and a descriptive abstract (displayed in Russian
>only).  Each record also specifies dates of information, number of
>pages, and the languages of the documents.  Thus anyone planning to
>travel to Moscow to do research at RGASPI can complete his/her
>bibliographic research here in advance of the trip.
>Because the database is available at only one work station, we suggest
>that researchers contact the European Reading Room (eurref@...) to
>reserve a session at the terminal.
>
>Thank you for spreading the word about this great new resource.
>
>Ron Bachman
>Area Specialist for Poland
>European Division, Library of Congress
>rbac@...

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for
the European Union
Valeriu Gheorghiu, Oazu Nantoi, Nicu Popescu

2) Addressing the Hard Security Threat in the Black Sea-South
Caucasus Region
Vladimir SOCOR

3) Deepening the Wider Europe
Michael EMERSON

4) Stability in the Neighborhood – a Challenge for the New EU and NATO
Members
Lauri LEPIK

5) Sixth meeting of the EU-Moldova Co-operation Council, Brussels, 24
February 2004

6) Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European
Parliament on relations with Russia


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External Factors in the Transnistria Conflict Settlement: a Role for
the
European Union

Valeriu Gheorghiu, Oazu Nantoi, Nicu Popescu, Institute for Public
Policy:
Moldova is incapable for the moment to face independently the embedded
interests which are "feeding" and "freezing" the conflict in
Transnistria.
Moreover, it is a nonsense to look for a successful and viable
settlement
of the conflict within the limits of the existing "penta-lateral"
negotiations format, with an illegal Russian military presence in
Moldova
and without frankly raising the questions of dismantling the
totalitarian
regime existent in Transnistria. Hence, the new opportunities for the
conflict settlement may appear only in case of a new configuration of
interests connected with the Transnistrian conflict and with the
statehood
of Moldova. The Transnistrian conflict can be solved only through
international implication, and the efforts of the OSCE are not
sufficient,
as they must be combined with the involvement of the EU. In this
respect,
any positive EU signal to Moldova can alter the settlement process in
a
way that would be conducive to a viable and "Europeanized"
reunification
of the country.

http://www.eurojournal.org/more.php?id=128_0_1_0_M

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_

Addressing the Hard Security Threat in the Black Sea-South Caucasus
Region

Vladimir SOCOR, Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies:
NATO
peace-support operations (ideally in synergy as in the Balkans with
the
EU) in Moldova, Georgia, and Azerbaijan-Armenia would be low-risk,
low-resource affairs in hospitable environments. They would also
likely be
of limited duration, opening the way to political settlements in short
order due to U.S. and allied political credibility in the region and
potential for post-conflict reconstruction; in particular, unfreezing
of
EU energy transit projects. The real question is whether the U.S,
NATO and
EU would unnecessarily countenance Russia's opposition to their
involvement in bringing peace and prosperity to this region. Such
involvement is the only way to remove the hard threats to the region's
security --- and to Euro-Atlantic interests in this region.

http://www.eurojournal.org/more.php?id=132_0_1_0_M

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Deepening the Wider Europe

Michael EMERSON, Centre for European Policy Studies: The enlarging
European Union's foreign policy agenda has three big new ideas to be
worked on: the Wider Europe (or New Neighbours) initiative launched
last
year by the Commission, the European Security Strategy prepared also
last
year by Javier Solana, and now from across the Atlantic the hint of a
grand Western strategy for the Greater Middle East... The Wider
Europe is
the first to get started. Yet it none of the clients seem happy with
it:
Ukraine and Moldova because they want more, and in particular a
perspective of EU membership; the South Caucasus states because they
were
excluded, although the Saakashvili velvet revolution now forces a
rethink
upon the EU; Russia because it wants just a bilateral relationship
with
the EU over all-European affairs, and a free hand to try to
reintegrate
its near abroad, which they see the Wider Europe as challenging...
http://www.eurojournal.org/more.php?id=131_0_1_0_M

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Stability in the Neighborhood – a Challenge for the New EU and NATO
Members

Lauri LEPIK, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute: The same applies to
the
New Neighbors. One can hardly see how the EU's policy of helping the
New
Neighbors to transform themselves will succeed without a very clear
and
broadly accepted prospect for the populations of those countries.
There
are several examples of successful " stick and carrot " policies. The
first such example is the enlargement itself... It seems that some of
the
New Neighbors have suggested themselves a "carrot" they would like to
have
-- visa-free travel between their countries and the enlarged EU. The
time
is ripe to seize the moment and the New Members of the EU should be
the
natural advocates for this policy. There are at least 5 good reasons
why
the New Members should be seriously engaged in promoting visa-free
travel...

http://www.eurojournal.org/more.php?id=127_0_1_0_M

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Sixth meeting of the EU-Moldova Co-operation Council, Brussels, 24
February 2004

The sixth meeting of the Co-operation Council stressed the importance
of
the forthcoming EU enlargement for the reinforcement of the EU-Moldova
political and economic independence. The Cooperation Council welcomed
the
extension of the PCA to the ten Acceding States. The EU looks forward
to
the ratification by Moldova of the PCA enlargement protocol as soon as
possible...

http://www.eurojournal.org/more.php?id=130_0_1_0_M

______________________________________________________________________
______

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European
Parliament on relations with Russia

The Commission adopted a Communication on EU-Russia relations which
proposes measures to improve the effectiveness of EU-Russia
relations, in
particular in light of increased EU and Russian interdependence, the
EU's
historic enlargement on 1 May and the unresolved conflicts in the
Newly
Independent States (NIS). It underlines that the EU and Russia should
be
ready, as strategic partners, to discuss frankly all issues of
concern,
including human rights, media freedom and events in Chechnya in
addition
to strengthening co-operation on concrete issues, on the basis of
common
interests... The Communication argues that the EU needs to take a more
coherent and more consistent approach to relations with Russia, which
must
be founded on the implementation of the common values underlying the
bilateral partnership. It also suggests that the EU should review and
upgrade its policy towards the countries in the southern Caucasus and
the
western NIS.

http://www.eurojournal.org/more.php?id=129_0_1_0_M

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1.
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have all entered office from the left door and, with varying degrees
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Muslim Culture in Russia and Central Asia from the 18th to the Early
20th Centuries, vol. 4: Die Islamgelehrten Daghestans und ihre
arabischen Werke. Nadir ad-Durgilis (st. 1935) Nuzhat al-adhan fi
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Nadhir al-Durgili=B4s  (d. 1935) Nuzhat al-adhhan fi tarajim =B4ulama
Dagistan is the most comprehensive biographical dictionary of
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Daghestani Sufis and scholars (=B4ulama, fuqaha, literati) that had
come
down to him, beginning with the Islamization legends around Abu
Muslim,
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to his own time. A special focus is put on the scholars of the era of
Imam Shamil (1834-59) as well as of the later period that Durgili had
witnessed himself. The book thus traces the tradition of Islamic
scholarship from its beginnings down to the early Soviet times and
beyond - for the culture of Arabic manuscripts thrived even in the
1930s
and was continued in the 1950s, as the manuscript copies of the book
itself testify. In addition to the biographical information, each
entry
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achieved by Amri R. Shikhsaidov since the 1960s), Durgili=B4s
informations
are commented upon and supplemented in the footnotes. The book
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the Arabic works cited in Durgili=B4s work.

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In this Issue

1. Annual Bank Conferences on Development Economics in Washington and
Brussels

2. SPEAK OUT Online Discussion with Ritva Reinikka, Co-Author of
World
Development Report 2004: Making Services Work for Poor People

3. World Development Report 2004: CD-ROM Edition

4. Bourguignon's Poverty-Growth-Inequality Triangle

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1. Annual Bank Conferences on Development Economics in Washington and
Brussels
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*****
Two Annual Bank Conferences on Development Economics (ABCDE) will be
held this year, respectively at World Bank headquarters in
Washington,
D.C. May 3-4, on the theme "Lessons of Experience", and in Brussels,
co-organized by the Government of Belgium May 10-11.

Washington
The Washington ABCDE, to be inaugurated by Bank President James D.
Wolfensohn, will feature keynotes by World Bank Chief Economist
François
Bourguignon and Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith, as well as papers by
Richard
Cooper of Harvard University, Gustav Ranis of Yale University,
Sendhil
Mullainathan of MIT, Remy Prud'homme of the University of Paris, and
Riccardo Faini of the University of Rome.  The Economists' Forum's
parallel sessions will be held from 2:30 p.m. May 3 and 4.  For more
information:
http://econ.worldbank.org/abcde/index.php?confid=33788

Brussels
The Brussels ABCDE will feature opening keynotes by Belgian Prime
Minister Guy Verhofstadt, and Marc Verwilghen, Minister of
Development
Cooperation, and a discussion with EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy,
as
well as papers by Thierry Verdier of the Département et laboratoire
d'économie théorique appliquée (DELTA), Robert Lucas of Boston
University,
John Sutton of LSE, and Mohammad  Zia Qureshi of the World Bank. The
closing session will include Romano Prodi of the European Commission
and
James D. Wolfensohn of the World Bank.  The conference will also
conduct
region-based workshops on the Middle East and North Africa, Latin
America and the Caribbean, East Asia, and Eastern Europe and Central
Asia,
as well as thematic sessions on migration and the investment
climate.
For more information:
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/EURVP/web.nsf/Pages/ABCDE-Europe

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2. SPEAK OUT Online Discussion with Ritva Reinikka, Co-Author of
World Development Report 2004: Making Services Work for Poor People
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Newsletter subscribers are invited to submit questions to Ritva
Reinikka, co-author of the World Development Report (WDR) 2004 and
Manager of
the Bank's Public Services Research Program, on the issue of public
services.  Reinikka says that the "public versus private services
argument" is a false debate, as "the only issue that really matters
is whether
the mechanism that delivers key services strengthens poor people's
ability to monitor and discipline providers, raises their voice in
policymaking, and gets them the effective services they need for
their
families."  What do you think? Submit your questions and comments to
http://discuss.worldbank.org/   Ms. Reinikka will respond to
questions
live at the same web address at 10 a.m.(EST) Tuesday, April 6.

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3. World Development Report 2004: CD-ROM Edition
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The World Bank creates its annual WDR using input from individuals in
government, business, academia, the media, nongovernmental
organizations, and civil society. This year's WDR team broadened the
range of
participants in consultations and commissioned over 100 background
papers and
research reports. These materials, and the full text of the WDR 2004,
are available on a CD-ROM, offering access to a wide range of
thinking
and research on the theme, Making services work for poor people.  The
WDR 2004 CD-ROM can be purchased from the Bank's InfoShop or ordered
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Free copies of the CD-ROM will be available to the first 1,000 DEC
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4. Bourguignon's Poverty-Growth-Inequality Triangle
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In a lecture to the Indian Council for Research on International
Economic Relations, the Bank's Chief Economist François Bourguignon
recently
outlined what he calls the "poverty-growth-inequality triangle".
This
triangle describes the relationship among growth, distribution and
poverty, in which the impact of growth and distribution on poverty
reduction can be separated and measured.  Bourguignon's thesis, based
on
analysis of numerous growth spells in a range of countries, is that
high
inequality in an economy weakens the poverty-reducing effect of
growth.  He
also finds that the growth process itself can sometimes widen
existing
inequality, creating the apparent paradox, in some cases, of poverty
actually increasing amidst a period of economic growth.

While applauding India's growth and the poverty reduction it has
achieved, and noting India's relatively egalitarian distribution of
income,
Bourguignon warned that Indians, "would be wise to keep an eye on the
country's inequality, to ensure that it does not grow wider."  Many
developing countries have seen income inequality widen with growth.
To
avert this danger, Bourguignon said, "India should protect its
relatively
egalitarian Gini index (a way of measuring inequality with zero
indicating perfect equality and one implying that one person holds
all the
country's resources) of .33, and enhance it with measures to expand
opportunities for the poor."  To read the paper,
http://econ.worldbank.org/staff/fbourguignon


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New Special Features

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New Working Papers

3237. Pre-Empting Protectionism in Services: The WTO and Outsourcing
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=34010
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/34010_wps3237.pdf

3238. Moving People to Deliver Services: How Can the WTO Help?
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=34012
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/34012_wps3238.pdf

3232. Business Environment and Firm Entry: Evidence from
International
Data
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33807
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33807_wps3232.pdf

3234. Product Market Integration and Household Labor Supply in a Poor
Economy: Evidence from Vietnam
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33809
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33809_wps3234.pdf

3235. Household Composition and the Response of Child Labor Supply to
Product Market Integration: Evidence from Vietnam
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33810
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33810_wps3235.pdf

3226. Groundnut Policies, Global Trade Dynamics, and the Impact of
Trade Liberalization
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33615
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33615_wps3226.pdf

3215. Has the Internet Increased Trade? Evidence from Industrial and
Developing Countries
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33098
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33098_wps3215.pdf

3212. Coping with Risk through Mismatches: Domestic and International
Financial Contracts for Emerging Economies
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33030
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33030_wps3212.pdf

3196. Technological Asymmetry among Foreign Investors and Mode of
Entry
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=32744
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/32744_wps3196.pdf

3192. Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment and Mergers and
Acquisitions: Feedback and Macroeconomic Effects
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=32578
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/32578_wps3192.pdf

3251. Aid, Policies, and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=34209
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/34209_wps3251.pdf

3252. Explaining U.S. Immigration, 1971–98
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=34225
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/34225_wps3252.pdf

3253. Firms, Jobs, and Employment in Moldova
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=34226
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/34226_wps3253.pdf

3254. Decentralization or Fiscal Autonomy? What Does Really Matter?
Effects on Growth and Public Sector Size in European Transition
Countries
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=34230
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/34230_wps3254.pdf

3243. Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=34170
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/34170_wps3243.pdf

3244. Price Effects of Preferential Market Access: The Caribbean
Basin
Initiative and the Apparel Sector
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=34171
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/34171_wps3244.pdf

3245. Educational Expansion: Evidence and Interpretation
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=34172
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/34172_wps3245.pdf

3227. Regulating Islamic Financial Institutions: The Nature of the
Regulated
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33616
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33616_wps3227.pdf

3229. Housekeeping and Plumbing: The Investability of Emerging Markets
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33618
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33618_wps3229.pdf

3224. Assessing the Potential Benefit of Trade Facilitation: A Global
Perspective
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33231
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33231_wps3224.pdf

3214. Trademark Protection or Protectionism?
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33097
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33097_wps3214.pdf

3206. On the Geography of Trade: Distance is Alive and Well
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33022
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33022_wps3206.pdf

3210. How Foreign Participation and Market Concentration Impact Bank
Spreads: Evidence from Latin America
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33026
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33026_wps3210.pdf

3213. On the Measurement of Product Variety in Trade
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=33033
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/33033_wps3213.pdf

3205. Poor People's Knowledge: Helping Poor People to Earn from Their
Knowledge
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=32900
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/32900_wps3205.pdf

3200. When is External Debt Sustainable?
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=32872
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/32872_wps3200.pdf

3195. Government Procurement: Market Access, Transparency, and
Multilateral Trade Rules
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=32743
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/32743_wps3195.pdf

3197. Building and Running General Equilibrium Models in EViews
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=32745
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/32745_wps3197.pdf

3198. Market Access for Sale: Latin America's Lobbying for U.S.
Tariff
Preferences
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=32746
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/32746_wps3198.pdf

3193. Quantifying the Impact of Services Liberalization in a
Developing
Country
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=32582
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/32582_wps3193.pdf

3188. Trading Market Access for Competition Policy Enforcement
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=32555
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/32555_wps3188.pdf

3189. Do Market Pressures Induce Economic Efficiency? The Case of
Slovenian Manufacturing, 1994–2001
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=32557
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/32557_wps3189.pdf

3190. On the Quantity and Quality of Knowledge: The Impact of
Openness
and Foreign Research and Development on North-North and North-South
Technology Spillovers
   Abstract: http://econ.worldbank.org/view.php?type=5&id=32558
   Full Text: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/32558_wps3190.pdf

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CSID bi-Weekly E-news:                      March 26, 2004

Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy
www.islam-democracy.org (in English)
http://www.islam-democracy.org/ar/ (in Arabic)


CONTENTS:
1) CSID Responds to Pipes Allegations
2) Employment Opportunities
         (NED, USIP, AID, Human Rights First)

__________________________________________________________
Dear friend of CSID:

The article published by Insight Magazine on March 19, 2004, written
by
Kenneth R. Timmerman with extensive quotes from Daniel Pipes (see
below), contains numerous false allegations and misrepresentations
about our
Center.  The attempt to smear our organization and present it as a
"front for radical extremists" is misguided and will hurt, rather
than
help, the cause of peace and mutual understanding between Americans
of all
faiths.  As anybody familiar with the activities and publications of
CSID during the past five years can attest, CSID is a moderate
organization dedicated to strengthening the values of peace, freedom,
equality,
and democracy in the Arab and Muslim world.

The decision of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) to
continue
with the program on Ijtihad: Reinterpreting Islamic Principles for
the
21st Century, (http://www.usip.org/events/2004/0319_wksislam.html)
despite Dr. Pipes objections, is a clear indication that Americans of
all
faiths understand the need for real and serious dialogue to build a
better future for all.  USIP has demonstrated its genuine commitment
to
peace through dialogue and appreciation for a diverse and pluralistic
society.  We appreciate the support of USIP’s management and board
of
directors.

We attach below responses from Kamran Bokhari and Dr. Muzammil
Siddiqui
to the accusations leveled by Dr. Pipes in the Insight Magazine
article.  CSID has no link or connection whatsoever to al-Muhajiroon
or to any
other radical extremist organization.  To the contrary, we have
condemned and denounced such organizations in the past and continue
to do so.
For more information about our position on violence and extremism,
please see the statement against terrorism, which we issued on the
first
anniversary of 9/11 at
http://www.islam-democracy.org/terrorism_statement.asp.

The records show that CSID has always been on the right side of the
war
on terror.   We have consistently denounced terrorism and spoken
against it, not only in Washington, where it is comfortable to do so,
but
also in the capitals of the Muslim world.  Violence and terrorism are
inhuman and un-Islamic.

CSID is an open organization that invites and actively solicits
memberships and donations from everybody, Muslims and non-Muslims.
Anyone,
including Daniel Pipes, can become a member, a fellow, or even a
founding
member.  All that is required is to fill out the application form and
send in the membership fee (both steps can be accomplished online).
Out
of CSID’s 600 current members, about 250 are non-Muslim, 150 are
fellows, and 55 are founding members.  Regular membership,
fellowship, and
founding membership are merely membership categories open to anyone
interested in supporting CSID.

When CSID was founded five years ago, it was decided that as a group
advocating democracy, our own governance should be accordingly
democratic. Of the 15 current elected board members, seven are non-
Muslim.
Although CSID is proud of the involvement and support it receives
from all
members and supporters, it makes no pretense to know what other
activities and associations they are involved in.

CSID is engaged in many projects, in the US and in the Muslim world,
that seek to promote greater world peace, freedom and democracy, and
better understanding between the US and the Muslim world.  These
objectives
cannot be reached without engaging in a dialogue with all segments of
the Muslim population, especially religious scholars who still play
an
important role in determining what Islam stands for in the world
today.
The role of these scholars cannot be ignored or underestimated,
because
no real reform or democratization can take place without their
participation.  Furthermore, in projects and activities, both here
and in the
Muslim world, CSID always seeks to involve secularists and moderate
Islamists so as to build bridges of mutual understanding and
cooperation.
This is a key factor for the success of the reform movement, and CSID
is honored that major American institutions such as USIP, the
National
Endowment for Democracy, the State Department, and other
institutions,
individuals, and foundations have supported its work.

Daniel Pipes is way off mark in his attack on CSID.  CSID has been
working hard to promote peace and understanding in the world.  As a
member
of USIP’s board of directors, Dr. Pipes should seek to encourage
rather than undermine those efforts.  Since 1999, CSID has created an
interfaith alliance committed to liberalizing and democratizing the
Muslim
world.  These are the same objectives, not only of the current
administration, but also of all major American institutions.

CSID calls upon its friends, members, and supporters for assistance
in
defending itself and its reputation against this senseless and
misguided smear campaign.  Please write to Insight Magazine and to
the New York
Sun and urge them to stop smearing one of the most distinguished,
effective organizations that is working to promote peace, freedom,
democracy, and tolerance in the world.  Please send an e-mail
expressing your
support of CSID and what it stands for to:

Insight Magazine: editor@...
NY Sun: editor@...
Cc: Daniel Pipes: meqmef@...
Cc: CSID:  feedback@...


With warm greetings and salaam;
The CSID Executive Committee


___________________________________________________
Pipes Objects to Fox in the Henhouse

Posted March 19, 2004
By Kenneth R. Timmerman

http://www.insightmag.com/news/2004/03/30/National/Pipes.Objects.To.Fo
x.In.The.Henhouse-636946.shtml


The congressionally funded United States Institute of Peace will host
an event today in Washington on reforming Islam, with a guest
panelist
who has threatened the United States and openly supported terrorist
groups, Insight has learned.

Among the guests in this afternoon's panel discussion is Muzammil
Siddiqi, who until November 2001 was president of the Islamic Society
of
North America (ISNA), a leading Wahhabi front organization in the
United
States. Wahhabism is a radical form of Islam practiced in Saudi
Arabia
and advocated by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his terrorist
leaders.

Siddiqi has accompanied visiting Saudi officials from the Muslim
World
League on fund-raising tours across America, and is listed on its
Website as the organization's official representative in the United
States.
Offices of the Muslim World League in Herndon, Va., were raided by a
federal antiterrorism task force in March 2002 because of suspected
ties
to al-Qaeda.

During an anti-Israel rally outside the White House on Oct. 28, 2000,
Siddiqi openly threatened the United States with violence if it
continued its support of Israel. "America has to learn ... if you
remain on the
side of injustice, the wrath of God will come. Please, all Americans.
Do you remember that? ... If you continue doing injustice, and
tolerate
injustice, the wrath of God will come." By "injustice," he meant U.S.
support for Israel.

Siddiqi also has called for a wider application of sharia law in the
United States, and in a 1995 speech praised suicide bombers. "Those
who
die on the part of justice are alive, and their place is with the
Lord,
and they receive the highest position, because this is the highest
honor," he was quoted as saying by the Kansas City Star on Jan. 28,
1995.

A Bush appointee to the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) says he must
distance himself from today's event because it associates the USIP
with
groups "on the wrong side in the war on terrorism." USIP board member
Daniel Pipes tells Insight that, in addition to his objection to
Siddiqi,
he has warned the USIP about the presence of the U.S. spokesman of
al-Muhajiroun, a London-based group that claims to be recruiting
jihadis
for a worldwide "Mohammed's army" faithful to bin Laden.

Pipes tells Insight: "I believe that President [George W.] Bush
appointed me to the USIP board in part to serve as a watchdog against
militant
Islamic groups. Unfortunately the management of USIP is not listening
to my advice. I cannot be associated with the event today which
associates USIP with some of the very worst militant Islamic groups."

Kay King, a spokesperson for USIP Chairman Richard Solomon, said USIP
was "not aware of the allegations about Siddiqi, and we will look
into
them." However, she pointed out that Siddiqi "has attended Bush
administration events with the president, and was invited to lead a
prayer" at
the national prayer breakfast following the September 11 attacks.

The March 19 event is cohosted by USIP and the Center for the Study
of
Islam and Democracy (CSID), a U.S.-based group that was created by
board members and former staff of the American Muslim Council (AMC),
a
radical pro-Saudi group that largely ceased operations after its
former
chairman, Abdulrahman Alamoudi, was jailed last October on
terrorist-related charges.

Pipes raised his concerns with USIP Chairman Chester Crocker and
President Richard Solomon over the "extremist nature of CSID itself"
starting
last November. In addition to board members and an executive director
who shifted over to the new group from AMC, Pipes pointed out that
CSID
fellow Kamran Bokhari has ties to al-Muhajiroun, an al-Qaeda support
group. Until last year, Bokhari was the self-acknowledged North
American
spokesman for al-Muhajiroun.

Insight reported on the group's first anniversary "celebration" of
the
9/11 attacks, held at the radical Finsbury mosque in London, where
al-Muhajiroun showed off a poster that portrayed a burning World
Trade
Center under attack and called September 11 "a towering day in
history."

At the group's second anniversary 9/11 "celebration," its members
distributed a poster with photographs of all 19 hijackers, calling
them "the
magnificent 19."

CSID "fellows" are not research assistants, but integral members of
the
leadership of the organization. According to a copy of the CSID
bylaws
Insight has obtained, CSID fellows are responsible for electing the
group's board of directors. All board members must first be fellows.

Bokhari has issued a statement denouncing political violence and
al-Qaeda, and referred to himself as a "former Islamist activist."
But given
his leadership role with al-Muhajiroun, Pipes says, such statements
were "deeply insufficient to rehabilitate him ... or make him someone
suitable to be associated with USIP."

Pipes first raised concerns over the planned event in November, when
the USIP initially had invited Taha Jaber Al-Alwani to speak on a
panel
to discuss reforming Islam. Al-Alwani was publicly identified in an
affidavit by U.S. Customs special agent David Kane, unsealed just
weeks
earlier, as a director of "Safa Group companies including
International
Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), FIQH council of North America,
Graduate School of Islamic & Social Sciences ... and Heritage
Education
Trust."

The IIIT offices were raided in March 2002 as part of Operation
Greenquest, a joint federal antiterrorism task force. IIIT has
received money
and sponsorship from the government of Saudi Arabia, and according to
the affidavit had sponsored Basheer Nafi, "an active directing member
of
[Palestinian Islamic Jihad] front organizations" in the United
States.

Following Pipes' objection, the USIP postponed the initial event and
canceled its invitation to Al-Alwani to join the panel discussion,
but
continued to work with CSID despite Pipes' claims that the group
included
among its leadership individuals who were on the "wrong side" in the
war on terror.

USIP spokesperson Kay King says the institute has "done due
diligence"
on CSID and found the group to be "moderate" and "responsible."

"We know that CSID has gotten grants form the State Department and
from
the National Endowment for Democracy," she said. "They are an
organization that has been found appropriate by U.S. government
agencies."

CSID showcases moderate Muslim thinkers such as professor Abdulaziz
Sachedina of the University of Virginia. However, many board members
have
either led or worked for groups that were targets of a federal
antiterrorist task force raid in March 2002.

CSID founding board member Jamal Barzinji headed the "500 Grove
Street"
charities in Herndon, Va., that were the target of the Greenquest
task
force. He left the CSID board in April 2003.

Another CSID founding board member, Louay M. Safi , is director of
research at IIIT, according to the biography posted on the CSID
Website. He
is reported previously to have worked at an IIIT offshoot in Malaysia.

The CSID board also includes Muslim leaders who are former or current
board members of the American Muslim Council, starting with CSID
chairman Ali A. Mazrui. "CSID is part of the militant Islamist
lobby," Pipes
tells Insight. "It is well-disguised, and has brought in all the
Islamist trends, giving them a patent of respectability."

The group's executive director in 2002 was Abdulwahab Alkebsi, a
former
AMC staff member. Alkebsi also is reported to have worked for the
Islamic Institute in Washington, and now runs democracy programs in
Iraq for
the National Endowment for Democracy that have promoted, among
others,
the Iraqi Communist Party.

Kenneth R. Timmerman is a senior writer for Insight.

________________________________________________
Dear Dr. David Smock:

Thank you for holding this important workshop. I hope your institute
will continue to build bridges of understanding among all people for
peace and progress in the world.

The Insight article is full of lies and accusations against me.
Please
see Solomon Moore's article (attached here) in LA Times. This article
gives the whole quote, not part of the quote. I shall also fax you
this
article to see more clearly how my statement was mutilated. I refuted
that statement and expressed my position. Attached is my letter that
I
sent to Washington Post. They did not publish it but it was placed on
the Website of ISNA (ISNA.net)

Injustice does inflame the wrath of God. This is the teaching of the
Bible and the Qur'an. (See the attached references from the Bible and
the
Qur'an). I used the word "wrath of God" in a religious sense as a
reminder, not as a threat. I fear the wrath of God and this is the
way I
remind myself and others.

As far the Shari'ah law, I always remind Muslims to follow the law of
God always and every where. I tell them to follow the law of God and
the
law of the land. I never "called for the wider application of the
Shari'ah law in the United States. If the author has any statement of
mine
to this affect, let him produce that with proper refrences.

About the quotation from Kansas City State (Jan 28, 1995) I have not
seen this article and I do not know in what way its author has
referred
to me. I do not recall ever making such statement. I never supported
suicide bombing. As you rightly pointed out that suicide bombing did
not
even start in 1995.

There are some verses in the Qur'an about the martyrs in Chapter
3:169-171 "Think not of those who are slain in Allah's Way as dead.
Nay, they
live, finding their sustenance in the Presence of their Lord; They
rejoice in the Bounty provided by Allah: and with regard to those
left
behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the (Martyrs)
glory
in the fact that on them is no fear, nor have they (cause to) grieve.
They glory in the Grace and the Bounty from Allah, and in the fact
that
Allah suffereth not the reward of the Faithful to be lost (in the
least)." It seems to me that the writer mistook the Qur'anic
statement as my
words. I have sometimes used these verses of the Qur'an during the
month of Muharram referring to the Martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's
grandson
Husain and his family. The author of Kansas Star article, probably,
quoted me or my use of these verses out of context. I would like to
see
this article.

The Muslim World League of Makkah is an international organization of
Muslim scholars. It was established in 1964 and I have been involved
with it for the past 30 years. I worked at the Muslim World League UN
Office from 1996 to 1980 as the head of the Religious Affairs
Department. I
am still a member of the Supreme Council of Mosques of the Muslim
World
League. I did travel with the MWL delegation in June 2002 when the
Secretary General of the League came to US to express his
condemnation of
terrorism in the name of Islam. The delegation explained to various
interfaith and other civic audiences Islam's stand on peace and
harmony
among all peoples of faith. I did join this delegation in its
peaceful
mission. The delegation's visit was appreciated by many Christians
and
Jewish leaders. However, I am not aware that the League ever made a
tour
in United States to collect any funds and I was never part of the
League's any tour for fundraising any where in the world.

Let me also say that the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is
an
umbrella organization for all Muslims of America.  It brings together
Muslims of all backgrounds, Sunnis, Shi'is and Sufis. It is not a
Wahhabi organization.

Thank you again for your good work and looking forward to working
with
you in future.

Sincerely,
Muzammil Siddiqi


-----Original Message-----
From: Bokhari, Kamran Asghar [mailto:kbokhari@...]
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 2:00 AM
To: kbokhari@...
Subject: RE: Daniel Pipes' allegations about my ties to al-Muhajiroun

There are several serious problems with the allegations made by Dr.
Daniel Pipes regarding my past association to al-Muhajiroun (ALM).
These
assertions, which were published March 19 in an article ‘Pipes
Objects
to Fox in the Henhouse’ by Kenneth R. Timmerman in the Insight IN
THE
NEWS magazine have necessitated that I respond to clarify my
position.

Contrary to Dr. Pipes claims that I was ALM’s spokesperson until
last
year, I would like to state for the record that I have not had any
ties
to the group for five years now.

In fact, I have severely condemned al-Muhajiroun on multiple
occasions.
What’s more is that my views on radical Islamism and jihadism are
open for public scrutiny in my articles, most recent of which are
‘Is
Democracy Kufr?’  & ‘What is Moderate Islam & Who Are Moderate
Muslims?’, published in the December and March issues of Q-News,
respectively. Moreover, the archives of the Political Islam
Discussion List
(PIDL), based out of The University of Texas server, which I founded
in June
2000, and continue to moderate, are replete with my views for
everyone
to see whether I am a radical Islamist supporting al-Qaeda (as
depicted
by Dr. Pipes) or an aspiring Muslim scholar of political Islam. What
is
really ironic is that Campus Watch, a project founded by Dr. Pipes
expressed appreciation for a panel entitled ‘Rescuing Islamic
Political
Theory from the Jihadist Ideology’, which I organized at last
year’s
Middle East Studies Association (MESA) annual meeting in Anchorage,
Alaska in November 2003. I presented a paper ‘Jihad & Jihadism: A
Rendition of Transnational Militant Non-State Actors’ as part of
this
panel. I will be presenting this paper again at this year’s
American
Political Science Association (APSA) annual meeting in Chicago in
August. An
earlier version of this paper ‘The Social & Ideological Roots of
Jihadism: A Constructivist Understanding to Non-State Actors’ also
appeared in the Middle East Affairs Journal [8:3-4], a publication of
the
United Association for Research and Studies (UASR). Incidentally
UASR,
back in 1999 invited Dr. Pipes to a forum ‘Islamism: A Critique,
and Dr.
Ahmad Yusuf, the head of UASR published an article in the Middle East
Quarterly [5:1] of which Dr. Pipes is the publisher.

Anyway, my brief and limited affiliation with ALM was not in the
capacity of the typical member or leader, as Dr. Pipes has
inaccurately
stated. Instead, as a Muslim individual, I was driven by my interests
in the
initial ideas of the group, at the time of its formation. ALM began
as
a forum for promoting debate and cooperation amongst various Islamic
organizations, and fighting partisan politics among Muslims working
towards the establishment of an Islamic polity. I also want to point
out
that I have never believed in the use of violence as a means to
effecting
political change. One of the reasons behind my interest in ALM was
its
advocacy of change through intellectual/ideological/political means.
I
disassociated myself from it when it became clear to me that ALM had
reduced itself to being a cheerleading club for jihadists. Also, I
realized that my real interest was in the academic/scholarly study of
Islam
as opposed to activism. Then, over time, I also underwent an
ideological
shift, which is why I refer to myself as a post-Islamist.

Put differently, I am a moderate Muslim committed to the goal of
establishing democracies in the Muslim world in keeping with its
Islamic
ethos, an objective, which is also shared by the Bush White House. My
interest in democratization and democratic consolidation led me to
become a
Fellow with the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID).
Moreover, my thesis for my first Masters in Int’l Affairs &
Administration (from Southwest Missouri State University) was
entitled ‘Islam and
Democracy in the Context of Contemporary Islamic Resurgence’. I
have
also presented papers at the annual conferences of CSID for the last
three consecutive years. As a matter of fact, the U.S. State
Department
carried a report on my panel from the 2003 conference, specifically
quoting me. This is now posted on the websites of many U.S. embassies
all
over the world, and that too in multiple languages.

Going back to ALM, with the exception of myself, all of the other
U.S.
affiliates of ALM (a London based group) lived in New York. Since I
resided in Springfield, MO, I was never part of the group’s
meetings,
planning, decision-making, etc. My relationship with the group was
unidirectional in that I maintained links on my own initiative mostly
via the
web. I never had any formal membership, which is why when I left,
there
was no formal disassociation either. Moreover, I was also not
involved
in the formation of the group’s U.S. chapter (for a lack of better
term). In 1996, a few former Hizb al-Tahrir (HT) affiliates in New
York
left HT after serious disagreements with the leadership, and were
looking to form an alternative group to pursue their intellectual,
ideological, political, and cultural interests. At about the same
time,
coincidently they found out about Omar Bakri's departure from HT in
the U.K.,
and his subsequent founding of ALM. These ex-HT members became
interested, and following a lengthy and extensive phone conversation
with Bakri,
they decided to form a chapter on a voluntary basis in NY, autonomous
from London. I myself was not part of this process, and decided to
become part of the group much later, but always remained a long-
distance
affiliate.

The ALM of today is very different than the group it began as in
1996.
It started off as a group seeking to bridge the differences amongst
the
many Islamic movements worldwide. It also called for healthy dialogue
amongst people of different faiths. In mid-1998, however, and to the
shock of us here in the U.S., it began assuming pro-jihadist stances.
This
was quite paradoxical as Bakri earlier had written a detailed
treatise
rebutting claims by militant Islamists that jihad was a valid modus
operandi to establish an Islamic state. Nevertheless, this was the
point
when many of us began having second thoughts, and one after the
other,
we all eventually left. Three years later, shortly after the 9/11
attacks, I learned that Bakri had issued a fatwah condemning the 9/11
attacks
as Islamically forbidden acts because non-combatants and civilian
infrastructure had been targeted.

After the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, however, he made an
outrageous
volte face, and said that the attacks were in fact justified. By
2002,
the group had undergone yet another change. It had metamorphosed into
a
Neo-Salafist/Jihadist creed. I am not sure, but I do not think that
there are any ALM activists in the U.S. any longer.

Clearly ALM has turned out to be one of those fringe London-based
rogue
Islamist groups that seek media attention by making a lot of noise
after jihadists stage their attacks. Looking back, I regret having
succumbed to my ignorance of the group’s true intentions. Not being
in close
proximity, however, prevented me from sensing the dangerous direction
in which the group was heading. At the time (1996-99) I was an
undergraduate, but when I entered grad school, I realized that my
interest was
in academic scholarship and not in activism, which is another reason
for
my departure from the group. What I find really interesting is why
Dr.
Pipes never wrote about me until now, i.e., many years after I left
ALM.

My assuming the role of ALM’s spokesperson on this side of the
Atlantic was also one of those spur of the moment things. I guess I
was asked
to take up the position due to my knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Nonetheless, I never fulfilled that role in any meaningful way. It
was an
idea thrown out by one of the ex-affiliates from New York. Since ALM
as
an organization had no structure in the U.S., it was proposed that a
spokesperson would be the best point of reference for the group. I
was
never given any directions from Bakri or anyone else on what I should
say.

On a few occasions, I recall voicing my frustration with the folks in
New York and London that even though I wasn’t part of the
decision-making process but  I ended up having to defend their
statements, many of
which I found myself utterly disagreeing with. My protestations only
fell on deaf ears. In the beginning, I viewed myself as responsible
for
representing ALM in the media and the general public. The occasion to
represent the group in the media never arose, but I did write a
handful
of messages on a host of Muslim email discussion lists, trying to
explain the group’s take on miscellaneous matters. This is perhaps
how my
relationship with the group became public knowledge.

In any case, it is most unfortunate that a scholar of Dr. Pipes’
stature would choose to cast me in such a negative light based on
superficial information, and without even bothering to ascertain the
precise
nature of my limited association with ALM. Such reckless and
misleading
characterizations can ruin the lives of many innocent people. His
determination to protect people from dangerous individuals and
organizations
is both understandable and admirable, however, is the good doctor
willing to live with the guilt that his irresponsible attitude caused
unnecessary grief to individuals and their families?
Regards,
-------
Kamran A. Bokhari
Doctoral Student
Department of Political Science
Howard University
2441, Sixth Street
Washington, DC 20059


_________________________________________________________
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the
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Qualified candidates should send a resume, a brief writing sample and
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and humane world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for
the
rule of law. We support human rights activists who fight for basic
freedoms and peaceful change at the local level; protect refugees in
flight
from persecution and repression; promote fair economic practices by
creating safeguards for workers' rights; and help build a strong
international system of justice and accountability for the worst
human rights
crimes. Collaboration, innovation, and the search for lasting
solutions
are the hallmarks of our approach to the toughest human rights
problems.

The Human Rights Defenders Program (HRDP) works to promote the work
of
independent human rights defenders around the world. It campaigns for
the realization of the right to promote and protect human rights.  It
intervenes on behalf of individual defenders suffering persecution
for
their human rights activities, as well as working for the creation of
enabling legal environments for human rights defenders in which the
basic
freedoms essential to human rights defenders are upheld.

Based in New York, working in coordination with other departments and
programs and under the supervision of the Director of the Human
Rights
Defenders’ Program, the Senior Associate of the Human Rights
Defenders’ Program bears responsibility for ensuring that Human
Rights First
continues to play a vital role in supporting the work of human rights
defenders around the world. She or he will play a lead role in
formulating program goals in all areas of the program’s activities;
researching
and writing position papers, web-site materials, op/eds and other
press
pieces; conducting advocacy; fostering relationships with NGOs and
governments; developing specific projects.


Primary responsibilities will include:
•         Work with program directors and staff to identify and
respond to situations where local partner organizations and defenders
are
targeted for persecution.
•         Maintain and develop relationships with other NGOs, both
in
the U.S. and internationally, to ensure effective and timely
responses
to threats to human rights defenders as they arise.
•         Engage in factual and legal research for defender cases,
and
work with program staff to draft appropriate documents â€" letters,
advocacy alerts, press statements, background analysis documents, and
reports.
•         Work with staff in Communications and IS departments to
develop material for media distribution and posting on HRF web-site,
concerning all concerns of the Human Rights Defenders’ Program.
•         Serve as a focal point for existing, long-term cases and
assist program staff to respond to developments in these cases and
pursue
further advocacy.
•         Continue to liaise with the UN Special Representative on
Human Rights Defenders and explore new ways to support and develop
her
mandate.
•       Work closely with International Justice Program to develop
projects supportive of human rights defenders engaged in the
promotion and
implementation of accountability mechanisms for serious human rights
violations, often in post-conflict situations.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
•          In-depth knowledge of international human rights
standards
and their enforcement institutions at the regional and international
levels;
•         Excellent written and oral communications skills;
•         Track record of conducting public advocacy and achieving
clearly defined objectives through the use of both legal and non-
legal
strategies;
•         Capacity to work under pressure, to take initiative and to
work collegially with others;
•         Ability to work comfortably in a variety of settings,
including legal, academic and governmental, and to achieve a
sympathetic
rapport with local human rights advocates;
•         A law degree, and/or other advanced academic training in
human rights, and five years experience in a related field is highly
desirable;
•         Experience promoting and protecting human rights in
diverse
international environments is highly desirable.
•         Willingness to travel;
•         Fluency in a language other than English, especially
Spanish, French or Arabic is strongly desirable.

ANNUAL SALARY:          Competitive, Excellent benefits.
START DATE:   Immediate Hire
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Respond no later than April 5, 2004.
SUBMISSIONS (E-mail Preferred): Cover letter, resume, 2 Writing
Samples
(1 unedited); names and contact details for three (3) references to:

HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST
HR- HRDP â€" Sr. Assoc.
333 Seventh Ave., 13th floor
New York, NY 10001-5004
Or via facsimile to: (212) 845-5299
Or via e-mail to: HumanResources@...

All applicants will be notified of our receipt of application; only
selected applicants will be contacted for phone or in-person
interviews.
NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE.

Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy
www.islam-democracy.org (in English)
http://www.islam-democracy.org/ar/ (in Arabic)

6.
x-posted from TSBD

GLOBALIZATIONS

NEW IN 2004

Print ISSN 1474-7731; Online ISSN 1474-774X

Call for Papers

Globalizations is a new journal, edited by Barry Gills, and supported
by the Globalization Research Network. With an editorial board
consisting of active globalization scholars, the journal will seek to
publish cutting-edge work exploring new meanings of globalization,
bringing fresh ideas to the concept and contributing to debates that
shape the future.

The conventional use of 'globalization' understood narrowly as
neoliberal economics and free trade, is being challenged from many
directions.

The journal is dedicated to opening the wides possible space for
discussion of alternatives to a narrow economic understanding of
globalization. The move from the singular to the plural is deliberate
and meaningful.

Moving to the plural 'globalizations' signifies a serious skepticism
of the idea that there can ever be a single theory or interpretation
of globalization. Rather, the journal will seek to encourage the
exploration and discussion of multiple interpretations and multiple
processes that may constitute many possible globalizations, many
possible alternatives and futures.

Globalizations encompasses global processes as well as global
problems, and the nature and means of global solutions.

In order to pursue such a wide range of possibilities, the journal
will be open to all fields of knowledge, including the natural,
environmental, medical, and public health sciences, as well as the
social sciences. Globalizations will normally consider papers from any
relevant disciplinary background, but we will especially encourage
multidisciplinary research, as well as transnational research
involving participants from more than one country. Globalizations
sees its role as contributing to building the emergent field of
Global Studies and Critical Globalization Studies, in pursuit of new
modes of global education and action.

The journal will not confine itself to publishing only critiques of
existing economic or neoliberal globalization, although such critique
will always be a feature. Globalizations will engage with social,
cultural, political, and ideological debates on the nature and
practices of global change. The journal hopes to establish a real
bridge between the academic world and the world of practice, the
world of action. We want to publish work that is relevant and
accessible to a wide public, including non-governmental organizations
and policy-making communities in addition to university teachers,
researchers, and students.

The first issue of Globalizations is scheduled for September 2004.
The journal will be peer-reviewed.

Articles should be between 4000-8,000 words, inclusive
of all notes and references. All articles should be submitted typed
and double-spaced, using the Harvard system of referencing, along
with a 150 word abstract.

A disk and three hard copies should be sent to:

Barry Gills, The School of Geography, Politics and
Sociology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 40/42 Great North
Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.

For more detailed instructions, please visit:
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/rgloauth.asp

Visit www.tandf.co.uk/sara for contents alerts within your subject
area. This service is free of charge.

www.tandf.co.uk/journals

7.
x-posted from TSBD

Lambdaİstanbul ve İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi'nce 7-8 Mayıs 2004
tarihinde

İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Kuştepe kampüsünde



"Türkiye'de Cinsel Kimlik ve Yönelimleri Anlamak"



Konulu bir sempozyum düzenlenecektir. Sempozyumda tartışılacak konu
başlıkları:





* Cinsiyet, cinsel kimlik ve cinsel yönelim kavramlarının
anlamı ve
birbirleriyle ilişkisi (Cinsiyetin ve cinsel kimliğin inşa edilmesi
ve
sabitlenmesi süreci, bu kavramların günlük yaşantıdan yola çıkarak
yorumlanması)

* Türkiye'de eşcinsel, biseksüel, lezbiyen, heteroseksüel,
transvesti,
transseksüel, gey tanımlarını anlamak

* Türkiye toplumunda erkeksilik ve kadınsılığın sorgulanması,
erkeksiliğin militarizm üzerinden kurgulanışı, bu kavramların
eşcinsellik
bağlamında yorumlanması
* Türkiye toplumunda ahlak ve cinsellik ilişkisi, cinsel
pratiklerin ve
yönelimlerin ahlakî yargılarla değerlendirilmesi
* Cinsel yönelimlerin Türkiye coğrafyasında algılanış şekilleri
ve
tarihsel gelişimi (Cinsel yönelimlerin edebî ve / veya tarihsel
metinler
üzerinden tartışılması)
* Cinsel kimlik ve yönelimler konusundaki ayrımcılık ve
şiddetin insan
hakları ile ilişkili olarak tartışılması
* Dünyada ve Türkiye'de eşcinsel hareket ve farklı mücadele
stratejileri
* Türkiye hukukunda eşcinselliğin tanımlanma biçimleri,
bunların
dönüştürülmesi için uygulanabilecek stratejiler
* Uluslararası hukukta eşcinselliğin yeri ve Türkiye'nin bu
konudaki
durumu ve yükümlülükleri
* Adli tıp ve adli psikiyatrinin eşcinsellik konusundaki
yaklaşımı ve
yükümlülükleri

(Cinsiyet değiştirmede yaşanan sorunlar, eşcinsel cinayetleri,
fiziksel
ve psikolojik şiddetin tanımlanması)



Bu konularla ilgili bildiri sunmak isteyenlerin bildirilerinin 100-
150
kelimelik özetini sempozyum@...
<http://uk.f861.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=sempozyum@bilgi.edu.tr>

adresine yollamaları gerekmektedir.



Sempozyum grubu adına

Cihan Hüroğlu

8.
x-posted from euroconferinte

Tinbergen Institute- Master of Philosophy Programme in Economics
Application deadline: April 1, 2004


Tinbergen Institute (TI) is a research institute in economics, where
selected researchers from three Dutch universities (Erasmus
Universiteit
Rotterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam)
have joined forces to further economic research, on the one hand, and
to offer a highly valued graduate programme to a community of
excellent
students, on the other. The institute is accredited by the Royal
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), as a sign of high
quality of
Ph.D. training and research in the Netherlands.

Today, TI is one of the major Dutch research institutes in economics,
with about 100 senior research fellows and 100 Ph.D. students. More
than
300 alumni have completed their Ph.D.s and TI currently has an annual
influx of 25 M.Phil. students, who receive their training and
guidance
from TI senior research fellows. The institute is located in
Amsterdam
and Rotterdam.

TI offers a two-year Master of Philosophy programme in economics. The
programme is part of a five-year Ph.D. programme in economics, but
can
also serve as an excellent preparation for students who are aiming
for a
career in consulting or policy advice organisations.

A limited number of scholarships is available for the M.Phil.
programme
starting September 2004. This scholarship covers the tuition fee as
well as living costs.

More information
Website: www.tinbergen.nl
E-mail: applications@...

9.
x-posted from euroconferinte

International Summer University BRAVE NEW EUROPE 2004- A New
Beginning?
The EU after the IGC, Enlargement and Iraq, July 4-17, 2004,
Ljubljana,
Slovenia
Application deadline: April 15, 2004


Organized by Young European Federalists Slovenia in cooperation with
the Faculty of Social Sciences, International Relations Student
Association (IRSA) and Association for Political Science Students
POLITUSS.

A two-week advanced summer course on issues concerning the European
Union, before and after May 1 2004. The focus of the programme will
be on
the enlargement, the IGC and Iraq.

In the past two years three major issues marked the political
landscape
of Europe. Enlargement will open the doors to ten new member states
and
will significantly reshuffle the nature of political affairs in
Europe.
The need to complete the reform the EU structures has become more
urgent than ever. Furthermore, new developments in world politics
have
confronted Europe with several questions, including the one on its
unity.
The May 1 does begin a new era, but where do we go from there?

Brave New Europe offers an interactive course on a wide range of
topics
concerning mainly (but not only) the EU. The summer school will be
composed of five academic modules: History, Institutions, Law,
Economics
and Current Issues. Apart from lectures, the participants will have
the
chance to actively debate the issues in workshops, panels with
externa