Social Science Research Council
NEW AND IN THE NEWS
- June 19th 2009
- SSRC issues statement in support of Iranian scholars and researchers.
- June 17th 2009
- Jacob Hacker, editor of SSRC health care book, blogs in The New Republic on fast-moving health care debate.
- June 17th 2009
- In Darfur literature review for NYRB, Nicholas Kristof heralds Alex de Waal’s blog and essays as necessary reading.
- June 11th 2009
- Lee Sigal testifies before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on a strategy for dealing with North Korea.
- June 8th 2009
- Lee Sigal speaks to Martin Savidge of WorldFocus about North Korea’s harsh sentence for two detained U.S. journalists.
FEATURED STORY
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IRAN'S POST-ELECTION CONFLICT: Experts associated with Islam and Muslim in World Contexts offer thoughts: "On
Miscalculating an Election," by Farideh Farhi "An Insane and Most Modern Form of Revolt?" by Mark LeVine "An Artist as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran," by Shiva Balaghi Image: The Queen's Park (1972), by Mir Hossein Mousavi, courtesy Grey Art Gallery, NYU |
COUNCIL QUESTION
Explore answers to questions
posed to social science experts on bailouts, future of newspapers, renewal of
public spirit under Obama...
FEATURED PUBLICATION
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Pensions, Social
Security, and the Privatization of Risk
Edited by Mitchell A. Orenstein. Part of the Privatization of Risk Book Series.
PROGRAM RETREAT
Academia and the Public Sphere hosts a two-day retreat for its grantees to explore public engagement on Islam and Muslim communities. June 18-19, 2009. Shangri La, Oahu, Hawaii.
Detail of a
textile (Ruijo)
Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, late 19th century
Cotton, silk and wool threads
104 x 93 1/2 in. (264.2 x 237.5cm)
Shangri La, 85.55
Courtesy of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
(c) 2006 David Franzen
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