http://www.ssrc.org/ SSRC.org 2009-11-04T11:24:00-05:00 Symphony (build ) SSRC 2009-11-04T11:24:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-11-04/1087/

<p>Grants program on <strong>Islam and Muslims in World Contexts</strong> launches online application portal. Deadline Jan 18, 2010.</p>

SSRC 2009-11-03T14:03:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-11-03/1082/

<p>Special Feature: <strong>20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall</strong> on the essay forum <strong>Transformations of the Public Sphere</strong></p>

SSRC 2009-10-27T18:04:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-27/1059/

<p>The SSRC, UNESCO and UNIFEM launch online forum, the &#8220;Fourth Wave: Violence, Gender, Culture &amp; HIV in the 21st Century&#8221;</p>

SSRC 2009-10-26T15:59:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-26/1053/

<p>SSRC funds <strong>Contexts and Connections Media Fellows Program</strong> at Duke University</p>

SSRC 2009-10-26T15:29:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-26/1051/

<p>ASA urges Iranian leadership to free imprisoned sociologist Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh.</p>

SSRC 2009-10-20T15:01:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-20/1035/

<p>Program Director <strong>Alex de Waal</strong> hailed as &#8220;Brave Thinker&#8221; by The Atlantic</p>

SSRC 2009-10-19T11:39:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-19/1005/

<p>Eurasia Program Webinar on October 19 - The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Resources in Eurasia - Featuring panelists <strong>Charlie Ryan</strong> and <strong>Clifford Gaddy</strong>. Click to register.</p>

SSRC 2009-10-19T11:32:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-19/1029/

<p>SSRC Grantee <strong>Muslim Voices</strong> named one of Ten Best Twitter Accounts Muslims Should Follow along with Queen Rania and Kareem Abdul Jabbar:</p>

SSRC 2009-10-14T13:44:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-14/1013/

<p>SSRC-funded public event, “Politics and New Media in the Muslim World.” sponsored by Asia Society - Northern California and UC Berkeley</p>

SSRC 2009-10-13T16:47:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-13/1008/

<p>Interdisciplinary backgrounds of the 2009 recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics.</p>

SSRC 2009-10-13T13:51:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-13/1006/

<p>2008 Abe Fellow <strong>Rob Schmitz</strong> reports for KQED Public Radio in his series <em>Rising Sun: How Japan is Winning the Energy Race</em></p>

SSRC 2009-10-13T13:23:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-13/1004/

<p>Visit the SSRC-funded <strong>Iran Social Science Information Project</strong>.</p>

SSRC 2009-10-07T14:23:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-07/986/

<p>SSRC President <strong>Craig Calhoun</strong> asks &#8220;What Makes a Good Economy?&#8221;</p>

SSRC 2009-10-05T17:03:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-05/976/

<p>AHDP’s Co-Director <strong>Sarah Burd-Sharps</strong> and British health expert <strong>Richard Wilkinson</strong> discuss the deficiencies of the GDP as an indicator of well-being with callers on &#8220;Your Call&#8221; Radio.</p>

SSRC 2009-10-05T17:02:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-05/975/

<p>In The Huffington Post, AHDP Co-Directors <strong>Sarah Burd-Sharps</strong> and <strong>Kristen Lewis</strong> explain what the G-20 failed to recognize: that GDP alone is a poor measure of societal success.</p>

SSRC 2009-10-02T19:24:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-02/970/

<p>Carnegie Corporation of New York announces renewed support for SSRC grants program on Islam and public engagement</p>

SSRC 2009-10-02T16:16:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-10-02/969/

<p>Six former International Dissertation Research Fellows win SSRC&#8217;s <strong>2010 Book Fellowship</strong> for turning their dissertations into book manuscripts.</p>

SSRC 2009-09-25T17:18:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-09-25/954/

<p>SSRC <strong>forms new working group</strong> on Spirituality, Political Engagement, and Public Life, co-chaired by <strong>Courtney Bender</strong> and <strong>Omar M. McRoberts</strong>.</p>

SSRC 2009-09-25T17:16:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-09-25/953/

<p>SSRC <strong>announces new advisory committee</strong> on Religion and International Affairs, co-chaired by <strong>Scott Appleby</strong>, <strong>Katherine Marshall</strong>, and <strong>Alfred C. Stepan</strong>.</p>

SSRC 2009-09-23T09:00:00-05:00 http://www.ssrc.org/news/view/2009-09-23/928/

<p>Museum of American Finance and SSRC co-host <strong>panel on privatization of risk</strong>, to take place Sept 29.</p>