News
November 2009
- November 20th 2009
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DPDF 2010 Research Field “Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Contentious Politics” announced, to be directed by Doug McAdam and Sid Tarrow
- November 18th 2009
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The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship student competition is open. Deadline: January 29, 2010
- November 17th 2009
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Alex de Waal urges embracing patronage politics in Afghanistan
- November 9th 2009
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Listen to a recording of Judith Butler, Jürgen Habermas, Charles Taylor, and Cornel West at an event co-sponsored by SSRC on religion in the public sphere.
- November 4th 2009
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Grants program on Islam and Muslims in World Contexts launches online application portal. Deadline Jan 18, 2010.
- November 3rd 2009
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Special Feature: 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall on the essay forum Transformations of the Public Sphere
October 2009
- October 27th 2009
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The SSRC, UNESCO and UNIFEM launch online forum, the “Fourth Wave: Violence, Gender, Culture & HIV in the 21st Century”
- October 26th 2009
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SSRC funds Contexts and Connections Media Fellows Program at Duke University
- October 26th 2009
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ASA urges Iranian leadership to free imprisoned sociologist Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh.
- October 20th 2009
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Program Director Alex de Waal hailed as “Brave Thinker” by The Atlantic
- October 19th 2009
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Eurasia Program Webinar on October 19 - The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Resources in Eurasia - Featuring panelists Charlie Ryan and Clifford Gaddy. Click to register.
- October 19th 2009
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SSRC Grantee Muslim Voices named one of Ten Best Twitter Accounts Muslims Should Follow along with Queen Rania and Kareem Abdul Jabbar:
- October 14th 2009
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SSRC-funded public event, “Politics and New Media in the Muslim World.” sponsored by Asia Society - Northern California and UC Berkeley
- October 13th 2009
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Interdisciplinary backgrounds of the 2009 recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics.
- October 13th 2009
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2008 Abe Fellow Rob Schmitz reports for KQED Public Radio in his series Rising Sun: How Japan is Winning the Energy Race
- October 13th 2009
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Visit the SSRC-funded Iran Social Science Information Project.
- October 7th 2009
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SSRC President Craig Calhoun asks “What Makes a Good Economy?”
- October 5th 2009
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AHDP’s Co-Director Sarah Burd-Sharps and British health expert Richard Wilkinson discuss the deficiencies of the GDP as an indicator of well-being with callers on “Your Call” Radio.
- October 5th 2009
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In The Huffington Post, AHDP Co-Directors Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis explain what the G-20 failed to recognize: that GDP alone is a poor measure of societal success.
- October 2nd 2009
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Carnegie Corporation of New York announces renewed support for SSRC grants program on Islam and public engagement