News

August 2009

August 27th 2009
Writing for the Huffington Post on recent events in the PRC, historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom recommends the essay by SSRC President Craig Calhoun and Guobin Yang on the rise of a green public sphere in China.
August 25th 2009
NY Times “Prescriptions” blog interviews 1996 Abe Fellow John Creighton Campbell about lessons from the Japanese health care system.
August 20th 2009
NY Times columnist Paul Krugman credits Jacob Hacker, editor of SSRC book Health at Risk, for originating the proposal that would allow individuals to buy insurance from a government-run plan.
August 17th 2009
Educational sociologist Sara Goldrick-Rab, writing in Brainstorm, says of CLA Longitudinal Study led by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa: “Cool study–one to keep an eye on.” Goldrick-Rab attended Arum and Roksa’s talk at the ASA annual meeting.
August 12th 2009
SSRC President Craig Calhoun joins some 200 intellectuals, activists and defenders of rights in appealing to the UN secretary general to take action on Iran.
August 11th 2009
2004 Abe Fellow Aya Ezawa blogs for New York Times about why Japanese women continue to be attracted to the hostessing profession (“Room for Debate,” 8/11/09).
August 7th 2009
Guardian report quotes Lee Sigal about the likely contents of Bill Clinton’s three-hour-long discussion with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
August 4th 2009
SSRC launches essay forum on Transformations of the Public Sphere
August 4th 2009
SSRC launches Public Sphere Guide - a research guide, teaching guide and resource for the renewal of the public sphere
August 1st 2009
Data Drip, a collective conversation about data, data policy, and research on media, information, and communications policy

July 2009

July 24th 2009
3 Quarks Daily features an interview with Craig Calhoun
July 20th 2009
New on The Immanent Frame: Craig Calhoun and others respond to recent reversal in case of Tariq Ramadan.
July 14th 2009
Article on “Charles Tilly’s Interdisciplinary Influence” appears in Swiss Political Science Review, coauthored by Craig Calhoun and Andreas Koller.
July 2nd 2009
In Darfur literature review for NYRB, Nicholas Kristof heralds Alex de Waal’s blog and essays as necessary reading.

June 2009

June 25th 2009
Jacob Hacker, editor of SSRC health care book, testifies before House Education and Labor Committee on health care reform legislation.
June 25th 2009
SSRC to sponsor first-ever NYC Youth Media & Technology Festival at The New School, Saturday, June 27.
June 24th 2009
Henry Luce Foundation announces renewed support for SSRC’s work on religion and international affairs.
June 24th 2009
Susan Wrynn of the JFK Library, partner in SSRC’s project to rescue the Hemingway’s Cuba papers, in CBS Evening News report
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.