News

November 2009

November 3^rd 2009: Special Feature: 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall on the essay forum Transformations of the Public Sphere

June 2009

June 5^th 2009: Photojournalist who participated in SSRC-funded Harvard program offers audio slideshow as new resource for journalists covering Iraq.

May 2009

May 27^th 2009: Based on an SSRC-funded workshop, Harvard’s Center on Middle Eastern Studies posts “Resources for Journalists on Islam and Muslim Communities.”

March 2009

March 13^th 2009: SSRC Grants help fund MinnPost.com series “Meeting Minnesota’s Muslims”
March 13^th 2009: SSRC sponsors “Meeting Minnesota’s Muslims” article series in MinnPost
March 9^th 2009: SSRC Awards 13 Grants to Improve Public Knowledge on Islam and Muslim Communities
March 6^th 2009: Jamie Taraby to be keynote speaker at March 27 workshop on roles and responsibilities of the media in portraying Islam and Muslim lives, part of an SSRC-funded initiative at Indiana U

February 2009

February 27^th 2009: SSRC-sponsored project “Voices and Visions” recognized by Bloomington’s Human Rights Commission
February 13^th 2009: Lila Abu-Lughod and Saba Mahmood hold conversation on Women, Islam and the West discussion at Grace Cathedral, sponsored by the SSRC

January 2008

January 8^th 2008: Wisconsin Public Radio show “Here on Earth” announces SSRC-funded “Inside Islam” program series

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