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- April 24th 2013Leon Sigal, director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project, discusses escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula in "Better Understanding North Korea," a Q&A with the Federation of American Scientists’ Strategic Security Blog →
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November 2012
- November 8th 2012
- Read about IDRF Fellow Ginger Nolan's (2011) research on the historical construction of "media arts" in the latest SSRC Research Snapshot, "A Field for the Savage Mind" →
- November 5th 2012
- The IDRF application portal is available once again following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. The application deadline has been extended to Saturday, November 10, at 9 p.m. The deadline for reference letters has been extended to Tuesday, November 20 →
October 2012
- October 24th 2012
- Watch a video recording of the informational webinar on the 2013 International Dissertation Research Fellowship with program director Daniella Sarnoff →
- October 23rd 2012
- Only two weeks remain to apply for the International Dissertation Research Fellowship. Deadline: November 7 →
- October 17th 2012
- DSD and IDRF Fellow Teo Ballvé (2012) discusses how Colombian paramilitaries use grassroots development efforts to hide, or “launder,” stolen farmland in Future Agricultures →
- October 12th 2012
- IDRF Fellow Charles Keith (2005) authors new book, Catholic Vietnam: A Church from Empire to Nation (University of California Press), exploring the complex position of the Catholic Church in modern Vietnamese history →
- October 9th 2012
- IDRF Fellow Cheris Chan (2001) discusses Marketing Death, her recent book on the emergence of a life-insurance market in China, with the University of Melbourne's Up Close →
- October 5th 2012
- DSD Fellow Alex Fattal (2012) has contributed articles on digital militancy and on the geopolitics of Facebook to Anthropological Quarterly →
September 2012
- September 28th 2012
- Register now for an October 10 informational webinar on the 2013 International Dissertation Research Fellowship with program director Daniella Sarnoff →
July 2012
- July 12th 2012
- Watch a series of IDRF workshop videos on academic publishing, featuring IDRF Book Fellows in conversation with NYU Press, editors, and published scholars →
- July 10th 2012
- Ronit Ricci (IDRF 2002) wins American Academy of Religion's Best First Book in the History of Religions Award for Islam Translated, the product of her 2009 IDRF Book Fellowship →
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
- April 18th 2012
- 2001 IDRF Fellow Justin McDaniel awarded Guggenheim Fellowship for his work on ghosts and manuscripts in Asia →
December 2011
- December 2nd 2011
- 2010 IDRF Fellow Yasmin Moll examines public sentiment in Egypt for Cairo Review →
November 2011
- November 29th 2011
- 1997 IDRF and 1998/99 Eurasia Program Title VIII Fellow Anna Krylova wins 2011 AHA Adams Book Prize for Soviet Women in Combat: A History of Violence on the Eastern Front →
- November 17th 2011
- IDRF Fellow Jatin Dua contributes a Research Snapshot: Piracy and the Narrative of Recognition: The View from Somaliland →
- November 16th 2011
- 2009 IDRF Fellow Kevan Harris will appear on a panel Nov. 22 at the Brookings Institution discussing Iran's nuclear program →
- November 1st 2011
- 2010 IDRF Fellow Aaron Jakes writes "Two Hands Clapping: the Double Logic of Counter-Revolution" for Jadaliyya →
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