News

April 2013

April 23rd 2013
Academia in the Public Sphere grantee Olivier Roy (2010) reflects on the recent Boston bombings in an interview with the New Republic

July 2012

July 2nd 2012
Read "How Egypt's Army Won," an op-ed for The New York Times by SSRC grantee Joshua Stacher

June 2012

June 25th 2012
Download Arab Uprisings: New Opportunities for Political Science, a collection of essays from SSRC-funded Project on Middle East Political Science, led by Marc Lynch

September 2011

September 29th 2011
The Initiative on Academia & the Public Sphere recently hosted a conference in Berlin, titled The Public Mission of the Social Sciences and Humanities: Transformation and Renewal
September 20th 2011
SSRC launches major new grants program on “New Directions in the Study of Prayer”
September 16th 2011
Duke Islamic Studies Center (SSRC grantee) recently hosted a program for news reporters on "Muslims in America: The Next Ten Years"
September 14th 2011
Ahlul Bayt, Iranian news agency, spotlights online course by SSRC grantee on "Covering Islam in America"

August 2011

August 31st 2011
Listen to Lawrence Pintak, dean of SSRC grantee Washington State U. College of Communication, discuss the role of Qatar in Libya and the Arab world
August 5th 2011
Listen to Pete W. Moore of Case Western Reserve University (SSRC Grantee) in "New Perspectives on the Middle East" for Northeast Ohio Public Radio →

June 2011

June 29th 2011
NYT: Michael Cohen and Daniel Serwer discuss withdrawing from Afghanistan for Islam in Focus, a project funded by the SSRC →
June 16th 2011
Marc Lynch on the continued violence in Syria for The Middle East Channel (SSRC Grantee) →
June 2nd 2011
SSRC Grantee POMEPS extends deadline for Middle East travel grants. Deadline: June 10

May 2011

May 4th 2011
Marc Lynch on "Bin Laden's Quiet End" at the Middle East Channel (SSRC grantee) →

March 2011

March 4th 2011
Karam Dana and Matt A. Barreto of Muslim American Public Opinion Survey (SSRC Grantee) challenge perceptions of mosques in America (CNN) →

February 2011

February 18th 2011
"Arab Uprisings: Bahrain's Turn" from the Project on Middle East Political Science (SSRC grantee) →

January 2011

January 31st 2011
Read in-depth coverage of the developments in the Middle East and North Africa at the Middle East Channel (SSRC Grantee) of ForeignPolicy.com →
January 31st 2011
"Arab media revolution spreading change" by Lawrence Pintak of Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University (SSRC Grantee) →
January 25th 2011
"Tunisia and the Future of Democracy Promotion in the Arab World," by Steven Heydemann on The Middle East Channel (SSRC grantee) →
January 24th 2011
VIDEO BLOG: Ussama Makdisi and Stephen Kinzer discuss the Tunisian revolution →

October 2010

October 4th 2010
SSRC Grantee IMAJE cited by International Center for Journalists on best practices for reporting on Islam →