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    1. September 24th 2013Tenured humanities and social sciences faculty: the DPDF Faculty Field Competition closes in one week (applications due October 1) →
    2. September 23rd 2013The Inter-Asia Program has posted the schedule for its upcoming Conference on Inter-Asian Connections IV: Istanbul (October 2-5, 2013), featuring public sessions as well as closed workshops →
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    Mellon Mays Graduate Initiatives Program
    Mellon Mays Graduate Initiatives Program

    Eliminating racial disparities in the faculties of colleges and universities in the United States and South Africa

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    Postcommunism from Within
    Postcommunism from Within

    eds. Jan Kubik and Amy Linch

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    1. September 10th 2013The Gender, Security and HIV/AIDS Program's publication The Fourth Wave: Violence, Gender, Culture & HIV in the 21st Century is now available as a free download from UNESCO [PDF] →
    2. September 10th 2013Forbes reviews 22 Ideas to Fix the World, out today from NYU Press/SSRC →
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    Engaging Eurasia
    Engaging Eurasia

    Highlighting the research and accomplishments of active and alumni SSRC Eurasia Program Fellows

    Featured Essays

    1. October 1st 2013Kujenga Amani launches Radar, a feature section on breaking events, with “The Westgate Mall Siege: Reassessing Kenya’s Security Architecture,” by Awino Okech, advisory board member for the African Peacebuilding Network →
    2. September 26th 2013Read about practices of prayer in Quebec in "Wayside Crosses," by Hillary Kaell, the latest essay in the Reverberations Materiality of Prayer series →

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Cover for Living Memory: The Social Aesthetics in a Northern Italian Town Living Memory: The Social Aesthetics in a Northern Italian Town
2009. Jillian Cavanaugh
Cover for Recipes for Immortality: Healing, Religion, and Community in South India Recipes for Immortality: Healing, Religion, and Community in South India
2009. Richard S. Weiss
Cover for Red Sea Citizens: Cosmopolitan Society and Cultural Change in Massawa Red Sea Citizens: Cosmopolitan Society and Cultural Change in Massawa
2009. Jonathan Miran
Cover for Social Protection and the Market in Latin America: The Transformation of Social Security Institutions Social Protection and the Market in Latin America: The Transformation of Social Security Institutions
2009. Sarah Brooks
Cover for The Post-Soviet Potemkin Village: Politics and Property Rights in the Black Earth The Post-Soviet Potemkin Village: Politics and Property Rights in the Black Earth
2007. Jessica T. Allina-Pisano
Cover for Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds
2009. Rita J. King ; Joshua S. Fouts
Cover for Youth, Nationalism, and the Guinean Revolution Youth, Nationalism, and the Guinean Revolution
2009. James David Straker
Cover for Please Please
2008. Jericho Brown

Winner of the 2009 American Book Award

Inheriting the City: The Second Generation Comes of Age
May 2008. Philip Kasinitz ; John H. Mollenkopf ; Mary C. Waters ; Jennifer Holdaway
Cover for Migration and Development Within and Across Borders: Research and Policy Perspectives on Internal and International Migration Migration and Development Within and Across Borders: Research and Policy Perspectives on Internal and International Migration
2008. December.. Josh DeWind (Editor); Jennifer Holdaway (Editor)
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