Features and Press Releases

October 2^nd 2009

SSRC Announces Winners of 2010 Book Fellowships

May 19^th 2009

Seventy-five Graduate Students Awarded SSRC Fellowships to Conduct International Dissertation Research in Countries from Afghanistan to Venezuela

October 17^th 2008

JUST SCHOOLS: "Divided we stand, united we fall..."

Two leading thinkers on justice and American education talk to Adam Strom of Facing History and Ourselves about why they edited a major new work exploring the challenges schools are facing in accommodating various races, backgrounds, and religions. The book came out of an SSRC project.

June 30^th 2008

Redesigned Abe Fellowship Program Offers New Opportunities for International Research and Collaboration

May 7^th 2008

New Book Takes Provocative Look at "Just Schools"

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Programs and Projects

AIDS, Security & Conflict Initiative (ASCI)

Children of Immigrants in Schools

Education and Migration in Comparative Perspective

Improving Learning Environments

Migration and Development Within and Across Borders: Research and Policy Perspectives on Internal and International Migration

Political Marketplace

The 'Propertization' of Traditional Arts in Indonesia

SSRC Experts

Josh DeWind

Program Director
Expertise: Cross-cultural Studies, Human Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean, Migration, Race/Ethnicity, Research Methods

Mary B McDonnell

Executive Director
Expertise: Cross-cultural Studies, History, Southeast Asia

Srirupa Roy

Consultant/Senior Adviser
Expertise: Cross-cultural Studies, Global Security, Islam/Muslims, Religion, South Asia

Seteney Shami

Program Director
Expertise: Cross-cultural Studies, Eurasia, Islam/Muslims, Middle East & North Africa

About the SSRC

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