HIV/AIDS, Security and Conflict: New Realities, New Responses, a concluding SSRC report from the AIDS, Security and Conflict Initiative, was released on September 22, 2009.
A Portrait of Louisiana: Louisiana Human Development Report 2009 was released on September 17, 2009 in New Orleans.
Former SSRC Program Director Beverlee Bruce passed away over the weekend of September 12, 2009. Dr. Bruce was a social anthropologist, development specialist, and educator with experience in Africa and the Caribbean going back more than 30 years. Those who knew her at the Council will miss her kindness and wisdom.
In early August program staff officially opened the 2010 International Dissertation Research Fellowship competition. The IDRF application deadline is November 3, 2009.
Over the summer the SSRC Katrina Task Force launched its Bulletins Project, which presents SSRC-organized research on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in an accessible and easily distributed format. To sign up to receive the Katrina Bulletins, go to the Katrina Resource Hub.
On August 4, 2009 the SSRC launched the Public Sphere Guide and a related essay forum on Transformations of the Public Sphere, co-sponsored by NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge.
The Vietnam Program has announced the release of Urbanization, Migration, and Poverty in a Vietnamese Metropolis: Ho Chi Minh City in Comparative Perspectives, edited by Hy Van Luong (National University of Singapore Press, 2009).
The Eurasia Program received a grant from the Department of State Title VIII Program to support a dissertation write-up fellowship program and an array of field-building activities. Applications for the Eurasia Dissertation Support Fellowship are due December 10, 2009. |
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