IICAS-WUN International Collaborative Research Grants

Applications for IICAS-WUN International Collaborative Research grants are due May 19, 2008 at 4:00 PM. Click here for more information and application instructions.
 

2008-09 Research and Travel Grants
Proposals for 2008-09 Graduate Travel Grants, 2009 Undergraduate Travel Grants, 2008-09 Faculty Research Planning/Travel Grants, and 2008-09 Faculty Research Conference Grantsare due April 14, 2008, by 4:00 PM (Deadline has been extended from an earlier date) .

Information about the grants and how to submit a proposal is available here.

IICAS Speakers hosted on KPBS' "These Days"

Tom Fudge, of the KPBS radio show "These Days", has interviewed three of IICAS' 2007-2008 guest speakers.

On Thursday, November 29, Mr. Fudge spoke with America in the World Lecture Series speaker Dr. Michael Levi on understanding nuclear terrorism. The interview is available for listening online here.

On Thursday, November 8, Mr. Fudge spoke with IICAS Middle East Studies guest Mr. Anthony Shadid on the Sunni-Shiite conflict. The interview is available for listening online here.

On Monday, January 28, 2008, Mr. Fudge interviewed IICAS America and the World 2007-2008 Lecture Series guest Ambassador Tom Eric Vraalsen on finding peace in Sudan. The interview is available for listening online here.

Tostan wins top humanitarian award
In February, Molly Melching spoke at UCSD about Tostan, a successful development campaign in Senegal to stop female genital cutting.

This August, Tostan was awarded the $1.5 million Hilton Prize, the top humanitarian award in the world.  IICAS would like to congratulate Molly Melching and Tostan on this honor. More information about the award is available in the news, and Tostan's website may be found here.

IICAS Faculty publications:
National Insecurity and Human Rights
IICAS director Gershon Shafir and Professor Alison Brysk from the University of California, Irvine have edited a book entitled National Insecurity and Human Rights: Democracies Debate Counterterrorism .  The book will be available at the beginning of September here.

Description: All too often, the first casualty of national insecurity is human rights.  How can democracies cope with the threat of terror while protecting human rights?  This timely volume compares the lessons of the United States and Israel with the "best-case scenarios" of the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, and Germany.  It demonstrates that threatened democracies have important options, and democratic governance, the rule of law, and international cooperations are crucial foundations for counterterror policy.

Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization University of Cambridge Press, 2006 Edited by Miles Kahler and Barbara Walter Based on original research funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. More	Empire to Nation: Historical Perspectives on the Making of the Modern World Rowman & Littlefield, 2006 Edited by Joseph Esherick, Hasan Kayali, and Eric Van Young, UCSD

IICAS Supports UCSD Sustainability Initiative
To demonstrate support for UCSD's sustainability efforts, IICAS staff now pedal across campus to complete errands, thanks to our new Triton Bike. Triton Bikes are available to campus departments, colleges and programs free of charge, as part of UCSD's continuing effort to reduce fossil fuel dependence and improve sustainability. Got an idea to help improve sustainability on campus? Contact Diana Wilder, IICAS MSO and Staff Representative to the UCSD Advisory Committee on Sustainability.

April 2008 IICAS Newsletter
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In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the International Affairs Group at UCSD presents:

Swords or Shields?
Implementing and Subverting the Final Solution During World War II
with Professor Ethan Hollander
UC San Diego

Thursday, May 1, 2008
7:00 PM
ERC Great Hall
UC San Diego

Download the event flyer for a full abstract and biography here.

Directions and parking information are available here.

Sponsored by IICAS European Studies, the Judaic Studies Program, and the Department of Literature.

IICAS European Studies presents: German Film Series: Moving History

The Unknown Soldier / Der Unbekannte Soldat
with Introduction and Discussion by SDSU
Professor Lawrence Baron

Monday, May 5, 2008
6:00 - 8:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
University of California, San Diego
RSVP to iicastemp@ad.ucsd.edu

The German Film Series: Moving History is part of the Literatures of the World 4B: History and Memory in Germany course. The Unknown Soldier (dir. Michael Verhoeven) is a documentary film which exposes the involvement of "ordinary" German soldiers in the Nazi crimes against humanity.

Directions and parking information are available here.
For more information on the German Film Series: Moving History, click here.

Sponsored by IICAS European Studies, the Judaic Studies Program, and the Department of Literature.

Khaled Abou El Fadl Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law at UCLA Law School:

Islamic Law and the Challenge of Islamophobia

Monday, May 5, 2008
8:00 PM
Price Center Ballroom B
University of California, San Diego
This event is free and open to the public.

What has Become of Islamic Law: Some Selected Reflections

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 107
University of California, San Diego
RSVP required due to room capacity and provided lunch, please RSVP to IICAS Events Coordinator (iicastemp@ad.ucsd.edu) by Friday, May 2, 2008.

Professor Abou El Fadl is a major contemporary Islamic thinker, a strong supporter of human rights, and this country's leading authority on Islamic law. A recent article in The New York Times Magazine singled him out as one of the two Islamic thinkers worldwide with the greatest potential to bring about constructive transformations in Muslim political theology. Among his many books is The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam From The Extremists.

A full biography and abstracts are available online here.

Directions and parking information are available here.

These events are sponsored by UCSD Center for the Humanities, the Dean of Arts and Humanities, the Middle East Studies Program, the Department of History, IICAS, and the Burke Lectureship in Religion and Society .

IICAS South Asian Studies Presents:

Violence and Votes in India: The 2002 Riots and Elections and After
with Professor Steven Wilkinson
University of Chicago

Thursday, May 8, 2008
4:00 - 5:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 107
UC San Diego

A full abstract and biography are available online here.

Directions and parking information are available here.

Sponsored by South Asian Studies at the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies.

IICAS European Studies Presents:

Tax Protest in European Welfare States
with Professor Isaac Martin
UC San Diego

Monday, May 12, 2008
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 107
UC San Diego

A full abstract and biography are available online here.

Directions and parking information are available here.

Sponsored by European Studies at the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies.

The Project on International Affairs Presents:

Producer, Consumer, Family Member: The Relationship Between Trade Attitudes and Family Status
with Professor Judith Goldstein
Stanford University

Thursday, May 15, 2008
3:00 - 4:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 107
UC San Diego

A full abstract and biography are available online here.

Directions and parking information are available here.

Sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies and the Department of Political Science.

IICAS European Studies presents: German Film Series: Moving History

Sonnenallee
with Introduction and Discussion by UCSD
Professor Patrick Patterson

Monday, May 19, 2008
6:00 - 8:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
University of California, San Diego
RSVP to iicastemp@ad.ucsd.edu

The German Film Series: Moving History is part of the Literatures of the World 4B: History and Memory in Germany course. Sonnenallee (dir. Leander Haußmann), represents Germany's Ostalgie (nostalgia for the East) in a comedy about teenagers in East Germany in the 1970s. This screening is a rare opportunity to see a film not available for wide US release.

Directions and parking information are available here.
For more information on the German Film Series: Moving History, click here.

Sponsored by IICAS European Studies, the Judaic Studies Program, and the Department of Literature.