Research by Gerardo della Paolera and Alan Taylor cited in "Becoming a Serious Country? A Survey of Argentina" (The Economist, June 5, 2004)

Gerardo della Paolera and Alan M. Taylor's research findings were cited in the chart "Unparalleled Decline" published by The Economist (June 5, 2004) in the article entitled "Becoming a Serious Country? A Survey of Argentina". Please follow this link to view the full article: http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=2704457  [AUP - Posted 07 June 2004]

Waddick Doyle participated in the international forum “Giving a Soul to Globalisation”

Professor Waddick Doyle was invited to Fes, Morocco in early June to participate in an international forum entitled “Giving a Soul to Globalisation”. Other participants included Dominique de Villepin, James Wolfenson, Edgar Morin, and Benjamin Barber. Doyle ran a workshop on “Media Images and Cultural Stereotypes”.   [AUP - Posted 04 June 2004]

Steven Ekovich lectured on democracy, the rule of law, and good governance

In May Steven Ekovich lectured on democracy, the rule of law, and good governance in Nouakchott, Mauritania at the Faculty of Law of the University of Nouakchott, the Ecole Nationale d'Administration, and the leading Mauritanian institute of Koranic studies. He gave public lectures and met with political and opinion leaders. He has also appeared regularly on French television and radio in order to analyze U.S. foreign policy and the upcoming presidential elections.   [AUP - Posted 04 June 2004]

Transversalités published an article by Linda Martz

An article by Linda Martz, "Aimee Semple MacPherson: Foi, Guérison, Persécution," appears in the April-June issue of Transversalités.   [AUP - Posted 04 June 2004]

Justin McGuinness will give a seminar in Rabat, Morocco

Justin McGuinness has been invited to teach at a post-graduate seminar at the Ecole Nationale d'Architecture in Rabat, Morocco.   [AUP - Posted 04 June 2004]

Terence Murphy chaired a session of the French Historical Society (June 2004) entitled "Pastoriens français à l'étranger, Pastorians étrangers en France: quelques figures de ‘scientifiques exilés’, fin XIXe - début XX siècle". He also commented on the papers presented.   [AUP - Posted 04 June 2004]

Lawrence Pitkethly wrote an article for Fundación Autor in Madrid on the 2004 Cannes Festival “European Films Crossing Borders” workshops, which he attended. They were part of the European Media Programme.   [AUP - Posted 04 June 2004]

Adrienne Russell and Julie Thomas attended a Symposium held by The Centre for Creative Media Research, directed by Professor David Gauntlett of Bournemouth Media School, Bournemouth University. Participants in “The New Creative Audience Studies” Symposium reported on and considered new methods of Audience Study research, and was held at Tate Britain, London, on May 19.   [AUP - Posted 04 June 2004]

Margery Arent Safir is an invited speaker at a conference on the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, jointly sponsored by Brown University and the Instituto Cervantes in New York City.   [AUP - Posted 04 June 2004]

Andrea Van Nort has been hired as a maître de conférences at Université Paris-XII (starting September 2004), and will continue to teach part-time at AUP.   [AUP - Posted 04 June 2004]