As the Managing Editor of the World Cultures Report project that he is currently launching in cooperation with Professor Helmut Anheier, Director of the Center for Civil Society at the School of Public Policy and Social Research, UCLA, Isar has worked with the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development to organize a workshop on “Cultures, Globalization Processes and Development” that will be held in the Peace Palace, The Hague, on September 20-22.

Djamchid Assadi , Steven Ekovich and Ali Fatemi 's "Table ronde" on the Gulf Cooperation Council has been published in EurOrient

Djamchid Assadi, Steven Ekovich and Ali Fatemi's "Table ronde" on the Gulf Cooperation Council has been published in "EurOrient" issue No. 17, 2004, entitled: "Les pero-dynasties du Golfe: vrais ou faux dragons?" The text may also be accessed online at: www.eurorient.net.

Petermichael von Bawey presented his paper "Berlin Wall Art: Aesthetized Terror" at the 28th IMISE Conference

A manuscript by Ignacio Leon y Escosura, which was partially compiled and edited by Madeleine Beaufort , has been recently published by Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints

Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, Ann Arbor, Michigan, has just published Letters and Sketches Addressed to Samuel Putnam Avery 1884-1891 by Ignacio Leon y Escosura and compiled, edited and transcribed from manuscript by Madeleine Fidell Beaufort, Richard P. Welcher and Jeanne K. Welcher. Beaufort was responsible for the Introduction, Notes and Appendixes.

Professor Richard Beardsworth was nominated for inclusion in The Contemporary Who's Who

Richard Beardsworth was nominated in spring 2004 for inclusion in The Contemporary Who's Who for his "achievements in the field of philosophy and humanities." Nominations are received from professionals and acknowledged organizations throughout the world.

The Education of Patrick Silver, by Jerome Charyn , was published by RBA in Barcelona

The Education of Patrick Silver, the third volume of Jerome Charyn's Isaac Quartet, was published by RBA (Barcelona) in July. In November, Bloomsbury (London) will publish The Education of Patrick Silver and Secret Isaac.

"These books constitute the highest kind of novelistic art ... absolutely unique among contemporary writers." — Los Angeles Times.

Susan Cure participated in the annual meeting of the American Society of Microbiology (ASM)

Susan Cure attended the annual meeting of the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) in New Orleans from May 23-27, 2004 and a preliminary Educator's Meeting (ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators) from May 21-23, at which she presented a "Biggest Challenge."

She also attended the "3ème Congrès Annuel de la Société Francophone de Thérapie Cellulaire et Génique" at the Groupe Hospitalier Necker-Enfants Malades in Paris on June 28 and 29, 2004.

Gerardo della Paolera and Martin Grandes produced a paper to be presented in the XI LACEA-Brookings Conference

Gerardo della Paolera produced a paper co-authored with Martin Grandes (AUP and DELTA-ENS) entitled "The True Measure of Country Risk: A Primer on the Interrelations between Solvency and the Polity Structure of Emerging Markets: Argentina 1886-1892" to be presented in the XI LACEA-Brookings Conference to be held in San José de Costa Rica next November.

Waddick Doyle 's chapter on the history of French television was published in "Contemporary World Television” edited by J. Sinclair

Waddick Doyle's chapter on the history of French television was published in the new volume "Contemporary World Television” edited by John Sinclair. The volume was published by the British Film Institute in Britain and the University of California Press in the USA.

Contemporary World Television looks at the role of television as a nation-builder and at how the transformations in television have affected the public interest and society across the globe.

Five of Hall Gardner's poems (Fruits Forbidden, Horror Story, Craps, Snow Leopard, Still in Search of Cathay) appear in Sheets: an international anthology of poetry and prose, edited by Lois Claire Kincannon (Dancing Ink Press, 2004).

The distinguished contributors include Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Henry Taylor, multiple-award winning Israeli author, Yitzhak Oren and Washington poet-of the-year, E. Ethelbert Miller.

Professor Gardner is planning to hold a book party on Tuesday September 28 in the evening at AUP — mark it on your calendar!

In May, Yudhishthir Raj Isar joined the Scientific Committee for a symposium on cultural policies in the European Union that the Eurocongress 2000 foundation is organizing on September 16-18, 2004 in the framework of the Universal Forum of Cultures, Barcelona 2004.

Lissa Lincoln presented a paper entitled "Social Psychosis and the Law in Albert Camus" at the 12th International Conference of the Law and Literature Association of Australia, hosted by Griffith University Law School and the University of Queensland held on July 9-11 in Brisbane, Australia. She also participated in the Critical Legal Conference at Westminster University in London, England on September 3-5.

Linda Martz and Rebekah Rast's coauthored book, Préparation au TOEFL - Méthodologie, published by Ellipses, will be available in bookstores as of mid-September.

Ann Mott has been asked to serve on the Board of the European Writing Centers Association.

The European Writing Centers Association [EWCA] is a regional affiliate of the International Writing Centers Association [IWCA] and aims at supporting Writing Center activities across Europe, cultivating the cross-cultural dialogue with a focus on vision, mission, and action, concerning organizational and educational issues.

In August 2004, Everyman's Library published Richard Pevear's translation (done in collaboration with Larissa Volokhonsky) of The Complete Short Novels of Anton Chekhov.  

Chekhov is regarded as both the greatest Russian storyteller and the father of modern drama. His short novels are brought together in one volume for the first time, in a masterly new translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.

Richard Beardsworth's article on the future direction of critical philosophy from out of the contemporary relations between the religious, the political and the economic, "Futures of Spirit," was published in Spring 2004 in Idealism without Absolutes: Philosophy and Romantic Culture, ed. T. Rajan and A. Plotnitsky (New York: SUNY Press).

Three articles by Professor Jerome Charyn were recently featured in Le Figaro, the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune and Le Monde

In July, Figaro Magazine published Jerome Charyn's essay, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," as part of its cover story on Americans viewing America. On July 11, the City section of the Sunday New York Times published his memoir on Marlon Brando, entitled "True Grit". The article was republished in the International Herald Tribune on July 13. On July 23, Le Monde published his homage to Lance Armstrong, "Un Grand Cow-Boy."

Gerardo della Paolera participated in a discussion panel on international economic and financial cooperation

In September, Gerardo della Paolera was invited to a Discussion Panel on "International Economic and Financial Cooperation: New Issues, New Actors, New Responses" organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London, headed by Richard Portes (LBS).

"Aligning for the Future", by Hall Gardner , became a recommended reading on international relations and world politics

Gardner's article, “Aligning for the Future: assertive unilateralism or concert of powers?” Harvard International Review, Winter 2003 v24 i4, p56 (6) is listed as recommended "Infotrac" reading for International Law and Organization on the CD "International Relations Interactive" and for the textbook, Charles W. Kegley and Eugene R. Wittkopf, eds., World Politics: Trend and Transformation 9th edition (Thomson/Wadsworth, 2004).

From July 11-13, Yudhishthir Raj Isar was the Master of Ceremonies for the conference entitled “Sharing Cultures: a contribution to cultural policy for Europe” organized by the European Cultural Foundation in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; this event brought together over 170 leading cultural operators, artists and policy-makers from 35 countries and resulted in the presentation of a ‘cultural plan of action for Europe’ that was presented on July 13 to the European Union Ministers of Culture and Education who were meeting in the city.

Lissa Lincoln's review of Johnathan Metzl's book Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs (Duke University Press: 2003) appeared in La Recherche magazine (Hors Serie no. 16 "Les molécules du bonheur," June-July 2004).

Hall Gardner 's article, "Labors of the New American Hercules: Transatlantic Relations in the Wake of the War with Iraq" was published in Connections

Hall Gardner's article, "Labors of the New American Hercules: Transatlantic Relations in the Wake of the War with Iraq" was published in Connections (Vol. II, No. 3, September 2003), a journal of the Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes.

In his capacity as Special Adviser to the World Monuments Fund, Isar was in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to run the conference entitled “Heritage Conservation: New Alliances For Past Present and Future” that he had organized in cooperation with the Sri Lankan National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).

Bringing together some 100 conservation architects, activists, scholars and officials from the countries of South and Southeast Asia, the conference was designed both to explore crucial issues in this field as well as launch a new dynamic of public-private sector collaboration.