"A New Economic History of Argentina" (Cambridge University Press, 2003), a volume co-edited by Gerardo della Paolera and Alan M. Taylor, has been reviewed by Joseph S. Tulchin

A New Economic History of Argentina (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003), a volume co-edited by Gerardo della Paolera and Alan M. Taylor, has been recently reviewed for EH.NET (the online platform of the Economic History Association) by Joseph S. Tulchin, of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.  The following is an excerpt from the book review:  "The editors are preoccupied with a question, what they refer to as the Argentine puzzle that has concerned students of Argentina for nearly half a century and that continues to torture Argentines: What went wrong? Argentina was doing so well in the half century between national consolidation in the 1860s and the First World War, and even continued to do pretty well until after World War II. Then, it seems as if everything fell apart. The latest crisis, in 2001, which beggared nearly half the population, is not the first time that a period of relative prosperity and rapid economic growth was followed by an economic and political disaster. The editors want to see if the tools of rigorous economics, together with the latest studies of institutions and the rule of law, can help solve that puzzle. And, in fact, they do."  [ Read full review ]

Richard Beardsworth 's article in memoriam of Jacques Derrida is to be published in Theory and Event (Johns Hopkins Press)

Richard Beardsworth's article "In Memoriam Jacques Derrida: The Power of Reason" is to be published in the forthcoming issue of the electronic journal Theory and Event (Johns Hopkins Press). Beardsworth gave the final keynote speech at a conference "Derrida: Negotiating the Legacy" (06-08/01/05) at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, organised by APIG, the IR department post-international graduate group. The paper was entitled "The Future of Critical Philosophy and World Politics." He has since been invited to give the paper in the context of the forthcoming International Studies Association annual meeting in March and will participate in the British International Studies Association meeting in May on "Resisting the Axis of Evil." 

An article by Madeleine Beaufort has just been published in "Artwork Through the Market. The Past and the Present."

An article Madeleine Beaufort wrote for the symposium she attended at the Foundation Center for Contemporary Arts and the Institute of Art History in Bratislava, Slovakia in December 2003 has just been published. It appears in Artwork Through the Market. The Past and the Present. ed. by Jàn Bakus, and is entitled "Art Collecting in the United States After the Civil War: Civic Pride, Competition and Personal Gains.”  

Cheryl Caesar 's translations of several poems by Jean Tardieu are being published in "The Dialogue of Nations through Poetry in Translation"

English translations by Cheryl Caesar of several poems from Jean Tardieu's "Le fleuve caché" are being published in the online journal, "The Dialogue of Nations through Poetry in Translation" in February. 

Jerome Charyn has been named Distinguished Professor in Film Studies

President Gerardo della Paolera has honored Jerome Charyn with the title and position of Distinguished Professor in Film Studies, in recognition of his work and service to AUP. Jerome was recommended by ECS Chair George Wanklyn.

A graduate of Columbia College, Jerome has been adjunct professor of European Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at AUP since 1995, and has a prolific writing career that includes 37 published works published in twelve languages. In 1996 he was named an Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture.

This coming year, Jerome will be featured in a France 3 documentary about his life, "Jerome Charyn, un américain à Paris" and AUP will launch an effort to build film studies and name a Chair in Jerome's honor. The documentary, to be presented under the rubric "Les Villes Que J'Aime," is scheduled (provisionally) to air on Saturday, February 26, at 16:25.

Frantz Clermont contributed five refereed papers in 2004 to the area of Computer Speech Analysis and Modelling

Frantz Clermont contributed five refereed papers in 2004 to the area of Computer Speech Analysis and Modelling. He also chaired the Session on Speaker Recognition and Synthesis at the 10th Australian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology held in Sydney in December 2004. Three papers are published in the Proceedings of the 10th Australian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, Sydney, Dec. 2004; and their respective topics are related to Inter-Speaker Scaling and Normalisation, Intra- and Inter-Speaker Variability (award winning), and Acoustic-Auditory Analysis of Sung Vowels. Two other papers are published in the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, Korea, Oct. 2004; and their respective topics are related to Cepstral Analysis of Sung Vowels, and Forensic Speech Analysis. 

Susan Cure attended the Euroconference on Stem Cells

Steven Ekovich published an article on post-modern defense and has been awarded a grant by George Washington University

Ali Fatemi was interviewed by RFI on the 're-denomination' of the Turkish Lira

Hall Gardner 's book review, "The Virilio Reader," was published by The European Legacy

Martin Grandes published a paper in 'Studies in Economics and Econometrics' and contributed an article to the book "La mondialisation et ses effets"

Justin McGuinness is co-author of the book entitled "Tunis 1800-1950, an urban portrait."

Steven Ekovich analyzed the Bush administration for the press

Martin Grandes met the President of the Argentine Central Bank and the President of LACEA as part of the organization of LACEA 2005 at AUP

Gerardo della Paolera has been interviewed by "La Nación" as part of the 'Intellectuals and Our Country Today' interview series

Gerardo della Paolera has been extensively interviewed by La Nación, a major daily newspaper in Argentina, as part of the "Intellectuals and Our Country Today" interview series.  The interview, entitled "Era Absolutamente Innecesario Devaluar" - Devaluing the Peso was totally unnecessary - was published on December 18, 2004.

  Click here to read the original interview in Spanish

  Click here to read an English translation of the interview