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Petermichael von Bawey ’s
article "Berlin Wall Memorials: Historical Lessons and Lesions" was
published in 'Lo Straniero' |
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 Petermichael
von Bawey’s article “Berlin Wall Memorials: Historical Lessons and
Lesions” was published in Lo Straniero, #43. He has been invited
to present his paper “Breaking the Law: Berlin Wall Fugitives” at the
30th IMISE Conference in Rome, July 3-8, where he will also chair the
panel on “History and Law.” From July 24-29 he will be in Malta
attending the 10th ISSEI Conference, where he will speak on “A European
Identity: The Berlin Wall from Frontier to Memorial” in the workshop on
“Places, Narratives and lieux de mémoire: The Role of the Past in
the Present.” |
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Jim Bittermann
hosted Deputy U.S. Secretary of State Nicholas Burns at a news
conference |
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 Jim
Bittermann hosted Deputy U.S. Secretary of State Nicholas Burns at a
news conference sponsored by the European-American Press Club. Burns'
daughter is Sarah Burns, a 2005 graduate of AUP. |
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Susan Cure
participated in the organization of the "Colloque Dystrophies des
Ceintures" |
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 Susan
Cure helped organize a conference on May 12 and 13 in Evry: "Colloque
Dystrophies des Ceintures" (Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Symposium).
It was attended by about 250 scientists from all over the world. LGMD is
a diverse group of rare genetic diseases which affect specific muscles;
some forms are severe and others are mild, with some patients needing
wheelchairs at adolescence and others retaining the ability to walk
until late adulthood. |
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William Dow
presented a paper at the conference "Celebrating The Jungle: A Century
of Literary Journalism throughout the World" |
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 William
Dow presented his paper "Documentary Fictions: Testimonies of 'Truth' in
James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" at the conference
"Celebrating The Jungle: A Century of Literary Journalism
throughout the World" organized at the University of Nancy, May 19-20. |
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Steven Ekovich
published “La Géosociologie de la Diaspora Arménienne” in 'Géostratégiques' |
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 Steven
Ekovich published “La Géosociologie de la Diaspora Arménienne” in
Géostratégiques (No. 12, April 2006). On March 30 and April 6 he was
a guest lecturer at the University of Bordeaux on the sources of U.S.
foreign policy. On May 11 he gave a talk on the American vision of the
role of Europe in Africa at a conference held at the European Union’s
Institute for Security Studies and organized by the Union de l’Institut
des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale. On May 17 Ekovich gave a talk on
the American vision of Iran at the Fondation pour la Recherche
Stratéqique. He commented twice on French television on the trial of
Zacarias Moussaoui. He was also the organizer and moderator of AUP's
fourth annual President’s Conference for the Advancement of Scholarship
held at the U.S. Embassy in Paris on the subject
"France
and the United States of America: Anatomy of a Long Alliance"
held on May 24. |
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Ali Fatemi was
invited to represent the Graduate School of Business at the conference
of the French Exchange Authority |
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 On
May 15, Ali Fatemi was invited to represent the Graduate School of
Business at the special conference of the French Exchange Authority
(AMF) dedicated to risks: "Colloque scientifique de l'AMF: les risques
financiers portés par les ménages - Deuxième partie: quelles pistes pour
protéger l'épargne?" held at the Palais du Luxembourg. |
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Hall Gardner
spoke on the 1948 Vandenberg Resolution at the conference "NATO’s Raison
d’être" |
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Gardner spoke at the conference, NATO’s Raison d’être, on the
“Contemporary Relevance of the 1948 Vandenberg Resolution” at Sciences
Po, Amphithéâtre Jacques Chapsal in Paris on May 17. Other speakers
included: Yves Boyer, Professor at Sciences Po, Deputy Director to the
Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS); Frédéric Bozo, Research Fellow
at IFRI, Professor at the University La Sorbonne Paris 3; Sherwood
McGinnis, Political Advisor, US Mission to NATO; Justin Vaisse,
Professor at Sciences Po, Member of the Policy Planning Staff, French
Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and Marcin Zaborowski, Research Fellow at
ISS-EU (Institute for Security Studies, European Union). |
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Oleg Kobtzeff
was invited by the Belgian Ministry of Education to lead two seminars on
the Orthodox Church |
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 Oleg
Kobtzeff was invited by the Belgian Ministry of Education to lead two
seminars on the Orthodox Church (communism; ethnic diversity). He
appeared on French TV with the Choeur et Orchestre de Sciences Po (http://cosp.free.fr/index.php5?langue=fr)
during the European festivities of May 9. |
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Rodopi
Press will publish
Lissa Lincoln 's article "Albert Camus et le discours du 'juste'" |
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 Lissa
Lincoln's article "Albert Camus et le discours du 'juste'" will be
published in a special collection of essays with Rodopi Press dedicated
to contemporary readings of Albert Camus. |
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Linda Martz
participated in a conference on "Inclusion and Exclusion in the
Long 19th Century" |
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 In
May Linda Martz attended a conference at the University of Hamburg on
"Inclusion and Exclusion in the Long 19th Century". Her paper was
entitled "The Suffragettes and British Imperial Citizenship." |
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An
article co-authored by Sally Murray will be presented at Mednet 2006:
11th World Congress on Internet in Medicine |
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An article co-authored by Sally Murray (Database Librarian), “User
Satisfaction Survey and Usage of an Electronic Desktop Document Delivery
Service at an Academic Medical Library,” will be presented by co-author
Ellen Sayed at Mednet 2006: 11th World Congress on Internet in Medicine
(Toronto, 14-19 October 2006). Originally published in Medical
Reference Services Quarterly 22, no. 4 (Winter 2003), the article
was based on work done by Murray at the Biomedical Library of the
University of South Alabama. |
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Susan Perry led an
AUP delegation to attend the US hearings before the UN Committee Against
Torture |
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 Susan
Perry led an AUP delegation to Geneva to attend the US hearings before
the UN Committee Against Torture. This is the first time that students
have been able to attend a UNOG hearing as representatives of the
university. The Committee Against Torture was pleased to congratulate
the United States on the announced closing of the Guantanamo Bay
Detention facility, and welcomed the ensuing dialogue between the
Committee and the US government. |
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Roy Rosenstein
participated in a seminar on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century books |
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 Roy
Rosenstein participated in a seminar on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century
books at the Institut d'histoire du livre in Lyon from April 3-6. |
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Edith Taïeb
contributed a chapter to "A 'Belle Epoque'? Women in French Society and
Culture 1890-1914" (D. Holmes and C. Tarr, eds.) |
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 Edith
Taïeb contributed a chapter "Coloniser and Colonised in Hubertine
Auclert's Writings on Algeria" in the new book published by
Berghahn Books: A 'Belle Epoque'? Women in French Society and Culture
1890-1914 (edited by Diana Holmes and Carrie Tarr). |
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Pat Thompson
gave a private projection of her documentary "The Cheese Nun" at the
French Embassy in Washington, D.C. |
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Pat Thompson gave a private projection for 500 invited guests of her
documentary "The Cheese Nun" at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C.
French Ambassador to the U.S., Jean-David Leavitte, introduced the film,
and the agricultural attaché organized a wine and cheese party following
the screening. |
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Douglas Yates was
interviewed by CNBC on the Clearstream Affair |
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 Douglas
Yates was interviewed on CNBC television on May 3 on legal processes and
the political implications of the Clearstream Affair. |
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