| ON-GOING ACTIVITIES The following symposia, seminars, and projects are being sponsored or co-sponsored by the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies on an ongoing basis. Unless otherwise indicated, all events are free and open to the public. For additional information on a specific event or to confirm event details, kindly contact the primary sponsor of that event using the links below. Lectures and Workshops
Special Projects
AFFILIATED CENTERS Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies Under the directorship of Professor Mauricio Font, the Bildner Center promotes collaborative, interdisciplinary efforts to study change and development processes in the Americas . Seminars, conferences, and research aim at engaging academics, policymakers, and other related practitioners. Media and business figures, as well as students are encouraged to play an active role in events. Bunche Centenary Committee Chaired by Director Emeritus Benjamin Rivlin, Ambassador Terence A. Todman, and Sir Brian Urquhart, the committee is the catalyst for activities to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ralph J. Bunche in 2003-2004. Centenary events, in the U.S. and abroad, will underscore the historical and contemporary relevance of his contributions to the United Nations and to humankind. An especially intense set of activities is planned for the “legacy cities” (Detroit, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, New York), the main settings for Bunche’s childhood, education, and professional life. Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society was founded in 1986 to provide an ongoing national and international forum for research, discussion, and public education on philanthropic trends. Under the directorship of Professor Kathleen McCarthy, the Center's interdisciplinary activities emphasize multicultural philanthropy, the patterns of giving and voluntarism by different religious, ethnic, racial, gender groups, economic groups, foundations and corporations, both nationally and internationally. European Union Studies Center The European Union Studies Center (EUSC) was established in 1993. Directed by Professor Hugo M. Kaufmann, its primary mission is to foster scholarship and to present the political, economic, and social issues that confront the European Union both internally and externally. The Center seeks to evaluate the role of the EU and to address challenges presented by its enlargement and further integration. Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations Published in association with Lynne Rienner Publishers, the Academic Council on the United Nations System, and the United Nations University, this scholarly and policy-relevant journal was established in 1994 to probe the role of international institutions in world politics. Professor Thomas G. Weiss along with W. Andy Knight of the University of Alberta and S. Neil MacFarlane of Oxford University serve as editors. Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action Established in 2002, the consortium awards annually competitive grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to graduate students in New York City who are conducting field research that is useful for their own scholarship but also useful for participating non-governmental and UN humanitarian organizations. In 2003, six fellows benefited from four disciplines at The Graduate Center, NYU, and New School University. The Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center Founded in 2001 and directed jointly by Professors Beth Baron and Mehdi Bozorgmehr, the Center serves as a resource for faculty, students, and the public about both the culture and politics of the Middle East as well as a focal point for discussing the role of the region’s diasporas in the United States . Scholars as well as prominent public figures regularly appear in the Center’s programs. Program on States and Security Under the direction of Prof. Susan Woodward, this program was established in 2004. It recognizes the importance of functioning, effective states to international as well as domestic security and the need for critical academic research on issues of state failure and reconstruction. It encourages regular communication between scholars across national boundaries and with the policy community on such research and its policy and operational implications. United Nations Intellectual History Project This multi-year research project is tracing the origin and analyzing the evolution of key ideas and concepts about international economic and social development born or nurtured under UN auspices. Directed by Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss, the project has published seven of fourteen books in a special series by Indiana University Press, and has conducted some 75 oral history interviews. Yves Berthelot heads the project's Geneva liason office. |