What's going on at ISS in May and June

May

2

Iian Pappe

The ethnic cleansing of Palestine - past and present

Development Research Seminar

3

Tania Murray Li, Henry Bernstein, Teodor Shanin, Andries du Toit, Ben White, Farshad Araghi and Marc Wuyts
Agrarian transformation and surplus population in the Global South

Colloquium

12

Eyob Balcha

The Quest for Alternatives: the attempt to craft authentic development programmes for Africa in the post-cold war period

Research in Progress Seminar

16

Dubravka Zarkov

Feminism, 'new wars' and the politics of academia: towards a radical research agenda

Development Research Seminar

19

Gina Vargas

Title to be confirmed

Research in Progress Seminar

26

Deena Class

Do HIS prevention messages affect Antiretroviral treatment adherence? Some preliminary results of a case study in Maputo, Mozambique

Research in Progress Seminar

30

Nathalene Reynolds

The 'enigma' of Kashmir: the impact of Indo-Pakistan antagonism (1947-2011)

Development Research Seminar

June

6

Jenny Pearce

From the Masterful to the Vulnerable body: Violence and Conflict Analysis

Development Research Seminar

6-7

Keynote speakers: Professors Naila Kabeer and Ashwani Saith

Inquality and Justice

9th Development Dialogue

9

Wolfram Dressler

Governmentality and resource management in the Phillippines

Research in Progress Seminar

16

Day of the African Child

Public Lecture

16

Helen Hintjens

Screening in our out? Surveillance of unwanted humanity in EU cities

Research in Progress Seminar

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New ISS Publications

The ISS libarary maintains a depository of publications by ISS staff and current and former students. The library also highlights ISS publications on its webpages.

Access the ISS library.

Some recent publications by ISS staff

Bending the private-public gender norms: negotiating schooling for young mothers from low-income households in Kenya Alice N. Wekesa ISS Working Paper no. 515

Incorporating perceptions and experiences of violence into livelihood decision-making: a micro level study in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh Mohammad Badiuzzaman ISS Working Paper no. 516

Rescuing exclusion from the poverty debate: group disparities and social transformation in India Arjan de Haan ISS Working Paper no. 517

Chinese competition: do we need a new competition policy regime? Pierrette B. Gaasbeek and Peter A.G.van Bergeijk ISS Working Paper no. 518

Human autonomy effectiveness and development projects Mirtha Muñiz Castillo and Des Gasper ISS Working Paper no. 519

Multi-membership and the effectiveness of regional trade agreements in western and Southern Africa. A comparative study of ECOWAS and SADC Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor and Peter A.G. van Bergeijk ISS Working Paper no. 520

Deconstructing childhood vulnerability: and introduction Kristen Cheney

The Critical Development Studies Handbook: Tools for Change edited by Henry Veltmeyer with contributions by Jos Mooij, Saturnino Borras Jr., Haroon Akram-Lodhi and Cristobal Kay (and others)

Corruption, Development and the Environment Lorenzo Pellegrini

Employment, Inequality and Globalization: a Continuous Concern Rolph van der Hoeven

Social Protection for Inclusive Development, European Report on Development with a contribution by Arjan de Haan

The Politics of Biofuels, Land and Agrarian Change co-edited by Satunino (Jun) Borras

Economic diplomacy, trade and developing countries. Article by Peter van Bergeijk and Mina Yakop, in the special issue on 'Development and Geography' of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

The PRS approach and the Paris agenda: Experiences in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua. A.G. Dijkstra and K. Komives in the European Journal of Development Research

Assessing the Scope for Partnerships Between Local Governments and Community-Based Organizations: Findings from Rural Morocco. S.I. Bergh in International Journal of Public Administration (33)

Book Review on: Jenny Pearce (ed.): Participation and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century City. S.I. Bergh in Voluntas (21)

You can also subscribe to ISS' free email notification service for the ISS Working Paper Series. Just supply your email address and you will receive a message each time a new issue is published, including the abstract and the link to the online version.

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ISS News

Mohamed Salih Deputy Rector Research Affairs

Mohamed Salih has been appointed the new Deputy Rector Research Affairs. He will take up this position in September 2011 for a period of three years. Mohamed Salih is currently Professor of Politics of Development at ISS and the Department of Political Science, University of Leiden.

Wil Hout member of International Accreditation Council

In its March meeting in Oslo, the EADI Executive Committee of EADI (the European Association for Development Research and Training Institutes) appointed former ISS Deputy Rector for Academic Affairs, Professor Wil Hout,as Member of the International Accreditation Council for Global Development Studies and Research (IAC/EADI), which will be set up as an autonomous agency of EADI.

The task of the IAC will be to oversee the process of accreditation of training programmes in development studies in Europe and beyond and to initiate partnerships and capacity building activities with institutes in the global South.

Open to all students wishing to study at ISS, the Scholarship Fund for Excellent Students and the Hardship Fund, offer self-financing students the opportunity to receive a discount on the tuition fee.

More information is available from the ISS website

ISS alumni meetings in Japan in June

Meetings with be held in Tokyo (1 June) and Kyoto (7 June). Dr. Howard Nicholas, Senior Lecturer in Economics of ISS will be hosting these meetings, which will also include drinks and a (buffet)dinner.

For more information and to register for the meetings, visit the ISS website

2 Assistant Professor vacancies at ISS

1. In the area of Social Policy at Assistant Professor (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) level. Use this link to read the full job description and instructions how to apply.
2. In the area of Youth studies at Assistant Professor (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) level. Use this link to read the full job description and instructions how to apply.

The application deadline for both vacancies is 20 May 2011

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