Alumni Newsletter No. 27, December 2012
Contents
Alumni news & careers
ISS news
Alumni meetings
PhD defences
New publications
Keep in touch
This is our last newsletter for 2012 - a year packed with activities at ISS. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy holiday and a very prosperous 2013!
Alumni news & careers
It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing away of 2 alumni:
Elizabeth (Beth) Gonzalez (MA Public Policy and Administration 1985-1986) died on 12 November in The Philippines.
On Monday 3 December 2012 ISS alumnus Branislav (Branko) Milinkovic (ILOD and DLSJ 1990-1992) from Serbia died in Brussels.
Our thoughts are with their families and friends.
ISS news
ISS Lustrum week
From 8-13 October, ISS celebrated its 60th anniversary with a week packed with activities and events including a special day for alumni which was attended by more than 30 alumni.
10 Years of the Prince Claus Chair
ISS and Utrecht University organized the 10th anniversary celebrations for the Prince Claus Chair (PCC) on Wednesday 28 November. The celebrations took place in Noordeinde Palace and were attended by Her Majesty the Queen and Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima who is Chair of the PCC Curatorium.
Alumni meetings
Japan
10 Alumni met in Tokyo with professor Rolph van der Hoeven on 26 September. A nice representative group of students from ISS over the years. A great evening sharing memories, making new friends and it was considered as a great start for further contacts.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
A small meeting was held in Sarajevo on 26 October 2012. It was hosted by Dr. Rachel Kurian and Dr. Dubravka Zarkov with 3 alumi in attendance
Turkey
The Netherlands Alumni Association of Turkey (NAATR) celebrated its 6th anniversary on 30 November 2012 in Ankara with a forum for sharing study experiences in Holland. Several ISS graduates attended the event.
PhD defences
Shuchi Karim Living Sexualities: Negotiating Heteronormativity in Middle Class Bangladesh on 11 December 2012
Suzanne Naafs Youth, Work and Lifestyles in an Indonesian Industrial Town on 11 December 2012
Belay File Garoma Determinants of Microenterprise Success in the Urban Informal Sector of Addis Ababa: A Multidimensional Analysis on 5 November
New 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.
Some recent publications by ISS staff
Derivatives. Replication and (auto)plagiarism in the social sciences Tweehuysen, R., Haan, J. den, Berkhout, K., Bergeijk, P.A.G. van; ISS Working Papers - General Series 550, pp 1-15 (2012)
ISS cookbook
In case you plan to give presents over the holiday period, may we please draw your attention to the ISS cookbooks? We also have the special gift box with all three cookbooks. This is a collector’s item: there were only 100 boxes made (currently we still have 54). The books can be ordered through cookbook@iss.nl.
- The special gift box with all three cookbooks costs Euro 25,-*
- ISS Cookbook apron: available in 5 colours, for Euro 15 each* .
* Prices are exclusive porto costs.
See also http://www.iss.nl/news_events/iss_news/detail/article/41699-get-cooking-with-the-iss-cookbooks/
Keep in touch
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