Institute News
2008
Neil Asher Silberman • May 25, 2008
Former fellow Neil Asher Silberman, writing in the Washington Post Outlook section, objects to the caricature of archaeologists in the latest Indiana Jones movie.
Bryn Barnard • September 29, 2008 –
January 30, 2009
The Global Health Odyssey Museum in Association with the Smithsonian Institution presents Outbreak: Plagues that Changed History an exhibit of illustrations and writing by Former fellow and ICWA Trustee Bryn Barnard. This exhibit is drawn from his 2005 book for middle-school children, which vividly portrays the history of public health. From influenza to smallpox, from tuberculosis to yellow fever, the symptoms and paths of the world's deadliest diseases are examined, along with how the epidemics they spawned changed the course of human history in surprisingly powerful and unexpected ways. Barnard poses provocative questions such as “Did the Black Death create Europe’s middle class?” and “Did cholera make modern cities?” to create a compelling narrative about infectious disease, public health, and medicine. Diseases don't affect just one person's life—sometimes they change the world.
At the Global Health Odyssey Museum, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E. at CDC Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Tel: (404) 639-0830.
Julie Barlow • March 31, 2008
Julie Barlow, the spouse of Former Fellow Jean Benoit Nadeau, will be giving a lecture and book signing at the Alliance Française on Monday, March 31 at 6:30 pm. A reception will follow. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008. Information and reservations at www.francedc.org or 202-234-7911.
Kay Dilday • February 27, 2008
Former-fellow Kay Dilday, who investigated race relations and identity in Morocco and France until last year, argues in The New York Times that the term “African American” should be retired in favor of the term “black.”
Nicholas Schmidle • March 30, 2008
The Washington Post printed an article titled "Like the Wild, Wild West. Plus Al-Qaeda." by former fellow Nicholas Schmidle.
Slate online magazine published the article "Musharraf Powerless, Islamists Defeated: What happened in the Pakistani elections?" by Nicholas Schmidle.
Nicholas Schmidle spoke at the Asia Society in New York at a breakfast meeting on February 14th. For information about the event, please check the Asia Society events calendar at www.asiasociety.org or click here.
Andrew Rice • January 27, 2008
Former Africa Fellow Andrew Rice writes about the dangers to native species of cattle in Uganda in a recent New York Times Sunday Magazine article.
Ann Mische • January, 2008
Former Brazil Fellow and Rutgers University sociology professor Ann Mische has published a book about youth activists in Brazil. The book is based partly on her fellowship work (1987-90). Click here for details.
An American Witness to India's Partition
By Phillips Talbot
Published by SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd. The book is available here.
"In 1938 the New York-based Institute of Current World Affairs awarded 23-year-old Phillips Talbot a fellowship with a mandate: visit South Asia and learn about the intricacies of life in India. Till 1950, Talbot graphically recounted the buildup to Indian and Pakistani independence, and the early experiences of the new states in the form of several letters to the institute.
Talbot's reports from the field, presented here in the original, offer a kaleidoscope of first-hand observations: on student life at the Aligarh Muslim University, local life in a small Muslim community in Kashmir, a Vedic ashram in Lahore, Tagore's Shantiniketan, Gandhi's Sevagram, crucial sessions of the Indian National Congress and the All India Muslim League, the Kodaikanal Ashram Fellowship, Hindu and Muslim urban communities in Lahore and Bombay, Afghanistan, a walk with Gandhi in Noakhali, the parties' negotiations with Mountbatten that led to independence and more.
Written with flair and insight, An American Witness to India's Partition, provides a perceptive view of South Asian society in its decisive decade."
Pramila Jayapal • January 23, 2008
Former Fellow and Hate Free Zone Executive Director, Pramila Jayapal, was selected by The Women’s Media Center as a member of its first class of participants for the Progressive Women’s Voices Program.
News from Former Fellows - 2007
Newsletters of these recently completed fellowships are now available online (click below to read):
- Nicholas Schmidle — Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan : 2006-2008
- Kay Dilday — France/Morocco: 2005-2007
- Andrew J. Tabler — Syria, Lebanon: 2005-2007
