EVENTS

February 9, 2012: The School for International Studies presents a free public lecture by Kevin Lynch on Productivity: The Great Economic and Social Imperative for Canada.  For more information, please click here.

February 17, 2012: The School for International Studies and The Human Security Report Project present a public lecture by Michael Spagat on Two Decades of Death in Iraq. For more information, please click here.



Past News and Events

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FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

In mid-February 2012, Simons Chair Jeff Checkel gave two talks - 'Social Dynamics of Civil War' and 'Process Tracing in the Social Sciences: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' - in the University Seminar Series Polity, Society and the World, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Issue 32(3) of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d'études du développement is now available. John Harriss is the editor of the journal, which is the flagship publication of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID).

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Three new papers have been published in the Simons Papers in Security and Development, the School's working papers series. View them here.

December 1, 2011: A warm congratulations to John Harriss and Martha Snodgrass, who have just been awarded a three-year SSHRC grant to support their efforts to raise the quality and standing of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies.

Teaching positions available. For more information, please see our Employment webpage.

The Complex Emergencies stream in the Masters program will be integrated into a broader Governance and Conflict stream effective Fall 2012, pending approval from Senate. 

The International Studies Southeast Asia Fieldschool will run next in Spring 2013.  Students will visit Bali, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam with Michael Howard.