Keeping up with Kiev: Choices Releases New Lesson
February 21, 2014
The Choices Program releases a lesson on unrest in Ukraine as part of its "Teaching with the News" curriculum.
News Archive 2014
Andreas on "Backstory": History of Sugar in America Not So Sweet
February 11, 2014
Peter Andreas discusses the "big business" of sugar in the New England colonies and the complicity of America's founding families in molasses smuggling to support the rum trade.
SF Chronicle Calls Kertzer's "Pope and Mussolini" "Captivating"
February 9, 2014
The San Francisco Chronicle heaps more praise on Faculty Fellow David Kertzer's new book, The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe.
Second Call for Brazil Initiative Collaboration Grant Applications
February 9, 2014
The Brazil Initiative invites faculty and researchers to submit grant proposals to support partnerships between the University and Brazilian academic institutions.
Cogut Visiting Professor María Esperanza Casullo Comments in NYT
February 3, 2014
María Esperanza Casullo, Cogut Visiting Professor at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), was quoted in a New York Times article on the falling Argentine Peso. She will join other scholars at next week's CLACS conference, Argentina Today and Tomorrow: Prospects and Challenges.
Kertzer's "Pope" Praised in USA Today
February 3, 2014
USA Today gives four stars to David Kertzer's new book, The Pope and Mussolini.
Second Call for Watson Collaboration Grant Applications
January 29, 2014
Watson invites Brown faculty and researchers to submit proposals to support projects, events, and initiatives aimed at building stronger ties between the Institute and other departments and centers at Brown.
David Kertzer Talks Pope and Mussolini on NPR's Fresh Air
January 28, 2014
It's fascinating, Kertzer tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies, "how in a very brief period of time, Mussolini came to realize the importance of enlisting the pope's support."
Blyth Interviewed in Swiss News Magazine
January 27, 2014
Mark Blyth discusses austerity, Europe, and the US in the weekend magazine of the Tages-Anzeiger, a German language daily newspaper published in Zurich.
Choices Program Creates Interactive Timeline of Egyptian Revolution
January 26, 2014
The Choices Program's interactive timeline lets high school students use videos, images, and text to explore the Egyptian Revolution from 2011 to today.
Varshney Dissects Delhi Politics in the Indian Express
January 24, 2014
In his regular Indian Express column, Ashutosh Varshney explains the challenges facing the Aam Aadmi Party, the left-wing political party that recently surprised India with its success in the December elections.
Watson Launches New Undergraduate Initiatives
January 22, 2014
The Institute is launching a series of new initiatives this semester engage with undergraduates around its core research areas of security, development, and governance.
In the WSJ Online, Varshney on New Indian Politics
January 21, 2014
Ashutosh Varshney talks with Wall Street Journal blog "India Real Time" about today's dynamic Indian politics.
In The Times of India: Varshney's Thoughts on Indian Democracy
January 20, 2014
"Conventional wisdom says that democracy tends to survive at high levels of income -- that it's a rich man's game. But India has defied this understanding." - Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Director of the Brown-India Initiative
Edgar on theguardian.com: "Obama's NSA reforms should include restraints on spying on foreigners"
January 17, 2014
Visiting Scholar Timothy Edgar suggests that "Obama should make clear that spying on foreigners is not without limit. Privacy shouldn't be limited just to Americans."
newyorker.com: MES Faculty Elias Muhanna's "Letter from Lebanon"
January 16, 2014
Writing for the newyorker.com's literary blog, Elias Muhanna tells the story of remarkable public outcry over the mysterious destruction of a landmark bookstore in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. "Today," he writes, "the bookshop’s ordeal has become, at least for the moment, a hopeful allegory for Tripoli and, perhaps, for the country itself."
Brown Jazz Band in Cuba
January 15, 2014
Fourteen undergraduate musicians are in Havana for a week of performances, jam sessions with local musicians, and educational lectures sponsored by Brown's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and music department. They are accompanied by Richard Snyder, director of CLACS, and Matthew McGarrell, Jazz Band director. Glenn Loury, the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Watson faculty fellow, is also with the group, providing academic enrichment about the transformation of the Cuban economy.
Brown President Highlights "Reinvigorated" Institute in Alumni Magazine
January 15, 2014
"The gains at Watson," President Paxson writes, "reflect one simple fact: people matter."