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Classically Cuban Concert: Music For Martí, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the event "Classically Cuban Concert: Music for Martí".

Save The Date Classically Cuban Concert: Music For Martí, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This is the save the date flyer for the event "Classically Cuban Concert: Music for Martí".

Dis-Covery: Looking At The Carteles, Lecture By Alison Fraunhar, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the event DIS-COVERY: Looking at the Carteles, Lecture by Alison Fraunhar".

Book Presentation By Lillian Guerra, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the book presentation by Lillian Guerra at Books & Books in Coral Gables.

Race, Negrismo, And Rehabilitated Prostitutes: Self-Styled Revolutionaries, & Unintended Dissidence In The Cuban Revolution, Lecture By Lillian Guerra, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the event Race, Negrismo, and Rehabilitated Prostitutes: Self-Styled Revolutionaries, & Unintended Dissidence in the Cuban Revolution, Lecture by Lillian Guerra".

Diaspora And Development, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the website "Diaspora and Development" (D&D), which is part of the project on "The Cuban Diaspora and the Development of the Entrepreneurial Sector in Cuba" of the Cuban Research Institute. The site wishes to contribute to the success of Cuban entrepreneurs on the Island, and of family and friends that support them from the diaspora. http://diasporaydesarrollo.com/

Kaley Shumake, Haenicke Institute For Global Education

Study Abroad Alumni

Kaley Shumake, a 2012 graduate of Western Michigan University’s global and international studies program, met the head monk of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism in a four-week Tibetan mind and body sciences study abroad program in May 2012 offered by Emory University. Half of the program’s curriculum was focused on the mind, medicine and healing and half on Tibetan Buddhist culture.

Wmu International News Fall 2012, Haenicke Institute For Global Education

WMU International News

In this issue, read about a WMU professor and international researcher who backpacks two-and-a-half weeks in the Himalayas to reach a cliff cave research site for a project partially funded by the National Geographic Society; our new Buddy Abroad program that welcomes incoming exchange and Study Abroad @ WMU students; our full-service Immigration Services team; and much more.

Jaqueline Eng, Margaret Von Steinen

International Faculty Researchers

Evidence of what might be an ancient funerary defleshing ritual found in human-made caves in the Upper Mustang region of Nepal has been discovered by WMU bio-archaeologist Dr. Jacqueline Eng as a member of a research team that is funded in part by the National Geographic Society.

Jaqueline Eng's website

El Valor De Las Instituciones: El Indice De Calidad Institucional, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the lecture "El Valor de las Instituciones: El Indice de Calidad Institucional" by Dr. Martin Krause, a Professor of Economics at the University of Buenos Aires. This event was held at Books&Books in Coral Gables,FL on September 19,2012, and was part of the "Conferencias" series by the Interamerican Institute for Democracy.

Assimilation Or Transnationalism? Evidence From The Latino National Survey For Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, And South Americans Who Immigrated To The Usa From 1958 To 2005, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

No abstract provided.

Mercosur: The Common Market Of The South: Institutional Reality And Challenges, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes a lecture by Raquel Rodriguez on Mercosur, an economic and political agreement among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. Rodriguez is a renowned consultant and former Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Uruguay. This event was held on August 29,2012 at FIU Modesto A.Maidique Campus, DM163.

William W. Cobern, Margaret Von Steinen

International Faculty Researchers

Dr. William W. Cobern, Distinguished University Professor of Science Education and Biological Sciences as well as director of the Mallinson Institute for Science Education, spent five months in Turkey beginning in September 2011 conducting research and giving lectures on methods for effective instruction for the teaching of science.

William W. Cobern's website

Opportunity For Fiu Undergraduate Students Inter-University Program For Latino Research: Summer Institute For Latino Public Policy, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes an event for Inter-University Program for Latino Research: Summer Institute for Latino Public Policy, where 30 young scholars convene in Washington, D.C. for a one week intensive training and orientation to public policy and legislative processes through seminars, workshops, site visits to national Organizations and meeting with Congressional representatives. This conference was held from June 17-22, 2012.

Mambomania: The Explosion Of Cuban Popular Dance Styles In The 1940s And 1950s, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

Mambomania is a lecture by Sarah Town, recipient of the 2012 FIU Travel Grant awarded by the FIU Latin American and Caribbean Center and FIU Libraries. Town is a first year graduate student in musicology at Princeton University, with interests in popular dance music of Cuban and Latin America, popular and folkloric dance styles, and the music of Cuba's post-revolutionary vanguard. The event was held on June 1, 2012 at FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353.

La Reforma De La Economia Cubana Y Las Perspectivas De Crecimiento, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes a conference "La reforma de la economia cubana y las perspectivas de crecimiento" by Dr. Pavel Vidal. Vidal is from the Centro de Estudios de la Economia Cubana from the University of Havana. Vidal analyzed the potential of the economics field to generate economic growth.

The Popular Cuban Piano Style Of The 1940s And 1950s: A Lecture By Michael Eckroth, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes an event "The Popular Cuban Piano Style of the 1940s and 1950s", a lecture by Michael Eckroth, a recipient of the 2012 FIU Travel Grant awarded by the FIU Latin American and Caribbean Center and FIU Libraries. Eckroth's research focuses on prominent musical figures from the 1940s and 1950s such as Lili Martinez, Bebo Valdez, Jesus Valdez and Perdo "Peruchin" Justiz. The event was held on May 17,2012 at the FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus.

Aportes Del Euroafricano A Ia Cultura Musical, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the conference "Aportes del euroafricano a la cultura musical" by Dr. Cecilio Tieles, pianist and graduate of the Paris National Conservatory and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. The conference was held on May 10,2012 at FIU Modesto A.Maidique Campus DM100.

Diaz-Ayala Cuban And Latin American Popular Music Collection Travel Grants Now Available, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the Diaz-Ayala Cuban & Latin American Popular Music Collection Travel Grants, with a deadline for submissions on April 13,2012. The two research travel grant awards are of up to $1500 each to offset the costs of a minimum one-week stay to use the Diaz-Ayala Collection.

Wmu International News Spring 2012, Haenicke Institute For Global Education

WMU International News

In this issue:

• Globally engaged aviation program helps developing countries spread wings
• Homeland development key outcome for Afghan degree-seeker
• German-born American new CELCIS activities coordinator
• Growing global programs is key mission for WMU international administrator
• Georgian tennis ace scores on and off the court
• International activity converges in Global Business Center

Delegitimizing Al-Qaeda: A Jihad-Realist Approach, Paul Kamolnick

ETSU Authors Bookshelf

Disrupting, dismantling, and ultimately defeating al-Qaeda based and inspired terrorism is a declared policy of the U.S. Government. Three key strategic objectives have been identified for accomplishing this: attacking al-Qaeda’s terror network, undermining radicalization and recruitment, and hardening homeland defense. The present monograph proposes a distinct "jihad-realist" approach for undermining radicalization and recruitment to al-Qaeda. First, a brief discussion of six means for ending terrorist organizations is provided. Second, the premises of a jihad-realist approach are described. Third, a jihad-realist shari’a case against al-Qaeda’s terrorism is presented. In conclusion, key assertions are summarized, and several specific policy recommendations offered for …

Future Visions For The Cuban Research Institute At Florida International University, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the public presentations by candidates for the position of Director at the Cuban Research Institute. Among the candidates are Alejandro M. de la Fuente, Jorge Duany, Ariana Hernandez-Reguant, and Adriana Mendez-Rodenas.

Public Medicine In Wartime China: Biomedicine, State Medicine, And The Rise Of China’S National Medical Colleges, 1931-1945, John R. Watt Ph.D.

Rosenberg Institute Scholars

Public Medicine in Wartime China is the first in a series of Occasional Papers issued by the Rosenberg Institute. It is based on a longer study of the subject by Dr. John R. Watt and follows a presentation he made at Suffolk University in April 2010, co-sponsored by the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Boston. Dr. Watt’s paper was published in February 2012.

Hunger And U.S. Governmental Policies, Evangelical Advocacy: A Response To Global Poverty

Bibliographies

No abstract provided.

The Joireman Collection, Evangelical Advocacy: A Response To Global Poverty

Bibliographies

The Joireman collection is a list of bibliographic resources gathered by political scientists to examine the relationship between religion and politics as seen from within several Christian traditions: Evangelical, Pentecostals, Anglican, Reformed, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic. The list comes from the book Church, State, and Citizen: Christian Approaches to Political Engagement edited and contributed by Sandra F. Joireman.

Muestra De Eventos Ausplclados Durante El Ano Academlco 2012-13, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer provides a summary of events in Spanish held by the Cuban Research Institute in the 2012-2013 academic year.

Chapter 5, History, In Intimacy And Community In A Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993, William Donner

Sikaiana Ethnography

This chapter is a discussion of the legendary and the more recent recorded history of the Sikaiana people from the Solomon Islands.

A related website can be found at www.sikaianaarchives.com

Crafts Of Color: Tupi Tapirage In Early Colonial Brazil, Amy Buono

Art Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"Tyrian purple. Lamp black. Lead white. Cadmium yellow. Ultramarine blue. The materiality of color, as it is often discussed, has a fixed quality. Pigments and dyes derived from many natural substances-minerals, earths, plants, and animals-have stable optic qualities. Lapis lazuli can be reliably counted upon to be blue. Dyes made from cochineal consistently fall within a certain range at the red end of the spectrum. Similarly, we might expect that the green feathers of a bird such as the Festive Parrot (Amazona festiva), after molting, would be replaced by equally green plumes. As the excerpt above suggests, from …

Oil Spill Preparedness In The Baltic Sea Countries, Jonas Pålsson

Baltic Master II

The Baltic Sea is one of the world’s busiest waterways. An estimated 9 % of the world’s trade and 11 % of the world’s oil transportation passes through Baltic waters. It is estimated that this will increase by 64 % between 2003 and 2020. For example, the oil transportation has increased by 133 % between 1997 and 2008 and is now over 250 million tonnes per year. Plenty of shallows and narrow passages make parts of the Baltic Sea difficult to navigate. There are around 130 accidents each year, with 10 of these leading to pollution, mostly of oil. The …

Transboundary Management Of Transitional Waters – Code Of Conduct And Good Practice Examples, Henrik Nilsson, Ramūnas Povilanskas, Nardine Stybel

ARTWEI

Transitional waters have the ecological peculiarity of being both very fragile and resilient at the same time. The degradation of the transitional waters and the decline of their economic value arise from the excessive use of the resources, external input of pollutants mostly brought by large tributaries and from the mismanagement of the adjacent areas. The EU Water Framework Directive has accelerated the transboundary co-operation and development of spatially integrative management approaches in the south Baltic transitional waters. A high-level political committment in countries sharing a transitional water body, a professional agency, a stakeholders‘ forum and regular funding is the …