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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES
In brief
Scholars to gather for workshop on Southeastern Europe
The Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe, Kennedy School of Government, will hold its ninth annual graduate student workshop on Southeastern Europe on Friday (Feb. 2) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Harvard's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.
A dynamic initiative of the Kokkalis Program, the workshop draws burgeoning scholars from across the globe to meet and exchange views on central challenges facing southeastern Europe. This year's graduate student workshop will involve a diverse group of Ph.D. candidates from 11 countries and 16 universities. They will present innovative and interdisciplinary papers on a gamut of topics related to three central themes: secularism, fundamentalism, and pluralism in southeast Europe; nontraditional security threats in the region; and innovative governance and entrepreneurship in southeast Europe.
Free and open to the public, the workshop is co-sponsored by the Southeastern Europe Study Group at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. For a detailed schedule, visit http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/kokkalis/workshop_2007.html.
Undergrad grants available through Schlesinger Library
The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America invites Harvard undergraduates to make use of the library's collections with competitive awards (ranging from $100 to $2,500) for relevant research projects. Preference will be given to applicants pursuing research in the history of community service and volunteer work, the culinary arts, health concerns of women, or work and the family. The research may be in connection with a project for which academic credit is sought.
Applications must be received by April 12. The awards, meanwhile, will be announced by the end of May (to be used for research at the library from July 2007 through June 30, 2008).
For more information, visit http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/grants.
DARPA funds new initiative at Harvard
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced its funding of a new multi-institution research initiative in nano- and micro-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS/MEMS) in affiliation with Harvard's programs in engineering and applied sciences. The three-year program has more than $2 million in total funding from DARPA and industry partners.
Led by Ken Crozier, assistant professor of electrical engineering, the Harvard Center for Microfluidic and Plasmonic Systems will carry out fundamental research into surface plasmon nanostructure design, fabrication, imaging, and integration with microfluidic systems. The center will also bring together experts from a variety of areas, including microfluidics and nanofabrication, biosensors, plasmon devices, optoelectronics, bottom-up nanofabrication, and plasmonic fluorescent sensors.
For more information about the grant and the Harvard center, visit http://www.deas.harvard.edu/press/release_darpa.html.
BSC announces spring schedule
The Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) will be offering morning and afternoon sessions of its spring-term "Reading and Study Strategy" course beginning Feb. 12. Through readings, films, and classroom exercises, students learn to read more purposively, selectively, and with greater speed and comprehension. The class, which meets for an hour a day, will be held Feb. 12 through March 16 (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The cost is $150.
To register, visit the BSC at 5 Linden St., or call (617) 495-2581 for more information.
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