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2009-2010 FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

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US Embassy Policy Specialist (EPS) Program

IREX is pleased to announce 2009-2010 competition for the US Embassy Policy Specialist (EPS) Program.

The EPS Program provides fellowships to US scholars and professionals for up to eight weeks to serve US Embassies as policy specialists on a chosen topic and pursue their own research project independently.
EPS Grant covers the cost of travel and housing and provides a living stipend.
Last Updated on Thursday, 19 February 2009 10:43 Read more...
 

Summer 2009 Research Analyst Positions

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Pending Availability of Funding
 
The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) has recently established an unclassified open source analysis unit in the Washington, DC area to conduct research related to national security issues and is looking for undergraduate and graduate student summer research analysts who can conduct native language research on the internet, apply social science research methods to identify social and political trends, and critically analyze and present information.  Positions are also available for science and technology majors to conduct internet research.
Last Updated on Monday, 23 February 2009 11:32 Read more...
 

Hiring Now! All Majors

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Employer: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Job Title: CIA Librarian Internship
Job Number: #86018
Pay: $16.67/hr

Qualifications
Undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students completing coursework fall 2010 or later, with 3.0/4.0 GPA or higher.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Library is seeking knowledgeable, innovative, customer service-oriented interns, particularly those with Arabic, East Asian and Chinese language skills. All candidates must be United States citizens.
Duties
CIA Librarian Interns will work in acquisitions, cataloging, collection management, electronic resources, interlibrary loan, and reference disciplines.

For more details and/or to apply:
See a Career counselor at the Center for Career Development and Student
Employment at QLCSS 212, Mon & Tue 8am-4pm; Wed 12pm-4pm; Thu 8am-12pm.

*** to expedite the application process, please bring your resume and co-op
application.
OR
-View the new on-line job announcement #86018 at http://www.hawaii.edu/sece and
-View the Cooperative Education orientation on-line at http://cdse.hawaii.edu/

Cooperative Education (Co-op) is a nationwide program that offers students an opportunity to secure paid and meaningful work experience.
Last Updated on Thursday, 19 February 2009 10:04
 

New Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online

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We are delighted to announce that the all new Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online will launch next month! Reply to this email now to order your free 30 day trial today!

The all new Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online is coming soon on a new platform: Routledge Philosophy Online.

What does that mean?

REP Online will have a newly redesigned website. With an updated look, clearer site navigation, and new functionality, REP Online will continue to be at the forefront of online philosophy research.

What’s included?

a new philosophy timeline new search functionality powered by Autonomy, allowing for easy navigation through the site new philosopher of the month feature more than 2,000 articles, many of which are continually updated and revised new entries regularly added to expand REP Online's coverage subject guides, presenting all articles listed by sub-discipline for ease of access and to aid research signpost articles, which give an overview of the most important topics in philosophy.

New Content

Also available through Routledge Philosophy Online are three other philosophy reference works not previously published online:

· Routledge Companion to Aesthetics

· Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy

· Companion to the History of Modern Science

With over 650 new articles, these new web publications ideally complement REP Online and we are pleased to offer this new content for free when you subscribe to REP Online.
Last Updated on Sunday, 22 February 2009 18:02 Read more...
 

State and Cinema in China

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Spring 2008 Speaker Series INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL STUDIES CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

Wimal Dissanayake, Academy Creative Media, UHM
Dr. Mingbao Yue, East Asian Languages & Literatures, UHM
Dr. Seio Nakajima, Dept of Sociology, UHM

Date:    Wednesday, February 18th
Time:      12 pm – 1:20pm
Place:      Burns Hall Room 4005

The relationship between the state and cinema in China is complex and multifaceted. Contrary to widely held belief, the state has not always being a disenabling force; there are instances where the state has been an enabling factor. Due to globalization, especially the influence of the market economy, the connection between state and cinema in China is evolving in interesting ways.

Last Updated on Monday, 16 February 2009 21:49 Read more...
 


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