Month: September 2019

Career Development Drop-In Hours are cancelled with Sharon McCoy.

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Tufts Student Symposium in Cybersecurity Policy, March 6-7, 2020. Submissions, in the form of an abstract, are due October 23rd.

All areas of cybersecurity policy are welcome, from  economic, legal, political science (including IR), public policy, sociological, to technical with policy implications, with the sole requirement that the work focus on policy issues in cybersecurity. Research submissions are encouraged, but expositions of known approaches to a particular area—a so-called “Systematization of Knowledge” approach—are also welcome. All submissions should include a well researched citing of the literature.

The meeting has two purposes: (i) to share research and (ii) to help create a community of young scholars in the new and highly interdisciplinary research area. Students, whether in undergraduate, professional, MA, MS, JD, or PhD programs, are encouraged to submit; postdocs are also welcome to do so.

The program will begin Friday, March 6 midday and run through late  afternoon of Saturday, March 7. This interdisciplinary meeting will focus on six-ten submissions to the symposium. In the style of working meetings in political science and law, each paper will have a discussant leading the discussion, the purpose of which is to improve the paper prior to publication. The meeting will include a keynote given by Avril Haines on Friday afternoon and conclude mid-late Saturday afternoon with a short talk by Josephine Wolff.

Further details, including about submissions, can be found here.

Applications are now being accepted for the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program at http://www.clscholarship.org/apply

Applications are due Tuesday, November 19, 2019 by 8:00pm EST.

The CLS Program is a fully-funded intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Students spend eight to ten weeks abroad studying one of 15 critical languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu.  Most CLS languages do not require previous study of the target language.

The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains. The scholarship program includes international airfare, tuition, and all program costs, as well as meals and living accommodations, often with a host family.

The CLS Program seeks participants with diverse interests, and from a wide range of fields of study and career paths, with the purpose of representing the full diversity of the United States. Participants are selected based on their commitment to language learning and plans to apply their language skills to their future academic or professional pursuits.

CLS is part of a wider government initiative to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security and economic prosperity.  CLS plays an important role in preparing students for the 21st century's globalized workforce and increasing national competitiveness.

Download a one-page CLS flyer here.

CLS Website: http://www.clscholarship.org

CLS Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/CLScholarship

CLS Twitter page: https://twitter.com/CLSscholarship

Questions? Email CLS@AmericanCouncils.org

The ECRSE Civil Society Team organizes the Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF)  during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) Annual Meetings. This event provides an open space for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to dialogue and exchange views with World Bank Group and IMF staff, their peers, government delegations, and other stakeholders on a wide range of topics.

The 2019 Annual Meetings Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF)  will take place in Washington DC from Tuesday, October 15 to Friday October 18. The program includes an orientation session on the WBG and IMF; a roundtable discussion with WBG Executive Directors; a town hall with the World Bank President; and CSO-organized policy dialogue sessions that reflect the diversity of CSO policy concerns.

We are seeking volunteers to help us manage this edition of the CSPF. Ideally, we would like volunteers who are available for the four days, but would also appreciate volunteers who could commit to specific time frames during one of the days of the event. Volunteers will be tasked with taking notes/minutes during the CSO-led sessions, helping to set-up and monitor sessions, ensuring the distribution of the participants list, professionally interacting with CSOs to channel any questions or concerns to the team, and handling any logistical issues that may come up during the sessions.

This is a unique career development opportunity to be directly involved with an activity that is at the heart of the Annual Meetings and to see the World Bank's engagement with Civil Society in action. Please note, this is a volunteer opportunity and is unpaid. Potential volunteers should be based in Washington, DC.

If you are interested, please send an email with a short expression of interest and resume to Caitlin Berczik (cberczik@worldbankgroup.org) by COB September 24, 2019.

We are pleased to share the call for papers for the 2020 Transatlantic Policy Symposium (TAPS).

TAPS is an annual student-run conference that brings together academics, students, and professionals from around the world to discuss pressing issues at the heart of the transatlantic relationship. This year's theme is titled "Is Foresight 2020?: Projecting the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship." It promises to be an exciting intellectual discussion!

You can view our Call for Papers here. For more information on the Transatlantic Policy Symposium, visit www.tapsgeorgetown.com.

We also wish to highlight another exciting project from the BMW Center for German and European Studies. The Europe Desk is a podcast that brings together leading experts working on the most pertinent issues facing Europe and transatlantic relations today. The podcast also highlights the Center’s work and events program, giving listeners access to the rich array of discussions and lectures hosted by the Center each semester. This includes the Transatlantic Policy Symposium, which will be featured on the podcast in the new year! 

The Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies is seeking new voices to present their research at the PONI Conference Series. 

We accept undergraduate, masters, PhD, and post-doc students and fellows.  

The conferences offer terrific opportunities both for attendees and presenters to network across the nuclear community, engage different technical and operational communities across our nuclear enterprise, participate in interactive activities and simulations designed to deepen their understanding on nuclear issues, and explore locations and facilities generally not accessible to students otherwise.

The PONI staff works with each and every presenter to help them hone their presentation into a sharp and focused 10 minute discussion with substantive feedback throughout the process.  The best presenters get the opportunity to attend and present our annual Capstone Conference at US Strategic Command.

PONI covers all travel and related expenses for presenters as well. While we review and accept applications on a rolling basis we are still actively seeking a few more presenters for our Fall Conference at King’s Bay.

For more information please see: https://nuclearnetwork.csis.org/apply/conference-series/ or reach out to Simone Williams at swilliams@csis.org

Dates for Upcoming PONI Conferences:

Fall Conference
Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Kings Bay, GA
October 16-17

Winter Conference
CSIS Washington, DC
December 11-12