THE 2015 SVU REGIONAL CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS
University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia July 17-19, 2015The theme for this year's conference is: Contributions of Women on Both Sides of the Atlantic. However, proposals should not be limited to this subject. Please send your paper proposals and abstracts to Hugh Agnew, program chair, by May 31 at [email protected].
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JAN SVEJNAR, WINNER OF THE 2015 IZA PRIZE IN LABOR ECONOMICS
Economist Jan Svejnar, the James T. Shotwell Professor of Global Political Economy and director of the Center on Global Economic Governance at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), will receive the 2015 IZA Prize in Labor Economics. The prize has been called one of the most distinguished international awards in economics. It recognizes Svejnar's major contributions to labor, development, and comparative economics in general and to the economics of transition in particular.
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DAHA CELEBRATED 25TH ANNIVERSARY
photo: Katerina Kyselica, courtesy of DAHADAHA celebrated in style! With special guests Laurie Beckelman (Historic Preservation Expert & Former Chair of NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission), Carol Greitzer (Preservation Advocate & Former NYC Council Member), Anthony Wood (Founder and Chair of New York Preservation Archive Project); Professor Michael Beckerman, Conductor Maurice Peress, Design Historian Majda Kallab Whitaker, Preservationist Jack Taylor, and DAHA's President Susan Lucak. >> View photos from this wonderful celebration...
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HERE IS WHAT'S COMING IN MAY
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Wednesday, May 13, 7:00 pm
Screening of a new Slovak documentary film about the survival of American pilots in the middle of an unknown country, after being shot down during the World War II in Slovakia, and bravery of the local people who helped them. Q&A with the director Dusan Hudec.
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PRAGUE FUNCTIONALISM: TRADITION AND CONTEMPORARY ECHOS
exhibition
The exhibition presents photographs of Prague's functionalist buildings, projects, and drawings. The first section of the exhibition is focused on functionalist projects from the 1920s and 1930s, and the second section presents contemporary projects influenced by Czech Functionalist tradition. Texts by architectural scholars and researchers accompany the photographs.
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