BRIEFING

• A Message from the Dean
• The Elliott School enjoyed many successes and several genuine triumphs in 2005-06, and we have set the stage for a number of important initiatives in the upcoming year.
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• Faculty Notes
• Gordon Adams, Bruce Dickson and Cynthia McClintock, have each received a fellowship for the 2006-2007 academic year with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
• Martha Finnemore was awarded the 2006 Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Research Prize.
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• Alumni News
• Pam Jenoff (BA '92) was previously a Foreign Service Officer and Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. She is presently an attorney at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Philadelphia. Her first novel, A Fine Crack of Light," is being published later this year.
• Alumni News is updated quarterly with recent news from Elliott School alumni. Previous news items are filed in the Alumni Notes pages by decade of graduation. Send updates to Ginger Daniel at esiaalum@gwu.edu and include your full name, degree, year of graduation and your message.

• Past Events
• Two Nobel Peace Prize winners at the Elliott School:
• On May 5, UN Secretary–General Kofi Annan, delivered a lecture on the relationship between the United States and the United Nations during an academic convocation hosted by The George Washington University and its Elliott School of International Affairs. Annan received an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree and launched an annual lecture series on U.S.–UN relations at the Elliott School.
• Secretary–General Annan's visit was preceded by a May 4 evening lecture by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shirin Ebadi who discussed human rights, women and Islam. Ebadi, a lawyer and human rights activist in Iran, is the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Her lecture was part of the Elliott School's Robert J. Pelosky, Jr. Distinguished Speaker Series.
• Annan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, and Ebadi was awarded hers in 2003.
• Dr. Lloyd H. Elliott, former president of The George Washington University, addressed the Elliott School class of 2006 at the Smith Center. The Elliott School is named for Dr. Elliott and his wife, Betty.
• On July 13, the Elliott School of International Affairs, in partnership with the Meridian International Center and USAID, co-sponsored the panel discussion, Governing in Bolivia with Greater Regional Autonomy." The Spanish language discussion included a panel of five of Bolivia's first popularly elected governors and Dr. Robert Albro, Visiting Professor of Anthropology at GW. The panelists gave presentations and discussed issues such as regional autonomy, the constituent assembly, internal migration, nationalization of industry, their working relationships with the Evo Morales administration, and prospects for U.S.–Bolivian relations.

The Elliott School Launches a New Program in Middle East Studies

Dean Brown answers questions about the new graduate program

In the fall 2007 semester, the Elliott School will launch a Master of Arts program in Middle East Studies. The new program, which will be interdisciplinary in nature and professional in orientation, will offer a variety of courses for students. More...

Gnehm to Begin Term as Kuwait Professor

New professorship strengthens Middle East studies

On September 1, the Elliott School's Ambassador Edward Skip" Gnehm will become the school's first Kuwait Chair for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs. The Kuwait Chair," as it is known, More...

Alums Continue Their Education Abroad

Alumni Profile: The Elliott School's Fulbright Award Winners

This year, three of the six GW alumni receiving Fulbright Awards are graduates of the Elliott School. Annually, the prestigious Fulbright Program sends over 1,200 U.S. citizens around the world to build a mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world." More...

Ed McCord Returns to Research and Teaching Chinese History

Edward McCord joined the Elliott School in September 1994

As Associate Dean, Ed McCord has seen many changes take place at the Elliott School, including the opening of the 1957 E Street building, the appointment of a new dean, Michael E. Brown, and the overall increase in status that GW and the Elliott School have achieved in recent years. More...

The Elliott School Welcomes New Faculty Members

The Elliott School of International Affairs has added two faculty members to its roster for the 2006-2007 academic year. They will join a distinguished group of scholars and strengthen the school's programs in security policy studies. More...

China Policy Program Co–sponsors Conference on Asian Multilateralism and Sino–American Relations

By David Shambaugh, Director, China Policy Institute and Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

During the run-up to the East Asian Summit in December 2005, the Elliott School's China Policy Program collaborated with the China Foreign Affairs University to convene an unprecedented conference on East Asia Cooperation and U.S.–China relations." More...

Who Are the Global Governors?"

IGIS conference advances theoretical innovation in international relations

The Elliott School's Institute for Global and International Studies (IGIS) hosted a conference entitled Who Are the Global Governors?" More...