GEP pot pourri

2004-11-15 Thread Paul Steinberg
Dear GEPers, For efficiency's sake I have combined here two bits of information, a query, and an invitation. 1. Thanks to all who provided references on international forest policy.  A list of the references received is available at the end of this message.  The syllabus for my undergraduate cours

IR Position Still Open

2004-11-15 Thread Michael Tierney
If you or any of your colleagues/students are interested in an IR/GEP position, I would encourage you to apply.  We start reviewing files soon. Best, Mike The Department of Government of the College of William & Mary invites applicants for an anticipated tenure-track appointment in International

graduate programs

2004-11-15 Thread Kai N. Lee
All, One of our best students, an anthropology major, nearly chose to go to the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. I believe students with environmental interests are seeing Europe as a viable alternative to the US now. American exceptionalism being what it is. Cheers, Kai Kai N. Lee,

RE: graduate programs

2004-11-15 Thread Marcus Schaper
Hello everyone, Something like this already exists ... There is a section for environmental politics programs on the ISA's Environmental Studies Section website. The ESS site can be found at www.isanet.org/sections/ess or just point your browser to http://marcus.schaper.com/ess/programs.html for a

Re: graduate programs

2004-11-15 Thread Anthony Patt
Hi Kirsten and Henril and others, I also think this is a great idea. For me, I would be quite interested in seeing what "programs" are available in Europe. There isn't a long tradition of Americans going to graduate school in Europe, but I have started to have students ask me about that, and I w

Re: graduate programs

2004-11-15 Thread Kirsten Jörgensen
Hi Henrik, I think this would be great and a big help for our students! Kirsten Henrik Selin schrieb: Hello all, A related question to the list: Many of us teach at environmental masters and phd programs. Do you think that it would be a good idea to create a special folder/place somehow connec

Re: graduate programs

2004-11-15 Thread Elizabeth R. DeSombre
Henrik Selin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Do you think that it would be a good idea to create a >special folder/place somehow connected to the gep-ed list where we >collect >brief one-page descriptions of the graduate programs where we work and >teach, which we can access easily whenever we have

Re: graduate programs

2004-11-15 Thread Henrik Selin
Hello all, A related question to the list: Many of us teach at environmental masters and phd programs. Do you think that it would be a good idea to create a special folder/place somehow connected to the gep-ed list where we collect brief one-page descriptions of the graduate programs where we wo

re: ecological sci-fi

2004-11-15 Thread Kate O'Neill
Well, I launched into a discussion of Orwell's 1984 in class when we were discussing these initiatives. Although a satire of Britain in 1948, it keeps getting more relevant. Thanks, everyone for the great responses - keep 'em coming! kate At 10:24 AM -0500 11/15/04, Ken Conca wrote: I have used

Re: ecological sci-fi

2004-11-15 Thread Peter M Haas
Would the IPCC reports count? Or how about the new global warming movie? - Original Message - From: "Robert Darst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "GEP-Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 10:31 AM Subject: Fw: ecological sci-fi > Hi all, > > I originally sent this message j

Fw: ecological sci-fi

2004-11-15 Thread Robert Darst
Hi all, I originally sent this message just to Kate, but given the interest so many of us have in this topic, here is my contribution for general consumption. Rob Hi Kate, Let me suggest a brilliant but relatively unknown sci-fi masterpiece that I have used in my intro IR class: Karel Capek's

re: ecological sci-fi

2004-11-15 Thread Ken Conca
I have used LeGuin's THE DISPOSSESSED to stimulate some good discussion in class, because it presents stark differences but also interesting ambiguities between low-throughput/community-maximizing and high-throughput/freedom-maximizing worlds. I also recommend G.W. Bush's HEALTHY FORESTS and the se

Re: ecological sci-fi

2004-11-15 Thread Peter M Haas
and don't forget the classic play by Kapek, RUR. - Original Message - From: "Ken Cousins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 9:52 AM Subject: Re: ecological sci-fi > Kate, "Ecotopia" is by Ernest Callenbach (1975). He also wro

Re: ecological sci-fi

2004-11-15 Thread Ken Cousins
Kate, "Ecotopia" is by Ernest Callenbach (1975). He also wrote "Ecotopia Emerging" a few years later. You might also want to consider: "Frankenstein" (Mary Shelley, 1818), "The Island of Dr. Moreau" by (H G Wells ,1896), "Stand on Zanzibar" (John Brunner ,1968), "Always Coming Home" (Ursula Le Gui

new book announcement: Levy and Newell (eds.) The Business of Global Environmental Governance

2004-11-15 Thread David Levy
Our new book is just out and we thought that it be of interest to you:  The Business of Global Environmental Governance, (MIT Press, 2005), Edited by David L. Levy and Peter J. Newell.   The introduction and table of contents can be accessed from: http://www.faculty.umb.edu/david_levy/   Tha

graduate programs

2004-11-15 Thread Kate Fahey
Hello Gep-ed Friends, One of my international students (from Hungary) is very insterested in pursuing a graduate degree in the field of Global Env. Politics, perhaps emphasizing on Sust. Development He is looking for a strong program someplace (ideally) in Europe. If you know of a program h

Re: ecological sci-fi

2004-11-15 Thread Peter Jacques
Hi Kate I regularly include a work of fiction or non-fiction literature in my classes; the students easily relate to it and allows them to engage in deconstruction of pop culture etc... they usually love this part of the class. I am using Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep in my s