Discussions

Both the Japanese and U.S. economies face a serious demographic challenge over the next two decades. In each nation, the share of people 65 and over and that of the aged 18 to 64 will become increasingly skewed in favor of the seniors. Result: a plunge in the “dependency ratio”–the number of people of working wage on which each senior depends for support. Mr. Epstein will discuss the unique risks and challenges each economy will face from the plunge in the dependency ratio and the likely ways each will respond to those risks and challenges.

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Shame and the Act of Writing

Friday 19th September, University of Warwick

Abstract deadline: 23rd June 2014

Confirmed Speakers:

Denise Riley<http://adwhiteprofessors.cornell.edu/2013/04/28/denise-riley/> (School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia)

Geoffrey Gilbert<http://www.aup.edu/profile/ggilbert> (Comparative Literature and English, The American University of Paris)

From:  Cathy Kudlick, kudlick@sfsu.edu

Dear DS Friends,
If you’re planning on attending the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians in Toronto in about 10 days, be sure to come to our gathering on Friday, May 23 from 5-9pm! Bring friends, a sense of fun, and enough cash to cover whatever you want to eat and drink: http://berks2014.com/2014/04/07/participants-of-disability-studies-at-berks-reception/

I am pleased to announce the publication of a study that will be of interest to the modernisti among the members of H-Italy:  Molly Tambor,  The Lost Wave: Women and Democracy in Postwar Italy.

Applications are now being accepted for Library of Congress Kluge Fellowships. The application deadline is July 15.

Kluge Fellowships are residential research fellowships open to post-doctoral scholars worldwide with a Ph.D. or other terminal advanced degree conferred within seven years of the deadline. The fellowships support research in the humanities and social sciences, especially interdisciplinary, cross-cultural or multilingual projects that makes use of the Library’s large and varied collections.

WORKSHOP

Islands: New Theorisations of Insularity in the Mediterranean

New York University Provost’s Global Research Initiatives in collaboration with
European University Institute Global Governance Programme and Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies

Scientific Coordinator: Valerie McGuire | European University Institute

Room Uliveto, Villa Sassetti – Via Bolognese, 120 – Firenze
Sala Europa, Villa Schifanoia – Via Boccaccio, 121 – Firenze

19-20 May 2014

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