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We are happy to announce that the 2005 Teaching Nonproliferation Summer Institute will be held at Washington and Lee University, June 27 to July 2, 2005.
 
Teachers from any discipline are invited to apply! Food, housing and a travel stipend will be supplied. To learn more about the excellent speakers and application procedures visit the institute website: http://wmd.wlu.edu
 
 
The 2004 Teaching Nonproliferation Summer Institute gratefully received its support from Ploughshares Fund.
For more information contact: Dot Sulock, Institute Director: dsulock@unca.edu, 828-232-5196
 
 
 
The schedule for the 2004 Institute last summer may be of some interest. Reading Assignments, Syllabi, and Resource Websites are up-to-date and useful for anyone interested in nonproliferation issues.



 

2004 Teaching Nonproliferation Summer Institute
 
 
 Powerpoints

 

Reading Assignments for 2004 Institute

Reading Assignments for 2003 Institute

 Syllabi
 Resource Websites

 
   
     Schedule  
    Part I: Background  
       
Fri June 11  8:30 am Welcome and Opening Remarks  
   
 Dr. William Sabo, Professor of Political Science
 
   
 University of North Carolina at Asheville
 
       
 8:45 am Introduction: Why Study Nonproliferation?  
   
Dr. Clay Moltz (bio)
 
   
Center for Nonproliferation Studies(CNS) Monterey Institute of International Affairs
 
       
  10:45 am Nuclear Weapons Technology  
   
Dr. Charles Ferguson (bio)
 
   
Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) Monterey Institute of International Affairs
 
       
    Part II: Current Issues  
       
   2:pm Russian WMD Issues  
   
Dr. Dmitriy Nikonov (bio)
 
   
Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia
 
       
   4:15 pm The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism   
   
Dr. Charles Ferguson
 
   
Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) Monterey Institute of International Affairs
 
     
Friday eve  7 pm Opening Reception and Dinner, Laurel Forum  
       
   9 pm Conversation, curriculum chatter, and beverages in South Ridge Lounge  
       
     
       
Sat June 12  8:30 am United States Ballistic Missile Defense, Space Weapons, and the International Nonproliferation Regime  
   
 Dr. Clay Moltz
 
   
 Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) Monterey Institute of International Affairs
 
     
  10:45 am Iran and North Korea  
   
Dr. Dmitriy Nikonov
 
   
Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia
 
       
   2 pm Chemical and Biological Weapons: Public Health Issues  
   
Dr. Victor Sidel, co-editor of War and Public Health (bio)
 
   
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
 
       
   4:15 pm The War on Terrorism: Public Health Issues  
   
Dr. Victor Sidel, co-editor of Terrorism and Public Health
 
   
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
       
Sat evening  9 pm Conversation, curriculum chatter, and beverages in South Ridge Lounge  
       
Sun June 13  8:30 am The Middle East  
   
Dr. Avner Cohen (bio)
 
   
 Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)
 
     
  10:45 am United States Nuclear Posture Review and Force Structure  
   
 Dr. Randall Forsberg (bio)
 
   
 Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (IDDS)
 
     
   2 pm India and Pakistan  
   
 Dr. Arjun Makhijani (bio)
 
   
 Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
       
   4:15 pm The Arms Control and Disarmament Regime  
   
Dr. Randall Forsberg
 
   
Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies
 
       
Sun evening  7:30 pm Public Lecture: The Future of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Owen Conference Center  
   
 Dr. Avner Cohen
 
       
    Part III: Avenues of Change  
       
Mon June 14  8:30 am The Role of Public Health and Environmental Protection in Nonproliferation and Disarmament   
   
Dr. Arjun Makhijani
 
   
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
 
       
  10:45 am Reconciling Civil and International Wars: The National Roots of the Transnational Problem of Proliferation  
   
Dr. William Long, Professor and Chair (bio)
 
   
The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
 
       
   2 pm Global Action to Prevent Nuclear War  
   
Dr. Randall Forsberg
 
   
Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (IDDS)
 
       
   4:15 pm Breaking New Paths to Nonproliferation, Panel Discussion  
   
Dr. Randall Forsberg, Dr. Arjun Makhijani, Dr. William Long, Dr. Avner Cohen
 
     
Mon eve  7 pm Concert on the Quad  
       
Tues June 15

Curriculum Development Day

 
       
  8:30 am Room 206 Curriculum Development Workshop  
 
 Carah Ong, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
 
 
 Dr. Tom Reifer, Institute for Research on World Systems, University of California at Riverside
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   8:30 am Room 207 Curriculum Development Workshop  
 
 Dr. Frank Settle, Department of Chemistry, Washington and Lee University
 
 
 Dr. David Close, Department of Physics, East Tennessee State University
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 Dr. Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
       
   2 pm Problems with Nuclear Power  
   
 Mary Olson, Nuclear Information and Resource Service
 
  2:30 pm Disarmament Education in Albania  
 
 Elton Skendaj, Tirana University, Albania (bio)
 
   3 pm  IDS 255 Science, Technology, and Nuclear Weapons  
   
 Dr. Peter Pella, Department of Physics, Gettysburg College
 
   4:15 pm  War Stories  
   
 Jay Hetherington, Political Science, Clemson University
 
   4:45 pm  The ALSOS Digital Library and the 2005 Teaching Nonproliferation Summer Institute  
   
 Dr. Frank Settle, Department of Chemistry, Washington and Lee University
 
   5:15 pm  Closing Remarks  
   
 Dot Sulock, Director of Institute (bio)
 
       
   7 pm  Closing Banquet, The Glass House  

 

 

 


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