Isodarco Winter course, Andalo, January 11-18, 2004

[Isodarco <isodarco at roma2.infn.it>]

UNIVERSITY OF ROME  "TOR VERGATA"
UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO
OPERA CAMPANA DEI CADUTI
Rovereto
FORUM TRENTINO PER LA PACE
Autonomous Province of Trento

Italian Pugwash Group
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON DISARMAMENT AND RESEARCH ON CONFLICTS
ISODARCO
Founded in 1966

17th WINTER COURSE
"VIOLENCE BY ARMED NON-STATE GROUPS
AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY "
ANDALO (TRENTO) - ITALY
11-18 JANUARY 2004

ISODARCO has been organizing residential courses on global security since
1966. The courses are intended for people already having a professional
interest in the problems of international conflicts, or for those who would
like to play a more active and technically competent role in this field.
The courses have an interdisciplinary nature, and their subject matters
extend from the technical and scientific side of the problems to their
sociological and political implications.
This will be the fourth time an ISODARCO course will focus on the problem
of Non-State Violence.  Courses on this topic were organized in 1974 and
1978 when Non-State or Sub-State violence had the limited attention of
specialists. Now, after the dramatic events of the years 2001 and 2002,
Isodarco has returned to the discussion of these problems organizing the
2003 and 2004 winter courses.

PRINCIPAL LECTURERS:

ALEXEI ARBATOV
Member of the State Duma, Deputy Chairman of the Defence Committee, Moscow,
Russia. (will confirm later)

NADIA ARBATOVA
Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, Russia.

ANTONELLA ATTARDO
Venice International University, Venezia, Italy

GABRIEL BARAMKI
Consultant to the Ministry of Higher Education, Palestine

MARTIN BUTCHER
Physicians for Social Responsibility, Washington DC, US

LUIGI CALIGARIS
Strategic and Politico-Military Analyst, Rome, Italy (Ret. Gen.)

DAVID CARLTON
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

PAUL GUINNESSY
Physics Today, American Institute of Physics, US

CHRISTOFER HUGHES
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

CATHERINE KELLEHER
CNWS, Naval War College, Newport, R.I., USA (will confirm later)

AMOS NADAN
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

ELENA PAVLOVA
Nanyan Technological University, Singapore (will confirm later)

Confirmations are expected from additional eminent scholars who have been
invited to lecture at the School. The course will be articulated in formal
lectures, seminars offered by the participants, round tables and general
open discussions.


GENERAL INFORMATION

A) English will be the working language of the School. There will be
approximately 60 participants. They are expected to attend all lectures and
seminars.

B) Applications should be submitted with the following information that is
compulsory also for those who have previously attended:

Full name, date and place of birth, gender, full address (including E-mail
address, telephone and fax numbers if available). Present nationality.
Degree and/or other academic qualifications. Present professional
activities and work address. Publication list and field of interest. In
lieu of publications, a letter of recommendation from a professor or a
scholar in the field.
No special application form is required.

C) Letters of application should arrive not later than December 1st, 2003
and should be addressed to the Director of the School:

Prof. CARLO SCHAERF
Department of Physics
University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
Tel.: (+39) 06 72594560/1 -- Fax: (+39) 06 2040309
E-mail: isodarco at roma2.infn.it

D) Applications will be considered by the Organizing Committee on the basis
of the information submitted. All applicants will be informed of the
Committee's decision as soon as possible but not later than December 15th,
2003

E) Participants are requested to arrive at Andalo (Trento) any time on
Sunday, January 11th, 2004 and leave in the morning of Sunday, January
18th, 2004.

F) The nominal admission fee which includes attendance, accommodation and
full board is Euro 200,00 and Euro 120,00 for students without a salary up
to the age of 26 who ask for it. Participants will be housed in double or
triple rooms. The admission fee for single rooms, if requested and
available, will be Euro 400,00; participants asking to share a room with
somebody in particular, if this is possible, will be charged Euro 50,00
extra for each person.

G) The School is unable to provide any contribution towards travelling
expenses.

H) The Course will be held at Hotel Gruppo Brenta, via Strigole 1, 38010
Andalo (Trento), Italy. Tel. (+39) 0461 585813 and Fax (+39) 0461 585269.

I) A limited number of family members can be accommodated at the Hotel
Gruppo Brenta. Room and board for each member is Euro 300,00 for the entire
period. Admission of families is limited and will be examined on an
individual basis. Participants wishing to bring their families are
requested to submit their applications as soon as possible.

J) Participants wishing to introduce a seminar should enclose a short
abstract of their proposed contribution in their application. The Director
of the School will reserve some time for seminars considered particularly
relevant to the programme of the Course.

K) The Organizing Committee reserves the right to introduce any necessary
changes to the programme.

L) Please mention in your application if you need a visa, indicating to
which Italian Consulate you intend to apply. As it takes some time to
receive a visa we urge participants requiring it to apply to the School as
early as possible and to apply for the visa immediately after being
accepted by the School.


Additional information on the School can be found:
CARLO SCHAERF
Director of the School