6-13 JANUARY 2008 "Fighting Terrorism, Protecting Human Rights" 21st Isodarco Winter Course

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UNIVERSITY OF ROME "TOR VERGATA"
UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO
USPID - Sezione di 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

21st WINTER COURSE
"Fighting Terrorism, Protecting Human Rights"

ANDALO (TRENTO) - ITALY
6-13 JANUARY 2008

ISODARCO has organized residential courses on global security since 1966 primarily in Italy but
also in China, Germany and Jordan with the generous support of private foundations and
international and national institutions and organizations. The courses are intended for those who
would like to play a more active and technically competent role in the field of international
conflicts as well as those who already have a professional interest and experience in this field.
The courses are intensive, interactive and interdisciplinary in focus. The subject matter span not
only the technical and scientific dimensions of these problems but also their sociological and
political implications.
This will be the eighth time an Isodarco course will examine the problem of non-state violence.
Courses on this topic were organized in 1974 and 1978 when only a few specialists were concerned
with the issues of non-state or sub-state violence. Now, after the dramatic events of the years
2001 and 2002, Isodarco has returned to the discussion of these problems devoting the last five
winter courses to them.


PRINCIPAL LECTURERS:

Alexei Arbatov, Carnegie Moscow Center, Moscow, Russia

Nadezhda (Nadia) Arbatova, Institute of the World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, Russia

Tony Bunyan, Statewatch, London, England

Francesco Calogero, Department of Physics, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Italy

David Carlton, University of Warwick, England

Gitanjali Gutierrez, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, USA

Jim Harper, Cato Institute, Washington DC, USA

Paddy Hillyard, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Judith Reppy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Rita S. Rogers, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Nina Tannenwald, Watson Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

Isaiah Wilson III, US Military Academy at West Point, USA

Steve Wright, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, England

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 80
participants. They are expected to attend all lectures and seminars and to stay throughout the
week-long course.

B. Applications should be submitted with the following information that is compulsory even for
those who have previously attended Isodarco sessions:
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. We suggest that you apply on-line at www.isodarco.it or
you download an application form from the same location.

C. Applications should arrive not later than November 12th, 2007 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, 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 the applicants will be informed of the Committee's decision as soon as possible but
not later than November 23rd, 2007.

E. Participants are requested to arrive at Andalo any time on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 and leave
in the morning of Sunday, January13th, 2008.

F. The nominal admission fee which includes attendance, accommodation and full board is 350 Euro.
A reduced fee of 200 Euro is applied to students without a salary born in 1982 or after and
participants from Countries with foreign currency problems. If you wish to be considered for a
reduced fee you must explain in your application why you qualify for it. Participants will be
housed in double or triple rooms. The admission fee for single rooms, if requested and available,
will be 600 Euro; participants asking to share a room with somebody in particular, if this is
possible, will be charged an additional 50 Euro for each person.

G. A limited number of family members can be accommodated at the Hotel Gruppo Brenta. Room and
board for each member is Euro 400,00 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 application as soon as possible.

H. The school has no funds with which to defray traveling expenses.

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

J. Participants wishing to submit a paper for seminar consideration should enclose a short
abstract of their proposed contribution in their application. The Director of the School will
reserve some limited time for seminars considered particularly relevant to the program of the Course.

K. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to introduce any necessary change to the program.

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 to attend the School.
Please, note that the concession of visas is at the discretion of the Italian Consulates Offices
and Isodarco, as an NGO, is not able to influence their decision. It is the responsibility of
participants to provide the Italian Consulates with evidence that they intend to return to their
own countries at the end of the course.

Additional information on the School can be found at: www.isodarco.it


  Director of the Course                  Director of the School
   Matthew Evangelista                         Carlo Schaerf
  Department of Government             University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA            Rome, Italy