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Volume 3, Issue 8: October 9, 2006
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Dr. Maura Toro-Morn | Professor Maura Toro-Morn, ISU Department of Sociology and Anthropology, has accepted an appointment to the position of Director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program. Dr. Toro-Morn, who earned her Ph.D. in Sociology at Loyola University of Chicago, has been a member of the faculty at Illinois State University since 1991. Her research and teaching center on issues of race, gender, class, and migration. As a founding member of the Organization of Latin-American Employees (OLE), she is well-known on the ISU campus and in the Bloomington-Normal community for her commitment to Latino and Hispanic organizations. She has had experience as a unit coordinator in the University’s Office of Internal Studies and Programs, she has cultivated multiple collaborative relationships with colleagues throughout the Americas, and she has been awarded the Strand Diversity Award.
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Dr. Nakhle Bishara | Dr. Nakhle Bishara will deliver the Hibbert R. Roberts Lecture in Public Policy on Tuesday, October 10 at 7 p.m. in the Old Main Room in the Bone Student Center. His talk, “The Middle East and the West: Is There Room for Accommodation?” is free and open to the public. Dr. Bishara received his M.D. from the Hadassah Medical School at Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1973, specializing in internal medicine. A physician at Nazareth Hospital, his family has lived in Nazareth for nine generations.
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Dr. Katrin Paehler | Dr. Katrin Paehler, Assistant Professor in the Department of History, has authored a chapter in a new book about World War II, Secret Intelligence and the Holocaust, edited by David Bankier. The book tries to answer the questions of when and how the Western allies found out about the Holocaust. Paehler's chapter, “Foreign Intelligence in a New Paradigm: Amt VI of the Reich Main Security Office,” studies Nazi Germany's political foreign intelligence service, discussing how they approached the beginning of a foreign intelligence program, and how it ultimately determined the foreign policy, through a case study set in Italy. Paehler argues that this service took an approach much different from traditional foreign intelligence services by being heavily ideologized. The chapter is part of Paehler's larger research project which deals with Nazi Germany's political foreign intelligence efforts on a much larger scale. “I am really excited that this came out,” says Paehler. “I am finding myself in the company of many accomplished people, the very people that I studied.”
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Colleagues from DongAh Broadcasting College | Young Suk Ha, President of DongAh Broadcasting College, recently visited DongAh's sister universities in the United States, which include Illinois State University, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the California Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was accompanied by Professor Wangtae Lim, Director of DongAh’s International Affairs Office. One of the main purposes of their visit was to strengthen their relationship with their sister universities. "ISU is proud to have established a productive working relationship with DongAh Broadcasting College," said Dean Olson. "We look forward to continuing what we hope is a mutually beneficial partnership."
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Volume 3, Issue 8: October 9, 2006
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Dr. Issam Nassar | Issam Nassar joins ISU as an Assistant Professor of History. He received his D.A. degree from Illinois State University, his M.A. degree from the University of Cincinnati, and his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Birzeit University. A historian of the Middle East, his research involves modern nationalist movements in Palestine/Israel. "After teaching in a smaller university, I find it great to be here at ISU," said Dr. Nassar. "Having a large number of colleagues is a real nice thing as it poses a real intellectual challenge. I am also excited to be teaching a topic that is of great interest to the students nowadays. The Middle East is no longer a topic about a distant place or culture, but is now very much about the United States, its policies and role in war and peace. ISU students are certainly very interested in this topic."
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