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.
After a decade and more during which the issues posed by nuclear weapons were largely eclipsed by concerns over ethnic wars and the threat of terrorism, there is renewed serious interest in the goal of nuclear disarmament. The 2009 ISODARCO Winter School will be devoted to considering the political, economic, and technical implications of moving toward nuclear disarmament within the next decade or so and the operational steps that might be taken in the near future toward that goal.
PRINCIPAL LECTURERS:
James Acton
Centre for Science and Security Studies, Dept. of War Studies, King's College, London, UK
Alexey Arbatov
Carnegie Moscow Center, Russia
Nadia Arbatova
Institute of the World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, Russia
Francesco Calogero
Physics Department, University of Rome “La Sapienza,”, Italy
Avner Cohen
United States Institute for Peace, Washington DC, USA
Marco De Andreis
Fondazione Ugo La Malfa, Rome, Italy
Peter Dombrowski
Naval War College, Newport, RI, USA
Lynn Eden
CISAC, Stanford University, CA, USA
Bates Gill
Director of SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden
David Holloway
Stanford University, CA, USA
Venance Journé
CIRED/CNRS, Paris, France
Jeffrey Lewis
Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative, New America Foundation, Washington DC, USA
Götz Neuneck
Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik, University of Hamburg, Germany
Etel Solingen
University of California, Irvine, and Chair of the Steering Committee for the UC Institute on Conflict and Cooperation, CA, USA
David Charles Webb
Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK
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 17th, 2008 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@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 24th, 2008.
E. Participants are requested to arrive at Andalo any time on Sunday, January 11th, 2009 and leave in the morning of Sunday, January18th, 2009.
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 1983 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, www.gruppobrenta.it.
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
