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Egyptian Attack on Free Speech and Social Science
On August 2, 2008, the Egyptian authorities launched a second attack on exiled Egyptian activist and scholar Saad Eddin Ibrahim, sentencing him (in absentia) to two years in prison for “tarnishing Egypt's reputation.” SSRC President Craig Calhoun says that by resuming their campaign against one of Egypt's most distinguished social scientists, Egyptian leaders “have sought to deprive Egyptian citizens of both democracy and scientific knowledge.”
Publications
The Measure of America: American Human Development Report 2008-2009
Written, compiled, and edited by Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis, and Eduardo Borges Martins
Soft Power Superpowers: Cultural and National Assets of Japan and the United States
Yasushi Watanabe and David L. McConnell
Darfur: A New History of a Long War (revised and updated)
Julie Flint and Alex de Waal
New at the SSRC
- PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT Craig Calhoun and the SSRC offer congratulations to former Board Chair Cora B. Marrett, who recently received the American Sociological Association's (ASA) prestigious Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award.
- ESSAY FORUM "Making Communications Research Matter," with contributions from scholars and others who advocate a closer relationship between communications research and policymaking. Open for comment.
- EVENT Hirschman Prize ceremony and conference, honoring 2008 recipient Charles Tilly, October 3-5. Visit the event website for details. Also see our tributes to Charles Tilly and his article, "Memorials to Credit & Blame."
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