May/June 1991, Page 90

Bulletin Board

EVENTS

The Palestine Aid Society will hold its Third Annual Walkathon, a 10-kilometer fundraising and solidarity march, on Saturday, June 8, in 17 US and 2 Canadian cities. For more information, call PAS regional offices in Washington, DC, (202) 728-9425, New York City, (212) 385-4233, and Los Angeles, (818) 797-0040.

Among speakers tentatively scheduled for the Kuwait Reconstruction Opportunities Conference, June 14 at the Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC, are Vice President Dan Quayle, Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher, and Kuwaiti Ambassador to the US Sheikh Saud Nasir. Al-Sabah. For more information on the all-day program, sponsored by Gulf Outreach and the George Mason University International Institute, and endorsed by the US-Arab Chamber of Commerce, phone (703) 841-0626 or (301) 695-3762.

NEW US AMBASSADOR NAMED

President Bush has named Mary Ann Casey, a career foreign service officer from Colorado, to succeed Christopher W.S. Ross as US ambassador to Algeria. Casey is currently deputy assistant secretary for regional analysis at the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research. She has previously served as director of North African Affairs at the State Department and as political officer at the US Embassy in Tunisia.

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

Applications for the 1992-9 Fulbright Scholarship Program, offering some 1,000 grants for research and/or university lecturing, are available from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 3007 Tilden St., NW, Suite 5M, Box NEWS, Washington, DC 20008-3009, (202) 6867877. Deadline for programs in South Asia is June 15; in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Aug.1.

The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) is offering $5,000 for the doctoral dissertation written in English on the Arab-Israeli conflict or Palestinian affairs that best suits the IPS publishing program, with the winning entry to be published by IPS. For details contact The Book Editor, IPS, PO Box 25697, Washington, DC 20007, (202) 342-3990. Dissertations must be submitted by Aug. 31.

SUMMER SESSIONS

The Arabic Language and Culture Institute offers a three phase program for students entering grades 11-13. Phase I is a six week semi-immersion summer program held June 26-Aug.7 at the Northfield Mt. Hermon School in Northfield, MA; Phase II is an independent study follow up program for the 1991-92 academic year; and Phase III is a six week summer program in the Middle East (this year in Cairo) under the auspices of the Critical Languages and Area Studies Consortium. Complete information is available from Marcia Vallee, Program Officer, CLASC, The Experiment in International Living, Kipling Rd., PO Box 676, Brattleboro, VT 05302, (802) 257-7751 ext. 3010.

The University of Chicago offers an Intensive Summer Arabic program from June 24-Aug. 16, with classes at the elementary, intermediate and high intermediate levels. For registration information, call the Summer Session office at (312) 702-6033.

The Western Consortium of Middle East Centers' 1991 Summer Institute, offering a variety of language and area studies courses, will be held this year at the University of California at Los Angeles. For further information write UCLA Summer Sessions, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024-1418, or phone the Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies, (602) 621-5450.