Update of Beyond Academe and Information about a panel on careers

Beyond Academe, the website designed to educate historians about opportunities outside of the academy, has recently been updated to include new information and new links.
Beyond Academe has been profiled on NPR, in The Village Voice and on the career center web sites of universities ranging from Harvard to Berkeley. Perspectives described the site as offering [...]

A new Concepta website

Concepta, International Research School in Conceptual History and Political Thought, has now opened its new website at: http://www.concepta-net.org
The website contains information about Concepta organisation, objectives and our activities - introductory courses and research training seminars. In addition we have gathered an extensive electronic library which contains numerous links to e-sources on the field of conceptual [...]

Waseda University Doctoral Student Network Website

The WUDSN seeks to provide opportunities for PhD candidates from Waseda University to present their work alongside other scholars within Waseda University as well as outside Waseda University.
The WUDSN also strives to create a stimulating environment in which participants can engage in horizontal and vertical exchanges with professors, experienced researchers, young scholars, activists, government officials, [...]

Qatar University

Qatar is marching on to the 21st century. Great strides in education, development, infrastructures, and media has been made in this progressive Middle Eastern country. One good proof of this progressive attitude is in the person of the 5th Qatar University president, Prof. Sheikha Abdulla Al-Misnad, a 1977 alumna and a woman!
Please visit [...]

The Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine

The Islamic University of Gaza www.iugaza.edu.ps is the first higher education institution to be established in Gaza, Palestine. The site has an English translation, but there are still areas wherein I would have loved to read what was written, if only it was in English. I’m talking about the Conferences page, specially the [...]

Aligarh Muslim University, India

Surfing the web is for me the next best thing to being there. I’ve always been mystified by India, its people and culture. The Aligarh Muslim University (www.amu.ac.in) is one more visit to this fascinating sub-continent of more than one billion people. Its also a way of creating better understanding between Muslims [...]

Kasetsart University, Thailand

Early this year I went to Bangkok, Thailand to conduct a communication management seminar-workshop for national park rangers and managers. The participants came from the Asean countries (Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam). We were all gathered there to come up with a communication plan for Asean biodiversity.
We stayed at the KU [...]

University of Witwatersrand

Technology, most especially the Internet, has enabled us to connect with any one in the world today. As long as that person is wired to the worldwide web. It is so easy now, to go, explore and experience virtually any part of the world, even the most perilous, inaccessible, or uncharted territory.
In the past, our [...]

Central Mindanao University

Growing up in Mindanao during the 1960s and early 70s was a very memorable and pleasant experience.  Summertime was devoted to working in the farm with occasional trips to Manila, Cebu and other parts of Mindanao.  We were four boys and we took turns accompanying the old folks during vacation time.
One of the places I got [...]