Weekly SPI Fellows Report
by Deanna Cantrell
SPI Fellow Elham Manea is set to have a discussion with former UN special rapporteur, Frank La Rue, on November 10 in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland. ┬áDr Manea is an Associate Professor specialized on the Middle East, a writer, and a human rights activist. She is a Fulbright scholar who holds a PhD degree in political science from the University of Zurich, Master degree in comparative politics from the American University in Washington D.C, and a Bachelor degree in political science from Kuwait University. She has published academic and nonfiction books in English, German, and Arabic in addition to two novels in Arabic. Her latest publication was a book entitled The Arab State and WomenÔÇÖs Rights: The Trap of Authoritarian Governance, London: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics, June 2011. She works at the Political Science Institute at the University of Zurich and a consultant for Swiss government agencies and international human rights organizations. Recently, she has been appointed by the Swiss Federal Council as a Member of the Federal Commission for Women Affairs.┬á For more information, visit the event website.┬á
With all of the recent talk of climate change, it is fitting to join SPI fellow Donald Prothero for a chat about one of historyÔÇÖs largest victims of climate change:┬á dinosaurs.┬á Check out, Is ÔÇ£BrontosaurusÔÇØ Back? Not So Fast!┬á Prothero is an American geologist and mammalian┬ápaleontologist who was one of the first to conduct research┬áin┬ámagnetostratigraphy, a technique to date rock layers that is┬áused to examine┬áhistorical┬áclimate changes.