International Relations Program - Watson Institute for International Studies

Opportunities/Resources

The International Relations Department Undergraduate Group (IRDUG)

The IR DUG is a student-run organization that encourages intellectual, academic, and social interaction among IR majors. The IRDUG also elects one of its members to serve as a member of the International Relations Advisory Committee. The group is particularly important as a community-builder, given IR's large number of students. One of the principal activities undertaken by the IRDUG is to provide a peer advising system for concentrators. In addition, the IRDUG holds regular meetings and organizes many activities throughout the year. IRDUG activities have included surveys of IR juniors and seniors on the IR concentration, publication of the IR Concentration Guide: A Student's View, a bi-semester "magazine" of interviews and essays by Brown faculty and students on current global issues, communicty outreach through presentations on hot topics of international current affairs in Providence area public schools, and a highly successful brown bag dinner series with Watson-affiliated faculty. The IR concentration advisor acts as liaison between the DUG and the IR Program faculty and staff. We urge you to get involved! For more information contact brownirdug@gmail.com.

Brown Journal of World Affairs

The Brown Journal of World Affairs is a nonprofit, semi-annual publication produced at Brown University by undergraduate students. It responds to the need for a clear, incisive, and dynamic examination of contemporary international issues. The journal provides a forum for world leaders, policy makers, and prominent academics to engage in vigorous debate of intellectual breadth and vibrancy that bridges the gap between academic discourse and mainstream media.

Working for the Brown Journal of World Affairs allows students to contribute to, and facilitate the publication of, a high quality, widely disseminated journal. Students have the opportunity to research and contact prominent academics and important individuals in the international community as well as to read the latest in international relations literature. Working for the journal also enables to students to master editing skills and lay-out and design programs--tools that are important for every academic career. For further information contact the journal at BJWA@brown.edu or visit them at www.bjwa.org.

IR Program Email Newsletter

The IR Program sends out a weekly electronic newsletter during the academic year to all IR concentrators and faculty. The newsletter disseminates announcements from the IR Program office such as course updates and deadline reminders. It also serves as a valuable source of information on internships and research opportunities, speakers, conferences, and other Watson Institute events of interest to IR concentrators. The newsletter is a key way the IR Program communicates with its concentrators. IR concentrators will wish to make reading it a regular part of their weekly activity. Non-IR Concentrators may access our newsletter on our website homepage.

Watson Institute Affiliated Fellowships

Brown University Summer Fellowships sponsored by the Swearer Center for Public Service and the Watson Institute for International Studies - APPLY NOW

The Watson Institute and the Swearer Center for Public Service offers three summer fellowship competitions as part of its mission to Brown undergraduates who are pursuing degrees, research projects, and careers in international relations.

The 2010 McKinney Family and Richard Smoke Fellowships,

The McKinney Fellowship is awarded annually to an undergraduate who exemplifies the excellence in international studies so strongly encouraged by Watson Institute Board of Overseers Vice-Chairman and Brown Corporation member David McKinney and his family. This year's fellowship provides support of $3,500 for a student pursuing an internship abroad in the summer of 2010.

The Richard Smoke Summer Fellowship program, named for the prominent Watson Institute scholar who died in 1995, supports 3-4 students pursuing internships abroad in the summer of 2010 with fellowships of $3,500.

The 2010 Jack Ringer ’52 Summer Fellowship in Southeast Asia Program, administered by the Watson Institute for International Studies, is made possible through the generosity of Jack Ringer '52 who served in Burma after graduating from Brown. The award provides Brown students with up to $3,500 to support summer travel to Southeast Asia to conduct research or work in an internship.

The 2010 Marla Ruzicka International Public Service Fellowship.

The Watson Institute for International Studies announces support of up to $3,500 for the Marla Ruzicka International Fellowship. This is awarded annually to support the summer plans of one Brown University undergraduate who displays the characteristics of compassion, determination, and selflessness in the pursuit of international human rights, post-conflict rehabilitation or international public service in its most noble spirit, and whose summer plans reflect those traits.

Such characteristics were the defining traits of Marla Ruzicka's remarkable and all-too-brief life. A dedicated human rights activist, she arrived in Afghanistan shortly after the fall of the Taliban to record the effects of conflict on civilian communities. She lobbied diligently and effectively to seek compensation for those families whose homes had been destroyed in the Afghan conflict. From Afghanistan, Marla went to Iraq. She founded the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), which was dedicated to assisting civilian victims of the conflict in Iraq. Marla's compassion and dedication touched all who met her, and her tragic death in April 2005 was deeply felt by those who had benefited from her selfless work.

This fellowship has been made possible through the generosity of Lucinda B. Watson, daughter of the late Thomas J. Watson, Jr. '37 and member of the Watson Institute Board of Overseers.

Interested students are responsible for developing their own research projects or finding their own internship positions. Funding will be provided only for unpaid internships and will not cover fees to participate in study abroad, exchange or other similar programs.

The deadline to apply is March 15, 2010.

To apply, go to:

http://www.watsoninstitute.org/fellowships/

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