The Institute of JazzStudies is the largest and most comprehensive library and archive of jazz and jazz related materials in the world, located at the Rutgers Newark Newark campus of Rutgers University . History The Institute of JazzStudies was founded by Marshall Stearns . His original idea dates back to at least 1949 . The IJS was incorporated in 1952 . Its original location was at his apartment at 108 Waverly Place in New York City , USA . Stearns negotiated transfer of IJS to Rutgers University in New Jersey in 1966 . Several months after this, Stearns died suddenly. In 1967 the Institute materials were moved to the Rutgers Newark Newark campus of Rutgers University in New Jersey. It was first ..., The general aim of the Institute of JazzStudies is to foster an understanding and appreciation of the nature and significance of jazz in our society. More specifically, the Institute proposes to work ... in the field of jazz, with those of social scientists and other experts whose techniques and studies may be brought to bear on the subject. In this manner, jazz and related subjects will be given the range ... was the temporary voice of the IJS Journal of JazzStudies Annual Review of JazzStudiesStudies in Jazz monograph series with Scarecrow Press Original Board of Advisors Louis Armstrong ..., Assistant Curator 1976? Allen Grundy, work study 197? Ron Welburn, Coordinator of Jazz Oral History ... Bibliography The Record Changer , July August 1953 special issue . Kerlew, Clyde, The Institute of JazzStudies From Academic Orphan to National Resource, Public and Access Services Quarterly , vol. 1, no. 1, 1995, pp.51 74. Wilson, John S., Collection of Jazz Recordings and Writings Given to Rutgers, The New York Times , September 3, 1966, p.12. External links http newarkwww.rutgers.edu IJS Institute of JazzStudies http www.rutgers.edu Rutgers University Rutgers Category Rutgers University Category Libraries in New Jersey Category Jazz organizations Category Music archives Category Jazz ... more details
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz is a non profit music education oriented organization co founded in 1986 by the family of the late American jazz musician Thelonious Monk , opera singer Maria Fisher and Thomas R. Carter, its current president. The Institute has held its International Jazz Competition since 1987 and organized jazz education programs in public schools throughout the United States and around the world, produced jazz events during the 1993 and 1997 United States presidential inaugurations Inaugural celebrations. College Program One of the Institute s earliest goals was to create a unique college level jazz program where the masters of jazz could pass on their expertise to the next generation of jazz musicians the way Thelonious Monk had done in his Manhattan apartment throughout the 50s and 60s. In September 1995, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance was launched ... musicians. The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance is a tuition free two year program ... personal mentoring, ensemble coaching, and lectures on the jazz tradition. They are also encouraged to experiment in expanding jazz in new directions through their compositions and performances. The institute is currently located at Loyola University New Orleans . Competitions Since 1987, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz has presented the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. More ...?Page COMP OV Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz ref Thomas R. Carter Carter has served as producer ... television special. In 1995, he also sponsored the creation of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz ... Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at Loyola University s College of Music and Fine Arts ref . He ... Monk Institute Of Jazz Category Non profit organizations based in the United States Category ... New Orleans fr Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz ... jazz artists, such as Joshua Redman , winner of the 1991 saxophone competition, Marcus Roberts , winner ... more details
The JazzInstitute of Chicago was founded in 1969 by a small band of jazz fans, writers, club owners and musicians who came together to preserve the historical roots of the Chicago s music and to ensure that opportunities for the music to be heard would not be lost in a time when rock was subsuming cultural economics. Among the founding members were trad pianist Art Hodes , Muhal Richard Abrams , who a few years earlier had also co founded the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians AACM , Harriett Choice, then music writer for the Chicago Tribune, Joe Segal , whose Jazz Showcase has kept the flame for bebop lit for 50 years, Bob Koester , owner of Delmark Records , Don DeMicheal, drummer and editor of Downbeat magazine, jazz promoter and supporter Penny Tyler. The JazzInstitute of Chicago is a non profit arts presenting organization that produces concerts and runs educational programs. External links http profile.myspace.com index.cfm?fuseaction user.viewprofile&friendID 111729567 http www.jazzinchicago.org music org stub Chicago stub Category Organizations based in Chicago, Illinois Category Music archives Category Jazz organizations ... more details
Institute of International Studies or Institute for International Studies may refer to United States Institute of International Studies at University of California, Berkeley Monterey Institute of International Studies , Monterey, California Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies , Stanford, California Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies at University of Notre Dame , South Bend, Indiana Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies , New York, New York Watson Institute for International Studies , Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Other countries Danish Institute for International Studies Graduate Institute of International Studies , Geneva, Switzerland Institute for International Studies at University of Technology, Sydney disambig ... more details
The Institute of Policy Studies may refer to the Institute of Policy Studies New Zealand at the Victoria University of Wellington the Institute of Policy Studies Pakistan in Islamabad the Institute of Policy Studies Singapore See also the Institute for Policy Studies in the United States disambig ... more details
Institute of Oriental Studies , sometimes also rendered as Institute of or for Orientalism may refer to a number of research and education institutions worldwide in the field of Oriental studiesInstitute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , formerly of the USSR Academy of Sciences, a research institute in Moscow and Saint Petersburg under this name since 1930 Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies , a university level educational institution in Moscow in 1920 1954 A number of Institutes of Oriental Studies within the USSR Academy of Sciences Academies of Sciences of many Republics of the USSR . See also Oriental Institute disambiguation Category Asian studies disambig ... more details
The Institute of Classical Studies is a research institution associated with the University of London . A member of the School of Advanced Study . The Institute is a national and international research Institute in the languages, literature, history, art, archaeology and philosophy of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. The Institute was founded in 1953 by the Senate of the University of London as a partnership between the University and the Hellenic and Roman Societies. External links http icls.sas.ac.uk Institute of Classical Studies Homepage http www.pgwip.org.uk Institute of Classical Studies Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar official website University of London Category School of Advanced Study Category University of London Category Educational institutions established in 1953 Category 1953 establishments in England UK university stub de Institute of Classical Studies ... more details
disambig The Institute for National Security Studies may refer to Institute for National Security Studies United States , an institute of the United States Air Force , http www.usafa.edu df inss Institute for National Security Studies Israel , an external institute of Tel Aviv University , ref name ETHZ INSS http www.isn.ethz.ch isn Communities and Partners Partners Detail ?lng en&id 49257 ref http www.inss.org.il References references ... more details
Image China House Side.JPG thumb 300px China House, University Park Campus The Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies is located at the University of Nottingham , England . It is situated in China House on the University Park Campus . It is an interdisciplinary institute studying the commerce, culture, and society of China , and promoting links with that country. It was officially opened on the 15 June 2000 by His Excellency Mr. Ma Zhengang, the Chinese Ambassador diplomacy Ambassador to the United Kingdom. The Institute has been awarded School status. From the 2007 academic year it will be known as School of Contemporary Chinese Studies. External links http www.nottingham.ac.uk chinese studiesInstitute of Contemporary Chinese Studies Category University of Nottingham UK university stub ... more details
The Institute of Latin American Studies ILAS was set up in 1965 at the University of London , with the objective of providing postgraduate level teaching and a focus for research on the literature, history, politics and economics of Latin America and the Caribbean . In August 2004 the ILAS merged with the Institute of United States Studies IUSS , also founded in 1965. They became the Institute for the Study of the Americas , which forms part of the University of London s School of Advanced Study . External links http polarch.sas.ac.uk pages intro.htm Website of a project sponsored jointly by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies ICS and the Institute for the Study of the Americas ISA Containing historical archives and access to an extensive collection of political ephemera. Category School of Advanced Study Latin American Studies Category Latin American studies Category Educational institutions established in 1965 UK university stub ... more details
otheruses ISS The Institute of Strategic Studies ISS is a strategic studies think tank based in Islamabad , Pakistan . It is funded by the Pakistan Foreign Office , its most famous member being the nationalist commentator Shireen Mazari . The organisation is devoted to providing an in depth understanding and objective analysis of regional and global strategic issues, affecting international peace and security. External links http www.issi.org.pk Institute of Strategic Studies DEFAULTSORT Institute of Strategic Studies Category Strategic think tanks based in Pakistan Category Think tanks based in Pakistan Pakistan org stub ... more details
Image PIMS.jpg thumb The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at University of St. Michael s College St. Michael s College , University of Toronto Image PIMSdoor.jpg thumb upright Main entrance of the institute The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies PIMS is a research institute in the University of Toronto that is dedicated to advanced studies in the culture of the Middle Ages . It was founded in 1929 as the Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of St. Michael s College St ... established the Centre for Medieval Studies as part of the School of Graduate Studies, for students pursuing a master s degree or doctorate in medieval studies . Teaching at these levels gradually passed from the Institute to the Centre. The Centre officially uses the spelling medieval while PIMS uses mediaeval . As of 1998 the institute became an exclusively postdoctoral research centre, and it accepts students who have recently completed their doctoral studies and wish to conduct specialized research in medieval studies. The centre offers programs within the School of Graduate Studies at the university, and continues to have access to the PIMS building and library. Graduates of the institute are normally awarded the Licence in Mediaeval Studies LMS . Up until 1958 the institute ... Institute of Mediaeval Studies Act of 2005 gave the institute academic autonomy from the university. Under the act, PIMS is administered by a board of governors with its academic affairs vested in the Institute ... of research on the Middle Ages, Mediaeval Studies , which began in 1939. Professors associated with the institute ... N 79.391086 W display title http www.pims.ca Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies http www.chass.utoronto.ca ... Pontifical Institute Of Mediaeval Studies Category University of Toronto Category Medieval ... by which it was given the power to grant the licenciate and doctorate degrees in medieval studies ... Collins , acts as the chancellor of the institute. The Praeses or president of the Institute ... more details
mergeto Shalem Center date March 2011 The Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem was an academic and research institute founded by its chairman, Natan Sharansky , in 2007. According to its mission statement it develops, articulates and builds support for the strategic principles needed to address the challenges currently facing Israel and the West . The Institute was shuttered in 2009, with the departure of Sharansky to head the Jewish Agency. External links http www.shalem.org.il Program Description Institute for Strategic Studies.html Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies Category Research institutes in Israel Category Political research institutes Category Organizations established in 2007 ... more details
The Institute of Native American Studies INAS was founded in 2004 at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia , to provide programming, instruction, and research support in Indigenous peoples of the Americas Native American Studies. INAS offers undergraduate and graduate certificates as well as courses related to Native Americans in the areas of archaeology , cultures, history , law and policy, and literature . External links http www.uga.edu inas Institute of Native American Studies website coord missing Category Colleges and schools of the University of Georgia UGeorgia stub ... more details
File Moscow, embassy of Armenia 2 .jpg thumb This is an article about a defunct university in Moscow. For a modern research institution in Moscow, see Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences seealso Institute of Oriental Studies Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies lang ru , abbreviated MIV was a university level educational institution that operated in Moscow , Russia, in 1920 1954. It was created as a result of merging Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages and the Oriental studies departments in Moscow s other higher educational institutions. When the institute was closed in 1954, its Department of Indian Languages and Department of the Languages of the Near and Middle East have been transferred into Moscow State Institute of International Relations . coord missing Moscow DEFAULTSORT Moscow Institute Of Oriental Studies Category Universities in Moscow Category Educational institutions established in 1921 Category Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union Category Education in the Soviet Union Russia university stub ru ... more details
The Institute of African Studies on the campus of the University of Ghana at Legon is an interdisciplinary research institute in the humanities and social sciences. It was established by President Kwame Nkrumah in 1962 to encourage African studies . Thomas Lionel Hodgkin served as the first Director, from 1962 to 1965. On 25 October 1963 President Kwame Nkrumah gave an inaugural address at the Institute, The African Genius , in which he called for the recovery of African traditions and an African centered approach to knowledge. ref Kwame Botwe Asamoah, Kwame Nkrumah s politico cultural thought and policies an African centered paradigm for the second phase of the African revolutions , Routledge, 2005, ch. 7 Nkrumah s cultural policy the national theater movement and the academy ref ref Daryl Zizwe Poe, Kwame Nkrumah s contribution to Pan Africanism an Afrocentric analysis , Routledge, 2003, pp. 143 5 ref The Institute issues a peer reviewed journal, Research Review of the Institute of African Studies . ref http ajol.info index.php iasrr Institute of African Studies Research Review ref The current Director is Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo . References reflist External links http www.ug.edu.gh index1.php?linkid 187&sublinkid 48 Homepage of the Institute of African Studies Africa university stub Ghana stub coord missing Ghana Category Educational institutions established in 1962 Category Research institutes in Ghana Category Social science institutes Category University of Ghana ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 The Institute of Legal Studies at Australian Catholic University is a new initiative of that university. It is presently Australia s only academic centre dedicated to the exploration of the intersection of faith and law. It intends to offer its courses and programmes throughout Australia, with a particular focus on the needs of rural and regional areas and of Australia s Indigenous people. The foundation Professor of Law in the Institute of Legal Studies is Jesuit priest and lawyer Frank Brennan Jesuit Frank Brennan AO SJ. Category Open Universities Australia DEFAULTSORT Institute Of Legal Studies Law stub ... more details
Multiple issues orphan February 2009 notability July 2009 unreferenced February 2009 Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies is a college providing Bachelors in Journalism and Mass Communication B.J.M.C , Bachelor in Computer Application B.C.A. and L.L.B. hr. . It is affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University , New Delhi and recognized by the Bar Council of India . It is situated in the Delhi , at Motinagar. External links http www.vips.edu index.html Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies Website coord missing Delhi date December 2010 India university stub DEFAULTSORT Vivekananda Institute Of Professional Studies Category Universities and colleges in Delhi Category Colleges of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University ... more details
The Energy StudiesInstitute ESI is an independent research institute within the National University of Singapore . The ESI s research and analyses focus on the areas of Energy Economics , Energy Security and Energy and the Environment . External links official http www.esi.nus.edu.sg portal Category Economy of Singapore Singapore stub ... more details
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies , abbreviated to ICS , was founded by the University of London in 1949 to promote academic study of the Commonwealth of Nations and its constituent countries. It became part of the School of Advanced Study in 1994. It is currently in Senate House University of London Senate House . The institute has a University of London Research Library Services library containing 190,000 items and over 140 archive collections, including material by Ruth First and other apartheid anti apartheid campaigners, including Baruch Hirson. It offers several postgraduate programmes, including an MA in human rights , and is a major international centre for studying the history, politics, sociology and law of anglophone Africa, the anglophone Caribbean and other areas formerly part of the British Empire . External links http www.commonwealth.sas.ac.uk Institute of Commonwealth Studies University of London DEFAULTSORT Institute Of Commonwealth Studies Category School of Advanced Study Commonwealth Studies Category Academics of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London Category Commonwealth Family Category Association of Commonwealth Universities Category Educational institutions established in 1949 Category Caribbean studies Category 1949 establishments in England UK university stub ... more details
distinguish2 Anarchist Studies , a scholarly journal Infobox Organization name Institute for Anarchist Studies image Institute for Anarchist Studies logo.png image border size 145px caption motto Promoting critical scholarship exploring social domination and reconstructive visions of a free society formation 1996 type nonprofit foundation membership website http www.anarchist studies.org Anarchist studies.org The Institute for Anarchist Studies IAS is a non profit organization founded by Chuck W. Morse following the anarchist communist school of thought, in 1996 to assist anarchist writers and further develop the theoretical aspects of the anarchist movement. It has given grants to over 40 writers, including Lorenzo Komboa Ervin , Peter Lamborn Wilson , Murray Bookchin and Saul Newman in addition to many lesser known authors. Projects the institute has assisted include the Latin American Archives Project , a multilingual online database of works by Latin American anarchists, and the Renewing the Anarchist Tradition conferences, which are open talks and discussions on aspects of the anarchist movement. The Institute also publishes a biannual journal, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory . In 2009, the IAS launched a newly updated website featuring a new online publication of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory . New projects are in the works including a collaborative book series with AK Press that will publish Anarchism and Its Aspirations by IAS board member Cindy Milstein , followed ... events. External links http www.anarchist studies.org Institute for Anarchist Studies http perspectives.anarchist ... Renewing the Anarchist Tradition conference http www.lasthours.org.uk articles institute for anarchist studies Interview with IAS collective member Anarchism DEFAULTSORT Institute For Anarchist Studies Category Organizations established in 1996 Category Anarchist organizations in the United States anarchism stub es Institute for Anarchist Studies ... more details
Infobox organization name Sonoran Arthropod StudiesInstitute image image border size alt caption map msize malt mcaption abbreviation SASI formation 1986 type 501 c 3 Non profit corporation purpose Education location Tucson, Arizona region served Tucson metropolitan area leader title leader name website http www.sasionline.org The Sonoran Arthropod StudiesInstitute established in 1986 is a non profit organization , located in the Sonoran Desert in Tucson, Arizona , whose mission is to educate the public about arthropod s. ref PIMA COUNTY ATTRACTIONS Sonoran Arthropod Studies Insititute http www.pimacountyattractions.com attrac.html anchor219785 ref The Institute routinely conducts field trips and educational visits, as well as maintains a collection of living and preserved arthropods. ref Arizona Insects Sonoran Arthropod StudiesInstitute http www.arizonainsects.com Articles.php?action detail&g content1190674796&pid 652 ref The Sonoran Arthropod StudiesInstitute has a membership of about 600. ref Sonoran Arthropod StudiesInstitute About SASI http www.sasionline.org ref Since 1993, the Sonoran Arthropod StudiesInstitute has hosted the annual Invertebrates In Education and Conservation Conference in Rio Rico, Arizona. ref International Association of Butterfly Exhibitors and Suppliers Why Visit A Butterfly House? http iabes.org conferences.htm ref Also, the Institute will be hosting the first annual Medical Entomology Today conference in Tucson, Arizona in 2011. ref SASI Medical Entomology Today http www.sasionline.org default.asp?go 2011MET MET.html ref References Reflist External links http www.sasionline.org Sonoran Arthropod StudiesInstitute SASI Category 1986 establishments Category Environmental organizations Category Non profit organizations Category Scientific organizations ... more details
The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies , founded in 2003, is a non profit organization dedicated to promoting the advanced study of Afghanistan in the United States of America . The institute is housed at Boston University in Massachusetts . The Institute is affiliated with the Council of American Overseas Research Centers . Since its founding many academic institutions from across the United States have become affiliated with the Institute. Among these are Boston University , Columbia University , University of Chicago , New York University , University of Michigan , University of Virginia , and James Madison University . The Institute promotes multi disciplinary approaches to the study of Afghanistan and provides a fellowship grant available by application to those seeking to do field work in Afghanistan while pursuing a relevant PhD. External links http www.bu.edu aias index.html American Institute of Afghanistan Studies Category Non profit organizations based in the United States Category Council of American Overseas Research Centers US org stub Afghanistan stub ... more details
The Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies IGRS is a research institution associated with the University of London . A member of the School of Advanced Study , its focus is to promote and facilitate the study of the cultures of German language German speaking and Romance language countries across a range of disciplines in the humanities. The IGRS was established in 2004 with the merger of the two Institutes of Germanic Studies and Romance Studies, founded in 1950 and 1989 respectively. The Institute currently offers two postgraduate degrees MA in Cultural Memory ref http igrs.sas.ac.uk postgraduate mamres programmes cultural memory.html ref and MRes in Modern Languages. ref http igrs.sas.ac.uk postgraduate mamres programmes mres in modern languages.html ref Research degrees are offered in the fields of Germanic & Romance Studies French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese studies, Literature and Cultural Studies and Comparative and Interdisciplinary studies The City especially Berlin or Trieste, The virtual or imagined city, Borders, The body, Psychoanalysis, German philosophy and history of ideas, Women s writing, Jewish writing, Exile writing, Children s literature and Feminism . References Reflist External links http igrs.sas.ac.uk Homepage University of London Category School of Advanced Study Category University of London Category Educational institutions established in 2004 Category 2004 establishments in England de Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies UK university stub ... more details
Merge Rajshahi University date May 2009 Notability date May 2009 Institute of Bangladesh Studies is a research institute in Rajshahi University , Bangladesh. Established in 1973, it is a leading research institute in the arts and social sciences. Basically, it is an advanced centre for inter disciplinary study and research on various aspects of Bangladesh Society, life and culture. It is the only national centre of its kind for teaching and research that undertakes scientific studies in the fields of humanities, social sciences, business studies, law, and non experimental science offering programmes for M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees. The Institute of Bangladesh Studies was established on the twenty fifth of September 1973, under an Act of the Bangladesh Parliament No. XXVI of 1973, described as the Rajshahi University Act, 1973. IBS is a Constituent Institute of the Rajshahi University with a separate Board of Governors. It is administered within the broad framework of policies, rules and regulations of the University. The Institute has been entrusted with a role not only of providing facilities for pursuing advance research degrees like M.Phil. and Ph.D. but also developing an integrated approach to Bangladesh Studies. Since inception the IBS aims to a promote, and provide facilities for advance studies and research on the history, geography, economics, politics, population, sociology, anthropology, law, language, literature and linguistics, philosophy, art, archaeology, music, and culture of Bangladesh and such other subjects as are significantly related to the life and society ... at the disposal of society the result of the researches conducted at the Institute for fruitful ... of Rajshahi in research activities relevant to Bangladesh and e popularize Bangladesh Studies in an outside the country through seminars, conferences and publications. Even though this institute has ..., who received Ph.D from this institute is now teaching at different universities of Bangladesh. Their performance ... more details
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