International Affairs at Brown University is proud to announce the second annual Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI). In June 2009, Brown University inaugurated BIARI, a major new faculty development initiative to convene high-level academic Institutes on Brown's campus each summer. Organized by discipline and designed and run by recognized scholars, each Institute addresses the canonical and cutting-edge questions of the field, and contributes to building the next generation of transnational academic community.

"To be at the forefront of research today means being in conversation with global peers. The Brown Institutes provide exciting opportunities to encounter new ideas, build collegial relationships and enrich faculty development for young scholars and teachers from around the world."
     -President Ruth J. Simmons, Brown University

The objective of the BIARI program is to provide a platform for promising young faculty from the Global South and emerging economies to engage in a high level and sustained intellectual and policy dialogue with leading scholars in their fields and each other. Institutes foster scholarly networks among young faculty, while providing them with an opportunity to develop their scholarship agendas.

"The BIARI community is an unparalleled example of the global academic conversation made manifest. It is also an example of what it means to globalize Brown: bringing together emerging intellectual leaders to learn and to teach at the same time. Through BIARI we are creating a rich and growing network of young educators and collaborators from around the world."
     -Matthew Gutmann, Vice President for International Affairs

This ambitious new program is designed to provide needed professional development opportunities for young scholars embarking on lives in research and teaching. The Brown International Advanced Research Institutes are a fundamental plank in President Ruth Simmons' vision for Brown's continuing internationalization. The BIARI program, under the guidance of International Affairs and its new vice-president Matthew Gutmann, aims to make a significant contribution to global research through transnational academic collaboration, promoting Brown University's vision of the global university.

Brown University is among the world's premier teaching and research institutions. One of America's oldest universities and a member of the Ivy League, Brown is located in a historically preserved neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, on a beautiful 143 acre campus.

Renowned for a tradition of inventive and multi-disciplinary research in the humanities, social sciences and hard sciences, Brown is comprised of numerous advanced academic institutes, centers, libraries and facilities. This remarkable research infrastructure enables the University to advance its distinguished record of discovery and innovation, through a continually expanding network of leading faculty and resources.

At once historically rich and impeccably modern, Brown University is both strongly attached to honoring its roots, as well as being a leader in adapting to the needs of the transnational information age. This special combination is what makes Brown an exemplary 21st Century academic institution.

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