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Summer / Fall 2010
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Rivista

THE MAGAZINE OF THE BOLOGNA CENTER JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES - SAIS

Rivista
Summer / Fall 2010

Rivista is published periodically by the Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Rivista is distributed to the alumni, friends, and supporters of the Bologna Center.

The views and opinions expressed in the articles of Rivista are those of the authors or of the editor and do not necessarily represent the views or the policies of the Johns Hopkins University or of SAIS.

Editor
Odette Boya Resta (BC99/DC00)

Web Designer
Childe Costa

Student Writers
Nizar Ghanem (BC10)
Lindsay La Forge (BC10)
Rebekah Lipsky (BC10)

Contributors
Alessandra Adami
Francesco Biagi
Marco Cesa
Gabriella Chiappini
Bart R. Drakulich (MIPP05)
John A. Gans, Jr. (BC08/DC09)
Alberto Ghione
Monika Noniewicz (BC10)
Sara Pennicino
Clarissa Ronchi
Meera Shankar (BC95/DC96)
Thomas Tesluk (BC81/DC82)
Francesca Torchi
Saskia van Genugten (BC07/DC08)
John Williams (MIPP84)

Original Print Designer
Orazio Metello Orsini

Photography
Eikon Studio
Elizabeth Garvey Photography
Orazio Metello Orsini

On the Cover
Sepolcro di Giovanni da Legnano, Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna. (This image may not be reproduced in any form without obtaining the permission of the Museo Civico Medievale).

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Table of Contents

Of Foxes and Lions

Technology and Learning at the Bologna Center

ALUMNI PROFILE
Andrés Guimón (BC06/DC07)
SAIS in Practice

STUDENT PROFILE
Breaking Barriers:
Leyla Mammadli (BC10)

BOLOGNA FEATURE
Bologna and all that Jazz

BOLOGNA CENTER FACULTY
Meet this Year's Visiting Professors

WHAT'S GOING ON
At the Bologna Center Fall 2010

EVENTS AND CONFERENCES
At the Bologna Center

Africa: 53 Countries; One Union

Detangling the "Europe and Islam" Debate

Back to Berlin

A Match Made in Africa

DEVELOPMENT SECTION

Sans Title
Bologna Center Journal of International Affairs

The National and Supranational:
European Studies Newspaper Research Seminar

Waltzing in Wein:
SAIS at the IAEA Ball

Enology & Economics
The BC Wine Club

CCSDD and Electoral Management Bodies

Hogwarts in Chelsea:
Amici di Bologna 2010

The Alumni Weekend 2010 that wasn't… and then was again

There are lots of ways to help, and so many of you do

Alumni Notes

In Memoriam

Rivista is published periodically by the Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The views and opinions expressed in the articles of Rivista are those of the authors or of the editor and do not necessarily represent the views or the policies of The Johns Hopkins University or of SAIS.