<strong>Institute</strong> <strong>for</strong> advanced study His articles included "Success Story," on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze (<strong>The</strong> New York Review of Books, September 25, 1997); "Russia's Leaking Nukes," <strong>The</strong> New York Review of Books, February 5, <strong>1998</strong>; "Why <strong>the</strong> Senate Should Reject NATO Enlargement," MSNBC, March 3, <strong>1998</strong>; "Too Many Arms to Twist," <strong>The</strong> New York Times, March 22, <strong>1998</strong>; and "Is Russia Part of <strong>the</strong> West?," Post-Soviet Affairs, January-March, <strong>1998</strong>. He participated in an epistolary debate with Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott regard- ing NATO expansion which appeared in SLATE magazine in February, <strong>1998</strong>. He also spoke to several classes at Princeton and Harvard universities. Professor Matlock organized and chaired an international conference at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> entitled "Understanding Nationalism," which focused on <strong>the</strong> current state of research on nationalism and its implications <strong>for</strong> nation and state building. <strong>The</strong> conference sought to identify promising directions <strong>for</strong> future research on issues related to nationalism. Professor Matlock is a member of <strong>the</strong> American Academy of Diplomacy, <strong>the</strong> American Philosophical Society, <strong>the</strong> Council on Foreign Relations, <strong>the</strong> American Association <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Advancement of Slavic Studies, and <strong>the</strong> Washington <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>for</strong> Foreign Affairs. He participates on <strong>the</strong> boards or advisory councils of <strong>the</strong> Atlantic Council, <strong>the</strong> Ethnic- American Broadcasting Company and <strong>the</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Study of Diplomacy of Georgetown University. He continues his work on two books with <strong>the</strong> working titles Understaruling Russia and Reagan arui Gorbachev: How <strong>the</strong> Cold War Ended. PROFESSORS EMERITI PROFESSOR MARSHALL CLAGETT submitted to <strong>the</strong> American Philosophical Society <strong>the</strong> completed third volume of his on-going Ancient E^ptian Science: A Source Book, a volume that embraces Ancient Egyptian Ma<strong>the</strong>matics. It has been accepted by <strong>the</strong> Society and its publication in <strong>the</strong> near future has been assured. Professor Clagett also made a trip to <strong>the</strong> British Museum in London and to Switzerland and Italy <strong>for</strong> preliminary work on volume four. A large part of PROFESSOR GEORGE KENNAN'S time over recent months has been taken up with <strong>the</strong> reading of several books written by friends or acquaintances who looked to him <strong>for</strong> critical appraisal, support, and encouragement of <strong>the</strong>ir ef<strong>for</strong>ts. He also took a leading part in both public and private discussions of <strong>the</strong> history of <strong>the</strong> American Foreign Service and <strong>the</strong> po.ssibilities <strong>for</strong> its re<strong>for</strong>m in <strong>the</strong> light of <strong>the</strong> requirements of <strong>the</strong> present age. One feature of this activity was his receipt of <strong>the</strong> annual "Excellence in Diplomacy" award from <strong>the</strong> American Academy of Diplomacy. PROFESSOR PETER PARET continued tii work on his manuscript, which he expects to complete by <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>1998</strong>, on <strong>the</strong> function of art in German history from <strong>the</strong> early nineteenth century to <strong>the</strong> Second World War. In July 1997 he gave a talk at <strong>the</strong> Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin to mark <strong>the</strong> 150th anniversary of <strong>the</strong> birth of <strong>the</strong> Berlin painter and Director of <strong>the</strong> Prussian Academy of Arts, Max Liebermann, and <strong>the</strong> opening of an exhibition of his works. <strong>The</strong> text appeared in <strong>the</strong> Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and in <strong>the</strong> <strong>year</strong>book of <strong>the</strong> Berlin Museums. He published book reviews in <strong>the</strong> America7i 40
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