President Wilson to hold office hours for students

Radcliffe College President Linda S. Wilson will hold office hours for Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates on a first-come, first-served basis in the President's Office at Fay House, 10 Garden St., (second floor). Hours are 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

International Office offers Thanksgiving hospitality

The International Office traditionally receives requests from a few local American families who would like to include international students or scholars and their families in their Thanksgiving celebrations. For more information or to sign up for this occasion, call Zarrin Foster at 496-2816 or the International Office at 495-2789. The deadline for requests is Monday, Nov. 25.

World Religions fellowships available for undergraduate, graduate students

Fellowships are available from the Center for the Study of World Religions for the 1997-98 academic year in the following categories: Dissertation, Undergraduate Thesis, and Fellowship in Residence.

Doctoral candidates in any Harvard University program whose dissertation research involves substantive study of religious phenomena may apply for one-year stipends of $10,000 with the option of residence at the Center. The deadline is Jan. 15, 1997.

Juniors at Harvard College whose thesis research will focus primarily on the study of religious phenomena may apply for research stipends of $1,200. The deadline is April 15.

Doctoral students in any Harvard University program whose research focuses on the historical and comparative study of religions may apply to reside at the Center. The deadline is Jan. 15.

For applications and information, contact the Center at 495-4495; 496-5411 (fax).

Future of Burma is subject of 3-day conference

The future of troubled Burma (Myanmar) will be the subject of an intensive, three-day meeting at the Kennedy School of Government, Dec. 5-7.

Scholars and practitioners from Australasia, Europe, and the United States will discuss how Burma, now ruled by a military junta called the State Law and Order Restoration Council, reached its present state and what can and should be done about it.

Sponsored by the Harvard Institute for International Development and the World Peace Foundation, and chaired by Robert Rotberg of both organizations, the conference will include a debate on U.S. policy options (Congressman Bill Richardson [D-N.M.] and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Stephen Coffey will be among the speakers), and sessions on political culture, ethnicity and civil war, military rule, the economy, foreign trade and investment, the drugs trade (with a paper by Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Robert Gelbard), health and education, and the road to political recovery.

In addition to officials from Washington, and Harvard and M.I.T. colleagues, papers and comments will be offered by experts from Singapore, Britain, Sri Lanka, Australia, Thailand, Japan, Korea, and Burma.

For more information, call Maeve McNally at 491-5085.