Education in Geneva - Schools in Geneva, University of Geneva, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Schools in Geneva, University of Geneva, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Reformation Wall, Geneva International Academic Network, Collge Calvin, Peroxibase, Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Conservatoire de Musique de Genve. Excerpt: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Villa Barton campus on the shores of Lake Geneva. The Graduate Institute of International Studies was founded in 1927. Its moving spirits were the scholardiplomats William Rappard and Paul Mantoux who worked together as senior officials in the secretariat in the first headquarters of the League of Nations building, the "Palais Wilson". Their shared vision was for a graduate school for preparing statesmen and secretariat staff via impartial study of international relations as an academic field. Rappard was influential in convincing his friend US President Woodrow Wilson to locate the League in Geneva. Indeed, the current site of the Institute in the Parc Barton on the shore of Lake Geneva, was one of the first sites considered for the organizations headquarters. The original mandate of the Institute highlighted the aim of working closely with the League and the International Labour Organization (its precursor in Geneva) in a cooperative exchange through which HEI would prepare staff and delegates, while the intergovernmental organizations would provide intellectual resources and diplomatic expertise as guest lecturers. The Institute continues as an intellectual catalyst and magnet known as the "Geneve international". The professors chosen to teach at the Institute constitute... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14744053