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Luise Druke Luise.Druke@Post.Harvard.Edu Luise Druke [email protected] EDUCATION & HONORARY DEGREE Dr. h.c. Shoumen University, Bulgaria, honorary doctorate (Law & Political Science) 2002 Dr. phil University of Hannover, (Pol. Sc.) done at Harvard University (HLS/WCFIA) 1987-1989 M.P.A. Harvard University, (Public Administration) 1986-1987 M.A. Webster University, Geneva/St. Louis (Econ., Finance & Management) 1982-1983 LL.M. Brussels Free University, (Intl. & Comparative Law) 1993-1994 M.A. University of Hannover, ( Pol. Sc. and German Studies) 1970-1976 M.A. European Institute of High Int'l. Studies, University of Nice, Eur. Studies 1976-1977 Diploma Sorbonne, French Studies 1972-1973 License Paris VIII University, (to teach German Studies) 1972-1973 EXPERIENCE Higher Education 2006-Present Co-Chair, Inter-University Committee on Int'l. Migration, Myron Weiner Seminar Series, MIT 2014 - Study Group Leader, Harvard Division of Continuing Education (HILR) 2008 - present Co-Chair and Senior Lecturer, United Nations Project, Suffolk University, Gov. Dep. (part time) 2008 - present University Lecturer, Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Pol. Sciences (part time) 2007- present Harvard Kennedy School's Series “Conversations with Practitioners” 2005- 2006 Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 1977-2006 MIT and UNHCR completed UNHCR sponsored research “Refugee Policy in EURASIA” 2005-2006 Representative, UNHCR Branch Office for Bulgaria, Sofia 2000-2005 Sr. Regional Legal Advisor a.i., Bureau for Europe, UNHCR Headquarters Geneva 2000 UNHCR Research Scholar, Graduate Institute of Int’l. Studies/UNHCR, Geneva 2000 Head of the UNHCR Office for Kazakhstan, Almaty/Astana 1997-1999 Head of the UNHCR Office in Portugal, Lisbon 1995-1997 Sr. European Affairs Officer/Acting Reg. Rep.Reg. Office to the EC/EU, Brussels 1990-1994 Emergency Mgt. Officer a.i (Early Warning Project), Headquarters Geneva 1989-1990 Coordinator, Namibian Repatriation Operation o/m in Luanda Angola & Namibia 1989 Acting Deputy Regional Representative o/m in Stockholm, for the Nordic Countries 1989 Study leave for postgraduate and doctoral work at Harvard University 1986-1988 Deputy Representative in Tegucigalpa; Honduras (Central America) 1985-1986 Head of Sub-Office for Chile; Santiago 1983-1985 Area Desk Officer, Regional Bureau for Asia, Headquarters Geneva 1981-1983 Head of Sub-Office for Singapore; Singapore (Disembarkation Resettlement Offer) 1979-1981 Associate Resettlement Officer; Reg. Office for South East Asia in Kuala Lumpur 1978-1979 Mission for education placements of Southern African refugees in Western African schools 1977-1978 Associate Program Officer, Education and Resettlement Section, Headquarters, GVA 1977-1978 Courses both part of UNHCR and outside of UNHCR functions PRACTITIONERS AND ACADEMIC COURSES TAUGHT 1986- 1997 International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Refugee Status Determination, San Remo, Italy 1996 Boston University, Semester courses in Intl. Relations (Grad. Program, Brussels) 1993-1994 European University Institute (EUI), Florence (seminar on European asylum policy) 1994 Institut Du Droit De La Paix Et Du Développement, Université Nice, Charge de Cours 1992-1997 Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Université Nice, Charge de Cours 1989-1997 College of Europe Bruges (lectures and seminars on refugee law and policy) 1992-1994 Harvard Kennedy School and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, refugee policy 1986-1988 PRESENTATIONS Université de Paris 10, Centre de droit international de Nanterre, CEDIN, Nanterre, Paris 2008 Yale University, Interdisciplinary Bioethics Center & Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies 2009 Harvard’s WCFIA, “Fellows Round Table on World Affairs” UN Human Rights Council 2006 ACUNS Annual Conference at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Janeiro 2006 Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) at Boston University (6th Annual Conference) 2005 Harvard Law School Human Rights Program 2003 Academy of European Law, European Univ. Institute, Florence, taught on EU Asylum 2003 Berkeley University, Program Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, USA Nov. 1999 Stanford University, Center for Russian & East Europ. Studies, Refugees in Central Asia 1999 Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Lectures in European Asylum Policy 1992 Curriculum Vitae, Dr. Luise Druke, p.1 MIT, Inter-University Committee on Intl. Migration (Refugee Policy) chaired by Myron Weiner 1993 Boston University, Dep. Intl. Relations (seminar on refugee policy and law), Boston 1994 9eme Ed. Concours Jean Pictet; int'l. humanitarian law, lecturer & member of the Jury, Portugal 1997 Kazakh State Law University, KIMEP, Lectures on Refugee &Human Rights Protection 1998 Université Québec a Montréal (UQAM), Centre d’études sur le droit int’l., Canada 1988 Universidad de Chile, Faculty of Law, lecture on UNHCR and Intl. Refugee Protection 1984 STUDY SUMMER SESSIONS ATTENDED DURING VACATIONS FROM UNHCR _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Academy of European Law, European University Institute, Florence 2002 and 2005 Institute of Int’l. Public Law & Int’l. Relations, University of Thessaloniki 1993 and 1995 Hague Academy of International Law, Public International Law 1996, 2004 and 2007 International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, Human Rights Study Session & 1997 Centre Int'l. de l'Enseignement des Droits de l'Homme dans les Universites (CIEDHU) 1997 LANGUAGES German – native speaker English, French, Spanish – fluent; Italian, Portuguese – working languages; Russian, Bulgaria – notions FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS Fellow Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) 2011-2014 Visiting Scholar Harvard Law School (IGLP) 2011-2012 Visiting Scholar Center for Int'l. Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2006 Fellow Program on Human Rights & Justice, Mass. Institute of Technology 2004-06 Research Scholar Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI), UNHCR, Spring 2000 Visiting Researcher Harvard Law School Human Rights Program 1987-1988 Associate Center for International Affairs, Harvard University 1988 Associate Center for International Affairs, Harvard University 1999-Jan.2000 Intl. Affairs Fellow Center for International Affairs (CFIA, WCFIA) Harvard University 1987-88 SELECTED AWARDS RECEIVED Nobel Peace Prize Certificate Recognition of service for refugee esp. from Indochina 1981 UNHCR Gold Pin Recognition of 25 years of distinguished refugee service 2002 Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Recognition for service as Regional Director for Europe 2004 PAST/PRESENT MEMBERSHIPS Int’l. Scientific C’ttee, Centre for European Refugees, Migration & Ethnic Studies, NBU, Sofia 2004-2006 Steering Committee of the Inter-University Committee on International Migration (MIT) 2005-Present Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) Harvard University 2003-2005 Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) 2006-Present United Nations Studies Association (UNSA) 2008-Present German United Nations Association (DGVN) 2006-Present American Association of International Law (ASIL) 2008-2010 Association of Attenders and Alumni (AAA), The Hague Academy of International Law 1996-Present Int'l.Political Science Association (IPSA)/Association internationale de science politique 2008-2010 EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Amnesty International, Section Hannover , assisting Apartheid victims in South Africa 1971-1976 Olympic Games, Munich-Kiel – Schilksee, Information and translation Centre) August 1972 World Football Championship, Hannover, Germany, interpreting for foreign journalists June 1974 Carl-Duisberg Gesellschaft, assisting foreign students at the University Hannover 1974-1975 College of Adult Education of Hannover, teaching German and assisting refugees to integrate 1974-1975 HARVARD UNIVERSITY: ELECTED/APPOINTED POSITIONS Founder and Co-Chair of the Harvard-MIT-Leibniz University Alumni Academy 2008-Present Member of the Kennedy School Alumni Association Board of Directors, ex officio 2005-2007 Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Regional Director, Europe 2004-2007 Co Founder, VP, President of the Harvard Club of Bulgaria, Sofia 2001-2005 Co-founder and president of the Harvard Club of Kazakhstan, Almaty 1998-1999 Elected Member of the Board, Harvard Club of Belgium, Brussels 1991-1994 Elected Member of the Executive Alumni Council of Kennedy School of Government 1990-1994 Elected President of the CFIA Fellows, Center for International Affairs (CFIA) 1978-1988 Co-Chair, Intl. Affairs and Security Professional Interest Council (PIC) Kennedy School 1986-1987 Curriculum Vitae, Dr. Luise Druke, p.2 .
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