THE PROGRAM IN LITERARY ARTS AND THE WATSON INSTITUTE

Together, the Program in Literary Arts at Brown and the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies are uniquely positioned to provide help and sustenance to writers struggling with political oppression. Brown's Program in Literary Arts is internationally recognized for its distinguished faculty and its focus on experimental literature.  The program offers workshops at the beginning, intermediate, advanced, and graduate levels in poetry, fiction, drama and electronic writing. It also offers a yearly schedule of festivals, readings, and other special events that showcase the work of its faculty and students and bring many exciting writers to Brown. The Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies, established in 1986, provides a forum in which students, faculty, researchers and policy makers confront the most pressing global issues of our time.  The Institute promotes work that analyzes current global problems and develops initiatives to address them through four broadly defined programs:  Global Security; Political Economy and Development; Politics, Culture and Identity; and the Global Environment.  The Watson Institute provides the university with a nucleus for research on international relations, foreign culture and societies.  Scholars affiliated with the Institute conduct policy-oriented research on international security, the United Nations, development, hunger, health, and U.S. relations with the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Together, the two programs provide a rich array of resources and facilities for international writers based on the Brown campus, as well as access to a unique community of scholars, students, and creative artists.