Afef Benessaieh E-mail: benessai@usc.edu CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION 2003 PhD. Candidate in International Relations (ABD), University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. Dissertation proposal Globalization in Remote Places: Civilizing Civil Society? Indians, Women and Aliens in Chiapas (1988-2000), approved on May 8 2002. 1998 Masters degree in Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Thesis on "American motivations for promoting a social clause: ethics, protectionism or politics?" written under supervision of Professor Christian Deblock. Degree awarded May 1998. 1995 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, specializing in International Relations, UQAM. Degree awarded May 1995. RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2003 Resident Researcher and Rockefeller Fellow at the Program on Globalization, Culture and Social Transformations, Caracas, Central University of Venezuela (Spring). Visiting Student with the Center for Research and Superior Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS-Sureste), Chiapas, Mexico (2002-2003). 2002 Columnist and Researcher for a monthly news roundup on hemispheric economic integration and trade policy in the Americas (1999-2002), Research Group on Continental Integration (GRIC), UQAM, Montreal. (Available online under Chronique at http://www.unites.uqam.ca/gric/). Researcher for the GRIC (1995-2002). Research Assistant, Center for International Studies (CIS), University of Southern California. with Dr. H. R. Alker on Conflict Early Warning Systems (CEWS) (http://www.usc.edu/dept/las/ir/cis/cews/cews.html) (Spring). 2001 Visiting Student, Centro for Sociological Studies (CES), El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City (Fall). Research Assistant, Center for International Studies (CIS), University of Southern California. Working under supervision of Dr. H. R. Alker on World Orders Project (DWO) (Spring). 1999-2000 Teaching Assistant, USC-SIR, Los Angeles: Introduction to International Relations (Fall 2000); Law and Public Policy (Fall and Spring 1999-2000). Research assistant, Research Group on Continental Integration, Montreal. Research topics: social aspects of economic integration, North American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. promotion of democracy and social standards through trade, Mexican political economy. (See publications, below). 1998-1999 Visiting researcher, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), and Multidisciplinary research program on Mesoamerica and the Mexican southeast (PROIMMSE National Institute for Anthropology and History, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM), San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. Field research: socio-political
diversification and democracy in Tzeltales indigenous communities of Chiapas (November 1998-July 99). 1998 Research fellow, Instituto de Investigaciones Economicas, UNAM: Trade, Growth and Employment,the Mexican case (April-October 1998) (see publications). Intern, Trade Unit, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, D.C.: Compendium of existing investment agreements in the Caribbean region (January-April 1998). 1997 Teaching Assistant, UQAM, Montreal: The Political Economy of International Relations; Evolution of the Contemporary International System; Political Economy. Assistant conference organizer, The Continentalization of the Americas: Where does Canada fit in? multidisciplinary event sponsored by Teleglobe Raoul-Dandurand Chair for Strategic and Diplomatic Studies, Canadian Foundation for Latin America (FOCAL) and GRIC (October 16-17). 1996 Research assistant, Raoul-Dandurand Chair, UQAM, Montreal. Links between integration processes and new security problems. Text presented at the conference Regional Integration and Problems of Security, October 10-11, organized by the Chair, (see Co-publications, below). 1995 Research Assistant, GRIC, UQAM, Montreal. (See publications, below). Teaching Assistant, UQAM, Montreal: The Political Economy of International Relations; Evolution of the Contemporary International System and Introduction to Contemporary Political Problems. AWARDED FELLOWSHIPS Letters, Arts and Sciences Final Year Dissertation Fellowship (University of Southern California) (2003-2004) Haynes Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (University of Southern California) (2002-2003) Center for International Studies s Pre-dissertation award (USC) PhD fieldwork Summer 2002) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), (PhD. Studies 1999-2001) Center for International Studies (USC) (PhD fieldwork 2001) Canadian Fund for Academic Research (FCAR) (PhD Studies 1998) Celanese internationalists Canada (MA Research project 1997-1998) Fonds d Education Globale Laflamme, Québec (MA Research project 1997) Quebec Government Professional Union (SPGQ) (MA Research Project 1997)
PUBLICATIONS Benessaieh, Afef (2004), Civilizando la sociedad civil? La cooperación internacional en Chiapas en los 90 s, in Daniel Mato (ed.), Politicas de Ciudadania y Sociedad Civil en Tiempos de Globalizacion, Caracas and Buenos Aires, UNESCO and Consejo Latino Americano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) (to be published). Benessaieh, A. (2003a), Civilizando la sociedad civil? Líneas internacionales en agendas locales: una mirada desde la ventana de la cooperación en Chiapas, Caracas, Comunication presented in the International Colloqium Políticas de Ciudadanía y Sociedad Civil en Tiempos de Globalización, May 23 (text available at: http://www.globalcult.org.ve/eventos.htm) Benessaieh A. (2003b), Review Essay: Seven Theses on Global Society, Cultural Dynamics, 15 (1) January, pp. 103-126. Text presented in the XXIV Annula Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Dallas, March 30. Benessaieh, A. (2003c), Review Essay: Seven Theses on Global Society, Cultural Dynamics, 15 (1), pp. 103-126 (to be published). Benessaieh, A. (1999a), "Le projet d'intégration des Amériques: Marché, démocratie et légitimité sociale," Montreal, Université du Québec à Montréal, Research Group on Economic Integration (GRIC), Research Paper 99-7 (all further publications with GRIC are available at http://www.unites.uqam.ca/gric). Benessaieh, A. (1999b), "Coexistencia democratica entre los Tzeltales: diversificación política y cohesión comunitaria en Chiapas", San Cristóbal de las Casas, Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Ecosur), Research Paper. Communication presented to Division of Population and Health (Ecosur), August 15. Benessaieh, A. (1998a), Les motivations américaines à promouvoir une clause sociale: protectionnisme, éthique, ou projet politique? Montreal, Université du Québec à Montréal, Political Science Masters Thesis, May. Benessaieh A. (1998b), De l'aléna à la ZLÉA: la clause sociale, les États-Unis, et l'art de la vertu démocratique", Études internationales, XXVIII (3), December. Benessaieh, A. et C. Deblock (1998), "Commerce, croissance et emploi: le cas Mexicain", Montreal, Université du Québec à Montréal, Research Group on Economic Integration (GRIC), Research Paper 98-6, December. Benessaieh (1996a), "Le débat sur les effets sociaux du commerce," Montreal, Université du Québec à Montréal, Research Group on Economic Integration (GRIC), Research Paper 96-7, September. Benessaieh, A. (1996b), "Les aspects sociaux du commerce: de la clause sociale à l'aléna," Montreal, Université du Québec à Montréal, Research Group on Economic Integration (GRIC), Research Paper 96-8, September. Benessaieh, A. (1996c), "Y-a-t-il une dimension politique au débat sur la clause sociale?" Montreal, Université du Québec à Montréal, Research Group on Economic Integration (GRIC), Research Paper 96-9, September.. David, Charles-Philippe and A. Benessaieh (1997), La paix par l'intégration? Théories sur l'interdépendance et problèmes de sécurité," Études internationales, XXVIII (2), June. Deblock, Christian, A. Benessaieh et Marie-Paule L Heureux (2002), Relaciones económicas entre México y Canadá desde el TLCAN: una perspectiva canadiense, Comercio Exterior, January. Deblock, C. et A. Benessaieh (2001), Les relations économiques entre le Canada et le Mexique dans un contexte d intégration en profondeur, Études internationales, 32 (4), December, pp. 717-746.
Deblock, C., A. Benessaieh and M.-P. L'Heureux (2000), "Les relations économiques entre le Canada et le Mexique depuis l'aléna: un point de vue canadien," Montreal, Université du Québec à Montréal, Research Group on Economic Integration (GRIC), Research Paper 00-8, October. Deblock C. and A. Benessaieh (2000), "Comercio, crecimiento y empleo: el caso canadiense", In M. T. Gutierrez Haces (comp.), Canada: Una Agenda para el Milenio, Mexico, Plaza y Valdes. See also Deblock, C. and A. Benessaieh (1997), "Commerce, croissance et emploi: le cas canadien", Montréal, Université de Montreal, Research and Study Group on Social and Economic Transformations, Research Paper (CRITERES), February. Deblock, C. and A. Benessaieh (1997), La politique économique canadienne: instruments et paramètres", in Pierre P. Tremblay (dir.), L'État administrateur: méthodes et émergence, Quebec City, Les Presses de l'université du Québec. Pohlenz, Juan, A. Benessaieh, C. E Cariño and C. J. Remigio (2000), "El Convenio 169 de la OIT y los derechos de los pueblos indios en Chiapas", in J. E. R. Ordoñez Cifuentes (coord.), Análisis interdisciplinario del convenio 169 de la OIT, IX Jornadas Lascasianas, Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Juridícas. PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES 2003 Broadcast technician and host, Radio Libre 99.1 FM, weekly radio program on world music, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. Member of the Collective for independent community radio. Consultant for international funding, Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art Sofia Imber. 2001 Photographer, Los Angeles Independent Media center (Indymedia.com), People's Summit, Quebec City, Canada, April 17-22. Interviewer and Research Assistant. Transnational Networks and Home-Town Associations Research Project, G. R. Salgado, Department of Sociology (USC), Los Angeles. 2000 Social Chair, School of International Relations Graduates' Association, Los Angeles. 1998 International observer delegate for elections in the state of Chiapas, Oct. 1-8, Global Exchange, San Francisco. Translator and Copy editor (English and Spanish to French) of presentation material, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C. 1997 Freelance Contributor, Ici (cultural weekly newspaper), Montreal. Broadcast Technician, CIBL Radio, francophone music programs, Montreal. 1996 Host and researcher, Femmes d Ici, weekly round-table community television program on ethnic minorities, Montreal. 1995 Writer, career guide in science and technology for college students, Éditions Macarrière publishing house, Montreal. Journalist, Montreal-Campus, independent bi-weekly university newspaper. Nominated for Montreal-Campus and Fondation UQAM journalism prize.
Freelance contributor La Presse (major French-language daily newspaper), Vie-Ouvrière (labourissues magazine), Montreal. Panelist, The Journalistic Treatment of the Arab Community in Quebec and Canada, Canadian Arab Federation, presented at the conference Canadian Arabs at the Crossroads. May 19-20, Toronto. 1994 Contributor, politics section, La Guillotine student newspaper, UQAM. Film critic, proof reader, L Unité, student bi-weekly student newspaper, UQAM. Member of the following student and solidarity associations (UQAM): Information Committee (Students' Association); Central American student support committee; Entraide-Universitaire: local committee sponsoring foreign and refugee students; Women s Committee Symposium chairman, Congress of Arab Youths, Canadian Arab Federation, UQAM. Languages: French, Spanish, English. (fluently spoken and written). Others: Notions of Arabic, basic understandin g of Portuguese and Italian. Citizenships: Canadian, Tunisian, British. Others: Born on: March, 14 1972 in London, U.K.