SSP 2010, Strasbourg, France - 28 June to 27 August
At the heart of the European continent, Strasbourg maintains an international university tradition. Strasbourg is home to the France’s largest single university, and with about 48,000 students, Strasbourg has the third largest student population in the country. The Strasbourg urban community is also the site of ISU’s central campus, and in keeping with the tradition of regularly returning to this home site, the 2010 SSP will take place in the same facility that houses the University’s MSc programs, many professional development programs, and two modules of its Executive MBA. This modern building, sited in the Innovation Park of Illkirch-Graffenstaden is just 20 minutes by tram from Strasbourg’s historic city center. Strasbourg shares with Geneva and New York the distinction of being host to major international organizations without being a national capital. (Download the 2010 poster.)
Click here for more on theSSP2010 Curriculum In addition to the well known European Institutions headquartered here such as the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg also hosts the oldest continuously operating international organization in the world, The Rhine Commission. This means that Strasbourg has the cosmopolitan ambience and attractions of a capital city without the excesses. On the one hand there is the old city, registered by UNESCO as a world heritage site, with the Cathedral, half-timbered buildings and multicultural influences in evidence everywhere, while on the other, the modern architecture of public institutions, new museums and high tech businesses attests to the fact that the city continues to evolve.
The name Strasbourg is derived from its historic role as a crossing point of the major roads of Europe, and it continues to serve as a hub of communication and ideas. In this role it has particularly strong connections to its sister city, Stuttgart, just one hour away by high speed train in Germany. Drawing on that relationship and on ISU’s long record of cooperation with the University of Stuttgart, we will have an extended professional visit to that city’s significant space activities in late July. Thus SSP2010 will be a particularly international space studies program. What environment could be better for your nine week immersion in the study of humankind’s evolving experience of space?
Alumni Conference 6-8 August 2010 in Strasbourg
The annual Alumni Conference will again be held in conjunction with the Space Studies Program in Strasbourg. The dates of the conference are 6-8 August 2010. The ISU external affairs office is working with ISU alumni in France to organize this years event, which will include the infamous Space Masquerade. More information on the program and a call for papers/participation should be issued soon. (Posted 01 February 2010)
Space Studies Program (SSP) 
In addition to the well known European Institutions headquartered here such as the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg also hosts the oldest continuously operating international organization in the world, The Rhine Commission. This means that Strasbourg has the cosmopolitan ambience and attractions of a capital city without the excesses. On the one hand there is the old city, registered by UNESCO as a world heritage site, with the Cathedral, half-timbered buildings and multicultural influences in evidence everywhere, while on the other, the modern architecture of public institutions, new museums and high tech businesses attests to the fact that the city continues to evolve.