SICSA Classroom
SICSA is an acronym which can refer to the following: *Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture, a research center at the University of Houston *Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, a research center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem *Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) is a "research pool" funded by the Scottish Funding Council. A research pool is a collaboration of Scottish university departments whose broad objective is to create a coherent resear ...

Sasakawa International Center For Space Architecture
The Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA) is a nonprofit academic research and planning organization at the University of Houston. It was founded in 1987 after an endowment gift provided by Japanese industrialist Ryōichi Sasakawa. The Institute supports the world's first and only Space Architecture program, which focuses on the development of habitats and structures in extreme environments on Earth, other planets, and outer space. History SICSA's foundations were established by James Calaway, Guillermo Trotti, and Larry Bell after founding private space startups Space Industries Incorporated and Bell & Trotti, Inc. Because the idea of private sector space research and development was at the time unheard of, the organization was formally realized by the help of Japan Shipbuilding Industry Foundation Chairman Ryōichi Sasakawa, who provided a $3 million dollar endowment to kick-start the schools programs. This was the largest foreign gift ever received by ...
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Vidal Sassoon International Center For The Study Of Antisemitism
Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SICSA) () is a research center affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It was named for Vidal Sassoon, who financed its establishment in 1983. The Vidal Sassoon center is as an interdisciplinary research center devoted to the independent, non-political accumulation and dissemination of materials related to antisemitism. The director is Prof. Manuela Consonni who replaced Robert Wistrich after his death in 2015. Over 120 studies have been conducted under the auspices of the center, covering a wide range of disciplines — history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, literature and art. The center awards Felix Posen Fellowships to doctoral candidates whose dissertation focuses on some aspect of antisemitism. Publications The center has produced numerous publications, including book-length studies, collections of papers presented at conferences, occasional papers, and a journal. The ACTA series is a ...
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