Big Blue in the Bottomless Pit:
A History of IBM Chile
Please join us for the fifth in the spring series of talks sponsored by the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics. This series is designed to introduce faculty, students and staff across the university to current research in social informatics conducted at IU and around the world.
The complete schedule for the Spring 2008 Speaker Series is posted on the web at: http://rkcsi.indiana.edu/index.php/2008-spring
Speaker: Eden Medina, Assistant Professor of Informatics, Adjunct
Assistant Professor of History, Indiana University Bloomington
Topic: Big Blue in the Bottomless Pit: A History of IBM Chile
Date: Friday April 4, 2008
Time: 2:00-3:30
Place: Indiana University Bloomington, Herman B. Wells Library, Room
LI 001
Talk preceded by an informal gathering with cookies, tea, and coffee,
available at 1:45pm. Following the talk, all interested individuals,
especially students, are invited to stay for a reception and informal
discussion with the speaker.
ABSTRACT
In recent years the history of computing community has begun to focus greater attention on the experiences of other nations and has brought the transnational dimensions of computing to the forefront of historical analysis. The history of IBM offers a rich site for studying the international dimensions of computing. Scholarship on regions of the developing world has been noticeably absent from these studies.
This talk examines the history of IBM's operations in Chile. It explores how IBM machines contributed to the events of Chile's past and highlights the transnational aspects of IBM's operations within the Latin American region. Chile's computer history enriches our understanding of computer development and the behavior of multi-national corporations. It also illustrates the value of including Latin American experiences in computer history research.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Eden Medina is an assistant professor in the School of Informatics and an adjunct assistant professor of History at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research bridges the history of technology and the history of Latin America and asks how studies of technology can enrich our understanding of broader historical processes. She received her Ph.D. in 2005 from MIT in the History and Social Studies of Science and Technology. In 2007, she received a Scholar's Award from the National Science Foundation and the IEEE Life Members' Prize in Electrical History. For more information on Dr. Medina, see:
http://informatics.indiana.edu/edenm/.
The Center for Social Informatics is jointly sponsored by the IU Schools of Informatics and Library and Information Science.
For more details on the talk and the speaker, see:
http://rkcsi.indiana.edu/article.php/2008-spring/136
Monday, March 31, 2008
2008 Baltic Film Festival
When: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 7:30 PM
Where: Wiley Hall 005
All films have English subtitles.
Tühirand (English title: Empty), 2006, 43 minutes, Estonia. A love-triangle based on a short story by the Estonian writer Mati Unt (1944-2005).
Tühirand will be followed by Concert for a Carrot Pie, 2002, 12 minutes. Animation for children, written by Andrus Kivirähk, a bestselling author and humorist.
Synopsis: A young intellectual, Mati, engineers himself into the situation that he has to spend a weekend with his wife Helina and her lover Eduard. The trio goes to Eduard’s summer house, surrounded by the majestic scenery of big forests and an empty beach. Mati, either out of jealousy or pride, has decided to win back his wife and will do anything his introverted and inert mind can come up with. What is love?
Who can believe in such a thing? Is there anything at all to believe in? It can in its own minimalist way be a very funny experience and also a sad one to be dragged into this world. This film depicts with great accuracy how it is to feel love being an Estonian, someone who is used to low temperatures and repressed emotions. Critics have compared the dry and reserved humor of “Empty” to the films of Jim Jarmusch.
This may well be so, but thanks to its striking visual aspect (the director is also a painter) “Empty” can almost be watched as a series of laconic paintings and remains fun to watch. "Empty" is the first film by director Veiko Õunpuu (b.1972), whose next film "Autumn Ball"
won the Venice Horizons award at the Venice film festival in 2007.
"Empty" was the best Estonian film in 2006 and has been shown on the French ARTE TV-channel.
Link to the synopsis of Concert for a Carrot Pie, film fragment and recipe for a carrot pie!
http://www.joonisfilm.ee/concertforacarrotpie.htm(English)
Where: Wiley Hall 005
All films have English subtitles.
Tühirand (English title: Empty), 2006, 43 minutes, Estonia. A love-triangle based on a short story by the Estonian writer Mati Unt (1944-2005).
Tühirand will be followed by Concert for a Carrot Pie, 2002, 12 minutes. Animation for children, written by Andrus Kivirähk, a bestselling author and humorist.
Synopsis: A young intellectual, Mati, engineers himself into the situation that he has to spend a weekend with his wife Helina and her lover Eduard. The trio goes to Eduard’s summer house, surrounded by the majestic scenery of big forests and an empty beach. Mati, either out of jealousy or pride, has decided to win back his wife and will do anything his introverted and inert mind can come up with. What is love?
Who can believe in such a thing? Is there anything at all to believe in? It can in its own minimalist way be a very funny experience and also a sad one to be dragged into this world. This film depicts with great accuracy how it is to feel love being an Estonian, someone who is used to low temperatures and repressed emotions. Critics have compared the dry and reserved humor of “Empty” to the films of Jim Jarmusch.
This may well be so, but thanks to its striking visual aspect (the director is also a painter) “Empty” can almost be watched as a series of laconic paintings and remains fun to watch. "Empty" is the first film by director Veiko Õunpuu (b.1972), whose next film "Autumn Ball"
won the Venice Horizons award at the Venice film festival in 2007.
"Empty" was the best Estonian film in 2006 and has been shown on the French ARTE TV-channel.
Link to the synopsis of Concert for a Carrot Pie, film fragment and recipe for a carrot pie!
http://www.joonisfilm.ee/concertforacarrotpie.htm(English)
@indiana.edu
While I realize that many of you have non-@indiana.edu email addresses (I, myself, have 8 for the different hats I wear), please remember that we (university staff, faculty, etc.) are not required to keep up with your outside email addresses. Official communications from the College, the University Graduate School, the Registrar, the Bursar, or the department will be sent to your @indiana.edu address. It is your responsibility to either check it often or set your server to forward your @indiana.edu mail.
I will make every effort to add your preferred email addresses to my distribution list, but, at the end of the day, I am only required to communicate with you through your indiana.edu account.
Of course, none of the above applies to folks who do not have, or yet have, @indiana.edu addresses.
I will make every effort to add your preferred email addresses to my distribution list, but, at the end of the day, I am only required to communicate with you through your indiana.edu account.
Of course, none of the above applies to folks who do not have, or yet have, @indiana.edu addresses.
Spring 2008 Travel Grants
We had an unusually deep pool of 15 applicants for travel grants this semester. All previous travel grant winners were eliminated from consideration.
The GAC elected to nominate the following students for a COAS travel grant:
Seth Friedman
Peter Zhang
Laura Ivins-Hulley
The following students will receive a CMCL travel grant of $250:
Mark Benedetti
Jeremiah Donovan
Katie Williams
Amanda Keeler
Lori Palmer
The following students are alternates:
Josh Carney
Yuliyana Gencheva
Aneliya Dimitrova
It is good to know that we have so many students presenting papers at such a diverse array of conferences.
Please feel free to contact Jane Goodman if you have questions.
The GAC elected to nominate the following students for a COAS travel grant:
Seth Friedman
Peter Zhang
Laura Ivins-Hulley
The following students will receive a CMCL travel grant of $250:
Mark Benedetti
Jeremiah Donovan
Katie Williams
Amanda Keeler
Lori Palmer
The following students are alternates:
Josh Carney
Yuliyana Gencheva
Aneliya Dimitrova
It is good to know that we have so many students presenting papers at such a diverse array of conferences.
Please feel free to contact Jane Goodman if you have questions.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Italian For Graduate Students
Reading Italian for Graduate Students:
A sequence of courses for Summer 2008
FRIT-M 491, 2257
Summer 1
(May 6-June 12)
Daily, 1:10-2:25 pm
Instructor: Carla Bicof
FRIT-M 492, 2259
Summer 2
(June 13-Aug. 8)
Daily, 1:30-2:25 pm
Instructor: Mary Migliorelli
This course sequence is designed for graduate students whose goal is to be able to read Italian for research.
In M491 you will learn the basic grammar and structures of the Italian language and will begin to translate short passages from Italian into English.
In M492 you will continue to learn how to read Italian texts. By the end of the course, you will be able to read Italian to obtain the basic meaning for research in your field of study.
Completion of M492 with a grade of B or higher fulfills the Graduate School foreign language requirement.
No previous knowledge of Italian is required to enroll in M491.
A sequence of courses for Summer 2008
FRIT-M 491, 2257
Summer 1
(May 6-June 12)
Daily, 1:10-2:25 pm
Instructor: Carla Bicof
FRIT-M 492, 2259
Summer 2
(June 13-Aug. 8)
Daily, 1:30-2:25 pm
Instructor: Mary Migliorelli
This course sequence is designed for graduate students whose goal is to be able to read Italian for research.
In M491 you will learn the basic grammar and structures of the Italian language and will begin to translate short passages from Italian into English.
In M492 you will continue to learn how to read Italian texts. By the end of the course, you will be able to read Italian to obtain the basic meaning for research in your field of study.
Completion of M492 with a grade of B or higher fulfills the Graduate School foreign language requirement.
No previous knowledge of Italian is required to enroll in M491.
Job Posting on the Bulletin Board
Frostburg State University sent a hardcopy posting for a Pre/Post Doctoral Teaching Position. Check it our on my bulletin board if you're interested.
Another Job
The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) is a research computing center providing advanced computing resources and services including access to leading-edge computational and data storage systems, as well as expertise in a broad range of high performance computing activities, to support the computationally intensive research of Purdue faculty and staff.
The Science and Technology Writer is responsible for leading the development and implementation of a comprehensive communications plan to convey essential information to promote RCAC activities and programs to various constituencies in an efficient and timely manner. This position will write news releases, brochures and web copy, and other promotional materials. The Science and Technology Writer identifies, researches, and prepares science and technology feature stories, articles, and other documents and materials in web-ready, press-release, and presentation formats.
Qualifications
Required:
Bachelor's degree.
Three years of experience in Journalism, Communications, Public Relations, or Science/Technical Writing.
Consideration will be given to an equivalent combination of related education and required work experience.
Ability to write feature articles, news stories and explanatory articles based on technical information for a variety of audiences.
Knowledge of journalistic conventions and styles (especially AP style)
Ability to work and communicate ideas in a collaborative manner with editors, graphic designers, photographers and others.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PhotoShop or other similar publishing software.
Preferred:
Experience working successfully with scientists, researchers, and faculty.
General understanding of issues and technologies relating to high performance computing research.
Membership in the National Association of Science Writers or similar professional organization.
We offer a competitive benefits package including:
Tuition remission for yourself and any eligible dependents at a nationally renowned university
Employer funded retirement options
Competitive insurance benefits
Generous time away from work - including paid vacation, paid sick leave & personal business days
Great location with easy access to Chicago & Indianapolis
And much more
A check of criminal conviction records will be made for employment in this position.
For consideration submit resume and apply online at: http://purdue.taleo.net/careersection/wl/jobsearch.ftl. Please reference job number: 0800113. Alternatively, apply via email at ahassenp@purdue.edu.
Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action Employer committed to achieving a diverse workforce.
The Science and Technology Writer is responsible for leading the development and implementation of a comprehensive communications plan to convey essential information to promote RCAC activities and programs to various constituencies in an efficient and timely manner. This position will write news releases, brochures and web copy, and other promotional materials. The Science and Technology Writer identifies, researches, and prepares science and technology feature stories, articles, and other documents and materials in web-ready, press-release, and presentation formats.
Qualifications
Required:
Bachelor's degree.
Three years of experience in Journalism, Communications, Public Relations, or Science/Technical Writing.
Consideration will be given to an equivalent combination of related education and required work experience.
Ability to write feature articles, news stories and explanatory articles based on technical information for a variety of audiences.
Knowledge of journalistic conventions and styles (especially AP style)
Ability to work and communicate ideas in a collaborative manner with editors, graphic designers, photographers and others.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PhotoShop or other similar publishing software.
Preferred:
Experience working successfully with scientists, researchers, and faculty.
General understanding of issues and technologies relating to high performance computing research.
Membership in the National Association of Science Writers or similar professional organization.
We offer a competitive benefits package including:
Tuition remission for yourself and any eligible dependents at a nationally renowned university
Employer funded retirement options
Competitive insurance benefits
Generous time away from work - including paid vacation, paid sick leave & personal business days
Great location with easy access to Chicago & Indianapolis
And much more
A check of criminal conviction records will be made for employment in this position.
For consideration submit resume and apply online at: http://purdue.taleo.net/careersection/wl/jobsearch.ftl. Please reference job number: 0800113. Alternatively, apply via email at ahassenp@purdue.edu.
Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action Employer committed to achieving a diverse workforce.
Monday, March 24, 2008
JOB OPPORTUNITY - begins this August
Film Studies, History/Criticism:
Assistant Professor, Fixed Term,
at Minnesota State University Moorhead,
begins August 18, 2008.
Masters degree in Film Studies or related program required, terminal degree preferred.
Screening begins April 9th, 2008. Apply to:
Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson, Chair, Film Studies Department,
1104 7th Avenue South,
Moorhead, MN 56563.
Telephone 218-477-4624,
email kristky@mnstate.edu.
For further details, consult http://www.mnstate.edu/vacancy/Index.htm. A member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System and an AA/EOEE.
Assistant Professor, Fixed Term,
at Minnesota State University Moorhead,
begins August 18, 2008.
Masters degree in Film Studies or related program required, terminal degree preferred.
Screening begins April 9th, 2008. Apply to:
Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson, Chair, Film Studies Department,
1104 7th Avenue South,
Moorhead, MN 56563.
Telephone 218-477-4624,
email kristky@mnstate.edu.
For further details, consult http://www.mnstate.edu/vacancy/Index.htm. A member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System and an AA/EOEE.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Workshop: Timely Events and Teachable Moments
Timely Events and Teachable Moments: The Release of the Movie Dark Matter
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
12 noon to 1pm
Persimmon Room, IMU
Based on the true story of Gang Lu, a Chinese graduate student at the University of Iowa who shot and killed several people in 1991, the film Dark Matter is scheduled to be released this April (http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie/dark_matter/).
This workshop will empower faculty and associate instructors with strategies and resources for teaching about timely events and for managing difficult classroom situations. Invited faculty panelists including Melissa Gresalfi (Assistant Professor, Counseling and Educational Psychology) and Abdulkadder Sinno (Assistant Professor, Political Science) will share their perspectives on the intersection between the movie and their own teaching. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss relevant teaching and learning concerns including managing classroom conflict and safety, student mental health, setting expectations, campus climate for international students, and addressing timely events in class.
If you have a disability or need assistance, arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 855-9023.
Send questions about the workshop to teaching@indiana.edu.Announcing the New GPSO Blog
The Graduate and Professional Student Organization has a new blog. Check out the latest news:
In this week's announcements:
· Relay for Life: walkers needed!
· Applications for new GPSO Award: Pari Prerana
· American Maul by Robert O'Hara
· Global Health- FREE Student Action Conference at IU
· Instructional Support Services position
· Love Brewed in the African Pot
· Applications: Emissaries for Graduate Student Diversity
Please remember that you may use the Grad Pad – our space in the IMU – free of charge for any activities organized by your student groups. For reservations please visit: http://www.indiana.edu/~gpso/resources/gradpad/gradpad.php
For other GPSO news and events, visit our website at http://www.indiana.edu/~gpso.
Sincerely,
Csilla Kajtar
GPSO Coordinator
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Class Permissions for Fall 2008
I am now able to set permissions for fall 2008. If you know you'll need permission for C700, C810, or G901, email me and I'll be administrative for you
Course Descriptions for Fall 2008
On the menu to the right is a link called IU Course Descriptions. Fall 2008 has been loaded; check it out and consider early registration.
American Studies Lectures - Wednesday March 26th
Next Wednesday, there will be two back-to-back lectures on inter-American studies by Claire Fox (English, U of Iowa) and Sophia McClennen (Comparative Literature and Spanish, Penn State). Each talk will be about 30 minutes, with time at the end for discussion.
I hope to see you there!
Debbie Cohn
The American Studies Program
and
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese
present two lectures :
Claire Fox
University of Iowa
Latin American Universalism
Sophia McClennen
Pennsylvania State University
The Global Phenomenon of the ‘Three Amigos’:
The Border Crossing of Recent Mexican Cinema
Wednesday, March 26
4:00 p.m.
Ballantine Hall 208
Co-sponsored by
Horizons of Knowledge
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Chicano-Riqueño Studies Department of Communication and Culture Department of Comparative Literature Department of English Department of History International Studies Program
I hope to see you there!
Debbie Cohn
The American Studies Program
and
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese
present two lectures :
Claire Fox
University of Iowa
Latin American Universalism
Sophia McClennen
Pennsylvania State University
The Global Phenomenon of the ‘Three Amigos’:
The Border Crossing of Recent Mexican Cinema
Wednesday, March 26
4:00 p.m.
Ballantine Hall 208
Co-sponsored by
Horizons of Knowledge
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Chicano-Riqueño Studies Department of Communication and Culture Department of Comparative Literature Department of English Department of History International Studies Program
Gunderson Forum
The Department of Communication and Culture is proud to announce a
Gunderson Forum
reading and discussion group with
Tarla Rai Peterson
the Boone and Crockett Chair of Wildlife & Conservation
Texas A&M University
on the Introduction to her book:
Green Talk in the White House: The Rhetorical Presidency Encounters Ecology
Date: Friday, March 28
When: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Where: CMCL Building (C2), Room 203
Graduate students, undergraduate students, departmental guests, faculty, and activists are welcomed to attend. Snacks will be provided; please BYOB (bring you own beverage)
Gunderson Forum
reading and discussion group with
Tarla Rai Peterson
the Boone and Crockett Chair of Wildlife & Conservation
Texas A&M University
on the Introduction to her book:
Green Talk in the White House: The Rhetorical Presidency Encounters Ecology
Date: Friday, March 28
When: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Where: CMCL Building (C2), Room 203
Graduate students, undergraduate students, departmental guests, faculty, and activists are welcomed to attend. Snacks will be provided; please BYOB (bring you own beverage)
Dialog Across the Disciplines: Scholar Activism
Dialogue Across the Disciplines: Scholar Activism
How can academics work toward social change?
In this panel, participants discuss
their own activist work
- Activism in the classroom
- Theorizing activism
Danielle Fernandez, Mary Gray, Joan Hawkins,
Phaedra Pezzullo, Jonathan Rossing
Time: 2:00 – 3:15
Place:
Recruitment Coffee Hour
What: Coffee, muffins, and great conversation
Date: Friday, March 28th
When: 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Where: CMCL Building (C2), Room 100
Please help us welcome some of our newly admitted graduate applicants. Coffee, tea, baked goodies and fruit will be provided. For details, email Kathy.
Date: Friday, March 28th
When: 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Where: CMCL Building (C2), Room 100
Please help us welcome some of our newly admitted graduate applicants. Coffee, tea, baked goodies and fruit will be provided. For details, email Kathy.
J. Jeffrey Auer Lecture - Mark your calendars!
The Department of Communication and Culture is proud to announce the
2008 J. Jeffrey Auer Lecture
Reception to follow.
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008
When: 5:30 p.m.
Where: Swain Hall East, Room 105
Presenter: Professor Tarla Rai Peterson
the Boone and Crockett Chair of Wildlife & Conservation
Texas A&M University
Topic: "Step It Up to 1 Sky For everyone: Environmental Rhetoric in Today's Climate Movement"
Humans are materially embedded in a biotic community. Our perspectives on that community are necessarily anthropocentric and wholly political. Given these conditions, we use rhetoric to understand, influence, and define ourselves and our communities. Envirnmental rhetoric is alive and well in the climate movement. This movement is ideally suited to lead the shift from NIMBY ("Not In My Backyard") to NIABY ("Not in Anyone's Backyard"), because nobody's backyard is immune to climate change. Professor Peterson will explore the development of this movement by focusing on the rhetorical strategies used as Step It Up has morphed into 1 Sky: "Where Step It Up organizers issued "an invitation to help start a movement," 1 Sky proclaims its goal to "to amplify and reinforce the powerful work of the growing movement across the country." this young movement suggests how our rhetorical practices may enliven and enrich our relations with other humans and with extra-human members of the biotic community.
2008 J. Jeffrey Auer Lecture
Reception to follow.
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008
When: 5:30 p.m.
Where: Swain Hall East, Room 105
Presenter: Professor Tarla Rai Peterson
the Boone and Crockett Chair of Wildlife & Conservation
Texas A&M University
Topic: "Step It Up to 1 Sky For everyone: Environmental Rhetoric in Today's Climate Movement"
Humans are materially embedded in a biotic community. Our perspectives on that community are necessarily anthropocentric and wholly political. Given these conditions, we use rhetoric to understand, influence, and define ourselves and our communities. Envirnmental rhetoric is alive and well in the climate movement. This movement is ideally suited to lead the shift from NIMBY ("Not In My Backyard") to NIABY ("Not in Anyone's Backyard"), because nobody's backyard is immune to climate change. Professor Peterson will explore the development of this movement by focusing on the rhetorical strategies used as Step It Up has morphed into 1 Sky: "Where Step It Up organizers issued "an invitation to help start a movement," 1 Sky proclaims its goal to "to amplify and reinforce the powerful work of the growing movement across the country." this young movement suggests how our rhetorical practices may enliven and enrich our relations with other humans and with extra-human members of the biotic community.
Travel Applications Due Today!
Today, March 20th, is the last day to submit a 2008 Spring Travel Application. (Original posting -Tuesday, March 4th)
Travel Award winners must provide documentation of their presentations in the conference program before their travel awards will be disbursed. Travel and lodging receipts are not required.
Applications for the spring 2008 College of Arts & Sciences Travel Awards should be submitted online by 5:00 pm, March 20, 2008.
To apply, visit:
College Travel Award Application
Monday, March 17, 2008
Turkish Film Festival
Join us for the 4th annual Bloomington Turkish Film Festival sponsored by the Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies and the Turkish Student Association. This year’s festival title is “Identity in Turkish Cinema.” The selected films explore different aspects of identity issues in Turkey from ethnicity to locality.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information visit http://events.iu.edu.
All films will be shown with English subtitles
Place: Wylie Hall, room 005
Time: 8 pm.
March 21-Friday BEYNELMİLEL (THE INTERNATIONAL)
March 22-Saturday GÜNEŞE YOLCULUK (JOURNEY TO THE SUN)
March 23-Sunday EVE DÖNÜŞ (HOMECOMING)
March 28-Friday KÜÇÜK ÖZGÜRLÜK (A LITTLE BIT OF FREEDOM)
March 29-Saturday DAR ALANDA KISA PASLAŞMALAR (OFFSIDE)
March 30-Sunday FOTOĞRAF (PHOTOGRAPH)
This event is free and open to the public. For more information visit http://events.iu.edu.
All films will be shown with English subtitles
Place: Wylie Hall, room 005
Time: 8 pm.
March 21-Friday BEYNELMİLEL (THE INTERNATIONAL)
March 22-Saturday GÜNEŞE YOLCULUK (JOURNEY TO THE SUN)
March 23-Sunday EVE DÖNÜŞ (HOMECOMING)
March 28-Friday KÜÇÜK ÖZGÜRLÜK (A LITTLE BIT OF FREEDOM)
March 29-Saturday DAR ALANDA KISA PASLAŞMALAR (OFFSIDE)
March 30-Sunday FOTOĞRAF (PHOTOGRAPH)
Herman C Hudson Symposium Registration
The Fifth Annual Herman C. Hudson Symposium
“Lifting the Veil: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Identity and Responsibility in Global Societies”
Keynote Address by Sonia Sanchez
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
The fifth annual Herman C. Hudson Symposium, hosted by the African American and African Diaspora Studies Graduate Society at Indiana University, Bloomington, will take place on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center on Indiana University, Bloomington’s campus. Our keynote speaker for this year’s event will be Sonia Sanchez, who is an influential author, playwright, former professor and social activist. The panel presentations will explore questions pertaining to the cultural, intellectual, historical, social, and political responsibilities and identities of people who are part of the African Diaspora. All symposium events are free of charge.
Registration will begin at 10:00am in the lobby of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, followed by a light lunch in the Grand Hall. Sonia Sanchez will deliver her keynote address at 11:00am in the Grand Hall, followed by a book signing in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center’s lobby. Panel presentations will begin at 1:30pm, taking place in A201 and the Bridgwaters Lounge. Closing remarks will be given at 5:00pm in the Grand Hall.
We look forward to seeing you all there! If you have any questions about this year’s Herman C. Hudson Symposium, please contact Katie Dieter at kdhollin@indiana.edu.
Visit our website at http://www.indiana.edu/~afroamer/.
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Sponsored by: IUSA, AAADS, American Studies, Comparative Literature, English, History, IU Libraries, Office of the Provost, Office of Academic Support & Diversity, POAET, RPS, Theatre & Drama
Graduate Student Conference at IU
The organizers of the annual graduate student interdisciplinary conference hosted by the IU English Department, would like to invite you to attend the 2008 conference on "Open Secrets: Knowing and Knowing." The conference is taking place this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. In addition to the fascinating individual panels, we would like to draw your attention to the other events scheduled including the keynote lecture by Prof. Melissa Littlefield on "Guilty Knowledge: Unlocking the Suspect Brain through fMRI and Brain Fingerprinting," the closing lecture by Prof. Scott Herring entitled "'We Know What's Happening': The Cultural Politics of Queer Anti-Urbanism," the performance by improv comedy troupe Full Frontal Comedy, and the closing MFA readings. Truly, there will be something for everyone. Your presence would help make this our most successful conference to date. Please see below for the 2008 conference program.
Sincerely,
GSAC and the conference organizers
Conference Program:
Communal Secrets
5:00-6:30 Thursday
Redbud Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Jah-Hyun O
5:00-6:30 Thursday
Redbud Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Jah-Hyun O
Elizabeth Hoover
Creative Writing, Indiana University
"A Celebration: Maude, Oklahoma 1898"
Creative Writing, Indiana University
"A Celebration: Maude, Oklahoma 1898"
Julie K. Kraft
English, Indiana University
"Cheating in Their Turn: Circulating the Forgeries of Thomas Chatterton"
English, Indiana University
"Cheating in Their Turn: Circulating the Forgeries of Thomas Chatterton"
David McAvoy
English/Communication & Culture, Indiana University
"Secret Enjoyment in Open Markets: 'Guilty Pleasures' and the
Politics of Consumption"
English/Communication & Culture, Indiana University
"Secret Enjoyment in Open Markets: 'Guilty Pleasures' and the
Politics of Consumption"
The Horrors of Celebrity
5:00-6:30 Thursday
Sassafras Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Patrick Maley
Rebecca Peters-Golden
English, Indiana University
"The Open Secret of Immortality: A Few Formal Necessities"
English, Indiana University
"The Open Secret of Immortality: A Few Formal Necessities"
Vanessa Mancinelli
Creative Writing, Indiana University
"The Child Star"
Creative Writing, Indiana University
"The Child Star"
Alexander Weinstein
Creative Writing, Indiana University
"Selections from Apocalypse Tales"
Creative Writing, Indiana University
"Selections from Apocalypse Tales"
Full Frontal Comedy
7:00-8:30 Thursday
Wylie Hall 005
Founded in 1994, Bloomington-based improv troupe Full Frontal Comedy
performs long-form improv in the Chicago tradition, along with short
improv games and sketches. Each FFc show is based on audience
suggestions, making for a completely different experience each time
the group takes to the stage. Over the past few years, FFc has
performed all over the country at venues like the Chicago Improv
Festival, the Dirty South Festival, and Bloomington's own IUCCF, and
they have taken to the stage with groups like the Second City Tour
Co, the UCB Tour Co, and Dangerbox. Full Frontal Comedy's members
include Nate Gold, Anne Kostyo, Meg Elliott, Sam Hammersley, Lauren
Schaefer, Taylor Maimborg, and IU English Grad Student P. Alex Dodge.
performs long-form improv in the Chicago tradition, along with short
improv games and sketches. Each FFc show is based on audience
suggestions, making for a completely different experience each time
the group takes to the stage. Over the past few years, FFc has
performed all over the country at venues like the Chicago Improv
Festival, the Dirty South Festival, and Bloomington's own IUCCF, and
they have taken to the stage with groups like the Second City Tour
Co, the UCB Tour Co, and Dangerbox. Full Frontal Comedy's members
include Nate Gold, Anne Kostyo, Meg Elliott, Sam Hammersley, Lauren
Schaefer, Taylor Maimborg, and IU English Grad Student P. Alex Dodge.
Paranoia
1:00-2:30 Friday
Redbud Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Mica Hilson
Katie Macnamara
English, Indiana University
"Katherine Mansfield's Not-so-Secret Gardens"
English, Indiana University
"Katherine Mansfield's Not-so-Secret Gardens"
Vit Vanicek
English/American Studies, Charles University—Prague
"The Underground World of Specters as a Premonition against the
Rising Order: The Mittelwerke in Gravity's Rainbow as a Non-Place"
English/American Studies, Charles University—Prague
"The Underground World of Specters as a Premonition against the
Rising Order: The Mittelwerke in Gravity's Rainbow as a Non-Place"
Katherine Polak
English/Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati
"Poetics of Supernatural Paranoia"
English/Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati
"Poetics of Supernatural Paranoia"
Christian Mysteries
1:00-2:30 Friday
Sassafras Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Rebekah Trollinger
Lauren Simek
English, Indiana University
"Choosing Atonement in East Lynne"
English, Indiana University
"Choosing Atonement in East Lynne"
Cory Stockwell
Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota
"The Secret that God Keeps from Us. On Kant's Rational Religion"
Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota
"The Secret that God Keeps from Us. On Kant's Rational Religion"
Rachel V. Galli
French and Italian, Indiana University
"Giotto: Depicting the Divine"
French and Italian, Indiana University
"Giotto: Depicting the Divine"
Gender in Translation
3:00-4:30 Friday
Redbud Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Dr. Ranu Samantrai
Erin Prus
English, Xavier University
"Divine Presence, Gender, and the Sufi Spiritual Path: An Analysis of
Rabi'ah the Mystic's Identity and Poetry"
English, Xavier University
"Divine Presence, Gender, and the Sufi Spiritual Path: An Analysis of
Rabi'ah the Mystic's Identity and Poetry"
Heather Vrana
History, Indiana University
"An 'Other' Woman?: Juchitec Mixes in Marie Claire and Documentary"
History, Indiana University
"An 'Other' Woman?: Juchitec Mixes in Marie Claire and Documentary"
Katherine Skwarczek
English, University of Illinois
"Heavy Traffic: Transnational Identity Online and On- Camera in
Kunzru's Transmission"
English, University of Illinois
"Heavy Traffic: Transnational Identity Online and On- Camera in
Kunzru's Transmission"
The Matter with the Male Body
3:00-4:30 Friday
Sassafras Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Andy Oler
Courtney Wennerstrom &
Jeff Sartain
English, Indiana University
"It Takes 'Guts': Chuck Palahniuk's Open Secret"
Jeff Sartain
English, Indiana University
"It Takes 'Guts': Chuck Palahniuk's Open Secret"
Laura Bivona
Literature, University of Arizona
"Dismembering the National Body: Hidden Narratives Exposed in BODY WORLDS"
Literature, University of Arizona
"Dismembering the National Body: Hidden Narratives Exposed in BODY WORLDS"
Keynote Speaker—Melissa Littlefield Professor of English &
Kinesiology, University of Illinois
"Guilty Knowledge: Unlocking the Suspect Brain through fMRI and Brain
Fingerprinting"
5:00-7:00 Friday
Lilly Library
Fingerprinting"
5:00-7:00 Friday
Lilly Library
Melissa Littlefield is an assistant professor in the English and
Kinesiology & Community Health departments of the University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on scientific
systems designed to evaluate truths about bodies and identities, with
a particular interest in connections between early 20th century
technologies and those employed in a post-9/11 America. Dr.
Littlefield has published or forthcoming work in Science, Technology
& Human Values, Nervous States: Modernity and the Neurological Self,
and Science Technology and Society: An Encyclopedia (Oxford UP 2005).
She is currently completing her first book project, Tracing Truth: A
Cultural History of Lie Detection.
Kinesiology & Community Health departments of the University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on scientific
systems designed to evaluate truths about bodies and identities, with
a particular interest in connections between early 20th century
technologies and those employed in a post-9/11 America. Dr.
Littlefield has published or forthcoming work in Science, Technology
& Human Values, Nervous States: Modernity and the Neurological Self,
and Science Technology and Society: An Encyclopedia (Oxford UP 2005).
She is currently completing her first book project, Tracing Truth: A
Cultural History of Lie Detection.
Documentary Evidence and Activism
9:00-10:30 Saturday
Sassafras Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Lydia Wilkes
Kyle Denison Martin
Bioethics, Humanities & Society, Michigan State University
"Bodies and Blame: Genetic Insights on the Historical Trajectory of
AIDS in Haiti"
Bioethics, Humanities & Society, Michigan State University
"Bodies and Blame: Genetic Insights on the Historical Trajectory of
AIDS in Haiti"
Pierre Schmitt
History, Purdue/Marc Bloch University—Strasbourg
"Remember Laurent Clerc, from Biography to Myth: How to Build an Open Secret"
History, Purdue/Marc Bloch University—Strasbourg
"Remember Laurent Clerc, from Biography to Myth: How to Build an Open Secret"
Fredericka Schmadel
Folklore, Indiana University
"The Six Publics of Hugo Chavez"
Folklore, Indiana University
"The Six Publics of Hugo Chavez"
Dissecting the Female Body
10:45-12:15 Saturday
Redbud Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Lee Anne Bache
Elizabeth Melly
English, Princeton University
"Lavinia's Tapestry: Displaced Metamorphosis in Titus Andronicus"
English, Princeton University
"Lavinia's Tapestry: Displaced Metamorphosis in Titus Andronicus"
Emily Houlik-Ritchey
English, Indiana University
"Beautiful Pieces, Beautiful Deaths: The Petrarchan Unconscious in
Spanish Sonnets of the Siglos de Oro"
English, Indiana University
"Beautiful Pieces, Beautiful Deaths: The Petrarchan Unconscious in
Spanish Sonnets of the Siglos de Oro"
Chris Harvey
English, Indiana University
"Irony, Escalation, and Agency in Susanna Moore's In the Cut: An
Instance of Moral Pornography?"
English, Indiana University
"Irony, Escalation, and Agency in Susanna Moore's In the Cut: An
Instance of Moral Pornography?"
Postcolonial Secrets
10:45-12:15 Saturday
Sassafras Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Adam Farjado
Katherine Wiley
Anthropology, Indiana University
"Language of Illusion: The Rhetoric of Structural Adjustment"
Anthropology, Indiana University
"Language of Illusion: The Rhetoric of Structural Adjustment"
Samantha Joyce
Communication Studies, University of Iowa
"Exotic, Lawless, Dangerous, and Inferior: Televised Representations
of the (Brazilian) Other"
Communication Studies, University of Iowa
"Exotic, Lawless, Dangerous, and Inferior: Televised Representations
of the (Brazilian) Other"
Mike Sobiech
English, Western Kentucky University
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Postcolonial Parable of
Pygmies, Pigment, Palate, and Power"
English, Western Kentucky University
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Postcolonial Parable of
Pygmies, Pigment, Palate, and Power"
History and Timelessness
1:30-3:00 Saturday
Redbud Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Dr. Rae Greiner
Maureen Hattrup
English, Indiana University
"Open Secrets and Closed Revelations: Time and History in Carlyle"
English, Indiana University
"Open Secrets and Closed Revelations: Time and History in Carlyle"
Andrew Fiss
History & Philosophy of Science, Indiana University
"Situated Knowledges and the Limits of History"
History & Philosophy of Science, Indiana University
"Situated Knowledges and the Limits of History"
Laura Ivins-Hulley
Communication & Culture, Indiana University
"Inner Speech and the Expression of Dream in the Quay Brothers' 'The Comb'"
Communication & Culture, Indiana University
"Inner Speech and the Expression of Dream in the Quay Brothers' 'The Comb'"
Constructions of National Identity
1:30-3:00 Saturday
Sassafras Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Karen Dillon
Jennifer Anne Hart
History, Indiana University
"Ghana @ 50: Identity, Politics, and the Ambivalence of the
Nation-State in an African Postcolony"
History, Indiana University
"Ghana @ 50: Identity, Politics, and the Ambivalence of the
Nation-State in an African Postcolony"
Travis Vogan
Communication & Culture, Indiana University
"America's Game: The Super Bowl, National Identity, Hegemony"
Communication & Culture, Indiana University
"America's Game: The Super Bowl, National Identity, Hegemony"
Lisa Silvestri
Communication & Culture, Indiana University
"Becoming a Hero"
Communication & Culture, Indiana University
"Becoming a Hero"
Performing Secrets
3:15-4:45 Saturday
Redbud Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Dr. Linda Charnes
Munjulika Rahman
Performance Studies, Northwestern University
"Masculinity and Femininity in Tagore's Dance-Drama Chitrangada"
Performance Studies, Northwestern University
"Masculinity and Femininity in Tagore's Dance-Drama Chitrangada"
Roxana Cazan
Creative Writing, Indiana University
"Persona Poems"
Creative Writing, Indiana University
"Persona Poems"
Carrie Sickman
English, Indiana University
"Song, Stage, and Narrative: Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White"
English, Indiana University
"Song, Stage, and Narrative: Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White"
Erotic Secrets
3:15-4:45 Saturday
Sassafras Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Moderator: Katie Macnamara
Will Kanyusik
English, University of Minnesota
"The Epistemological Crisis of Brandon and Phillip: Reading
Hitchcock's Rope through the Lens of Sedgwick"
English, University of Minnesota
"The Epistemological Crisis of Brandon and Phillip: Reading
Hitchcock's Rope through the Lens of Sedgwick"
Mica Hilson
English, Indiana University
"Straight Talk, Gay Porn: Knowing/Viewing/Buying 'Straight Men' Online"
English, Indiana University
"Straight Talk, Gay Porn: Knowing/Viewing/Buying 'Straight Men' Online"
Patricia S. Baehler
English, DePaul University
"Fanny Hill: Memoirs of Virginity Lost"
English, DePaul University
"Fanny Hill: Memoirs of Virginity Lost"
Closing Reading
5:00-6:30 Saturday
Wylie Hall 015
Jackson Brown
English/Creative Writing, Indiana University
"Dawn's Errands"
English/Creative Writing, Indiana University
"Dawn's Errands"
M.K.W. Belant
Creative Writing, Northern Michigan University
"A Life Still in Watercolor"
Creative Writing, Northern Michigan University
"A Life Still in Watercolor"
Lisa Fay Coutley
Creative Writing, Northern Michigan University
"Removing the Breathing Tube"
Creative Writing, Northern Michigan University
"Removing the Breathing Tube"
Ben Debus
Creative Writing, Indiana University
"A Boy's Guide to the Season of Mists"
Creative Writing, Indiana University
"A Boy's Guide to the Season of Mists"
Closing Speaker—Scott Herring Professor of English, Indiana University
"'We Know What's Happening': The Cultural Politics of Queer Anti-Urbanism"
6:30-7:30 Saturday
Wylie Hall 015
6:30-7:30 Saturday
Wylie Hall 015
Formerly at Penn State, Scott Herring is now an assistant professor
of English at Indiana University—Bloomington. His research and
teaching interests range from twentieth-century American literature
to rural/regional studies to studies of gender and sexuality. He has
published numerous articles in journals such as PMLA, Arizona
Quarterly, Modern Fiction Studies, GLQ, and Public Culture. His
first book, Queering the Underworld: Slumming, Literature, and the
Undoing of Lesbian and Gay History, was published by University of
Chicago Press in 2007, and he is currently completing his second
project, Another Country: Rural Stylistics and the Politics of Queer
Anti-Urbanism.
of English at Indiana University—Bloomington. His research and
teaching interests range from twentieth-century American literature
to rural/regional studies to studies of gender and sexuality. He has
published numerous articles in journals such as PMLA, Arizona
Quarterly, Modern Fiction Studies, GLQ, and Public Culture. His
first book, Queering the Underworld: Slumming, Literature, and the
Undoing of Lesbian and Gay History, was published by University of
Chicago Press in 2007, and he is currently completing his second
project, Another Country: Rural Stylistics and the Politics of Queer
Anti-Urbanism.
Manatt Fellowships
Email Kathy for forms and attachments accompanying this opportunity:
IFES is pleased to announce that applications are currently being accepted for the Charles and Kathleen Manatt Democracy Studies Fellowship Program. Mr. Manatt, former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and former Chair of IFES' Board of Directors, and his wife Kathleen, fund up to two, eight- to ten-week fellowships each year exclusively to graduate students attending universities in the American Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, or Wisconsin).
Manatt Fellows receive a stipend of $5,000 and work just three blocks from the White House at IFES’ international headquarters in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C. Working alongside IFES experts involved in a variety of challenging and exciting international projects, Fellows are based at IFES’ F. Clifton White Applied Research Center and have access to its leading collection of democracy-building materials highly regarded by policymakers and researchers.
Eligibility:
e sGraduate students working towards a degree in international relations, political science, public administration or a related area (including international students)
· Ph.D. candidates should be pre-dissertation students only.
· Applications must be postmarked by 14 April 2008 to the address below.
· Students must be attending a university in the American Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, or Wisconsin).
Founded in 1987, IFES is an international, nonprofit organization that supports the building of democratic societies. IFES currently has programs in over 20 countries supporting civil society groups, the rule of law, human rights, transparent governance and election administration. Manatt Fellows will have the opportunity to work and learn with a diverse group of professionals who have extensive experience in all areas of elections and democratic development.
Again, I encourage you to share this opportunity with your staff and students. Please visit www.ifes.org/arc-fellowships.html or contact me for additional information.
Sincerely,
Lisa Kammerud
Research Officer, Applied Research Center
IFES
1101 15th Street, N.W., Third Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: 202.350.6730 Fax: 202.822.9744
Email: lkammerud@ifes.org
House for Rent
For Sublet: Historic house available approx August 15, 2008 - July 15, 2009 (dates negotiable) in charming Maple Heights neighborhood just northwest of downtown. Six rooms, hard wood floors, high ceilings, clawfoot tub, many historic features. Easy walk to downtown; about a mile from campus. Two bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, study, two porches (one screened), attached garage, central A/C. Beautiful fenced back yard includes outdoor goldfish pond with waterfall, stone patio, gardens. Very quiet neighborhood. Furnished (may be negotiable). I seek 1-2 renters who would enjoy caring for my cat while I'm away. No more pets. $950/mo. plus utilities, may be negotiable.
Contact: Jane Goodman
Phone: 812-339-7703
Email: janegood@indiana.edu
Queertopia Registration
Registration is now open for Queertopia! Graduate Student Conference. Queertopia! is an interdisciplinary graduate student conference focusing on sexualities and queer academe hosted by Northwestern Queer Grad Student Pride Association. The conference will be Saturday, April 26. For more information, please see http://groups.northwestern.edu/queerpride/upcoming.php Also, please note that although the formal abstract deadline has passed, we are still reviewing abstracts on a rolling basis. Please find the registration form attached, as well as inserted into the email below.
REGISTRATION FOR THE QUEERTOPIA! CONFERENCE IS FREE AND EASY! Please email Kathy for a registration form
To register, complete this form and submit it by Friday, April 11, 2008 to Kelby Harrison, Queertopia! Co-Chair, c/o Gender Studies Department, Northwestern University, 1880 Campus Drive, Kresge 2-360, Evanston, IL 60208. You are also welcome to email completed forms and submit any questions/concerns to queertopia.nu@gmail.com.
Individuals who register after the deadline will be charged a $10 fee for conference admission.
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Summer School in Prague
The organizer of European Spring/Summer Institute on the Future of Europe and the Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology, the Center for Public Policy, Prague, Czech Republic has launched a new summer program on Cultural Dimensions of Politics in Europe.
The Center for Public Policy is honored to invite students to:
Summer School on Cultural Dimensions of Politics in Europe 2008! (CDPE2008)
Where: Prague, Czech Republic
When: July 2-9
Who: The founder of the European Spring/Summer Institute and the Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology, the Prague's Centre for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku - CPVP), has teamed up with professors from Poland, USA and UK to launch a Summer School on Cultural Dimensions of Politics in Europe 2008 What is it about: The Summer School "Cultural Dimensions of Politics in Europe" is a week long academic program designed to bring together 30 undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds (political science, sociology, media studies, anthropology and cultural studies, behavioural sciences, gender
studies) from all part of the world to enjoy their summer holidays in the unique academic and cultural environment.
Why: The program is designed for those who are interested in and would like to learn more about the cultural aspects of political institutions and processes. The program is aimed at drawing closer attention to the cultural dimensions of political institutions and processes in Europe (e.g. policy making, political communication, migration and citizenship in the EU).
We invite you to visit our website http://www.cdpe.cpvp.cz to discover all the details about the CDPE 2008. The website contains updated information about the Summer School, application process and on-line application.
We also suggest students to submit their applications by the Early Bird Application Deadline of April 30, 2008. The Final Deadline is May 15, 2008.
Should you have any questions regarding the Summer School or application process, please do not hesitate to contact us:
CDPE2008
Centrum pro verejnou politiku
Vyjezdova 510
190 11 Prague 9
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 737 679 605
Fax: +420 281 930 584
http://www.cdpe.cpvp.cz
E-mail: clp@cpvp.cz
We are looking forward to your application!!!
P.S. from Kathy - Please cut and paste the URL into your browser. For some reason, this one didn't want to hyperlink cleanly.
The Center for Public Policy is honored to invite students to:
Summer School on Cultural Dimensions of Politics in Europe 2008! (CDPE2008)
Where: Prague, Czech Republic
When: July 2-9
Who: The founder of the European Spring/Summer Institute and the Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology, the Prague's Centre for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku - CPVP), has teamed up with professors from Poland, USA and UK to launch a Summer School on Cultural Dimensions of Politics in Europe 2008 What is it about: The Summer School "Cultural Dimensions of Politics in Europe" is a week long academic program designed to bring together 30 undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds (political science, sociology, media studies, anthropology and cultural studies, behavioural sciences, gender
studies) from all part of the world to enjoy their summer holidays in the unique academic and cultural environment.
Why: The program is designed for those who are interested in and would like to learn more about the cultural aspects of political institutions and processes. The program is aimed at drawing closer attention to the cultural dimensions of political institutions and processes in Europe (e.g. policy making, political communication, migration and citizenship in the EU).
We invite you to visit our website http://www.cdpe.cpvp.cz to discover all the details about the CDPE 2008. The website contains updated information about the Summer School, application process and on-line application.
We also suggest students to submit their applications by the Early Bird Application Deadline of April 30, 2008. The Final Deadline is May 15, 2008.
Should you have any questions regarding the Summer School or application process, please do not hesitate to contact us:
CDPE2008
Centrum pro verejnou politiku
Vyjezdova 510
190 11 Prague 9
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 737 679 605
Fax: +420 281 930 584
http://www.cdpe.cpvp.cz
E-mail: clp@cpvp.cz
We are looking forward to your application!!!
P.S. from Kathy - Please cut and paste the URL into your browser. For some reason, this one didn't want to hyperlink cleanly.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Choosing an Advisor
All PhD students who began their programs in fall 2007 should choose an advisor by April 15th, 2008. You have most likely already developed a "Short List."
Once you have asked a faculty member to be your advisor, and have received approval, please drop Kathy a notification email for your records.
Once you have asked a faculty member to be your advisor, and have received approval, please drop Kathy a notification email for your records.
Plan of Study
If you are a PhD student who received your MA from CMCL, your Plan of Study is due on April 15th. Please consult your advisor for details.
Plans of Study for PhD students who received their MAs from schools other than IU are not due until October 15th, 2008.
Plans of Study for PhD students who received their MAs from schools other than IU are not due until October 15th, 2008.
Applications for May Exams
May Exam dates are as follows:
- MA Exams - May 5 - 9
- PhD Exams - May 5 - 19
Friday, March 7, 2008
U.S. Documentary Premiere - Eloyi
Richard Werbner is coming to town for the U.S. premiere of his documentary, Eloyi.
He will be giving the noon talk in African Studies on Tuesday, March 18th
Eloyi will be shown at 7 pm, March 18th in TV 275.
*U.S.** Premier of ELOYI*
*Tuesday March 18^th – showing at 7 pm at TV275*
Produced and directed by Richard Werbner
Of all the faith-healing churches in Botswana, Eloyi is the most controversial.
Sensational stories in newspapers and on television have made Eloyi notorious for so-called witch-busting and for exorcising demons, /tokoloshi, /who/ /appear like a nightmare image of an overwhelming consumer society. Although not part of the world-wide Pentecostal movement, Eloyi is a transnational Apostolic church, with branches in villages and towns across Botswana and into South Africa.
Largely set in Botswana’s capital city, the film documents the encounter of a childless couple, Martha and Njebe, with the church.
Martha is the one who chooses to seek Eloyi’s help, after a long quest for healing by traditional doctors and Western hospitals.
Her choice widens the gulf between her own faith and her husband’s scepticism. A church prophet from Eloyi’s city branch gives Martha a prescription on a church form. It is modelled after a hospital form and it promises the way to well-being, but it unexpectedly forces an ordeal on the couple, threatening their relationship. The film shows how, while attacking traditional ritual as Satan’s work, Eloyi brings back in a Christian or even more remarkably Old Testament guise, many old Tswana practices, including sacrifice and magic rites, sniffing out witches and pegging a yard’s four corners with protection against occult attack.
He will be giving the noon talk in African Studies on Tuesday, March 18th
Eloyi will be shown at 7 pm, March 18th in TV 275.
*U.S.** Premier of ELOYI*
*Tuesday March 18^th – showing at 7 pm at TV275*
Produced and directed by Richard Werbner
Of all the faith-healing churches in Botswana, Eloyi is the most controversial.
Sensational stories in newspapers and on television have made Eloyi notorious for so-called witch-busting and for exorcising demons, /tokoloshi, /who/ /appear like a nightmare image of an overwhelming consumer society. Although not part of the world-wide Pentecostal movement, Eloyi is a transnational Apostolic church, with branches in villages and towns across Botswana and into South Africa.
Largely set in Botswana’s capital city, the film documents the encounter of a childless couple, Martha and Njebe, with the church.
Martha is the one who chooses to seek Eloyi’s help, after a long quest for healing by traditional doctors and Western hospitals.
Her choice widens the gulf between her own faith and her husband’s scepticism. A church prophet from Eloyi’s city branch gives Martha a prescription on a church form. It is modelled after a hospital form and it promises the way to well-being, but it unexpectedly forces an ordeal on the couple, threatening their relationship. The film shows how, while attacking traditional ritual as Satan’s work, Eloyi brings back in a Christian or even more remarkably Old Testament guise, many old Tswana practices, including sacrifice and magic rites, sniffing out witches and pegging a yard’s four corners with protection against occult attack.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Registration for Fall Classes
According to the Registrar's Website, Early Registration for fall, using OneStart Self-Service for all currently enrolled students (Spring 2008) opens on Monday Mar 31 and runs through Friday, Apr 25.
African American & African Diaspora Studies Symposium
March 22, 2008
Fifth Annual Herman Hudson Symposium
Theme: "Lifting the Veil: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Identity and Responsibililty in Global Societies"
Keynote Speaker: Sonia Sanchez, poet activist
For more information e-mail: hchs@indiana.edu or kdhollin@indiana.edu
Fifth Annual Herman Hudson Symposium
Theme: "Lifting the Veil: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Identity and Responsibililty in Global Societies"
Keynote Speaker: Sonia Sanchez, poet activist
For more information e-mail: hchs@indiana.edu or kdhollin@indiana.edu
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
CMCL GUNDERSON AWARD SUBMISSIONS
It's time to submit nominations for the two CMCL Gunderson awards from the last calendar year (Spring 2007-Fall 2007)!
WHERE/WHAT: Submit three hard copies of the seminar paper to Prof. Pezzullo's mailbox with a separate title sheet including: (1) the name of the desired award on it; (2) the name of the student; and (3) the name of the Professor who is nominating the paper and/or the Professor who taught the graduate seminar for which it was written. [There should be no identifying markers on the paper itself; these awards are judged anonymously.]
WHEN: By March 21. Both awards will be announced at the Spring Graduate Student Award Ceremony on Friday, April 25 at 4 PM in C100.
WHY: The Gunderson Awards are the top CMCL graduate student awards…
a) The Robert G. Gunderson Award is a self-nominated student award for a paper that was written for a CMCL graduate seminar; the student may or may not be a CMCL major. Beyond the recognition of outstanding graduate student work, a small honorarium is granted to the winner. The criteria used to judge this award will be: originality of its risky and interdisciplinary contribution to the study of public culture, as well as quality of writing and research overall.
b) The Virginia Gunderson Award is a faculty-nominated award for the best paper written in a CMCL graduate seminar in the past year. Beyond the recognition for the student’s achievement, a $1,000 award is granted. The winner of this award also will be expected to present her/his paper at the first CMCL colloquium in the Fall semester. [Note: AMST also has a Virginia Gunderson Award; these are two different awards. This call is only for the CMCL one, which is judged separately.]
Please, recall the basic rules:
* Students can only win one of these two awards per year;
* No student can win the same award two consecutive years [note: last year, Jason Sperb won the Robert and Shelley Jean Bradfield won the Virginia];
* One paper cannot be submitted for both awards. On this last point, if a faculty member nominates a student for the Virginia Gunderson award, the Lecture & Colloquium Committee will automatically withdraw the paper from the Robert Gunderson Award voting process.
New Writers Awards: Call for Submissions
THE COALITION OF ASIAN PACIFICS IN ENTERTAINMENT AND FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 9th ANNUAL NEW WRITERS AWARDS
THE DEADLINE IS MAY 30, 2008
Winners of the CAPE Foundation New Writers Awards will each receive a cash prize of $4,000, Final Draft software, a staged reading of their script and opportunities to meet/pitch to seasoned entertainment executives.
Previous winners include filmmaker Alice Wu (SAVING FACE) and Young Il Kim, whose winning script HYUNG"S OVERTURE was optioned by producer and CAPE Board of Advisor member, Teddy Zee (PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS).
CAPE's Board of Advisors include distinguished executives and artists such as Ang Lee, John Woo, Terence Chang, Dean Devlin, Warrington Hudlin, David Henry Hwang, Lou Diamond Phillips, Richard Sakai, B.D. Wong, Chris Lee, Fritz Friedman, Janet Yang and Teddy Zee.
Materials for CAPE 2008 New Writers Award Applications include:
- Rules and Regulations for Television
- Rules and Regulations for Features
- General Release Form
- Application Form
- Short Essay Question Form
which are available on our website link below:
http://www.capeusa.org/NWA_Downloads.html
If there are any problems or questions, please let us know.
Contacts:
Angela Cheng Caplan
Co-Chair CAPE 2008 New Writers Award
Leo Chu
Co-Chair CAPE 2008 New Writers Award
Jessica Tscha
CAPE 2008 New Writers Award Coordinator
(323) 993-1988
assistant@chengcaplanco.com
THE DEADLINE IS MAY 30, 2008
Winners of the CAPE Foundation New Writers Awards will each receive a cash prize of $4,000, Final Draft software, a staged reading of their script and opportunities to meet/pitch to seasoned entertainment executives.
Previous winners include filmmaker Alice Wu (SAVING FACE) and Young Il Kim, whose winning script HYUNG"S OVERTURE was optioned by producer and CAPE Board of Advisor member, Teddy Zee (PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS).
CAPE's Board of Advisors include distinguished executives and artists such as Ang Lee, John Woo, Terence Chang, Dean Devlin, Warrington Hudlin, David Henry Hwang, Lou Diamond Phillips, Richard Sakai, B.D. Wong, Chris Lee, Fritz Friedman, Janet Yang and Teddy Zee.
Materials for CAPE 2008 New Writers Award Applications include:
- Rules and Regulations for Television
- Rules and Regulations for Features
- General Release Form
- Application Form
- Short Essay Question Form
which are available on our website link below:
http://www.capeusa.org/NWA_Downloads.html
If there are any problems or questions, please let us know.
Contacts:
Angela Cheng Caplan
Co-Chair CAPE 2008 New Writers Award
Leo Chu
Co-Chair CAPE 2008 New Writers Award
Jessica Tscha
CAPE 2008 New Writers Award Coordinator
(323) 993-1988
assistant@chengcaplanco.com
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
SPRING TRAVEL GRANTS - 4082
Spring 2008 COAS and CMCL Travel Grants
Travel Grant Applications may be submitted through March 20, 2008.
Travel Award winners must provide documentation of their presentations in the conference program before their travel awards will be disbursed. Travel and lodging receipts are not required.
Applications for the spring 2008 College of Arts & Sciences Travel Awards should be submitted online by March 20, 2008.
To apply, visit:
College Travel Award Application
Applications must be accompanied by an application for a Communication and Culture Travel Grant (this has been emailed directly to you). Please print this application, fill it out, and return three copies, along with three hardcopies of your COAS application to Kathy by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 20th.
NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar - Call for Submissions
Call for Submissions
The College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama is hosting the NCA-sponsored annual Doctoral Honors Seminar June 5-8. The Doctoral Honors Seminar will bring together leading faculty and doctoral students to discuss current topics within broad areas of research in communication. Moreover, it will provide an opportunity for doctoral students to receive expert feedback on their own research, and to engage in discussions of the theoretical, methodological, and practical issues involved in conceptualizing, implementing, and evaluating research.
Approximately 12 doctoral students are selected to participate in each of the three content areas of media studies, communication studies, and rhetorical studies. Students are selected from a national competition based on submitted papers and the recommendations of their advisors. Students chosen for participation in this prestigious seminar will be provided with housing, meals, and a $250 travel stipend.
NCA Doctoral
Honors Seminar
June 5-8, 2008
National Communication Association
Communicating Lived Experience
1765 N Street, NW, Washington DC 20036
Phone (202) 464-4622 | Fax (202) 464-4600
2008 Content Areas
The Seminar is built around the theme, "Communicating Lived Experience," and will consist of three workshops, each having a distinct area of emphasis.
The Media Studies area will focus on Entertainment Theory. Papers examining any theoretical
and/or empirical aspect of why we choose to watch, listen to, read, interact with, or generate any media message system for pleasure or enjoyment are encouraged. The scholars leading this workshop are Jennings Bryant, Mary Beth Oliver, and Andrew Billings.
The Communication Studies area will focus on Communication Theory and Research in Applied Contexts. Scholars from all areas of our discipline with an interest in applying communication theory to everyday life, ranging from interpersonal and groups, to organizational, health, gender, and public relations. We welcome submissions from all methodological orientations and foci within applied communication theory. The scholars leading this workshop are Austin Babrow, Lynn Harter, and Robert Heath.
The Rhetorical Studies area focuses on Rhetoric and Social Change. Scholars interested in theories, methods, and case studies dealing with discourses of control, agitation, community empowerment, social movements, cultural movements, and/or general protest practices are encouraged to apply. Scholars leading this workshop are Charles E. Morris III, Mary E. Stuckey, and Eric King Watts.
Application Process
Applicants should submit a letter describing their academic background and research interests, a research paper (a prospectus or a completed paper) and a letter of recommendation. The research paper should be no more than 30 double-spaced pages. The deadline for receiving applications is March 15, 2008.
Materials should be submitted via e-mail to dochonors@ua.edu. Include your paper as an attached file, and you will receive confirmation of receipt within 72 hours. In the text of the e-mail, also include your name, mailing address, e-mail address, school affiliation and the area to which you are interested: Communication Studies, Rhetoric, or Media Studies. All applicants will be notified of their status via e-mail by April 30, 2008.
Students chosen for participation in this prestigious seminar will be provided with housing, meals, and a $250 travel stipend.
If you have any questions, contact Dr. Carol Bishop Mills or Dr. Jason Black
(Conference Co-Directors) at dochonors@ua.edu.
The College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama is hosting the NCA-sponsored annual Doctoral Honors Seminar June 5-8. The Doctoral Honors Seminar will bring together leading faculty and doctoral students to discuss current topics within broad areas of research in communication. Moreover, it will provide an opportunity for doctoral students to receive expert feedback on their own research, and to engage in discussions of the theoretical, methodological, and practical issues involved in conceptualizing, implementing, and evaluating research.
Approximately 12 doctoral students are selected to participate in each of the three content areas of media studies, communication studies, and rhetorical studies. Students are selected from a national competition based on submitted papers and the recommendations of their advisors. Students chosen for participation in this prestigious seminar will be provided with housing, meals, and a $250 travel stipend.
NCA Doctoral
Honors Seminar
June 5-8, 2008
National Communication Association
Communicating Lived Experience
1765 N Street, NW, Washington DC 20036
Phone (202) 464-4622 | Fax (202) 464-4600
2008 Content Areas
The Seminar is built around the theme, "Communicating Lived Experience," and will consist of three workshops, each having a distinct area of emphasis.
The Media Studies area will focus on Entertainment Theory. Papers examining any theoretical
and/or empirical aspect of why we choose to watch, listen to, read, interact with, or generate any media message system for pleasure or enjoyment are encouraged. The scholars leading this workshop are Jennings Bryant, Mary Beth Oliver, and Andrew Billings.
The Communication Studies area will focus on Communication Theory and Research in Applied Contexts. Scholars from all areas of our discipline with an interest in applying communication theory to everyday life, ranging from interpersonal and groups, to organizational, health, gender, and public relations. We welcome submissions from all methodological orientations and foci within applied communication theory. The scholars leading this workshop are Austin Babrow, Lynn Harter, and Robert Heath.
The Rhetorical Studies area focuses on Rhetoric and Social Change. Scholars interested in theories, methods, and case studies dealing with discourses of control, agitation, community empowerment, social movements, cultural movements, and/or general protest practices are encouraged to apply. Scholars leading this workshop are Charles E. Morris III, Mary E. Stuckey, and Eric King Watts.
Application Process
Applicants should submit a letter describing their academic background and research interests, a research paper (a prospectus or a completed paper) and a letter of recommendation. The research paper should be no more than 30 double-spaced pages. The deadline for receiving applications is March 15, 2008.
Materials should be submitted via e-mail to dochonors@ua.edu. Include your paper as an attached file, and you will receive confirmation of receipt within 72 hours. In the text of the e-mail, also include your name, mailing address, e-mail address, school affiliation and the area to which you are interested: Communication Studies, Rhetoric, or Media Studies. All applicants will be notified of their status via e-mail by April 30, 2008.
Students chosen for participation in this prestigious seminar will be provided with housing, meals, and a $250 travel stipend.
If you have any questions, contact Dr. Carol Bishop Mills or Dr. Jason Black
(Conference Co-Directors) at dochonors@ua.edu.
Monday, March 3, 2008
GPSO - Relay for Life
Grad student volunteers are needed to build a team of dedicated and enthusiastic fighters against cancer!
Our team is already registered online and will participate in the Relay for Life event that is scheduled to take place on March 29-30. Relay for Life has the main goal of raising funds to find a cure for cancer in our lifetime!
If interested to participate in this fantastic community event please e-mail gpso@indiana.edu with questions OR find us online at http://main.acsevents.org/goto/unsungheroes. Please join or team and/or support our effort with a donation!
Anthropology Conference at IU-Bloomington: "Rethinking Race in the Americas: Anthropology, Politics, and Policy"
On April 17-18, the Department of Anthropology will host a conference on “Rethinking Race in the Americas: Anthropology, Politics, and Policy.” The conference will take place in the Moot Court Room (#123) of the IU Law School.
This symposium will bring to Indiana University an internationally renowned group of scholars from diverse sub-fields within the discipline of anthropology to present their latest research and debate the concept of race, its relation to anthropology, and its relevance to the politics of the present across the Americas. The symposium has been organized by Indiana University's Department of Anthropology to celebrate its 60th anniversary of scholarship and teaching.
Speakers include:
Lee Baker (Duke)
Charles Briggs (UC Berkeley)
Jane Hill (University of Arizona)
Jeff Long (University of Michigan Medical School) Yolanda Moses (UC Riverside) Deborah Poole (Johns Hopkins) Ricardo Santos (The National Museum in Brazil) Laurie Wilkie (UC Berkeley)
For more information on this conference, please check the conference website at http://www.indiana.edu/~anthro/rethinkingrace/.
This symposium will bring to Indiana University an internationally renowned group of scholars from diverse sub-fields within the discipline of anthropology to present their latest research and debate the concept of race, its relation to anthropology, and its relevance to the politics of the present across the Americas. The symposium has been organized by Indiana University's Department of Anthropology to celebrate its 60th anniversary of scholarship and teaching.
Speakers include:
Lee Baker (Duke)
Charles Briggs (UC Berkeley)
Jane Hill (University of Arizona)
Jeff Long (University of Michigan Medical School) Yolanda Moses (UC Riverside) Deborah Poole (Johns Hopkins) Ricardo Santos (The National Museum in Brazil) Laurie Wilkie (UC Berkeley)
For more information on this conference, please check the conference website at http://www.indiana.edu/~anthro/rethinkingrace/.
Conference at IU-Bloomington: "Blackness in Latin America and the Caribbean"
“Blackness in Latin America and the Caribbean” that will take place on April 4-5. All sessions will be held in the Dogwood Room of the IMU.
This conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussing the ways in which constructions of race have influenced culture, art, politics, ideas of gender, and nation-building efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean. Participants will explore, for example, artistic representations of blackness and its relationship to the construction of individual and collective identity. They will also address the role and use of racial discourse in defining (and denying) citizenship, motivating state-sponsored multiculturalism policies, and informing academic discourses on the nation and the study thereof. The questions that participants engage with engage with the importance that academic organizations have come to afford to the study of race within a transnational context, and with the changing face of the study of blackness in the academy, which includes increasing numbers of positions focusing on blackness in the region, as well as on transnational black cultures in the Americas.
Thomas Holt (Chicago) and Peter Wade (Manchester) will be our keynote speakers. We are also fortunate to count the following scholars among our presenters:
Soraya Aracena (Colectivo Videoteca Chango Prieto, Dominican Republic) Petrine Archer-Straw (Cornell University) Stephen Berrey (IUB) Whitney Edwards (IUPUI/Howard) Lessie Jo Frazier (IUB) Luis González (IUB) Shane Green (IUB) Vivian Halloran (IUB) Javier León (IUB) Alejandro Madrid (University of Illinois at Chicago) Emily Maguire (IUB) John McDowell (IUB) Jason McGraw (IUB) Alejandro Mejías-López (IUB) Robin Moore (The University of Texas at Austin) Jean Rahier (Florida International University) Maritza Quinones Rivera (IUB) Iris Rosa (IUB) Sonia Beatriz dos Santos (The University of Texas at Austin) Micol Seigel (IUB) Stephen Selka (IUB) Jennifer Thorington Springer (IUPUI) Michelle Stephens (Colgate) Marvin Sterling (IUB)
For more information about this conference, please check the American Studies home page (http://www.indiana.edu/~amst/) or contact Deborah Cohn at dncohn@indiana.edu.
This conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussing the ways in which constructions of race have influenced culture, art, politics, ideas of gender, and nation-building efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean. Participants will explore, for example, artistic representations of blackness and its relationship to the construction of individual and collective identity. They will also address the role and use of racial discourse in defining (and denying) citizenship, motivating state-sponsored multiculturalism policies, and informing academic discourses on the nation and the study thereof. The questions that participants engage with engage with the importance that academic organizations have come to afford to the study of race within a transnational context, and with the changing face of the study of blackness in the academy, which includes increasing numbers of positions focusing on blackness in the region, as well as on transnational black cultures in the Americas.
Thomas Holt (Chicago) and Peter Wade (Manchester) will be our keynote speakers. We are also fortunate to count the following scholars among our presenters:
Soraya Aracena (Colectivo Videoteca Chango Prieto, Dominican Republic) Petrine Archer-Straw (Cornell University) Stephen Berrey (IUB) Whitney Edwards (IUPUI/Howard) Lessie Jo Frazier (IUB) Luis González (IUB) Shane Green (IUB) Vivian Halloran (IUB) Javier León (IUB) Alejandro Madrid (University of Illinois at Chicago) Emily Maguire (IUB) John McDowell (IUB) Jason McGraw (IUB) Alejandro Mejías-López (IUB) Robin Moore (The University of Texas at Austin) Jean Rahier (Florida International University) Maritza Quinones Rivera (IUB) Iris Rosa (IUB) Sonia Beatriz dos Santos (The University of Texas at Austin) Micol Seigel (IUB) Stephen Selka (IUB) Jennifer Thorington Springer (IUPUI) Michelle Stephens (Colgate) Marvin Sterling (IUB)
For more information about this conference, please check the American Studies home page (http://www.indiana.edu/~amst/) or contact Deborah Cohn at dncohn@indiana.edu.
Global Village Living-Learning Center: Call for Course Proposals
GLOBAL VILLAGE LIVING-LEARNING CENTER
A MULTILINGUAL, MULTINATIONAL, MULTICULTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE RESIDENCE AT IU
A Call for Course Proposals for SPRING 2009
Indiana University’s Global Village Living-Learning Center is seeking faculty and advanced graduate
students to submit proposals for courses to be taught SPRING 2009. Proposed courses must consider
contemporary global topics or issues using a multidisciplinary approach. Recent Global Village courses
include:
Dictatorship to Democracy: Spain and Portugal in the 20th Century
How Far is Too Far? Violence and Politics in Europe
Global Odysseys: Travel Literature and Australia
World Affairs and the National Media
Representations of the Global AIDS/HIV Pandemic
Exporting the American Dream
Islam and its Manifestations in the Modern World
All seminars earn students 3 credits toward graduation, carry distribution credit (A&H, S&H, or N&M;
sometimes CSA/CSB), are limited to a maximum of 20 students, and are open to all IU undergraduates.
Classes meet in the classrooms of the Global Village in Foster-Martin, which are equipped with television
with VHS and DVD, a computer and projector, and wireless access. The Global Village offers full
administrative support as well. Instructors are compensated on a per course basis; instructor perks include a
parking pass and meal points for dining with students.
Teach a course of your own design
When submitting a proposal, please include the following:
• A current curriculum vitae, including a separate section for teaching experience
• A detailed course syllabus including:
o a course description o proposed methods of assessment
o the purpose/objectives of the course o potential reading/viewing list
o types of assignments, including length o an indication of A&H, S&H or N&M
Make sure that your course addresses contemporary global topics and uses a multi-disciplinary approach.
Also indicate whether this course has been offered before in part or entirety (where, when, course number).
Materials can be emailed as attachments to Director Dr. Jeff Holdeman at jeffhold@indiana.edu. If you
have any questions about the Global Village or our teaching opportunities, please feel free to contact us at
855-4552. The deadline for submission for courses to be taught SPRING 2009 is Wed., March 19, 2008.
What is the Global Village?
Indiana University’s Global Village Living-Learning Center is an undergraduate residence committed to
preparing students with a broad range of international interests for life in the globalized world of the 21st
century. Open to all IU students—freshman through senior—the ultimate mission of the Global Village is to
expand student knowledge of foreign languages and cultures and world affairs, prepare students for travel
overseas, and assist students in accessing IU’s and Bloomington’s vast international resources. With the
guidance of an internationally experienced staff and the support of the College of Arts and Sciences, the
Global Village helps prepare IU students to become tomorrow’s global leaders.
Learn more at www.indiana.edu/~college/global/
A MULTILINGUAL, MULTINATIONAL, MULTICULTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE RESIDENCE AT IU
A Call for Course Proposals for SPRING 2009
Indiana University’s Global Village Living-Learning Center is seeking faculty and advanced graduate
students to submit proposals for courses to be taught SPRING 2009. Proposed courses must consider
contemporary global topics or issues using a multidisciplinary approach. Recent Global Village courses
include:
Dictatorship to Democracy: Spain and Portugal in the 20th Century
How Far is Too Far? Violence and Politics in Europe
Global Odysseys: Travel Literature and Australia
World Affairs and the National Media
Representations of the Global AIDS/HIV Pandemic
Exporting the American Dream
Islam and its Manifestations in the Modern World
All seminars earn students 3 credits toward graduation, carry distribution credit (A&H, S&H, or N&M;
sometimes CSA/CSB), are limited to a maximum of 20 students, and are open to all IU undergraduates.
Classes meet in the classrooms of the Global Village in Foster-Martin, which are equipped with television
with VHS and DVD, a computer and projector, and wireless access. The Global Village offers full
administrative support as well. Instructors are compensated on a per course basis; instructor perks include a
parking pass and meal points for dining with students.
Teach a course of your own design
When submitting a proposal, please include the following:
• A current curriculum vitae, including a separate section for teaching experience
• A detailed course syllabus including:
o a course description o proposed methods of assessment
o the purpose/objectives of the course o potential reading/viewing list
o types of assignments, including length o an indication of A&H, S&H or N&M
Make sure that your course addresses contemporary global topics and uses a multi-disciplinary approach.
Also indicate whether this course has been offered before in part or entirety (where, when, course number).
Materials can be emailed as attachments to Director Dr. Jeff Holdeman at jeffhold@indiana.edu. If you
have any questions about the Global Village or our teaching opportunities, please feel free to contact us at
855-4552. The deadline for submission for courses to be taught SPRING 2009 is Wed., March 19, 2008.
What is the Global Village?
Indiana University’s Global Village Living-Learning Center is an undergraduate residence committed to
preparing students with a broad range of international interests for life in the globalized world of the 21st
century. Open to all IU students—freshman through senior—the ultimate mission of the Global Village is to
expand student knowledge of foreign languages and cultures and world affairs, prepare students for travel
overseas, and assist students in accessing IU’s and Bloomington’s vast international resources. With the
guidance of an internationally experienced staff and the support of the College of Arts and Sciences, the
Global Village helps prepare IU students to become tomorrow’s global leaders.
Learn more at www.indiana.edu/~college/global/
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