TABLE OF CONTENTS

• PROGRAMS
  • October 20 - December 5:  Middle East Lecture Series
  • October 27:  International Security and the Transatlantic Link: A German Perspective
  • October 28:  Lecture on Panamanian Independence
  • October 31:  Celtic Halloween Celebration
  • November 5-7:  New Paths to Peace Conference
  • November 19:  Global Conversations
  • November 19:  International Bazaar
  • November 22:  International Children's And Young Adult Literature Celebration
  • December 5 and 12:  Planning for Global Studies Mini-Conference Series
  • IWA "International Focus" Fall Schedule
  • 2003 Fall World Affairs Series
  • Culture Café Series Continues This Fall
  • Beginning This October:  New Global "Travel" Program for Children and Parents
  • Fall 2003 Global Studies Colloquium Series
  • Coming this November:  Common Ground Film Series
• GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
  • Study Abroad Scholarships for High School Students
  • Graduate Student Funds for Latin American/Caribbean Area Studies
  • Washington Center Seminars
  • UWM Faculty Travel Grants
  • November 1:  Applications due for Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence Program
  • November 1:  Applications due for Understanding Contemporary Islam Program
  • November:  Applications due for  International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship
  • November 21:  Applications due for funding of Global Communication and Global Security Activities
  • November 28:  Applications due for First International Biennale on Negotiation
  • December 23:  Applications due for East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
  • December 31:  Applications due for Fellowship for Study and Research in Yemen
  • January 31:  Applications due for Boren Graduate Fellowships
  • United States-Eurasia Awards for Excellence in Teaching Program
• EMPLOYMENT
  • November 1:  Applications due for CIE Outreach Coordinator
  • November 17:  Applications due for Lecturer Positions at International Study Centre, Herstmonceux Castle
• FEATURED WEB SITES
  • Words Without Borders
  • Ancient World Mapping Center
  • Vietnam: Journeys of Mind, Body & Spirit
  • SocioSite

Global Horizons Distinguished Lecture Series, Fall 2003: Focus on the Middle East
From October 20 through December 5, 2003, the Madison Area Technical College Global Horizons Lecture Series will offer a series of programs exploring the people, culture, and politics and religions of the Middle East.  In addition to proving a historical and political perspective on conflict areas such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Israel, the series also hopes to introduce students, staff, and the community to music, arts, films, food, and other expressions of culture from the diverse peoples of the region. All events are free and open to the public. Everyone is invited to attend.

More information, including parking recommendations and event updates, is available online at:  http://www.matcmadison.edu/studentlife/globalhorizons

Information is also available by telephone at (608) 246-6224.

Cost: $8 - general public ; $4 - IWA members, university community; Students, no charge

For Information: Contact the Institute of World Affairs - UWM at (414) 227-3220 or iwa@uwm.edu

Sponsored by the UWM Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Department of History.

Celtic Halloween Celebration
Failte!  Croeso!  Welcome!  UWM'S Center for Celtic Studies is kicking off the Celtic New Year with our annual Samhain (Celtic Halloween) Celebration.
Come join us at the Hefter Center, located at 3271 N. Lake Drive, Milwaukee, for a seasonal evening with Celtic Studies faculty and students on Friday, October 31, 2003.

• 6:00 PM -- Celtic Gathering (aonach/mod/gymanfa)
  • Halloween Treats and Cash Bar
  • Launch of e-Keltoi, Our New On-line Journal
• 6:30 PM -- Irish Bagpiper from the Shamrock Club of Milwaukee
• 7:00 PM -- "Five Scimitars, With Murder Encrusted: The Grotesque And The Macabre In Scottish Literature"
  • Scottish Halloween Customs Explained by Professor George Clark
•  8:00 PM -- A Celtic Miscellany
  • Scottish Country Dancers
  • Traditional Irish Music & Dance by UWM Students

The Thursday Keynote Address will be delivered in the UWM Union at 2200 E Kenwood Blvd.  and will feature these speakers:

• Mary Anderson, author of Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace--Or War
• Richard McCall, Director, Communities in Transition, Creative Associates
• William Stuebner, Executive Director, Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution

To register for the "New Paths to Peace Conference," visit the web site as http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Peace

Co-Sponsored by the Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, and, at UWM, Institute of World Affairs, Center for International Education, Center for Latin American and Carribean Studies and UWM Peace Studies Program.

Those of you who attended last year's workshop will remember the fantastic day -- full of wonderful insights and readings by the award winning authors who were gathered with us in Madison: Ibtisam Barakat, Tololwa Mollel, Kyoko Mori, and Suzanne Fisher Staples. This year the following authors have confirmed participation in the workshop:

• Lulu Delacre
• Ji- Li Jiang
• Rukshana Khan
• Serpil Ural

After opening remarks by Professor Harold Scheub, each author will give a 45-minute presentation (followed by 15 minutes of questions) on her writings highlighting the work they feel is most suitable for classroom discussion. Two authors will speak in the morning session and two following lunch. Our final session will be a round-table dialogue with the authors and participants. The focus of this dialogue will be on the need to internationalize classroom reading and how best to do that. In conclusion, we will have a reception and book signing.

Registration: Due November 10, 2003. Space is limited! Cost for registration is $45.00 per participant. Each participant will receive one book of their choice by the invited authors and lunch at the Pyle Center. Please mail registration form and fee payable to WIOC, c/o Rachel Weiss, Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 203 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706.

Parking: Park at the public garage on Lake Street (between State Street and University Avenue). November 22, 2003 is a UW home football game; so the earlier you come to Madison and park -- the better!

Cost:  $45 registration fee payable to WIOC. Each participant will receive one book of their choice by the invited authors and boxed lunch at the Pyle Center.

During the workshop participants will be able to purchase other book titles -- Bring your checkbook or cash!

A schedule, biographies of authors, and other information can be found on our web site: http://www.wisc.edu/wioc/childlit/index.htm

For more information, please call 608-262-9224 or email Rachel Weiss at rweiss@facstaff.wisc.edu.

While the mini-conferences will not be tied directly to the Global Studies degree, their thematic emphases will be consistent with the conceptual framework of the two tracks within the Global Studies curriculum. This collaborative, interdisciplinary approach will include examination of issues such as the following:

Global Communications: The relevance of language, culture, and identity in understanding innovations in and applications of:

. technology
. media
. communications
. information science
. technology transfers

. the causes and effects of migration, immigration, peace and conflict
. the international system
. the environment
. health and health care
. ethnicity, culture and national identity
. policymaking and government, international law, and human rights

Global Communication Planning Meeting
Friday, December 5, 2003
11am-2pm
Center for International Education, UW-Milwaukee

Global Security Planning Meeting
Friday, December 12, 2003
11am-2pm
Center for International Education,  UW-Milwaukee

For more information and to register for the meetings, please contact IGS Director David Schmidt (dschmidt@cie.uwm.edu) or Assistant Director Doug Savage (dbsavage@cie.uwm.edu) or call IGS at 414-229-6795.

• Iraq:  Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going?
  • Thursday, October 16, 7:00- 7:30 PM Registration; 7:30-9:00 PM Program, Curtin Hall 175, N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI
  • William L. Nash, (Major General, US Army, Retired), Senior Fellow and Director,  Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations
    • Appointed director of the Council on Foreign Relation's Center for Preventive Action in April 2001, Bill Nash leads the Council's efforts to work with governments, international organizations, the business community and non-governmental organizations to anticipate international crises and to provide analysis and specific recommendations for preventive action. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, Chairman of the Advisory Council to The Fund For Peace's Regional Responses to Internal War program, and a military consultant to ABC News. In 2000 Bill Nash became one of the few Americans to lead a civilian as well as military peacekeeping operation.  At the request of the United States government, he became the Regional Administrator for the United Nations in northern Kosovo with headquarters in Mitrovica.  Prior to going to Kosovo, Nash was the Director of Civil-Military Programs at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Washington, DC.  After his retirement from the Army in 1998, he was a Fellow and Visiting Lecturer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Major General Nash commanded the United States Army's 1st Armored Division from June 1995 to May 1997.  In late 1995, he became the Commander of Task Force Eagle, a multinational division of 25,000 soldiers from 12 nations charged to enforce the military provisions of the Dayton Peace Accords in northeastern Bosnia-Herzegovina.  Major General Nash was a platoon leader in Vietnam and an armored brigade commander in Operation Desert Storm.
• Africa:  The Forgotten Continent?
  • Thursday, October 30, 7:00- 7:30 PM, Registration; 7:30-9:00PM Program, UWM Union Ball Room, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI
  • Ambassador Johnnie Carson, Senior Vice President, National Defense University Ambassador Carson was Ambassador to Kenya (1999-03), Zimbabwe (1995-97), and Uganda (1991-94) and served in Nigeria, Mozambique, and Botswana.
  • Dr. Aaron Buseh, Assistant Professor, UWM School of Nursing
  • Dr. Joyce Kirk, Associate Professor, UWM Department of Africology
     
• Is There Hope?:  The Future Of Peacebuilding
  • Thursday, November 6, 7:00- 7:30 PM Registration; 7:30-9:00PM Program, UWM Union Ball Room, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI
  • Mary Anderson, President of The Collaborative for Development Action, Inc. and author of Do No Harm:  How Aid Can Support Peace - - Or War.
  • William Stuebner, Executive Director, Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution, previously with the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Former Yugoslavia.
     
• Town Hall Meeting - The U.S. And The World: What Should Our Role Be?
  • Thursday, December 4, 7:00- 7:30 PM Registration; 7:30-9:00PM Program, UWM Union Ball Room, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI
  • Invited Democratic Presidential Candidates
  • Don't miss this unique chance to engage the speakers in this crucial foreign policy debate! No pre-payment for the Town Hall Meeting.

Payment by cash or check (payable to UWM) on-site or mail to:

Institute Of World Affairs
Po Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Fees:  $8.00 Public / $4.00 IWA Members

For more information, please send an e-mail to excite@uwm.edu or Justine Wenger jwenger@cie.uwm.edu.

"Travel the Globe" will take place every second Saturday of the month from 10:30 to 11:30 AM in the new Washington Park Public Library  (2121 N. Sherman Blvd., Milwaukee).  Children and parents will listen to folk tales from the country featured that day, hear from an international student about his/her childhood, and play music or work with paper to make an artifact from the featured country. The event is free for children and their parents.

• October 11 - Travel to South Africa
• November 8 - Travel to Egypt
• December 13 - Travel to the United Arab Emirates
• January 10 - Travel to Macedonia
• February 14 - Travel to El Salvador
• March 13 - Travel to China
• April 10 - Travel to Peru

The Fall 2003 schedule:

• Tuesday, September 23, 2:00-3:00 p.m. - Professor Aaron Buseh, Department of Nursing
• Tuesday, October 21, 2:00-3:00 p.m. - "Guatemalan Street Workers and the Production of Ordinary Urban Landscapes," Professor Nik Heynen, Department of Geography
• Tuesday, November 18, 2:00-3:00 p.m. - Professor Tasha Oren, Department of English

On Wednesday, November 19, 10:00-11:00 a.m., in the Union Theater,  "The Effects of Globalization on World Cultures" will be presented.  This very exciting program will feature Benjamin Barber (author of Jihad vs. McWorld) and Tyler Cowen (author of Creative Deconstruction).

Entire classes need to reserve seats by e-mailing Julie Kline at jkline@uwm.edu or Julia Kruse at jkruse@uwm.edu .

Sponsored by the Center for International Education and the Global Student Alliance. For more information, contact Andrea Herbert at 414-229-2518.

Scholarship deadlines are approaching rapidly. Deadlines for Winter departure programs are by the end of October, and deadlines for Summer departure programs are in December or January.

Students whose family hosts a Youth for Understanding - USA exchange student are eligible for an automatic $500 scholarship for summer programs and $800 scholarships for semester and year programs. For more information on hosting a YFU-USA international student, visit the website at http://www.yfu-usa.org

For a complete list of available scholarships, and more information about the Youth for Understanding -USA International programs, check out the website at http://www.yfu-usa.org/ao/scholarships.htm or call 1-800-TEENAGE  ( 1-800-833-6243).

Graduate Student Funds for Latin American/Caribbean Area Studies
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies is pleased to announce two funding opportunities available to UWM graduate students pursuing a Latin American/Caribbean area studies specialization in their graduate program.  Information can be found on the CLACS website: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/scholarship.htm

The Center also seeks Faculty Leaders to lead small groups during the January seminars and convention programs, perhaps even bringing pre-formed groups as part of a class.  Talented instructors will spend one or two weeks in January and/or two weeks in Boston (Democratic Convention) or New York (Republican Convention) next summer to help with the academic side of the programs.  For more information about the faculty leader positions, please e-mail us at:  seminars@twc.edu.

U.S. colleges and universities are invited to submit proposals to host a scholar under the Understanding Contemporary Islam program of the American University in Beirut.  In making selections, AUB will give priority to institutions that do not have extensive academic programs or courses on Islam or Muslim societies.  Undergraduate liberal arts colleges, minority-serving institutions, community colleges, and other state or private institutions are encouraged to apply.

Application deadline:  November 1, 2003 for programs beginning April 1, 2004 or later.

Application materials and further information can be found at http://www.cies.org/uci or by e-mailing uci@cies.iie.org.

Awards will be given partially to defray University-approved travel expenses (transportation, room, board, and conference fees).

Awards will be limited to support for:

• research leading to results expected to be disseminated in scholarly papers, books, or other means
• formal participation, performance, or exhibition outside the U.S.  Participation is defined as presenting the results of research at an international professional meeting, not merely attending a conference. Appropriate documentation must be submitted.
• curriculum development
• travel to plan, develop, or strengthen exchange programs for students to earn degree credits through overseas study or internships, and for faculty to participate in research and scholarship at foreign institutions.

The Worldwide Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program brings visiting scholars and professionals from abroad to lecture at U.S. colleges and universities for one semester or one academic year. Fulbright Scholars-in-Residence can have a significant impact on U.S. colleges and universities. In addition to teaching courses, scholars give campus-wide and community lectures, help initiate international programs and contribute to curriculum development. Although preference is given to proposals in the humanities or social sciences, other fields focusing on international issues will be considered. The program is especially appropriate for small liberal arts colleges, minority-serving institutions, and community colleges, many of which do not often have the chance to host visiting scholars.

Under the Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) Program, interested institutions submit proposals to invite scholars to teach one or more courses and to be in residence for a semester or an academic year. Proposals are welcome from individual institutions, as well as from consortia of two or more institutions. Institutions may suggest suitable candidates or have the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) recruit scholars from a particular world area. Proposal guidelines are available for download at http://www.cies.org/sir/sir.htm. The application form is also available for download (in Word format) at: http://www.cies.org/sir/sir.htm.

A separate program exists for universities to host experts on the European Union (EU SIR) as resident fellow for one term. All institutions with appropriate programs and activities relating to EU affairs are encouraged to submit proposals under this program.

For more information on the Scholar-in-Residence Program, please contact: Marshall Ellis at marshall.ellis@fulbright.org.

The IDRF awards enable doctoral candidates of proven achievement and outstanding potential to use their knowledge of distinctive cultures, societies, languages, economies, polities, and histories, in combination with their disciplinary training, to address issues that transcend their disciplines or area specializations. The program supports scholarship that treats place and setting in relation to broader phenomena as well as in particular historical and cultural contexts.

Standard fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months in the field, plus travel expenses. They will rarely exceed $20,000. In some cases, the candidate may propose fewer than nine months of overseas fieldwork, but no award will be given for fewer than six months.
 

Application Timeline  November 3, 2003:  Online registration must be submitted no later than midnight, EST  November 10, 2003:  The complete application package must arrive (mail or hand-delivery) at the Social Science Research Council  End of April:  Notification of competition results mailed to all applicants  July 2004-December 2005:  Fellows must conduct their IDRF-funded research

The fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2004 and December 2005.

• Classroom Videoconferences
• Course Development
• Undergraduate Research Circles
• Faculty Travel for Professional Development

For more information on the funded activities, an application, or general information about the Bachelors Degree in Global Studies, please visit our website at http://www.international.uwm.edu.

This  conference is jointly organized by NEGOCIA, a French business school, LEARN  (Laboratory of Applied Studies and Research on Negotiation) of ESC Lille and GFN (French Group for Negotiation).

Over  60  researchers and practitioners coming from 14 different countries will be participating to explore, exchange and even confront different approaches  in  negotiation. Numerous workshops and round-table discussions will be dedicated to such matters as international commercial and political negotiations, cross-cultural  dimensions,  ethical  aspects,  negotiation and public policies, concepts of negotiation, and mediation.

• Those interested in participating in this conference should visit the website: http://www.negocia-evenementiel.com/biennale_negociation_dec_2003/index.html
• For a registration form and procedures: http://www.negocia-evenementiel.com/biennale_negociation_dec_2003/bulletin_eng.pdf

For fellowship conditions:  http://www.aiys.org/conditions.html

An application form is available at: http://www.aiys.org/application.html

For more information:

Dr. Maria deJ. Ellis, Executive Director
American Institute for Yemeni Studies
P.O. Box 311
Ardmore PA 19003-0311
(610) 896-5412, fax (610) 896-9049
E-mail: aiys@aiys.org

The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering first-hand research experience in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, or Australia, an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location, and orientation to the language and culture.  The institutes last approximately eight weeks from June to August. Approximately 175 students will be supported for the summer of 2004.

Host Institutions: University, government and corporate research laboratories, depending on the program.

Eligibility: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents; be enrolled at U.S. institutions in graduate programs (M.S. or Ph.D.) in science or engineering or M.D. programs with an interest
in biomedical research; and pursuing studies in fields of science or engineering that are supported by the National Science Foundation. For Japan, fields of study may also include those supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Support: International round-trip air ticket; living expenses (accommodations, food and professional travel) at the foreign location; and a stipend of $3,000.

Deadline: December 23, 2003 (Please complete your application early, as you must include letters of reference and transcripts which may be impossible to get after your university closes for the winter
holidays.)

For further information:

• http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf03608
• http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int

Applications are due January 31, 2004 for Fall 2004 study.

For more information visit the website: http://www.aed.org/nsep or contact the Overseas Programs office at (414) 229-5182.

The TEA Program was established to provide an opportunity for award winning US teachers to utilize their talents and expertise to improve the quality of secondary education in Eurasia and to create linkages and learning partnerships between US and Eurasian schools. Participants

Take part in a three-day summer cross-cultural symposium, "Celebrating Teaching Excellence Across Cultures" and a two-week exchange program with teachers from Eurasia who won the TEA program in their country. Funds for this program were provided through a grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

For more information, please contact:

Marilee Muchow
Program Officer
US-Eurasia Awards for Excellence in Teaching
American Councils for International Education
1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036

tel: (202) 833-7522
fax: (202) 293-0037

For more information, please see http://www.international.uwm.edu  or call 229-3757.  Applications must be postmarked by this Saturday, November 1, 2003.

UWM is an AA/EO employer.

The ISC is currently preparing staffing lists for the following terms: Spring 2004 (May to mid-June), Summer 2004 (mid-June to mid-July), Fall 2004 (September-December) and Winter 2005 (January-April). In certain cases multi term contracts may be considered. Courses for which staffing may be required include offerings in:

Art, Art History, Archaeology, Astronomy, British Studies, Commerce, Drama, Economics, English, Film, French, Geography, German, History, Intercultural Studies, International Studies, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Political Studies, Psychology, Spanish, Women's Studies, World Religions.

Instructors with excellent university-level teaching records, demonstrated research achievements or potential, and Ph.D. in hand or near completion are invited to apply using the attached application form. Applicants should state the area(s) in which they wish to teach, and must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.  The deadline for receipt of applications is November 17, 2003.

For more information, please visit the ISC web site at http://www.queensu.ca/isc/or contact Gary Wagner, Director of the International Programs Office, Queens University, at  (613) 533-2815 or  wagnerg@post.queensu.ca.

Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature
    http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/
Hosted at Bard College, with a dispersed staff composed of distinguished writers, translators, and publishing professionals, Words Without Borders (WWB) seeks to address the current "dangerous imbalance" in publishing (about 50% of all books in translation worldwide are translated from English, but only about 6% are translated into English). Browse the Web site by issue -- July/August, September, and October 2003 are available -- or select literature geographically. Readers will find both fictiion and non-fiction in the form of essays, poems, and excerpts from longer works. There are also book reviews, brief biographical information about authors, and a link to sign up to receive the journal via email.

Ancient World Mapping Center
    http://www.unc.edu/awmc/
Located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Ancient World Mapping Center is funded by the UNC College of Arts and Sciences and the American Philological Association. The Center is primarily designed to promote the usage of cartography and geographic information science within the field of ancient studies. The Center's main web page begins with a host of recent news events related to ongoing research dealing with the ancient world from various fields, including geography, archaeology, and history. Equally helpful is the New Sites and Finds area, which gathers together new and useful sites dedicated to investigating various aspects of the ancient world. Of course there is also the map room area where visitors can download any one of a number of detailed maps (many of which have been created by the staff at the Center) of the ancient world. Some of these maps include those of Byzantine Constantinople, Ptolemaic Egypt, and several of ancient Greece.

Vietnam: Journeys of Mind, Body & Spirit
    http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vietnam/?src=e_ce
Oriented around the theme of journeys, this online exhibit explores the various journeys that both the nation and people of Vietnam has undergone over the past few millennia, in particular the transition from French colonial control through the conflict with the United States, and the movement to a free-market economy over the past decade.
Curated by Laurel Kendall (and hosted by the American Museum of Natural History), the exhibit begins with Journeys Through Time and Space, where visitors can read some introductory remarks about the country, such as the various ethnic groups in the country, its geography, and history. The other sections (which are interspersed with photographs and illustrations) deal with death rites, the importance of various deities, and the transformation of the economy in the country. The site also features several fine video clips, including a 4-minute video of the rite that marks the passage of a young Vietnamese boy into manhood.

SocioSite
    http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/
With the broad range of research interests covered within the field of sociology around the world, it is a formidable task to attempt to offer a clearinghouse of information about the various aspects of this area of scholarship. This site puts forth an admirable effort in this arena, and is maintained by Albert Benschop, a professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam. The site is divided into 18 subject areas, including those devoted to courses, journals, data archives, research centers, associations, newsletters, publishers, and subject areas. The Sociologists section is quite helpful for those looking to peruse valuable online materials related to important persons who have worked in sociology (and other related disciplines), such as Claude Levi-Strauss, Robert Merton, Erving Goffman, and dozens of others. Almost every section is arranged geographically, facilitating searches for journals found in almost any part of the world, or for sociology departments on different continents. Finally, those who would like to contribute helpful links or materials to the project may also sign up to join up as a correspondent or editor.