TABLE OF CONTENTS

• PROGRAMS
  • November 19:  Global Conversations
  • November 19:  International Bazaar
  • November 21-23:  Holiday Folk Fair International
  • 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
• GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
  • Study Abroad Scholarships for High School Students
  • Graduate Student Funds for Latin American/Caribbean Area Studies
  • Washington Center Seminars
  • December 1:  Applications due for UWM Faculty Travel Grants
  • 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 27:  Applications due for Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
  • January 31:  Applications due for Boren Graduate Fellowships
  • United States-Eurasia Awards for Excellence in Teaching Program
  • February 12:  Applications due for Boren Undergraduate Scholarships
• EMPLOYMENT
  • November 17:  Applications due for Lecturer Positions at International Study Centre, Herstmonceux Castle
• FEATURED WEB SITES
  • Demos
  • OECD in Figures
  • Convention on Biological Diversity
  • Grants.gov

Global Conversations
The Center for International Education and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies offer a new annual program entitled "Global Conversations: Bringing the World to Wisconsin."  This program will link prominent experts on global issues with students, educators, and the community via video conference.

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.

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

The Folk Fair features food, demonstrations, exhibits, performances, crafts, gifts and more from a wide variety of cultural and ethnic groups. Ticket prices are $7 advance sale and $9 at the door.

For more information see its web site: http://www.folkfair.org

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 Today:  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

• 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. - "The Hirbat Hizaa Affair: Culture War and the Airing of National Guilt in Israel,"  Professor Tasha Oren, Department of English

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).

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.

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.

• 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

Sponsored by: East West Council for Education and the Center of Asian Pacific Studies of Peking University

Web address: http://www.hicsocial.org
Email address: social@hicsocial.org

The 3rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences will be held from June 16 (Wednesday) to June 19 (Saturday), 2004 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii.  The conference will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from the social sciences fields to interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines.  Cross-disciplinary submissions with other fields are welcome.
 
 

Topic Areas (All Areas of Social Sciences are Invited): Anthropology Area Studies (African, American, Asian, European, Hispanic, Islamic, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Russian, Women's and all other cultural and ethnic studies) Communication Economics Education Ethnic Studies/International Studies Geography History International Relations Journalism Political Science Psychology Public Administration Sociology Urban and Regional Planning Women's studies Other Areas of Social Science Cross-disciplinary areas of the above related to each other or other areas. The Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences encourages the following types of papers/abstracts/submissions for any of the listed areas: Research Papers - Completed papers. Abstracts - Abstracts of completed or proposed research.  Student Papers - Research by students.  Work-in-Progress Reports or Proposals for future projects.  Reports on issues related to teaching. For more information about submissions see: http://www.hicsocial.org/cfp_ss.htm Format of Presentations: Paper sessions will have three to four papers presented in each 90 minute session, giving each presenter 20 - 30 minutes. Workshop presentations will be given a full 90 minute session.  Panel sessions will provide an opportunity for three or more presenters to speak in a more open and conversational setting with conference attendees.  Submissions for these 90 minute sessions should include the name, department, affiliation, and email address of each panelist in addition to a description of the presentation and the title page.  Poster sessions will last 90 minutes and consist of a large number of presenters.  Poster sessions allow attendees to speak with the presenters on a one-to-one basis.

Submitting a Proposal:

• Create a title page for your submission.  The title page should include:
  • title of the submission
  • topic area of the submission (chooses from above list)
  • presentation format (choose from above list)
  • name(s) of the author(s)
  • department(s) and affiliation(s)
  • mailing address(es)
  • e-mail address(es)
  • phone number(s)
  • fax number(s)
  • corresponding author if different than lead author
     
• Email your abstract and/or paper, along with a title page,  to social@hicsocial.org.  Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged via email within 48 hours.
  • If you do not wish to email your submission, you may send it via regular mail or fax to:
    • Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
    • P.O. Box 75023
    • Honolulu, HI, 96836, USA
      • 808-947-2420 (Fax)
      • ***If submitting via regular mail, please supply two copies of your submission***
  • There is a limit of two contributed submissions per lead author.
     
• Submissions will only be published in the conference proceedings if at least one of the authors registers and attends the conference. More information will be provided upon acceptance.
   
• If you wish to be a session chair, please e-mail your request to social@hicsocial.org and indicate the topic area in which you are interested. Registration for the conference is required to be a session chair.

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

After the scholarship, participants must work in a U.S. government agency involved in national security affairs or in U.S. higher education.  The duration of the service requirement will be equal to, but not greater than, the length of the scholarship support under NSEP auspices.  The NSEP scholarship is to be used for study abroad and awards will range from full scholarships (covering tuition and other program costs, round-trip airfare on a U.S. flag carrier, health insurance, and local transportation) to minimum awards of $2,500 for summer, $4,000 for a semester or $6,000 for an academic year.

The application deadline is February 12, 2004 for the 2004-2005 application cycle.

For more information visit the website: http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/nsephome.htm#overview  or contact the Overseas Programs office at (414) 229-5182.

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.

Demos
    http://www.demos.co.uk/
The number of independent think-tank groups around the U.K. continues to grow, but Demos is certainly one of the more compelling, and one that persons with an interest in public policy, governance, and other related topics will want to take a look at. The research at Demos is focused primarily around five themes: democracy, learning, enterprise, quality of life and global change. Along with its interest in producing informed research, Demos has initiated a number of practical projects as well. On the Demos Web site, visitors can read about the various research projects, read short briefs about completed projects, and browse through a catalog of publications. Some of the more intriguing research publications include such works dealing with educational assessment measures, the child protection system in the UK, and so-called inclusive communities.

OECD in Figures: Statistics on the Member Countries, 2003 Edition
    http://www1.oecd.org/publications/e-book/0103061E.PDF
Released recently by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), this important fact-book presents 97-pages of valuable statistics about the 30 member countries that constitute the membership of the OECD. The first 76 pages are largely devoted to presenting tables of statistical tables on key themes that include economic growth and performance, employment, trade, development aid, research and development, science and technology, and education expenditures. Pages 77 to 91 present tables of statistical information relating to consumer prices, health spending, road fatalities, life expectancy, investment flows, and consumer prices. For each table, there is a brief explanation of how the data was gathered and analyzed, along with a short discussion of what each table indicates. For persons working in the field of development studies or those with an interest in the performance measures of OECD countries, this document will be quite useful.

Convention on Biological Diversity
    http://www.biodiv.org/
Convened after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the Convention on Biological Diversity has three primary goals: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources. The main body of the organization's home page is dedicated to disseminating information about upcoming meetings, news, and events, such as the expert meeting on the global strategy for plant conservation and the various constituent groups that make up the Convention. The number of online documents available here is quite prodigious, and is divided into groups that include quarterly reports, global biodiversity outlook reports, and case-study documents. Users may elect to browse through these collections, or choose to use the search engine. On the left-hand side of the site's homepage, visitors can peruse the numerous sections devoted to the convention bodies (along with information about their current status and respective missions), information services provided by the Convention, and a well-developed area on biosafety protocol.

Grants.gov
    http://www.grants.gov/
The federal government has thousands of grant programs, and navigating the numerous Web sites administered by the various grant-making agencies and departments can be difficult at times. Stepping into that breach is Grants.gov, which serves as an electronic storefront for federally-administered grant programs. From the homepage, visitors may want to begin by browsing through a list of grant topics, which range from housing to the humanities. Clicking on each topic will lead to another list detailing which federal agencies provide (or may provide) grant monies within each area. Visitors looking for greater search capabilities will want to move to the grants synopsis search area, which allows for customizable searches for quick access to the relevant grants and application documents. Equally helpful is the federal grant notification service that allows individuals to be notified when new grant announcements are released by various agencies. Through this notification service visitors may also register to receive all notices from selected agencies, funding categories, eligibility groups, or funding opportunity number.