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A publication of UWM's Center for International
Education, Global Passport
provides up-to-date information on
international education programs, opportunities, and resources,
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Culture Café
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for 2004, Culture Café is bringing the world closer to UWM by creating a time
and place for all students to get to know each other over FREE food, coffee,
games, and a brief informal presentation about the featured culture.
Culture Café is held in Garland Hall Room 104 from 2:00 - 3:30 PM. The Spring 2004 Schedule:
"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. The 2004 schedule:
The Wisconsin Institute is committed to a balanced review of diverse perspectives. Submissions are welcome from all disciplines. Our intended audience includes scholars from a wide range of interests within the university community and educated members of the larger public. The format allows the publication of original previously-unpublished works of sufficient length to give authors the opportunity to discuss a particular topic in depth. Other forms of creative writing are invited. Contributors should avoid submissions accessible only to specialists in their field. The Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict may also include book reviews. Persons interested in reviewing should contact the editor.
Submissions for the 2004-2005 annual edition should be a maximum of 25 pages, double-spaced. All manuscripts should be composed in MS word using Bookman Old Style, 10-point font. Citations are to be in the body of the text as follows: e.g., (Jones, p. 35) with a full bibliography at the end of the article. Include a brief bio statement with a note that includes your institution. Include separately your email, snail mail address, and work phone number. Be certain that you have spell checked your manuscript prior to submission. Send all poetry to Dr. Kent Shifferd at Shifferd@bitstream.net for possible inclusion in a new publication, the War/Peace Poetry Journal. (The Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict is no longer accepting poetry). Submissions are accepted on a continuing basis.
The deadline for the 2004-2005 issue is April
1, 2004. Five copies of each submission should be sent to The
Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, UWSP LRC, 900 Reserve
Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481. In addition, supply the manuscript
electronically to wiinst@uwsp.edu.
Sidney Chalhoub is Visiting Professor of History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Professor of History at the University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. He is the author of Visões da Liberdade: uma história das últimas décadas da escravidão na corte; Cidade Febril: Cortiços e epidemias na corte imperial; and several articles on working-class culture in late nineteenth-century Rio, slave emancipation, the rise of urban public health regimes, and, most recently, a biographical study of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis.
Why is the campaign to mitigate the AIDS epidemic in Southern Africa not succeeding? This talk will present perspectives from South Africa, where health workers, prison workers, educators, NGOs, religious leaders, and farmers responded to the question of why there is no abatement in the infection rate of HIV. This presentation will also offer probing questions about where the AIDS campaign should focus in the future.
Dr. Jacques du Plessis, a native of South Africa,
is an assistant professor in the School of Information Studies. He has a
particular interest in the cultural mediation of information. This presentation
is based on new research conducted this winter during a two-month stay in
South Africa where Dr. du Plessis traveled over 5000 km.
This program covers formal education, popular
education, literacy campaigns and other aspects of Cuban society. You will spend
time in Havana, Pinar del Río, Cienfuegos and Trinidad meeting a variety of
people involved in various aspects of Cuban society. The main objective for this
course is to help pre-service and in-service teachers construct curricula that
would bring Cuba into their Wisconsin-based classrooms and to their students.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to
participate in this exciting and educational
program.
The application deadline for this programs has been extended to April 16, 2004.
NOTE: Our Cuba travel license, granted by the U.S. Department of Treasury, mandates that program participants be degree-seeking students at accredited U.S. institutions. Credits earned on this program must transfer to home institution and count towards an academic program.
For further information, please consult these web documents:
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/OPP/programs.html#Summer%20ProgramsYou may also contact UWM Overseas Programs and Partnerships directly at:
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/OPP/summer%20flyers/summer%20flyers%202004/Cuba%20Flyer%202004.pdf
Pearse Hall 166
Phone: 414-229-5182
E-mail: overseas@uwm.edu.
College and university students from across the state of Wisconsin submit and present papers, serve on panels, conduct round table discussions, or create artistic works related to the theme. Undergraduate students' submissions that are selected for presentation are eligible for monetary awards. A wide variety of topics are relevant to the theme of "Promoting Positive Peace" on an individual, national, or international level:
The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies is a consortium of public and private institutions of higher learning in Wisconsin dedicated to encouraging and legitimating teaching and research on the roots of violence, national and global security issues (including ecological security) and on all factors necessary for a just global peace.
All films are free and will be shown in their original language with English subtitles. (Films not rated; many include adult content.) A comprehensive schedule is available at:
For more information please call the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at (414) 229-5986.The series is co-sponsored by UWM
Union Sociocultural Programming, the Center for International Education, the
Center for 21st Century Studies, the Center for Women's Studies, the Office of
Multicultural Affairs, the Departments of Africology, Art History, English,
Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Spanish and Portuguese, the
MAFLL Program, and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Certificate Program.
In collaboration with the Chicago Latino Film Festival.
Featured Speakers
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Join the live radio audience! In partnership with Wisconsin Public Radio.
For more information: Contact the Institute of
World Affairs - e-mail iwa@uwm.edu or call
414-229-3220.
This conference seeks new perspectives and challenging insights on the subject of global migration and exile in recent history, across various regions and sites, whether geopolitical, representational, or conceptual.
The conference is free and open to the public.
For more information, please telephone
414-229-3757 or send an e-mail inquiry to Amy Kuether at kuether@uwm.edu.
Admission is $8 for the general public. Complimentary admission is available for Institute of World Affairs Members and Polish American Congress Members.
To Register
The Selma Jeanne Cohen Fund enables a dance scholar to present a major paper at the Fulbright Association’s annual conference. The 2004 lecture will be delivered on Thursday, October 7, during the Fulbright Association’s 27th Annual Conference in Athens, Greece. The conference will be held in conjunction with an international meeting on Oct. 8 through 10 organized by the Association of Fulbright Scholars in Greece. The recipient of the Selma Jeanne Cohen Fund award will receive round-trip travel and associated expenses.
The 2004 lecturer will be chosen according to guidelines developed with the founder of the fund, Dr. Selma Jeanne Cohen, preeminent dance historian and founding editor of the International Encyclopedia of Dance. The competition is open to all dance scholars. Proposal guidelines are available from the Fulbright Association and are posted on its web site at http://www.fulbright.org/cohenfund.
Fulbright alumnus Wayne B. Kraft, researcher, choreographer, and performer of Transylvanian village dancing, presented the 2003 Selma Jeanne Cohen Lecture on Nov. 1 in Washington, D.C. Dr. Kraft, professor of German at Eastern Washington University and director of the Erdély Ensemble, spoke on “Transylvanian Dancing in the Final Hour.”
In 2002 Gretchen Ward Warren, professor in the School of Theater and Dance at the University of South Florida, presented “Dancing with the Wheel of Ever Returning: A Theatrical Adventure with Australian Aborigines and Native Americans,” a project that grew out of her Fulbright award to Australia in 1997.
In 2001 Robin Marshall Grove, senior lecturer in the Department of English with Cultural Studies of the University of Melbourne, Australia, delivered the lecture “Unspoken Knowledges,” about the project of the same name, which attracted from the Australian Research Council the largest grant ever awarded for performing arts research in Australia.
Fulbright alumna Leslie Friedman, artistic director of The Lively Foundation in San Francisco, presented the inaugural lecture, “Expression in Dance,” concerning research done during her Fulbright award to India on Indian dance and aesthetics.
The Fulbright Association is a
private, non-profit organization that supports and promotes the Fulbright
Program, an international educational and cultural exchange initiative created
in 1946 by legislation sponsored by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of
Arkansas. There are now over 250,000 Fulbright alumni throughout the
world.
We are pleased to announce that the registration period for the summer 2004 Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is now open, and we will be accepting applications through May 14, 2004. Details of this program and course listings follow. All of this information, as well as applications, are available on our web site at http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/hracademy
For inquiries and requests for applications, please contact us at: American University Washington College of Law Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Prof. Claudia Martin and Prof. Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon Co-Directors 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016-8181 USA
Tel: (202) 274-4070
Fax: (202) 274-4198
E-mail: hracademy@wcl.american.edu
Web: http:///www.wcl.american.edu/humright/hracademy
Recognizing the multifaceted nature of global education, the conference will highlight innovative initiatives in a wide variety of curricular and program areas, including:
Faculty and administrators from two-year, four-year and graduate institutions are invited to apply. Retired and adjunct faculty frequently receive grants as well.
Traditional Fulbright awards vary from two months to an academic year or longer. While foreign language skills are needed in some countries, most lecturing assignments are in English.
Application deadlines for 2005-2006 grants are:
This program brings faculty currently teaching at any two-year, four- year, or technical college/university in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa or Minnesota to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a period of up to 7 days between May 15, 2004 and August 10, 2004. Scholar Access Grants allow participants to consult with International Studies specialists at UW-Madison, and to use the University's international and global studies library collections.
Three scholars will be selected to participate in the 2004 program. Applications to study themes closely related to those of the Global Studies Program (Global Citizenship, Environment and Technology, and Human Rights) will receive priority consideration.
The grant covers transportation to Madison, lodging, per diem and miscellaneous research expenses (e.g., photocopying) up to a total of $750.
At the end of the grant period (August 14, 2004), scholars must submit a project report to the Global Studies Program. The report should include a brief outline of Madison activities and meetings, and specific plans to integrate information gained from the grant into courses.
For more information and application instructions,
please see http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/globalstudies/awards/SAG/Scholar_Access_Grant.htm
Applications are due March 31, 2004.
The upcoming deadline for the Global
Research/Curriculum Development program is April 1, 2004. For more
information, contact Sachin Tuli, assistant director for outreach-CIBER, at tuli@bus.wisc.edu or
608-265-4938.
Students interested in Peace Studies Scholarships
are encouraged to visit the Peace Studies website at http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Peace.
Completed applications, due April 9, 2004, should be sent to:
Monica McIntosh, ILOP Coordinator
International Secretariat
Amnesty International
1 Easton Street
London WC1X 0DW, UK
The Fulbright Visiting Specialists Program: Direct Access to the Muslim World will support 20 to 25 grants for visits of between two and six weeks by scholars and professionals from abroad. The Visiting Specialists may present lectures or short courses, team-teach with American colleagues, or assist in program and curriculum development in colleges and universities. They will also participate in public outreach programs, by speaking to community groups, service clubs, and religious and school groups.
Proposals will be accepted from liberal arts and minority-serving institutions with limited or no current programs on the Muslim world. Proposals will also be considered from larger institutions with established area studies programs that could benefit from a Visiting Specialist in a particular subject not currently offered but needed for program development. This program does not support research or language training.
Institutions may request a specific individual as a Visiting Specialist, in which case the institution must solicit a separate application from this individual. However, if an individual is not named, a successful proposal will be matched with a scholar from among former Fulbrighters who indicated an interest in participating in the program.
Fulbright grants will include air travel, in-transit allowance, per diem and an honorarium. Application deadline: April 15, 2004.
Please visit http://www.cies.org/Visiting_Specialists
for application materials and further information. If you have any questions
please contact Mamiko Hada at vstngspec@cies.iie.org.
The Middle East Institute at Columbia University
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/regional/mei/
Founded in 1954, the Middle East Institute of
Columbia University has offered a multidisciplinary approach to studying the
Middle East, with a particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th century. Currently
under the direction of Professor Rashid Khalidi, the Institute sponsors a number
of conferences and talks each year, and also functions as a clearinghouse for
information on the region. Alongside detailed information about various public
programs for scholars and the general public, the institute's site also provides
some helpful educational materials, such as a Research Projects section. Here
visitors can download materials on educational outreach for Muslim sensitivity,
and peruse other documents on researching Middle East topics on the Internet.
The e-Resources section is also worth a look, as it contains a number of
archived lectures on very topical themes, including Iran and Israeli and
Palestinian nationalism.
Downing Street
Says
http://www.downingstreetsays.com/
It's hard to sort out the world of political spin
in the United States, and certainly the situation in Britain is rather similar
in this regard. Fortunately, a collection of civic-minded individuals have
created this website, which serves to bring the daily briefings offered by the
British Prime Minister's Official Spokesmen direct to internet browsers.
Essentially, twice a day (when Parliament is in session) a select coterie of
political journalists is briefed by the PM's Official Spokesmen, and then they
are allowed to ask brief questions. This site brings together these official
statements and the queries (and responses) brought up by the political
journalists who attend these briefings at 10 Downing Street. The site was
started in February 2004, and visitors can view an archive of all the briefings
since then and post their own comments as well. Additionally, there is a section
that explains these meetings and the impetus for creating such a site.
Frontline:
World
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/index.html
The PBS television news program, Frontline, has
been applauded over the years for its fine coverage of important national and
international topics that demand intensive research and a commitment to
investigative journalism. This relatively recent addition to the program,
Frontline: World aims "to not only help fill the void in current international
news coverage but also to engage the American public in global stories that
resonate in their own lives." Each episode of Frontline: World contains two or
three short stories, told by an eclectic group of video journalists and
reporters who are working in various countries, such as Sierra Leone, Bhutan,
and Bolivia. On the site, visitors can watch the programs in their entirety,
browsing through a list of programs organized by location, date, place or theme.
Visitors can also take part in lively online discussion forums, which are
provided as a place for viewers to debate and discuss some of the complex
problems and issues raised by these short features. The site also includes an
area for educators that features helpful educational materials, and a place
where they may sign up to receive email updates about new materials and upcoming
programs in the series.
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