TABLE OF CONTENTS

• PROGRAMS AND SCHOLARSHIP
  • Upcoming Shows: International Focus
  • This Summer:  Lambada at the Lake:  Alterra to Host Latin Music Performance Series
  • August 1:  Deadline for Submissions on Global Indigenous Media
  • August:  Call for Submissions -- Gender and State Reform in Latin American and the Caribbean
  • WPSA Annual Conference
• GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS & AWARDS
  • July 29:  Applications due for IIE/Southeast Asia Internship Program
  • Abe Fellowship Program
• EMPLOYMENT
  • August 3:  Applications due for International Student & Scholar Advisor
• FEATURED WEB SITES
  • National Library for the Environment
  • Trading Places: America and Europe in the Middle East
  • G8 Gleneagles
  • Center for Democracy & Technology
  • The Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business
  • UN News Centre: The Middle East
  • National Geographic News
  • Darfur Dawn: The Conflict in Darfur Through Children's Eyes
  • World Health Organization: Influenza
  • Caravan Kingdoms: Yemen and the Ancient Incense Trade

International Focus
Viewers are invited to tune in Sundays at 5 p.m. to Channel 36, WMVT, for the International Focus series hosted by Rob Ricigliano, Director of the Institute of World Affairs.  The upcoming schedule will tentatively feature:

• July 31 - "Mexico" with guests Javier Tapia and Jose Vasquez
• August 7 - "China" with guests David Buck and Carla Freeman
• August 14 - "Nuclear Proliferation" with guests Steven Redd and Chuck Baynton
• August 21 - "Torture" with guests Lawrence Albrecht, Robert Beck and Tomas Kuzmanovic
• August 28 -  "Iran after the Elections" with guests Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee and Ali Dadpay
• September 4 - "The European Union" with guests Wolfgang Schmidt, John Katzka and Donald Pienkos.

• July 28th: Pangaea (Caribbean steel pan)
• August 11th: Luís Díaz Quintet (Afro-Caribbean jazz)
• August 25th: Punto De Vista (salsa)

All performances will be held at Alterra at the Lake, 1701 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive.  Limited parking is available in the lot behind the café, though attendees are strongly encouraged to park in the free, public marina parking lot across the street.  In the event of inclement weather, the event will be held indoors.

Guests are welcome to enjoy their food and drinks outside, either on the patio or on the adjacent grassy area.  In addition to coffee, espresso-based beverages, and baked goods, the lakefront café serves a variety of sandwiches, soups, and salads.  This summer Alterra will operate an outdoor concession tent so that attendees of both Música del Lago and Florentine at the Lake do not have to go into the café to purchase refreshments.

Música del Lago is co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with additional support from Latino Arts, Inc.
of the United Community Center.

Headquartered on the East Side, Alterra Coffee Roasters has supplied Milwaukee with fresh-roasted specialty coffees since 1993.  The company operates five retail locations in the metropolitan area and supplies more than 400 wholesale accounts in Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest.  Alterra is committed to developing open, respectful relationships with partners in both the local and global communities.

This collection will pay careful attention to the diversity of this expression by incorporating discussions of the full range of production: feature film, documentary, video art, multimedia works, television programs, radio broadcasts, internet activism, and journalism. Clearly, growing international and national support has multiplied the outlets for cultural expression: combating discrimination, preserving indigenous cultures and environments, and advocating for cultural rights, such as the right to one's own language, protection of indigenous traditional knowledge and sufficient provision of resources to indigenous peoples and their media to promote indigenous language use.

Given the expansiveness of the category of indigenous media, Drs. Stewart and Wilson would like to encourage contributions that think across the divides of geographies, technologies (film, television, radio, internet), cultures, and politics.  Moreover, they would like this collection to reflect the interdisciplinarity of indigenous media studies.  They thus welcome contributions from Native American studies, cinema and television studies, visual anthropology, cultural studies, art history, journalism, and communication.  Stewart and Wilson will include historical research, local case studies, interviews with producers, cross-cultural analyses,international perspectives, as well as metacritical work.

Submitted essays will be grouped in the following sections:

• Histories
• Contemporary Practices, Technologies, Industries, & Politics
• Producers-Interviews, Manifestos, Portraits and Monographs
• Local Case Studies
• Connections: Indigenous Media in a Global Perspective
• Indigenous Media Practices and Political Activism-Supranationalism, Group Rights, Sovereignty
• Festival Networks
• Activist and Artist Networks
• The State of the Field

• Dr. Michelle Stewart, Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Literature, SUNY-Purchase College:  Michelle.stewart@purchase.edu
• Dr. Pamela Wilson, Associate Professor of Communication, Director of International Studies, Reinhardt College: Psw@reinhardt.edu

This issue seeks to provide a forum for studies dealing with the relationships between the first and second generation of state reforms and the cultural, economic, and social situation of women. We welcome papers on gender differences in the civil service, cultural stereotypes of bureaucracy, and women as the clients of changing public services and structures.
Also, we strongly encourage discussions into new terrains such as the interactions between gender and the privatization of public utilities, as well as women's collective action and their incidence on those public policies geared towards state innovation and change.

Papers can be submitted in Spanish, English, or Portuguese. If accepted, the author will have to provide a Spanish version of the article. The review panel is composed of international scholars from institutions in Latin America, Europe, and the U.S.

The deadline for submission is August of 2005. The expected publication date is March of 2006.

All papers should be sent electronically to:

revistapoliticaygestion@unsam.edu.ar
Attn. Ana L. Rodríguez-Gustá, Guest Editor.

If you have any ideas for papers, panels, or anything else, please please contact Dr. Russell Brooker, Social Science Department, Alverno College, at Russell.Brooker@alverno.edu. Any field of political science is welcome.  Some interesting papers and presentations have already been proposed on Plato, Russian politics, American public opinion, and the politics behind public memorials (with particular emphasis on the World Trade Center site).

To submit your ideas or for more information, please e-mail Russell.Brooker@alverno.edu.

Alverno is only about 20 minutes from UWM and has "massive amounts of free parking."

Application Deadline: July 29, 2005 for the fall semester (September - December)

For more information, please contact:
Pakprim Oranop: Program Officer- Scholarships Unit or Phinthip Karasuddhi: Program Officer- Advising and Educational Services

Institute of International Education/Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand
Tel:  +662 652 0653
Email: pakprim@bkk.iie.org or phinthip@bkk.iie.org
Web: http://www.iiethai.org

The Abe Fellowship supports professional research in the social sciences or humanities on contemporary policy-relevant issues, especially those which promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between Japan and America. Applicants must be citizens of the U.S. or Japan (or be able to demonstrate serious affiliations with research communities in the U.S. or Japan) and hold the terminal degree in their field by the start of their fellowship term.

• Minimum Qualifications:  A bachelor’s degree, prior experience working in an academic setting, strong interpersonal communication, advising and listening skills, word-processing and file management skills are required.  Applicants must be US citizens or Legal Permanent Residents.  Qualified candidates must be: flexible and able to work well in a fast-paced and constantly interrupted environment; able to work independently, in partnership with a fellow advisor, and as part of a team; able to work daily with UWM, ISSS, and government computer databases; and capable of learning, interpreting and applying detailed and complex Federal government laws and regulations.
   
• Preferred Qualifications:  Preference will be given to candidates demonstrating a combination of the following qualifications: experience working with the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS); advanced knowledge of U.S. immigration laws and regulations pertaining to international students and scholars in an academic setting (F, J, B, H, L, E, and LPR); a graduate degree in a related field; experience planning and implementing student programs and activities; other advising or teaching experience; prior office support experience; study abroad and/or foreign language study experience.
   
• Compensation: This is a 12-month, full-time Academic Staff appointment with excellent benefits.  Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
   
• Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, current resume, and the names, addresses (including email, if available), and phone numbers of three references, postmarked by August 3, 2005, to:

Jennifer Gruenewald
Center for International Education
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone:  (414) 229-4846     Email: jgruene@uwm.edu

National Library for the Environment
    http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/
The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) established the National Library for the Environment in order to provide a "single-point entry to environmental information and data." Visitors can peruse Congressional Research Service reports, NCSE announcements, and environmental news culled from the Earth Vision organization. The Research Service reports can be searched by topic (such as biodiversity or climate change), or through a keyword search engine. The site also contains a number of briefing books on such timely topics as agriculture policy, global climate change, and electric utility restructuring.

Trading Places: America and Europe in the Middle East
    http://www.brookings.edu/views/articles/gordon/survival20050603.pdf
Understanding some of the policy shifts between the United States and Europe regarding international intervention strategies can be difficult, and there are numerous factors that must be considered in any such analysis. This compelling paper from Philip H. Gordon of The Brookings Institution looks at the changing approach to policies in the Middle East during the past few years, with special attention paid to previous conflicts that played themselves out during the 1950s. In his remarks, Gordon notes that, "In the Middle East today, the Americans are merely walking in the footsteps of Europeans who, when they were the world's great powers, also felt it necessary to use force to try to reshape the region." With its keen eye towards historical analysis in light on contemporary events, this paper will be of significant interest to the general public and those with an interest in political science.

G8 Gleneagles
    http://www.g8.gov.uk/
Every year since 1975, the heads of state of the major industrial democracies have met to discuss and debate the major policy issues affecting the international community and their own domestic situations. This year this important meeting (referred to as the G8 Summit) was held at the Gleneagles Resort in Scotland. This site is the homepage for the summit, and as such, contains a host of materials on the meeting, including a FAQ section, information about the countries that participated in the G8, and a glossary of relevant terms. Of course, most visitors will want to learn about the main issues that will be dealt with this year, such as countering terrorism and climate change. The "Summit Documents" area is a section that definitely warrants a closer look, as it contains information on previous summits and policy statements that were adopted during these meetings.

Center for Democracy & Technology
    http://www.cdt.org/
Since its creation in 1995, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has worked "to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age." The homepage contains thematic headings that will guide visitors to much of the important material here, and includes such areas as the CDT's Legislative Center, its Resource Library, and several of its most recent policy briefs. Perhaps the best way to begin learning about the work of the Center is by browsing through the Issues section on the homepage. Some of the issues visitors can learn about include the latest developments in the worlds of digital copyright, consumer privacy, and open government. The Resources area is also worth a look, as it contains full-text articles, recent Congressional testimony on a number of germane issues, and headlines in RSS format.

The Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business
    http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/chazen/
Much of the world of business has been transformed by the processes of globalization, with many transnational corporations having multiple headquarters located in far-flung corners of the world. Recognizing this important transformation, Jerome A. Chazen (an alumnus of Columbia University's Business School) offered a donation to begin the Institute of International Business that bears his name. First-time visitors to the site will want to peruse the "News & Events" section on the homepage straight away, as it offers insights into the recent activities of the Institute. The real highlight of the site is the Chazen Web Journal of International Business, which contains papers and research reports on a wide range of topics, including management, finance, and entrepreneurship. The site is rounded out by the information it provides on grants and prizes awarded by the Chazen Institute.

UN News Centre: The Middle East
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=70&Body=Palestin&Body1=

The Middle East is a vastly complex region, both in terms of its cultural history and the very intricate political economy that is in flux throughout the area. The UN News Centre area dedicated to the Middle East will help interested parties keep abreast of developments in the area, along with providing them access to information about the UN's activities and initiatives in the region. The site organizes the material into a number of sections, such as those that contain press remarks and statements from the Secretary General, resolutions from the Secretary Council, and documents from the General Assembly relating to the Middle East. The homepage also contains specific information on the UN peace missions in such locales as Lebanon and the Golan Heights. As with most sites offered by the UN, the materials on this site are available in Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish, and Chinese.

National Geographic News
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/
During its long history, the National Geographic Society (and its accompanying magazine) has reported a host of important scientific discoveries from around the world. Keeping that fact in mind, many users will not be surprised to learn about the presence of the National Geographic News site, which provides access to many of the day's most compelling news, including updates on the Space Shuttle launches and new archaeological discoveries. The news stories are thematically organized around such familiar topics as animals and nature, health, and the environment. The feature section titled "Pulse of the Planet" is a nice find, along with the "Offbeat" area, which offers a bit of lighter news coverage, such as the news that a grizzly bear-sized catfish caught in Thailand.

Darfur Dawn: The Conflict in Darfur Through Children's Eyes
    http://hrw.org/photos/2005/darfur/drawings/introduction.htm
The situation in Darfur in Sudan has fallen off the mainstream media radar as of late, despite the fact that the situation in that part of the world remains fairly desperate. In February 2005, Human Rights Watch researchers Dr. Annie Sparrow and Olivier Bercault visited Darfur to assess a number of issues in the refugee camps in the region. In doing so, thy collected numerous drawings from children in the region that documented their own experiences during the recent months. On this site, visitors can view these drawings, many of which depict these experiences (such as the bombings by Sudanese government forces) in harrowing detail. Additionally, visitors can also listen to Sparrow talk about her mission and work in and around the area.

World Health Organization: Influenza
    http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/en/index.html
While many public health risks take turns dominating the media spotlight, influenza continues to be a very real risk for billions of people around the globe. While the most well-known influenza pandemic remains the world-wide outbreak of the disease in 1918, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to explore and track incidences of this disease in an effort to avoid another outbreak. On the WHO page dedicated to this disease, visitors can read a factsheet about the disease, and also peruse the organization's mission statement and priority activities as regards monitoring influenza. The site also contains links to rather timely documents that include a set of policy recommendations for strengthening the response to pandemic influenza and also on the subject of avian influenza. Not surprisingly, visitors can also learn about the latest outbreaks of the disease as reported by WHO officials and correspondents.

Caravan Kingdoms: Yemen and the Ancient Incense Trade
    http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/yemen.htm
With the general assistance of a host of corporations, the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution have created a probing exhibit that explores the artistic heritage of Yemen through items found in the ancient kingdoms of Qataban, Saba, and Himyar in the southern Arabian peninsula. The objects included in the exhibit include stone funerary sculpture, architectural fragments, and other such items of material culture. The accompanying online exhibit offered here is quite well-organized, as visitors are presented with six major themes that outline the history of these empires, complete with an interactive timeline that puts various cultural, historical, and trade developments into a broader context. Additionally, visitors can also learn about the in situ exhibit and read trenchant reviews from a number of sources, such as The Washington Times.