TABLE OF CONTENTS

• PROGRAMS
  • Register Now for Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School 2003
  • Call for Participants:  19th Annual Conference of the WIPCS
  • Coming this November:  Common Ground Film Series
• GRANT, FELLOWSHIP & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
  • Goldman Sachs Foundation Prizes for Excellence in International Education
  • UWM IT Faculty Invited by Ajou
  • August 1:  Applications due for CIBER Workshop Proposals
  • September 15:  Applications due for USIP Senior Fellowship
  • September 15:  Applications due for Understanding Contemporary Islam Program
  • October 15:  Applications due for Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program
  • November 1:  Applications due for Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence Program
• FEATURED WEB SITES
  • Law in Mexico Before the Conquest
  • BBC: Civilisations
  • Global Nomads Group
  • Amnesty International - Report 2003
  • Alexander Palace Time Machine

The Summer School offers a showcase of workshops in Irish dance and music, crafts, lectures, Gaelic language instruction and a historical overview of the Irish heritage.  The school continues to draw hundreds of individuals from all over the world to teach and participate in this annual favorite prior to the festival.  Of particular note is the Child's Day Camp for 6- to 10-year-olds.

Special "family,"  "day camp," and "individual" rates are available.  Registration forms must be postmarked no later than Saturday, August 1, 2003 to avoid a $10 additional processing fee.

For an overview of the program's courses, see http://www.irishfest.com/summerschool/index.htm   For further information, please contact Barbara Breed-Heidt, College of Letters and Science, Celtic Studies, at 262-227-6538 (cell) or joheidt@uwm.edu

The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies is now accepting proposals for presentations relating to the 2003 conference theme:  “New Paths to Peace:  Innovative Approaches to Building Sustainable Peace and Development.”

Those interested in attending may use the conference's on-line registration form, to be posted on the WIPCS web site:
http://matcmadison.edu/multicul/peace/  and also available at   http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Peace/conference_newpaths.html.
 

Purpose and Goal:  Failed and failing states pose perhaps the most dangerous threat to the security of the U.S. and the world community, as well as the millions of inhabitants of those states.  However, the international community has not found a reliable way to build sustainable peace and development in many of the world's neediest areas.  The purpose of the conference is to explore the state of the art in promoting and implementing innovative approaches to build sustainable peace and development -- with an emphasis on new approaches to integrate interventions across professional disciplines (e.g. humanitarian relief, development assistance, human rights, environment, diplomacy, and conflict resolution) and to integrate top-down and bottom-up approaches. Submissions:  Academics and practitioners are encouraged to submit paper abstracts relevant to the conference theme by September 1, 2003 to:  Rob Ricigliano, Director, Peace Studies Program, UW-Milwaukee,  robr@uwm.edu.  Abstracts should be no more than 3 pages long and contain an annotated outline of the paper.  Topics might include: Research on measuring effectiveness of programs aimed at building sustainable peace and development. Case studies that document examples of inter-field collaboration or other innovative approaches (what works, what causes difficulty, lessons learned, etc.). Case studies, research, and/or policy analyses on cooperation between Track 1 and Track 2 actors (lessons learned, barriers,  models of success, etc.). Papers that examine the conceptual and policy barriers to true inter-field cooperation. Papers that document and analyze the specific difficulties of trying to build sustainable  peace and development in the failed state environment. Papers that examine attempts to integrate traditional humanitarian or development programs with peacebuilding or conflict resolution programs.

Co-Sponsored by the UWM Peace Studies Program and the Center for International Education.

"There is an alarming gap between the growing importance of other world regions to our nation's economic prosperity and national security, and most young Americans' lack of knowledge of the world outside our borders. In response to the importance of international knowledge and skills to the nation's future, the Goldman Sachs Foundation together with Asia Society are pleased to announce the creation of five new $25,000 prizes to support creative and practical models of international education in action. The prizes will recognize schools, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, and SECONDARY, that engage students in learning about other world regions; states that are actively promoting teaching and learning about other world regions, cultures and languages in their education system; colleges and universities that have strong international content in their teacher preparation or K-12 outreach programs; and media or technology companies and organizations that are making international content and information available to students and teachers in stimulating new ways."

To find out more about the awards program and for application materials, visit http://www.InternationalEd.org/prizes.htm.

Ajou seeks professors with the following qualifications:

• Ph.D. holders who have studied at prestigious universities and who are able to teach and guide thesis in English
• Over five years of working experience in the field of Information Technology
• Non-Korean nationality
• Required teaching hours:
  • Teaching professors (six hours/ week)
  • Research professors (three hours/ week)
• The ability to participate in International Co-Research Projects and to publish journals that can secure indexing in the SCI (Science Citation Index) database.

• Total Salary:
  • The invited professors will be paid equivalent to their current salaries at their own institutions.
    • (Current monthly salary)  X  (number of months invited) = Total Salary
    • Maximum: approximately 84,000 U.S. Dollars
    • Based on $1=1,200 Korean Won
• Round-trip cost (round-trip airfare)
• Housing
• Office
• Medical Insurance (Ajou University Hospital)
• Tax: Exemption depends on Korea's tax agreement with each country. (e.g. Professors from the U.S. can be exempted from taxation for up to two years when working in Korea.)

To apply, candidates should submit via email their resumes including their current salaries.   Please contact Dean Soo-Hun Lee (inter@ajou.ac.kr) or Professor Yong-Deuk Kim (yongdkim@ajou.ac.kr) with any questions regarding this program.

This one-day workshop seeks to unite faculty and administrators from various disciplines to develop a stronger base of international business education in the upper Midwest. The program will offer opportunities for participants to discuss best practices in the teaching of international business, share educational materials and models, evaluate funding strategies and opportunities, discuss study abroad and exchange issues, and develop a network of professionals invested in international business education. Registration information and the workshop schedule will be available in September at: http://www.bus.wisc.edu/ciber/events/events.asp

Proposals related to teaching and learning of international business, foreign languages, and closely related fields in higher education are welcome. We especially encourage sessions with innovative and successful teaching strategies, the application of new technologies to teaching international business, strategies for grant writing and applying for funding, effective partnerships with foreign institutions and student exchange/study abroad programs, and sessions which enhance participants' knowledge of international business topics or emerging market areas. Applicants are welcome to submit more than one proposal.

A total of six sessions will be offered during the two concurrent tracks. Each session will last 75 minutes.

Sample session topics include:

• Integrating international business and foreign language courses
• Panel on creating an international business curriculum
• Using case studies to teach international business
• Ethics and international business
• Developing an overseas exchange program
• Identifying grant opportunities and keys to successful grant applications

Please contact Sachin Tuli, CIBER Assistant Director for Outreach, at tuli@bus.wisc.edu with any questions.

This program is co-sponsored by the UW-Milwaukee School of Business, the Global Business Resource Center at UW-Whitewater, the International Business Resource Center at UW-Platteville, the International Trade Center at Waukesha County Technical College, and the Wisconsin Technical College System Standing Committee on International Education.

Application materials are available upon request.  Receipt date for return of applications: September 15, 2003.  Notification of Awards:
April of 2004.

For application materials, please visit the Institute's Web site at http://www.usip.org, or contact:

United States Institute of Peace
Jennings Randolph Program
1200 17th Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036-3011

(202) 429-6063 (fax)
(202) 457-1719 (TTY)
jrprogram@usip.org

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 deadlines:

• September 15, 2003 for short-term programs in the January to March of 2004 period and for one-semester programs beginning in January, 2004
• November 1, 2003 for programs beginning April 1, 2004 or later.

The Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs administers these exchanges under the Fulbright Program, the flagship exchange program of the U.S. government that promotes mutual understanding between citizens of the United States and other countries. Since the establishment of the Fulbright Program in 1946, more than 229,000 Americans and citizens of other countries have participated. The Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program features direct one-to-one exchanges and offers reciprocal advantages to participating institutions. Schools and communities gain the expertise and perspective of the visiting exchange teacher and, subsequently, share the experiences of their returning faculty members. Approximately 400 educators take part in the program each year.

U.S. and international teachers continue to be paid by their home institutions while exchanging classrooms, usually for a full academic year. For the individual educator, this is the ultimate professional development opportunity. Administrator exchanges consist of reciprocal three- to six-week visits to each administrator's institution. The U.S. Administrator works with his or her foreign counterpart as a team in shadowing and sharing information on administrative duties. There is an eight-week seminar in Italy and a six-week seminar in Greece for two-year college faculty and teachers (grades 7-12) of Latin, Greek, or the classics.  Please note that the 2004 Greece Classics Seminar will not be held due to preparations for the Olympic Games in Athens.  The program will resume in summer 2005.

Participating countries for the academic year 2004-2005 include Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, Oman, Peru, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay.

U.S. educators interested in participating must be U.S. citizens, have a full-time teaching or administrative position, be in at least the third year of full-time employment (for teaching and administrative exchanges) or in the second year of full-time teaching (for summer seminar participation), and be fluent in English. In some non-English speaking countries, demonstrated fluency in the appropriate language is required. The Presidentially appointed J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board will select participants.

Applications must be postmarked no later than October 15, 2003. Requests for applications, publicity material, and general information should be directed to:

Ms. Roberta Croll, Outreach Specialist, Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 320, Washington, DC, 20024; phone 800-726-0479; e-mail: fulbright@grad.usda.gov;  Website: http://www.fulbrightexchanges.org

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 opportunity 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.

Law in Mexico Before the Conquest
    http://www.law.utexas.edu/rare/aztec/Home.htm
While first-hand accounts of legal practices within Mayan and Aztec society are almost non-existent, this fine online exhibit produced by the Tarlton Law Library staff at the University of Texas documents some of what is currently known about the law in Mexico before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. The exhibit draws on several well-known sources, such as the History of the Things of New Spain (written by the Franciscan missionary Fray Bernardino de Sahagun) and the Codex Mendoza, a report to the Spanish crown about its new land holdings in the New World. The topics covered by the exhibit include the practice of tribute, property law, slavery, and, of course, punishment. Each section features a brief overview of the featured theme, along with illustrations from documents such as the Codex Mendoza. The exhibit concludes with a selection of relevant links, including an excellent bibliography of resources on Aztec and Maya law compiled by Mike Widener, the head of Special Collections.

BBC: Civilisations
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/interactive/civilisations/
The rise and fall of civilizations over the history of humankind is a difficult thing to accurately depict in graphic form, but this BBC online presentation is a wholly engrossing way to look at the transformation and dissemination of religions and ideologies. Guided by the presence of a virtual ant that weaves its way across the introductory screen, the screen displays a metaphorical phrase from a Persian poet: "How can an ant know the pattern of the carpet?" As the site itself notes, "Civilisations represents an attempt to exploit the Internet's strengths (i.e. user customization, evolving websites, animation, and critical user feedback." It succeeds in this enterprise, as users can customize the interactive map of the world so that they can modify the speed at which themes are displayed over time (such as the spread of Hinduism), along with focusing on any given area of the world. The interface also allows users to examine key events in the development of any given ideology or religion, including Communism and its diffusion across the world. This site is an excellent way for users of all ages to view a novel and compelling way of visually depicting the movement of various religions and ideologies.

Global Nomads Group: Project Voice: After The War
    http://www.gng.org/projectvoice/index.html
Global Nomads Group is a Non-profit organization that promotes understanding among the world's youth. GNG transcends national and cultural boundaries by bringing young people from around the world together, face-to-face, to discuss today's world. As part of GNG's Project Voice, days before the US-led invasion of Iraq in March, 2003, a small group of Iraqi High School students from Baghdad College and American Students from the Metropolitan Learning Center in Connecticut met face-to-face via a videoconference. They discussed their lives, and the impending war. In June, 2003 the group met once again to share their post-war feelings and reactions. The Webcast of the meeting can be viewed at this Web site. There is also a very interesting online diary and a list of quality links for information on Iraq. This site is very educational and the general public could benefit from watching the Webcast. The site might also be a good educational resource for High school and College students.

Amnesty International - Report 2003
    http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/index-eng
Amnesty International recently released its 2003 Report, which "documents human rights abuses in 151 countries and territories during 2002" and "is a contribution to the work of human rights defenders struggling to achieve a safer world, a world where human rights take priority over political, military or economic interests." Those interested will find summaries of human rights situations around the world and Amnesty International's specific concerns in each. Although the full report must be ordered for a small charge, the Web site contains a significant amount of information including a message from the Secretary General, a 2002 "in focus" section, a description of Amnesty's activities, news stories, multimedia products, regional summaries, and information on each nation's specific activities.

Alexander Palace Time Machine: Life in a Romanov Palace
    http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/
This site, created by Russian history enthusiast and preservation advocate, Robert Atchison, provides abundant information about the Alexander Palace in St. Petersburg. Atchison became fascinated with the palace as a child and has traveled to Russia multiple times to push for the palace's restoration -- the beautiful neo-classical structure built by Catherine the Great had been used as a military installation by the Soviet Baltic Fleet since the 1950s. The site gives users access to a variety of types of information, including biographies (written primarily by Atchison) about those associated with the palace, floor plans, photos and links to related sites.