May 19, 2009
Teaching Global Feminisms, 06/01/2009, Rackham
REGISTER by May 27, 2009
The University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender
GLOBAL FEMINISMS IN THE CLASSROOM
OR TEACHING GLOBAL FEMINISMS
A two-hour interactive workshop presented by
Geraldine Forbes, Distinguished Teaching Professor
Mary McCune, Assistant Professor
Department of History, State University of New York Oswego
Monday, June 1, 2009, 4:00-6:00 pm
Rackham Building, East Conference Room
Dinner at 6:00 pm, Rackham Building, West Conference Room
This event is free but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED at
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=d07b8JdoEGxwkzvoXCWetQ_3d_3d
Women's history, a new discipline in the 1970s, saw feminism as a Western ideology and paid little attention to movements for women's rights and autonomy beyond Europe and the USA. "No feminist works emerged from behind the Hindu purdah or out of the Moslem harems; centuries of slavery do not provide a fertile soil for intellectual development or expression," wrote Miriam Schneir in her Introduction to a book entitled Feminism: the Essential Historical Writings. When Western historians first looked at women's movements in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, they judged them as lacking the essential qualities of feminism, especially individualism and the idea that male dominance was responsible for female oppression.
Students in American universities, whether enrolled in Women's Studies or other programs, generally share these ideas. McCune and Forbes will discuss the results of a brief survey given to Oswego students (in Women's History and other General Education history courses) to assess their level of knowledge about women and feminism in Asia and Eastern European countries. They will discuss the ways in which Western feminists have viewed Asian and Eastern European women and how topics related to these women have been taught in Women's History/Studies courses.
McCune and Forbes will also present the course they developed-History 370: Global Context:
Women's Rights in India, China, Poland, and the USA-offered at SUNY Oswego in the Spring 2008. This course addressed a growing trend to identify and understand feminism(s) in different geographical and cultural settings, and consider whether there is a Global Feminism, or if we must think about this in the plural as Global Feminisms. Using the resources developed for the University of Michigan's Global Feminisms project, students in the class explored global connectedness, the uniqueness of individual feminists within their countries, and the extent to which feminism is rooted in the historical past. The course utilized this rich collection of life histories to gain new understanding of the impact of family, education, and life experiences, and an appreciation of the tactics and strategies devised to resolve issues.
For more information on this event, please contact Desi Rios at drios@umich.edu
or
Timothy Corvidae at corvidae@umich.edu.
For information about the Global Feminisms Project,
www.umich.edu/~glblfem/
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March 19, 2009
Funding: US Embassy Policy Specialist
Deadline: April 6, 2009
US Embassy Policy Specialist (EPS) Program, IREX
IREX is pleased to announce 2009-2010 competition for the US Embassy Policy Specialist (EPS) Program.
The EPS Program provides fellowships to US scholars and professionals for up to eight weeks to serve US Embassies as policy specialists on a chosen topic and pursue their own research project independently.
EPS Grant covers the cost of travel and housing and provides a living stipend.
Eligible Embassies and Fields:
* Azerbaijan (US Embassy, Baku)
*Environment
*Labor
* Religion
*Georgia (US Embassy, Tbilisi)
*Civil Society
* Kazakhstan (US Embassy, Astana)
* Inter-Ethnic Relations
* Religion
*Moldova (US Embassy, Chisinau)
*Civil Society
* Economics
* Russia (US Consulate, Vladivostok)
* Economics
*Tajikistan (US Embassy, Dushanbe)
* Economics
*Education
* Politics
* Turkmenistan (US Embassy, Ashgabat)
* Environment and Agriculture
The EPS application and supporting materials are available on the IREX website:
http://www.irex.org/programs/eps/index.asp
Completed applications are due no later than April 6, 2009
Postdoctoral Scholars and Professionals with advanced
degrees (MA, MS, MFA, MBA, MPA, MLIS, MPH, JD, MD)
are eligible to apply for the EPS Program
Questions may be addressed to the EPS Program Staff at
eps@irex.org or by telephone at 202-628-8188
EPS is funded by the United States Department of State
Title VIII Program
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Scholarship: EE Junior Scholars Training Seminar, 08/07-10/2009, Seattle
The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) and the East European Studies Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars are now soliciting applications for the twenty-second annual training seminar for junior scholars in East European studies, be held in Seattle, Washington from August 7-10, 2009, at the Talaris Conference Center. Participants in this exciting seminar will present their research; discuss the works of other junior scholars; and exchange impressions of the state of the field with a group of senior scholars. These scholarships are only available to US citizens or permanent residents who are graduate students enrolled in a doctoral or masters program or recent graduates in any field of East European studies.
For more information on the Junior Scholars Training Seminar, including application instructions, see the following page:
http://www.nceeer.org/Programs/JSTS/jsts.php
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March 13, 2009
Summer Seminar: George Mason University, VA
Deadline: March 31, 2009
Free IHS Summer Seminar Institute for Human Sciences, George Mason University
If you're like many students, you're not quite satisfied with standard answers to social and political issues. You like to think for yourself, and you often come up with answers that don't fit neatly into "left" or "right" pigeonholes.
In the face of new global challenges, IHS seminars provide an opportunity to re-examine society and politics from outside the usual boundaries. They open a window on the classical liberal or libertarian perspective-a perspective that begins with individual liberty and explores where that leads for the individual, community, government, economy, culture...
Libertarianism is "the cutting-edge politics of the time," say Village Voice writers. And the New York Times reports it is drawing increasing interest among students.
Explore interesting questions...
What is the proper role of government?
How much liberty is good for the individual?
What conditions foster peace and prosperity?
What is the relationship between liberty and globalization, and how is globalization reshaping our world?
How can we protect the environment and still protect freedom of choice and opportunity?
What tools can help us solve social and economic problems most effectively?
Wherever you're coming from, an IHS seminar is an adventure in ideas.
Pick a seminar that's right for you!
The IHS seminar series offers something for everyone. Whether you are interested in a broad introduction to classical liberal ideas, or you want to extend your knowledge through intense discussion, explore the connections between art, music, and liberty, or discuss environmentalism, the future of globalization, or civil liberties, IHS has a seminar for you.
IHS also offers seminars appropriate for students and recent grads pursuing careers in journalism or public policy and academia or research.
The application deadline for IHS Summer Seminars is March 31, one month from now. If you want to spend a week (or weekend) with 60 of your peers exploring ideas, hearing lectures from top faculty, and discussing opinions, thoughts, and ideas all day and into the night then I encourage you to complete an application soon! You can find details on the program at www.TheIHS.org/Seminar
Check out our lineup and see which one is the right fit for you.
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Institute for Humane Studies - 3301 N Fairfax Drive - Suite 440 - Arlington, VA 22201-4432
OVIDIU PALCU
PhD Candidate
University of Athens
Faculty of Political Science
IHS seminars offer...
An intensive educational experience
IHS assembles a top-notch faculty of leading scholars. They draw on history, economics, political theory, public policy, law, and more. Spending the entire week with students, they share knowledge, trade ideas, present arguments and counterarguments, and explore practical implications.
Activities and hands-on learning
Trading games that simulate real world markets, exercises designed to grapple with actual problems, and lively discussions focused on a popular television show or film are some of the many interactive learning sessions at each IHS seminar. Because most people learn best by actually doing, lecturers encourage students to grapple with problems borrowed from the real world.
Discussion and debate
Each day is structured to include many opportunities for discussion. Participants exchange views in small groups, ponder thought experiments posed by professors, and offer challenges to the ideas. Informal discussion goes on into the wee hours of the night.
Career advice
A career session is tailored to the focus of each seminar. And interaction with faculty and staff throughout the week gives students an opportunity to gain insights about careers in the world of ideas, from academia to public policy, from journalism to film.
Join students from around the world...
Undergraduates, recent graduates, graduate students are encouraged to apply..
For more than 20 years, IHS seminars have attracted bright, thoughtful students who share an interest in learning and exchanging ideas about the scope of individual rights, how markets work, what laws are justified, how to foster peace and prosperity, and more.
Participation is free!
Accepted applicants are awarded scholarships worth approximately $1,000, covering the cost of the program, room and board on a college campus, and materials and books. This is made possible through the generous support of the Institute for Humane Studies by contributors who want to encourage understanding of the principles of a free society.
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January 27, 2009
CONF.- National Identity in Eurasia, 03/22-24/2009, Oxford
CONF.- National Identity in Eurasia, New College, Oxford, 22-24 March 2009
National Identity in Eurasia: Identities & Traditions
22-24 March 2009
New College, University of Oxford
Convenor: Professor Catriona Kelly
Deadline for registration: 10 March 2009
Website: http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/russian/nationalism/eurasiaconf.htm
Email: russian-nationalism@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk
The conference explores the institutions, ideologies, and practices
that have shaped identity in the countries that once formed part of
the Soviet Union and in the states and cultures that border the former superstate. It traces the history of 'Eurasia' as a concept, and analyses the role of political interest groups, religious beliefs, museums, education, and everyday experience (whether under direct state control or governed by what are believed to be autonomous 'traditions' in evolving concepts of ethnic, national, and
transnational culture). Gathering together anthropologists,
historians, political scientists, sociologists, and specialists in
cultural studies from the Caucasus and Central Asia, Belorussia,
France, Germany, and Russia as well as the UK and the USA, it presents a uniquely wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary forum for informed discussion of issues that are of enormous topical significance.
We are pleased to announce that the conference registration is now
open. Please note that the number of places is limited. We anticipate
a high demand and you are advised to register as early as possible.
Conference participants will be registered strictly on a
first-come-first-served basis, without exceptions.
To register, please follow the instructions on the conference website
registration pages:
http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/russian/nationalism/eurasiaregistration.htm
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January 23, 2009
Conference: Book of Royal Degrees and Russian Historical Consciousness, 02/26-28/2009, UCLA
UCLA's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures invites you to the upcoming conference, "The Book of Royal Degrees and Russian Historical Consciousness," starting Thursday, February 26, through Saturday, February 28, 2009.
This three-day international conference, organized by Professor Gail Lenhoff (Slavic Languages and Literatures, UCLA), celebrates the publication of a critical edition of Russia's first narrative history, The Book of Royal Degrees, produced in the Moscow metropolitan's scriptorium between 1555-1564, during the reign of Ivan the Terrible.
Invited speakers from Russia, Great Britain, France, Germany and the United States, representing various academic disciplines, will present papers on the book's treatment of Muscovite history, politics, theology, literary production, artistic subtexts and reception. Other questions to be considered include: 1) religion and governance; 2) preconditions for a "culture of history"; 3) ways in which pre-modern writers of history seek to understand, legitimize and influence the present; 4) the ways in which historical narratives such as The Book of Royal Degrees contribute to the rise of nationalism and the survival of absolute monarchies; and, 5) the uses of historical narratives in the building of a civil, democratic society.
The program is cosponsored by CMRS, the Center for European and Eurasian Studies, the UCLA Vice Chancellor for Research, and the UCLA Dean of Humanities.
Place: Royce Hall 314
Time: variable, consult the program schedule at
http://www.cmrs.ucla.edu/programs/russian_history_2009_program.pdf
Advance Registration: Not required
Fee: None
Please contact the Center for Medieval for Medieval & Renaissance Studies at 310-825-1880 or cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu if you have any questions.
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January 22, 2009
Seminar: Conducting Archival Research, 05/25-29/2009, D.C.
Deadline: February 10, 2009
George Washington University’s Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies is pleased to announce the 7th annual Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research (SICAR). This prestigious five-day seminar will be held in Washington, D.C., from 25-29 May, 2009. SICAR trains graduate students from multiple disciplines to maximize their research in archives and is based around three themes:
• preparing to go to an archive and structuring time once there
• understanding how archival documents come to be written and deposited in archives
• tackling the challenges of interpreting archival documents, including issues of culture and foreign language.
Students from the US and abroad working on dissertations in international relations and modern history are encouraged to apply. Applications should include the form available at www.ieres.org, as well as:
1. a two-page proposal indicating how the week-long Summer Institute would be beneficial to your dissertation research
2. a curriculum vitae
3. one letter of recommendation from a faculty member in your department.
Applications should be sent to sicar@gwu.edu by 10 February, 2009 with the subject line reading “SICAR application.” Recommendation letters may be e-mailed or sent to: The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies; ATTN: SICAR; 1957 E St. N.W., Suite 412, Washington, DC 20052.
The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
The Elliott School
1957 E St. N.W., Suite 412
Washington, DC 20052.
Email: sicar@gwu.edu
Visit the website at http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/academics/sicar_09.cfm
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