In this issue:
- The Brothers Karamazov in Wisconsin
- New and Emerging Migrations - K-12 Teacher Workshop
- Islam in Russia and the Newly Independent States - K-12 Teacher Workshop
- Faces of Globalization: Global to Local Connections in Teaching and Learning
The Brothers Karamazov in Wisconsin
March 31 & April 1, 2008 in MiddletonThe Center for the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to announce our fourth program in the Great World Texts in Wisconsin series. "The Brothers Karamazov in Wisconsin" will build on the success of the "One Hundred Years of Solitude in Wisconsin," "Don Quixote in Wisconsin" and the "Dante's Inferno in Wisconsin" programs. During the 2008-2009 academic year, high school and college classes from across the state will participate in reading The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
The mission of the /Great World Texts in Wisconsin/ program is to encourage more high school and university students to read the classic world texts of the humanities and to connect and engage UW faculty and high-school teachers across the state in this project. High school and college classes will participate in these projects throughout the year. Each program culminates in a student conference in the spring. More information about past programs is available on our website.
We invite your participation in our 2008-09 program, "The Brothers Karamazov in Wisconsin." Please find attached to this email the call for participation and application to our program. The call and application are also available on our website. You are invited to fill it out and send it along to us. If you should want to talk with us about it, we are happy to hear your questions and answer your concerns.Keep in mind that we are giving priority to teams of teachers who are teaching the work across subject areas and grade levels, in collaboration with one another.
The deadline for application is June 1, 2008. Please note that we have moved the deadline up from last year in response to feedback from teachers who have participated in the program over the last three years.
Please feel free to contact Megan Doherty, information below, with questions about the program or the application process.
Meghan Doherty
Program Coordinator, Great World Texts in WI
Center for the Humanities
Ph 608.890.1468
Fx 608.890.0779
New and Emerging Migrations
23 - 27 June 2008
Lowell Hall, UW-MadisonWe are pleased to announce that Global Studies and the Center for European Studies will be offering a K-12 Teacher Workshop this summer. The workshop will be held 23-27 June 2008 at Lowell Hall on the UW-Madison Campus.
The theme for this summer's workshop will be New and Emerging Migrations – encompassing such topics as new immigrant communities, forced migration, human trafficking, and social adaptation & integration. As we work to develop the program for this workshop we welcome your suggestions for subjects within this theme. Please contact either Mark Lilleleht (Outreach Coordinator, Global Studies) or Csanad Siklos (Outreach Coordinator, Center for European Studies) with suggestions or any questions.
Additional details on speakers, programming, and registration will be available on the workshop webpage. We have also begun to compile and make available pre-workshop resources and materials. You can also email Mark and request to receive workshop updates by email.
Islam in Russia and the Newly Independent States
25 - 27 June 2008
On the campus of the UW-MadisonAnnual Summer Teacher Workshop - organized by CREECA
UW-Madison Campus
June 25-27, 2008Islam in Russia and the Newly Independent States
It is once again time to begin thinking about the CREECA annual summer workshop. This year the theme is "Islam in Russia and the Newly Independent States." A flyer is available to download here.
Interested parties should submit the registration form along with the workshop fee by May 23, 2008.
This year's workshop will be held from June 25-27 on the UW-Madison campus. Because CREECA is the sole sponsor of this year's workshop, the number of days has been reduced from five to three. As in the past, participants will earn a single graduate credit for successful completion of the course.
Please feel free to contact Nancy Heingartner, CREECA Outreach Coordinator, with questions.
The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
210 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706Tel: 608.265.6298
Fax: 608.890.0267
Email: outreach@creeca.wisc.edu
Website: http://www.creeca.wisc.edu/
The Faces of Globalization: Global to Local Connections in Teaching and Learning - 2008 Global Studies Summer Institute
23-25 July 2008, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeRegister now for the 2008 Global Studies Summer Institute (GSSI)!
The theme for this year’s program is “The Faces of Globalization: Global to Local Connections in Teaching and Learning,” and will take place from July 23-25 at UW-Milwaukee’s Hefter Conference Center. $95 covers all sessions, materials, meals, refreshments and lodging (double-occupancy).
Program Description:
A call center representative in India explains a charge on your credit card bill; a Brazilian logger fells a rainforest tree for your new coffee table; a Burmese monk posts a video on YouTube showing a military crackdown on peaceful protests, sparking an international outcry; a Mexican farmer moves to Wisconsin for work in a meat processing plant after corn prices plummet...
These are the faces of globalization. It is a process that has forged unprecedented connections. Some are obvious; others are less apparent. They represent the new world of challenges and opportunities in which your students will live and work.
The 2008 Global Studies Summer Institute (GSSI) will introduce some of the complex forces that constitute globalization, and examine globalization’s impacts on the economy, society, culture, and the environment. Teaching applications across curricular areas and grade levels will be integrated throughout the program. The Global Studies Summer Institute (GSSI) is a three-day program for K-12 educators focused on contemporary global issues and their practical applications for the classroom. GSSI features informative presentations by global educators, university experts, and international affairs practitioners, and provides a forum for exchanging ideas and experiences integrating global education across the curriculum.
Registration information and a downloadable brochure are available online at http://www.iwa.uwm.edu/. For more information, please contact Nicole Palasz at palasz@uwm.edu or 414.229.3312.
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