The aim of the roundtable is to understand the current and future impact of semiconductor manufacturing industry on the international relations and our environment.
Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) will host an on-campus workshop and film screening with Ms. Chen Xiangqi. Ms. Chen is a feminist activist and the founder of Shanghai Nv’Ai (https://www.chinalgbt.org/shanghai), the only lesbian nonprofit organization in Shanghai, China. Ms. Chen’s documentary, Shanghai Queer (2019), documents the lives of LGBTIA+ people in the city. Following the screening, […]
Pu Yin Lecture Series talk by Prof. Chia-lin Pao Tao Please join us on Thursday, April 13 at 4 pm (Arizona Time) in the Copper Room at the Student Union for the next lecture of the Pu Yin Lecture Series! A reception will follow. This is a hybrid (in-person/online) event. To receive a link to the webinar, please […]
Registration is now open for the 4th annual Global Studies Virtual Symposium, a virtual two-day conference connecting global studies scholars and educators across campuses. The symposium offers an engaging teaching and learning forum for sharing best practices, ideas, and resources with colleagues. Friday, April 14, 2023 (Day 1): Internationalizing the Curriculum at Home Friday, April […]
Dr. Tina Lu of Yale University delves into the history of Jingshi (translated as An Anatomy of Lenses), a book produced circa 1681 and discovered in the Shanghai Library archives in 2007. Dr. Lu will discuss what this book tells us and doesn't tell us about the development of optical lenses in 17th Century China. The difficulties in […]
The Global Studies Virtual Symposium is a virtual two-day conference connecting global studies scholars and educators across campuses. The symposium offers an engaging teaching and learning forum for sharing best practices, ideas, and resources with colleagues. More information on Day 2 of the event is listed below. Friday, April 14, 2023 (Day 1): Internationalizing the […]
(Monday – Fridays only) Join us for a virtual journey that will introduce East Asia’s diverse cultures and environment while building and enhancing your tool chest of teaching resources for the classroom. Focusing on the regions that comprise present-day China, Japan, and Korea, participants in this free online seminar will engage with experts and other […]
The international educators’ program, Teachers Collaborating Across Borders (TCAB) is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 academic year! This program, organized by the University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies, accepts 20 K-12 teachers from the US and 20 K-12 teachers from across the Middle […]
Online Event The K-16 Education Outreach Program at the African Studies Center hosts an annual series of book group meetings to read and discuss engaging novels by African authors. In this event, participants will 1) discuss Reine Pokou by Véronique Tadjo; 2) learn about ways to approach this text with your students; and 3) view […]
Nine virtual webinars covering European Union-related topics on social science, humanities, and STEM.
This ORIAS summer institute will focus on the emergence and transformation of global legal regimes from the late 18th century to the present. Through the lens of crime and punishment, participants will learn about the historical processes through which legal regimes have been created, reinforced, negotiated, and expanded. We will also explore the role of global legal regimes in modern international issues including migration, natural resources, and climate change.
Maximizing foreign language output in the classroom: An in-depth, interactive, two-week, virtual course
Join us for a day of engagement on the climate crisis in Africa, featuring former president of Mauritius, Dr. Ameenah Gurib Fakim, renowned activist Vanessa Nakate, as well as Dr. Olufemi Taiwo and Lead architect Dawit Benti. This online conference is open to instructors from the International Studies Consortium of Georgia universities as well as […]
Nine virtual webinars covering European Union-related topics on social science, humanities, and STEM.
Maximizing foreign language output in the classroom: An in-depth, interactive, two-week, virtual course
Led by Dr. Nick Kleese, Dr. Jana Lo Bello Miller, Dr. Stephanie Rollag Yoon Dates: June 20-22, 2023 Time: 9:00 am-1:30 pm Cost: Free (includes resources) Cost with dorm lodging from June 18-22, 2023: $275 Registration link: https://z.umn.edu/climatelit We are a climate-illiterate civilization that has sleepwalked into climate breakdown, biodiversity crash, and unprecedented social inequalities that exacerbate planetary ecocide. To turn […]
This ORIAS summer institute will feature short works from around the world. Participants will read, view, and analyze short works from a variety of regions, using speculative fiction as a lens to understand and contextualize current issues in the real world. We'll explore the role of speculative fiction in helping students develop cultural literacy and experiment with teaching methods that encourage creative engagement with works of fiction.
StoryMaps are an excellent multimedia platform for students to analyze content in a global context. Combining maps and spatial information, visuals and narrative, StoryMaps create content and communicate in a format other than a paper or another PowerPoint. We'll learn how to access existing StoryMaps to provide background for your students who are exploring place […]
China’s ascendancy as a dominant economic and political global power has been the subject of much scholarly and political debate. More specifically, China’s renewed interest in Africa continues to beg the question, what is China’s Africa strategy or Africa – China Strategy? Some scholars suggest that China’s strategic interests in Africa are purely economic, resource […]
(Monday - Fridays only) Join us for a virtual journey that will introduce East Asia’s diverse cultures and environment while building and enhancing your tool chest of teaching resources for the classroom. Focusing on the regions that comprise present-day China, Japan, and Korea, participants in this free online seminar will engage with experts and other […]
This institute is part of a four year series in collaboration with the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies at Vanderbilt University. This summer’s institute is hosted by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University and will take place on campus in New Orleans, LA. The year's institute introduces K-12 educators […]
This online seminar will inform K-12 teachers about the UN’s Sustainability Goal: Prosperity, focusing on the movement of goods and people in the regions of East Asia, Eastern Europe/Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The seminar will start by giving participants a solid foundation in the relevant political, social, and historical theories in order […]
Annual institute sponsored by Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding The Summer Teacher Institute 2023 will continue the thread of past institutes for educators looking at the MENA region in a global context, and in close relation to European cultural trends that play a major role in […]