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Korea Society 2009 Summer Fellowship in Korean Studies
An Intensive Program In Korean Studies For American Educators Held In Korea Over The Period Of
June 24—July 10, 2009
Applications due February 16, 2009.
The Korea Society is pleased to announce openings for up to 20 American educators to participate in the 20th annual Summer Fellowship in Korean Studies program to be held in Korea from June 24—July 10, 2009. All the expenses of the participants will be covered, including round-trip international airfare, accommodations, meals and program fees. Applications and further information can be found at: www.koreasociety.org.
Korean Foundation - Korean Studies Workshop for American Educators
This program provides U.S. social studies educators with fully-funded study tours of Korea. Application deadline Feb. 25, 2009.
In the summer of 2009, up to 60 secondary school social studies educators from the United States will be selected to travel to Korea for the 12-day workshop. The workshop will include lectures, tours to cultural and industrial sites, and a meeting with Korean educators and students. The first workshop takes place from June 24 to July 8, 2009 and the second workshop takes place from July 8 to July 22, 2009. Participants will able to choose one or both cycles when they apply based on their availability.
Visit www.iie.org/ksw to access the online application. Promotional brochures are available by request. For materials or if you have any questions, please contact 1-800-270-4317 or ksw@iie.org.
Michele Delattre, Program Representative
University of California Berkeley
ORIAS (Office of Resources for International and Area Studies
2223 Fulton Street Room 338 #2324
Berkeley CA 94720-2324 orias@berkeley.edu \ 510-643-0868 \ http://orias.berkeley.edu
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Friday, February 6, 2009
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
ORIAS UPDATE 12-15-08
From: ORIAS [mailto:orias@berkeley.edu]
(Print view at http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/oriasnews.html)
TRAVEL DETAILS
Visit BeadforLife in Uganda and meet people who will inspire you in ways you never expected.
February 28 – March 13, 2009
$2,600, airfare not included
Visit the BeadforLife village
Go on safari at Murchison Falls National Park
Explore issues of wildlife conservation, HIV/AIDS, and poverty eradication
Engage with people in their homes and schools
This trip is a full-immersion experience. Come prepared to see the world differently.
For more information: www.conservationconcepts.net
From Trevor Getz at SF State University: Teacher-to-teacher experience in South Africa July 2009
eduWeavers invites educators from across the United States to join us in a carefully crafted journey of service, teaching, learning, and partnership in South Africa during the summer of 2009.
Bringing together an alliance of both US and South African governments and independent organizations, this journey will serve the needs, interests, and goals of educators from both countries. Participants will both teach and learn through participatory discussions and presentations with South African teachers, lectures from leading South African scholars and leaders in the field of education, and interactions with their peers in home and school settings.
Dates: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 – Saturday, August 1, 2009
Fee: $3,000 USD (not including airfare)
Deposit: $300 USD (non-refundable, due by February 15, 2009)
A comprehensive 10-day/11-night journey will include multiple opportunities for professional and cultural learning and interacting. All travel arrangements, conference requirements, and meals listed below will be organized by eduWeavers and will be included in the cost of the trip. All accommodations will be of a high standard. The journey weaves together a variety of settings - the rural communities/villages of Maputaland and central KwaZulu-Natal, the urban townships of Cape Town, UNESCO natural heritage sites, and the Cape winelands.
For information - http://www.eduweavers.org/pdfs/summer09.pdf.
ON-LINE RESOURCES DETAILS
The Obama Administration and The Challenge of China – USC US-China Institute
(I’ve retitled this documentary from “Election ’08 and the Challenge of China” to indicate that it is still a relevant classroom tool.)
I often hear from university faculty that freshman are prepared with facts but not with analytical skills to respond to what they read and develop their own questions, opinions, and solutions. This set of short videos produced at USC is a good quick resource for practicing the process of inquiry by engaging in current issues. Developed during the 2008 election most of the eight segments are still relevant. Each segment quickly (in about five minutes) sets out the most pressing issues the next U.S. administration faces in relations with China – providing pros and cons and leaving the road ahead open for discussion. If you were an advisor to the next administration what would you tell President Obama?
The online documentary has eight segments – Parts 1-5 are the relevant ones for the classroom.
Part 1: The Big Picture
Part 2: Tensions over Trade
Part 3: Human Rights
Part 4: Taiwan and China’ Military Buildup
Part 5: China’s Growing International Clout
The documentary is available at the USC U.S.-China Institute (USCI) website (http://china.usc.edu) and at the Institute’s YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/USChinaInstitute). I also have a copy of the DVD in the ORIAS lending library.
For teachers not able to attend History Through Literature: Collected Tales meetings this year, but still interested in the topic see ORIAS resource pages for:
o Jataka Tales
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/Jataka.htm
o Animated maps for studying globalization through the spread of Empire (from Mapping Globalization project at Princeton University and University of Washington).
o Route of Alexander the Great’s conquest
https://qed.princeton.edu/main/MG/Empires/Alexander_the_Great
o Invasion of the Goths
https://qed.princeton.edu/main/MG/Empires/Invasion_of_the_Goths
o Byzantine Empire
https://qed.princeton.edu/main/MG/Empires/Byzantine_Empire
· Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (Matt Harding & Melissa Nixon)– if you ever need a little reassurance for all the work you do internationalizing curriculum watch this. Guaranteed to make you happy!
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080722.html
AT ORIAS
History Through Literature Working Group – Collected Stories
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/2009HistoryLiteratureHome.htm
Jataka Tales
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Guest speaker: Padmanabh S. Jaini, Prof emeritus, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies/Center for Buddhist Studies, UCB
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/Jataka.htm
Globalizing World History Study Group
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/globalizers.htm
Next meeting December 17th at the World Affairs Council Headquarters
Book: BANANAS: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World, by Peter Chapman.
ORIAS Working Group at Humanities West – Napoleon: European Culture at the Crossroads
April 17-18, 2009 at Humanities West
(Applications and working group information coming in January, but program information is available on Humanites West site.)
The European Union • A special one-day teachers’ institute • Spring, 2009
Date TBA
After centuries of devastating wars, in 1958 Western Europe launched an unprecedented experiment in peaceful cooperation. Under the motto “United in Diversity,” the result was ultimately known as the European Union (EU). A case study of this evolving federation supports the teaching of post-nationalism, migration, definitions of democracy, international law, human rights and national identities in the wake of the Cold War. This spring ORIAS and the Institute of European Studies is offering a special one-day educators’ institute on the history and current developments in the European Union.
Michele Delattre, Program Representative
University of California Berkeley
ORIAS (Office of Resources for International and Area Studies
2223 Fulton Street Room 338 #2324
Berkeley CA 94720-2324
orias@berkeley.edu
510-643-0868
http://orias.berkeley.edu
(Print view at http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/oriasnews.html)
TRAVEL DETAILS
Visit BeadforLife in Uganda and meet people who will inspire you in ways you never expected.
February 28 – March 13, 2009
$2,600, airfare not included
Visit the BeadforLife village
Go on safari at Murchison Falls National Park
Explore issues of wildlife conservation, HIV/AIDS, and poverty eradication
Engage with people in their homes and schools
This trip is a full-immersion experience. Come prepared to see the world differently.
For more information: www.conservationconcepts.net
From Trevor Getz at SF State University: Teacher-to-teacher experience in South Africa July 2009
eduWeavers invites educators from across the United States to join us in a carefully crafted journey of service, teaching, learning, and partnership in South Africa during the summer of 2009.
Bringing together an alliance of both US and South African governments and independent organizations, this journey will serve the needs, interests, and goals of educators from both countries. Participants will both teach and learn through participatory discussions and presentations with South African teachers, lectures from leading South African scholars and leaders in the field of education, and interactions with their peers in home and school settings.
Dates: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 – Saturday, August 1, 2009
Fee: $3,000 USD (not including airfare)
Deposit: $300 USD (non-refundable, due by February 15, 2009)
A comprehensive 10-day/11-night journey will include multiple opportunities for professional and cultural learning and interacting. All travel arrangements, conference requirements, and meals listed below will be organized by eduWeavers and will be included in the cost of the trip. All accommodations will be of a high standard. The journey weaves together a variety of settings - the rural communities/villages of Maputaland and central KwaZulu-Natal, the urban townships of Cape Town, UNESCO natural heritage sites, and the Cape winelands.
For information - http://www.eduweavers.org/pdfs/summer09.pdf.
ON-LINE RESOURCES DETAILS
The Obama Administration and The Challenge of China – USC US-China Institute
(I’ve retitled this documentary from “Election ’08 and the Challenge of China” to indicate that it is still a relevant classroom tool.)
I often hear from university faculty that freshman are prepared with facts but not with analytical skills to respond to what they read and develop their own questions, opinions, and solutions. This set of short videos produced at USC is a good quick resource for practicing the process of inquiry by engaging in current issues. Developed during the 2008 election most of the eight segments are still relevant. Each segment quickly (in about five minutes) sets out the most pressing issues the next U.S. administration faces in relations with China – providing pros and cons and leaving the road ahead open for discussion. If you were an advisor to the next administration what would you tell President Obama?
The online documentary has eight segments – Parts 1-5 are the relevant ones for the classroom.
Part 1: The Big Picture
Part 2: Tensions over Trade
Part 3: Human Rights
Part 4: Taiwan and China’ Military Buildup
Part 5: China’s Growing International Clout
The documentary is available at the USC U.S.-China Institute (USCI) website (http://china.usc.edu) and at the Institute’s YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/USChinaInstitute). I also have a copy of the DVD in the ORIAS lending library.
For teachers not able to attend History Through Literature: Collected Tales meetings this year, but still interested in the topic see ORIAS resource pages for:
o Jataka Tales
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/Jataka.htm
o Animated maps for studying globalization through the spread of Empire (from Mapping Globalization project at Princeton University and University of Washington).
o Route of Alexander the Great’s conquest
https://qed.princeton.edu/main/MG/Empires/Alexander_the_Great
o Invasion of the Goths
https://qed.princeton.edu/main/MG/Empires/Invasion_of_the_Goths
o Byzantine Empire
https://qed.princeton.edu/main/MG/Empires/Byzantine_Empire
· Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (Matt Harding & Melissa Nixon)– if you ever need a little reassurance for all the work you do internationalizing curriculum watch this. Guaranteed to make you happy!
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080722.html
AT ORIAS
History Through Literature Working Group – Collected Stories
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/2009HistoryLiteratureHome.htm
Jataka Tales
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Guest speaker: Padmanabh S. Jaini, Prof emeritus, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies/Center for Buddhist Studies, UCB
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/Jataka.htm
Globalizing World History Study Group
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/globalizers.htm
Next meeting December 17th at the World Affairs Council Headquarters
Book: BANANAS: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World, by Peter Chapman.
ORIAS Working Group at Humanities West – Napoleon: European Culture at the Crossroads
April 17-18, 2009 at Humanities West
(Applications and working group information coming in January, but program information is available on Humanites West site.)
The European Union • A special one-day teachers’ institute • Spring, 2009
Date TBA
After centuries of devastating wars, in 1958 Western Europe launched an unprecedented experiment in peaceful cooperation. Under the motto “United in Diversity,” the result was ultimately known as the European Union (EU). A case study of this evolving federation supports the teaching of post-nationalism, migration, definitions of democracy, international law, human rights and national identities in the wake of the Cold War. This spring ORIAS and the Institute of European Studies is offering a special one-day educators’ institute on the history and current developments in the European Union.
Michele Delattre, Program Representative
University of California Berkeley
ORIAS (Office of Resources for International and Area Studies
2223 Fulton Street Room 338 #2324
Berkeley CA 94720-2324
orias@berkeley.edu
510-643-0868
http://orias.berkeley.edu
Thursday, December 11, 2008
ORIAS UPDATE 11-20-08
From: ORIAS [mailto:orias@berkeley.edu]
ORIAS UPDATE 11-20-08
(Print view at http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/oriasnews.html)
AT ORIAS
History Through Literature Working Group – Collected Stories
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/2009HistoryLiteratureHome.htm
The History Through Literature Working Group is an opportunity for educators to explore world literature that supports the World History curriculum. This year we will look at two story collections that have been traded and transformed along trade routes from medieval through modern times. In addition to enjoying the tales as literature, we will consider them as primary sources for social history and religion in their original context and in their process of translation across cultural borders.
Jataka Tales - Saturday, January 10, 2009.
Guest speaker: Padmanabh S. Jaini, Prof emeritus, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies/Center for Buddhist Studies, UCB
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/Jataka.htm
Globalizing World History Study Group
Next meeting December 17th at the World Affairs Council Headquarters.
Book: BANANAS: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World, by Peter Chapman.
ORIAS Working Group at Humanities West –
Napoleon: European Culture at the Crossroads
April 17-18, 2009 at Humanities West
(Applications and working group information coming in January, but program information is available on Humanites West site.)
The European Union • A special one-day teachers’ institute • Spring, 2009.
Date TBA.
After centuries of devastating wars, in 1958 Western Europe launched an unprecedented experiment in peaceful cooperation. Under the motto “United in Diversity,” the result was ultimately known as the European Union (EU). A case study of this evolving federation supports the teaching of post-nationalism, migration, definitions of democracy, international law, human rights and national identities in the wake of the Cold War. This spring ORIAS and the Institute of European Studies is offering a special one-day educators’ institute on the history and current developments in the European Union.
TRAVEL
Korea Society - Spring Travel Fellowship to Korea
Applications due January 12, 2009
http://www.koreasociety.org/korean_studies/fellowships/
I have been on this program and can highly recommend it to any educator with a serious interest in finding out about Korean history and culture. Lectures were great and the tour covered a wide range experiences from monasteries to car factories. If the spring dates don’t work for you, keep an eye out for the larger summer program – application generally due in February. -Michele
The Korea Society is pleased to announce openings for up to 10 American educators to participate in its fifth annual Spring Fellowship in Korean Studies program to be held in Korea from April 8 - 19, 2009.
The program will include lectures and discussions on topics of current interest, guided tours and opportunities for on-site study in locales of historic and contemporary relevance in Korea. It is made possible by financial support from the Freeman Foundation and the Academy of Korean Studies in Korea.
Applications are welcomed from anyone who qualifies under one or more of the following eligibility criteria: 1) administrators of instructional resources in a state department of education; 2) K-12 educators who have enrolled in two or more of the in-service educational programs offered by The Korea Society; or 3) alumni/ae of The Korea Society’s Summer Fellowship in Korean Studies program, provided they have not visited Korea under the auspices of an organized study tour for at least the last three years. Preference will be given to applicants whose statement of purpose best matches the eligibility criteria for the category in which they are applying. (For details, please refer to the application form.)
download PDF Application
Applicants are requested to submit four copies of the completed application packet, including the application form and all requested supporting documentation, by January 12, 2009 (postmarked) to:
Yong Jin Choi, Senior Director
Korean Studies Program
The Korea Society
Eighth Floor
950 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
The Sixth Annual Seminar on Korean History & Culture and the Korean American Experience for K-12 Educators in Los Angeles
August 3-7, 2009
http://www.koreaacademy.org/
Objectives: This five-day seminar offers a unique opportunity to learn about Korean history and culture and the Korean American experience. The curriculum provides an understanding of Korean history, fosters an awareness of its rich culture, and makes available outstanding resources and lessons. Participants learn about Korea from prominent scholars, view engaging and informative films, explore Koreatown, savor delicious food, visit a Buddhist temple, view exquisite art, hear the unique sounds of Korean music, enjoy a lesson on the Changgo drum, observe teens performing traditional dances, learn the theory and experience the practice of martial arts, observe a traditional tea ceremony, and create art that reflects ancient tradition. Educators of all disciplines and grade levels are welcome. UCLA Extension credit is available. Fellowships (airfare, hotel stay in Koreatown, and additional funds for meals) will be available for teachers who live over 60 miles from the Los Angeles area.
The seminar is free, but requires a $75 refundable deposit. Sponsors: The Korean Cultural Center & the Korea Academy for Educators (www.KoreaAcademy.org).
For information: Contact Mary Connor at Mary@KoreaAcademy.org.
RESOURCES
WorldMapper
http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html
WorldMapper reconfigures the geographical shape of countries and continents depending on the topic: for instance, for population in the year 1 CE, 1500, 1960 and estimates for 2050 and 2300; war deaths, 1945-2000, girls not at primary school today; and a great variety of economic and social topics.
Michele Delattre
Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS)
University of California Berkeley
2223 Fulton Street Rm 338 (MC2324)
Berkeley CA 94720-2324
510-643-0868
http://orias.berkeley.edu
orias@berkeley.edu
ORIAS UPDATE 11-20-08
(Print view at http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/oriasnews.html)
AT ORIAS
History Through Literature Working Group – Collected Stories
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/2009HistoryLiteratureHome.htm
The History Through Literature Working Group is an opportunity for educators to explore world literature that supports the World History curriculum. This year we will look at two story collections that have been traded and transformed along trade routes from medieval through modern times. In addition to enjoying the tales as literature, we will consider them as primary sources for social history and religion in their original context and in their process of translation across cultural borders.
Jataka Tales - Saturday, January 10, 2009.
Guest speaker: Padmanabh S. Jaini, Prof emeritus, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies/Center for Buddhist Studies, UCB
http://orias.berkeley.edu/2009/Jataka.htm
Globalizing World History Study Group
Next meeting December 17th at the World Affairs Council Headquarters.
Book: BANANAS: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World, by Peter Chapman.
ORIAS Working Group at Humanities West –
Napoleon: European Culture at the Crossroads
April 17-18, 2009 at Humanities West
(Applications and working group information coming in January, but program information is available on Humanites West site.)
The European Union • A special one-day teachers’ institute • Spring, 2009.
Date TBA.
After centuries of devastating wars, in 1958 Western Europe launched an unprecedented experiment in peaceful cooperation. Under the motto “United in Diversity,” the result was ultimately known as the European Union (EU). A case study of this evolving federation supports the teaching of post-nationalism, migration, definitions of democracy, international law, human rights and national identities in the wake of the Cold War. This spring ORIAS and the Institute of European Studies is offering a special one-day educators’ institute on the history and current developments in the European Union.
TRAVEL
Korea Society - Spring Travel Fellowship to Korea
Applications due January 12, 2009
http://www.koreasociety.org/korean_studies/fellowships/
I have been on this program and can highly recommend it to any educator with a serious interest in finding out about Korean history and culture. Lectures were great and the tour covered a wide range experiences from monasteries to car factories. If the spring dates don’t work for you, keep an eye out for the larger summer program – application generally due in February. -Michele
The Korea Society is pleased to announce openings for up to 10 American educators to participate in its fifth annual Spring Fellowship in Korean Studies program to be held in Korea from April 8 - 19, 2009.
The program will include lectures and discussions on topics of current interest, guided tours and opportunities for on-site study in locales of historic and contemporary relevance in Korea. It is made possible by financial support from the Freeman Foundation and the Academy of Korean Studies in Korea.
Applications are welcomed from anyone who qualifies under one or more of the following eligibility criteria: 1) administrators of instructional resources in a state department of education; 2) K-12 educators who have enrolled in two or more of the in-service educational programs offered by The Korea Society; or 3) alumni/ae of The Korea Society’s Summer Fellowship in Korean Studies program, provided they have not visited Korea under the auspices of an organized study tour for at least the last three years. Preference will be given to applicants whose statement of purpose best matches the eligibility criteria for the category in which they are applying. (For details, please refer to the application form.)
download PDF Application
Applicants are requested to submit four copies of the completed application packet, including the application form and all requested supporting documentation, by January 12, 2009 (postmarked) to:
Yong Jin Choi, Senior Director
Korean Studies Program
The Korea Society
Eighth Floor
950 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
The Sixth Annual Seminar on Korean History & Culture and the Korean American Experience for K-12 Educators in Los Angeles
August 3-7, 2009
http://www.koreaacademy.org/
Objectives: This five-day seminar offers a unique opportunity to learn about Korean history and culture and the Korean American experience. The curriculum provides an understanding of Korean history, fosters an awareness of its rich culture, and makes available outstanding resources and lessons. Participants learn about Korea from prominent scholars, view engaging and informative films, explore Koreatown, savor delicious food, visit a Buddhist temple, view exquisite art, hear the unique sounds of Korean music, enjoy a lesson on the Changgo drum, observe teens performing traditional dances, learn the theory and experience the practice of martial arts, observe a traditional tea ceremony, and create art that reflects ancient tradition. Educators of all disciplines and grade levels are welcome. UCLA Extension credit is available. Fellowships (airfare, hotel stay in Koreatown, and additional funds for meals) will be available for teachers who live over 60 miles from the Los Angeles area.
The seminar is free, but requires a $75 refundable deposit. Sponsors: The Korean Cultural Center & the Korea Academy for Educators (www.KoreaAcademy.org).
For information: Contact Mary Connor at Mary@KoreaAcademy.org.
RESOURCES
WorldMapper
http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html
WorldMapper reconfigures the geographical shape of countries and continents depending on the topic: for instance, for population in the year 1 CE, 1500, 1960 and estimates for 2050 and 2300; war deaths, 1945-2000, girls not at primary school today; and a great variety of economic and social topics.
Michele Delattre
Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS)
University of California Berkeley
2223 Fulton Street Rm 338 (MC2324)
Berkeley CA 94720-2324
510-643-0868
http://orias.berkeley.edu
orias@berkeley.edu
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
ORIAS UPDATE 10-28-08
From: ORIAS [mailto:orias@berkeley.edu]
(Print view at http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/oriasnews.html)
LECTURES and CONFERENCES
Recovering Afghanistan's Past: Cultural Heritage in Context
Conference/Symposium | November 14 – 15, 2008
International House, Chevron Auditorium
http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2008.11.14w.html
The "Recovering Afghanistan's Past: Cultural Heritage in Context" conference will focus on Afghanistan's cultural heritage in its past and present contexts and bring together scholars from various disciplines to address, among others, the following issues:
-The recovered objects from the National Museum
-Recent research and preservation/renovation projects
-Challenges of cultural heritage protection
-The complexities of 'targeted' heritage
-Cultural heritage and identity
Event Contact: 510-642-9490
This conference is organized in conjunction with the "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul" exhibit which will be on display at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, October 24, 2008 - January 25, 2009. For more information regarding the organization of the exhibit by National Geographic Society, please visit http:// www.nationalgeographic.com/ mission/ afghanistan-treasures/
Walls and Barricades (2 Day Conference)
Conference/Symposium | November 14 | 2-6 p.m. | 335 Dwinelle Hall
Panelist/Discussants: Dario Biocca, University of Perugia, Italy; Richard Wittman, UC Santa Barbara; Mark Traugott, UC Santa Cruz; Jordan Rose, UC Berkeley Moderator: Carla Hesse, UC Berkeley Speaker/Performer: Yuri Slezkine, UC Berkeley Event Contact: 510-643-2115
Sponsors: Institute of European Studies, French Studies, History Department
From Belfast to Cyprus, from Rome and Paris, across Germany, to the siege of Leningrad, this interdisciplinary conference explores the political, social, economic, and cultural histories of walls and barricades in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Europe. Written texts of the papers will be available a week before the conference, so as to maximize discussion and the presentation of visual sources.
"Patterns of Interaction in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Painting"
Lecture | November 19 | 4-6 p.m. |
Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton), IEAS Conference Room, 6th Floor
http://ieas.berkeley.edu:8002/events/2008.11.19.html
Speaker: James Cahill, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
Sponsors: History of Art, Department of, East Asian Studies, Institute of (IEAS), Chinese Studies, Center for (CCS) Event Contact: 510-643-6321
Put together as an opening "keynote address" for a symposium in Seoul titled "Beyond Boundaries: An International Symposium on Chinese and Korean Painting," this talk attempts some large observations about cross-cultural borrowings of styles and motifs between the three great East Asian cultures: how the attractions that foreign styles hold for artists in a culture may differ from the judgments that its critics and book-writers may make of them, so that the borrowings can be recognized only visually, not through textual research; how the prestige of Chinese painting has led until recently to constructions of its interrelationship with Japanese painting that were not truly two-way; and how the same is still true of Chinese and Korean painting, a situation we should begin trying to remedy.
WEB WALKING: FOCUS ON GEORGIA
"Berkeley Professors Weigh in on the Crisis in the Caucasus" http://ias.berkeley.edu/node/244
A brief summary of a panel of Berkeley foreign policy experts convened on Sept. 4 at a forum on the Caucasus sponsored by Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
Clash in the Caucasus: Georgia, Russia, and the Fate of South Ossetia, by Stephen F. Jones
From November 2008 issue of Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective - a free, non-commercial publication from the Public History Initiative and eHistory in Ohio State University's History Department.
The brief war in Georgia in August 2008 has ushered in a new era in international relations—although likely not the "new cold war" that so many analysts have rushed to declare. In this month’s article, Stephen F. Jones, one of the world’s foremost specialists on Georgia, explores the origins of this summer’s fighting. The war’s main protagonists—Georgians, Ossetians, Abkhaz, and Russians—have had a long and tangled history, made worse by the swirling nationalism that accompanied the break-up of the Soviet Union, the promise of free-flowing petrodollars, Russia’s international resurgence, and the United States’ recent, active involvement in the region.
Origins can be found at http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/ [the podcast is found at http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/podcasts.cfm]
WEB WALKING: FOCUS ON INTERVIEWING
For the web site Conversations With History, Harry Kreisler is Executive Director of the Institute of International Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, interviews distinguished men and women from all over the world about their lives and their work. At the heart of each interview is a focus on individuals and ideas that make a difference. A collection of the large library of interviews is organized by theme with classroom use in mind. These theme pages focus on an idea that cuts across the curriculum and that finds its way into different lesson plans at different times of the year.
The Art of Interviewing
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/PubEd/CSW/themes/interviewers.html
Human Values
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/EdModule/values.html
Teachers, Mentors, and Heroes
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/PubEd/CSW/themes/mentors.html
Womens' Rights
11th-12th GRADE women's rights unit
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/women/
WEB WALKING: FOCUS ON CHINA
The China Beat: Blogging How the East is Read is a U. C Berkeley blog examining media coverage of China, providing context and criticism from China scholars and writers as well as links to current China media coverage. http://thechinabeat.blogspot.com.
Beijing Beat – Todd Carrel and his intrepid journalism students at UCB have posted the most recent set of Digital TV and the World reports from San Francisco and Beijing. As China's capital takes on a modern look, current and former residents sense a new dynamism -- and new tensions -- in the old city. This series of intimate reports looks at the challenges and choices faced by Beijing's ordinary people. Digital TV and the World is an initiative at the Graduate School of Journalism to create new styles of global reportage that take a close-up look at ordinary people and the issues they face. Students in the program begin by telling the stories of people who live in diaspora communities in California, then examine the fabric of life in communities overseas by traveling abroad on intensive reporting assignments. The resulting short videos are webcast by the Washington Post as "Emerging Voices" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/emergingvoices/index.html
Rank and Style: Power Dressing in Imperial China
From Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena — Online Exhibits with teaching ideas and resources for educators
http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/rankandstyle/index.stm
Dressing in Imperial China is the story of how status, so desperately sought and carefully preserved among China’s elite, was expressed through insignia of rank and the robes and accessories that went with them. For members of the emperor’s court in China’s Ming (1368-1644) and Qing dynasties (1644-1911), the cloth symbols sewn to their robes conferred status and power. What were the power symbols? And who was entitled to wear them?
Intro: Rank and Style: Power Dressing in Imperial China [121KB]
Section 1: Dragons and Phoenixes: Badges for the Imperial Family [882KB]
Section 2: Cranes and Peacocks: Rank Badges for Civil Officials [925KB]
Section 3: Lions and Tigers: Rank Badges for Military Officers [527KB]
Section 4: Peonies and Lanterns: Badges for Festivals and Ceremonies [615KB]
Section 5: Beyond the Forbidden City: The Badge as Icon [438KB]
Image Credits
Textile Terms: A glossary of Rank and Style's textile-related terms. This glossary can be adapted by teachers as a vocabulary list.
Symbols: Also in glossary format.
Chronology
Discussion Questions
Reading List & Links
Other on-line exhibits at Pacific Asia Museum
Visions of Enlightenment: Understanding the Art of Buddhism
Nature of the Beast: Animals in Japanese Edo Period Paintings and Prints
TRAVEL
Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that helps and encourages educators to travel abroad. In the summer of 2009 GEEO will run trips to Tunisia, Tanzania, Peru, Ecuador, Thailand, and India. GEEO hopes to make America more outward-looking by helping teachers travel and then giving them an effective way to share these experiences in their classrooms. Educators can earn graduate school credit and professional development credit while seeing the world. The trips are designed for teachers and include activities such as school visits and homestays that give participants authentic exposure to local culture. The trips are deeply discounted so as to be affordable to teachers. GEEO also helps teachers find funding to subsidize the cost of the trips.
Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org. GEEO can also be reached 7 days a week, toll free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9AM-10PM EST. To sign-up for GEEO's listserv, please send an email to listserv@geeo.org with the subject line "subscribe."
Contact: Jesse Weisz
Toll-free: 1-877-600-0105 Mobile: 1-202-725-2151
jesse@geeo.org www.geeo.org
(Print view at http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/oriasnews.html)
LECTURES and CONFERENCES
Recovering Afghanistan's Past: Cultural Heritage in Context
Conference/Symposium | November 14 – 15, 2008
International House, Chevron Auditorium
http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2008.11.14w.html
The "Recovering Afghanistan's Past: Cultural Heritage in Context" conference will focus on Afghanistan's cultural heritage in its past and present contexts and bring together scholars from various disciplines to address, among others, the following issues:
-The recovered objects from the National Museum
-Recent research and preservation/renovation projects
-Challenges of cultural heritage protection
-The complexities of 'targeted' heritage
-Cultural heritage and identity
Event Contact: 510-642-9490
This conference is organized in conjunction with the "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul" exhibit which will be on display at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, October 24, 2008 - January 25, 2009. For more information regarding the organization of the exhibit by National Geographic Society, please visit http:// www.nationalgeographic.com/ mission/ afghanistan-treasures/
Walls and Barricades (2 Day Conference)
Conference/Symposium | November 14 | 2-6 p.m. | 335 Dwinelle Hall
Panelist/Discussants: Dario Biocca, University of Perugia, Italy; Richard Wittman, UC Santa Barbara; Mark Traugott, UC Santa Cruz; Jordan Rose, UC Berkeley Moderator: Carla Hesse, UC Berkeley Speaker/Performer: Yuri Slezkine, UC Berkeley Event Contact: 510-643-2115
Sponsors: Institute of European Studies, French Studies, History Department
From Belfast to Cyprus, from Rome and Paris, across Germany, to the siege of Leningrad, this interdisciplinary conference explores the political, social, economic, and cultural histories of walls and barricades in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Europe. Written texts of the papers will be available a week before the conference, so as to maximize discussion and the presentation of visual sources.
"Patterns of Interaction in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Painting"
Lecture | November 19 | 4-6 p.m. |
Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton), IEAS Conference Room, 6th Floor
http://ieas.berkeley.edu:8002/events/2008.11.19.html
Speaker: James Cahill, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
Sponsors: History of Art, Department of, East Asian Studies, Institute of (IEAS), Chinese Studies, Center for (CCS) Event Contact: 510-643-6321
Put together as an opening "keynote address" for a symposium in Seoul titled "Beyond Boundaries: An International Symposium on Chinese and Korean Painting," this talk attempts some large observations about cross-cultural borrowings of styles and motifs between the three great East Asian cultures: how the attractions that foreign styles hold for artists in a culture may differ from the judgments that its critics and book-writers may make of them, so that the borrowings can be recognized only visually, not through textual research; how the prestige of Chinese painting has led until recently to constructions of its interrelationship with Japanese painting that were not truly two-way; and how the same is still true of Chinese and Korean painting, a situation we should begin trying to remedy.
WEB WALKING: FOCUS ON GEORGIA
"Berkeley Professors Weigh in on the Crisis in the Caucasus" http://ias.berkeley.edu/node/244
A brief summary of a panel of Berkeley foreign policy experts convened on Sept. 4 at a forum on the Caucasus sponsored by Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
Clash in the Caucasus: Georgia, Russia, and the Fate of South Ossetia, by Stephen F. Jones
From November 2008 issue of Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective - a free, non-commercial publication from the Public History Initiative and eHistory in Ohio State University's History Department.
The brief war in Georgia in August 2008 has ushered in a new era in international relations—although likely not the "new cold war" that so many analysts have rushed to declare. In this month’s article, Stephen F. Jones, one of the world’s foremost specialists on Georgia, explores the origins of this summer’s fighting. The war’s main protagonists—Georgians, Ossetians, Abkhaz, and Russians—have had a long and tangled history, made worse by the swirling nationalism that accompanied the break-up of the Soviet Union, the promise of free-flowing petrodollars, Russia’s international resurgence, and the United States’ recent, active involvement in the region.
Origins can be found at http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/ [the podcast is found at http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/podcasts.cfm]
WEB WALKING: FOCUS ON INTERVIEWING
For the web site Conversations With History, Harry Kreisler is Executive Director of the Institute of International Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, interviews distinguished men and women from all over the world about their lives and their work. At the heart of each interview is a focus on individuals and ideas that make a difference. A collection of the large library of interviews is organized by theme with classroom use in mind. These theme pages focus on an idea that cuts across the curriculum and that finds its way into different lesson plans at different times of the year.
The Art of Interviewing
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/PubEd/CSW/themes/interviewers.html
Human Values
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/EdModule/values.html
Teachers, Mentors, and Heroes
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/PubEd/CSW/themes/mentors.html
Womens' Rights
11th-12th GRADE women's rights unit
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/women/
WEB WALKING: FOCUS ON CHINA
The China Beat: Blogging How the East is Read is a U. C Berkeley blog examining media coverage of China, providing context and criticism from China scholars and writers as well as links to current China media coverage. http://thechinabeat.blogspot.com.
Beijing Beat – Todd Carrel and his intrepid journalism students at UCB have posted the most recent set of Digital TV and the World reports from San Francisco and Beijing. As China's capital takes on a modern look, current and former residents sense a new dynamism -- and new tensions -- in the old city. This series of intimate reports looks at the challenges and choices faced by Beijing's ordinary people. Digital TV and the World is an initiative at the Graduate School of Journalism to create new styles of global reportage that take a close-up look at ordinary people and the issues they face. Students in the program begin by telling the stories of people who live in diaspora communities in California, then examine the fabric of life in communities overseas by traveling abroad on intensive reporting assignments. The resulting short videos are webcast by the Washington Post as "Emerging Voices" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/emergingvoices/index.html
Rank and Style: Power Dressing in Imperial China
From Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena — Online Exhibits with teaching ideas and resources for educators
http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/rankandstyle/index.stm
Dressing in Imperial China is the story of how status, so desperately sought and carefully preserved among China’s elite, was expressed through insignia of rank and the robes and accessories that went with them. For members of the emperor’s court in China’s Ming (1368-1644) and Qing dynasties (1644-1911), the cloth symbols sewn to their robes conferred status and power. What were the power symbols? And who was entitled to wear them?
Intro: Rank and Style: Power Dressing in Imperial China [121KB]
Section 1: Dragons and Phoenixes: Badges for the Imperial Family [882KB]
Section 2: Cranes and Peacocks: Rank Badges for Civil Officials [925KB]
Section 3: Lions and Tigers: Rank Badges for Military Officers [527KB]
Section 4: Peonies and Lanterns: Badges for Festivals and Ceremonies [615KB]
Section 5: Beyond the Forbidden City: The Badge as Icon [438KB]
Image Credits
Textile Terms: A glossary of Rank and Style's textile-related terms. This glossary can be adapted by teachers as a vocabulary list.
Symbols: Also in glossary format.
Chronology
Discussion Questions
Reading List & Links
Other on-line exhibits at Pacific Asia Museum
Visions of Enlightenment: Understanding the Art of Buddhism
Nature of the Beast: Animals in Japanese Edo Period Paintings and Prints
TRAVEL
Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that helps and encourages educators to travel abroad. In the summer of 2009 GEEO will run trips to Tunisia, Tanzania, Peru, Ecuador, Thailand, and India. GEEO hopes to make America more outward-looking by helping teachers travel and then giving them an effective way to share these experiences in their classrooms. Educators can earn graduate school credit and professional development credit while seeing the world. The trips are designed for teachers and include activities such as school visits and homestays that give participants authentic exposure to local culture. The trips are deeply discounted so as to be affordable to teachers. GEEO also helps teachers find funding to subsidize the cost of the trips.
Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org. GEEO can also be reached 7 days a week, toll free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9AM-10PM EST. To sign-up for GEEO's listserv, please send an email to listserv@geeo.org with the subject line "subscribe."
Contact: Jesse Weisz
Toll-free: 1-877-600-0105 Mobile: 1-202-725-2151
jesse@geeo.org www.geeo.org
Friday, October 17, 2008
Journey to Poland and Israel with Shalhevet
“We are the last generation that has the opportunity to learn and see through the Holocaust survivors’ eyes”
Shalhevet ("flame" in Hebrew) is a transformative journey to Poland and Israel for Bay Area High School Juniors and Seniors. Inspired by March of the Living, Shalhevet is a way for local Jewish teens to participate in a program specifically tailored to the educational and cultural environment of the Bay Area.
- Learn about the thriving Jewish culture in Poland before WWII and today.
- Witness the concentration camps through the eyes of a survivor traveling with the group.
- Meet with Polish and Israeli teens to get a taste of their lives.
- Experience Israel: the people, the culture and the homeland.
- Experience Israel: the people, the culture and the homeland.
- Examine today’s political and geopolitical challenges in Israel.
Regional seminars run from January to May and the group will travel March 16-March 30, 2009. For more information on the program, information sessions near you, and to complete the online application, visit: http://www.bjesf.org/teensnav_shalhevet.htm. To see photos look for Shalhevet on Facebook
Financial aid is available
Contact ylipschitz@bjesf.org
415.751.6983 x106 for details.
Contact Morgan Blum at
mblum@hcnc.org
415-777-9060 x203
Or Yaron Lipschitz at
ylipschitz@bjesf.org
415.751.6983 x106
Shalhevet is a dynamic collaboration between the Bureau of Jewish Education and the Holocaust Center of Northern California
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