Summer opportunities for Russian College Educators (fwd)
Devin P Browne
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Wed Jan 31 12:40:15 UTC 1996
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 23:57:33 EST
From: Bergelson, Mira B <mbbmosc+ at usia.gov>
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: Summer opportunities for Russian College Educators
Please find below information on summer seminars and institutes sponsored
by USIA in American Studies for Russian university/college level
educators.
If you know persons who fit the desired requirements for the candidates,
please pass this information on to them. Also if you are aware of any
Russian institutions of higher learning that could make use of this
information, also pass it on to them.
We will be thankful for any serious candidates.
Thank you very much for your assistance.
1996 SUMMER SEMESTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEGE EDUCATORS
A. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH)-SPONSORED SUMMER SEMINARS
American Literature, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies
1. PRINT CULTURE IN AMERICA
2. THE AMERICAN ROAD IN LITERATURE AND POPULAR CULTURE
3. JEWISH CULTURAL STUDIES
4. CULTURAL RESPONSES TO THE HOLOCAUST IN AMERICA AND ABROAD
American History
5. ETHNICITY, RACE AND GENDER IN U.S. LABOR HISTORY
6. CULTURAL RESPONSES TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MIGRATION
7. GRACE, LUCK AND FORTUNE IN AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY
8. THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN WOMEN THROUGH SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
9. SLAVERY AND FREEDOM IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY
Philosophy
10. THE METAPHYSICS OF THE MIND
11. FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGIES
Politics and Society
12. NEW DEPARTURES IN THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF REVOLUTION
13. CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY
14. THE ROOTS AND LEGACIES OF THE AMERICAN 1960s
15. DEMOCRACY AND LIBERTY IN MILL AND TOCQUEVILLE
16. MORALITY AND SOCIETY
The NEH seminars, which are held at colleges and universities throughout
the United States, are designed to provide American university faculty
with an opportunity for intense study of significant ideas and texts in
fields central to undergraduate teaching in the humanities. USIA-
sponsored participants (2 per seminar) will be the only foreign scholars
attending, along with 12 American colleagues for each seminar. Best
candidates will be professors with previous exposure to American education
and highly focussed research interests in a field very close to that of
the respective seminar.
B. AMERICAN STUDIES INSTITUTES FOR FOREIGN EDUCATORS
These are six-week, multidisciplinary programs aimed at the improvement of
U.S. studies curricula at universities abroad. Each institute focuses on
a particular discipline of American Studies (literature, history,
politics, economics, U.S. society, U.S. foreign policy) within a
multidisciplinary framework. Best candidates will be university educators
who are specialists in one of the subject fields currently teaching or
planning to teach a course in American studies.
C. USIA SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR RUSSIAN COLLEGE EDUCATORS
Two six-week programs for Russian junior faculty working on the social
science currriculum development:
- APPROACHES TO CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SCIENCE
- INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF FOREIGN POLICY AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS.
1996 SUMMER PROGRAMS IN AMERICAN STUDIES FOR RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY EDUCATORS
In order to support and strengthen the teaching of American Studies in
Russia, the United States Information Agency (USIA) is offering a number
of six-week programs for university and institute educators in various
facets of American Studies. The programs will include classroom lectures
and discussions, site visits and meetings with community leaders. These
intensive program aim to provide university teachers with opportunities to
obtain a deeper understanding of the U.S. through the study of American
society, culture, institutions, literature, and history.
While there will also be time for individual curriculum development
research, they are not primarily research programs. Those individuals who
would prefer only to do research in the United States may contact the
Educational Exchanges Office at the American Embassy or an Educational
Advising Center in Russia for additional information on research
opportunities.
These programs will be held at American university campuses during July
and August and all activities will be conducted in English. They are
designed for educators in the early stages of their careers, so while
there is no formal age limit, preference will be given to those under age
45. In addition, those who have had minimal (or no) opportunity to spend
time in the U.S. will receive top consideration. The USIA is particularly
interested in candidates from outsdie Moscow and St. Petersburg.
All costs, including travel and lodging will be paid for by USIA. The
programs are not designed to allow accompanying dependents.
USIA in Moscow is interested in all serious and appropriate applications
for these programs. Applicants are requested to fill out the attached
application and submit a one-page essay in English describing applicant's
current teaching responsibilities and research interests including
information on what is expected from a training program in the United
States, and how it will be used in the candidate's future
teaching/curriculum development activities.
APPLICATIONS WITHOUT ESSAYS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. PLEASE CLEARLY
INDICATE TO WHICH PROGRAM YOU ARE APPLYING (FOR THE NEH SEMINARS GIVE THE
NAME OF THE SEMINAR).
Completed applications may be sent to:
Educational Exchanges Office
United States Information Service
American Embassy
Novinski Bulvar, 19/23, Moscow, 121099.
Applications may be faxed to: (095) 255-9766.
Applications may be e-mailed to: usis at glas.apc.org (attn: Educational
Exchnages Office)
Please phone (095) 252-2453, or 956-4456, ext. 2665 if you have
questions.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 1996
USIA Summer Program in American Studies for Russian University
Instructors
Application Form
1. Family Name First Patronymic
Title (Dr./Mr./Mrs./Prof.)
2. Position_____________________________Department______________________
Dept. Tel.__________________ Fax__________________ E-Mail
(NOTE: Please include the telephone code for your city or region.)
Institution Address
City_____________________________________Region
3. Home address____________________________Home Tel.
City_____________________________________ Region
4. Citizenship: External Passport Number:
5. Place of Birth______________________
6. Date of Birth (Month/Day/Year)
7. Female_____ Male_____
8. Single_____ Married_____
9. English Proficiency:
Reading: Excellent___ Good___ Fair___
Writing: Excellent___ Good___ Fair___
Speaking: Excellent___ Good___ Fair___
10. Highest degree earned: _____ diplom _____ kandidatskaya
_____ doctorskaya
11. In what field? _____________________________________________
12. Colleges, universities, professional schools attended, most
recent first (use additional pages if necessary)
Institution and city Year Attended Discipline/Field Degree/Date
____________________ ____________ ________________ _____________
____________________ ____________ ________________ _____________
13. Academic or professional positions, most recent first:
Institution/Employer Position Dates of Employment
_____________________ _______________ ___________________
_____________________ _______________ ___________________
_____________________ _______________ ___________________
14. List cultural, educational, and professional societies of which you
are a member.
15. Overseas travel (countries, dates and purpose of visit during the
past 5 years).
16. Names and dates of professional honors, awards, fellowships,
scholarships.
(Attach additional pages if necessary)
17. Please list any publications with title, publication date, and
where published.
(Attach additional pages if necessary)
******************************************
I certify that the information given in this application is complete and
accurate to the best of my knowledge. I understand that final approval of
my application is dependent upon my eligibility for a visa to the United
States. I agree to return to my home country upon the expiration of my
authorized stay in the United States.
__________________________________________ ______________________________
Signature Month/Day/Year
Mira Bergelson,
Assistant for Academic Exchanges, USIS Moscow
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