International Opportunities Bulletin
3 June 2008

Prepared by the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC).
For more information visit our website or email us.

In this issue:

Islam in Russia and the Newly Independent States
25 - 27 June 2008
On the campus of the UW-Madison

The deadline to register for this summer's CREECA teacher workshop, "Islam in Russia and the Newly Independent States," has been extended until Friday, June 6th. The registration form can be found at http://www.creeca.wisc.edu under "Upcoming Events."

This workshop, which will take place on the UW-Madison campus in the Pyle Center June 25-27, will feature a variety of engaging speakers, including: Russell Zanca, anthropologist, Michael Khodorkovsky, historian, Uli Schamiloglu, program director of Central Asian Studies at UW-Madison, Ted Gerber, sociologist and CREECA's director, Aida Huseynova, visiting scholar at Indiana University, Paul Goble, Director of Research, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, and several others.

With questions, please contact Nancy Heingartner, Outreach Coordinator, at the address below.

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA)
210 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
 Tel: 608.265.6298
Fax: 608.890.0267
Email: outreach@creeca.wisc.edu
Website: http://www.creeca.wisc.edu/

New and Emerging Migrations
23 - 27 June 2008
Lowell Hall, UW-Madison

The deadline for registering for the "New and Emerging Migrations" K-12 Teacher Workshop has been extended to 9 June 2008. Co-sponsored by UW-Madison Global Studies and Center for European Studies, the workshop will be held 23-27 June 2008 at Lowell Hall on the UW-Madison Campus.

The theme for this summer's workshop -- New and Emerging Migrations –- encompasses such topics as new immigrant communities, forced migration, human trafficking, and social adaptation & integration. Speakers will talk about issues as diverse as media portrayals of new immigrant populations in Germany, the role of humanitarian organizations in migration (forced and unforced), the changing role of Ireland as increasingly a destination rather than a source of migration, trafficking and its impacts on Wisconsin, migration in literature and film, and much more.

The cost of the workshop is $50. Participants will also earn 1 graduate credit from the UW-Madison (we have arranged for a tuition waiver with the UW-Madison; as such the credit charge will be $37.59 -- so the total cost of the workshop will be $87.59).

We have set aside rooms at Madison's Edgewater Hotel for workshop participants coming in from out of town. The Center for European Studies is paying for the rooms, and they are available for the duration of the workshop (from the afternoon of Sunday, June 22 to the morning of Friday, June 27). Accommodation will be allocated on a first come first served basis -- rooms are still available!

For those participants who will be commuting to the workshop from Madison and environs - we are reserving (and paying for) some parking spots near Lowell Hall, the site of the workshop.

Additional details on speakers, programming, and registration is available on the workshop webpage -- http://global.wisc.edu/migrations/. We have also begun to compile and make available pre-workshop resources and materials.

If you have additional questions please visit the website or feel free to contact either of the workshop coordinators:

Csanad Siklos
Outreach Coordinator, Center for European Studies
siklos@wisc.edu
Ph 608.265.4766

Mark L Lilleleht
Outreach Coordinator, Global Studies
outreach@global.wisc.edu
Ph 608.265.6070

The Brothers Karamazov in Wisconsin
Deadline extended and teacher award increased!

The deadline for applying to participate in "The Brothers Karamazov in Wisconsin" has been extended to June 16th, 2008. The teacher team award has been increased from $500 to $1000 per team. Graduate credit will also be made available, possibly at a reduced rate pending approval. The Center for the Humanities at the UW-Madison invites you to participate in the 4th year of our successful series, Great World Texts.

Benefits of participation: $1000 grant to cover costs, two outstanding days of professional development featuring experts on Dostoevsky and Russian History as well as curriculum workshops, FREE class set of the book, FREE curriculum guide and resources to teach the text, a culminating student conference in April where your student have the opportunity to share their work with peers from around the state as well as meet the translators of the book at the keynote lecture, UW-Madison undergraduate student peer mentors available for your classroom, and much much more...

To find out more and print out the application please visit the website:

http://humanities.wisc.edu/Great-World-Texts/Karamazov/About.html

Or e-mail/call Lara Kain at kain@wisc.edu or 608.263.3409.

Infusing Understanding of Peace and Conflict in the Muslim World into the Curriculum
18-20 June 2008, Madison Area Technical College

Madison Area Technical College is pleased to announce the following educational learning opportunity: "Infusing Understanding of Peace and Conflict in the Muslim World into the Curriculum" on June 18-20, 2008 at the Madison Area Technical College Summer Institute for International Education.

See color flyer, program speakers, and other additional info online at the institute's webpage.

This three-day institute will focus on content and strategies for curriculum development. National and regional content experts will provide information and resources to help faculty frame understandings of key issues of identity, language, religion, and politics in Muslim cultures around the world. Participants will explore and discuss these issues with colleagues from colleges and universities in the region, and will develop preliminary modules for curriculum infusion during the institute.

Registration is $75. (FREE for MATC employees).

Register online at http://matcmadison.edu/hr/staffdev/registration/.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Geoff Bradshaw
International Education Coordinator
Madison Area Technical College
 gbradshaw@matcmadison.edu
Ph 608.246.6165

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