International Studies at Southwestern University

Come learn about the new International Studies minor tomorrow over lunch! Hope to see you in Mood Atrium!

Lunch Introducing the NEW International Studies Minor Come learn about International Studies NEW Minor and what it can do for you! Fabulous Food from all around the world (courtesy of Whole Foods)

Phi Beta Kappa Presents Dr. Mary Miller The Southwestern University Phi Beta Kappa Society chapter is thrilled to welcome Dr. Mary Miller through the Visiting Scholar Program.

Dear IS students, alums, and supporters,

In opposition to the suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the Latina History Project, Feminist Studies, Latin American & Border Studies, Race & Ethnicity Studies, and International Studies assert the value to Southwestern University of undocumented students and students/staff/faculty from mixed-status families. We sit and stand in solidarity with all of those affected by this policy change and with all of those working against racism, white supremacy, and xenophobia. We understand that the uncertainty and disruption produced by these policy changes make learning more difficult, and we offer our support.

In solidarity,
The International Studies Committee

International Studies at Southwestern University updated their phone number.

New minor in International Studies will be rolling out in the fall!

Southwestern University Offers Four New Minors Animal Studies, Data Science, Health Studies and International Studies minors will be offered beginning Fall 2017

International Studies lecture series "Global Perspectives on Medicine and Health" continues next week with a talk by Kerry Ratigan (Political Science, Amherst College) on health reform in China. Tuesday, April 18 at 4pm in Mood Atrium. All students, staff, faculty, and members of the community are welcome!

This Wednesday!

Join us for lunch this Wednesday--and a panel discussion on Brexit and the EU! Mood atrium, 12:15-1:30.

This Wednesday! Prof. Allison Miller (Art History) will preview her presentation for next week's Age of Empires symposium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Hope everyone's enjoying Spring Break!! Mark your calendars for Weds March 29. Dr. Miller will give a version of a talk she will be delivering soon at the Metropolitan Museum!

Screening of SU-produced German WWII documentary,
“Out of the Shadows: German Stories of Love, War and Faith.”
Thursday, March 30, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. in Olin 105

Followed by a panel discussion with the film’s creators, including Executive Producer Dr. Michelle Reyes and Dr. Erika Berroth, Director Whitney Milam, as well as other members of the filmmaking organization.

The film chronicles the lives of 8 German men and women who lived in Germany as children during WWII and who were placed in Russian concentration camps. The personal narratives challenge traditional dichotomies of perpetrators and victims and reveal show how these survivors of significant childhood trauma were able to find healing and forgiveness in the aftermath of the war.

Calling all International Studies majors! Wondering how the new curriculum will affect you? Come to our advising lunch TODAY! 11:30am in FAC (Fine Arts) Room 235. We'll have sushi lunch!!

Interested in learning more about what it's like to live in the Global Engagement Hall? Stop by the Open House tonight in Bishops Lounge. Deadline for applications is February 23!

Hey first-year students. Are you interested in living in the Global Engagement Hall next year? Come by the Residence Life Open House today for more information and chocolate-covered strawberries! The Open House will start at 6:00 pm in the Bishops Lounge. We hope to see you tonight!

On Tuesday, January 24, Art History hosts the next talk in the International Studies 2016-17 Lecture Series: Global Perspectives in Medicine and Health.

Cutting-Edge Work: The Artistry of Surgical Identities in Nineteenth-Century Paris Guest lecture by Mary Hunter, McGill University

Interested in applying for the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship? More information at the link below!

Are you a soon to be college graduate, recent college graduate, or graduate school alumnus looking to work on international peace and security issues in Washington, DC? Apply for a Scoville Peace Fellowship by January 6, 2017.

The Scoville Fellowship offers six to nine month salaried positions with more than two dozen think tanks and advocacy groups. Scoville Fellows are supervised by senior-level staff members at the host organizations and may work on a range of issues including arms control and nonproliferation, conflict prevention and resolution, and environmental and energy security. They contribute to their host organizations' goals through research, public education, advocacy, and by writing articles, blogs, fact sheets, letters to the editor, op-eds, and/or reports. In addition, fellows often organize talks and conferences and attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and Congressional hearings. Benefits include salary, health insurance, mentoring, moving costs to DC, meetings with policy experts, a stipend to attend conferences or courses, and an entrée into an increasingly influential network of alumni working for domestic and international NGOs, the Federal Government, academia, and media. For complete details see www.scoville.org. Follow us and check out our videos and subscribe to our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvbihyZqtwINdjjdtg-X_sQ

From the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages:

Statement on the Role of Language Learning in Valuing Diversity and Promoting Unity | American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Recognizing the current contentious climate in the U.S., the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) believes it is uniquely positioned to help bridge the ideological gaps that divide our nation. We stand with our more than 13,000 members in asserting strongly that diversity an...

Happy Halloween!! Art history student Elena Gonzalez recreated Edvard Munch's infamous painting "The Scream" today- awesome!

International Studies faculty news !

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Applications are now available for students, regardless of major, wishing to participate in the Southwestern internship and academic program in Washington, D.C, this coming Fall Semester. The Washington Semester program allows a student from any major to intern in our Nation's Capitol with some of the most well-known organizations in business, politics, nonprofits, social justice, the arts, and many more.The program permits the student to use Southwestern financial aid (other than work study), charges no more than she or he would pay if at Southwestern, and grants Southwestern credit and grades.

The program entails a 32-hour per week internship, an academic seminar focusing on the internship experience, academic seminars in international studies (politics, economic and history), communication, and an independent research paper. Up to fifteen credits can be earned.

The program is opened to Juniors and Seniors regardless of major who have a 3.0 GPA. Well-qualified second semester Sophomores are also eligible. To access further information online about the program, please visit the Washington Semester Page here.

If you are interested in attending this program, contact Dr. Bob Snyder (ext 1938), Tisha Temple (ext. 1857) or Maria Kruger (x1346) for further information. Applications are available through the Office of Intercultural Learning. Application Deadline is October 1st, 2016.

Southwestern: Intercultural Learning: Open to any student who has achieved junior or senior standing by the start of the program. The minimum GPA requirement is 3.0. Well-qualified second semester sophomores may be accepted.

2nd film in the Spanish Interdisciplinary Film Festival!
339 Amín Abel Hasbun
This Thursday, Sept 8, at 7pm in Olin 105

Based on a real story, 339 Amín Abel Hasbun. Memory of a Crime is an intriguing account of the murder of Amín Abel Hasbun, a brilliant student leader in the Dominican Republic accused of kidnapping US Embassy official J. Crowley. Hasbun was one of many young leftists fighting against the government of Dr. Joaquín Balaguer, who favored a repressive regime.

With a plot that involved the CIA and the Dominican Republic Police Force, the film does an excellent job at deconstructing the events that took place the morning of September 24, 1970, when Amin, his wife and 2-year-old son received the fatal visit of the police and country’s District Attorney.

Discussion afterwards led by Eric Selbin.

339 Amin Abel Hasbun [2015 Dominican Film Festival] Playing Friday, June 26 at 6:00pm and Saturday, June 27 at 8:00pm Synopsis: They interrogated everyone who attended the murder of Amin Abel Hasbún on Septemb...

Act now to prevent deep cuts to funding for international education! Advancing the humanities for all.

R.I.P. Rolf Hoffmann, director of the Fulbright Program in Germany.

Rolf Hoffmann : Unternehmensnachrufe : Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Rolf Hoffmann : Unternehmensnachrufe (30 April 2016) Die deutsch-amerikanische Fulbright-Kommission trauert um ihren Geschäftsführenden Direktor Dr. Rolf Hoffmann 27. Mai 1953 – 21. April 2016 Über 12 Jahre hat Herr Hoffmann das deutsch-amerikanis...

International Studies Lunch Table TODAY!!
Thursday, April 21
11:30am in the Margaret Shilling Room

All students, staff, and faculty involved or interested in International Studies are welcome!

Join us for friendly conversation about international topics! This week, we'll discuss recent news about the Panama Papers, and also chat about International Studies opportunities and events for next year.

LECTURE TODAY by Peter Hamilton, PhD

"The Networked Colony: Hong Kong, American Social Capital, and China's Globalization"

Monday, April 11 / 4:30 pm in Olin 110

ABSTRACT: In 1950, Hong Kong was poorer than most of sub-Saharan Africa. By 1990, it was wealthier per capita than Britain, its erstwhile colonial overlord. "The Networked Colony" offers a new explanation for Hong Kong's phenomenal economic development. Dr. Hamilton argues that Hong Kong went from rags to riches during the Cold War, not as "tiger" economy or as a British colony, but because its elite Chinese capitalists developed instrumental commercial and educational relationships with the United States. In turn, when Beijing initiated economic reforms in the late 1970s, Hong Kong's US-oriented elites enveloped the mainland's low-cost labor into their established networks. This project thus positions Hong Kong as the pivotal linchpin of today's enormous Sino-US trade relationship and historicizes the rise of neoliberal globalization.

BIO: Peter E. Hamilton is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UT Austin's Institute for Historical Studies. He received his Ph.D. in History from UT Austin in August 2015. After attending Yale for his undergraduate education, Dr. Hamilton taught at The Chinese University of Hong Kong for two years with The Yale-China Association. His research has been supported by the Hong Kong-American Center and he has published articles with The International History Review, The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, and an anthology forthcoming from University of Hawai'i Press entitled Pacific America: Empires, Migrations, Exchanges.

The Networked Colony - Hong Kong, American Social Capital, and China’s Globalization Lecture, sponsored by the International Studies Program

We're excited about this talk tomorrow on Latinx art at the Smithsonian, given by SU alum Josh Franco, who is now working at the Archives of American Art. All are welcome!

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES LUNCH
Thursday, January 28, 11:30-12:30ish
Margaret Shilling Room

We are excited to introduce monthly lunches for students and faculty in the International Studies Program. (Students interested in learning more about IS are also encouraged to come!) These are low-key, casual opportunities to talk about the program and what's happening in our areas of study (East Asia, Europe, and Latin America).

We invite you to bring something newsy about recent events in your area that you think would be fun to discuss. This could be an article, an image, a tweet, a blog post, a newspaper item, etc. Or just come as you are, and we’ll find plenty to talk about. We’ll chat about current events in politics, culture, etc.

The first lunch is TOMORROW: Thursday, January 28 starting at 11:30 in the Margaret Shilling Room. Feel free to come late or leave early as schedules allow. We’ll have a sign-in sheet for students without meal plans.

TODAY!!