Category: International study

Scandinavian Courses for Fall 2014

Time to Sign Up for Fall 2014 Courses!!
                  
SCAN 101: Beginning Scandinavian I (Swedish level 1)
MTWTh, 11:00-11:50
Dr. Mark Safstrom
 
SCAN 103: Intermediate Scandinavian I (Swedish level 3)
MTWTh, 12:00-12:50
Dr. Theo Malekin
 
SCAN 240: Arctic Narratives
TTh, 2:00-3:20 PM (Same as CWL 282, EURO 240; counts as “Lit. and the Arts” and “Western Comparative Culture” course)
Dr. Mark Safstrom
We’re off to the Farthest North!  In this course we will study the various narratives produced by residents of and visitors to the Polar regions throughout history.  Our texts will include examples of how people have imagined these spaces through oral tradition, mythology, and literary works, and will range from “non-fiction” accounts of explorers like Nansen and Amundsen, to novels and films, to tourist information and journalism.  The Arctic has been narrated as a “home,” an object of territorial expansion, a space for spiritual retreat and shaping of individual identity and heroism, and as a stage for technological development.  While it is a “natural” environment, is has also been changed by the people who have lived and worked there. 
 
SCAN 252: Viking Sagas in Translation
MWF, 3:00-3:50 PM (Same as CWL 252, MDVL 252; counts as “Lit. and the Arts” and “Western Comparative Culture” course)
Dr. Theo Malekin
 
SCAN 490: Ingmar Bergman and European Cinema
TTh 10:00-11:50 AM (Same as MACS 490)
Dr. Theo Malekin
Spend a semester with one of the great poets of film!  Responsible for some of the cinema’s most enduring images, during his lifetime (1918-2007), Bergman became synonymous in America with art-house movies.  He embodied for many the essence of the auteur filmmaker, a lone genius who appeared as if from nowhere and produced a string of highly individual and brilliant films.  Unpacking some of these stereotypes, this course will take a comparative approach to Bergman, placing him in both his Scandinavian and European cultural contexts.
 
SCAN 593: Research in Special Topics: “Imagining the Arctic”
M, 2:00-4:50 PM (Meets with GER 576, ENGL 578, CWL 581)
Dr. Anna Westerståhl Stenport
This interdisciplinary course investigates representations of the Arctic in literature, art, cinema, media, and scientific and geographical writing over the past century and a half, spanning material from North America (documentaries, experimental cinema, and Hollywood features by Robert Flaherty, James Balog, Stan Brakhage, and Howard Hawks), Britain (figurations of the lost Franklin expedition; films by Stan Brakhage), continental Europe, and the Nordic Region. Interpretive approaches include ecocriticism; post-colonialism; indigenous studies; visual, film and media theory; and Cold War studies. Open to graduate students from any humanities or social sciences discipline, the course emphasizes cross-disciplinary interaction and engagement.
 
SCAN 494: Advanced Swedish (Swedish level 5)
MTWTh, 12:00-12:50 PM
Dr. Mark Safstrom
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Taste of Language

A Taste of Language event
 
Are you or your students interested in exploring a new language but don’t have time? Do you want to share your native language with others? Come to the second annual Taste of Language event! The Taste of Language is designed as a networking event for students, staff, and faculty. Attendees will participate in two short language classes (25 minutes each) teaching basic introductions to various languages.This year’s participating languages are Mandarin Chinese, Kazakh, Zulu, Korean, Portuguese, Wolof, Turkish, Arabic and Diné (Navajo).This is a great event to attend if you are interested in language, or just improving your conversational English!

Thursday, April 3 from 6-8 pm in the basement classrooms of the University YMCA.

 
This event is hosted by International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) as part of International Week at Illinois, March 31-April 6.
 
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ICDI RECRUITMENT- Be part of an emerging international intiative

We are student leaders committed to developing relationship and leadership skills between domestic and international students to promote a more inclusive UIUC campus.
The Intercultural Community Development Initiative is a new university initiative responding to the lack of social understanding and inclusion among International and domestic students here on the UIUC campus. We are looking for bright, highly-motivated students who are passionate about intercultural relationships and creating a more inclusive campus. 
Our goal is to enhance learning of social and relational skills, learning to adjust to the cultural norms, and developing leadership skills.
 
As part of ICDI, you will:
·       Create a legacy– you’ll be part of creating a brand new university program 
·       Use your talents– you’ll hone skills in event planning, workshop facilitating, marketing, budgeting, curriculum development, or teaching
·       Develop an impressive international network– you’ll be working and networking with university administrators and private companies both here and abroad.
 
Our current project is to create an in-country social workshop for international students pre-departure in Shanghai. That’s right- we’re going to work in China. We will continue to develop workshops on campus, and develop strong relationships with international students throughout their time at the university. 
Interested? Join us.
Info Sessions: 113 Davenport Hall
March 10 @ 6:30, March 11 @ 7:00
 
Application deadline is March 12 @ 5:00 pm
Contact Amy Lin at icdi.uiuc@gmail.com
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Global Perspectives: Understanding Educational Diversity Around the World — Focus on Chile

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES SPEAKERS SERIES:
Understanding educational diversity around the world
What does education look like in other countries? What do you know about the countries of international and diasporic students sitting in US classrooms? Hear from international graduate students about the educational systems in their home countries.
Friday, March 7th from noon to 1 pm
in 242 Education Building
PIZZA WILL BE PROVIDED
 
Educational quality from the accountability lens:
Challenges and controversies in the Chilean educational system
 
Mauricio Pinois a Ph.D Student in the EPOL- Global Studies in Education Division. MA in Ethnopsychology, he was a professor of the Catholic University of Valparaíso in Chile, where he has worked in teacher professional development programs and researched teachers transforming identity in the context of the new Chilean teacher evaluation and incentives system. His current research interests include an analysis of how the Universal Right to Education is reframed and implemented by different governments, the role of international students in higher education, and how the global neoliberal imaginary is shaping educational systems around the world.
Carolina Hidalgo Standen is a Ph.D. student in Educational Psychology, QUERIES Division, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received a Master of Arts in Psychology. In her hometown of Temuco, Chile, she is a faculty member in the Department of Education at University of La Frontera where she teaches courses on teachers’ professional identities and relations between culture and educational policies in Chile. Currently, she is studying evaluation in educational contexts. Her dissertation addresses how the implementation of accountability policies regarding teacher evaluation impact teachers’ professional identities. 
 Sergio Poo-Dalidet is a Phd student in Education and Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He has a Master of Education at UIUC. His main interests are technologies in education and quality assurance systems in higher education.  He spent four years for the Chilean National Commission for  Accreditation in Higher Education, and two years managing Accreditation processes at Universidad San Sebastián. Currently, he is studing the role of quality assurance systems on education contexts, and specially, its implications on higher education.  
SPRING 2014
January 31 — China, 1080 FLB
February 14 — Serbia, 210a ED
February 21 — South Korea, 210a ED
February 28 – Rwanda, 333 ED
March 7 – Chile, 242 ED
April 4 — Malaysia, 242 ED
April 11 — Philippines, 242 ED
April 18 — Indonesia, 242 ED
April 25 — Senegal, 333 ED
May 2 — Sri Lanka, 242 ED
(All presentations will begin at noon.)
This speaker series is co-sponsored by the College of Education (Office of International Programs, Global Studies in Education and Community for Global Studies in Education), the College of LAS (Student Academic Affairs Office) and the Center for Global Studies.
For questions, please contact: Mauricio Pino Yancovic (mypino2@illinois.edu), Xiuying Cai (xcai7@illinois.edu ), or Nicole Lamers (lamers@illinois.edu ).
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Scholarships DEADLINE EXTENDED for study in Israel or India

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDY IN ISRAEL OR INDIA AVAILABLE
Funding is available through the Arie & Ida Crown Study Abroad in Israel Scholarship and the Charles Wert India-Illinois Scholarship for undergraduates participating in a university approved, credit-bearing study abroad program. Extended Deadline: March 7, 2014 at 11:59PM. Contact apurnell@illinois.edu to apply.
 
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French Field Study and Internship Programs

IFE – French Field Study and Internship Programs Info Sessions
DateMar 4, 2014

 
Time1:30 pm – 3:55 pm  

 
LocationRm. 232, International Studies Building

 
SponsorStudy Abroad Office
 
Come and learn about this amazing opportunity from Tim Carlson, IFE Co-Director, who will be conducting information sessions to discuss this program.
Reserve a space at one of the sessions by emailing Kristen Stout, Advisor for SAO-administered programming in mainland Europe, at kmstrom2@illinois.edu.
Session #1: 1:30-1:55
Session #2: 2:00-2:25
Session #3: 2:30-2:55
Session #4: 3:00-3:25
Session #5: 3:30-3:55
IFE, a French not-for-profit educational organization, offers Field Study and Internship programs in Paris, Strasbourg, and Brussels. The Field Study and Internship program makes use of the professional workplace as the ideal cross-roads for encountering France, Belgium, and Europe today, as well as an opportunity to carry out a field research project related to the student-intern’s academic or career goals. The program includes intensive classroom preparation, a three-month, full-time internship chosen to match each student’s objectives, a guided independent study on a topic closely tied to the intern’s mission, and a structured framework of accompaniment throughout the semester. IFE works with students from all major fields and career tracks.
For more information, visit the program brochure page at the Study Abroad Office website at the link below:
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Global Perspectives: Understanding Educational Diversity Around the World — Focus on South Korea

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES SPEAKERS SERIES:
Understanding educational diversity around the world
What does education look like in other countries? What do you know about the countries of international and diasporic students sitting in US classrooms? Hear from international graduate students about the educational systems in their home countries.
Friday, February 21st from noon to 1 pm
in 210A Education Building
PIZZA WILL BE PROVIDED
 
SOUTH KOREA:
Internationalization of Higher Education
Vesna
Gayoung Chung is a PhD student in Global Studies in Education in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership. Her current research focuses on activism of undocumented Korean American youths struggling to navigate their life within the intertwined tension of restricted citizenship and racial stereotype. She worked as a researcher at National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea and Korean Women’s Development Institution of Ministry of the Gender Equality & Family in South Korea.
 
MiYun Suh is a doctoral student in the Language & Literacy division at the department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her research interest focuses on children’s bilingualism and cultural perspective change. Her research involves perceptions of Korean bilingual elementary students’ parents, as well as the multiple aspects of children’s life including parents, peers, school, and other kinds of social settings where second language learning occurs.
Jaehee Park joined the Doctoral program in Curriculum and Instruction in Fall 2012 after earning an MA in South Korea. Her research deals with content-based literacy learning, bilingual/ESL education in K-12 and heritage education of minority communities. She has been teaching a great number of students in various grades in South Korea and in the U.S.
 
SPRING 2014
January 31 — China, 1080 FLB
February 14 — Serbia, 210a ED
February 21 — South Korea, 210a ED
February 28 – Tanzania, 333 ED
March 7 – Chile, 242 ED
March 14 — Sri Lanka, 242 ED
April 4 — Malaysia, 242 ED
April 11 — Philippines, 242 ED
April 18 — Indonesia, 242 ED
April 25 — Senegal, 333 ED
May 2 — Wrap-Up and Celebration, 242 ED
(All presentations will begin at noon.)
This speaker series is co-sponsored by the College of Education (Office of International Programs, Global Studies in Education and Community for Global Studies in Education) and by the College of LAS (Student Academic Affairs Office).
For questions, please contact: Mauricio Pino Yancovic (mypino2@illinois.edu), Xiuying Cai (xcai7@illinois.edu ), or Nicole Lamers (lamers@illinois.edu ).

SCAN Second 8-week courses, and more!

Dear Friends of the Scandinavian Program and Scandinavian Club at the U of I!
Mark your calendars for several upcoming events and courses, sponsored by or related to the Scandinavian Studies Program or the student Scandinavian Club (RSO).
 
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Time to sign up for second 8-week courses Spring 2014!!
Running March 17 – May 7, 2014
 
SCAN 215: Madness, Myth and Murder – Scandinavian prose fiction in English translation (same as CWL 215)
MWF, 1:00-2:50 PM, 3 credit hours
 
SCAN 494: Intro to Swedish Sign Language (meets with SHS 390)
MTWTh, 8:00-9:50 AM, 4 credit hours
 
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SAO-LAS: Stockholm Summer Artic Program 2014
“Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic”
SCAN 386/GLBL 386/SESE 386
6 credits
 
Program Dates: June 2 – July 4
Study Abroad Office Application Deadline:  March 1, 2014
 
In this intensive five-week program – for science and non-science students – program participants will learn about issues related to climate change and human presence in the Arctic from interdisciplinary perspectives.  UIUC students participate together with students from KTH-Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden and will spend two weeks in the Arctic.  This year’s field sites will be located in Northern Sweden, with time spent in Kiruna, followed a stay in the Swedish mountains at the Tarfala Research Station, and ending with a stay at the Abisko Research Station near Lake Torne Träsk.  Applicants must have junior status or consent of the instructor.
 
Program contacts:
Jonathan Tomkin, Associate Director, School of Earth, Society, and Environment (tomkin@illinois.edu) 
Alison Anders, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geology (amanders@illinois.edu)
Kristen Stout, Study Abroad Office Advisor for programming in mainland Europe (kmstrom2@illinois.edu) 
 
Apply to the program at the following address:
 
Sponsored by the Study Abroad Office, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Scandinavian Studies, European Union Center, Global Studies, Earth Society & Environment and INSPIRE.
 
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Join us for Swedish Conversation Group and Coffee Hour Thursdays!
2:30-3:30 PM
(Runs from January 30 through May 1; excluding March 13, 27)
Philippson Library, 3114 Foreign Languages Building
 
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Mark your calendars for these Spring 2014 lectures:
 
Colloquium:  “Constructing Jerusalem at Vadstena (Sweden): Creating a Symbolic Space through Text, Architecture and Paraliturgical Devotions”
Thursday February 27, 5:00 PM in Lucy Ellis Lounge, FLB 1080
Michelle Urberg, Music, University of Chicago.  Colloquium organized by Medieval Studies at UIUC.
 
 
Lecture:  “The Trouble with Stars ­ Global vs. Vernacular Stardom in Two Forms of European Popular Culture”
Thursday March 6 at 5:15 PM in Lucy Ellis Lounge, FLB 1080
Dr. Olof Hedling, Lund University, Fulbright Hildeman Visiting Scholar in the Scandinavian Program, U. of I.
 
 
Lecture:  “Fictionalizations of a Welfare State Sex Scandal: The Re-telling of Historical Events and Call Girl (2012)”
Thursday April 3 at 5:15 PM in Lucy Ellis Lounge, FLB 1080
Dr. Mariah Larsson, Stockholm University, EUC and MACS Visiting Scholar and INSPIRE fellow. 
 
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Interested in the Scandinavian Minor or Major? 
Contact the program advisor, Dr. Mark Safstrom, to set up an appointment (safstrom@illinois.edu FLB 3117).  Now is also the time for currently enrolled minors and majors to schedule a time for their Spring course audit. 
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Global Perspectives: Understanding Educational Diversity Around the World — Focus on Serbia

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES SPEAKERS SERIES:
Understanding educational diversity around the world
What does education look like in other countries? What do you know about the countries of international and diasporic students sitting in US classrooms? Hear from international graduate students about the educational systems in their home countries.
Friday, February 14th from noon to 1 pm
in 210A Education Building
PIZZA WILL BE PROVIDED
 
SERBIA:
Education System of Serbia: K-12 & Higher Education
Vesna
Vesna Tosic is a final year PhD student in the department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests are improving adoptive T cell therapy for cancer and using oncolytic viruses for cancer therapy, as well as outreach to scholars in the social sciences and humanities.
Jelena
Jelena Pokimica is a first year PhD student in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership – Human Resource Development.  Her research interests are leadership and team development, organization development and change, emotional intelligence, applied quantitative research, and international programs.
 
SPRING 2014
January 31 — China, 1080 FLB
February 14 — Serbia, 210a ED
February 21 — South Korea, 210a ED
February 28 – Tanzania, 333 ED
March 7 – Chile, 242 ED
March 14 — Sri Lanka, 242 ED
April 4 — Malaysia, 242 ED
April 11 — Philippines, 242 ED
April 18 — Indonesia, 242 ED
April 25 — Senegal, 333 ED
May 2 — Wrap-Up and Celebration, 242 ED
(All presentations will begin at noon.)
This speaker series is co-sponsored by the College of Education (Office of International Programs, Global Studies in Education and Community for Global Studies in Education) and by the College of LAS (Student Academic Affairs Office).
For questions, please contact: Mauricio Pino Yancovic (mypino2@illinois.edu), Xiuying Cai (xcai7@illinois.edu ), or Nicole Lamers (lamers@illinois.edu ).
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