Category Archives: International study

Course Announcements, International study, Study Abroad

Announcing 2 New Anthropology Study Abroad Field School Programs

UIUC Anthropology Department is pleased to announce 2 new Study Abroad Field Schools.

OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS!

These programs will be of great value for students interested in Archaeology, Anthropology, History, Museum and Heritage Studies, German language, Urban Studies, Architecture, Art History, Landscape Architecture, Medieval Studies, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Material Sciences.
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http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/Blasket/

2015 Field School Application Form — Please complete and return by December 30, 2014.
 
 
URBAN ARCHAEOLOGY
in VIENNA, AUSTRIA
FALL 2015
 
In Vienna, the past — with all its glories and catastrophes — is all around you. And no-one has a better view of this extraordinary history than the city’s Archaeology Division, the municipality’s official unit for research and education. Its members are literally tasked with unearthing Vienna’s past, digging for the city’s secrets and sharing them with an eager public.
 
12 Undergraduate Hours in ANTH (6 Advanced Hours)
 
• No Prior Coursework or Archaeological Experience Required
• No Language Requirement
• Total Cost (Including Transportation and Lodging) at the Same Level as a Semester on Campus
• Optional Additional Courses Available
 
For more information, contact Chris Fennell (cfennell@illinois.edu) or Matti Bunzl (matti.bunzl@wienmuseum.at).
Course Announcements, Informational Meeting, International study

Stockholm Summer Arctic Program, info session Thursday

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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SAO-LAS: Stockholm Summer Artic Program 2015
“Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic”
SCAN 386/GLBL 386/SESE 386 – 6 credits
 
Program Dates: June 3 – July 5, 2015
Study Abroad Office Application Deadline:  January 31, 2015
Information session: Thursday, December 11th, from 10-11 am (ISB room 101)
 
In this intensive five-week program – for science and humanities 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 should have junior status (for Fall 2015) or consent of the instructor.
 
Program contacts:
For questions regarding the application process, direct emails to: kmstrom2@illinois.edu Kristen Stout, Advisor for International Projects in mainland Europe.
Create an application 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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Money for Travel to Sweden – Anna Jensen Award
Application Deadline: February 6, 2015
 
The Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures is pleased to announce an award competition to facilitate study abroad in Sweden during summer 2015 or academic year 2015-16.  The Anna Jensen Memorial Scandinavian Award is a prize in the amount of up to $1,500 to facilitate study or research in Sweden.  To apply, please submit a 500-word application statement and include your most recent University of Illinois transcript (unofficial is fine). Ideal applicants are students who have been taking Scandinavian courses, or who articulate plans to do so during their time of study abroad. The statement should clearly outline:
 
• your reasons for applying
• how a period of study in Sweden is important to your studies and to your future career plans
• how you expect to use the award (you may include a basic budget)
• what your plans are to continue Swedish and Scandinavian Studies once you return.
 
You may also address in your application if there are special needs or circumstances that motivate your application.  Submit all application materials to the mailbox of Dr. Mark Safstrom, 2090 Foreign Languages Building by 4:45 PM on February 6, 2015.
 
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Now’s the time to sign up for several courses in Scandinavian and Arctic studies!!
Scandinavian Course Offerings – Spring 2015
 
SCAN 102 – Beginning Swedish II (Beginning Scandinavian II)
M T W Th, 11:00-11:50 AM, 4 credit hours
This is the SECOND course in the Scandinavian language sequence (usually Swedish).  Prerequisite: SCAN 101 or consent of instructor.
 
SCAN 104 – Intermediate Swedish II (Intermediate Scandinavian II)
M T W Th, 12:00-12:50 PM, 4 credit hours
This is the FOURTH course in the Scandinavian language sequence (usually Swedish).  Prerequisite: SCAN 103 or consent of instructor.
 
SCAN 225 – Vikings to Volvos: Scandinavia
M W F, 10:00-10:50 AM, 3 credit hours
An introduction to the history, literature, and culture of Scandinavia and the Nordic region, from the Viking age until the modern era (700s-present). Includes discussion of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Svalbard, and Greenland.  All readings in English.  This course satisfies the Gen Ed Criteria for a Literature and the Arts course, and Western Comparative Culture course. 
 
Campus Honors Program Course: SCAN 240 – Arctic Narratives
M, 12:00-2:50 PM, 3 credit hours
This is an interdisciplinary course that investigates representations of the Arctic in literature, art, cinema, media, and scientific, environmental, and geographical writing.  This course satisfies the Gen Ed Criteria for a Literature and the Arts course, and Western Comparative Culture course.  Same as CWL 282 / EURO 240.  Restricted to Chancellor’s Scholar-CHP Honors students.
 
SCAN 251 – Viking Mythology
M W, 10:00-10:50 AM (Friday sessions at 10:00, 11:00, or 1:00), 3 credit hours
This course will explore the pre-Christian beliefs of the Germanic peoples of Northern Europe, primarily as reflected in medieval Icelandic prose and poetry in translation.  This course satisfies the Gen Ed Criteria for a Hist. & Philosophy Perspective, and Western Comparative Culture course.  Same as CWL 251 / MDVL 251 / RLST 251.
 
SCAN 375 – Scandinavian Sexualities
T Th, 3:30-4:50 PM, 3 credit hours
In this course we will explore the changing understanding of childhood and youth in Scandinavian literature and film with a comparative focus.  Thematic concepts include the following; Psychoanalytic approaches to children’s literature; Constructions of the childhood self and the bildungsroman; Education, feminism, and social reform; Individualism and the welfare state; Political radicalism; gender, sexuality, and masculinity.  Same as CWL 375 / GWS 375.
 
SCAN 494 – Special Topics: History of the Germanic Languages
W, 4:00-5:50 PM, 3 credit hours
In this course, we will explore the historical development of the Germanic languages, from Proto-Indo-European to the present day, with a primary focus on German and the Scandinavian languages. Meets with GER 465.
 
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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. 
International study, Scholarships/Fellowships, Study Abroad

I4I and IPS Study Abroad Scholarships

I am excited to notify you that the Illinois for Illinois (I4I) and International Programs and Studies (IPS) Undergraduate Study Abroad Scholarship Programs are now accepting applications.  The applications, as well as detailed information about the scholarships, are available at http://app.studyabroad.illinois.edu/?go=schi4ips and http://app.studyabroad.illinois.edu/?go=IPSschol.  Please note that the I4I and IPS scholarship applications are due February 18, 2015. 
 
Thank you for your help in encouraging students to take advantage of these study abroad funding opportunities.  I am attaching a copy of our full scholarship listing as an additional resource for students.  

 

Scholarship Opportunities – 10.24.14

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Elizabeth Stickel
Specialist for International Scholarships
International Programs and Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

Course Announcements, International study

SLAV/CWL 277 for SP15

Presenting another interesting course for Spring 2015: SLAV 277 (see attachment)
 
This course will acquaint students with Czech culture and history from its emergence in the 10th century, to the end of communism in 1989, and beyond. The class places an emphasis on major Czech literary, film, musical, and culinary contributions in the context of distinct historical periods within this time frame. It also examines the history and larger idea of a Central European culture and provides insight into its relationship with 21st century American culture.
 
 
 

 

Course Announcements, International study, Study Abroad

Stockholm Summer Arctic Program 2015

There will be two upcoming information sessions (see details below) for the Stockholm Summer Arctic Program 2015. Please pass the following message along to your students to help us promote this fantastic study abroad program, which is sponsored by many on campus:


SAO-LAS: Stockholm Summer Artic Program 2015 – “Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic”
GLBL 386/SCAN 386/SESE 386 – 6 credits
 
Program Dates: June 3 – July 5, 2015
Study Abroad Office Application Deadline:  January 15, 2015
Two upcoming information sessions:  Thursday, December 4th, 2014 from 4-5 pm (ISB 101)
Thursday, December 11th, 2014 from 10-11 am (ISB room 101)
 
In this intensive five-week program – for science and humanities 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 should have junior status (anticipated for Fall 2015) or consent of the instructors.
 
Program contacts:
For questions regarding the application process, direct emails to: kmstrom2@illinois.edu Kristen Stout, Advisor for International Projects in mainland Europe.
Create an application to the program at the following address:
Program Partner Course Site:

Sponsored by the Study Abroad Office, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Scandinavian Studies, European Union Center, Global Studies, Earth Society & Environment and INSPIRE.

 

Course Announcements, International study

Seats still available – HIST 466: Modern Balkans through Lit & Film

Seats still available, register now!
HIST 466: SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE

THE MODERN BALKANS THROUGH LITERATURE AND FILM (19th-20th centuries)

 
Instructor: Maria Todorova                                                 
 
Course description
 
This course covers the history of the creation and development of the independent Balkan states (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and later Yugoslavia, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, and partly Turkey) during the 19th and 20th centuries. This process, whose obverse side was the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, can be approached as a case study of the larger and general process of dissolution of multinational empires into nation states that dominated much of Europe’s experience in this period. Special attention is given to Balkan nationalism, its roots, evolution and various manifestations. The modernization of the rural societies of the Balkans, their state and nation building are major problems of comparative analysis. Other topics cover ethnic conflict and/or accommodation, inter-Balkan relations, and the role of the great powers in the region. Finally, a close look will be taken on contemporary developments in the Balkans, especially the Yugoslav crisis. By reading and discussing fictional work and showing several films by Balkan authors, the course will provide a look also at the intellectual production of the region. Books for discussion are assigned on a weekly basis. Additional texts, maps and other materials will be provided by the professor.



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Matthew A. Rosenstein, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Director
European Union Center
University of Illinois

 

Informational Meeting, International study, Study Abroad

Flyer: Barcelona Meeting this week

Please share this information with students you think might be interested.

Hola!

Are you interested on majoring in Spanish? Would you like to study abroad to complete your Spanish degree in one year?  Look no further! Year Abroad in Barcelona is THE program for you! Come and join us for this semester’s last informational meeting! You will also be able to talk to students who participated in the program and ask them questions!

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Last Meeting Info:

When? Tuesday, December 2nd
Where? Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Language Building (FLB)

Saludos,
Melanie Ferrer
Intern for Spring 2015
LAS: Spanish Major
AHS: Recreation, Sports, and Tourism (RST) Major
Email: mferre4@illinois.edu

PS. Thank you for showing interest in learning more about the Year Abroad in Barcelona, Spain program!

Beth Chasco
Undergraduate Spanish Advisor

Course Announcements, International study, Study Abroad

Stockholm Summer Arctic Program info sessions Dec 4th and 11th

SAO-LAS: Stockholm Summer Artic Program 2015 – “Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic”
SCAN 386/GLBL 386/SESE 386 – 6 credits
 
Program Dates: June 3 – July 5, 2015
Study Abroad Office Application Deadline:  January 15, 2015
Two information sessions: Thursday, December 4th, 2014 from 4-5 pm (ISB room 101)
Thursday, December 11th, 2014 from 10-11 am (ISB room 101)
 
In this intensive five-week program – for science and humanities 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 should have junior status (anticipated for Fall 2015) or consent of the instructors.
 
Program contacts:
For questions regarding the application process, direct emails to: kmstrom2@illinois.edu Kristen Stout, Advisor for International Projects in mainland Europe.
Create an application 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.
Course Announcements, International study, Study Abroad

3 Summer Trips Now Open to Non-Business Students

3 Summer Faculty-led BUS Trips Now Open to Non-Business Students
The College of Business Study Abroad Office is opening three of its Summer Break faculty-led trips to select non-business students. ACE, ECON and Business Minor students are all eligible for the following trips…
AUSTRALIA — Negotiating Internationally
Prof. Jeff Loewenstein
May 18-31, 2015 (arrange your own flight and stay in OZ longer!)
MORE INFO HERE
EUROPE — Central Banking Since the Financial Crisis
Prof. Charles Kahn
May 18-28, 2015 (arrange your own flight and stay in Europe longer!)
MORE INFO HERE
EUROPE — BADM 310
Prof. Shahbaz Gill
May 18 – June 10, 2015
MORE INFO HERE
Dan Anderson
Associate Director for International Programs
College of Business, UIUC (Illinois)
1055 Business Instructional Facility, MC-520
515 E. Gregory Dr.
Champaign, IL 61820
217/333-1588 (p)
217/244-9992 (f)
 
Study Abroad at the UIUC College of Business…
Follow us – @IL_BUS_Abroad

 

Course Announcements, International study

LING 400, LING 199 for Spring 2015

Both courses below will be accessible to freshman. The instructor does not assume that anyone has any background in the area.
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Do you love language? Want to learn more about how language works, and how languages are structured? Take LING 400, Introduction to Linguistic Structure. We’ll be talking about the sounds of natural language and how they’re organized (why does ‘blick’ sound like an English word, but ‘bnick’ doesn’t?); words and how they’re structured (does ‘un-’ mean the same thing in ‘unzip’ and ‘unfair’?); how sentences are formed (where does the ‘it’ come from in ‘it rained’?); the meanings present in language (why does “my pen laughed” sound weird?); and how all these parts interact.

Details:
LING 400: Introduction to Linguistic Structure
MWF 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Professor: Sylvia Schreiner
(Available for undergraduate or graduate credit; not intended for undergraduate linguistics majors.)

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Do you like words? (Of course you do! Who doesn’t?) You should take Morphology! This course isn’t offered regularly, so make sure you take advantage of your chance to learn about weird things like infixes (abso-bloody-lutely!), cran-morphs (what kind of berry *is* a cran-, anyway?), and why ‘unbuttonable’ can mean two different things. We’ll be playing with lots of data from different languages, figuring out how to break down words into their parts.

Details:
LING 199: Undergraduate Open Seminar in Morphology
MWF 01:00 PM – 01:50 PM
Professor: Sylvia Schreiner

Please email me at slrs@illinois.edu if you have any questions about these courses.

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Sylvia L.R. Schreiner
Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign