Conferences and Workshops

Protecting the Vulnerable in International Conflict: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law

Series: International Summer Instistute
Research Clusters: Global Studies Education; Rule of Law and Human Rights
Dates: Monday, 25 July 2011 through Friday, 29 July 2011

This workshop features lectures and hands-on exercises that will guide participants through an intensive examination of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (IHL).
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Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry: "Qualitative Inquiry and the Politics of Advocacy"

Series: International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
Research Clusters: Global Studies Education; Informatics, Communications, and the Media
Dates: Wednesday, 18 May 2011 through Saturday, 21 May 2011

Increasingly in these troubling political times qualitative researchers are called upon to make their work relevant. They are encouraged to pursue social justice agendas, to be human rights advocates, to do work that honors the core values of human dignity, and freedom from fear and violence. Many oppose any political agenda, calling for non-activist qualitative research, let the chips fall where they will.

Global Studies Forum: Exploring International Humanitarian Law

Research Clusters: Rule of Law and Human Rights
Dates: Saturday, 16 April 2011 through Saturday, 16 April 2011

This forum will introduce American Red Cross modules used to explore humanitarian issues in the classroom and is applicable to teachers of World Literature, Current Events, World History, and US History.

Educators will examine "Responsibility to Protect" by using real examples from historical and present-day conflicts. Through hands-on exercises, participants will learn to motivate students to think like global citizens. The workshop also includes a keynote speaker and guided review of online resources.

Spring 2011 ICSS Conference: Seeing Eye to Eye

Research Clusters: Informatics, Communications, and the Media
Dates: Friday, 15 April 2011 through Friday, 15 April 2011

Bringing International, National, and Local Perspectives to Social Studies

I Hotel and Conference Center at the University of Illinois

Increase your knowledge of international issues and learn form your peers with guided presentations on lesson plans and resources, vendor exhibits, and expert speakers.

North, South, East, West! 2011 Global Fest

Series: Global Fest
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study; Global Studies Education; Language and Culture
Dates: Friday, 11 March 2011 through Saturday, 12 March 2011

Global Fest is a celebration and promotion of the study of world languages and international studies through educational activities connected to the Illinois Learning Standards for students 6th through 12th grades. Global Fest participants learn about and share the knowledge of the world through introductory lessons in languages of Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East; interactive cultural activities and performances; arts and crafts displays; global knowledge competitions, and exhibits.

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Strategies to Globalize the Research, Teaching and Engagement Missions of UIUC: Challenges of Interdisciplinary and Inter-Professional Cooperation

The Center for Global Studies (CGS) and its faculty Associates, covering all of the colleges and major schools and institutes of the campus, are offering a pre-summit workshop to explore how UIUC's academic agenda and priorities might be reformulated to better orchestrate the disciplinary and professional units of the campus to address global issues.

UN Terminology and Procedures 3-day Seminar

Series: UN Terminology and Procedures 3-day Seminar
Research Clusters: Language and Culture
Dates: Wednesday, 2 March 2011 through Friday, 4 March 2011

LAS One Credit Course
This seminar is intended for students in translation studies, international and global studies, languages, and linguistics to learn the rules of procedure, basic negotiating procedures and terminology for the United Nations. The course is of particular interest to students interested in careers in international organizations. The course is given in English for students from all languages. Students in the translation studies program will do special exercises translating UN documents into English.

An International Conference: Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Agriculture

Research Clusters: Sustainable Development
Dates: Monday, 20 September 2010 through Tuesday, 21 September 2010

This conference brings together a small group of leading scientists and educators from North America and Europe in a 2-day conference on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus to present and discuss new knowledge and international developments in key areas of ecosystem health and sustainable agriculture, particularly as pertaining to the Baltic Sea region in Europe and the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, and St. Lawrence River regions of North America.

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Summer Institute for Languages in the Muslim World 2010

Series: Summer Institute for Languages in the Muslim World
Research Clusters: Language and Culture
Dates: Monday, 14 June 2010 through Thursday, 5 August 2010
See also: http://silmw.linguistics.illinois.edu/

The second annual SILMW will offer intensive courses in a variety of Muslim World languages, including Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Swahili, Urdu, Wolof and Indonesian by experienced, trained, and highly proficient instructors. Classes will be four hours per day over a period of eight weeks, for a total of 132 hours. Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellows studying at the beginning level will receive an additional eight hours of instruction.

2010 International Summer Institute

Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study; Global Studies Education; Language and Culture
Dates: Sunday, 13 June 2010 through Friday, 18 June 2010

Sunday, June 13 through Friday, June 18, 2010  This week-long professional development workshop has been created to use multidisciplinary approaches for understanding and teaching world religions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism, Taoism and indigenous and disporic religious practices of Africa, Latin America and the Carribbean. Pedagogical approaches for elementary and secondary classrooms will also be discussed.  All K-16 educators are welcome to attend.

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