tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012-07-06:/esc/myblog//16414 2013-04-23T22:17:58Z A Blog for the European Studies Consortium Movable Type Enterprise 4.31-en tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/esc/myblog//16414.393523 2013-04-23T22:10:50Z 2013-04-23T22:17:58Z

The Institute for Global Studies and The European Studies Consortium would like to congratulate the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) awardees for Summer 2013 and the upcoming Academic Year 2014. Western Europe Summer 2013 Madeline Reibe, Undergraduate, Intermediate Italian,...

esc Western Europe Summer 2013 Madeline Reibe, Undergraduate, Intermediate Italian, Department of French and Italian Kristen Stoeckler, PhD, Beginning Turkish, Theater Amanda Taylor, PhD, Intermediate Italian, English J. Adelia Chrysler, PhD, Beginning Yiddish, Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch Rachel Schaff, PhD, Beginning Czech, Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature Western Europe Academic Year 2013-2014 John Stanoch, Undergraduate, Intermediate Russian, Linguistics & Russian Timothy Bell, Undergraduate, Intermediate Italian, Physiology/French and Italian Studies Jean Costello, Undergraduate, Intermediate Russian, Mathematics Felicia Stevens, Undergraduate, Intermediate Dutch, Theater Arts & Dance Paul Vig, PhD, Intermediate Dutch, Department of History Andrew Hoyt, PhD, Intermediate Italian, Department of History Margarita Kopelmahker, PhD, Advanced Russian, Theater Arts & Dance Lucas Franco, PhD, Intermediate Norwegian, Political Science ]]> International Summer 2013 Emily Walz, Undergraduate, Advanced Chinese. Department of Asian Languages and Literature Alexandra Mitchell, Undergraduate, Intermediate Arabic, Institute for Global Studies Julia Corwin, Graduate, Intermediate Hindi, Geography Katie Lambright, PhD, Intermediate Chinese, History International Academic Year 2013-2014 Gabrielle Abeles-Allison, Undergraduate, Intermediate Arabic, Food Science and Nutrition Jennifer Cafarella, Undergraduate, Advanced Arabic, Institute for Global Studies Pashouably Vang, Undergraduate, Intermediate Chinese, Asian Languages and Literature Na Hee Lee-Workman, Undergraduate, intermediate Portuguese, Spanish & Portuguese Jenna Marie Rasmusson, Graduate, Advanced Swahili, School of Public Health Julia Corwin, Graduate,Intermediate Hindi, Geography Terran Chambers, JD, Beginning Arabic, Law School The FLAS competition is open to undergraduate, graduate and professional students to promote the study of modern foreign languages and in particular less-commonly-taught languages in European and International studies. Summer Fellowships provide $2500 living stipend and $5000 towards tuitions and fees for undergrads, graduate and professional students. Academic Fellowships provide undergraduates with a $5000 living stipend and $10,000 towards tuition and fees. A $15,000 living stipend and $18,000 towards tuition and fees is available for graduate and professional students. The nomination process for Summer 2014 and AY 2015 will begin in the fall of 2013. Look for information on the IGS and ESC website in August. ]]> tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/esc/myblog//16414.392326 2013-04-15T14:43:54Z 2013-04-18T00:20:36Z

Friday and Saturday, April 19-20, 2013 Nolte Center Free and open to the public. Reservations available online until Wednesday, April 17 by clicking here. Program schedule available for download by clicking the link below: BTSfinal.pdf "Burning the Sea: Clandestine Migrations...

esc Nolte Center Free and open to the public. Reservations available online until Wednesday, April 17 by clicking here. Program schedule available for download by clicking the link below: BTSfinal.pdf "Burning the Sea: Clandestine Migrations in the Age of Globalization" is a symposium designed as an interdisciplinary conference that will bring together fifteen scholars from various national and international institutions, with a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Panelists will discuss contemporary clandestine human migratory flows across the Mediterranean Sea between southwestern Europe and North- and Sub-Saharan Africa, as they are represented in French, Francophone, and Spanish literature and cinema. Panels will also examine these migratory patterns, concentrating on how they are accounted throughout history, in mass media, and political discourse. Convened by Hakim Abderrezak, Department of French and Italian, University of Minnesota Participating Scholars: Silvia Bermúdez, University of California-Santa Barbara Sabrina Brancato, University of Bayreuth Carla Calargé, Florida Atlantic University Sylvie Durmelat, Georgetown University Claudia Esposito, University of Massachusetts-Boston Anouar Majid,University of New England Brinda Mehta, Mills College Valerie Orlando,University of Maryland-College Park Gema Pérez-Sánchez, University of Miami Liliana Suárez-Navaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Edwige Tamalet Talbayev, Yale University Plenary Address: Dominic Thomas, UCLA Panel Chairs: Shaden Tageldin, Department of Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota Ofelia Ferran, Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota Nabil Matar, Department of English, University of Minnesota William Viestenz , Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota Sponsored by: University of Minnesota Imagine Fund Special Events Programs, European Studies Consortium, Institute for Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Immigration History Research Center, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, Department of French and Italian, Institute for Advanced Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Department of History, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Department of English, Department of Anthropology.]]> tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/esc/myblog//16414.392309 2013-04-15T14:27:48Z 2013-04-15T14:43:44Z

Hakim Abderrezak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His research deals primarily with Maghrebi literature and cinema, and Mediterranean Studies. His most recent publications include an article...

esc Hakim Abderrezak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His research deals primarily with Maghrebi literature and cinema, and Mediterranean Studies. His most recent publications include an article on the topic of clandestine migration in francophone Moroccan "illiterature," an interview with Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, and a book chapter on the film Il était une fois dans l'oued (Once Upon a Time in the Oued). His work has appeared in various journals, such as Sites: Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, Critical Interventions, and The Journal of North African Studies. He co-edited a special issue of Expressions Maghrébines on Plurilingualism in the Maghreb (Winter 2012). His forthcoming book is entitled Ex-Centric Migrations: Europe and the Maghreb in Mediterranean Cinema, Literature, and Music (Indiana University Press 2014). ]]> tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/esc/myblog//16414.392306 2013-04-15T14:16:09Z 2013-04-15T15:47:36Z

Tuesday, April 23 7:00 PM St. Anthony Main Theatre Cost: $10.00-$12.00 For tickets click here. Mama Illegal is a documentary by award-winning ÖRF journalist Ed Moschitz chronicles seven years in the lives of three women. Aurica, Raia and Natasa leave...

esc St. Anthony Main Theatre Cost: $10.00-$12.00 For tickets click here. Mama Illegal is a documentary by award-winning ÖRF journalist Ed Moschitz chronicles seven years in the lives of three women. Aurica, Raia and Natasa leave their Moldovan village--and the broken roads, the dilapidated schools and the countless abandoned houses--to work in Austria or Italy as cleaners or child care workers. Here they live a life in the underground without valid documents, without health care, and separated from their children and families for years. They send the little that remains of their hard-earned Western money home to their families. But their desire for a brighter future and a better life comes at a high price: After all these years, their return is not what they planned. Their children are grown and their husbands estranged. The social gulf that they sought to overcome threatens to tear apart the families once and for all. Having never really arrived and been accepted in the West, they find that they have become alienated from their homeland. The Center for Austrian Studies' BMWF Research Fellow Matthias Falter will lead a discussion after the film. Sponsored by: Center for Austrian Studies, European Studies Consortium, Institute for Global Studies, Immigration History Research Center, MSP International Film Festival]]> tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/esc/myblog//16414.390711 2013-04-03T00:46:44Z 2013-04-03T00:54:15Z

Thursday, April 11 4:00 p.m. Room 710 Social Sciences Dr. Berthold Molden, visiting professor at the University of New Orleans will give a special lecture on the intellectual history of global anti-colonialism. Resistance against foreign rule is as old as...

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Burning the Sea: Clandestine Migration in the Age of Globalization Symposium Friday and Saturday, April 19-20, 2013 Nolte Center Rooms 140 &125 Friday, April 19, 9:00-5:00 Saturday, April 20, 10:00-2:30 Free and open to the public. Reservations required, to...

esc Nolte Center Rooms 140 &125 Friday, April 19, 9:00-5:00 Saturday, April 20, 10:00-2:30 Free and open to the public. Reservations required, to reserve please click here. Accounts of North- and Sub-Saharan African clandestine migrations to Europe are broadcast widely in print and electronic media. Concurrently, fictional accounts on the matter published in French, Spanish, and Italian have grown considerably. Though they have received extensive media coverage, the desperate crossings have garnered little academic attention. "Burning the Sea: Clandestine Migrations in the Age of Globalization" is a symposium designed as an interdisciplinary conference that will bring together fifteen scholars from various national and international institutions, with a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Panelists will discuss contemporary clandestine human migratory flows across the Mediterranean Sea between southwestern Europe and North- and Sub-Saharan Africa, as they are represented in French, Francophone, and Spanish literature and cinema. Panels will also examine these migratory patterns, concentrating on how they are accounted throughout history, in mass media, and political discourse. Sponsored by: University of Minnesota Imagine Fund Special Events Programs, European Studies Consortium, Institute for Global Studies, Immigration History Research Center, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, Department of French and Italian, Institute for Advanced Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Department of History, Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Painting: Burning the Sea (2013) Jordan Kammer]]> tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/esc/myblog//16414.387669 2013-04-02T15:32:59Z 2013-04-03T00:55:21Z

Representing Genocide: Media, Law and Scholarship April 5 & 6, 2013 Place TBD The symposium will address journalistic, judicial and social scientific depictions of atrocities with a focus on cases of the Holocaust, Darfur, and Rwanda. It seeks to explore...

esc The symposium will address journalistic, judicial and social scientific depictions of atrocities with a focus on cases of the Holocaust, Darfur, and Rwanda. It seeks to explore the intersections between these different discursive fields and case studies to shed light on the increasing tension between the local and global representations and memories of mass murder.]]> here to visit the CHGS web page on the symposium. ]]> tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/esc/myblog//16414.389051 2013-03-15T20:21:01Z 2013-03-15T20:34:59Z

A lecture by Heikki Patomäki Friday, March 29, 2013 1:00 p.m. Room 614 Social Sciences Refreshments served The historical development and functioning of global financial system, the 2008-2009 crisis, and the European debt crisis that started in 2010 have been...

esc Social Sciences Refreshments served The historical development and functioning of global financial system, the 2008-2009 crisis, and the European debt crisis that started in 2010 have been tightly intertwined. The Euro crisis is, in essence, a second phase of the epic recession that began in 2008. Moreover, the ideological underpinnings or inherent contradictions of the European Monetary Union (EMU) are not specific to the EMU only. Similar ambiguities and imbalances characterize also the dynamics of global political economy as a whole. In his lecture, Professor Patomäki argues first that the Euro crisis requires reforms in the systems of global governance; and second that this conclusion should be generalized from a non-Eurocentric perspective, presupposing also a new global imaginary of ethics and politics. ]]> Heikki Patomäki is Professor of World Politics at the University of Helsinki, Finland and a founding member of NIGD (Network Institute for Global Democratization) He is also an activist in the international ATTAC (Association for the Taxation of financial Transactions and Aid to Citizens) movement and currently chairing ATTAC Finland. His research interests include philosophy and methodology of social sciences, peace research, futures studies, economic theory, global political economy, and global political theory. His most recent book is The Great Eurozone Disaster: From Crisis to Global New Deal (Zedbooks, March 2013). Sponsored by The Government of Finland/David and Nancy Speer Visiting Professorship, European Studies Consortium, Department of Political Science, Institute for Global Studies. tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/esc/myblog//16414.387602 2013-03-05T22:04:48Z 2013-03-05T22:18:51Z

Screening and discussion with director John Swanson, professor, department of History, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Tuesday, March 12 7:00 PM Room 710 Social Sciences Building The Center for Austrian Studies will host producer, writer and director John Swanson, whose...

esc Social Sciences Building The Center for Austrian Studies will host producer, writer and director John Swanson, whose film About a Village: Children of the High Woods, examines the meaning of home. ]]> About a Village: Trailer Sponsored by: Austrian Studies, European Studies Consortium, Institute for Global Studies, Immigration History Research Center.]]> tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/esc/myblog//16414.387598 2013-03-05T22:02:57Z 2013-03-05T22:04:39Z

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Department of History, University of Minnesota Announce a Call for Applicants for the Bernard and Fern Badzin Graduate Fellowship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The Fellowship is for the 2013-2014 academic...

esc Required application materials: 1) A letter of application (maximum 4 pages single-spaced) describing the applicant's intellectual interests and dissertation research and the research and/or writing which the applicant expects to do during the fellowship year 2) A current curriculum vitae for the applicant 3) An unofficial transcript of all graduate work done at the University of Minnesota 4) TWO confidential letters of recommendation from U of MN faculty, discussing the quality of the applicant's graduate work and dissertation project and the applicant's progress toward completing the degree, sent directly to the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (chgs.umn.edu). All application materials must be received by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies electronically chgs.umn.edu, no later than 3:00 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013. The awardee will be announced no later than Friday, April 26, 2013.]]> tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/esc/myblog//16414.366182 2013-02-05T21:36:49Z 2013-02-05T16:26:25Z

The Institute for Global Studies of the University of Minnesota is accepting nominations for the 2013-2014 Fellowship in European and International Studies, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS). The competition is open to undergraduate, graduate and professional students to promote...

esc here.]]> Informational meetings are scheduled for Monday, November 12 from 12-1 p.m. in room 18 Follwell Hall, Friday, November 16 from 12-1 p.m. in room 60 Humphrey Center (emphasis on professional students), Wednesday, November 28 from 10-11 a.m. in room 614 Social Sciences (emphasis on graduate students), and Thursday, November 29 from 10-11 a.m. in room 35 Nicholson Hall (emphasis on undergraduate students). The meetings will provide students information on eligibility, priorities and strategies for successful applications. Refreshments will be served and interested applicants are welcome to all meetings times. tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/esc/myblog//16414.384263 2013-02-05T16:11:46Z 2013-02-05T16:17:44Z

Candidates for Director of CAS Center for Austrian Studies is conducting a search for a new director and has invited four finalists to campus. Each candidate will give a presentation on their current research and a talk outlining their vision...

esc website. All members of the university community and the public are welcome.]]> tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/esc/myblog//16414.381101 2012-12-18T18:41:57Z 2012-12-18T18:53:45Z

A Lecture by Farid Hafez Tuesday, February 26, 2013 4:00 p.m. Room 710 Social Sciences Building Professor Hafez's talk will touch upon the issue of how Austrian Muslim youth found their way through Hip Hop and Malcolm X to Islam...

esc Social Sciences Building Professor Hafez's talk will touch upon the issue of how Austrian Muslim youth found their way through Hip Hop and Malcolm X to Islam and how they gave Islam a "Western" meaning, shaping a distinctive Western Muslim-identity. Farid Hafez is currently working as a researcher at the Department for the Philosophy of Law, Law of Religion, and Culture at the University of Vienna, and lectures at the Department for Oriental Studies at the University of Vienna. His research focuses on Muslim organizations in Austria, the role of Islamophobia in Austrian party politics and on the Islamic Council in Austria within the Austrian political systems. ]]> Center for Austrian Studies. Sponsored by Center for Austrian Studies, European Studies Consortium and The Institiute for Global Studies.]]> tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/esc/myblog//16414.377502 2012-11-27T19:40:12Z 2012-11-27T19:51:33Z

Karl Ove Knausgaard read from his controversial work Min Kamp 1 (My Struggle-First Book) on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the University of Minnesota. The recording of this event is now available on the European Studies Consortium's new YouTube...

esc Karl Ove Knausgaard read from his controversial work Min Kamp 1 (My Struggle-First Book) on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the University of Minnesota. The recording of this event is now available on the European Studies Consortium's new YouTube channel. You can see the video by clicking here. ]]> tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/esc/myblog//16414.377499 2012-11-27T19:33:00Z 2012-11-27T19:40:01Z

Middlebury Summer Language Schools announces the continuation of the Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace. The fellowship will cover the full cost of one summer of language study (tuition, room, and board)--from the beginner to graduate level--in any of six languages,...

esc Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace. The fellowship will cover the full cost of one summer of language study (tuition, room, and board)--from the beginner to graduate level--in any of six languages, including Russian. The postmark deadline is January 14, 2013. See the website for application details. Need-based Financial Aid Available to All Students - Nearly half of 2012 Language Schools students received financial aid. Learn more about financial aid and other scholarships and fellowships. ]]>