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Liberal Arts Faculty Receive $209,000 in IU/IUPUI Research Grants
May 22 | News Categories: Anthropology | Centers | Communication Studies | English | Grants | History | International | Museum Studies | News | Philanthropic Studies | Philosophy | Political Science | Religious Studies | Research | World Languages and Cultures
Fourteen Liberal Arts faculty have received IU/IUPUI research grants in support of their research totaling $209,000. The faculty are appointed in the departments/programs of communication studies, philosophy, English, world languages and cultures, history, anthropology, museum studies, religious studies, philanthropic studies, and political science.
Information on the research projects follows in alphabetical order by faculty member:
Jennifer Bute, assistant professor of communication studies, received a $14,824 Developing Diverse Researchers with InVestigative Expertise (DRIVE) grant for her project "Managing Private Information about Miscarriage: Couples’ Perspective." The project will explore how couples manage private information about the experience of miscarriage, using in-depth interviews with …
John McCormick Named A Fulbright-Schuman Chair
May 16 | News Categories: Campus News | Faculty and Staff | International | Political Science | Research
John McCormick, professor of political science in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, has been named a Fulbright-Schuman Chair for 2012-2013 by the U.S. State Department.
Awarded only to U.S. citizens, the Fulbright-Schuman Chair grant allows for the continuation of studies focused on U.S./ European Union relations. When McCormick begins his term as a Fulbright-Schuman Chair in Spring 2013, he’ll teach and conduct research at the College of Europe, located in Bruges, Belgium. Included in the award are relocation and travel expenses and a monthly stipend.
"Fulbrights are prestigious, particularly the Distinguished Chairs, …
School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI and Center for Interfaith Cooperation offer look at Islamic law
May 10 | News Categories: Campus News | Event Announcements | Faculty and Staff | General News | International | Religious Studies
Prominent local scholars, lawyers and religious practitioners will debate and discuss the role of sharia—Islamic law and ethics—in American life at a symposium next month organized by the newly established Center for Interfaith Cooperation and the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
“Sharia Beyond the Headlines” offers an in-depth examination of sharia in the U.S. courts and its meaning in the lives of Muslim Hoosiers. The symposium takes place from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the Indiana Interchurch Center, 1100 W. 42nd St. in Indianapolis.
…Four Liberal Arts students selected as 2012 Plater Civic Engagement Recipients
April 19 | News Categories: Anthropology | Campus News | General News | International | Sociology | World Languages and Cultures
The 2012 William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion awardees have been announced by the IUPUI Center for Service and Learning.
This year’s Plater Civic Engagement Medallion recipients represent a broad variety of backgrounds, majors, and types of engagement that have had a major impact both on the IUPUI campus and within the Indianapolis community. Four of the twenty recipients are Liberal Arts majors: Danielle Davis (Spanish), Mary Kate Dugan (Sociology), Ryan Logan (Anthropology), and Taylor Rhodes (International Studies).
The William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion is designed to honor IUPUI students that are most dedicated to civic engagement. This engagement could …
The History of Cardenio Ticket Prices Reduced
April 18 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Anthropology | Campus News | Communication Studies | Event Announcements | English | Faculty and Staff | Geography | History | Individualized Major Program | International | Lectures and Seminars | Museum Studies | Opportunities | Philanthropic Studies | Philosophy | Political Science | Religious Studies | Sociology | Women's Studies | World Languages and Cultures
Ticket prices for the performances of The History of Cardenio this month at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have been reduced.
Cardenio, a “lost play” by William Shakespeare and his younger contemporary John Fletcher, is the inaugural performance in the new IUPUI Campus Center Theater. Florida State University professor Gary Taylor has recreated and reimagined the script for the play, directed by IUPUI associate professor Terri Bourus, who teaches in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.
Tickets are now $10 for students, $20 for general admission, and $15 for groups of …
Annual Midwest Model European Union set to Reconvene April 5-7 at IUPUI
March 29 | News Categories: International | Political Science | Teaching
How will the European Union solve the Eurozone Crisis? What steps will they take to improve the environment? How will they deal with current immigration issues? And what’s to be done with Afghanistan? These are issues students from around the region will try to solve when they gather at the IUPUI Campus Center on April 5-7 for the Midwest Model European Union.
John McCormick, professor of political science in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI and a Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Politics, created and designed the Midwest Model European Union in 1993, and has overseen …
Tickets on Sale for Performances of ‘History of Cardenio,” Rarely Seen Shakespeare Play
March 08 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Anthropology | Campus News | Communication Studies | Event Announcements | English | Faculty and Staff | Geography | History | Individualized Major Program | International | Lectures and Seminars | Museum Studies | News | Opportunities | Philanthropic Studies | Philosophy | Political Science | Religious Studies | Sociology | Women's Studies | World Languages and Cultures
Tickets are now on sale at IUPUI for the April performances of The History of Cardenio, a “lost play” by William Shakespeare and his younger contemporary John Fletcher. The play is recreated and reimagined by Professor Gary Taylor, a prize-winning editor of both Shakespeare and Fletcher, and directed by IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI Associate Professor of English drama, Terri Bourus.
The world premiere of the reconstructed play is the result of 20 years of research by Taylor, who presented a public reading of his most advanced and refined iteration of the script at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London …
Ian McIntosh to lead Winter School at University of Queensland
March 08 | News Categories: Anthropology | Communication Studies | Faculty and Staff | International
Dr. Ian McIntosh, IUPUI Director of International Partnerships, will deliver one of three prestigious Winter School Workshops being hosted by the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland in Australia in July 2012.
Co-sponsoring units at the University of Queensland include the School of Political Science and International Studies, the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre, and the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining.
A scholar and expert on issues of truth and reconciliation in global perspective, McIntosh will focus his workshop on the monitoring and measuring of trends in reconciliation in the wake of major conflicts and human rights …
IUPUI Center Helps International Economics Professor Bridge Language Divide
February 21 | News Categories: Centers | Civic Engagement | English | International
After 20 years traveling the world as a Japanese manufacturing company executive, Hisaya Kitaoka found a new career he loved, teaching international economics at Franklin College which is 20 miles south of downtown Indianapolis.
Kitaoka received glowing reviews for his classroom skills, but supervisors told him his writing needed improvement.
About the same time, an academic journal in his field rejected a research paper over which Kitaoka had labored for months. “They said, ‘It’s very good, but we can’t publish it as is,’” he recalled. “They said, ‘Your English is …
IUPUI Professor Edward E. Curtis Co-Founds Journal of Africana Religions
February 16 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Faculty and Staff | International | Religious Studies | Research
Edward E. Curtis IV, professor of religious studies in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, has co-founded the Journal of Africana Religions, the world’s only refereed journal devoted to research on the religions of African-descended people in global perspective.
“This journal signifies a rich coming-of-age in the study of African and African Diasporic studies,” said scholar, author and activist Cornel West.
Pennsylvania State University Press will publish the Journal of Africana Religions quarterly in both print and electronic form starting in January 2013. The journal will focus on the religious …
ICIC offers workshop to help international researchers enhance oral presentation skills
February 01 | News Categories: Centers | English | Faculty and Staff | International | Lectures and Seminars | Opportunities | Research
Making oral presentations at scientific and academic conferences and meetings is a standard expectation for university researchers and instructors. For non-native English speakers, however, giving oral presentations that are clear, concise and understandable to the audience may be challenging because of intercultural differences in presentation formats and styles.
The Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication, a language and cultural training center that is part of the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, is presenting a workshop designed to help international researchers enhance their oral presentation …
Wheeler among 10 IU faculty awarded Fulbright grants for teaching and research worldwide
January 26 | News Categories: Faculty and Staff | Grants | International | Religious Studies | Research
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Dr. Rachel Wheeler, associate professor of religious studies, is among the ten IU faculty who are Fulbright recipients this year. Wheeler is spending the year teaching in the American Studies Department at the Johannes Gutenberg University at Mainz, Germany. She also is working on a full-length biography of a Mohican-Moravian man named Joshua, 1742-1806, who lived through the religious revivals and wars of the 18th century.
The ten faculty represent three campuses —Bloomington, Indianapolis and Fort Wayne—and their research and academic activity take place in countries across the globe such as Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Poland, …
Liberal Arts Professor Jason Kelly Named as Society of Antiquaries Fellow
January 19 | News Categories: History | International | Research
The Society of Antiquaries of London has elected Jason Kelly, associate professor of British history in the IU School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, as a fellow.
The society’s Royal Charter of 1751 charges the group with “the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries.” Created in 1707, the Society of Antiquaries of London currently has more than 2,900 members, including experts in architecture, art and architectural history.
Kelly’s membership in the society comes as a result of significant achievement in the study …
Gil Latz Begins Appointment as IUPUI Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs
January 09 | News Categories: Campus News | Geography | International
Gil Latz on January 1, 2012 began his appointment as IUPUI associate vice chancellor for international affairs. The position includes a dual appointment as associate vice president for international affairs for the Indiana University system. He also has an academic appointment as professor of geography in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. As associate vice chancellor, Latz will oversee the IUPUI Office of International Affairs, which serves as IUPUI’s hub of international activities.
Latz comes to IUPUI from Portland State, where he served as vice provost for international affairs since 2002 and …
Culture Matters, According to a New Book by ICIC Director Ulla Connor
September 27 | News Categories: Centers | English | Faculty and Staff | International | Research
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Professor Ulla Connor’s latest book, Intercultural Rhetoric in the Writing Classroom, helps trace the evolution in the instruction of writing to second language learners.
Connor is director of the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC), a language and cultural training center which is part of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.
According to Thomas Upton, chair of the Department of English at IUPUI and himself an applied linguist, "Professor Connor is internationally recognized as the leading scholar in the field of Intercultural rhetoric."
Connor, this year named a Chancellor’s Professor at IUPUI, …
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