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The IU School of Liberal Arts has formalized its relationship with the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Moi University, through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU complements an International Strategic Partnership between IUPUI and Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya; this partnership is the first of its kind for the campus. The MOU, signed by Dean Robert White, Liberal Arts, Dean Peter Ndege, Moi School of Arts and Social Sciences, and countersigned by IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz and Moi Vice Chancellor Richard Mibey, was written “in the spirit of promoting international friendship and understanding …
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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, …
Africana Studies Launches Speaker Series with Two Lectures on September 26
September 21 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | International | Opportunities
The Africana Studies Program in the IU School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will launch a new speaker series on Monday, September 26, 2011, with presentations by prominent Africanist scholars Dr. Toyin Falola and Dr. Ademola Dasylva.
Dr. Toyin Falola (pictured at left) will speak on Monday, September 26, 2011 at 9:00 AM in the School of Informatics, IT Room 265 at 535 W. Michigan Road on the topic of "African Politics and Society in the Contemporary Period." …
Japanese College Students Learn English, Leadership Skills
September 13 | News Categories: Centers | English | International | Student Accomplishments
For Japanese college student Tomomi Nagashima, learning English has always meant sitting in a classroom and listening to an instructor. Until this summer.
She had endless opportunities to practice English herself recently as part of a unique language immersion program sponsored by the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC), a language and cultural training center in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis (IUPUI).
"In Japan, we are only hearing and listening to what the professor says. Here, I had more time to speak and answer questions. It helped me practice my …
House-Soremekun Appointed Director of Africana Studies
September 06 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Faculty and Staff | International | Political Science | Women's Studies
William Blomquist, dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), has appointed Bessie House-Soremekun, Ph.D., as the new director for the Africana Studies Program. House-Soremekun assumes the position previously held by Monroe Little, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and founding director of the Africana Studies program, who recently stepped down after directing the program for 30 years.
House-Soremekun is also the Public Scholar in African-American Studies, Civic Engagement and Entrepreneurship; professor of political science; professor of Africana studies; and the founding executive director of the Center for Global …
Professor Karen Kovacik Receives NEA Literature Translation Fellowship
August 11 | News Categories: English | International | Research | Women's Studies
The National Endowment for the Arts recently awarded IUPUI Professor Karen Kovacik a $12,500 NEA Literature Translation Fellowship. The fellowship will support Kovacik’s translation into English of the work of Polish poet Agnieszka Kuciak.
Kovacik is professor of English and director of creative writing in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). She is translating a 120-page selection of Kuciak’s work, drawing from two of the Polish poet’s books and also including some previously uncollected poems.
Polish poet and critic Bronislaw Maj characterized Kuciak’s debut as …
New Administrative Appointments in the School of Liberal Arts
August 10 | News Categories: Centers | Communication Studies | English | Individualized Major Program | International | Political Science | World Languages and Cultures
This summer several faculty members have undertaken new administrative roles in the School of Liberal Arts. New appointments for 2011 include:
- Martina Dalinghaus, Lecturer in Classical Studies, will direct the Classical Studies Program in the Department of World Languages and Cultures.
- Jonathan Eller, Professor of English; Senior Textual Editor, Institute for American Thought; Textual Editor, Peirce Edition Project and Santayana Edition, becomes the Director of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies.
- Margaret Robertson Ferguson, Associate Professor of Political Science; Chair of the Department of Political Science, will serve as Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs through December 31, 2011.
- Bessie House-Soremekun, Public …
In the News - July 2011
August 09 | News Categories: Centers | Communication Studies | English | History | International | Philanthropic Studies | Political Science | Religious Studies | Sociology
Experts from Liberal Arts departments and centers are regularly cited in the local, national, and international media. A selection from online sources provides a sampling of the types of issues and kinds of research Liberal Arts faculty are called upon to talk about in the public sphere. Also included is general Liberal Arts news covered by the media.
After 2-year dip, gifts to charities up in 2010
Columbus Dispatch June 23, 2011
Charitable giving grew last year for the first time since 2007, but American generosity still has a long way to go to catch up to pre-recession levels, experts say. …
Liberal Arts Appoints House-Soremekun as Director of Entrepreneurship Research Center
July 07 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Centers | Civic Engagement | Faculty and Staff | International | Political Science | Research
The IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI has appointed Bessie House-Soremekun, Ph.D., as the founding executive director of the school’s Center for Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development, Dean William Blomquist announced recently.
House-Soremekun is the Public Scholar in African-American Studies, Civic Engagement and Entrepreneurship; professor of political science; and professor of Africana studies at IUPUI. The professor is an award-winning author, inventor and entrepreneur, as well as an internationally-recognized scholar, expert, and advocate on entrepreneurship and economic development.
The Center for Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development (CEGESUD) is an interdisciplinary research and community outreach center …
Medical Residents Receive Training from IUPUI Language and Culture Center
June 20 | News Categories: Centers | Civic Engagement | English | Faculty and Staff | International | Research
Indiana is facing an acute shortage of primary care physicians, a problem that may continue to grow with changes in healthcare reform. More and more international physicians are coming to the U.S. to work and experts say they are essential to fill those
gaps.
"According to the American Medical Association, twenty five percent of all practicing physicians in the U.S. are now overseas medical school graduates," said Ulla Connor, Ph.D., Director of the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC) a language and cultural training center that is part of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.
Some of those doctors may …
IUPUI and Eiteljorg Museum Host Meeting of the World Archaeological Congress
June 13 | News Categories: Anthropology | International | Research | Student Accomplishments
The Museum Studies Program in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art will co-host an international Inter-Congress of the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) on June 22-25, 2011, at the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd.
Many Indigenous people such as American Indians and Australian Aborigines believe their peoples are poorly represented in museum exhibits and programs. The Inter-Congress, titled, "Indigenous People and Museums: Unraveling the Tensions," will focus on this problem and …
In the News - May 2011
June 06 | News Categories: Centers | Economics | English | Faculty and Staff | History | International | Medical Humanities | Philanthropic Studies | Political Science | Religious Studies | Research | Women's Studies
Experts from Liberal Arts departments and centers are regularly cited in the local, national, and international media. A selection from online sources provides a sampling of the types of issues and kinds of research Liberal Arts faculty are called upon to talk about in the public sphere. Also included is general Liberal Arts news covered by the media.
The Civil War and Nursing
Nurse.com April 29, 2011
The work of Civil War nurses proved that contrary to Victorian notions of the time, women could provide excellent care for men they weren’t related to without damaging delicate sensibilities or reputations, say nursing …
IUPUI/Peking University Medical History Project Gets $240,000 Luce Foundation Grant
May 23 | News Categories: Grants | History | International | Medical Humanities | Philanthropic Studies | Research
The Henry Luce Foundation recently awarded a three-year $240,000 grant to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), collaborating with Peking University Health Science Center (PUHSC) to study the history of Western medicine in China.
The project "Western Medicine in China: 1800-1950" will research an important area of medical and Chinese history; organize and improve access to resources documenting that history; and deepen the understanding in both the United States and China of the history of what have become many of China’s leading hospitals and medical schools, according to history Professor William Schneider, …
Connor named IUPUI Chancellor’s Professor
May 16 | News Categories: Centers | English | Faculty and Staff | International | Research | Women's Studies
Ulla Connor, Ph.D., Professor of English and Director of the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC) in the School of Liberal Arts, has been named a Chancellor’s Professor of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), an honor which recognizes a record of extensive accomplishment by senior faculty at IUPUI.
Chancellor’s Professors are faculty who show commitment to the mission of the campus and contribute in concrete ways to the development of IUPUI as an academic community of exceptional quality and integrity as well as to their disciplines through the creation and application of knowledge. …
Vermette Receives Knighthood from French Government
May 09 | News Categories: Civic Engagement | Faculty and Staff | International | Research | World Languages and Cultures
The government of France recently awarded its highest honor for educators to Rosalie Vermette, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of French in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.
France’s Ministry of National Education named Dr. Vermette a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Knight of the Order of Academic Palms) during a ceremony on April 21, 2011 at IUPUI.
Membership in the 200-year-old Order of Chivalry for academics and educators is based on a record of teaching, publication, and promotion of French language and culture through various professional activities. By virtue of …
Hayes Among 2011 Research Frontiers Trailblazer Award Winners
April 21 | News Categories: Campus News | Faculty and Staff | International | Religious Studies | Research
Established in 2010, the Research Frontiers Trailblazer Award recognizes outstanding IUPUI researchers who are showing great promise in becoming nationally and internationally known for their accomplishments in advancing the frontiers of knowledge. Specifically, the award is for outstanding research and scholarly activity accomplishments by an Associate Professor, within the first three years of promotion or appointment in the given rank.
The winners of the 2011 Research Frontiers Trailblazer Awards were announced at the IUPUI Research Day on April 8th and represented research on Afro-Brazilian religious …
“Holy Harlots” Book by IUPUI Professor Examines How People Draw on Religious Resources
April 13 | News Categories: Books by Faculty | Faculty and Staff | International | Religious Studies | Research | Women's Studies
What does the disembodied spirit of an unruly harlot in Brazil have to do with religion? As readers of a new book by Kelly E. Hayes, an associate professor of Religious Studies in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI discover: everything.
The book, "Holy Harlots: Femininity, Sexuality, and Black Magic in Brazil," focuses on an Afro-Brazilian spirit entity, Pomba Gira, that plays a central role in the life of a Brazilian priestess with whom Hayes has worked in Brazil for the past decade.
It will be published by University of California Press in May, 2011. A DVD of …
Seven Liberal Arts Students Receive Plater Civic Engagement Medallion
April 06 | News Categories: Anthropology | Campus News | Civic Engagement | Economics | Geography | Individualized Major Program | International | Political Science | Student Accomplishments | World Languages and Cultures
Seven of the 2011 William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion recipients are Liberal Arts students. The Plater Medallion is designed to honor the IUPUI students that are most dedicated to civic engagement. 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; one half the 14 recipients, however, share majors in the Liberal Arts. They are:
- Aaron Burgess- Geography, IU School of Liberal Arts
- Meghan Cross- Spanish & International Studies, IU School of Liberal Arts
- Evan Danner- Anthropology, IU School of Liberal …
ICIC Workshop on Scientific Grant Proposal Writing for International Research Scientists
March 29 | News Categories: Centers | English | International | Opportunities | Research
The Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC) a language, intercultural research and training center that is part of the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, is presenting a workshop on Scientific Grant Proposal Writing for international research scientists.
"This workshop is designed for non-native English speaking life sciences researchers from the university or hospital setting who are new to grant proposal writing or who want to improve their quality of their grant writing and the likelihood of future research funding," said Dr. Ulla Connor, PhD, ICIC Director.
The workshop will be held May 13, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. …
Gondola Receives International Fellowship for “Tropical Cowboys”
March 22 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Faculty and Staff | History | International | Research
Professor Ch. Didier Gondola is the recipient of a prestigious international fellowship from the European Institutes for Advanced Study (Eurias) to continue his research on "Tropical Cowboys: Youth, Popular Culture and Masculinity in Colonial Kinshasa."
Seven hundred academics applied for the 2011-2012 Eurias Fellowships and just 18 junior and 10 senior scholars from across the globe were chosen for the program. The award includes a living allowance, travel support, and a research budget.
Gondola, a professor of history in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, will be …
In the News - February 2011
March 02 | News Categories: Anthropology | Centers | English | International | Political Science | Religious Studies | World Languages and Cultures
Experts from Liberal Arts departments and centers are regularly cited in the local, national, and international media. A selection from online sources provides a sampling of the types of issues and kinds of research Liberal Arts faculty are called upon to talk about in the public sphere. Also included is general Liberal Arts news covered by the media.
Pence shuts 1 door, leaves another open
Indystar.com January 28, 2011
U.S. Rep. Mike Pence shut the door Thursday on seeking the presidency in 2012 but left unanswered whether his choice instead is the Indiana governor’s office. If anything, said Bill Blomquist, …
Consul General to Speak at Spanish Resource Center Opening March 8th
February 23 | News Categories: Civic Engagement | Event Announcements | International | World Languages and Cultures
The School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI will celebrate the opening of a new Spanish language and culture center with a lecture featuring a Spanish diplomat.
Ambassador Javier Rupérez, Consul General of Spain in Chicago, will give a lecture entitled "Europeans and Americans: So Similar So Different," at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in Room 405 of the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd.
The lecture marks the official inauguration of a new office for the Spanish Resource Center (SRC) in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. A ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new …
IUPUI’s International Opportunities Showcased at 7th International Festival
February 22 | News Categories: Event Announcements | International | Opportunities
IUPUI’s 7th International Festival is Thursday, February 24 from 10:00 to 2:00 on the first floor of the Campus Center.
The Festival is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to learn more about IUPUI’s wide range of international opportunities for research and collaboration.
Festival food is co-sponsored by IUPUI Food Service and will be prepared by IUPUI’s new Chef Jackson in consultation with international students and staff. Sample the cuisines of China, India, Kenya, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia free of charge.
Staff and faculty are encouraged to don traditional clothing and enter the Best-Dressed Contest sponsored …
Humanitarian Assistance Speaker Series Begins February 14th
February 14 | News Categories: International | Lectures and Seminars | Medical Humanities | Opportunities
In the aftermath of crises, international aid organizations, volunteers, religious institutions, nations and their citizens band together to help in the recovery. From the earthquake and its aftermath in Haiti to the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, and from the devastation following armed conflict in countries around the globe to the hunger that faces many on a daily basis, humanitarian assistance comes numerous forms including medical assistance, food, supplies, clean-up, and support for the displaced.
Beginning February 14th, the Medical Humanities and Health Studies Program in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI will present a series of discussions about international humanitarian …
ICIC Welcomes New Assistant Training Director
February 03 | News Categories: Centers | English | Faculty and Staff | International
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The Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC), a language and cultural training center that is part of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, is pleased to welcome a new Assistant Director of Training.
Lauren Harvey joins ICIC with twelve years of professional experience with the Indiana Department of Education. Most recently, she was Coordinator of federal and state programs for English Language Learner (ELL) students.
In her role there, Harvey led and managed a staff of seven in monitoring and implementing school districts’ educational programs for approximately 50,000 English language learner students …
Two Students Receive National Gilman Scholarships to Study Abroad
January 06 | News Categories: English | International | Student Accomplishments
Two IUPUI students received awards this spring to study overseas through the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program.
Shelby Henry, an English Education major, received an award of $2,500 toward student teaching in Guangzhou, China; Zachary Ringler, an English major in the IU School of Liberal Arts, received a $5,000 award to study Japanese language and culture at Hakuoh University in Japan.
"We are constantly looking for scholarship opportunities and are thrilled that two IUPUI students have received financial support from the federally funded Gilman Scholarship to study abroad," said Stephanie Leslie, director of the Office of Study Abroad at IUPUI.
The students …
Princess of Thailand Visits IUPUI, Receives Honorary Degree from IU
December 20 | News Categories: Campus News | Centers | International | Philanthropic Studies
Her Royal Highness Princess Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand visited IUPUI today (Dec. 17, 2010) and attended a presentation by Patrick Rooney, executive director of the IU Center on Philanthropy. Afterward she was greeted by IUPUI students and faculty from Thailand.
The IUPUI visit coincides with Princess Sirindhorn’s travel to Indiana University Bloomington, where she is to receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters on Dec. 18, 2010.
Princess Sirindhorn earned a Ph.D. in Educational Development from Thailand’s Srinakharinwirot University and received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Chulalongkorn University, which has had …
Haas Named Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs
December 16 | News Categories: Campus News | Faculty and Staff | International | Sociology | Women's Studies
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Linda L. Haas, Ph.D., professor of sociology and adjunct professor of women’s studies, has been appointed interim associate vice chancellor for international affairs at IUPUI and interim associate vice president for international affairs for the Indiana University system.
In these roles, Haas will serve as key cabinet member for the IU system-wide division of International Affairs as well as chief international officer for IUPUI, heading the Office of International Affairs.
Haas is replacing Susan Buck Sutton, the first administrator to assume full-time leadership of the IUPUI Office of International Affairs. Under Sutton’s leadership IUPUI has established a program …
Sim Founds Chandler/Gockley Scholarship to Support Study Abroad
November 30 | News Categories: English | Faculty and Staff | International | Opportunities
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More Liberal Arts students will be able to study abroad thanks to the generosity of one faculty member.
Kate Duffy Sim, a Senior Lecturer of English in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, has created The Alice Chandler Gockley and Gordon E. Gockley Memorial Scholarship for students seeking financial assistance to study abroad.
The new scholarship is named for Kate’s cousins, Gordon Gockley, a German professor, and his wife Alice Chandler Gockley, a librarian and Gordon’s companion in gourmet food, opera, theater, travel, literature, and laughter.
Known for her …
Brothers Among IU 2010-2011 Fulbright Grant Recipients
November 26 | News Categories: Faculty and Staff | Geography | International | Research
One IUPUI Professor is among the eight Indiana University faculty and staff who received Fulbright grants for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Timothy Brothers from the Geography Department, part of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, received a Fulbright grant in late October. He is lecturing and conducting research with the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in the Dominican Republic. Brothers is investigating environmental change due to deforestation taking place in a national park in the Dominican border area.
A total of five IU faculty and one professional staff member received Fulbright grants …
Sutton Appointed Senior Advisor for International Initiatives at Bryn Mawr College
November 23 | News Categories: Anthropology | Campus News | Faculty and Staff | International | Philanthropic Studies | Women's Studies
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IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz said, "As IUPUI’s first full-time international programs leader, Susan Sutton built the infrastructure to expand our services to students, faculty, and staff. But most importantly, she is a visionary who was the architect of the campuswide infrastructure for strategic international partnerships. This has allowed IUPUI to develop …
Management of Cultural Heritage Sites is Focus of 11/8 Lecture
November 04 | News Categories: Anthropology | Event Announcements | International | Lectures and Seminars | Opportunities | World Languages and Cultures
Who sets the agenda for the management of such cultural and natural heritage sites as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America and Hadrian’s Wall?
And what is the real value of such sites receiving the World Heritage designation under the 1972 international treaty adopted by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)?
Newcastle University (UK) Professor Peter Stone, director of the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies and head of the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle, will discuss these and other questions in a Nov. 8 lecture at …
Noted Linguistics Professor to Speak at IUPUI
October 14 | News Categories: Centers | English | International | Lectures and Seminars | Opportunities
Dr. Diane Belcher, PhD, Professor of Applied Linguistics at Georgia State University and Co-editor of TESOL Quarterly, will be giving a lecture at IUPUI in November.
The internationally-known author is also co-editor of the Michigan Series on Teaching Multilingual Writers. Belcher was asked to give her talk as part of the 2010 Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL) Conference at IUPUI on November 13.
In her remarks just prior to the conference, Belcher will introduce Language for Specific Purposes (LSP), an approach to language teaching that is tailored to the specific needs of learners. She will discuss how …
Hayes’ Documentary Selected for Rio de Janeiro Film Festival
September 28 | News Categories: Books by Faculty | Faculty and Staff | International | Multimedia | Religious Studies | Research
A documentary produced by an IUPUI professor will get five viewings during a popular international film festival.
Professor Kelly Hayes’ new film, Slaves of the Saints, has been selected for screening at the 12th Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (Festival do Rio), Sept. 23 through Oct. 7, 2010.
Hayes, associate professor of religious studies in the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, produced the 64-minute documentary film with Catherine Crouch.
Festival do Rio is Brazil’s and South America’s largest film festival and industry event. It receives massive media attention throughout …
ICIC program gives Japanese students taste of IUPUI, builds bridges for future exchanges
September 21 | News Categories: Centers | English | International | Opportunities | Student Accomplishments
Some short-term exchanges open the doors for other opportunities.
For a group of students from Japan’s Hakuoh University visiting IUPUI as part of a two-week short-term immersion program, this could be just the beginning.
Seventeen students from Hakuoh University in Oyama, Japan were in Indianapolis from September 10-20th for an exchange program sponsored by the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC), a language and intercultural training center that is part of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.
The Hakuoh program is designed to help students improve their English skills and get …
October Writing Workshop for International Researchers Expanded
September 13 | News Categories: English | International | Lectures and Seminars | Opportunities
International researchers will want to make plans now to attend a writing workshop sponsored by the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC). The workshop is designed to help English as a second language writers improve their skills for academic and scientific publications.
"The writing workshop was originally designed only for researchers working in the sciences but because of special requests, we have expanded the content to include others in the academic community who are required to produce scholarly publications. The expanded content will help us reach out to a wider international academic community both at IUPUI and on the other campuses …
Alum Competes for Prize in National Geographic Photo Contest; Cast Your Vote
September 07 | News Categories: Individualized Major Program | International | Opportunities | Student Accomplishments | World Languages and Cultures
IUPUI alumni Brian Young, an Individualized Major in Japanese who double-majored in Physics, is a finalist in one of the six categories in the National Geographic magazine’s 2010 Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest.
Entered in the Nature category, Young’s photo is of a giant Wisteria tree. He took the photo in Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, while studying abroad as a part of his Individualized Major degree.
Two pictures were selected as finalists in each category, with the winner of each category to be determined by popular votes cast by September 15. Persons interested may vote by visiting http://www.nationalgeographic.com/energizer/vote/2/.
The ultimate grand prize …
John McCormick Awarded Jean Monnet Chair in EU Politics
August 23 | News Categories: Faculty and Staff | International | Political Science | Research
Professor John McCormick (Political Science) has spent the bulk of the past two decades dedicating his research and teaching to the politics of the European Union (EU). The results include five books on the topic, a faculty and student exchange between the School of Liberal Arts and six European universities, and the Midwest Model European Union which attracts as many as 180 students from across the region each year.
Now, McCormick has achieved his greatest academic recognition-and one of IUPUI’s as well: the award of a Jean Monnet Chair in EU Politics.
"I’m delighted by …
ICIC Sponsors Scientific Writing Workshop for International Researchers
August 20 | News Categories: Centers | International | Opportunities
The Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC) is sponsoring a scientific writing workshop for international postdoctoral researchers. ICIC, a language and cultural training center that is part of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, is organizing the workshop to help scientific researchers for whom English is a second language hone their writing skills for publication.
"Medical researchers are often required to publish their work in international scientific journals in English. This can be challenging when English is not a writer’s first language," said Dr. Ulla Connor, PhD, Director of ICIC. "The workshop will involve text analysis as well as focused …
Japanese students learn about American culture, language at ICIC program
August 17 | News Categories: Centers | English | International
When 29 college students from Tokyo stepped off a plane in Indianapolis recently, they were embarking on a unique journey of discovery.
To be sure, the students from Tsuda College will perfect their English skills in this custom language immersion program developed by the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC), a language and cultural training center that is part of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.
But discovering more about American culture - and perhaps even a bit more about themselves—will also be an important part of the curriculum.
The Women in Leadership Intensive Summer …
11 Students Publish in Muslim-American Encyclopedia
August 02 | News Categories: Books by Faculty | International | Political Science | Religious Studies | Research | Student Accomplishments
Among the 125 contributors to the new "Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History" are ten undergraduates and one graduate student from the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.
"Their names are sitting right next to those of the leading experts on Muslims in the United States," bragged their instructor, Edward Curtis, Millennium Chair of the Liberal Arts and professor of religious studies.
The encyclopedia, for which Curtis served as general editor, is the largest scholarly resource ever produced about Muslim American history. Its two …
Historian Explores Western Medicine’s Influence in China, Collaborates with Peking University
July 21 | News Categories: History | International | Medical Humanities | Philanthropic Studies | Research
American missionary Peter Parker helped establish the first Chinese hospital in 1835. By 1911, thanks to the West and missionaries, China had 245 hospitals and 35 medical schools.
Western medicine was heavily influential to and widely accepted by the Chinese. Study of why the Chinese were drawn to western practices, however, has been uneven. Revolutions, war, and invasions have prevented serious research and access to important historical records.
IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI History Professor William Schneider hopes to change that with a new project funded by a $30,000 planning grant from the …
Giles Hoyt Receives Germany’s Highest Civilian Honor
June 29 | News Categories: Centers | Faculty and Staff | International | Philanthropic Studies | World Languages and Cultures
Giles Hoyt, Professor Emeritus of German and Philanthropic Studies and past Director of IUPUI’s Max Kade German-American Center in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI is the recipient of the Bundesverdienstkreuz, the Federal Cross of Honor, which is the Federal Republic of Germany’s highest tribute for services to the nation.
Dr. Hoyt has been a pivotal figure in the field of German and German-American Studies, reaching far beyond the academic sphere. An internationally recognized scholar, his service to the university, as well as to the German-American community, particularly in Indiana and the Midwest, …
Student Receives National Award from Hispanic Honor Society
May 04 | News Categories: International | Student Accomplishments | World Languages and Cultures
Andrea Meyer Smith, a Liberal Arts graduate student in the Master of Arts for Teaching Spanish (MAT) program has won the 2010 Gabriela Mistral Award. She is the second IUPUI student to receive the prestigious award presented by Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society. The award recognizes excellence in the studies of Spanish language, literature, and culture, and endorsement of Sigma Delta Pi principles of advancement and dissemination of Hispanic language and cultures. It is granted by the honor society’s national headquarters. This year fourteen recipients were chosen from nominations submitted …
Photo by Political Scientist Makes the Cover
April 19 | News Categories: Civic Engagement | Faculty and Staff | International | Political Science | Research
Political scientists are known for their scholarly approach to understanding our political institutions, informed commentary on world events, and application of theory to complex governmental phenomenon.
One political science professor, however, has applied the insights of his discipline in an artistic and creative way.
A photograph taken by School of Liberal Arts Professor Scott Pegg recently appeared as the cover image of the journal Perspectives on Politics. The photo, the first full-color cover for the publication, appeared on the March 2010 special issue on gender and politics.
Pegg took the striking photo of a young Nigerian …
British House of Lords Member Headlines Model European Union
April 12 | News Categories: Event Announcements | International | Lectures and Seminars | Opportunities | Political Science
Lord John Roper, member of the British House of Lords, will present the keynote address at the Midwest Model European Union (MMEU) on Friday, April 16th. The talk, held in the IUPUI Campus Center 450C from 9:30-10:45am, is free and open to the public and presented in conjunction with the West European Studies Program (IU Bloomington).
A member of the British House of Lords since 2000, Lord Roper’s career in the Parliament spans some 40 years. Following his designation as a life peer in 2000, from 2001 and 2005 he was the chief whip for the Liberal Democratic Party in the …
Female President of the Islamic Society of North America will speak
March 09 | News Categories: Anthropology | Centers | Event Announcements | International | Lectures and Seminars | Philanthropic Studies | Religious Studies | Research
Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America, will deliver the seventh annual Thomas H. Lake Lecture "Zakat in America: The Evolving Role of Islamic Charity in Community Cohesion," March 25 (Thursday), at 5 p.m. on the IUPUI campus.
The free annual Thomas H. Lake Lecture is a program of the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. 
Mattson will discuss the Islamic tithe, zakat, and how it has historically connected and shaped the way Muslims relate to one another and …
Rebuilding Haiti Focus of March 3 Forum
March 02 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Anthropology | Communication Studies | Event Announcements | Economics | English | History | International | Philanthropic Studies | World Languages and Cultures
Several faculty members as well as a current student and an alumnus will present a forum on the current conditions and earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti.
The seminar, "In the Wake of the Quake: Rethinking and Rebuilding Haiti," will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in Room 409 of the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd. This event, sponsored by the Africana Studies Program’s Committee on African and African American Studies, is free and open to the public.
Patricia Jordan, McNair E. Ronald Scholar and Olaniyan Scholar undergraduate researcher at the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, is one of several …
Liberal Arts in the News
January 29 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Alumni Accomplishments | Anthropology | Centers | English | History | International | Political Science | Religious Studies
Experts from Liberal Arts departments and centers are regularly cited in the local, national, and international media. A selection from online sources provides a sampling of the types of issues and kinds of research Liberal Arts faculty are called upon to talk about in the public sphere. Also included is general Liberal Arts news covered by the media.
January 2010
American Islam’s International Crossings
The Jordan Times. Amman, Jordan. January 25th, 2010
Edward E. Curtis, professor of religious studies and Africana studies, is spending this academic year in Jordan as a Fulbright Scholar. His most recent book-in an aim to increase non-Muslim Americans’ understanding …
Liberal Arts Alumnus Sets Rap Record
January 12 | News Categories: Alumni Accomplishments | Civic Engagement | International | Political Science
From the Indiana Daily Student
Some rap for money, attractive mates or street credibility.
Others lend rhymes to benefit more charitable causes.
On Dec. 19, Liberal Arts alumnus Matthew Markoff (BA Political Science, 2003), better known on hip-hop billboards as rapper M-Eighty, raised more than $10,000 to build a new educational facility for underprivileged students in Bodo, Nigeria.
He said his fundraising goals were simple, though ambitious: help others while attaining worldwide recognition and respect.
After nine hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds of rhyming over bass-heavy …
Documentary Screenings will be First in U.S.; Filmmaker will Speak
January 12 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Centers | Event Announcements | International | World Languages and Cultures
On January 21 and January 22, 2010, during Martin Luther King week, Afro-German filmmaker Mo Asumang will visit IUPUI and IU Bloomington to screen and discuss her documentary, Roots, Germania, a film addressing multicultural issues in modern Germany. Bloomington and IUPUI will be the first US campuses that Asumang visits with her film.
Born in Kassel, Germany to a white German mother and an African father, ‘Mo’ or Monika Asumang studied visual communication, acting, and singing before becoming German television’s second Afro-German moderator on a popular music show and later on a talk show …
Plater Receives Honarary Degree in Thailand from Royal Princess
January 11 | News Categories: Campus News | Civic Engagement | English | International | Philanthropic Studies
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William M. Plater, Director of IUPUI’s Office of International Community Development and Chancellor’s Professor of English, was presented an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Development Administration by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand.
Plater had been nominated for the honorary degree by the Graduate School of Public Administration, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) in Bangkok. The NIDA Board of Regents unanimously agreed to award him the degree last July.
The presentation of the degree on Janurary 6, 2010, …
Gondola Co-edits “Frenchness and the African Diaspora”
January 08 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Books by Faculty | Faculty and Staff | History | International | Research
In 2005, following the death of two youths of African origin, France erupted in a wave of violent protest. More than 10,000 automobiles were burned or stoned, hundreds of public buildings were vandalized or burned to the ground, and hundreds of people were injured.
With Frenchness and the African Diaspora (IU Press, Oct. 2009) Charles Tshimanga, Didier Gondola, Peter J. Bloom, and a group of international scholars seek to understand the causes and consequences of these momentous events, while examining how the African Diaspora has reshaped the notion of what it means to be …
Spanish Resource Center Hosts Teacher-Training Workshop
December 18 | News Categories: Faculty and Staff | General News | International | News | World Languages and Cultures
Spanish teachers and students from three states gathered at IUPUI on December 5, 2009, for a professional development workshop hosted by the Spanish Resource Center. The workshop focused on methodology and educational training in Spanish language and culture.
Workshop participants considered what makes a Spanish class more interesting to a 21st century student. They also learned how to integrate technology into the classroom, how to use traditional and alternative models of evaluation and how the American and Spanish systems of education compare.
The workshop is another example of the School of Liberal Art’s long-standing commitment to dynamic learning that results in practical application …
McIntosh Named 2010 Rotary World Peace Fellow
November 30 | News Categories: Anthropology | Faculty and Staff | International
Dr. Ian McIntosh, Director of International Partnerships at IUPUI and faculty member in the Department of Anthropology, has been named a 2010 Rotary World Peace Fellow.
Rotary World Peace Fellows are leaders promoting national and international cooperation, peace, and the successful resolution of conflict throughout their lives, in their careers, and through service activities. Fellows can earn either a master’s degree in international relations, public administration, sustainable development, peace studies, conflict resolution, or a related field, or a professional development certificate in peace and conflict resolution.
As part of this distinguished award, Dr. McIntosh will spend three months next summer at Chulalongkorn University …
History of Muslim America Makes Publishers’ Weekly “Best Books” List
November 16 | News Categories: Books by Faculty | International | Religious Studies | Research
An Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) professor’s history of Muslims in the United States is on the Publisher’s Weekly list of Best Books of 2009.
Edward E. Curtis IV’s book, "Muslims in America: A Short History," published in October 2009 by Oxford University Press, Inc., traces the history of followers of Islam in America from the 18th century to post 9-11 America.
"This accessible history by a scholar who is not among the usual academic talking-head experts on Islam brings breadth and nuance to an important subject," Louisa Ermelino writes in the Nov. 2, 2009, Publisher’s Weekly online …
Students from Mali Prepare for Graduate School at IUPUI Language Training Center
September 16 | News Categories: Civic Engagement | International | News
Four agricultural scientists from Mali knew just a little English when they arrived in Indianapolis in June to prepare for graduate studies. But thanks to help from the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC), a language, cultural research and training center in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, they hope to learn enough English to study agriculture at U.S. graduate schools, including Purdue University, next spring.
Their goal: to bring critical food production, processing, management and marketing skills back to their homeland when they return.
The four are part of the USAID Sorghum, Millet and Other Grains Collaborative Research Support …
International Scholars to Hold Africana Studies Conference on Globalization and Entrepreneurship, Keynote Speakers include Nigerian King
September 16 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Campus News | Economics | International | Lectures and Seminars | News
Scholars from around the world, including a Nigerian king and entrepreneur, will gather at IUPUI next month to address globalization and economic development in Indiana, the United States and other countries.
The first Public Scholars in Africana Studies International Conference will take place Oct. 29-31, 2009, at the University Place Conference Center and Hotel, 850 W. Michigan St., located on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus. The theme is “Rethinking Economic Development in the Context of Globalization: Entrepreneurship, the Knowledge Economy, and Sustainable Development.”
Conference events open to the general …
English Program for Japanese Women will focus on Leadership Skills
August 10 | News Categories: Centers | English | International
Twenty-six university students from Tokyo arrived in Indianapolis August 1 to be part of an intensive English and American culture program at IUPUI. The women will spend three weeks here honing their English skills and learning what it takes to be a leader.
The program is sponsored by the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC) a nationally known language training and research center that is part of the the School of Liberal Arts and the Department of English IUPUI.
"The program draws upon women’s leadership topics to facilitate reading, writing and speaking improvement," said …
Former Econ Professor Becomes China’s Top Foreign Exchange Regulator
July 20 | News Categories: Economics | Faculty and Staff | International
A former associate professor of economics at IUPUI has become chief of China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange. Yi Gang retains his position as a vice-governor of the People’s Bank of China.
Yi, 51, received his doctorate in economics from the University of Illinois and went on to teach in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI from 1986 to 1994.
"This was his first appointment after getting his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois," said Paul Carlin, chair of the Economics Department, IU School of Liberal Arts. "He stayed here long enough to achieve tenure. He has always said they are some of the happiest …
Medical Humanities Program Expands International Opportunities with New Partnership
July 17 | News Categories: International | Medical Humanities
The Medical Humanities Program in the School of Liberal Arts and the School of Social Work have begun a partnership with China’s Peking University Health Science Center to collaborate on a number of projects.
Both Peking University and IUPUI will benefit from the collaboration. The partnership will create opportunities for IUPUI students and faculty to work in China, as well as foster research initiatives both here and abroad. Meanwhile, Peking University seeks to integrate humanities into its medical training, and the joint effort will further that goal.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for us …
Liberal Arts in the News
June 10 | News Categories: Alumni Accomplishments | Anthropology | Centers | Civic Engagement | Communication Studies | Economics | International | Philanthropic Studies | Political Science | Religious Studies | Student Accomplishments
Experts from Liberal Arts departments and centers are regularly cited in the local, national, and international media. A selection from online sources provides a sampling of the types of issues and kinds of research Liberal Arts faculty are called upon to talk about in the public sphere.
It’s National Doughnut Day
Indianapolis Star, June 5, 2009
On the occasion of National Doughnut Day, Anthropology Professor and Chair Paul Mullins comments on his and America’s love affair with the doughnut.
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Patrick Rooney Appointed To Head Center on Philanthropy
The NonProfit Times, June 3, 2009
The NonProfit Times featured an exclusive report on the …
Student Blogs, Tweets, Videos Share Out-of-Classroom Learning
May 29 | News Categories: Campus News | Civic Engagement | Communication Studies | English | International | Philanthropic Studies | Student Accomplishments | World Languages and Cultures
Liberal Arts Senior Eugene Pride has never really felt as if he had a "real student" to show him what college life is really like.
And the self-described "average" student says he "was very traditional in the past just thinking ‘go to class and get the degree’ not knowing true education is much more than that."
But this summer, Pride is not only stepping out of his "traditional" box and studying abroad in Poland, he is also one of seven IUPUI students and four Liberal Arts majors who are sharing a real look at their college lives …
Liberal Arts Faculty Included in Delegation Headed to Moi University, Kenya
May 13 | News Categories: Anthropology | Campus News | Faculty and Staff | Geography | International | Religious Studies | Research | Sociology
A major delegation from IUPUI and the city of Indianapolis will participate in the International Symposium "Towards Kenyan National Dialogue, Healing, and Reconciliation: Reform Issues in a Modern African State" from May 13-15, 2009 at Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
Guest speakers at the conference, which is jointly organized by the Moi University Law School, the IUPUI office of international affairs, and the IUPUI-Moi University social science research network, include the Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka, Vice President of the Republic of Kenya, Michael Ranneberger, the US ambassador to Kenya, as well as Dr. Naomi Shaaban (Kenyan Minister for Special Programs) and Dr. Sally Kosgei …
Schwartz wins Fulbright to Turkey; Will Teach at Bilkent University
May 06 | News Categories: English | Faculty and Staff | International
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Helen J. Schwartz, professor emerita of English, has won a Fulbright fellowship to teach at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, in spring 2010.
Schwartz, recipient of the IUPUI Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1996, has taught abroad before. In the summer of 1988, she worked with colleagues at Twente University of Technology in the Netherlands as a Fulbright Senior Scholar, designing and critiquing software to help students write in their native language. She also participated in an Indiana University faculty exchange program with Debrecen University in Hungary in 2001. There she shared techniques …
Curtis Wins Fulbright to Jordan; Will Examine Muslim Americans Living Abroad
April 20 | News Categories: Faculty and Staff | International | Religious Studies | Research
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Edward Curtis, associate professor of religious studies and Millennium Scholar of the Liberal Arts, has won a Fulbright fellowship for his research proposal, "Studying Muslim Americans in Jordan."
A continuation of his 2008-2009 Carnegie-funded research on the connections of Muslims in the United States to foreign Muslim ideas, institutions, and people, this project will chronicle the lives of Muslim Americans traveling, studying, and living in Jordan.
"U.S. officials, local law enforcement, and media are concerned that foreign Muslims are leading otherwise innocent American Muslims toward radical jihad and anti-Americanism," said Curtis. "I want to know …
5 Faculty Awarded New Frontiers Travel Grants
April 14 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Centers | English | Faculty and Staff | History | International | Research
Five faculty members in the School of Liberal Arts received New Frontiers Exploration Travel Fellowship grants of $2,500 each. The grants were awarded as part of the 2009 New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities Program, the goal of which is to help faculty members to expand their work into disciplinary or interdisciplinary frontiers that promise new insights into the human condition or pursue innovative directions in artistic creativity.
- Jon Eller, Center for Ray Bradbury Studies in the Institute for American Thought/English, for a project entitled "Center for Ray Bradbury Studies On-Line Archive." Eller will travel to Los Angeles to find, identify and …
Ford Uses Facebook to Add International Twist to Course
April 01 | News Categories: Faculty and Staff | International | Sociology | Technology
David Ford, Professor and Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Programs in the School of Liberal Arts, has added a new twist to a sociology course he is teaching one last time before he retires in the fall.
To engage students through technology and add an international element to the class that examines social problems, Ford turned to Facebook, a social networking website, as a platform to connect his students in Indianapolis with students in Mexico, China and Kenya.
Ford came to Facebook accidentally. A discussion at an international affairs meeting about the use of the social networking site to …
International Actor/Director in Residence at IUPUI March 22-29
February 19 | News Categories: Event Announcements | English | International
Tim Hardy-actor, director and faculty member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London-will be in residency at IUPUI from March 22-29, 2009. In addition to work with RADA and the Royal Shakespeare Company, Hardy has performed in and directed productions across the UK, in Austria, the United States, and Germany. Hardy’s credits also include musical theatre, television, and film. During his time on campus he will be giving several lectures as well as dramatic performances which focus on Galileo and the interplay between science and religion.
On Monday, …
Call for Papers: Public Scholars in Africana Studies Conference
January 26 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Event Announcements | International | Opportunities
1st Public Scholars in Africana Studies Conference 2009
"Rethinking Economic Development in the Context of Globalization: Entrepreneurship, the Knowledge Economy, and Sustainable Development"
IU School of Liberal Arts
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
October 29-31, 2009
Dr. Bessie House-Soremekun, Convener
Email- beshouse@iupui.edu
CALL FOR PAPERS
Submission Deadline March 31st, 2009
As one of the signature events to celebrate Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis’ (IUPUI) 40th anniversary, the Public Scholars in Africana Studies (formerly AAADS) at IUPUI cordially invite scholars to submit paper proposals for their 2009 Conference. The theme for the conference is:
"Rethinking Economic Development in the Context of Globalization: Entrepreneurship, the Knowledge Economy, …
Liberal Arts, First in US, Joins Euroculture Program
November 17 | News Categories: International | Opportunities | Political Science
Liberal Arts graduate students interested in Europe now have a new avenue for pursing their studies. Thanks to the efforts of political science professor John McCormick, IUPUI has become one of only four non-European universities to participate in the Euroculture MA Program, headquartered at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The others are the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City, the University of Osaka in Japan, and the University of Pune in India.
Under the Euroculture program, IUPUI graduate students will be able to attend any one of six European universities-with a …
“Polio Eradication and Rotary International” - 11/3
October 28 | News Categories: Event Announcements | International | Lectures and Seminars | Medical Humanities
"When Rotary started talking about polio, people listened." - Bill Gates
The Baker-Ort Chair in International Healthcare Philanthropy is pleased to announce that Dr. Robert S. Scott of Rotary Foundation and Rotary International will visit the IUPUI campus on Monday, November 3rd to give the 4th Annual Baker-Ort Lecture in International Healthcare Philanthropy, titled "Polio Eradication and Rotary International" at 3:30 PM in the University Library Lilly Auditorium.
Today, the world is 99% free from poliomyelitis, a paralyzing disease, thanks to the efforts of Rotary International. In 1985, Rotary, a volunteer service organization of 1.2 million men and …
T’ai Chi - Every Monday at Noon
October 17 | News Categories: Event Announcements | Faculty and Staff | International | Opportunities | World Languages and Cultures
Join Dr. Jing Wang for T’ai Chi each Monday at noon by Cavanaugh Hall.* T’ai Chi, an ancient Chinese martial art practiced for health and well-being, is often practiced by groups of people moving in a slow, synchronized and flowing manner.
Dr. Wang, an Assistant Professor of Chinese in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, is an expert in the practice and culture of Chinese martial arts. She practices both the Chen and Yang styles of T’ai Chi, T’ai Chi Gong Fu Fan and T’ai Chi sword (both long tassel and short …
Zimmerman Recognized with International Award From World Archaeology Congress
July 16 | News Categories: Anthropology | Faculty and Staff | International | Museum Studies
A Liberal Arts professor’s early career decision to rebury Native American human remains - an act then considered academic suicide - recently earned the professor international recognition for significant contributions to world archaeology.
The World Archaeological Congress awarded its inaugural Peter J. Ucko Memorial Award to Larry J. Zimmerman, anthropology and museum studies professor in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. Zimmerman is also jointly appointed with the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art as the Public Scholar of Native American Representation.
Four Native American archaeologists nominated Zimmerman in recognition of his role in indigenous …
Central Asia Focus of Book By Economist Martin Spechler
July 15 | News Categories: Books by Faculty | Economics | International | Research
Liberal Arts Economics Professor Martin Spechler is the only American to study the economics of Central Asian states full-time.
In his new book, The Political Economy of Reform in Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Its Neighbors, Spechler looks at the progress of Central Asian republics which gained their independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Uzbekistan’s economy, stability and its ability to maintain independence from Russia, China, and the United States are also examined. The book, published by Routledge Economics, also includes a comparative analysis of four more Central Asian states, a consideration of the region’s place in the world as …
Sutton Awarded $13,000 for Archaelogical Research
June 03 | News Categories: Faculty and Staff | International | Research | World Languages and Cultures
Professor Robert F. Sutton, Director of the Program in Classical Studies in the Department of World Languages and Cultures and also of the Individualized Major Program, received with his students grants totaling $13,290 from the IU Schrader Fund to support his archaeological research in Greece. With this support Sutton plans to continue his study of ancient pottery and other ceramics discovered at the site of Mandra on Despotiko, an islet near Paros, one of the Cycladic islands in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey. Sutton is working with a Greek colleague, …
Curtis Presents Research in Amman, Jordan
May 27 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Faculty and Staff | International | News
Ambassadors from Bangladesh, the Netherlands, and Jordan—and embassy officials from Russia and the United States—were recently on hand to see IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI faculty member Edward Curtis deliver a lecture to Jordan’s Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies and Royal Scientific Society in Amman on May 21, 2008.
Currently serving as resident director of IUPUI’s summer abroad program in Jordan, Curtis was invited to present his award-winning research on African American Muslim reactions to foreign Muslim missionaries in the 1950s and 1960s. The lecture drew extensive coverage in the Arabic language press, and was featured both in al-Rai …
Gondola Awarded Fulbright, Will Study African Youth “Cowboy” Subculture of the 1950s
April 24 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Faculty and Staff | History | International | Research
A Liberal Arts professor will spend the next academic year building an oral history of the 1950s African youth who, influenced by western movies, created a subculture that reflected Hollywood’s version of the old American west.
As a Fulbright Scholar in Kinshasa, the capital and largest urban area of the African nation of Congo, Professor Didier Gondola will conduct interviews with former members of the youth gangs known as the "Bills," and hopes to determine links to modern day Kinshasa culture.
The Fulbright Scholarship, which includes a stipend, a travel allowance, and monthly allowances for the …
Curtis Chosen as Carnegie Scholar - Will Study African American Connections to Foreign Muslims
April 14 | News Categories: Faculty and Staff | International | Religious Studies | Research
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The Carnegie Corporation of New York has named Religious Studies Associate Professor Edward Curtis a Carnegie Scholar.
The Corporation will provide Curtis with a grant of approximately $100,000 to study African American Muslim connections to foreign Muslims and Islamic institutions in Muslim countries. "When policymakers think of black Muslims traveling and studying in Muslim countries," said Curtis, "they often conjure fearful images of a black American in some terrorist training camp."
Curtis’s project will counter the idea that foreign Muslims lead African Americans toward radicalism. "The typical African American Muslim abroad is going …
Model European Union Comes to IUPUI - April 17-19
April 09 | News Categories: Event Announcements | International | Political Science
With the sixteenth annual gathering of the Midwest Model European Union (MMEU) conference just around the corner, students are developing strategies and honing debating skills as they prepare to act as fully-functioning bodies of government.
Hosted by the Department of Political Science in the School of Liberal Arts on the IUPUI campus from April 17-19, the intercollegiate mock-European Union (EU) will include 14 different universities from six Midwestern states.
IUPUI political science Professor John McCormick, the event organizer, is proud of the conference’s standing as the second oldest and second largest Model EU in North America. The notable event, McCormick says, …
Contrastive Rhetoric Explored in New Edited Volume
January 29 | News Categories: Books by Faculty | Faculty and Staff | International | Research
Liberal Arts faculty Ulla Connor and William Rozycki are co-editors of a new volume, Contrastive Rhetoric: Reaching to Inturcultural Rhetoric, which explores contrastive rhetoric for audiences in both English as a Second Language contexts and international English as a Foreign Language contexts. Connor, Zimmer Chair of Intercultural Communication and Professor of English, is Director of the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC). Rozycki is Associate Director of the ICIC, a university-based research and service organization created in 1998 to enhance links between the city of Indianapolis, the state of Indiana, and cultures/nations throughout …
Blomquist Receives Fulbright Distinguished Chair
December 10 | News Categories: Faculty and Staff | International | News
Political Science Professor William Blomquist has been awarded the Turin Chair in Environmental Policy, a Fulbright program Distinguished Chair. His time at Turin, Italy, (February through May) coincides with his sabbatical leave during the 2008 spring semester. Blomquist will teach a course on environmental policy while continuing his current research on water management in the European Union. Awards in the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program are viewed as among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program, the U.S. government’s flagship academic exchange effort.
During his sabbatical year, Blomquist has also held a post as Visiting …
IUPUI Signs Exchange Agreement with Newcastle University (UK)
October 30 | News Categories: International
A new exchange agreement between IUPUI and Newcastle University, United Kingdom, enables IUPUI students to spend a semester abroad, earn credit, and pay only their IUPUI tuition. Newcastle students receive the same accomodations at IUPUI. The first two IUPUI students to participate in the exchange program are scheduled to study abroad in spring 2008; British students are expected at IUPUI in fall 2008.
Participants in the public signing ceremony on October 25th included (left to right) IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz; Susan Sutton, IUPUI associate dean for international affairs and professor of anthropology; Jason Kelly, IUPUI …
Max Kade Center Welcomes German Research Fellow
October 25 | News Categories: International
Elena Hellmann, a student of English and Sociology at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, is the most recent international student to join the Max Kade Center as a Research Fellow. While in Indianapolis, Elena will conduct thesis research on recent German immigrants and their relationships to their home country. A native of Münster, she will gather information from German-American associations and individuals as well as German-held companies and those with German employees.
The IUPUI Max Kade German-American Center is supported by the national Max Kade Foundation. The Center’s mission is to support German-American Studies through research, teaching, and …
House-Soremekun Receives International Award
October 24 | News Categories: Faculty and Staff | International
Professor Bessie House-Soremekun (Political Science/African American and African Diaspora Studies), Public Scholar of African American Studies, Civic Engagement, and Entrepreneurship, was recently recognized by the International Black Women’s Congress with the Oni Award. According to the Congress, “The Oni Award symbolizes the essence of all that is good in African people. A recipient of the Oni Award has been identified as someone who protects, defends, and enhances the general well-being of African people.”
According to House-Soremekun, “I am deeply honored to be the recipient of this wonderful award and am delighted …
IUPUI Selected By China for Confucius Institute
July 27 | News Categories: International
The Chinese government will place a prestigious institute at IUPUI, providing, among other things, short term training opportunities for central Indiana companies who wish to do business in China or expand their operations there.The Office of the China Language Council International in Beijing and the Chinese Consulate in Chicago announced that IUPUI was successful in its bid for a Confucius Institute. IUPUI is among a select group of universities that includes Oxford University in England that will partner with Sun Yat-Sen University in China in hosting Confucius Institutes.
The School of Liberal Arts will be closely involved with the Confucius Institute at …
Liberal Arts Partners with School of Arts and Social Sciences in Kenya
May 08 | News Categories: Front Page | International
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