CLAS seeks Assistant Director
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CLAS is seeking a new Assistant Director, to begin as early as mid-July. Interviews will begin soon, but applications will continue to be received until the position is filled.
The Assistant Director's primary responsibilities include: program creation and coordination; grants management (NRC, FLAS, etc.), reporting, and fundraising; communications, publicity, and institutional networking; operations management and staff supervision; administration of the MA in Latin American Studies program; and more.
Find additional details and apply here.
Contact Mark Hoff (hoff.96@osu.edu) with any questions.
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Apply: COIL learning community cohort
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Ohio State faculty and instructors interested in learning how to design a global and intercultural learning experience with international partners are encouraged to submit an application to participate in the 2023 Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)/Virtual Exchange Learning Community.
The cohort will work together throughout autumn semester. A partnership between the Office of International Affairs and the Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning, the COIL learning community will support instructors in designing new global and intercultural student learning experiences in virtual modalities. The deadline to apply is July 20.
Eligible participants will receive $2,000 to be used for course development, materials, and professional development.
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Caribbean American Heritage Month
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June is National Caribbean American Heritage Month. This is an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the many contributions of Caribbean Americans.
Check out these resources to learn more:
June is also Immigrant Heritage Month! Visit Teach Central America for teaching resources related to Central American migration.
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AU23 Course: Intro to Caribbean Literature
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In Autumn 2023, Lupenga Mphande, Associate Professor in the Dept. of African American & African Studies, will be offering AFAMAST 2253: Introduction to Caribbean Literature.
This course will introduce students to historical and contemporary Caribbean writers and artists and will meet Tuesdays in person and Thursdays online, 11:10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
AFAMAST 2253 can count as a Latin American area studies course for the FLAS fellowship. It also meets the following general education requirements: GEL Literature; GEL Diversity: Global Studies; and GEN Foundation: Literature, Visual, & Performing Arts.
Direct questions about the course to Lupenga Mphande (mphande.1@osu.edu).
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Justin Salgado receives 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowship
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A doctoral student in history, Justin Salgado was awarded the Fulbright-Garcia Robles All Disciplines Research Award, Mexico to study “AIDS on the Margins: The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in El Paso and Cd. Juárez, 1987-2000.” The research centers on the involvement of Latino people living in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, who are often overlooked in the scholarship on HIV/AIDS. It examines the history of bidirectional mobility through a population that resided on the geographic and social margins. Salgado will be affiliated with Escuela Nacional de Anthropología e Historia.
Justin was one of a record six graduate students from Ohio State who were awarded prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowships this year!
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Summer Offerings at the Wex
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The Wexner Center for the Arts will offer a variety of quality programming this summer, including a video and immersive installation of Cadine Navarro's Seed Songs for a New Earth, which captures the subtle energy that lies within seeds using sensitive microscopes. This installation, free to all audiences and available until Aug 15, follows Navarro's artist residencies supported by Ohio State, including a Spring 2022 land-based residency supported by CLAS for several Central Ohio colleges.
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| Center for Latin American Studies |
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| The Ohio State University |
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