Reminder: Global Teacher Seminar
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This online seminar, hosted by Ohio State's Area Studies Centers, will inform K-12 teachers about the United Nations’ Sustainability Goal: Prosperity, focusing on the movement of goods and people in Africa, East Asia, Eastern Europe/Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Orientation: May 8, 2023 (7 PM EST)
Seminar: July 17-21, 2023 (1:30 - 4:30 PM EST)
The seminar will first give participants a solid foundation in relevant political, social, and historical theories to ground their understanding of the movement of goods and people. Throughout the seminar, experts will present regional case studies to provide comparative perspectives of prominent issues in their region, including the silk road and migration.
Participants receive 2 CEUs, educational materials, and a $100 lesson plan stipend.
Find more details and apply here. Priority application deadline: April 30, 2023.
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Afro/Indigenous Perspectives, Race, & Racism: Towards a New View of Latin American Studies
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On April 13-14, 2023, the William & Mary Latin American Studies Program will host a symposium entitled "Afro/Indigenous Perspectives, Race, & Racism: Towards a New View of Latin American Studies".
The symposium will bring together scholars and artists of Afro and Indigenous Latin American and Caribbean studies to engage with new perspectives on race and racism in Latin America, past and present. Topics will focus on African descendants and people indigenous to the Americas both separately and together, examining also relationships between these groups with the purpose of thematically paving a pathway towards understanding Afro-Indigeneity as it relates to Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latinx communities.
Register to attend by April 7.
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CLACSO: Convocatoria de Ensayos
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The Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) has issued a call for essays with the theme "Feminismos, trabajo y acción sindical: diálogos entre Europa y América Latina".
Essays may be written in either Spanish or Portuguese and must be submitted by July 17, 2023. The five highest-ranked essays will receive cash prizes, and the top ten essays will be published by CLACSO in both digital and print formats. Find additional details here.
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Brazil Gateway Annual Report
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The Brazil Gateway, Ohio State’s liaison office in São Paulo, has released its 2022 Annual Report. Learn more about how the Brazil Gateway connects students to resources at Ohio State, fosters new partnerships for faculty and staff, and engages with alumni.
Partnerships with CLAS and other campus units feature prominently in the report. One such example is a music residency program in São Paulo and Curitiba wherein four Ohio State faculty members visited Brazil to host master classes and performances as part of a larger Ohio State-Brazil musical exchange.
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Kawsay Thawiq / Seeker of Life
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Ohio State Quechua instructor and award-winning author Elvia Andia Grágeda has published a poem, in both Quechua and English, in the digital magazine Sapiens. In the poem, entitled "Kawsay Thawiq" or "Seeker of Life," Elvia reflects on the conflicting feelings some Indigenous groups experience when non-Native paleoarchaeologists and others visit their communities for research projects.
The poem includes audio files in both English and Quechua. Read and listen to the poem here.
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Newell receives Mellon grant
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CLAS faculty affiliate Margaret Newell, a distinguished professor in the Department of History, has received a a Mellon Foundation grant in the amount of $492,000.
Newell's project, entitled "Native Americans and African Americans in and out of the U.S. Body Politic," seeks to uncover the hidden histories in civic engagement and voting rights of these two groups from 1780 to 1920. The funds will be used to create an undergraduate history research lab in which students will work with Newell and other Ohio State PhDs to create biographies of African American and Native American activists who worked to secure or maintain civil rights before the modern Civil Rights movement. Newell also plans to invite students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities and tribal colleges to participate. Learn more here.
Newell also leads the Global "Hotspots" of the Early Modern World: Argentina study abroad program, in which students learn how indigenous groups shaped colonial society, how global forces pushed Argentina toward revolution and how race, class, and immigration affected politics and nation-building, past and present. Contact Global Education for more information.
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2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Competition
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The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers teaching and research awards to United States citizens in more than 135 countries. The Fulbright Scholar competition for academic year 2024-25 is now open. Opportunities are available for university faculty and administrators. In addition to new program models to meet the changing needs of US academics and professionals, Fulbright offers more opportunities for flexible, multi-country grants.
Faculty and staff interested in learning more about the program and application process should contact Joanna Kukielka-Blaser (kukielka-blaser.1@osu.edu) in the Office of International Affairs.
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Latinx or Latine? A conversation
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On Wed, March 22, 12-12:30 PM, the Organization of Latinx Employees (OLÉ) will host a virtual conversation about the use of the terms Latinx and Latine, asking whether the group should continue to have Latinx in its name. One impetus for this discussion is a recent article that advocates for the adoption of Latine and to stop using Latinx.
Join the conversation by registering to attend the meeting here .
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