November and December [Ongoing] Funding Opportunities and Programs

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  • PLCY 390: The New Entrepreneurs
    Wednesdays, Spring 2020 | 2:30 – 3:45 PM | Graham Memorial 210
    This class is focused on teaching the entrepreneurial mindset through a project based, problem-solving method with an intentionality of supporting the diverse voices and perspectives among UNC students, particularly women and minorities.

  • Newman’s Own Foundation Fellowship
    12/16 Deadline
    The Newman’s Own Foundation (NOF) Fellowship program is a 12 month paid cohort-based Fellowship for 2020 college graduates that are interested in the nonprofit/philanthropic sector. We are looking for NOF Fellows who and are committed to using their skills and talents to roll up their sleeves, do good, and be a part of organizations that work for the common good.Critical Language Scholarships | Deadline: November 19, 2019

 

  • The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Students spend eight to ten weeks abroad studying one of 15 critical languages. The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains.

CLS, a program of the U.S. Department of State, is part of a wider government initiative to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security and economic prosperity. CLS plays an important role in preparing students for the 21st century’s globalized workforce and increasing national competitiveness.

Most languages offered by the CLS Program do not require applicants to have any experience studying critical languages. The CLS Program seeks participants with diverse interests, and from a wide range of fields of study and career paths, with the purpose of representing the full diversity of the United States. Participants are selected based on their commitment to language learning and plans to apply their language skills to their future academic or professional pursuits. Please note that CLS is an intensive group-based language program.

 

  • Call for Submissions for the Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs | Deadline: November 20, 2019

The Journal welcomes original social science research papers written on issues relevant to politics, security, economy, culture, and society of contemporary Asia, including Pakistan and Afghanistan. Our publication highlights the works of young scholars alongside those of well-established experts, providing a valuable opportunity for graduate students to expand upon their academic portfolio.

Submissions will be considered on a rolling basis until Nov 20, 2019. All manuscripts should be 5,000-9,000 words in length. For more details on our formatting guidelines and expectations, please refer students to the “Notice to Contributors” section on our website. For any points not addressed therein, we welcome questions and comments sent to our email (gjaa@georgetown.edu).

 

  • New Class offering: ENVR 475/775 – Global Climate Change: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

–  1 credit, P/F for undergraduates

–  First year through PhD students, from any background

–  A different speaker from a different discipline each week

–  Themes: Climate Science, Impacts, Energy, Communications, Policy

–  For both environmental majors and non-majors.

  • Koobi Fora Field School

We are recruiting students for a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) opportunity with the Koobi Fora Field School.

Students accepted into the 7-week program will conduct hands-on research in Kenya alongside faculty mentors. Our program, in collaboration with the National Museums of Kenya, brings students to the Turkana Basin in northern Kenya to learn anthropological experimental design and field methods on topics including paleolithic archaeology, paleontology, ecology, and/or human biology. If taken for course credit, this is offered through The George Washington University.

Field School Dates: June 8 – July 20, 2020 (subject to slight change)

Program Information and Application: http://cashp.columbian.gwu.edu/koobi-fora-field-school

We have 8 fellowship spots available this year. The REU fellowships include the full cost of the field school, as well as airfare to Kenya and a $3,000 stipend. Students will participate in our post-fieldwork workshop in November of 2020, with expenses covered by the REU fellowship. Students who receive the fellowship are required to participate in the entire program, including an online preparatory course beginning in May of 2020. Fellowship students are required by NSF to be US citizens or permanent residents enrolled in an undergraduate program. Female and minority students are especially encouraged to apply to this opportunity. For full consideration for the REU fellowship, completed applications should be received December 10. Application includes transcripts, letter of recommendation, statement of purpose, and supplementary application.

Please pass this information to undergraduate students who might be interested in field research. If you have any questions, please feel free to email any of the program faculty or our program email (koobiforafieldschool@gmail.com). We work to promote a safe and inclusive environment for learning, and our code of conduct policies are available online.

 

  • BECOME AN ENVIRONMENT AMERICA FELLOW
    Environment America’s mission is to transform our ideas and imaginations into change that
    makes our world a greener and healthier place.
    We build support for clean, renewable energy. In just the past year, we helped convince
    California, New Mexico, Washington state and Maine to commit to 100 percent zero-carbon
    electricity.
    We campaign against pollution and climate change. We’ve won $250 million in penalties
    and actions from ExxonMobil and other polluting companies, and programs to reduce carbon
    pollution, from Colorado to Massachusetts.
    We protect wildlife and wild places. We won the nation’s first statewide bans on single-use
    plastic bags in California and single-use polystyrene foam in Maine.
    We do what it takes to turn public opinion and political momentum toward a greener, healthier
    world. If that’s what you want to do, visit jobs.EnvironmentAmerica.org.

WHAT YOU’LL DO
● Build powerful coalitions: Reach out to small business owners, farmers, public health
officials and others to demonstrate support for our policy goals
● Earn traditional media and social media attention: Organize news conferences and
write opinion pieces. Build a following on Facebook and Twitter for your campaigns
● Lobby elected officials: Coordinate strategy with a champion in Congress. Make a
convincing case to a legislator who is undecided on a particular vote. Work the “inside
game” to complement our outside field operation, where most of our power is derived
● Research and write reports: Catalogue and analyze sources of carbon pollution in the
U.S. Detail the success of the Clean Water Act in our reports. Help influence public
debate and earn media attention for our cause
● Identify and cultivate donors: Reach out to foundations and major donors and ask
them to fund our work to tackle global warming, promote clean energy, and protect our
most spectacular natural areas
● Run a grassroots campaign office each summer during your fellowship: Hire and
manage a staff of 20 canvassers. Raise money, build our organization and membership,
and help win one of our key campaigns

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The target annual compensation for this position is $27,500 in the first year. Environment
America offers a competitive benefits package. We also offer an excellent training program and
opportunities for advancement.

LOCATION
We’re currently hiring for positions in multiple locations across the country. We accept
applications on a rolling basis. Positions start in August 2020. Visit jobs.EnvironmentAmerica.org to see our immediate openings.

October Opportunities

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  • SUA Career Workshop | October 1 @ 5:15 pm in Alumni 308

  • Bridging Scholarships | Deadline: October 10, 2019

    Taiwan scholarship awardThe Bridging Project offers scholarships to American undergraduate students participating in study-abroad programs in Japan. Funding from private foundations and major U.S. corporations, through donations to the nonprofit US-Japan Bridging Foundation, makes it possible to award about 100 scholarships each year to assist students with the travel and living expenses they will incur while studying abroad in Japan for a semester or an academic year. Applications are accepted twice a year for Bridging Scholarships.

  • Princeton in Asia | Deadline: October 31, 2019

    Taiwan scholarship awardFounded in 1898, Princeton in Asia (PiA) has been building bridges between the U.S. and Asia for over a century. PiA’s original mission is as meaningful and urgent today as it was 121 years ago. The need to educate Americans about Asia and to help Asian communities better understand the United States has never been higher.

    PiA sponsors over 150 internships and fellowships in 22 countries and regions and is the oldest and largest organization of its kind, unique in its scope, size, century-long expertise and emphasis on service. The essence of PiA is to provide transformative, service-oriented experiences for bright, talented graduates and to serve the needs of Asia as determined by our host institutions and Asian partners. PiA arranges fellowships and internships with Asian host organizations that contribute to important global issues at the local level: education, public health, environmental sustainability, access to information/media, economic development and social justice. Fellowships are the means of fostering person-to-person diplomacy, enhancing mutual understanding, contributing to communities with unmet needs and providing transformative experiences for fellows and host communities.

  • Interested in Careers and Graduate Schools in Public and International Affairs?

    Information Session

    Thursday, October 3, 2019

    5:30 – 7:00 p.m.  in  the FedEx GEC 1009

     

    Our focus is on careers, curriculum, faculty, admissions, and financial aid. The format for the information session will include a five-minute presentation by each admissions representative about the distinctive characteristics of each program, a group question and answer session with prospective students, and an opportunity for students to talk individually with us.

  • Scoville Peace Fellowship

    October 7, 2019: Spring 2020 Fellowship | January 6, 2020: Fall 2020 Fellowship

    Calling all recent (and soon-to-be) college and graduate school alumni!

    If you’re passionate about international peace and security issues, and looking to work on them in Washington, DC, the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship may be for you! The next application deadlines are October 7, 2019 (spring 2020 semester) and January 6, 2020 (fall 2020 semester).

    For complete details and FAQs, see http://scoville.org/

    See our Facebook post for more information: http://bit.ly/2lUi6YU

  • Pedro X. Molina Speaking on The Art of Resistance

October 8 @ 5:30 pm- FedEx Global Education Center 4003

 

In 2017 Pedro X. Molina was a prolific participant in the #FreeNseRamon campaign demanding freedom for fellow illustrator and political cartoonist, Ramón Nsé Esono Ebalé, who was imprisoned for his work criticizing his country’s government, Equatorial Guinea.

Pedro X. Molina, also known as ‘PxMolinA,’ is an internationally acclaimed political cartoonist, illustrator and journalist from Nicaragua. In December 2018, when the offices of news media outlet Confidencial were taken over by government forces and during a national crackdown on journalists and government critics, Molina fled his country. He and his colleagues continue to publish daily in Confidencial.com.ni, either from exile or from other locations in Nicaragua. In summer 2019, Molina won the prestigious Maria Moors Cabot Award in international journalism from Columbia’s School of Journalism. In 2018, Molina won the Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award from Cartoonists Rights Network International, as well as the Excellence in Journalism award from the Inter American Press Association.

Esono Ebalé’s work and Molina’s contributions to the #FreeNseRamon campaign are both featured in ‘The Art of Resistance’ exhibition on display throughout the FedEx Global Education Center until December 13, 2019. Come hear/see Molina share his work in Nicaragua and his efforts to support freedom of expression everywhere.

  • Relentless: Making the Impossible Inevitable – Tolo Olubunmi

October 8 @ 3:30 pm- FedEx GEC room 2008 – Special session over coffee

October 8 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm – FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium- Public talk

Join CEO of Lions Write, Tolu Olubunmi to learn more about global advocacy for migrants, refugees, and internally displaced people. This event is cosponsored by the UNC College of Arts & Sciences, the UNC European Horizons Club, UNC Global, and the UNC TransAtlantic Masters Program. There will also be a special session with students over coffee Tuesday at 3:30 pm in GEC room 2008. Please join us- Tolu is an extremely inspiring person! Additional information be may found @https://twitter.com/EuHorizonsUNC

 

  • The River Grew Tired of Us: New Flows Along the Mekong River 

October 9 @ 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM- FedEx GEC 1009

Open lecture with Andrew Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Princeton University.

Along the Mekong, where it creates the border between Thailand and Laos, hydropower projects have triggered a transformation. Strange floods and ebbs disrupt fish migrations, undercut riverbanks, and sweep away nets. Facing this new landscape, fishermen on the Mekong seek out new, hidden sources of potency that have revealed themselves at the same time as other powers fade in importance. Via an ethnographic study of Mekong ‘river beings,’ this article addresses a reconfiguration of sources of power on the river away from the proximate and material, and towards the inaccessible, distant and spectral.

  • Princeton in Asia Information Session

October 9 @ 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM in FedEx GEC 3024

Princeton in Asia offers paid year-long fellowships for graduating seniors and recent graduates. We work in 20 Asian countries and regions in a variety of fields: access to education, environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and peace, justice and access to information. We also offer you the opportunity to form relationships with people that live thousands of miles away from everything you’ve ever known, and discover true and lasting friendship in the most unexpected places.

If you are interested in transformational experiences— as in stepping out of the country, out of your comfort zone, and out of the cubicle– we invite you to spend next year working on improving road safety in Vietnam, reporting for a English daily newspaper in South Korea, or teaching English to future diplomats in Beijing. Or have you considered spending a year exploring Mongolia as a finance analyst with a micro-finance lending bank?

 

  • Kranso Event Series: Harsh Vardham Shringla, “India in Global Affairs”

October 10 @ 5:30PM-7:30PM – FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium

This talk by His Excellency Harsh Vardham Shringla, the Ambassador of India to the United States, is part of the Krasno Global Business Affairs Council Event Series. The Ambassador will be introduced by North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall.

This event will be introduced and moderated by Klaus Larres, Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professor of History and adjunct professor of the Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense. A reception will follow in the FedEx Global Education Center James and Florence Peacock Atrium

  • Hanes Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Yong Soon Min

October 10 @ 6:00 pm – Hanes Art Center

 

Born in a village near Seoul the year the Korean War ended with an armistice without peace, and the continued division of the country, Yong Soon Min calls herself a Cold War baby. At age seven, she immigrated with her mother and brother to join their father in Monterey, CA. Min became an Asian Pacific/Korean American in New York City during the 80s where she cut her political teeth.
An endowment established in 1983 through the generosity of Nancy and Robin Hanes supports the Art Department’s Visiting Artist Series. This important program brings both established and emerging artists to campus to discuss their work in public lectures and to offer individual critiques to our M.F.A. students. The Hanes Visiting Artist series greatly enriches both our academic programs and our outreach to the wider community. All lectures are free and open to the public.

 

  • UNC Forum on Southeast Europe Presents Sarajevo: Writing & Translating a City in Wartime

October 11 @ 12:00pm-1:30pm in the Toy Lounge, Dey Hall

Join Ellen Elias-Bursać and Paula Gordon for a lunch conversation. The conversation will center on their translations of literary works that deal with the war in Bosnia in the 1990’s, and specifically the four-year-long siege of Sarajevo, the country’s capital.

RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedgqtjkbOZTjpqm7ADnKEl3_hWFKYCgc3xtMNLiLFZ6gsGPQ/viewform

 

  • Discussion: Through Her Lens: Modern Arab Women Telling Their Stories through Art and Literature

    October 11 @ 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Ackland Art Museum

     

Carolina Public Humanities is teaming up with the Ackland Art Museum to explore the ways in which Modern Arab Women are speaking out through art and literature. Celebrate female storytellers with Nadia Yaqub, professor of Asian Studies, in a lively discussion of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize-winning novel Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, the first female Omani novelist to be translated into English. Carolyn Allmendinger, Ackland’s Director of Academic Programming, will then guide us through their newest exhibition, She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World.

Cost: $38 per person, includes a copy of the book and light snacks. Registration required. Register here or call us at 919.962.1544. For more information, visit here.

Sponsored by Carolina Public Humanities and the Ackland Art Museum.

  • Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power | October 10-11, 2019

    This event is free for UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff, but registration is required in advance.

    The Modern Indian Studies Initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host a conference entitled Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power on October 10-11, 2019.

    Driving Innovation will explore India’s increased role in global affairs and how technology influences India’s development challenges while also promoting business innovation and entrepreneurship, U.S.-India trade, and the global economy.

    The conference brings together experts from industry, government, and academia to highlight the forces behind India’s economic innovation and will explore the dynamic and evolving relationship between India and the United States. Themes will include the impact of technology on financial inclusion and business growth, innovations in affordable healthcare, and U.S.-India technological trade flows.

    Non-UNC affiliates are welcome to attend the conference for a $75 registration fee per person (inclusive of lunch).

  • Performance: Munni Begum Ghazal and Qawwali

October 11 @ 8:00 p.m. -Hanes Art Center Auditorium

Join world-renowned vocalist Munni Begum for a live concert, SHAAM-E GHAZAL (an evening of song). Munni Begum is a Pakistani ghazal singer. She began her career as a singer in Karachi in the 1970s and released her first album of ghazals in 1976. This concert is free and open to the public. For information, contact Afroz Taj at 919-999-8192 or taj@unc.edu.

Sponsored by the Carolina Asia Center with funding from The UNC Performing Arts Special Activities Fund and the South Asia Faculty Working Group. Co-sponsored by the Urdu Majlis Literary Society.

 

  • Persian Art Center in Carolina: A Study of Mysticism in Persian Poetry and Literature with Mr. Sadegh Hossenini

October 13 @ 4:00pm – 8:00pm at The Club House

Join the Persian Art Center in Carolina for a study of mysticism in Persian poetry and literature. This is event is in Persian.

The program will begin with a social from 4:00-4:30pm. There will be a welcome and introduction by Dr. Amir Rezvani, 4:30-4:45pm. From 4:45-6:30pm, there will be a presentation by Sadegh Hoseini followed by discussion. From 6:30-8:00pm, there will be refreshments, poetry readings by the audience and live Persian music.

Sponsored by Persian Art Center in Carolina. The Persian Art Center in Carolina honors, respects and promotes freedom of speech and expression. For more information, please call 919-259-0959.

 

  • Lynn Stephen, ‘Why Central American Women Fleeing Violence Seek Asylum’

October 14 @ 6:00- 7:30 pm – FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005

 

Stephen’s scholarly work centers on the impact of globalization, migration, nationalism and the politics of culture on indigenous communities in the Americas. Her current collaborative research explores the structural opportunities and challenges that facilitate and impede indigenous women’s access to gendered justice in Guatemala and the U.S. She explores this question through comparative research on two routes to gendered justice that some indigenous Guatemalan women have used: specialized courts for crimes of femicide and other forms of violence against women in Guatemala and gender-based asylum in U.S. immigration courts.

For more information, visit the Institute for the Study of the Americas website.

 

  • UNC Boren Awards Info Session

October 16 @ 12:30 pm- 1:30 pm – Graham Memorial Room 039

Interested in travel and language study? Meet a representative and past winners from the Boren Awards, a scholarship opportunity that provides funding for U.S. students to study less commonly taught languages and cultures in regions like Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Boren Awards offers up to $30,000 in international study! Join us for pizza and info on Wednesday, October 16, 12:30-1:30 pm at Graham Memorial Room 039. RSVP here!

 

  • “Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics: Bravery, Vulnerability, and Resistance”

October 17 @ 3:00-6:00 pm – Stone Center

3:00-4:30pm: Public Dialogue (Stone Center Auditorium)

4:30-6:00pm: Reception (Stone Center Lobby)

REGISTRATION REQUESTED

 

Manya Whitaker is an Associate Professor of Education at Colorado College. She is a developmental educational psychologist with expertise in social and political issues in education.

Eric Grollman (they/them/theirs) is an Associate Professor at the University of Richmond and a Black queer non-binary scholar-activist. They are a scholar, broadly defined, placing importance on research, teaching, and service, as well as the connections among these domains of the academy.

Manya and Eric will discuss the book ‘Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics: Bravery, Vulnerability, and Resistance’

 

  • Work Abroad: Strategies for an International Job Search

October 22 @ 5:30-7 pm- FedEx Global Education Center

 

Are you interested in working in a foreign country after graduating? Come plan your strategy for landing a job abroad, and receive helpful resources that will enable you to effectively market yourself and target the countries and organizations where your skills would be most useful. Bring your computer to this interactive and practical workshop, and be prepared to leave with a plan for your job search! Roderick Lewis, Senior Associate Director of University Career Services, will lead the session and share his experiences working in various countries.

 

  • “Money Laundering & Corrupt Dictators: why criminals and terrorists love to ‘wash’ their money in the U.S.”

October 24 @ 5.30pm – Wilson Library, Pleasants Family room

A talk and discussion with Ross Delston (Attorney and Expert Witness, Washington, DC).

 

  • US-Israel Relations: Between the White House, Congress, and the Israeli Government

     

October 29 @5:15-6:45pm, Room 1005, FedEx Global Education Center

 

There is a growing split between Democrats and Republicans, as well as between the White House and Congress, on the issue of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In addition, Israel went through two elections within five months, and could have another one quite soon. Israeli journalist Amir Tibon will discuss recent events in Washington, DC and in Israel and the impact they could have on the U.S.-Israel relationship, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the broader Middle East.

 

For more information, contact Shai Tamari at tamari@unc.edu.

Co-sponsors: Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies; Carolina Center for Jewish Studies; Curriculum in Global Studies; North Carolina Hillel; Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies.

 

September 2019 Opportunities

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Come explore internships and study abroad options. Going abroad can enrich you experience as a budding anthropologist and maybe you can even exercise some skills you have learned in class!

 

  • Globalizing Inequality: Housing, Air, and Water Quality in Industrial Zones in Hanoi, Vietnam

Odum Institute 95th Anniversary Speaker Series | Professor Mai Nguyen

In honor of our 95th anniversary, the Odum Institute is organizing a speaker series to highlight the interdisciplinary impacts of social science research. As part of this series, Professor Mai Nguyen of the UNC-CH Department of City and Regional Planning will lead a talk on her research in affordable housing and environmental quality in Vietnam, followed by a Q&A session. Refreshments will be provided.

  • SUA Interest Meeting | September 17, 2019 in Alumni 308 @ 5:30pm

  • Fulbright U.S Student Program| Deadline: September 19, 2019 

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program allows graduating seniors, master’s students, doctoral candidates, and recent graduates to self-design a research/study project,or serve as an English Teaching Assistant in one of more than 160 countries. Visit UNC Fulbright to learn more about the program and application process! 

  •  A Conversation with Filippo Grandi | September 19 @ 7:00 PM  in Memorial Hall

Join a conversation between Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Susan Stigant (UNC ’05), Director for Africa Programs, US Institute of Peace, to gain a deeper understanding of why there are now more displaced people around the world than ever before.

Filippo Grandi has been engaged in international cooperation for 33 years, primarily with the United Nations. He was born in Milan in 1957 and has been engaged in refugee and humanitarian work for more than 30 years. From 2010 to 2014, he served as Commissioner-General of UNRWA, the UN Agency for Palestine refugees, having previously been its Deputy Commissioner-General since 2005. He also served as Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Afghanistan and has worked with NGOs and UNHCR in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and at Geneva headquarters.

Grandi is the 11th United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. He was elected by the UN General Assembly on 2016 to serve a five-year term.

 

  • Justice After Dictatorship in Thailand: Lecture by Tyrell Haberkorn | September 20 @ 3:30PM-5:00PM – Carolina Hall 220

On 22 May 2014, a military junta calling itself the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) launched a coup and ousted the elected government in Thailand. On 16 July 2019, the NCPO formally ceased to exist when a new civilian cabinet was sworn in following a national election. When the NCPO launched the coup, they promised to restore the rule of law after ten years of political conflict but their regime instead undermined its most fundamental principles. The NCPO employed the arbitrary, disproportionate and politicized use of law to violate the rights of civilians, facilitate extrajudicial violence, and guarantee impunity for the coup and subsequent crimes. Justice, long tenuous in Thailand, disappeared entirely for those deemed to be enemies of the junta.  This paper takes this moment of transition as a point of departure at which to reflect on how the past five years of dictatorship might be redressed and justice forged. The urgency of justice is framed with an initial accounting of the laws broken and principles of human rights violated by the NCPO. Then, inspired by feminist court decision rewriting projects, the paper revisits a series of cases in which the court adjudicated in favor of the coup and the abrogation of the people’s rights. Plotting alternative logics, interpretation of evidence and conclusions is a way to at once imagine what justice might look like and assess the depth of legal, social, and political transformation necessary to make it real.

Tyrell Haberkorn is Associate Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focus is on state violence and dissident cultural politics in Thailand from the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932 until the present.

  • 2019 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film Kick-Off | September 29 @ 4:00pm: Varsity Theater, 123 E. Franklin St. Chapel Hill

Join us at the Chapel Hill landmark Varsity Theater as we kick off the 2019 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film with a screening of Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart.

  • Passport to GO!| Deadline: September 30, 2019 

Never had a U.S. passport? If this is your first year at UNC and you have financial need, we welcome you to campus by funding your first U.S. passport! The Passport to Go! program not only helps you apply and pay for your passport, but it will also connect you to a network of global opportunities on campus and abroad. The application is short and simple, so don’t wait. Apply now!

February 2019 Opportunities

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Honors Thesis Grants

If you are a junior who plans to begin work on an honors thesis over the summer (or this spring), $500 grants are available from the Honors Program to support research costs. See the link below if you are interested.

 

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 2019 Archaeological Field School Forum 

On February 7th (2/7) at 5pm in Alumni 207.

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SPRING 2019 HONORS THESIS RESEARCH AWARDS

Spring 2019 Senior Honors Thesis Research Award applications are now available.

There will be two rounds of awards for those students who will be seniors in the 2019-2020 school year. Students may only apply for one round of awards. The first round (the deadline for which is Thursday, February 28 at 4:00 pm) will support students from those programs which begin the honors research experience in the spring term of the student’s junior year and other students whose projects are sufficiently well-planned that they could begin work over the summer. A second round of awards will be made mid-way through the fall term next year. I will reserve part of the funds for especially worthy projects for which funding needs arise in between the two regular application periods. You should call these cases to my attention as they come to yours.

Funds from the Senior Honors Thesis Research Awards program may be used to support any legitimate cost directly connected to the undertaking of the honors project: laboratory equipment or supplies, computer software or time, costs related to field research, artistic supplies or equipment, books or periodicals not available through normal library sources, illustrations and duplication—among others. Travel will be supported only where such travel is absolutely essential to the project and only for the actual cost of transportation. Except in unusual circumstances, individual awards will not exceed $500.

We are also very pleased to highlight the Gordon P. Golding Honors Research Award, which is designated for students doing research on slavery or some other aspect of African American history and culture. We would appreciate your assistance in publicizing this funding opportunity.

Your help is crucial to the successful operation of the program. Would you please:

  1. Make your honors students (or prospective honors students) aware of the existence of the program and distribute the application form and recommendation form to interested students. All applicants must be eligible to participate in departmental honors AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. PLEASE DO NOT SEND FORWARD ANY APPLICATION FROM A STUDENT WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF LESS THAN 3.300.
  2. Establish a departmental deadline for the completed applications AND thesis advisor recommendation to be returned to you.
  3. If there are two or more applications from your department, rank order them in terms of overall merit and indicate your ranking in the space provided on the application form (page 1).
  4. RETURN THE COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO HONORS CAROLINA, CB# 3510, 225 GRAHAM MEMORIAL, NO LATER THAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018, 4:00 PM.

Award decisions will be announced in March.

Thanks for your help. Please call our office at 919-843-7756 if you have questions or concerns.

 

2019 field courses in tropical biology

Our course are intended for undergraduates or early graduate level students who have a keen interest in tropical ecosystems and conservation, but have little or no experience of working in a tropical environment. Participants may enroll on either a credit or non-credit basis.

 DANTA operates on a cooperative and collaborative teaching model with multiple international instructors on each course. Co-instruction allows for more individualized instruction, and the sharing and appreciation of different ideas. Visiting scholars are often incorporated into the curriculum to broaden student experience.

 As much of our advertising is done by word-of-mouth, we encourage you to spread the word by forwarding this information to students or friends who may be interested in our programs.

For more information, please visit our website at www.DANTA.info and/or email conservation@danta.info. For an alumni perspective on our programs, please see our blog DANTAisms – http://dantablog.wordpress.com/.

Methods in Primate Behavior and Conservation

Dates:  July 3 – July 18, 2019

Program Fee: $2600

Application deadline: June 1, 2019

Course Description

This course is designed to provide students with field experience in primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. This course will be held at Osa Conservation’s Piro Reseach Station in Costa Rica’s spectacular Osa peninsula. As the one of the largest tracts of rain forest north of the Amazon (roughly 400,000 acres in the Osa Conservation Area), it is renowned for high species diversity. It is one of only a few places in Costa Rica that has jaguar, puma, sea turtles and four species of monkey (mantled howler monkey, black-handed spider monkey, white-faced capuchin and squirrel monkey).

The learning experiences for the course fall into four main categories: field exercises, seminars, lectures, and applied conservation. The field exercises and seminars provide instruction and experience in: (1) methods of measuring environmental variables, including assessment of resource availability, (2) methods of collecting and analyzing the behavior of free-ranging primates, (3) assessments of biodiversity and (4) techniques for estimating population size. Lecture topics will cover the behavior and ecology of Old and New World primates from an evolutionary perspective. Selected lecture topics include primate sociality, feeding ecology, taxonomy, rain forest ecosystems and conservation. Service learning is a large component of all our programs. Students will gain experience in applied conservation through participation in Osa Conservation’s reforestation, sustainable agriculture and wildlife monitoring programs (big cat and sea turtle).

Primate Behavior and Conservation

Dates: June 5-July 1, 2019

Program Fee: $3500

Application deadline: May 15, 2019

Course Description

This course is designed to provide students with field experience in primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. The course will be conducted at Osa Conservation‘s Piro Research Station in Costa Rica’s spectacular Osa peninsula. As the one of the largest tracts of rain forest north of the Amazon (roughly 400,000 acres in the Osa Conservation Area), it is renowned for high species diversity. It is one of only a few sites in Costa Rica that contain 4 species of primate (mantled howler monkey, black-handed spider monkey, white-faced capuchin and squirrel monkey). Four species of sea turtle also nest along its beaches. Please help us protect this unique region which is of international conservation concern.

The learning experiences for the course fall into five main categories: field exercises, independent research, discussions, lectures and applied conservation. The first half of the courses is devoted to learning ecological field techniques, while in the second half students develop, carry out and present data from their independent research projects. Many of our participants have gone on to present their work at national and regional conferences. The field exercises and seminars provide instruction and experience in:(1) methods of measuring environmental variables, including assessment of resource availability, (2) methods of collecting and analyzing the behavior of free-ranging primates, (3) assessments of biodiversity and (4) techniques for estimating population size. Lecture topics will cover the behavior and ecology of Old and New World primates from an evolutionary perspective. Selected lecture topics include primate sociality, feeding ecology, taxonomy, rain forest ecosystems, conservation, climate change and sustainability. Participants gain experience in applied conservation through participation in Osa Conservation’s reforestation,and sea turtle breeding and monitoring programs.

Wildlife Conservation and Sustainability

Dates: June 18 – July 1, 2019

Program fee: $2600

Application deadline: May 15, 2019

Course Description

The proximate and ultimate causes of declines of rain forest habitats and biodiversity will be examined through a combination of direct observations in the field, lectures, and critical reviews of the literature. Topics will include the role of hunting, logging, agriculture, disease, predation, expanding human populations and their consumption of natural resources as they affect forest and biodiversity conservation. Emphasis will be on sustainable solutions and how today’s human societies can endure in the face of climate change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations.

The majority of the course will be conducted at Osa Conservation‘s Piro Research Station in Costa Rica’s spectacular Osa Peninsula. As one of the largest tracts of rain forest north of the Amazon (roughly 400,000 acres in the Osa Conservation Area), it is renowned for high species diversity. It is one of only a few sites in Costa Rica that contain 4 species of primate (mantled howler monkey, black-handed spider monkey, white-faced capuchin and the Central American squirrel monkey). Four species of sea turtle also nest along its beaches. Students gain hands-on experience through participation in Osa Conservation’s sustainable agriculture, wildlife monitoring and reforestation programs. Problems of various land-use activities will be evaluated with side trips to an oil palm plantation, a coffee plantation, and small-scale agricultural plots.

Field Excursion

All courses include a visit to a wildlife rehabilitation center, sustainable chocolate plantation and dolphin and snorkeling trip of the Golfo Dulce. We overnight on the Boruca Indigenous Reserve where we will learn about the community and their traditional lifeways, and help with needed projects. Every effort is made to implement eco-friendly and socially responsible practices into our day-to-day operations, field courses and overall mission.

Enrollment in each course is limited to 10 students. The course is open to both credit and non-credit seeking students. University credit can be arranged through your home institution.

January 2019 Opportunities

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Carolina Women’s Center Alternative Spring Break

Looking for a meaningful way to spend your spring break? Apply to participate in the Carolina Women’s Center Alternative Spring Break!

We are sending a group of students to Eastern North Carolina over spring break to work with local domestic violence organizations and learn about how they serve their communities.

Learn more and apply at https://womenscenter.unc.edu/programs/alternative-break-experience/. Applications are due Sunday, February 10th at 11:59 pm.

 

Summer Campaign Job Opportunities

Want to spend your summer building skills that will help you launch your career, while working on urgent issues you care about like protecting the environment and our public health, and making good money?
Find out more and apply at www.summerjobsthatmatter.org. We’ll be on your campus from 2/20 – 2/21, call us at 1-800-75-EARTH to schedule an interview.
The Fund for the Public Interest is seeking hard-working individuals with a passion for social change to fill citizen outreach and Field Manager positions across the country this summer. We are hiring full-time staff, with leadership opportunities available, with offices in over 25 cities across the country this summer, to work on issues like stopping plastic pollution, or getting pesticides out of our food supply.

Get experience with the leadership and communication skills and connections needed to launch your career

  • Educate and engage citizens on pressing issues
  • Build membership and raise money for environmental and social change groups
  • Earn an average of $6,000-$8,000 this summer

To apply online, visit: www.summerjobsthatmatter.org or call us directly at 1-800-75-EARTH!

We are also hiring for career positions for college graduates. To apply online, visit www.fundjobs.org!

 

Study Anthropology in Guatemala for credit 

Programa Internacional de Educación y Acción Social (IDEAS)

Antigua, Guatemala

Applications now open for Summer and Fall 2019!

Summer, Fall and Spring programs, University of Arizona credit.

All classes taught by Guatemalan faculty.

  • Study Spanish, visual anthropology, human rights, indigenous movements, migration and sustainable development and get a University of Arizona transcript.

  • Work with Guatemalan social justice organizations in the areas of health, human rights, sustainability and youth education.

  • Do independent research with Guatemalan anthropology professors.

  • Meet activists, scholars, artists and social leaders.

  • Travel to Guatemala’s diverse regions.

  • Live with a Guatemalan family.

  • Change your outlook on the world, and your life.

TO APPLY: https://global.arizona.edu/study-abroad/program/ideas-guatemala Deadline to apply for summer 2019 is Feb. 25. Fall 2019 deadline: April 25.

For photos and students’ experiences with classes, internships and home-stays, see: https://ideastudyabroadguatemala.wordpress.com/author/ideasguate/

CONTACT: Prof. Elizabeth Oglesby at eoglesby@email.arizona.edu.
Facebook:
https://m.facebook.com/StudyAbroadGuate/

 

Jobs in Community Organizing for Social Justice

The Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center will hold an online information session on Wednesday, February 6 at 7 pm eastern to discuss full-time jobs in community organizing with UNC students and alumni interested in uniting congregations and working for social, economic and racial justice.

RSVP at www.thedartcenter.org/UNC

DART hires and trains organizers to build organizations that have successfully addressed issues including:

* Plugging the school-to-prison pipeline
* Reining in predatory lending practices
* Expanding access to primary health and dental care
* Prioritizing funding for affordable housing and job training
* Fighting for immigrants’ rights
* Police accountability

Positions start August 12, 2019 in Lexington, KY, Louisville, KY, Columbus, OH, Richmond, VA, Charlottesville, VA, Columbia, SC, St. Petersburg, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, and Fort Myers, FL.

Starting salary $38,000/year + benefits.

Although it may be helpful, no prior organizing experience is necessary. Fluent Spanish speakers are encouraged to apply.

To find out more about DART or to apply, we encourage you to visit www.thedartcenter.org. Still have questions? Contact Sarah Storar at sarah@thedartcenter.org.

 

McNair Scholars Program

McNair Scholars Program is currently recruiting students for our 2021 Cohort.  The criteria for applying to the Program is:

  • Have a desire to attain a Ph.D (not an M.D, J.D)
  • Be first generation and low-income and/or
  • Be a member of a group traditionally underrepresented in graduate education
  • Have a minimum of 3.0 GPA
  • Be enrolled as a fulltime student at UNC-Chapel Hill and have completed 60 credit hours

To provide more information and to better serve our student populations, I would welcome the opportunity to:

  • Meet directly with your or other department faculty/staff to discuss opportunities for partnership via programming or mentoring Scholars
  • Attend a department level meeting to provide a short (10-15 minute) presentation about the McNair Scholars Program, emphasizing opportunities for research and mentorship
  • Reach out directly to any Department affiliated students or student groups who may be interested in pursuing graduate education
  • Provide your department with flyers, recruitment materials, and other information which can be disseminated among your faculty, staff, and appropriate student populations

If you have any questions or would like to set up a meeting time, please feel free to email me at srjeffer@email.unc.edu or contact me via phone at (919) 843-8324.

Opportunities!!

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Temporary Paid Research Assistant Positions

Dr. Kelly Ryoo, Assistant Professor in the School of Education, is looking for temporary research assistants who can help data collection from a low-income middle school from February 20 – March 6.
Job Description
Apply here

Volunteer Opportunity at Refugee Community Partnership
Refugee Community Partnership is seeking new volunteers for our flagship program, Bridge Builders. The program matches passionate volunteers with individual families based on alignment of needs and skills/expertise for a one year minimum commitment. We see the powerful relationships formed between families and volunteers not only as a means of addressing urgent needs, but as the environment in which connection, trust, and care can be reconstituted.
If interested, please fill out our Interest Meeting Form.

Opportunities from the Carolina Asia Center

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Yale School of Management: Program Coordinator

Yale School of Management is currently hiring a new Program Coordinator to focus on their Chinese executive programs. This position will report to the Assistant Director of Asia Program Operations, assist with the curricular and operational aspects of executive education programs for the Yale School of Management executive education clients, with a special focus on the Asia Programs portfolio.

Link: http://som.yale.edu/program-coordinator-asia-programs

 

CET Academic Programs: Multiple Positions

CET Academic Programs is a study abroad organization that has been developing and delivering innovative educational programs abroad. CET offers a varied portfolio of semester, summer, and short-term customized programs in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East for college, high school, and pre-college students.

Jobs in the United States:

Jobs overseas:

Link: http://cetacademicprograms.com/about-cet/job-openings/