E-Newsletter - December 2, 2003
from the Washington State Coalition for International Education

Advocacy Update

Potential Cutback in Title VI Federal Funding: Dr. Anand Yang, Director, of the Jackson School for International Studies, Emphasizes that Our Best Hope of Encouraging Funding for International Education is in Grassroots Advocacy to Internationalize Our K-12 Curricula. See Advocacy Email 12/01/2003 for complete story.

 

Upcoming Events

World Affairs Council events:

For details: http://www.world-affairs.org/calendar.cfm

December 9: Records of Dispossession: Palestinian Refugee Property and the Arab-Israeli Conflict with Michael Fischbach
 

Other events:

December 5: 7:00 p.m Polish 50th Anniversary Lecture Series: Curiosity and Cinema. Walker Ames Room, UW Kane Hall. Speaker: Angieszka Holland, the acclaimed film director. This event is free and open to the public. A wine and cheese reception will follow the talk. Info: 543-4852

December 9, 2004: 6:30-9:30 PM A Night to Honor First Nations. The event will feature food, drumming, dance, and a panel discussion on the status of human rights in Indian Country.  Free.  Daybreak Star Cultural Center in Discovery Park.  206-684-4540.

December 10, 2003: 3:30-5:30 PM  Formal Demands, Informal Responses: EU Enlargement and Domestic Politics in East Central Europe. A lecture by Anna Grzymala-Busse, Yale University. In the process of expanding its membership to the countries of East Central Europe, the European Union has made numerous demands for institutional change and reform in the candidate countries. These demands have been more numerous, unilateral, and paradoxically, more ambiguous than in past rounds of enlargement. Yet the pattern of reforms and changes in the candidate countries has been driven far more by domestic competition than by these formal demands, underlining the importance of informal domestic constraints. UW - 125 Thomson Hall. Info: 543-4852.

January 22, 2004: 4:00-5:00 pm - Meeting of Washington State Coalition for International Education. Watch for more details.

January 28, 2004: 10:30-12:30 - Amy Gutmann lecture at UW Kane Hall.
Unity and Diversity in Democratic Multicultural Education: Creative and Destructive Tensions. Please RSVP to centerme@u.washington.edu.

February 27, 2004: 7th World Languages Day at University of Washington
High School Students and Teachers learn about world languages and world cultures. Please see: http://www.outreach.washington.edu/k12/wld.asp.

 

From the News Bulletin

SPAN 352 Spanish for Special Purposes to be offered in Spokane and Yakima

This course is for Spokane and Yakima's future health professionals who would like to develop their knowledge of Spanish further. This is an intensive course, entirely devoted to the Spanish language and culture. For more information, contact Dr. Sonja Hokanson shokan@mail.wsu.edu or see http://www.forlang.wsu.edu/ or flyer (PDF).

 

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