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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