Interesting Summer Course: Speaking Up and Speaking Out

GNDR-G205: “Speaking Up and Speaking Out”
Summer Session I, 2010, T/Th 9:30am-12:30pm
Instructor: Emily Schusterbauer

Right now in the U.S., self-disclosure is a part of our everyday cultural landscape. On daytime talk shows and primetime reality shows, people tell everything about their childhood experiences, their relationships, their aspirations, and their sexual practices. Whether to television talk show hosts or untended “confessional booth” cameras, formerly unknown “average Joes” disclose everything from the banal to the bawdy. And, U.S. viewers lap up their confessions, making “tell all” television an exceedingly lucrative ratings bonanza.
In this class, we will analyze the relationship between U.S. feminist activism and such “tell all,” or confessional, speech practices. Breaking down the distinction between popular culture and political activism, we will examine the ways in which “speaking out” about personal experiences has shaped U.S. feminism since U.S. feminist Carol Hanisch’s 1969 declaration that “the personal is political.” We will begin our investigation by examining the relationship between “speaking out” and “consciousness raising,” both of which were advocated by U.S. Second Wave feminists determined to uncover the systemic roots of women’s oppression. Next, we will consider the continued presence of feminist “speak outs” on college campuses and in other communities, despite growing cultural distaste for the decidedly communal speaking practice of “consciousness raising.” Then, we will examine more closely how the feminist practice of “speaking out” has been co-opted by the mainstream media on shows like Oprah and The View. And, finally, we will examine some of the controversies that have surrounded the feminist impulse to “speak out,” paying particular attention to the Recovered Memory controversy that swirled around women’s disclosures of childhood sexual abuse in the 1980s and 1990s.

Interesting Summer Course: Reading Western European Cinema: Love, Anger, Grief and Trauma

Reading Western European Cinema: Love, Anger, Grief and Trauma (WEUR-W406)
Summer Session I | 1:10-2:25 Mon - Fri
Course carries College A&H Credit

This course will investigate the use of fundamental emotions within contemporary Western European cinema. By using a wide range of theoretical tools such as psychoanalysis, feminist theory, film theory and disability theory, students will try to understand, critique and develop insights from major European directors such as Almodovar, Haneke, Fassbinder, and Von Trier. The class will focus on learning to interpret movies as "social documents" that address emotional and social realities of Western Europe.

ANTH-A208 Dancing Mummies and "Hot" Pots: Summer Session II

ANTH A-208 Dancing Mummies & “Hot” Pots: Art & Artifacts
(Summer II)

This class will explore the relationships between American museums and the fields of anthropology and archaeology. We will investigate the changing role of artifacts in museums from curiosities to art and artifacts, visit three museums (Wylie House, IU Art Museum, Mathers Museum of World Cultures) and address questions like: Who owns the past? And, who owns culture(s)? Utilizing group assignments and individual research, we will strive to understand the complex interactions between archaeology and museums in the past, present, and future.

ANTH A-208 / Class 14397
3 credit hours (A&H)
Time: T, W, Th 2:30-3:55 pm
Location: Student Building 231
Dru McGill, instructor (dremcgil@indiana.edu)

Funding for undergraduates for summer Yiddish SWEESL course

Funding available from the Borns Jewish Studies Program for undergraduate students!

Summer Yiddish Course at IU:

YIDDISH SUMMER COURSE
At Indiana University
60th Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European,
and Central Asian Languages
June 18th - August 13th, 2010
Bloomington, Indiana
Open to graduate and undergraduate students!

•Yiddish course covers the equivalent of one academic year (8 credits, 160 contact hours) in 8 weeks
•Daily classes in grammar, reading, writing, speaking, and listening
•Special Yiddish language table at lunch twice weekly
•Weekly Yiddish cultural activities outside of class
•Students are also welcome to participate in other Slavic, East European, and Central Asian cultural events
ALL participants pay IN-STATE TUITION.
Foreign Language Area Studies Awards funding is available.
© Alexander Vaisman, http://vaisman.org

For more information contact:
Adam Julian
Ballantine Hall 502
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
812-855-2608
swseel@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~swseel

SVA Arts Abroad Program: Call for applications

School of Visual Arts
SVA Arts Abroad Program: Call for applications
May through July 2010

Take advantage of the strong dollar

Inspire yourself this summer—study art, abroad.

Barcelona - Florence - Milan - Rome - Southern France/Provence - Shanghai - Venice

Limited space available. Apply now. For more information visit: http://www.sva.edu/artsabroad

Whether your passion is photography, drawing, cinema, typography or art history, SVA has a program for you this summer.

The combination of a work/study vacation could be what you need to stimulate your imagination, creativity, reinvigorate your career, and bring excitement and motivation for making art into your life. We have programs for current students and working professionals. College credit is available for those who qualify.

This summer we offer the following programs:

Digital Photography in Florence
May 28 – June 12 or May 28 – June 18
The light in Florence and the surrounding Tuscan villages cannot be replicated. This intensive digital photography course emphasizes creative image-making.

Masters Workshop: Design History, Theory & Practice in Venice & Rome
May 30 – June 12
This workshop, emphasizing typography, is designed to encourage personal exploration, and is structured to interest advanced students and design professionals.

Art History in Southern France
June 5 – 18
This program teaches the art historical splendors of Provence by means of daily visits to the Roman ruins, amphitheaters, medieval architecture, Pope's Palace, medieval hill towns, as well as the locales where Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh lived and painted.

Art Therapy in Provence: Innovative Techniques for the Professional
June 19 – 26
This program seeks to integrate culture, art history and studio artwork into the art therapy process, working in the landscape and light of Provence.

Cinema in Italy
June 20 – July 3
This two-week cinema course is held in Rome and Milan. Students will collaborate directly with accomplished Italian director and actors in a variety of workshops.

Painting in Barcelona
June 25 – July 10 or June 25 – July 16
This program holds its painting classes Monday through Friday, 10am to 2pm; with your nights and weekends open to explore this unique city and travel to nearby Tarragona, Girona, or the Dali Museum in Figueres.

Digital Photography in Shanghai
June 26 – July 17
This three-week program will emphasize the exploration of Shanghai and encourage the integration of Western and Eastern photographic practices.

Masters Workshop: Photographic Practices in Provence
July 4 – July 16
This new program offers guided tours with time to explore and photograph the surrounding towns and unique locations of Provence and on-site critiques through Europe's premier international photography festival.

School of Visual Arts, 209 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010-3994
http://www.sva.edu/artsabroad email: artsabroad@sva.edu

CLLC L230 Permaculture: Learning through Nature

Deadline Approaching for Permaculture Applications: April 2nd

THE EIGHTH ANNUAL PERMACULUTRE COURSE
carries NM distribution

The course will be take place from June 6th through June 20th at the Lazy Black Bear Retreat Center in Paoli, Indiana (located about an hour south of Bloomington and surrounded by the beautiful Hoosier National Forest). The course will be run by me and taught by Peter Bane, Keith Johnson (two of the best Permaculture teachers in the country who are former residents of the Permaculture eco-village Earthaven and are the publishers of the Permaculture Activist, the only Permaculture magazine in North America), and Rhonda Baird (a talented young Permaculture teacher from the forests of southern Indiana).

Permaculture, for those who know little about it, is a design technique for creating sustainable human communities that are in harmony with the natural environment. It is a rapidly growing and internationally recognized design system for creating better ways of living with our life support systems and with each other. It is a set of principles and techniques that aim to create ecologically sound, economically prosperous, and spiritually rich human communities. This course provides students with innovative conceptual tools and the chance to view the future from many different angles. This is a unique opportunity for hands on experience in a class at Indiana University.

Students who complete this course not only get three hours of IU credit, but also receive their certification in Permaculture, which enables them to practice and teach the art and science of Permaculture. Participants will be camping outdoors in tents or staying in cabins for the duration of the two-week course. The course classroom is a renovated barn, the Lazy Black Bear grounds are an inspirational site for thinking about Permaculture, and an expansive dining hall, solar shower facilities and indoor composting toilets are available (as well as ponds for swimming, forest for hiking, gardens for eating, and campfires for gathering around for music and conversation in the evenings). Students must complete an application and be accepted to register for the course.

The application deadline is Friday, April 2nd. The application is available at: http://www.indiana.edu/~llc/academics/permaculture.shtml

This website provides further information about the course and has pictures from previous years. Enrollment is limited to 25 students. In addition to the 3 credit-hour tuition, a fee of $590 will be charged to cover transportation, food, lodging, facilities, and some course materials. Any one wanting to know more about the course is welcome to email me at dhaberma@indiana.edu. Relish this day!

David Haberman
Professor, Department of Religious Studies

U.S.-Russia Global Environmental Issues/Advanced Language Learning with 2-week study abroad

Spring - Summer 2010

All the program information (including the on-line application) can be found at http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/USRussiaEIProgram.shtml

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 5, 2010.

This program is open to undergraduate and graduate students.

Funding is available (on competitive basis) for students pursuing study abroad and/or language training under this program. Students applying for components #2 or #3 of the program will be automatically considered for language training stipend awards ($1,000, associated with component #2) and student mobility stipend awards ($3,200 associated with component #3) to support their participation in the U.S.-Russia Global Environmental Issues course with 2-week study-abroad (it is a common application to be considered for all funding). While the program is open to all IU students, only U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible for stipend awards. Students who complete both components #2 and #3 may receive a maximum award of $4,200.

#1) First 6 weeks of summer session II, 2010: “Global Environmental Problems and Solutions” course

#2) First 6 weeks of summer session II, 2010: “Specialized Russian:
Environmental Issues I” or
“Specialized Russian: Environmental Issues II” course

#3) August 1 - August 16, 2010: summer study-abroad course on environmental issues in Russia

“Global Environmental Problems and Solutions”-1 credit One 2-hr class per week during the first 6 weeks of Summer Session II This course will join students from Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Tyumen State University (Russia), and Tyumen State Agricultural Academy (Russia) via video conferencing. Participation in this class will serve as a basis for building bridges of understanding between students at the two universities and will provide a basic knowledge of environmental issues in the two countries. The course is taught in English.

The purpose of the class is to introduce a range of environmental issues from the US and Russia, to compare the history, cultural context, science, policy, and law of issues shared in common among these and other countries. We will be focusing on the science and policy strategies for studying and solving environmental problems, and on how history and culture affect these.

IU students taking the course (which will be available at the same time in Bloomington and Indianapolis via distance-learning) are eligible for scholarships to be used towards the cost of a trip to Tyumen, Russia.
This course is open to undergraduate and graduate students.

“Specialized Russian: Environmental Issues I” and “Specialized
Russian: Environmental Issues II” courses:
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures in Bloomington is offering two courses (entry-level and advanced), based on the Russian language skills needed for the participation in summer study-abroad course on environmental issues in Russia. The language support will enable students to function successfully in a foreign language and culture environment while doing the field work in Tyumen, Russia. Since participating students from IU Bloomington and IU Indianapolis campuses may have limited or various prior exposure to Russian, two levels of Russian training in the areas of language and culture are offered. Students who take either of these levels of Russian (which will be available both in Bloomington and Indianapolis via distance-learning) are eligible for scholarships towards the cost of the trip to Tyumen, Russia.

“Specialized Russian: Environmental Issues I”-2credits:
This course is open to undergraduate and graduate students. The goal of the intensive Russian survival course is to acquaint the students with the basic grammatical structures of Russian along with sufficient vocabulary for a working introduction to the language. The focus of the course will be on the development of oral skills, with written work used for reinforcement. Homework will be devoted largely to repetition and reinforcement while class time, even from the beginning, will be devoted almost entirely to active practice. Listening and reading comprehension will be addressed through special materials, which will also serve as a basis for discussion and oral practice. Readings will introduce aspects of everyday Russian life, figures, events, and issues that are crucial to an understanding of Russian culture.

“Specialized Russian: Environmental Issues II”-1.5credits:
Prerequisites: SLAV-R 302 or the instructor's permission. This course is open to undergraduate and graduate students. The course will cover specific to environmental issues technical terminology, language functionality in different professional environments, and interview skills in Russian. Cultural training will prepare the participants for successful interaction in social and academic situations in Russia.

Global Environmental Issues/Language Learning Field Experience study-abroad course in Russia-2 credits:

* COST: $4,000.
* DATES: August 1 - August 16, 2010 (subject to change: may be moved one week)
* APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 5, 2010.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
* GPA 3.0 or with the instructor's permission. Please note that the submission of official transcripts is not required. Student transcripts will, however, be reviewed via OneStart.
* On-line application.
* Russian language course work - “Specialized Russian: Environmental Issues I” or “Specialized Russian: Environmental Issues II” course.
* “Global Environmental Problems and Solutions” course.
* Valid PASSPORT for traveling abroad.
* Non-refundable deposit: $500 (upon acceptance in the Global Environmental Issues/Language Learning Field Experience class).

This course is for undergraduate or graduate. Previous experience in environmental science is desirable but not necessary.

The study-abroad portion is a two-week summer trip to the Tyumen region, to follow the 6-week, 1-unit course in environmental issues and the main language training. US students will visit field stations at Lake Kuchak and at Khanty-Mansiysk to participate in limnological and environmental remediation research at these sites. At TSU and TSAA, attend lectures given by Russian faculty, and visit the TSU Research Institute of Ecology and Rational Use Natural Resources, TSU Technological Park, TSU Water Cleaning start-up company, TSU Faculty of Biology, TSU Biodiversity Center, and TSAA Agroecology Center to learn about research questions and techniques. Students will also visit heavy industry, power production facilities, and natural resources industries to understand how environmental risk management and pollution abatement are practiced in the region. In addition, students will learn about local, regional, and national culture through visits to historical and new sections of the city, cultural and natural history museums, theaters, and other activities (e.g., a summer circus).

Thank you.

Olena Chernishenko

Summer Class: FINA-N 110 Intro to Studio Art for Non-Majors

Questions? Dubuisson, Zachary Arthur zdubuiss@indiana.edu

N110 Introduction to Studio art for Non-Majors

Summer 2010

3 credit hours A&H

8:30-11:30 MTWR in Fine Arts Room 145

Non-majors are introduced to the visual language of the studio arts.
Students learn and apply the basic elements of design and begin to understand the principles of organization. Through the exploration of a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional media (drawing, painting, wire and clay) students become familiar with the basic techniques used to develop art works.

African languages - Summer session 1

Do your students still need to begin foreign language study? Here's a great opportunity to get 2 semesters' worth of language study in 6 weeks:

Intensive language instruction will be offered in Elementary Wolof (LING F101/102) and Elementary Swahili (LING S101/102) during summer session 1.

For more information please contact:

Alwiya S. Omar aomar@indiana.edu
African Language Coordinator, Memorial Hall 326,
Tel: 855 3323
E-mail aomar@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~afrilang

Columbia University School of the Arts: 2010 Summer Program, New York City

Columbia University School of the Arts: 2010 Summer Program, New York City

Enroll Now
http://arts.columbia.edu/summer

Master Classes, Workshops, Courses, Public Events in Film, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts, and Writing

Every summer, Columbia University School of the Arts welcomes world-renowned artists and hundreds of students from around the globe to its campus in New York City for a Summer Program of vibrancy, creativity, and artistic breadth.

During summer at the School of the Arts, students choose from a diverse range of master classes, workshops, and courses, and attend numerous public arts events created specifically for the School of the Arts summer community. Programs are designed by School of the Arts faculty and guest artists to engage and appeal to all levels of experience, from emerging artists to professional practitioners.

Selected Programs
For full list of 40+ Summer Program offerings in Film, Writing, Theatre Arts and Visual Arts, and to enroll: http://arts.columbia.edu/summer

Film—TV Writing with Jamal Joseph, School of the Arts Film Program Chair (May 24-July 2): This course is taught as a simulated "writer's room," where aspiring television writers will collaborate and learn to develop, pitch and write a television episode.

Film—Auteur Study: Clint Eastwood with Film Program faculty member David McKenna (May 24-July 2): Through the presentation of 12 full feature films and clips from several others, this course examines the extraordinary 50-year career of Clint Eastwood.

Writing—Creative Writing Master Classes (June 7-17 and June 21-July 1):
Writing the Adolescent in Young Adult Fiction with Cris Beam
Love Poem as Trojan Horse with Josh Bell
Writing Historical Fiction with Jennifer Epstein
Dark Comedy: Writing Mean and Funny with Rivka Galchen
The Great Escape: What We're Really Writing About When We Write About Travel with Aaron Hamburger
More than Memoir with Kelly McMasters
The Art of Reviewing with Ed Park
Make it Strange: Writing Stories from the In-Between with Karen Russell

Theatre Arts—Contemporary French Theatre and Performance at Reid Hall in Paris, with Gideon Lester and Tom Sellar (May 31-June 20) (limited spaces available): From a base at Reid Hall, Columbia's historic campus in Paris, this course introduces students to contemporary theatre and performance in Paris. Students will visit public theatres and art centers, analyze theatre and dance productions by leading French and international artists, and consider these performances in their historical, aesthetic, and professional contexts.

Theatre Arts—Composition for the Stage: Explorations in Time/Space/Text/Music with Yale Drama Professor Robert Woodruff (July 19-31): A performance-based laboratory course exploring the interaction of time, space, text, music and elements of visual arts media with former Artistic Director of American Repertory Theatre Robert Woodruff.

Theatre Arts—New York Theatre Event: Off and Off-Off Broadway with Associate Artistic Director of Second Stage Theatre Chris Burney (July 6-August 13): Students will explore the elements involved in the creation of theatre today in the historic heart of American theatre: New York City.

Visual Arts—Basic Drawing, Introduction to Painting, Introduction to Printmaking, Photography, and more, taught by School of the Arts Visual Arts Program faculty.

For full list of 40+ Summer Program offerings, and to enroll:http://arts.columbia.edu/summer
The Columbia University School of the Arts Summer Program is presented in collaboration with the Columbia University School of Continuing Education and the Office of Global Programs.

Columbia University School of the Arts Summer Program
http://arts.columbia.edu/summer

Interesting Course for Summer Session II: Medicine in the Media

MSCI M100: Topics in
Medical Sciences
Medicine in the Media

Summer Session II
3 credit hours
MTW 10:00 – 11:15
Place TBA

Do you watch Gray’s Anatomy? House, M.D.? Scrubs? What are they really showing? How accurate are they? This class will look at medicine in popular American media including TV, movies, novels, magazines, and online. Part of the class entails watching these medical TV shows or movies while the other portion will provide students first with the knowledge of basic anatomical systems and later, with the information necessary to recognize some of the well-known diseases that are presented. We will then use this information to critique the media and assess why they present medicine this way. We will use recent media and those from a few years back.
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Contact: Polly Husmann @ phusmann@indiana.edu

Sierra Nevada Field Course Information Meeting (Thursday, Jan. 28 @ 6 p.m. in the Collins Coffee House)

******************* INFORMATIONAL MEETING ************************

NOTE: Informal Presentation for Prospective Participants
Where: Collins Living-Learning Center, Collins Coffeehouse
When: Thursday, January 28, 6:00 PM
Refreshments: Free pizza!

******************* NEW COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT ************************

Students! Interested in an exciting new way to take an introductory science course in a spectacular mountain setting? Through the support of the Collins Living-Learning Center, the Dept. of Geological Sciences, and the College of Arts & Sciences, we will be again offering our introductory-level "expeditions" science course, directed at both science and non-science students, and taught in the mountains of the eastern Sierra Nevada. The course, entitled "Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada: Geology and Natural Heritage of the Long Valley Caldera,"
is open to all students on the IU campus. The course will be taught by Michael Hamburger, professor of Geological Sciences. The class offers a hands-on, inquiry-oriented introduction to the geological and ecological setting of one of the most beautiful and environmentally diverse areas of the western U.S.

Students can register for the class either as GEOL G188 or Collins Living-Learning Center (L130). Both listings are eligible for COAS TOPICS and N&M sciences credit. The course will be taught in the first summer session, and will include a prerequisite seminar-style class during the second half of the spring semester (GEOL G190, CLLC L100), followed by a 2-week field trip to the Sierras, May 12 - 26.

If you are interested, take a look at our course web site:

http://www.indiana.edu/~sierra/

where you'll find course information, some great photos from last year's field course and on-line application information.

Questions? Contact Michael Hamburger (hamburg@indiana.edu) with any questions about the class.

SUMMER N&M CLASS: Learning from Nature: Permaculture

Summer Session I ~ Collins Expeditions Course
LLC L230
Learning from Nature: Permaculture

June 6 - June 20, 2009

3 credits
Instructor: Professor David Haberman, Religious Studies, IUB
N&M credit – cross-listed in Religious Studies – fulfills Collins course

Takes place entirely at
Lazy Black Bear Retreat Center in the Hoosier National Forest

Permaculture is a wholistic design strategy for living more harmoniously with our life support systems, and with each other. It is a set of principles and techniques that aim to create ecologically sound, economically prosperous, and spiritually rich human communities.

Enrollment is by application and is limited to 25 students.

More information and course application form available at:
http://www.indiana.edu/~llc/academics/permaculture.shtml

Application deadline is 5:00 p.m., Friday April 2, 2010.

Info Session:
Thursday, Feb. 18, 5:00 p.m.
Collins LLC Coffeehouse
(corner 10th & Woodlawn)
pizza and snacks provided

For more information contact: dhaberma@indiana.edu.

Intensive Summer Chinese Courses at IUB

The Flagship Chinese institute offers Indiana University students the ability to earn 8 credit hours of Mandarin (EALC C101-102; OR C201-202; OR C301-302) during the second summer term (June 17-August 13).

Due to the intensive nature of this program, students are not able to register for any courses beyond the language sequence courses listed above.

NOTE: Students must complete the application for this intensive summer program at www.indiana.edu/~fci. To best ensure consideration for admission, students are strongly encouraged to apply by the priority deadline of February 1st.