Center for South Asia e-Bulletin
Monday, January 9, 2012
Sharing South Asia-Related Events with the UW Campus
and the Greater Madison Community!
In this issue:
SASLI 2012 Student Application Now Online - Funding Available
Learn a South Asian language this summer!
The South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI) based at the University of Wisconsin
– Madison is offering intensive summer courses in the following South Asian
languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Pashto, Sanskrit,
Sindhi, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan and Urdu. Applications for Summer 2012
are now being accepted.
Funding
Due to recent budget cuts, SASLI will have a slightly different fee structure
in 2012. There are three funding options available to students:
1) $1000 Fee Remissions, indicate interest when
submitting the SASLI online application
2) FLAS Fellowships, deadline February 1, 2012
3) SASLI Scholarships, deadline February 1, 2012
Further information about funding and the SASLI FLAS and Scholarship applications
can be found on the SASLI website at: http://sasli.wisc.edu/funding/index.htm
Apply to SASLI
Instructions for submitting a complete application packet and the SASLI web application
can be found on the SASLI website at sasli.wisc.edu.
Please apply or encourage your students to apply as soon as possible, as faculty
hiring is based on student interest.
If you have questions about SASLI, please review the FAQ pages on the web site
at http://sasli.wisc.edu/faq/index.html.
Any additional questions can be addressed to Anne Naparstek, by phone at (608)
261-1194 or by e-mail at sasli@southasia.wisc.edu.
Asia Foundation Announces LankaCorps
The Asia Foundation has announced LankaCorps, a unique new opportunity
for Americans of Sri Lankan heritage to professionally engage in social,
cultural, and economic development activities in Sri Lanka. Three young
leaders will be selected to live and work for six months in Sri Lanka
as Asia Foundation LankaCorps Fellows from April 1 to September 30, 2012.
The program's intent is to foster the involvement of young members of the
diaspora who have limited in-depth experience with the country. The
application deadline is Friday, January 13th.
For further information: http://asiafoundation.org/program/overview/lankacorps
AIIS summer 2012 and academic year 2012-2013 language programs
The American Institute of Indian Studies welcomes applications for its summer 2012 and academic year 2012-2013 language programs. Programs to be offered include Hindi (Jaipur), Bengali (Kolkata), Punjabi (Chandigarh), Tamil (Madurai); Marathi (Pune), Urdu (Lucknow), Telugu (Vizag), Malayalam (Thiruvananthapuram) and Sanskrit (Pune) and Pali/Prakrit (Pune). We will offer other Indian languages upon request.
All academic year applicants should have the equivalent of two years of
prior language study. For regular summer Sanskrit, we require the equivalent
of two years of prior study; for summer Bengali, Hindi and Tamil we require
the equivalent of one year of prior study. For summer Urdu, we require the
equivalent of one year of either Hindi or Urdu. We can offer courses at
all levels, including beginning, in other Indian languages for the summer.
Summer students should apply for FLAS (graduate students) if available for
funding to cover the costs of the program. Funding for Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi
and Urdu may be available through the U.S. State Department's CLS program
(see www.clscholarship.org).
Academic year students are eligible to apply for an AIIS fellowship which
would cover all expenses for the program. AIIS is also offering a fall semester
program. We offer Hindi and Urdu at all levels for the fall; we require
two years of prior language study for other languages for the fall. The
application deadline is January 31, 2012. Applications can be downloaded
from the AIIS web site at www.indiastudies.org.
For more information: Phone: 773-702-8638. Email:
aiis@uchicago.edu.
Funding Opportunities for Students & Faculty
2012 Call for Proposals: Science Curriculum Internationalization
Course development awards are now available to support UW–Madison faculty and instructional academic staff members in the sciences who wish to incorporate international content into one or more undergraduate courses.
Awards, which provide up to $10,000 in flexible funds, are for courses in the sciences.
Deadline: February 15, 2012
http://www.cals.wisc.edu/ip/AboutIP/IntlPrograms.html
Boren Scholarships and Fellowships
The applications for the 2012-2013 David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available at www.borenawards.org. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.
Boren Scholars and Fellows represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. As part of the African Languages Initiative, Boren Award applicants have the opportunity to further their study of Akan/Twi, Portuguese, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, or Zulu. For a complete list of languages, visit our website.
Undergraduate students can receive up to $20,000 for an academic year’s study abroad and graduate students up to $30,000 for language study and international research. In exchange for funding, recipients commit to working in the federal government for a minimum of one year.
National Application Deadlines
Boren Fellowship: January 31, 2012
Boren Scholarship: February 9, 2012*
*Many institutions have an earlier on-campus deadline. Visit our website
for information about your campus deadline and Boren campus representative.
For more information about the Boren Awards, to register for one of our upcoming webinars, and to access the on-line application, please visit www.borenawards.org. You can also contact the Boren Awards staff at boren@iie.org or 1-800-618-NSEP with questions.
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Announces New Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship
Today, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced the creation of the Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship, a new component of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship will allow U.S. citizens to contribute to the strengthening of the public sector abroad by serving in professional placements within foreign government ministries or institutions while simultaneously carrying out an academic research/study project. The fellowship will help advance public policy research agendas, fosters mutual understanding and builds lasting ties between the U.S. and partner countries.The Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship provides a distinctive opportunity for U.S. citizens to work side-by-side with the citizens of other countries to tackle the toughest public policy problems of the day. This new exchange is the vanguard of international public diplomacy, as it leverages the excellence of the Fulbright program to achieve global development objectives. Fulbright Public Policy Fellows will serve in partner country governments, which include: Bangladesh, Cote d’Ivoire, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Thailand, and Tunisia. The State Department, partner country governments, and the Institute of International Education will coordinate professional placements for candidates in public policy areas including, but not limited to, health, education, agriculture, justice, energy, environment, public finance, economic development, housing, and communications. Candidates must be in receipt of a master’s or J.D. degree by the beginning of the Fellowship (Summer 2012) or be currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program. Applicants must also have at least two years of work experience in public policy-related fields. Final selection will be made by the Presidentially-appointed Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Applications will be accepted from November 4, 2011 through February 1, 2012. More information, including complete eligibility requirements, is available at http://www.us.fulbrightonline.org. Please visit http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applynow.html to apply. Fulbright Public Policy Fellows will begin their assignments in summer/fall 2012. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program and is supported by the people of the United States and partner countries around the world. Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 310,000 participants from over 155 countries with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.
Calls for Papers & Conference Announcements
SALTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS
The Annual Meeting of the South Asian Language Teachers Association (SALTA) is scheduled for April 26-29, 2012, in Madison, WI (with pre-conference workshops scheduled for April 26th , 2012). This will be alongside the NCOLCTL Conference. Proposals are solicited for individual papers, colloquial and poster sessions to be presented at this SALTA conference.
Submissions should fall broadly within the conference theme, "Promoting Advanced Language Proficiency and Intercultural Competency in South Asian Languages" The focus of session topics might include heritage language learners, bilingual education students, autonomous and self-instructional settings, distance learning, outreach and advocacy initiatives, and the use of technology in teaching South Asian languages. Other topics such as curriculum and materials development, teacher training and professionalization, research, and assessment will also be welcome.The South Asia Center at Syracuse University is pleased to announce a call for papers for our Annual SU-Cornell South Asia Consortium Conference. This year the conference will be held at Syracuse on March 29-30, 2012 and the theme of the conference is “Food, Health, and Agriculture in South Asia: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions.”
If you would like to submit an abstract for consideration, please fill out the online form: http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/FoodConferenceCFP/.
The deadline for abstract submission is January 15, 2012.
You can also find out more about the conference and register to attend on the website: http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/southasiafoodconference/.
The Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Hawai'i invites paper and panel proposals on aspects related to its 29th Annual Spring Symposium "Settling and Unsettling: The City in South Asia"
Conference Dates: April 18-20, 2012, in Honolulu, Hawai'i
Co-sponsored by the School of Architecture and the
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of
Hawai'i
In the next twenty years, the number of people living in cities in South Asia will be close to 40 percent of the region’s total population. Yet, the South Asian city presents a conundrum. Much of what can be imagined about the city remains unmapped. Perceptions of South Asian cities often oscillate between the urban-rural dichotomies. South Asian cities also continue to be framed within the parameters of urbanization. Stepping outside of technocratic approaches, and the view of the city as a site of intractable problems, this symposium aims to highlight the multifaceted energies and imaginaries that animate contemporary interpretation of cities. We invite participants from all disciplines to consider the different ways in which cities are settled while also unsettling the concept of the city in South Asian contexts. We welcome a variety of approaches. The paper or panel could cover topics and themes such as:
Deadline to submit proposals: January 15th, 2012. Please send 200-word abstracts for individual papers by email to csas@hawaii.edu. If proposing an entire panel, please also include a paragraph-length rationale and a proposed title for the panel.
For more information, please visit the Center for South Asian Studies website at: http://www.hawaii.edu/csas
DIASPORA AND DEVELOPMENT: SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT IN SOUTH ASIA
ORGANISER: INSTITUTE OF SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES (ISAS) & NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE
25 – 26 SEPTEMBER 2012
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Submission Deadline: Feb. 15, 2012
Call for Papers: South Asia by the Bay
Graduate Student Conference at Stanford University on May 9-11,
2012
As South Asia experiences rapid and unprecedented transformation, both scholarly
and public interest in the region has grown dramatically in recent years. A large
new generation of graduate students working on South Asia in the humanities and
social sciences is in the process of rethinking approaches to the study of South
Asian culture, society, politics, economics, law, history, literature, and the
arts.
South Asia by the Bay is a brand new initiative based in the San Francisco
Bay Area. It aims to establish an annual forum where graduate students
from across disciplines and institutions in North America, who work on
South Asia, can meet to discuss their work with each other, and with South
Asia affiliated faculty from the organizing institutions (Stanford University,
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Davis, University
of California, Santa Cruz).
In addition to thematic panels, the conference will feature four keynote
lectures by senior South Asia scholars, an interactive session with faculty
on the international job market in South Asian studies, film screenings,
art exhibitions, and social events for conference participants.
Students who are interested in participating in the conference should
submit a one-page (300 word) proposal and one page CV to Bernadette
White (bmwhite@stanford.edu) by March 10, 2012.
Deadlines:
For panels: Feb 15, 2012
Individual abstracts: March 9, 2012
Final papers: April 20, 2012
We will be updating with more information, please see southasia.stanford.edu
The Teach for Pakistan Fellowship
The Teach For Pakistan Fellowship is a two-year, full-time paid position during which Fellows are placed as teachers in under-resourced schools in Karachi and Lahore. During the second year of the Fellowship, Fellows will be responsible for developing and implementing a business plan for a small school or community development project. As our Fellows become leaders over the two years of the Fellowship, they also make a tangible and direct difference in the lives of dozens of their pupils. This year, our Fellows are impacting an average of fifty students each, improving the quality of their education and inspiring them to reach their full potential.If you want to learn more about us Teach For Pakistan, please visit our website and check out our promotional video.
South Asia Postdoctoral Fellow at Rice University
Location: Houston, Texas, United States
Institution Type: College/University
Position Type: Post-doctoral fellow
Main Category: South Asian Studies
Secondary Categories: Global, transnational, and/or comparative studies
Position: A two-year post-doctoral fellowship in the T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Center
for Asian Studies at Rice University. An affiliation may be arranged in an appropriate
academic department. Stipend: $40,000 per year, plus benefits and a $2,000 allowance
for travel and research. Appointment begins July 1, 2012. Postmark deadline
for applications is Friday, January 13, 2012.
Responsibilities: (1) Teaching: Two courses per academic year focused primarily
on issues related to transnational circulations and/or cross-cultural comparisons;
(2)Other responsibilities; play an active role in the intellectual life of the
Center, participate in and support Chao Center programming, organize the Transnational
Symposium; contribute to website pages to facilitate cutting-edge research.
Qualifications: Ph.D. in a humanities or social sciences discipline or department with a specialization in South Asia and a demonstrated teaching and research interest in transnational circulations (e.g. the movement of people, products, ideas, images, technologies, etc. within and/or beyond Asia) and/or comparative studies.
Application: Overseas applicants may submit their application electronically to chaoctr@rice.edu. All other applicants are requested to mail three letters of reference, one hard copy of a writing sample (no more than 25 pages) and three hard copies of a cover letter, a current resume, a project proposal outlining what will be accomplished during your term at Rice, a course proposal, and a list of any additional references with contact information to:
Meagan Williams
Chao Center for Asian Studies (MS-475)
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892 USA
Email address: chaoctr@rice.edu
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