Friday, December 15, 2006

(No) Advising over the Break

I will be out of the office until Tuesday, January 2. During this time, my e-mail access will be limited and I will not be able to assist you with registration for the spring term until January 2. University offices will be open next week so if you have an issue that needs to be resolved before January 2, you can visit the Dean's office or the Registrar in Thackeray Hall.

Enjoy your vacation and whatever religious/cultural holidays you might be celebrating in the coming days; and best wishes for the new year.

Undergraduate Research Symposium on Islam

The Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies
announces its 2007 Undergraduate Research Symposium
“ISLAM: HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES”
CALL FOR PAPERS
Present your research with other undergraduate students
from 25 member institutions in Ohio and Pennsylvania
on any topic related to Islamic studies in the arts,
sciences, or professional academic disciplines.
Keynote speaker, cash awards, breakfast, lunch.
A great way to build your academic portfolio by
expanding a paper developed for a course. Submit
your abstract between November 15 and January 30, turn
in your paper by March 12, and present your fi ndings to an
officiated panel of local experts on March 31 at the
CERIS Undergraduate Research Symposium at
Duquesne University. For more information go to WWW.CERISNET.ORG Baldwin-Wallace College • California University of Pennsylvania • Carlow University • Chatham College • Community College of Allegheny County •
Duquesne University • Islamic Center of Pittsburgh • Juniata College • La Roche College • Mercyhurst College • Pennsylvania Highlands Community
College • Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education • Pittsburgh Theological Seminary • Point Park University • Saint Francis University • Saint Vincent
College • Seton Hill University • University of Pittsburgh • University of Pittsburgh at Bradford • University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg • University of
Pittsburgh at Johnstown • Washington and Jefferson College • Waynesburg College • World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh • Youngstown State University
ISLAMIC STUDIES

Spring Break in Paris?

Did that get your attention?


Study Abroad Opportunity --Spring Break Abroad. Spend Spring Break (March 3-10, 2007) in Paris to study race relations and earn 1 credit. Applications available at Residence Life (203 Bruce Hall). For more information: Stacey Nicholson at srn10@pitt.edu

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Global Studies Student Research Symposium

2007 Global Studies Student Research Symposium:
Guidelines & Deadlines
The Global Studies Student Research Symposium is designed to provide recognition for excellent student scholarship in the field of Global Studies and a forum for students and faculty to discuss critical global issues. All students at the University of Pittsburgh, in any major and including regional campuses, are eligible to submit a research paper for consideration in the competition. Finalists are selected by a panel of judges drawn from the Global Studies Affiliated Faculty. Awards for Best Undergraduate Paper and Best Graduate Paper will be made at the annual Symposium in March 2007, where students present their papers and receive cash prizes. To compete, students must submit a research paper on an eligible topic by no later than January 31, 2007 following the guidelines set out below. Finalists should be available to present their paper at the Symposium (details TBA). The Symposium is open to the public and will feature an invited keynote speaker.
Eligible topics: research relating to one of the following global issues
Sustainable development
Global economy and global governance
Changing identities in a global world
Technology, communication and society
Conflict and conflict resolution
Global health
Specific Guidelines for undergraduate students:
The research paper must have been prepared for a course, seminar, independent study or internship at this University. Entries may be revised from their original form.
Length: minimum of 10 pages double spaced, maximum of 20 pages double spaced.
Specific Guidelines for Graduate students:
The research paper must have been prepared for a course, seminar, directed study, thesis, dissertation, or as a piece of independent research completed at this University. Entries may be revised from their original form.
Length: minimum of 15 pages double spaced, maximum of 30 pages double spaced.
General guidelines for both undergraduate and graduate students:
Limit one submission per year per student
Submissions must be received no later than January 31 to receive full consideration
Submit three printed copies to the Global Studies Program, 4100 WW Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
To facilitate a blind review, the author’s name should appear only on the cover sheet. The cover sheet must include the following information (you may copy/paste the following):
Application for Global Studies Student Research Symposium
1) Name:
2) Pitt student i.d. number:
3) School (e.g. ARTSC, CGS, Law, GSPIA, etc.):
4) Department or Division (e.g. history, sociology, etc.):
5) Degree objective (e.g., B.A.; MA; PhD):
6) Expected year of graduation:
7) Title of Research Paper:
8) Course for which this paper was written (number, title, instructor, term & year):
9) Current Address, Telephone and E-Mail:
10) Permanent Address, Telephone, E-Mail (if different from above):
11) Abstract (no longer than one paragraph):

Global Studies Program: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global

Global Studies Student Research Symposium

2007 Global Studies Student Research Symposium:
Guidelines & Deadlines
The Global Studies Student Research Symposium is designed to provide recognition for excellent student scholarship in the field of Global Studies and a forum for students and faculty to discuss critical global issues. All students at the University of Pittsburgh, in any major and including regional campuses, are eligible to submit a research paper for consideration in the competition. Finalists are selected by a panel of judges drawn from the Global Studies Affiliated Faculty. Awards for Best Undergraduate Paper and Best Graduate Paper will be made at the annual Symposium in March 2007, where students present their papers and receive cash prizes. To compete, students must submit a research paper on an eligible topic by no later than January 31, 2007 following the guidelines set out below. Finalists should be available to present their paper at the Symposium (details TBA). The Symposium is open to the public and will feature an invited keynote speaker.
Eligible topics: research relating to one of the following global issues
Sustainable development
Global economy and global governance
Changing identities in a global world
Technology, communication and society
Conflict and conflict resolution
Global health
Specific Guidelines for undergraduate students:
The research paper must have been prepared for a course, seminar, independent study or internship at this University. Entries may be revised from their original form.
Length: minimum of 10 pages double spaced, maximum of 20 pages double spaced.
Specific Guidelines for Graduate students:
The research paper must have been prepared for a course, seminar, directed study, thesis, dissertation, or as a piece of independent research completed at this University. Entries may be revised from their original form.
Length: minimum of 15 pages double spaced, maximum of 30 pages double spaced.
General guidelines for both undergraduate and graduate students:
Limit one submission per year per student
Submissions must be received no later than January 31 to receive full consideration
Submit three printed copies to the Global Studies Program, 4100 WW Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
To facilitate a blind review, the author’s name should appear only on the cover sheet. The cover sheet must include the following information (you may copy/paste the following):
Application for Global Studies Student Research Symposium
1) Name:
2) Pitt student i.d. number:
3) School (e.g. ARTSC, CGS, Law, GSPIA, etc.):
4) Department or Division (e.g. history, sociology, etc.):
5) Degree objective (e.g., B.A.; MA; PhD):
6) Expected year of graduation:
7) Title of Research Paper:
8) Course for which this paper was written (number, title, instructor, term & year):
9) Current Address, Telephone and E-Mail:
10) Permanent Address, Telephone, E-Mail (if different from above):
11) Abstract (no longer than one paragraph):

Global Studies Program: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Congratulations to Anna Quider

It's now official: Anna Quider, one of our majors, has won a Marshall Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge next year. Congratulations.

For details about Anna's accomplishment, see the University press release.

Global Studies Fellowship

For students enrolled in Global Studies (Certificate or BPhil-IAS degree program): a new opportunity for students to attain a Global Studies Tuition Remission Fellowship. The deadline for applications is January 16, 2007. For further information and an Application Form, students can consult the Global Studies website at:


http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/opportunities.html

Monday, December 04, 2006

Reminder: Moshe Ma'oz today on Islam and the West

The Department of Religious Studies
and the
Program in Jewish Studies


present a public Lecture
by


Professor Moshe Ma'oz
Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Rooney Visiting Scholar at Robert Morris University (Fall 2006)


"Islam in the West: Conflict or Dialogue"





December 4, 2006
Mervis Hall Room 115
4:00 P.M.

Professor Moshe Ma'oz is the author of numerous works including Ottoman Reform in Syria and Palestine (1968), Syria under Hafez al-Assad (1975) and Syria and Israel: From War to Peacemaking (1995). He is also the editor of Studies on Palestine in the Ottoman Period (1975) and the co-editor of Jerusalem: Points of Friction (2000) and Middle Eastern Minorities and Diasporas (2002) among others.



This talk is cosponsored by the University Center for International Studies (UCIS), the Global Studies Program and the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS).

Friday, December 01, 2006

Leading Theoriest of Religious Studies at Pitt for Two Days only!

Many of you probably had a good idea of what "religion" meant when you came to Pitt and thus imagined that you knew what "Religious Studies" meant. As you have taken Religious Studies classes, perhaps, you have come to realize that both terms, "religion" and "Religious Studies," are quite complex and have multiple layers of meaning.

Next week, the Department will host one of the leading theorists in the field of Religious Studies for two events, a small seminar on Wednesday and a public lecture on Thursday. Religious Studies majors are welcome at both events.


THE DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES ANNOUNCES TWO TALKS BY
Professor Russell T. McCutcheon
Department of Religious Studies, University of Alabama

SEMINAR: “On the Limits of the Humanistic Study of Religion”
Wednesday, December 6
2:00 pm
4500 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
All welcome
Reading in advance: “’It’s a Lie. There’s No Truth in It! It’s a Sin!’: On the Limits of the Humanistic Study of Religion and the Cross of Saving Others from Themselves.” For a copy, email rocky@pitt.edu

LECTURE: “Religion’s Roots and Tangled Branches, or Fighting the War on Terror with Authentic Fakes”
Thursday, December 7
4:00 pm
4127 Sennott Hall
Reception to follow


A leading voice in the field of the theory of religion, Russell T. McCutcheon has published widely in the areas of the history of scholarship on myths and rituals, the history of the publicly-funded academic study of religion as practiced in the U.S. as well as the relations between the classification “religion” itself and the rise of the nation-state. Among is many published works are Religion and Domestication of Dissent, or How to Live in a Less than Perfect Nation (2005), The Discipline of Religion: Structure, Meaning and Rhetoric (2003), Manufacturing Religion: The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of Nostalgia (1997, 2003) and Critics Not Caretakers: Redescribing the Public Study of Religion (2001). Dr. McCutcheon is currently President of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion (CSSR) and the Associate Director of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR).
 

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