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LAS
International On-line
Vol. 4, No. 12
March 20, 2006
Affirming a Commitment to Global Learning
www.las.iastate.edu/students/international/
LAS International On-Line is the bi-monthly on-line publication
of the International Programs of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. LAS
International is part of LAS' on-going efforts to coordinate all aspects of
international activities within the College including international studies,
study abroad, exchange agreements, research and outreach.
News
LAS INTERNATIONAL AWARDS - The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
recognized international activities by its faculty, staff and students during
its annual international dinner on Monday, March 6.
Three individuals were specifically honored for their international work including
Kathy Leonard, professor of foreign languages and literatures; Dana Schumacher,
academic advisor in the Department of Political Science; and Elizabeth Rock,
a senior political science and international studies major.
More information on the LAS international awards is available on-line at www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/intntlawards06.shtml.
ESSAY PRIZE - The Western European Studies Program is hosting its second
annual undergraduate essay competition. Iowa State students are invited to submit
essays dealing with Western Europe by April 3.
The essay topic is open and could involve any aspect of contemporary or historical
European culture, literature, politics, economics or philosophy.
More information on this essay contest is available at www.las.iastate.edu/West_Euro/essay06.shtml.
Area Program Studies Events
LATIN AMERICAN EVENTS - The Latin American Studies Program has scheduled
several events over the next two weeks including:
- March 28, Sun Room, Memorial Union, 8 p.m. - "The Saving Grace of
Stories," Sandra Benitez, author of A Place Where the Sea Remembers,
Bitter Grounds, The Weight of All Things, and Night
of the Radishes. The author has spent her live moving between the Latin
American culture of her Puerto Rican mother and the Anglo-American culture
of her father.
- March 30, 1252 Howe Hall, 4:10 p.m. - "Meeting Yourself Coming and
Going: The Long Arm of Media, Empire and Latin America," Mercedes Lynn
de Uriarte, former assistant editor and writer at the Los Angeles Times.
de Uriate has headed a research team that did the first assessment of attempts
to desegregate U.S. newsrooms since the goal to do so was set a quarter century
ago.
Learn more about these and other Latin American Studies events at at www.las.iastate.edu/Latin_American/events.shtml.
REEES EVENTS - The Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies Program
has several events scheduled over the next two weeks including:
- March 22, 302 Catt Hall, noon - "About One Intervention into Stalin's
Love or Stalin's Antigone," Iryna Zherekina, director of the Center for
Gender Studies, Kharkiv National University in Ukraine
- March 29, Great Hall, Memorial Union, 7 p.m. - "Ukrainian Masculinities
After the Orange Revolution," Sergey Zherebkin.
More information on these and other REEES events are on-line at www.las.iastate.edu/REEEAS/events.shtml.
Features
VISITING SCIENTIST - For four years, Hsain Ilahiane has conducted a
research project for the Intel Corporation, investigating the uses of mobile
technology (cell phones) in social and economic development in Morocco and other
African and Middle Eastern countries.
That study and grant has run its course. However, that hasn't ended the associate
professor of anthropology's association with the communication giant.
Beginning this July Ilahiane will take a year's leave of absence from the Department
of Anthropology to become a visiting senior social scientist at Intel's Portland,
Ore., international headquarters.
"Among other things I will be conducting research on how people understand
technology in the Middle East and Africa," Ilahiane said.
To learn more about Hsain Ilahiane's year away from campus with the Intel Corporation
go on-line at www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/ilahiane0327.shtml.
LAS International On-line
Michael Whiteford, LAS dean
Steffen Schmidt, LAS director of international programs
Dave Gieseke, LAS public relations manager
Send submissions to dgieseke@iastate.edu
