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Through its professional development, the Global Center stimulates fresh thinking by linking scholars and programs that have been historically separated by boundaries of discipline, regional specialization, and methodological tradition. Our faculty study groups explore the implications of global topics and international education from a wide range of disciplinary and regional perspectives. Topics have included:
2010-2011 Faculty Study Groups
- The Internationalization Collaborative Across Bloomington – ICAB (2010-2012) — Participants in this monthly Faculty Study Group from both Indiana University and Ivy Tech Community College have determined that internationalization must become integrated with the other learning outcomes of each course and that ideally, curriculum must be redesigned to support these global learning outcomes. The faculty will discuss the basic concepts involved in globalization, international, global, multicultural, etc., and will begin to use the backward course design method to integrate measurable international learning outcomes into their courses. This will be followed by creating authentic assessments of student-centered learning activities. Peer discussions will address teaching and learning strategies that support internationalization efforts. All Spring 2011 meetings will include a guest lecturer who will present on an international topic (and represent a world area) and discuss how it can be a teaching tool. Beginning in Fall 2011, the focus will be the assessment of teaching and learning. The faculty will be expected to continue to share the results of this work among their colleagues in the respective schools and departments with the possibility of disseminating assessment results on a national level through scholarship of teaching and learning venues and journals as well as at other national conferences.
- Constitutions, Democracy, and Culture in Global Perspective (2009-2011) — A bi-weekly Faculty Study Group hosted by the Center for Constitutional Democracy during the 2010-11 academic year. The speakers in the series – both from IU and other institutions – will address issues in constitutionalism and democracy promotion, with particular attention to the aspects of culture that function as resources or challenges or both in the effort to build constitutional democracy. Countries around the world have been writing and rewriting constitutions at an increasing rate in recent decades. And democracy has become the almost universally claimed goal of governments and international organizations. But there is still remarkably little understanding of the rule played by culture in the process of building constitutional democracy. The academic and political controversy over whether human rights are subject to cultural variation is one example of the difficult issues raised by the interaction of culture with the goals of constitutional democracy. The rise of “Asian constitutionalism” is another. The speakers in our Faculty Study Group next year will address the relationships among constitutions, democracy and culture from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and within a range of global contexts. Please contact Susan Williams for more information (shwillia@indiana.edu).
- Middle East Conflict and Reform (2007-2011) — Ongoing seminar and lecture series, organized by faculty members from seven IU departments, to enhance the study and discussion of conflict and reform in the Middle East; exceptional scholars and practitioners are invited to give public lectures and seminars on campus and a faculty study group meets regularly to discuss papers by IU scholars and invited guests; contact Abdulkader H. Sinno
Guidelines for Proposals
- Priority will be given to those proposals which are broadly international and involve faculty and students from a variety of academic disciplines and professional schools.
- Proposals should describe the topic in detail, list participating faculty and graduate students, and provide a list of proposed activities and a detailed budget.
- Awards will not normally exceed $3,500.
- The awards will not support purchase of equipment or salaries.
- There is no specific deadline but funds are limited and proposals will be accepted beginning in the summer prior to the academic year of the award.
Applications and letters of support should be sent to:
Awards Committee
Center for the Study of Global Change
201 N. Indiana Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47408-4001
Phone: (812) 856-5523
Fax: (812) 855-6271
E-mail: global@indiana.edu
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