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The English Undergraduate Association
Newsletter
Weekly News For UC Berkeley's English Undergrads
03/20/06
In this week's issue:
1. EUA: On the Road
Tues 5:15-6, 330 Wheeler
2. Goings-On About Town
A Heads-Up on Cultural Events
3. Want Money?
Reward your skills in these scholarships and contests.
4. Summer Plans
Volunteering, UC Study Abroad Programs, Local classes.
5.
The Bulletin Board
Internships, Jobs, Volunteering, Research
Deadlines
Visit our webpage:
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~eua
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berkeley.eua@gmail.com
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1. EUA: On the Road
Tues 5:15-6, 330 Wheeler
In preparation for Spring Break, we give you
the accoutrements of a road trip. There is a great history of road
literature, from "Gulliver's Travels" to "On the Road." Come join the EUA
celebrate this fine tradition by bringing your favorite travel book or quote
and munching on road trip snacks!
P.S. Happy Nowruz! (the Persian New Year)
Commencement information is now
available on the English Department web site!
http://english.berkeley.edu/commencement/
2. Goings-On About Town
A Heads-Up on Cultural Events
The BTWH (Berkeley-Tübingen-Wien-Harvard)
is an international Townsend Center working group dealing with questions of
modernity. This year's conference on "Media and Mobility" will be taking
place at UC Berkeley from Wednesday, 3/22 - Saturday, 3/25,
and we look forward to bringing our members from Berkeley, Tübingen, Vienna
and Harvard together with the campus community. Topics include global issues
surrounding migration, tourism, travel and borders, specifically as they
relate to the German-speaking world. This event is being generously
sponsored by the Department of German, the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the
Humanities and the Graduate Assembly, and will be held in English and in
German. Please visit the following link for our conference description and
program:
http://german.berkeley.edu/newsevents/showevent.php?id=105
Best,
Sabrina Rahman
skrahman@berkeley.edu
GIRL FEST
PANEL & PERFORMANCE
"Feminists Organizing for Social Progress"
This Girl Fest panel will cover different aspect of
women's movements and
organizations in present-day politics. The discussion will address various
issues from men advocating for ending violence against women and girls,
environmental and health concerns and the family, queer identity and
advocacy, and international movements and the emerging definitions of
women's social movements and identities with regard to these paradigms.
Free!
SPEAKERS:
Monica Arenas & Marissa Dagdagan, Family Violence Prevention Fund;
Xiomara Castro, Art in Action
Patrick Lemmon, Men Can Stop Rape;
Trinity Ordona, Ph.d, Professor, City College of San Francisco;
Venus Rodriguez, Youth Organizer, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
PERFORMANCE BY: Selah Geissler and Andrea Gibson
SUNDAY, MARCH 26th 2006
1PM-4PM
U.C. Berkeley
Lipman Room
8th floor, Barrows Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
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This is no simple reform. It really is a revolution. Sex and
race because they are easy and visible differences have been the
primary ways of organizing human beings into superior and
inferior groups and into the cheap labour in which this system
still depends. We are talking about a society in which there
will be no roles other than those chosen or those earned. We are
really talking about humanism. -- Gloria Steinem
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Lisa Sleeth at Girl Fest Screening of Seoul Train
Please join Girl Fest & Director, Lisa Sleeth for her screening of the film
Seoul Train on March 24 at 8PM in Dwinelle 145. Lisa Sleeth will be
available for questions and answers after the film ends. This film will be
accompanied with the short Be Very Quiet. We hope to see you there!
SEOUL TRAIN
Dirs. Lisa Sleeth, Jim Butterworth, Aaron Lubarsky
Documentary
54mins
With its riveting footage of a secretive 'underground
railroad,' SEOUL
TRAIN is the gripping documentary into the life and death of North Koreans
as they try to escape their homeland and China. As the UN stands idly by,
the Chinese Government - in direct violation of international laws to
which it's a party - systematically arrests and forcibly repatriates
hundreds of these refugees each month. Defecting from North Korea is a
capital offense, and repatriated refugees face human rights abuses ranging
from concentration camps and torture to forced abortion and summary
executions. For a lucky few refugees, however, there is hope ... a group
of activists has taken it upon themselves to create an Underground
Railroad. An ABSOLUTE MUST SEE FILM, say the Girl Fest programmers.
FRIDAY, MARCH 24th OPENING DAY
KEYNOTE LECTURE & PERFORMANCE
"Sweet Charity: Free Trade v. Freedom From Hunger"
SPEAKER:
Anuradha Mittal, The Oakland Institute
TOPIC: The principal beneficiary of America's foreign
assistance programs
has always been the United States... Foreign assistance programs have
helped create major markets for agricultural goods, created new markets
for American industrial exports and meant hundreds of thousands of jobs
for Americans. In 1995, the director of the U.S. aid agency defended his
agency on the basis that 84 cents of every dollar of aid goes back into
the U.S. economy in goods and services purchased.
"Sweet Charity: Free Trade Versus Freedom From Hunger"
will provide an
independent perspective on U.S. aid and free trade policies and share
information from the Oakland Institute's project, Aid Watch, which is
monitoring, researching and evaluating U.S. overseas aid policies and
programs, with the goal to prevent potentially damaging programs.
PERFORMANCE BY: Youth Speaks & Girrl Brigade
For more information on the Girl Fest programs, please
contact:
Annie Fukushima
Co-Director Girl Fest Bay Area
email:
annie@girlfesthawaii.org
or
Kathryn Xian
Non-Executive Director Girl Fest
email:
kathy@girlfesthawaii.org
INTERSECTION'S LITERARY SERIES - Intersection has the
distinction of programming the oldest, continuous, independent reading
series in California (est. 1965). The program features a remarkable and
diverse array of emerging and established writers who are committed to
expanding the notion of literature, testing cultural and discipline-based
boundaries, and building new audiences for live, intimate literary
experiences. In recent years, Intersection has worked with new and seasoned
writers including bell hooks, Mike Davis, John Trudell, Alice Walker, Martín
Espada, Jimmy Santiago Baca, and Denis Johnson.
UPCOMING READINGS IN THE SERIES
Tues March 28, 2006 at 7:30 PM
Cherrie Moraga with Kim Nelson, A.P. Saito, Michelle Matz & WritersCorps
youth poets
ALSO UPCOMING
April 13 - 29, 2006, Thursday - Saturday at 7:30 PM
Haze - A World Premiere Play Collection by Campo Santo featuring the
writings of
Dave Eggers, Vendela Vida and others
Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia (btwn 15/16) Mission District, San
Francisco
REAL LIVE: FILM AND VIDEO MAKERS AT CAL 2006
THU MAR 2 2006 - THU MAR 23 2006
Our annual showcase Film and Video Makers at Cal features recent short works
by a diverse group of UC Berkeley students, working on their own or in
departments including Art, Film, Anthropology, and Journalism. This year's
eclectic selection ranges from quirky animations and documentary
explorations to experimental and introspective works; the three programs
flesh out the theme "Real Live" with videos that advance the sometimes
squeamish question of what separates truth from fiction and the cultural
from the corporeal. Each program offers the opportunity to participate in a
discussion with the artists.
Moma Audiio Adventure Club
THU MAR 16 2006, 7:30
Real Live-Space
Artists in Person
Tonight's program looks at the fragmentation of reality into spaces of
fantasy, contemplation, and activism. Prague Song (Mark Thomas Engberg, 7
mins) celebrates the sounds of the city through music in the streets. In C (Mehrad
Noori, 4 mins), Dorothy enters Oz, leaving behind the bounds of black and
white. Time stands still, paint splatters in motion, and art is found in
MoMA Audio Adventure Club (Ian Cheng, 4 mins). Disappearing farmland and
threatened seascapes are explored in Fast Talkers (Ariana Reguzzoni, 18.5
mins) and Samurai Surfers (Sachi Cunningham, 15 mins). Other films include
the personal and experimental City Lights (Shuhei Akita, 11.5 mins);
Yellowstone (Alexander Coughlin, 4 mins); Downstream (Kira Takeshita, 3 mins);
miss.communication (Ashley Rodholm, 1 min, B&W/Color); 1/2 (Shuhei Akita,
3.5 mins); Birds of a Feather (Betty Ho, Lawrence Kwan, Kristen Stewart,
David Wallace, 5 mins); The La5t Piece (Arun Murti, Abe Yang, 4.5 mins); and
I Wish I Could See This Way (Jae Jung, 2005, 1 min). -Esther Shubinski
Examples of Boundaries and Penetration
THU MAR 23 2006, 7:30
Real Live-Bodies
Artists in Person
In the final night of the series, bodies take over-running and jumping, but
also very fragile and permeable. Second Skin (Sophie Cooper, 4 mins, B&W/
Color) looks at a woman who just won't take it anymore. Examples of
Boundaries and Penetration (Offer Egozy, 9 mins) asks what separates us from
others and from our own deaths. Betcha can't do this: Bicycle (Mark Bowman,
4 mins) documents man versus bike versus gravity. Zap! Bang! Hold onto your
hats, kiddos, this ain't Pong anymore: Playing the News (Jigar Mehta, Jeff
Plunkett, 20 mins) peers deep into the heart of a "reality" video game
subculture that mixes fantasy, CNN, and the Iraq war. Talking dirty competes
with banal imagery in Object f (Evan Menzel, 6 mins). More bodies run amok
in Breath Play (Jason Karpman, 11 mins); Fries (Karina Gutierrez, 8 mins); A
Celebration (Peter Allen, 3 mins); Extreme Chick Regime (Bronwyn Birk,
Whitney Hartwell, 8 mins); Desperate Incendiaries (Kimberly Burdette, 6 mins);
and Figure Drawing (Ian Cheng, 2 mins). -Michael Campos-Quinn
PFA Theater: 2575 Bancroft Way at Bowditch, Berkeley, CA
Info: (510) 642-1124
Advance Tickets: (510) 642-5249
http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa
Department of English: Lectures and Events,
Spring 2006: April
HARISH TRIVEDI (University of Delhi)
Constructing Orientalism: Translations into English from the Indian
Languages in the 19th Century
Tuesday, April 11
5:00 PM
Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler Hall)
Co-sponsored by the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
MARGOT NORRIS (UC Irvine)
Possible Worlds Theory and the Fantasy Universe of Finnegans Wake
Wednesday, April 19
6:00 pm
Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler)
Co-sponsored by the James Joyce Working Group
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more information, contact Gretchen Case at
gcase@berkeley.edu
This event is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the
Consortium for the Arts.
For more information about upcoming performances, events,
lectures and programs at
UC Berkeley's Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, please
visit our website:
http://theater.berkeley.edu
UC BERKELEY Gallery News:
Public Lecture by VII photographer Antonin Kratochvil and WORKSHOP
April 14th, 2006 — 7:00pm to 9:00pm (lecture)
Sponsored by Fotovision
A rare west coast lecture by one of the most interesting
documentary photographers of our time. Antonin Kratochvil has covered a
broad and deep range of the human experience around the globe, deeply
committed to the principles and practice of journalism as the watchdog of
the modern world. He has covered Tibetan refugees, and street children in
Mongolia, Guatemala and Romania. He has traveled Cuba and China and
photographed the rain forest destruction in the Amazon and air pollution in
Silesia.
He is the founder of VII, a photo cooperative comprised
of a small, but elite corps of talented, committed photojournalists. You may
view some of Kratochvil's work at that site.
Kratochvil will show images from his vast career and
discuss his projects, how and why he makes photographs. A book signing will
follow the lecture.
Location: UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, corner of Euclid and
Hearst, Berkeley.
He will also be doing a two day workshop which is limited
to 18 participants
April 15th & 16th, 2006 — 10:00am to 5:00pm (visit fotovision.org –weeekend
workshops)
You can reserve a seat online for the lecture or pay at
the door.
Or visit
http://www.fotovision.org and see SPECIAL EVENTS Cost: $10
Pacific Film Archive presents:
VANTAGE POINTS: NEW DOCUMENTARIES BY WOMEN
March 7 - April 18
TUE MAR 7 2006, 7:30
Threads of Belonging
Jennifer Montgomery (U.S., 2003)
Artist in Person
The dividing line between madness and sanity and the actual distance between
those deemed mad and sane have varied over time. Shot in a documentary
style, Threads of Belonging reconsiders the 1960s radical anti-psychiatry
movement of R. D. Laing and others in a film project that is radical in
itself. From her own community in Milwaukee, filmmaker Montgomery brought
together a cast and crew to reenact an experiment in which doctors and
schizophrenic patients lived together to explore alternative therapies for
the mentally ill. The cast, who resided together for the length of the
filming, used case histories to improvise the majority of their
interactions. The film explores what constitutes a community and the idea of
mental illness as a journey or process, with healing as the final result. As
patients variously integrate into the experimental household, tensions arise
around the distinctions between patient and doctor, and around the question
of focusing one's efforts within the community as opposed to the larger
society.
TUE MAR 14 2006, 7:30
States of UnBelonging
Lynne Sachs (U.S., 2005)
Lynne Sachs and Nir Zats in Person
At a time when conflicts scar the globe, the experimental States of
UnBelonging seeks to personalize the violence by considering a single death:
that of Revital Ohayon, an Israeli filmmaker living on a kibbutz near the
West Bank, who was killed-along with her two young children-by a terrorist.
The visually arresting film's layered and refracted images drawn from
television news and home videos shot in both Israel and New York, where
director Sachs lives, attest to the complex process of "accompanying" a
stranger in her death. Sachs and former student Nir Zats, who lives in Tel
Aviv, seek to fill in details of Ohayon's life and the hostile landscape
where she lived and died. Drawing on the Bible, Allen Ginsberg's poetry, and
interviews with Ohayon's family, the film is a three-year search for a
person beyond reach, a meditation on things one cannot know, a moving
kaddish for uncertain, dangerous times.
For more information on the April programs in the series, please visit our
website at:
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa_programs/vantage/index.html
PFA Theater: 2575 Bancroft Way at Bowditch, Berkeley, CA
Info: (510) 642-1124
Advance Tickets: (510) 642-5249
COLLEGE NIGHT w/ the Giants
Over 1,500 college co-eds from all over Northern California showed
up for a College Night in 2005. Join Your SF Giants this year as we expect
two even larger events. The guys on the field may be making millions, but we
remember how hard money was to come by in college, so we're offering a
specially priced $12 "College Night" ticket in the View Reserve (Normally
$20).
New this year, the Giants' have special pre-game College Night parties
planned for you! Cash bars & live DJ's will be on hand as you get a chance
to network & party with college coeds from all over the Bay Area. The party
will take place behind the Center Field Scoreboard, it begins when the gates
open at 5:15 pm & will last until the start of the game.
The two nights are set for Monday, April 24th vs. the New York Mets &
Monday, September 25th vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks. Make sure to wear your
school colors; this is your chance to show your Giants and school pride.
Group orders of 25 or more should call the Giants sales department directly
and will receive their own personalized scoreboard message (415) 972-2298.
Do you and your friends have a good reason why you should get in FREE to
College Night? Let us know about it by visiting
www.sfgiants.com/specialevents under College Night for more information.
Visit
www.sfgiants.com/specialevents under College Night and get your tickets
today!
The San Francisco Giants Special Events Team
415-972-2298
3.
Want Money?
Scholarships and contests
$2000 AWAITS WINNERS OF LORIAN
HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Entries are now being accepted for the 26th annual Lorian
Hemingway Short Story Competition, created to recognize and encourage the
efforts of writers who have not yet achieved major-market success. Writers
will compete for a $1,000 first prize, $500 second prize, and $500 third
prize in this internationally acclaimed competition. Several honorable
mentions are also awarded each year.
Stories in all genres of fiction are welcome. Maximum
length is 3,000 words, and writers retain all rights to their work. The
final deadline is May 15, 2006; winners will be announced at the end of
July.
For complete guidelines, please visit
www.shortstorycompetition.com, e-mail
Calico2419@aol.com, or send an SASE to the Lorian Hemingway Short Story
Competition, P.O. Box 993, Key West, FL 33041.
The Association of Young Journalists
and Writers
is sponsoring a $2000 Literary Essay Contest. Submit essays to
http://ayjw.org to participate in the contest. The deadline is June 30th
and more information about the essay contest is available at
http://ayjw.org/rewards.php?type=lit
Furthermore, our Journalism Studies Scholarship has been extended to English
and closely related majors as well. Students may apply for the scholarship
at
http://ayjw.org/scholarships.php.
You may print and post any of the announcements available at
http://ayjw.org/scholarships/info.php
Thank You Very Much,
Robert Anderson – AYJW Scholarships Coordinator
http://www.ayjw.org
Dear Literary Colleague,
I am writing to let you know about our upcoming Literary Award
competition the Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award (established in 1957),
James Duval Phelan Literary Award (established in 1935), and Mary Tanenbaum
Literary Award (established in 1987). These three prestigious awards are
offered annually to promising young writers between the ages of 20 and 35
who either were born in or now reside in Northern California or Nevada.
There is no entry fee to submit a manuscript for consideration, and each
award has a cash prize of $2,000.00 each. Several award-winners in recent
years have secured publishing deals with major publishing houses such as St.
Martin's Press, Simon & Schuster, Random House, and Knopf as a result of
these awards. Former award recipients include Philip Levine, Ernest J.
Gaines, Al Young, Michael Palmer, Frank Chin, Jane Hirschfield, Lyn Hejinian,
David St. John, Dagoberto Gilb, and Sallie Tisdale. Deadline for submission
is a postmark deadline: March 31st, 2006.
It is a great opportunity for young writers, and they
should be aware of award opportunities like this one. Each award has its own
specific eligibility criteria explained on our website (http://www.theintersection.org/resource_awards.php).
The awards are sponsored annually by the San Francisco Foundation and
administered by Intersection for the Arts. Please tell your graduate and
undergraduate student friends to feel free to download application forms, or
contact us at our offices on Valencia Street.
Best regards,
Judith Jordan
Literary Series Intern
Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia Street (btwn 15/16), Mission District
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.626.2787
www.theintersection.org
4. Summer Plans
Volunteering, UC Study Abroad Programs, Local classes.
Volunteering in the Summer
In putting together a session on summer opportunities for our
majors, we came across a great volunteering opportunity to help with relief
efforts in the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. There is an
organization called Hands On Network, at
http://www.handsonnetwork.org, that is located in Biloxi, Mississippi,
which was especially hard hit by the hurricane. There is still much to do -
there is a 26 mile stretch of coastline that looks the same as the day after
the hurricane - not one business has re-opened there yet.
If your students can make it to the Biloxi, MI airport, and they've notified
Hands On Network in advance, they'll be picked up, housed, fed and put to
work! I've been telling my students who have come in for advising and there
seems to be interest and even enthusiasm.
~Anne Aaboe
phone: (510) 643-7473
Undergraduate Advising Manager: Molecular & Cell Biology
email:
aaaboe@berkeley.edu
PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS ABROAD!
Can you speak German, French, Swedish, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese or just
English?
If the answer is "yes", the International Cooperative Education Program
(ICE)
can place you into a paid summer internship in England, Sweden, Germany,
Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Aboriginal Australia, Singapore, China,
Mongolia, and Japan. Volunteer positions for English-only speakers are
available in Ghana, Mongolia and Aboriginal Australia. Positions providing
only room and board are being offered in South America, i.e. in Ecuador,
Bolivia, Argentina, Chile and Peru.
Placements are available for students of liberal arts, business,
engineering, economics, sciences, health & more. The ICE program fee ($ 950)
includes job placement, housing arrangements and preparation. Positions
located in Europe pay well enough to break even or save.
In England the program is looking for juniors, seniors or graduates from the
field of mechanical/electrical or computer science engineering to spend 4 -
6 months at the Mini-Cooper plant in Oxford or the Rolls-Royce assembly in
Chichester (only US citizens may apply). The leisure industry in New
Milton-on-Sea is offering some very attractive summer positions in the
luxurious Chewton Glen Resort/Spa - Hotel in the areas of service, kitchen,
or house-keeping.
In Germany the following companies are offering technical internships: EADS
for aerospace/electrical engineering majors, BMW, Porsche, Mercedes, Brose,
Infineon, Siemens Medical Solutions, Wincor-Nixdorf, in retail, hotels and
many more.
In Belgium our local coordinator places some 45 students
in banks, retail, offices, and private institutes for English teachers,
hotels, various engineering fields for both French and Dutch speakers.
In Switzerland we offer banking positions with
Credit-Suisse in Basel, in retail stores, the Swiss Post International and
with Bina, a large post harvest processing plant of fruits and vegetables.
In Sweden the second largest producer of ATM's, Wincor-Nixdorf, is offering
one internship for a junior or senior in the area of computer science with a
solid knowledge of C, C++, Java, programmer and/or computer design
architect.
In BOLIVIA (for Spanish speakers) the Cooperativa Rural de Electrificacion
(CRE) is offering two internships for students who are interested in the
fields of electricity and information technology. Location: Santa Cruz de la
Sierra, in Western Bolivia. Room and board with families of CRE's employees
and a small stipend.
The Centro Boliviano-Americano (CBA) in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and
Cochabamba offers teaching positions in the field of English to students of
all age groups. More upon request.
Argentina offers teaching positions in English in Buenos Aires, General
Villegas, Realico and Cordoba.
The company Technoaccion in San Carlos de Bariloche (Patagonia) offers one
well-paid internship to a computer science student.
More upon request in Ecuador, Chile and Peru.
www.icemenlo.com
Interviews with the director, Dr. Günter Seefeldt
No-obligation interviews
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Time: 4 pm - 6 pm
Location: 5337 Dwinelle Hall
(German Dept. Library)
UC Davis
INVITATION:
As an English major at UC Berkeley, you are especially invited to enroll in
the Summer Abroad program, "Twentieth-Century London Drama" offered by UC
Davis from July 15 to August 12.
Two courses -- English 153 and 198 -- will be offered for
a total 8 quarter units. They are based on experiential learning and
integration of knowledge from English drama and history. A number of
Berkeley English majors have participated in the UCD London program during
the two decades it has been offered, and we have always enjoyed their
contributions. I hope you will consider joining us this summer.
Since the program is offered on-site in London, the field
trips are what make it special. We will study 8 plays: The Importance of
Being Earnest, Private Lives, Look Back in Anger, The Birthday Party, What
the Butler Saw, Travesties, Cloud Nine, and The Secret Rapture. We will see
live performances of them if we can; if not, we will see videos. We will see
live performances of at least four significant British plays in the four
weeks we are in London, and visit historic theatres as well as important
fringe theatres.
The full program description can be found on our website
http://summer-abroad.ucdavis.edu.
The website also has information on costs and housing accommodations,
frequently asked questions, and an on-line application. If you would like
more information from me, my e-mail address is
namcguinness@ucdavis.edu
I hope you will be able take advantage of this
opportunity to internationalize your education and have a great
theatre-going month in London.
Sincerely,
Nora McGuinness, PhD
Summer Abroad
University of California, Davis
Other UC Davis Summer Abroad 2006 Programs for
English and Comparative Literature Students
UC Davis Summer Abroad programs feature UC Davis courses taught by UC Davis
instructors at locations around the world. This summer, we are offering 9
programs featuring courses focused on literature. All programs provide 8
units of credit and last about 4 weeks. For more information on course
requirements, instructors, accommodations, field trips, fees, and
enrollment, please visit the Summer Abroad site
http://summer-abroad.ucdavis.edu.
Australia—Melbourne & the Kimberley Range
Australia: Identity, Culture and Nature
July 1 - July 29, 2006
Courses: English 149 & Nature and Culture 198
During this four-week program in Melbourne and the remote northern outback
of this nearly three million square mile nation/continent, you will gain a
firm understanding of the complexities of the culture and environment of
Australia. Readings will focus on themes of individual and national identity
in the context of Australia's history and cultures.
England—London
Shakespeare—Live!
July 1 - 29, 2006
English 118 & 198
The primary goal of this program is to get students to enjoy performances of
Shakespeare's plays. During our four week stay in London, we will see and
read at least five of those plays, including one produced in
Stratford-upon-Avon (where we will also tour).
England—London
20th-Century London Drama
July 15 - August 12, 2006
English 153 & 198
This summer, we will study and see performances of some of the most vibrant
and influential plays produced in twentieth-century London, such as the work
of Wilde, Coward, Osborne, Pinter, Stoppard, David Edgar, David Hare, Caryl
Churchill and others. Working in small groups, students will independently
explore theatres, museums and neighborhoods important to the eras and
playwrights studied.
France—Paris
Americans in Paris
June 25 - July 29, 2006
French 127 & Comparative Literature 198
This program provides a study of the representation of Paris in the
nineteenth and twentieth- centuries and of its role as the capital of modern
culture. We will discuss major texts from Jefferson to Baldwin, listen to
key musicians (e.g. Sidney Bechet), view major films (e.g. An American in
Paris), and learn to read the city and report on its politics from the
vantage point of young twenty-first century Americans.
Greece—Athens, Hydra, Nafplion, Olympia, and Kefalonia
Travelers in Greece
July 3 - July 31, 2006
English 149 & 198
The rich history of the region, its many famous archeological sites, and the
literature that Greece has inspired have all contributed to its complex
cultural identity. In this course, students will explore this multifaceted
country by studying Greece's cultural identity and history through selected
writings of well-known American authors as well as through the work of major
Greek writers in English translations.
Ireland—Dublin, Belmullet, Galway, and Dingle
Irish Literature and Environment
August 10 - September 12, 2006
English 149 & Nature and Culture 198
Students will spend almost two weeks in Dublin, a weekend in Dingle, one
week in Galway, and one week in County Mayo (a unique Irish-speaking region
on the northwest coast). Students will study the works of James Joyce, J.M.
Synge, Liam O'Flaherty, and Michael Viney as these pertain to the history
and culture or ecosystem and wildlife of Ireland.
Italy—Florence
Medieval Florence and the Making of Modern Europe
July 3 - August 1, 2006
Medieval Studies 130 & 198
Focusing on medieval Florence's contribution to modern European culture,
this course studies the Florentine writers, Dante and Boccaccio, using their
major works, Dante's Comedy and Boccaccio's Decameron, as source texts, with
supporting selections by Petrarch, Machiavelli, and others, to explore how
modern institutions, politics, and society were being invented in 14th and
15th century Florence.
Mexico—Cuernavaca & Tulum
Reversing the Conquest in the Americas
August 13 - September 16, 2006
Comparative Literature 152 & 198
In this course held in Cuernavaca, the city of "eternal spring" in Central
Mexico, and Tulum, on the Mayan Riviera, we will study twentieth-century
Latin American, Caribbean, European and North American literature and art
which references Mexico and its resistance to Europe’s genocidal Conquest.
Scotland—Edinburgh
Introduction to Scottish Literature: Robert Burns to Trainspotting
July 22 - August 19, 2006
English 149 & 198
Based in Edinburgh, one of Europe's most beautiful cities, the program
includes field trips to locations including St. Andrews plus a weekend trip
to the Highlands. Students will also attend events at the renowned Edinburgh
Festivals. Readings range from early popular ballads to contemporary poetry
and fiction. Authors and musicians from Scotland's dynamic contemporary
scene will perform and discuss their work with students.
South Africa—Capetown and Edeni Bush Lodge
South Africa: Identity, Culture and Nature
July 8 - August 4, 2006
English 149 & 198
This program introduces American students to the literature, history,
cinema, and ecology of South Africa. The literature examines the themes of
place, dislocation, and change; it includes works by prize-winning writers
Nadine Gordimer, Zakes Mda, J. M. Coetzee, and Nelson Mandela. The last week
takes place at Edeni Bush Lodge, a private game reserve bordering Kruger
National Park, where we will observe plants, birds, and mammals in their
natural habitats.
Kathy Cunningham
Program Coordinator
UC Davis Summer Abroad
530-757-3136
kecunningham@ucdavis.edu
Travel Study Program at the UCLA Summer Sessions
Shakespeare in Stratford upon Avon and London:
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/travel/English-Stratford/overview.htm
Wordsworth and the Romantics in Grasmere:
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/travel/English-Wordsworth/overview.htm
Sergio Broderick-Villa
sbvilla@summer.ucla.edu
Travel Study Program Coordinator
UCLA Summer Sessions
(310) 825-6966
This Berkeley summer course was added late and did not
make the printed catalog.
Native American Studies 178AC Summer 2006
Robert Keith Collins, PhD Office: 548 Barrows Hall
Email:
rkcoll@uclink.berkeley.edu Office Hours: TBA
Africans in Indian Country
MTWTH 12-2:00pm
05/22-06/30/06
The purpose of this seminar is to provide students with an overview of the
historical and contemporary intersections of Native American and African
American histories, communities, and the interpersonal interactions between
Africans and Native Americans, as well as the lived experiences of African
and Native American mixed bloods in the United States, which was formerly
“Indian Country.” This course will develop comprehensive skills for
understanding the diversity of contexts in which Africans and Native
Americans were created, have and continue to interact, and the cultural
specific diversity of Native American and African American mixed-bloods. We
will examine how Native Americans and Africans Americans interact over time,
and discuss how the realities of these interactions lend to furthering
everyday understandings of contemporary lived situations in which Native
Americans and Africans Americans interact. Throughout this course we will
ask how American race making practices have shaped Native American and
African American views of one another and overshadowed the contexts in which
they have interacted. Students are also required to be self-reflexive (i.e.,
question how their everyday perceptions of people according to skin color
(i.e., race) might limit their understandings of how Native Americans and
African Americans – including those of both heritages - answer the question
“Who am I?” for themselves).
Note: Completion of NAS 178AC satisfies the American Cultures Requirement.
Extra copies of syllabus and class announcements can be found in Pdf format
at
www.homalusa.org under UC Berkeley. Please check this site regularly for
the professor reserves the right to modify this syllabus at anytime in order
to improve clarity and the course content. Students will be notified within
24 hours of the changes.
5.
The Bulletin Board
Internships, Jobs, Volunteering, Research
Deadlines
Commencement information is now available on the English
Department web site!
http://english.berkeley.edu/commencement/
THE BERKELEY POETRY REVIEW seeks
submissions from the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of UC Berkeley
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MONDAY, APRIL 3 at 4 PM
Submission should include cover letter with a few lines of biographical
information, SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope), and up to 5 poems.
Please deliver your submission to our box in 322 Wheeler Hall.
Contact Information:
Olivia Friedman, Editor-In-Chief
berkeleypoetryreview@yahoo.com
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bpr
Apply to be on SUMMER HALL STAFF!!
Selection for Summer 2006 Resident Assistants has begun!
Go to our website for more information and an application:
http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/student/leadership.html
Applications are due by Wednesday, March 22 at 5PM.
Questions? E-mail
selectioninterns@berkeley.edu.
Residential Computing Wants You!
Get Paid $11.97 per/hour
Gain valuable work experience and opportunities to grow and learn new
skills. Develop leadership, technical and customer support skills. Work in a
fun and challenging environment. Work Study Available
Past employees have gone on to companies such as: Google, Microsoft, Ebay,
Amazon, Apple and Price Waterhouse Coopers
The application, job description, and more information can be found online
at:
http://rescomp.berkeley.edu/rcchiring
Applications Due: 5:00pm Friday April 7, 2006
Apply to be a COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE PEER
ADVISER 2006-2007
http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/
To be eligible for this position you must, at time of application:
• Have a cumulative UC GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Have completed at least one semester at Cal as a Letters and Science
student
• Have outstanding presentation, interpersonal and communication skills, and
be able to respond to a wide range of concerns with a neutral viewpoint
• Be able to attend the full week of training (paid) being held August
14-18, 9am-5pm
• Have at least one full academic year remaining
• Be willing and able to commit to the position for both Fall 2006 and
Spring 2007
FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2006 @ 4:00PM
Discover What Health is About: Health Service
Internship at UC Berkeley
The health service internship (HSI) places students in
health-related organizations around the Bay Area to gain greater hands-on
experience in the health community. Its emphasis on public health examines
social, political, and economic factors that contribute to health and
well-being. In addition, students attend a weekly discussion section to
share their ideas on various health issues and their experiences.
Placements may include : Types of work include:
Therapeutic Nursery Schools Policy Advocacy
Public Health Law Centers Health Education
Health Policy Advocacy Organizations Program Development
Reproductive/sexual health clinics
And much more!
3 units Pass/No pass Includes 6-8 h/week internship
placement and weekly discussion section Meet new people who share a similar
passion and interest for health Applications available at hmap.berkeley.edu
and are due March 24, 2006 Any questions or comments contact
hsicoordinator@gmail.com
Health and Medical Apprenticeship Program
PH 97/197 Sponsored by the School of Public Health
ASUC Student-Initiated Service Group
Starting Spring 2006 the Office of the
Registrar's 120 Sproul Hall doors are open Monday-Friday 9am-4pm.
We are open during lunch! Our phone hours are also Monday-Friday 9am-4pm, at
642-5990. Please pass this on to students and staff!
2006 ASUC Elections:
ASUC Informational Meeting
Thinking about running for student government but have
questions that need answering? Come to the informational meeting this
Wednesday!
Wednesday, March 22nd
6:00-7:00 pm
East Madrone in the MLK Student Union
ASUC officials will be present to talk to you!
For more on the elections, visit
http://election.asuc.org
Music Magazine Seeks News Interns, Summer Editorial
Interns
Performer is a magazine for musicians, dedicated
to covering all genres of independent music. The artists covered in West
Coast Performer are based on the West Coast and either unsigned or
signed to an independent record label. We want to cover all styles — from
country to indie rock to hip-hop to nu-tribal-electro-klezmer — as long as
the group or artist is doing something innovative. For more information,
visit
www.performermag.com or
www.myspace.com/westcoastperformer.
1. As a News Coordinator, you will gain
valuable experience developing sources and writing news articles. Each
month, you will be responsible for contributing ideas and articles to the
news section of the magazine. This entails researching and writing
music-related news shorts and features for the metropolitan areas of
Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Although
covering West Coast music news will be your biggest responsibility, your
duties will also include occasional general office tasks such as mailings
and database updates.
Applicants must have 1-2 years of experience writing for
a publication, and be able to handle the responsibility of firm deadlines.
They must also be working toward a B.A. in Journalism, English or
Communications and demonstrate an interest in West Coast music. Preference
will be given to those who have held editorial positions at a publication.
2. As an Editorial Intern, you will
learn about several facets of working on a music magazine, from assignments
to copyediting to distribution. When articles start pouring in mid-month,
you'll be responsible for some copyediting and light fact checking. You
will also be responsible for screening new release submissions. Throughout
the month, duties will include updating and expanding directories of
different musicians' resources (clubs, independent record labels, etc.),
researching distribution points, and tracking assignments.
Applicants must have at least one year of
experience at a publication and a demonstrated interest in West Coast
music. They should also be working toward a B.A. in Journalism, English or
Communications.
For both positions, review and feature
writing opportunities will made be available to interns depending on time
and commitment. Your input on music coverage will be welcomed.
Internships will last a minimum of three months. We
require 10 hours per week — slightly more around mid-month deadlines. Office
hours are 10-6, Monday-Friday.
To apply, please send us the following:
- a letter introducing yourself and explaining your interest in the
position
- a resume indicating for which internship and term you are applying
- a list of 10 West Coast bands you would like to see covered in the
magazine
- one sample of critical arts writing and two samples of news writing
(clips are preferable)
Mail all application materials to:
Attn: West Coast Editor
Performer Magazine
475 Haight Street, Suite 4
San Francisco, CA 94117
UC DAVIS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS JOURNAL
The UC Davis International Affairs Journal is seeking
article submissions for its Winter 2006 issue! All students (undergrad or
graduate) are encouraged to submit their scholarly work with the possibility
of being published in a reputable and cutting edge academic journal.
The UC Davis International Affairs Journal is comprised
of articles and research by students with a range of multidisciplinary
perspectives on important issues in the international arena. Articles are
intended for an educated yet diverse audience, thus highly technical
locution and equations are discouraged.
The IAJ is published quarterly and accepts articles from
undergraduate and graduate students from any accredited university in the
world. While each issue has a Forum consisting of articles on all subjects
relevant to international affairs, the IAJ also provides the opportunity for
authors to explore a particular Regional Spotlight. The Regional Spotlight
for the spring issue is Latin America
ARTICLE CRITERIA:
- Articles on all topics relating to international
affairs.
- 3-10 pages, single-spaced, standard font, 12 pt.
- Citations and bibliographies are a must. Please use Chicago Style
(Humanities) Formatting and Citation. (Note: Use footnotes, no endnotes or
in-text citation).
- Include cover letter with the title, author's name, email, and a short 4-5
sentence bio written in the third person. Do not include the author's name
in the main body of the document.
- Dividing the paper into sections with titles is recommended.
- Articles by multiple authors are welcome.
- An author may submit only one article per issue.
DEADLINE : Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
Please send submissions and questions to the Executive
Editor at
ucdiaj@ucdavis.edu.
Each quarter there is a $150 writing prize for the
best-submitted student
article! Authors will be informed no later than a month after the listed
deadline if
their submission has been selected for publishing. Past issues can be viewed
at:
http://davisiaj.com/
International Update is looking for Columnists!
The International Update is an opportunity for students
to deliver 500-1200 word arguments covering issues in a specific world
region. The best student columnists from around the world are invited to
write one or two columns per month as a regular columnist, while guest
submissions are always welcome from students, professors, or anybody else
who has an opinion to share. All articles are posted on the IAJ website.
The International Update goes beyond being just another
news site by providing current perspectives on critical issues from the
brightest students around the world. Students are encouraged to both
consider and challenge each other's ideas in the pursuit of a more
enlightened understanding of global trends. For information on how to apply
as a columnist for the International Update or on how to submit a guest
article, check out
http://davisiaj.com/
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Dear Undergraduates,
So many opportunities -- and deadlines! Please scroll
through this message carefully so you don't miss any golden opportunities
that are coming your way.
This newsletter contains:
1) Undergraduate research journals' deadlines for staff
applications and submissions
2) An apprenticeship opportunity regarding increasing access to medical
innovations in poor countries.
3) Research Program deadlines through early March. If you see one that
interests you, read the web site carefully and then contact the program
representative as soon as possible to begin preparing your application. Note
that the Center for African Studies grant is BRAND NEW and has never been
announced before.
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1. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNALS DEADLINES:
BERKELEY UNDERGRADUATE JOURNAL
http://learning.berkeley.edu/buj/
Berkeley Undergraduate Journal is the premier
undergraduate research journal in the social sciences and humanities, in
publication since 1989. The journal is now seeking staff, submissions, and
cover art for the issue to be published in the Fall of 2006.
We are looking for cover art for the next issue: Deadline April 17.
CALIFORNIA ENGINEER
http://caleng.berkeley.edu
Want to publish your undergraduate research? Or...
Looking for a productive and unique student group to join?
Come try out California Engineer!
California Engineer is a student-run magazine dedicated
to publishing UC undergraduate research. We are internationally distributed
and strive to create a professional quality publication. We encourage UC
students from all disciplines to submit articles on engineering-related
topics to our magazine. Submissions are accepted year round.
We have staff positions open in a variety of areas:
Layout, Graphics, Writing, Marketing, etc... Training is available in all
departments. Practice networking skills with UC professors in Marketing,
creative skills in Layout and Graphics or take a stab at journalism and get
published internationally!
For an application or questions: Contact
editor@caleng.berkeley.edu
For submission instructions: Visit
http://caleng.berkeley.edu
THEMIS (Environment, Health, and Development)
http://research.berkeley.edu/journals/Themisjournal.html
Rolling deadline.
2. APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITY -- FIRST
ANNOUNCEMENT (no deadline specified):
INTERESTED in INCREASING ACCESS TO MEDICAL INNOVATION in
POOR COUNTRIES?
UNIVERSITIES ALLIED for ESSENTIAL MEDICINES (UAEM), a
national student-run research and advocacy group, offers stipends to
graduate or undergraduate students to complete part-time research projects
pertaining to the effect of intellectual property laws and university
technology licensing on access to lifesaving medical technologies in low-
and middle-income countries. UAEM will help students arrange for academic
credit in place of a stipend, at the student's preference.
UAEM has developed a list of potential research projects
and is open to projects of the researcher's own design. UAEM will provide an
introduction to the subject-specific knowledge necessary to complete
each research project. Students will be required to submit a final report to
UAEM.
Suggested projects include:
i.Developing summaries of UC Berkeley patent licensing
agreements for medical related technologies that address (1) involved
parties (2) potential impact for global healthcare (3) provisions for
essential medicine access
ii.Imagining possible incentives for research on
neglected diseases
iii.Creating informational packets for scientific
researchers on their rights and obligations under university intellectual
property policies
iv.Assessing concerns of parallel importation under
agreements allowing for differential pricing of pharmaceuticals in
developing countries.
v.Feasability of open-source drug development models at
UC Berkeley
Undergraduate Students: $1750
Graduate Students: $2250
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~uaem/
Contact: M.A. Basit Khan
abkhan@berkeley.edu
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3. Research Deadlines!
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B. RESEARCH PROGRAM DEADLINES IN FEBRUARY, EARLY
MARCH, TILL THE END OF THE YEAR:
Deadline: 03-24-06
SURF: SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS (L&S)
$2,500, Funds independent summer research; a few mtgs in the summer, L&S
only, 3.0 gpa; grad F'06 or Spr/Sum'07, 30-45 participants/year,
http://research.berkeley.edu/surf/index.html
Info sessions in 344 Campbell Hall at the following dates and times
Friday, February 10th, 2 PM
Thursday, February 16th, 1 PM
Friday, February 24th, 10 AM
Thursday, March 2nd, 2 PM
Friday, March 10th, 3 PM
Deadline: 03-24-06
BERKELEY SUMMER BIOENGINEERING RESEARCH PROGRAM
Amount: $3,000.
http://bioeng.berkeley.edu/bsbrp/
Deadline: 03-?-06 ; early April, 2006; November 4, 2006.
BIOLOGY FELLOWS PROGRAM Amount: $1800 ac. year, $3750 summer Student carries
out research in lab in biological sciences; enrichment meetings (grad school
advice, etc.) Applicant must graduate AFTER program; esp. for "needy"
students, women, under-rep but all encouraged to apply. Project must be in
the biological sciences, broadly defined, 2.7+ gpa. For ac. year fellowship,
must have lab placement in order to apply.For more info, contact Caroline
Kane,
kanecm@berkeley.edu, 642-4118
http://research.berkeley.edu/Biology_Fellows/BFP.html
Deadline: 04-?-06
GROUP SUMMER RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIPS (TOWNSEND CENTER)
$2,500 , Pairs faculty members and undergraduate students in summer research
projects. Humanities (and social sciences). Must apply to one of 12 faculty
projects, 12 participants/summer,
http://townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/groupapprentices.shtml
Deadline: 04-?-06
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM
Amount: $4,000. Students work during the summer as an apprentice in one of
four participating labs doing breast cancer research.
http://research.berkeley.edu/otheropps/BCRTP.html
Deadline: 04-03-06
CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEACE AND WELL-BEING UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
$4,000 , Research funding; attend Center symposia and lectures; go to
monthly fellows meetings to share progress, solicit feedback, and identify
resources; contribute to Center's website and semi-annual magazine; poster
presentation; final report work relates to how people connect with each
other and how we can reduce the tensions and alienation that get in the way
of benevolent interactions; Topic can be across a broad spectrum of academic
disciplines, with a particular focus on the social-behavioral sciences. 1
participant/year,
http://peacecenter.berkeley.edu/research_fellowships.html
Dreadline: 04-04-06
DAVID SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Amount: $18,500. Funds indep. research in the sciences;
http://research.berkeley.edu/david/index.html
Info sessions:
Friday, February 10, 2006, 12:00p.m.-1:00p.m. 2063 VLSB
Thursday, February 23, 2006, 1:00p.m.-2:00p.m. 2063 VLSB
Tuesday, March 7, 2006, 2:00p.m.-3:00p.m. 2063 VLSB
Monday, March 13, 2006, 12:00p.m.-1:00p.m. 344 Campbell Hall
Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 11:00a.m.-12:00p.m. 2063 VLSB
Deadlines: 4-28-06; September, 2006,
TRAVEL GRANTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (L&S)
Up to $500, travel for data collection or for presentation at professional
meetings, L&S only, priority to seniors, 12-20 participants/year
http://research.berkeley.edu/travel
Deadline: rolling
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM (CNR)
up to $2,000 , Either apprentice or indepdendent; CNR faculty apply with or
on behalf of the student (with is preferred). Both faculty and student must
be in College of Natural Resources. 2.0 gpa, up to 10 participants/yr.
http://cnr.berkeley.edu/site/research_ops.php
Deadline: rolling
VIGRE PROGRAM
$187.50-$375/month. Apprenticeship w/ faculty in Statistics dept. Students
are expected to work 5-10 hrs/wk. Have statistics skills, but not
necessarily stat major; must be US citizen or perm. resident. 5-7
participants/semester,
http://stat-www.berkeley.edu/users/vigre/
Deadline: rolling until $ is gone.
ASUC ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY FUND GRANTS
Usually up to $500 , Academic Opportunity Fund awards grants for academic
travel that enhances student access to valuable educational experiences
beyond the classroom. Highest priority to students with carefully
thought-out proposals, support of a faculty mentor, and who have sought out
other support. About 90 participants/yr.
http://www.asuc.org/forstudents/index.php?s=grants
Deadline: Spring
URAP: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH APPRENTICE PROGRAM SUMMER STIPEND
$2,000 , Receive pay to assist faculty with their research during the
summer. , all majors, all colleges--mentor applies on behalf of student;
student must have participated 2 semesters in URAP, 2.0 gpa, 30
participants/year,
http://research.berkeley.edu/urap/index.html
Deadline: Usually around 6th wk of semester, but soft
deadline.
HISTORY TRAVEL GRANT
up to $600 , For research-related travel. , Intended especially, but not
exclusively, for students enrolled in History 101, the honors thesis.
http://research.berkeley.edu/otheropps/HistTravel.html
Deadline: probably late October, 2006
MCNAIR SCHOLARS PROGRAM
$2800 summer stipend, guidance of graduate student and faculty mentors, as
well as staff; GRE prep; presentation and publication opportunities;
under-represented OR first-generation, low-income students planning a PhD;
25 participants/year
http://www-mcnair.berkeley.edu/
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