[GEO] Weekly Digest: Arts Events, Africa, and Financial Resources to Study Abroad!

[Global Education Office]

The Global Education Office (GEO) presents our Weekly Digest:
Arts Events, Africa, and Financial Resources to Study Abroad!

Remember that all of GEO's weekly digests (since fall '07) are available 
online! Follow the link at the very bottom of this email, then click on 
"GEO Archives".

Contents:

Upcoming GEO events
- Film Screening/Information Session: Closely Watched Trains
- Film Screening: PROTECTION
- Chiku Awali African Dance and Drumming
- Academic Programs International Info Table

Special Information
- New International Partnership for Service Learning (IPSL) Program in 
Accra, Ghana
- Sea Semester at Woods Hole
- Summer Grants from CPSC, CORC, Global Migrations and the Law Program

Deadlines
-Freeman Indonesia Nonprofit Internship Program (FNIP)
-Gilman Scholarship for Summer & Fall
-Fall Exchange and May/Summer applications

GEO Resources
- GEO Website, office hours


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UPCOMING EVENTS

*****FILM SCREENING /INFO SESSION: “Closely Watched Trains” *****

We invite you to a screening of the classic Czech film, "Closely Watched 
Trains" (1966) with an opportunity to learn more about Hampshire's 
short-term field course, Prague and Krakow: City, History, Text.

Wednesday, 23 February -7:30 p.m.
FPH - Faculty Lounge (second floor)

The film is based on the literary work of the same title by Bohumil 
Hrabal. At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a 
bumbling dispatcher's apprentice longs to liberate himself from his 
virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, 
this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and 
self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and 
adventure within his sleepy backwater depot. Wry and tender, Academy 
Award'-winning Closely Watched Trains is a masterpiece of human 
observation and one of the best-loved films of the Czech New Wave.

Our Prague program is an exciting one that examines history, culture, 
politics, and urban space from a variety of interdisciplinary 
perspectives. Here is the course of study from 2009:

https://hampedia.org/wiki/Identities,_Cultures,_Texts_in_East-Central_Europe:_Prague_and_Krakow

Details on the application process can be found here:
http://www.hampshire.edu/geo/11060.htm

Application deadline: Applications due to GEO on Monday, March 7

****** FILM SCREENING: PROTECTION ******

Thursday, February 24th, 7pm, FPH (Main Lecture Hall)

PROTECTION: Men and condoms in the time of HIV and AIDS (110mins) A 
creative documentary filmed in South Africa, Kenya and Sierra Leone to 
stir and support discussion among men and boys about sexual well-being 
and safety.

PROTECTION brings to live tensions, contradictions and realities 
surrounding condom use around men and boys in these times of HIV. The 
film (and its 'extras' and website) offers glimpses into attitudes and 
emotions of men of different backgrounds and ages in South Africa, Kenya 
and Sierra Leone, in rural and urban contexts, and the challenges and 
realities of sexual protection that men face in different places. The 
film (with versions in 7 languages - including Chichewa, Zulu, Swahili 
and Hausa) has been made as a resource for use in HIV awareness / 
prevention work in a range of contexts in sub Saharan African countries. 
http://www.protectionthefilm.com

Jill Lewis, executive producer and project coordinator for the film, has 
worked in gender-focused HIV prevention building since 1986 - since 2001 
in a range of African contexts. She will introduce the film briefly, the 
challenges of the initiative and be available for discussion after.

***** Chiku Awali African Dance, Arts, and Culture ******

Performing Drumming, dance and poetry on Saturday, February 26th! Main 
Dance Studio at 7:30 pm.

Chiku Awali African Dance, Arts, and Culture, is a non-profit 
organization based in Rockland County New York, whose goal is to bring 
African dance and drumming to under-served and under-privileged 
communities in the area. Ghanaian master drummer and choreographer Jerry 
Kwashie Dzokoto, and director Alexandreena Dixon (Nana Yaa Oforiwaa 
Amanfo I, Queenmother of Bepoase, Ghana) have been working particularly 
with youth of African descent to foster knowledge and pride in their 
African heritage.

At Hampshire, they will perform a dance drama called Rudo and Jumoke, 
which uses traditional and creative African drumming and dance as well 
as poetry to re-tell and re-shape Shakespeare's classic story of 
forbidden love and family feud to discuss issues such as racism, 
inter-racial marriage, and globalization in an African context and from 
an African and African-American perspective.


***Informational Session May 2011 Short-Term Field Course: Super 8 
Filmmaking in Paris: Geographies of Identity***

Monday, February 28th
Time and Place: TBD. Please look for HC Announcements for details

Come learn more about the program and get your questions answered by the 
faculty director, Baba Hillman!

This course combines intensive workshops in Super 8 filmmaking and film 
theory. The class includes workshops on cinematography, animation, and 
editing on Super 8 film. Each student will shoot, process, edit and 
complete a short Super 8 film. Application deadline: Monday, March 7

***** Academic Programs International Info Table *****

Tuesday, March 1st at the Dining Commons, 11:30am-1:30pm.

Academic Programs International offers study abroad programs that give 
you the opportunity to experience the world, study in a foreign country, 
and earn U.S. University credit. An independent study abroad 
organization, API provides living, travel, educational, and cultural 
opportunities for U.S. students in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, 
England, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Qatar, Spain, 
and the UAE.
To learn more visit: http://www.apistudyabroad.com/

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SPECIAL INFORMATION

****** New International Partnership for Service Learning (IPSL) Program 
in Accra, Ghana ******

IPSL programs combine Academic studies and volunteer service with full 
cultural immersion to give students a deeper, more meaningful study 
abroad experience.
At the University of Ghana (the oldest and largest of the six public
Universities in Ghana), students have an opportunity to enroll in 
elective courses of their choice directly with Ghanaian students and 
other international students. Living with an African family, studying 
with African students, and volunteering in non-profits and NGOs with 
local residents ensures a rich, immersive experience that will help 
students understand the richness of Africa. With a wide range of service 
opportunities, students can volunteer in the health field, in 
environmental agencies, with children, working on women's issues and 
much more.

*Dates - Fall 2011: August 10 - December 18/Spring 2012: January 11 – May 21
*Program Fee: $12,600 (Fall)
*Application Deadline - Fall: April 30th/ Spring: November 1st

Visit www.ipsl.org for more information.


***** Sea Semester at Woods Hole *****

SEA Semester at Woods Hole is excited to launch the sixth SEA Semester 
program in Spring 2012.

SEA Semester: Marine Biodiversity & Conservation is an integrated 
semester that applies modern biodiversity research to place-based 
resource management in the coastal and open ocean. The curriculum 
attracts upper-level science or policy students interested in 
complementing leading-edge technical sophistication in marine science 
research with the wisdom, concepts, and skills necessary to effectively 
operate within the world of public policy and to tackle global-scale 
environmental challenges. This program offers 18 credits through Boston 
University and will run from April 9 to June 29, 2012.

Please visit http://www.sea.edu/academics/program_mbc.aspx for more 
information.

***** Summer Grants from CPSC, CORC, Global Migrations and the Law 
Program *****

ATTEND A GRANT INFO SESSION: (with CORC, CPSC and Global Migrations)
*Thursday, February 24th at noon in the KIVA
Wednesday, March 2nd at noon in the KIVA
Thursday, March 3rd at 3:30 at the Cultural Center
Tuesday, March 8th at 5pm in the TAVERN *

THE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE GRANT PROGRAMS IS MARCH 
31st, 2011!

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DEADLINES

 > The Freeman Indonesia Nonprofit Internship Program (FNIP) provides an 
opportunity for American and Indonesian students pursuing U.S. 
undergraduate degrees to intern together in an Indonesian nonprofit 
organization. Applications for summer 2011 are due March 1, 2011. 
Information about the application process can be found at: 
http://www.iie.org/programs/finip

 >The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Applications for Summer & Fall are 
due March 1st. This scholarship provides awards for U.S. undergraduate 
students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at a 2-year or 
4-year college or university to participate in study abroad programs 
worldwide.

 > Fall Exchange and May/Summer Short-term Field Course applications are 
due March 7th to the Global Education Office.


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GEO RESOURCES

*Stop by GEO or call our office (413 559 5542) from 9 to noon or 1pm to 
4pm to schedule an appointment, talk to a staff member, or browse 
through our resource library.

Visit GEO at: http://www.hampshire.edu/geo/

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For questions/suggestions regarding this list email geo at hampshire.edu

DISCLAIMER: Opportunities and programs listed on this listserv (unless 
specified as Hampshire Exchange or Short-Term Programs) are not endorsed 
by our office. It is a list of opportunities that have come our way that 
look particularly interesting or that might be good fit for some 
Hampshire students. Just because a program is listed here does 
necessarily mean that Hampshire "recommends" it any more than programs 
not listed.

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