Monthly Archives: January 2016

Study Abroad in Denmark with DIS – Drop-in Advising Feb. 9

The Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) is an approved UT Study Abroad program located in Copenhagen. Eric Law, a DIS representative and former student of the program in Denmark, will have advising drop-in hours in the International Office (Room 132) on Tuesday, February 9th, from 10am-12pm and 2pm-5pm. Interested students can stop by with any questions about applying, academics, housing, or anything else about DIS Copenhagen.

DIS has programs in the semester and summer for a lot of different fields, from Liberal Arts to Natural Sciences to Fine Arts. There is already a lot of credit in our database for many areas of study.

UTLA Fall 2016 Application Deadline, Info. Session, etc.

Apply for the Semester in Los Angeles (UTLA) Program 

The Semester in Los Angeles (UTLA) program currently accepting applications for the next three academic semesters (Fall 2016, Spring 2017 & Summer 2017). 

The deadline to apply for Fall 2016 is Monday, February 15th at 1:30pm CST

The UTLA program is open to all UT majors.  For more information on the Semester in the Los Angeles Program (including a link to the online application), click here.

An information session will be held on Tuesday, February 9th at 3:00PM in CMA 5.136. This session will be general in nature and intended for anyone with questions about the program, online application, costs, L.A., etc.  Phil Nemy, Executive Director of the UTLA program, will be hosting via video conference.

Future UTLA Application Deadlines:

Spring 2017 – May 2, 2016

Summer 2017 – October 1, 2016

Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions

Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions

February 9-May 29, 2016

free and open to the public

The Harry Ransom Center’s photography collection is one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive, and it is continually growing.

Look Inside introduces nearly 200 of the Center’s newest acquisitions, tracing photography from its unprecedented post-war expansion to its central position in contemporary art. Look Inside features groundbreaking photographs by Thomas F. Barrow, Lee Friedlander, Betty Hahn, and Robert F. Heinecken, contemporary investigations into the medium by Marco Breuer, John Chiara, Alison Rossiter, and Penelope Umbrico, and extended documentary projects by Alejandro Cartagena, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Louie Palu, and Alec Soth.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

The University of Texas at Austin

300 West 21st Street Austin, TX 78712

URL

https://www.hrc.utexas.edu

Phone

512-471-8944

Wise Wanderer Scholarship

“The great men of antiquity considered that there was no better school for life than travel: in this school one learns endlessly about so many other lives; again and again one reads a new lesson in this great book of the world. Besides, the change of air benefits body and mind.” – Louis de Jaucourt, “Voyage,” Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonneé des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol 17. Paris 1765.

In a lecture, Marshall Gorges provided first year LAHers with the following advice: “Give yourself time to get off the rail; Don’t rush; Be willing to explore; Break from the script.” As he described his own travels across the globe, he observed “Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing.”

In the spirit of adventure and education, the Wise Wanderer Scholarship will award one student $5,000 for the summer of 2016 to travel, exploring personal or academic interests.

Eligibility: Current Liberal Arts Honors students who will not be graduating in May 2016.

Application: Submit your 500 – 750 word travel proposal outlining a well thought out description of your journey and its goals. Attach a detailed itinerary and a budget. Make sure the budget allow for travel to and within the country (or countries!), accommodations, food, and entrance fees for attractions. Wise wandering travel must be completed by August 2016, so only apply for a journey you intend to take.

Requirements: The successful application must meet a few expectations:

1 – Travel must be outside of the United States.

2 – Your journey should cover a significant amount of time – at least three weeks – with an itinerary you can reasonably complete over the course of a summer.

3 – The budget should include costs only for yourself. Scholarship money cannot be used to cover airfare, accommodations, or food for any travel companions.

Applications are due in the LAH office by Friday, February 12, 2016.

AUDITIONS FOR FOOT IN THE DOOR THEATRE

Wednesday January 27, Thursday January 28; 7pm-10pm

CLA 0.102 (Jan. 27), PAR 1 (Jan. 28)

Foot in the Door Theatre is a student-run theatre troupe sponsored by Liberal Arts Honors.  We perform one to three plays each semester and sometimes sponsor projects during the summer as well.  Auditions are open to all students.

The plays for Spring 2016:

The Bakkhai by Euripides, translated by Ann Carson

Directed by Imogen Sealy, assistant directed by Haley Williams

Tentative performance dates: April 8, 9, 10, 15, 16

Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni

Directed by Brenna Larkin, assistant directed by Jessica Starich

Tentative performance dates: April 15, 16, 17, 22, 23

Auditions for these two productions will take place on Wednesday January 27 and Thursday January 28 from 7pm-10pm.  They will be held in CLA 0.102 on Wednesday (Jan. 27) and in PAR 1 on Thursday (Jan. 28).

If you are interested in acting, tech, or have any other interest in our organization at all, come see us at auditions!

Auditions consist of cold readings from the plays, so you don’t have to prepare any outside material.  Bring yourself, bring some friends, bring a pen/pencil, and come ready to play.  You only need to come to one night to be considered, but coming to both doesn’t hurt!

Join our Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/593868540760294/ for any possible room or time changes.

NEXT WEEK: Talk by Human Rights Lawyer, Hina Jilani

Please join us next week on Wednesday, February 3 for a talk by human rights lawyer, Hina Jilani!

Renowned Pakistani human rights lawyer and international advocate for democracy and rights, Hina Jilani has helped to lead the struggle for the rule of law and democratic development in Pakistan for almost forty years. A co-founder of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the country’s first all-female law firm, and the seminal Women’s Action Forum, as well as the founder a shelter in Lahore for victims of gender-based violence, Ms. Jilani has also been a leading voice in the international rights movement. Ms. Jilani was first UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders, and also served on the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur and the UN Fact Finding Mission on Gaza. She is currently a member of The Elders, established by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, and has won numerous awards for her work on peace-building and human rights.

The talk will take place from 5-7pm in CLA 1.302B, UT Austin Campus. The event flyer is attached.

Sponsored by the South Asia Institute and Wilson Chair in Pakistan Studies

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/southasia/events/event.php?id=39651

Portugal Archaeology Program – Summer 2016

This is a fun and exciting opportunity to conduct archaeological fieldwork in Portugal this summer. The final application deadline is February 1st (application attached). We have an info session scheduled for next week. All majors welcome; no experience necessary.

The Portugal Archaeology Field School is a four-week study abroad summer program offered through the Department of Anthropology. From May 23 to June 18, students learn archaeology excavation techniques at an Iron Age/Roman Period hill fort settlement in northern Portugal. Students will learn how to process the archaeological artifacts they excavate. Participating students will earn six hours of upper-division Anthropology credit for ANT 662 Field Archaeology, which carries the Ethics & Leadership and Global Cultures flags.

INFO SESSION

Friday, January 29

4:00-5:00PM

SAC 4.174

Application deadline: February 1, 2016

Questions? Please contact Dr. Mariah Wade at m.wade@austin.utexas.edu.

TPAP application form 2016 (Feb)

European Studies FLAS

A reminder that the FLAS Fellowship applications for The Center for European Studies are due by 5:00 PM on Friday, February 5, 2016.

FLAS Fellowships are available for both undergraduate and graduate students for Summer 2016 and AY 2016-17.

Students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and may be from any discipline at UT. We especially encourage students from the professional schools to apply.

Academic year students must be enrolled at UT as a full time student and agree to take one approved foreign language course and one area studies course focusing on Europe (both letter grade based).

Summer students will be enrolled in an intensive foreign language program either in the U.S. or Europe (for intermediate and advanced levels only).

For more information including a list of approved foreign languages and the application, please visit:

Undergraduate FLAS

 All applications are due by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 5, 2016.

CREES Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships

Summer 2016 & Academic Year 2016–17 applications are now open!
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/slavic/scholarships-funding/FLAS.php

Application Deadline: Friday, February 5th, by 5:00 p.m.

CREEES offers FLAS Fellowships to fund highly competitive graduate and undergraduate students (must be US citizens, nationals, or permanent residents to apply) for the study of regional foreign languages, including (but not limited to):

Russian • Polish • Czech • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian • Persian/Tajik* • Turkish* • Romani* • Yiddish* • Ukrainian • Bulgarian

Other languages may be added pending approval on a case-by-case basis. FLAS awards are available for both academic year (in residence at UT) and summer studies (at UT, abroad or elsewhere in the US). See our non-exhaustive list of FLAS eligible language programs!

NOTE: Applicants interested in Polish, Czech, BCS, Romani, Yiddish, Ukrainian or Bulgarian should also apply for a FLAS through the Center for European Studies!

*Applicants pursuing Persian/Tajik, Turkish, Romani, and Yiddish or any other languages for which they seek approval must show applicability to the study of our region, which includes the Balkans/Southeast Europe, Central/Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, Russia, Central Asia, the Caucasus or the former Soviet sphere of influence.

Before you apply: Read the following FAQ page relevant to you thoroughly!