PIVOTAL U.S. ELECTIONS: THEN & NOW

INAUGURAL FORUM

“The Election of 1860 and Its Contemporary Significance”

Join the UT College of Liberal Arts and Humanities Texas for an evening of discussion about citizenship, democracy, and pivotal presidential elections in American history. Expert faculty will analyze, through an interdisciplinary lens, the political forces, issues, and consequences of the election of 1860 as well as its parallels to subsequent elections and its relevance today. 

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

4:15–6:45 p.m. : Public forum

6:45–7:15 p.m. : Closing remarks and reception

@ Julius Glickman Conference Center (CLA 1.302E)

College of Liberal Arts Building

The University of Texas at Austin

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Participating scholars include Michael Les Benedict (The Ohio State University), Daniel Feller (University of Tennessee), Randall Fuller (University of Tulsa), Andrew Torget (University of North Texas), and Daina Ramey Berry, George B. Forgie, Jacqueline Jones, and Jeremi Suri from The University of Texas at Austin. The Honorable Thomas R. Phillips, former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, will serve as moderator.

Free and open to the public. First-time voters are encouraged to attend!

“WITCHCRAFT IN THEIR LIPS”: A new play featuring the women of Shakespeare’s histories

The women of Shakespeare’s history plays tell their own stories in this new play, featuring an all-female cast that includes both UT undergraduates and Austin favorites. The words are all Shakespeare’s; the players are all women. Get to know Margaret, the cunning queen who dominates England; Joan of Arc, the legendary peasant warrior; Doll Tearsheet and Mistress Quickly, the lovable tavern wenches; and many more inspiring, indomitable, rule-defying women. This production is part of an honors thesis project to examine the unique roles that female characters play in the masculine-dominated worlds of the histories. 

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 8 PM

SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2 PM

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 8 PM *talkback featuring cast & crew

FRIDAY, MAY 6, 8 PM

SATURDAY, MAY 7, 8 PM

THURSDAY, MAY 12, 8 PM *talkback featuring UT professors

FRIDAY, MAY 13, 8 PM

SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2 PM & 8 PM

>>Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/577014129122272/ 

>>Tickets available at untamedshx.brownpapertickets.com 

>>For more info visit untamedshx.wordpress.com 

CAST INCLUDES

Rachel Abbott

Jennifer Rose Davis

Kendall DeBoer

Kristen Hall

Leanna Holmquist

Ehigbor Idonor

Renae Jackson

Lucy Junker

Maria Latiolas

Georgia McLeland

Becky Musser

Kenzie Stewart

CO-DIRECTED by Stephanie Donowho & Nell McKeown

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Elizabeth Hamm, Kate McLaughlin, Lily Pipkin, Mandy Whited

WITH SUPPORT FROM Foot in the Door, The Broccoli Project

Teaching English Abroad: Panel Presentation

Friday, April 22, 4:30-5:30pm

MEZ 2.124

Learn about Teaching ESL/EFL from a panel of professionals in the field. 

Topics include: rewards and challenges of teaching English abroad, how to get a job, 

what to know before you go, and how to get a CELTA certificate at UT-Austin.

All Majors Welcome!

On Thursday, April 7^th, at 12:15pm in the Eastwoods Room at the Texas Union, the Clements Center for National Security will host Mary Beth Long, former Assistant Secretary of Defense, who will give a talk on the Middle East and Terrorist Financing, as part of the Women and National Security Speaker Series. Mary Beth Long is the first-ever Senate confirmed female Assistant Secretary of Defense and worked directly with Secretaries of Defense Rumsfeld and Gates on the Department’s highest priority issues. She represented the Secretary of Defense with his foreign counterparts, and at the National Security Council and the White House and was one of the Secretary’s key advisors. This event is co-hosted by the Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Women in Foreign Affairs student organization.

On Monday, April 11^th, at 12:15pm in the Bass Lecture Hall at the LBJ School, the Clements Center for National Security and the UT Alexander Hamilton Society are hosting Professor Colin Dueck of George Mason University and Dr. Josh Busby of UT for a lunchtime discussion on Obama’s Foreign Policy. Dr. Dueck will discuss his recently published book “The Obama Doctrine: American Grand Strategy Today.” Dr. Busby will challenge his assertions and look back at the President’s foreign policy successes and failures.

On Wednesday, April 13^th, at 12:15pm in SRH 3.122 at the LBJ School, the Clements Center, Intelligence Studies Project, and the Strauss Center are pleased to welcome Dr. Gregory Treverton, Chairman of the National Intelligence Council and advisor to the Director of National Intelligence, to speak on “Thinking About Global Futures.” Dr. Treverton previously held several leadership positions at RAND, including director of the RAND Center for Global Risk and Security, director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center, and associate dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School. His work at RAND has examined terrorism, intelligence and law enforcement, as well as new forms of public–private partnership.

On Tuesday, April 19^th, at 12:15pm in the Eastwoods Room at the Texas Union, Clements Center for National Security will host Professor Daniel Sargent of the University of California, Berkeley for a talk titled “A Superpower Transforming: Power, Agency, and the Evolution of the Pax American.” This talk will assess key inflection points in the superpower career of the United States, especially the 1970s, and it will ask how American decision-makers have tried—and failed—to comprehend, corral, and command the forces that have transformed world politics since 1945.

On Thursday, April 20 at 5:15pm in Bass Lecture Hall at the LBJ School, the Clements Center for National Security and UT’s British Studies Program is pleased to welcome Dr. James Williams, Director of the National Churchill Museum, to give a talk on Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech.

And finally, on Monday, April 25^th at 12:15pm in SRH 3.122 at the LBJ School, the Clements Center for National Security and the UT Alexander Hamilton Society are pleased to host Mr. Wess Mitchell, President of the Center for European Policy Analysis. Mr. Mitchell will be talking about his latest co-authored book titled “The Unquiet Front: Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power.”

The Undergraduate Fellows Program provides teaching, mentorship, professional development, and research opportunities for UT-Austin’s youngest aspiring statesmen and scholars. Fellows will convene monthly throughout the academic year to participate in discussion groups, be mentored by the Clements Center’s affiliated scholars, meet with distinguished guests and visiting speakers, and exchange ideas on their course projects. Each year will also include at least one field tour of a nearby historic site related to diplomatic and military history. Preference will be given to undergraduates whose coursework and/or extracurricular activities bear directly on American foreign policy, military and diplomatic history, and international security. A competitive application process will yield each academic year’s class of 15-20 Fellows. The deadline for the 2016-2017 academic year applications is Monday, April 18.  Please go to our website for more information and to submit your application!

The Summer Student Development Fund awards funds to undergraduate and graduate students who secure unpaid summer internships in the fields of national security and foreign policy. Applications for Summer 2016 are due Monday, April 25^th. Awards will be granted to those students whose summer work best reflects the mission and goals of the Clements Center. Past recipients have interned with the US Department of State, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the McCain Institute for International Leadership, the Project on Middle East Democracy, and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. Please go to our website for more information. Because internships in foreign and defense policy can be an essential part of professional development and career opportunities in national security policy, the Clements Center wants to help UT students in identifying and pursuing internship opportunities. We have created an Internship Database containing information on a broad range of internships in foreign policy, human rights, international development, international economics, and intelligence/security. This is an excellent resource for students that can be found on our website.

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, is looking to fill up to four full-time positions for post-baccalaureate researchers. 

Starting date for all positions is Summer/Fall 2016. Salary is competitive, with benefits included. The positions would be ideal for individuals with a BA degree who are interested in gaining significant research experience in a very active research group as preparation for a research career. Applicants must already have permission to work in the US, or be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and should have completed a BA or BS degree by the time of appointment. The ability to interact comfortably with a wide variety of people (and machines) is a distinct advantage. Applicants may request to be considered for all four positions. 

The positions are open until filled. For best consideration, applications should be submitted by April 1st, 2016. However, review of applications will begin immediately. 

Positions #1–#2: Baggett Research Fellowships 

Baggett Fellowships are full-time positions. Fellows can pursue research in linguistics, cognitive (neuro-)science of language, language acquisition, or computational modeling. 1–2 positions are available for 2016-2017. Positions are for one year and are not renewable.

Contact: Dr. Andrea Zukowski

Position #3: Research Assistant in Psycholinguistics/Cognitive Neuroscience 

This person will be involved in all aspects of studies of language comprehension using behavioral and neuroscientific techniques, including electrophysiological brain recordings (training provided). The person will also contribute to Maryland’s Language Science program (http://languagescience.umd.edu/). Previous experience in (psycho)linguistics preferred. 1 year initial appointment, possibility of extension. 

Contact: Dr. Colin Phillips

Position #4: Research Assistant in Syntax and Morphology 

This person will be involved in all aspects of syntactic analysis of several languages, some of which are new to the study of linguistics, using methods of morpho-syntactic analysis and corpus construction (training provided). The person will also assist in bibliographical research and website construction.The person will also contribute to Maryland’s Language Science program (http://languagescience.umd.edu/). Previous experience in linguistics preferred. 1 year initial appointment, possibility of extension. 

Contact: Dr. Maria Polinsky

Application Requirements

Applicants may request to be considered for all four positions, or any subset. Applicants for any of these positions should submit a cover letter outlining relevant background and interests, including  potential faculty mentors, if applying for the Baggett Fellowships (multiple mentors are both possible and fruitful), a current CV, and names and contact information for 3 potential referees. Reference letters are not needed as part of the initial application. Applicants should also send a writing sample. All application materials should be submitted electronically to the following recipients:

Positions #1–#2 – Andrea Zukowski; zukowski@umd.edu. Put ‘Baggett Fellowship’ in the subject line.

Position #3 – Colin Phillips; colin@umd.edu. Put ‘Research Assistantship’ in the subject line.

Position #4 – Maria Polinsky; mpolinsk@gmail.com. Put ‘Research Assistantship’ in the subject line. 

The Department of Linguistics has shared facilities for testing of infants, children and adults, 2 eye-tracking labs, an ERP lab and a whole-head MEG facility. The department is part of a vibrant language science community (http://languagescience.umd.edu) that numbers 200 faculty, researchers, and graduate students across 17 departments and centers spanning 6 colleges, and is affiliated with the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (http://www.nacs.umd.edu/) and the Maryland Neuroimaging Center (http://mnc.umd.edu/).

The positions are open until filled. For best consideration, applications should be submitted by April 1st, 2016. 

However, review of applications will begin immediately.

Details about these positions may be found here:

http://ling.umd.edu/baggett/jobs/

Wednesday, 05/18/2016

4:00pm

@ SAC Ballroom

The Gender and Sexuality Center and the Texas Exes LGBT Network are pleased to invite you to the 9th annual Lavender Graduation at the University of Texas at Austin, on Wednesday, May 18th 2016.

Anyone who will be attending the ceremony or Alumni Celebration should sign up here, and if you are planning on graduating, there is a second set of questions for you. If you have questions please contact the Gender and Sexuality Center at gsc@austin.utexas.edu or 512-232-1831.

Register here!

My name is Mia Ferguson, and I am a student representative for the Feminist Action Project here on campus. The Feminist Action Project is a student group that organizes an annual activist conference for gender justice in today’s world. 

The title of our conference this year is, “Mapping Out the Crossroads, Beyond Mainstream Feminism”. At this year’s conference, we hope to cultivate an environment where feminism can be explored through intersectionality and explore concepts that transcend the dialogue found in everyday media, such as toxic masculinity, colorism and activist self-care. We are honored to announce our keynote speaker, Kim Katrin Millan, an award-winning, internationally acclaimed artist, educator and writer. I wanted to see if you would be interested in co-sponsoring the program with us. I realize that the Texas Parents Association has already distributed funds to UT student organizations for the year, but there are many ways to co-sponsor other than financially. Our organization would be incredibly grateful for any of them.

Feminist Action Project Conference: 

This year’s Feminist Action Project Conference will be held in the evening of Friday, April 8th and Saturday, April 9th in the Student Activity Center.

Ways you can help:

Sponsor our keynote: $1,500 (or any percentage of this fee)

Donate funding for breakfast and lunch: $1,000 (or any percentage of this fee)

Volunteer to take photos.

Volunteer to check people in at registration table, help set up/break down.

Spread the word! Tell your friends, students, faculty, and staff about the event. http://tinyurl.com/FeministAction2016 

Just let us know, and of course you will be recognized at the event, on the programs, and on the Facebook event. 

Learn more about our keynote: http://www.kimkatrinmilan.com/ 

Learn more about our organization: http://feministactionproject.blogspot.com/ 

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/618950668257803/ 

Thank you for considering our request to co-sponsor the 2016 Feminist Action Project Conference.  If you have any questions, please contact us by email at feministactionproject@gmail.com. Thank you for your time and consideration, and we look forward to hearing from you.

“Dirty Secrets: The environmental impact of factory farming”

Thursday, March 31st, 7 p.m.

Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007)

(512) 471-5787

Will Potter is an award-winning investigative journalist and author based in Washington, D.C. He specializes in dissident politics and culture, the policing of dissent, and civil liberties post-9/11. His work has appeared in the world’s top media outlets, including the Washington Post, CNN, National Geographic, WIRED, NPR, the History Channel, and Rolling Stone. His award-winnning book, Green Is The New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege, exposes how non-violent animal rights and environmental protesters came to be classified by the FBI as “eco-terrorists.” This year he was selected as a TED Senior Fellow, and he recently was appointed the Marsh Visiting Professor in Journalism at the University of Michigan. The Joynes Reading Room has a limited number of free books by Will Potter which we will give away to interested honors students who inquire in person at the front desk, CRD 007.