Hashtag Diplomacy: Foreign Policy in the New Media Era

Clements Center event: Hashtag Diplomacy: Foreign Policy in the New Media Era

With Philip Seib, Professor at the University of Southern California

Thursday, Mar 02, 2017 | 12:15-1:30 PM | Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102)

 

The Clements Center and the School of Journalism are honored to host Philip Seib, Professor of Public Diplomacy, Journalism, and International Relations at the University of Southern California, on Thursday, March 2nd, at 12:15pm at the Texas Union’s Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102). Prof. Seib will be speaking on “Hashtag Diplomacy: Foreign Policy in the New Media Era” drawn from his recent book The Future of Diplomacy (Polity 2016). This event is free and open to the public. 

 

Call for exhibition proposals — UT’s Visual Arts Center

Do you have an exhibition idea you’ve always wanted to bring to life? Some research that you’d like to show in a new, creative or provocative way? Center Space Gallery is open for proposals! We’re looking for three exhibitions for the 2017-2018 calendar.

Not sure what Center Space is?

The Center Space Gallery in the Visual Arts Center is available to the students of the University of Texas at Austin to curate thematic group or solo exhibitions of their own work or the work by others. Center Space Project, under the auspices of the Visual Arts Center, is a student-run organization that advocates student work by assisting exhibiting artists in all aspects of the process. Both novice and experienced exhibitors are encouraged to seek experimental and innovative modes of curation in any and all media: 2-D, 3-D, digital media, performance (live and recorded), and other experiential forms.

Call for proposals

This call for exhibition proposals is open to all undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students at UT Austin. Center Space applications are reviewed by an all-student committee along with Visual Arts Center staff.

Curators of selected proposals will be asked to develop a public program/event related to the exhibition, and will be assisted by the Center Space Project all-student committee along with VAC faculty and staff in the process. It is not required to include programming ideas in the proposals, but applicants should consider them while developing the exhibition and its narrative.

Three proposals will be selected: two for Fall 2017 and one for Spring 2018.

The deadline is March 20. Applications and more information can be found at https://utexasgrad.slideroom.com/#/permalink/program/35549/7YNcVtOoLt.

Further questions can be sent to centerspaceproject@gmail.com

 

Schwarzman Scholarship Info Session

Schwarzman Scholars is a highly-selective, fully-funded international scholarship program designed to prepare future leaders for success in a world where China plays a key global role. Anchored in an 11-month professional Master’s Degree in Global Affairs at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University, the program provides Scholars with the opportunity to develop their leadership skills, engage in high-level interactions with Chinese leaders and  visiting speakers, and learn from world-class faculty through a dynamic core curriculum and concentrations in public policy, international studies, or business and economics. The Schwarzman Scholars experience also includes unparalleled opportunities outside of the classroom, including internships, senior mentors, and travel seminars around China.

We invite you to join us for an opportunity to learn more about the program and connect with members of the Schwarzman Scholars admissions team on Tuesday, Feb. 28th 3:30 – 5pm in CLA 1.302B.  Details about the event and a link to rsvp are in the attached pdf:   schwarzman-at-ut-austin

Conversation with Denial’s David Hare and Deborah E. Lipstadt

Conversation with David Hare and Deborah E. Lipstadt

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m.

Blanton Museum of Art auditorium
200 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Austin, TX 78701
512-471-8944
www.hrc.utexas.edu

Playwright and screenwriter David Hare and scholar Deborah E. Lipstadt discuss their work on the 2016 film Denial. The film is based on Lipstadt’s legal battle with David Irving, who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. 

In libel cases, the English legal system places the burden of proof on the defendant, so Lipstadt and her legal team had to prove that the Holocaust occurred. 

Hare’s archive resides at the Harry Ransom Center. 

Learn more about the event at http://budurl.com/e8u2.

Share the event via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/1165790663519302/

This free event is open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served.

Accepting Applications for 2017 Co-op/Mitchell Undergraduate Awards

The Provost’s Office is now accepting applications for the 2017 University Co-op/George H. Mitchell Undergraduate Student Awards for Academic Excellence.

Each spring, UT Austin, with the generous support of the University Co-op, recognizes up to five undergraduate students for superior scholarly or creative achievement. Two students receive awards of $2,500 each, two students receive awards of $5,000 each, and one student receives the top award of $12,000.

In addition to the student award, the Provost’s Office provides a concurrent award of half the value of each student’s award to the academic department in which the scholarly work was supervised.

Who can apply for the Mitchell Award?

Nominees must be either a junior or senior currently enrolled at UT Austin or have received their undergraduate degree in December 2016. Students must demonstrate superior scholarly or creative achievement through a notable paper or thesis, research project, creative or artistic endeavor, or other product of the student’s academic work. Submitted work should be finished or close to finished (e.g. a complete draft of a thesis or research paper). Previous Mitchell Award recipients are eligible only if the submitted work is a completely different project. 

How to apply for the Mitchell Award:

The application consists of two parts:

(1) the student must submit an online application with four required supporting documents, and

(2) a UT Austin faculty member must submit a letter of nomination for the student

Both the student application and the faculty nomination, with all their supporting materials, must be received by March 22, 2017.

Links to both parts of the application and more information can be found at http://provost.utexas.edu/awards/mitchell.

If you have any questions, please contact Lydia Cornell at 512-232-3312 or email Lydia.cornell@austin.utexas.edu.

Startups Want to Hire LAH Students!

Austin is home to some of the greatest startup companies in the world. Are you passionate about entrepreneurship? Looking for an experience you can really brag about? This is your chance to network with exciting startups and learn about their wild internship and full time job opportunities.Startups are known for their energetic culture, fast pace, and big ideas. Working at a startup will require you to wear several hats and assume many impactful roles. Pointless busy work is not their style.

Although the jobs will be marketing oriented, ambitious students from all majors are welcome. Come practice your networking chops and walk out with a list of awesome opportunities to apply for. Underclassmen, here’s your chance to land your first internship. Upperclassman, loosen or lose your tie and explore local companies you can happily call home.

The career fair will take place in the McCombs School of Business third floor atrium on March 7th. The event will be restricted to AMA members from 5:00-5:30 and will be open to the public from 5:30-8:00. Snappy casual attire (bit.ly/snappycasual). RSVP here by Wednesday, March 1st at 11:59 pm to be included in a resume book and to receive a floor plan prior to the event. If you don’t RSVP on time, you are still welcome to attend.

Complete details and RSVP form can be found at this link: http://bit.ly/startupfairrsvp

Free Speech Essay Contest

The Department of Philosophy and The BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism are excited to announce our annual Free Speech Essay Contest open exclusively to UT undergrads. 

Deadline for submission is March 6, 2017.

All UT undergraduate students are eligible to participate. 

Prizes range from $700-$1500.

The topics this year concern:

•   Hate speech

•   Classifications of speech

 

For the specific questions and more details please visit our website – http://liberalarts.utexas.edu/bbtobjectivism/essay-contest/free-speech.php

There you will find the requirements for formatting and submission of materials.

 

Shakespeare and More Shakespeare

The American Shakespeare Center will be staging a production of Romeo and Juliet on February 25th. Tickets are $10 each, but honors students have an opportunity to receive free tickets to the play and participate in a discussion the night before.

On Friday, February 24th at 5 p.m. in the Joynes Reading Room, James Loehlin will introduce the play and the production, talking about the centrality of Romeo and Juliet to representations of love in Western culture.  He will also consider the range of interpretations the play has occasioned, discuss the American Shakespeare Center production style, and give some ideas about things to watch for in the performance.

Students may reserve their spot in the discussion and claim one of the free tickets by signing up (in person) at the front desk of the Joynes Room, while supplies last. 

Scholarship Opportunities

The Texas Exes have scholarships available for students in the College of Liberal Arts!

·         Geren Scholarship
·         Ellen Engler Burks Memorial Scholarship
·         Emily Fields Anderson Memorial Scholarship
·         Hazel Harrod Ransom Memorial Scholarship
·         Christopher Schulze Scholarship in French
·         Raymond Starr Scholarship for History
·         Beaumont Stinnett Memorial Scholarship

These scholarships, along with a host of others, are specifically available to students in the College of Liberal Arts. Additionally, students may qualify for Texas Exes general scholarship opportunities.

The scholarship application is accessible at texasexes.academicworks.com. Current undergraduate students have until March 1 at 11:59 pm CST to submit their application for Texas Exes scholarships.
Texas Exes Scholarship Staff
Texas Exes | Alumni Association of The University of Texas
(512) 840-6495

LAH 102H Writing Fellows Application

Want to be a LAH 102H Writing Fellow for Fall 2017?

(past Writing Fellows also need to apply)

 

Please put in writing: “What you think a good Writing Fellow does and what a student needs from a good tutor.” If you have been a Writing Fellow in the past, please give some of your specific examples.

 

Please turn your application in by Friday, February 24, 2017 in the LAH office.  Writing Fellows are expected to attend LAH 102H every Monday from 4- 5:15 and attend the Writing Fellow meeting immediately after class  from 5:15 – 6 pm.

 

Writing Fellows will have a special opportunity to attend a Writing Workshop, led by Dr. Larry Carver, in Rico, Colorado this summer! The workshop will be July 22nd – July 30th.  LAH will cover your flight to Durango, Colorado, transportation from the airport to Rico, hotel for the entire week, and $30 per day for meals.  Please indicate on your application if you will be available to participate in the workshop.  This is for planning purposes, so only tell us that you’ll be available if you are 100% sure that you are free on those dates. Writing Fellows will not be selected based on their ability to attend the workshop, but they will get priority for participation.

 

Questions? Please email Stacey or Linda.