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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

We invite faculty and graduate students to submit entries for "People" section

Our primary goal for the Digest this year is to increase announcements in the "People" section. We invite faculty and graduate students to help us by submitting entries on the following: presentations, publications, jobs, external awards and fellowships. Staff will rely on faculty, graduate students and advisers for these notifications.

Additionally, we'll announce the following graduate school, collegiate, and department milestones: passing preliminary examinations, MA's and PhD's conferred, and internal awards, nominations and fellowships. We want to be able to share this information with our American Studies community as well as build a history of achievements of our graduate students and faculty. Please submit your entries to amstdy@umn.edu.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

PCard Reminder

Please submit receipts for all July PCard purchases to Laura by Monday, August 1st.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Call for Papers: Workshop on Human Trafficking, International Crime, and National Security Goettingen, GER

Paper submissions are invited for a workshop on human trafficking, international crime and national security with a particular focus on human rights, to be held in Goettingen, Germany, on February 3 - 4, 2012. As part of the European Commission's Project on Indexing Trafficking in Human Beings, this workshop brings together economists, political scientists, and other scholars, as well as policy makers to address emerging problems of human trafficking and transnational crimes. The deadline for submission is November 30th, 2011. Decisions will be made by December 31th, 2011. Continue reading for more information.

Call for Papers
Workshop on
Human Trafficking, International Crime and National Security:
A Human Rights Perspective
February 3-4, 2012, Goettingen, Germany

We invite submissions for a workshop on human trafficking, international crime and national security with a particular focus on human rights, to be held in Goettingen, Germany, on February 3-4, 2012. As part of the European Commission's Project on Indexing Trafficking in Human Beings, this workshop brings together economists, political scientists, and other scholars, as well as policy makers to address emerging problems of human trafficking and transnational crimes.
Distinguished Key Note Speaker
Beth Simmons (Clarence Dillion Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University, Department of Government)
Submission of Papers
Empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented papers on the topics are welcome. Please submit full papers to scho@uni-goettingen.de. The deadline for submission is November 30th, 2011. Decisions will be made by December 31th, 2011.
Workshop Format, Attendance, Registration and Accommodation
Presenters of accepted papers are expected to attend the entire workshop. The number of presenters will be limited to about 30. Travel expenses will be reimbursed and accommodation will be provided for presenters of accepted papers. There is no registration fee.
Workshop Venue: Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany
Goettingen is an old university town located in the central part of Germany. It takes 2 hours from Frankfurt by train (http://www.goettingen.de).
Workshop Website: http://www.human-trafficking-research.org/
Program Committee
Axel Dreher (Heidelberg University)
Eric Neumayer (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Seo-Young Cho (University of Goettingen)
Sponsor
European Commission, Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security (Prevention of and Fight against Crime Action Grant)
We look forward to your submissions.
Axel Dreher (Heidelberg University)
Eric Neumayer (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Seo-Young Cho (University of Goettingen)

WRIT 8520 seminar "Practicing Technical Communication"

WRIT 8520 seminar "Practicing Technical Communication: the North-South Divide in an Emerging Global Order" will be taught by Bernadette Longo this Fall 2011 on Tuesdays from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. For a syllabus and more information, continue reading or click here.

Course Description
Fall 2011
WRIT 8520: Seminar in Scientific and Technical Communication (24281)
5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays on East Bank campus
Practicing Technical Communication:
The North-South Divide in an Emerging Global Order
Bernadette Longo

This seminar will focus on the interdependent and global nature of contemporary technical communication practices, and how those who work within institutions of science and/or employ emerging technologies, like (but not limited to) new information and communication technologies (ICTS), frame political, economic, cultural, and environmental arguments about the impacts of their practices on "others". In particular, this seminar will focus on how technical communication participates in the diffusion of contemporary science and technology practices in transnational projects that span the divide between countries in the global North and South.
Materials for this seminar will be drawn in part from an international social studies of science colloquium Dr. Longo will co-convene at University of Minnesota in April 2011 on the topic "Practicing Science, Technology, and Rhetoric: The North-South Divide in an Emerging Global Order" (https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/practicing-science-colloquium/). This colloquium will be co-sponsored by the UMN Institute for Advanced Studies as part of Dr. Longo's Spring 2011 IAS fellowship. Please see website for additional information.
Dr. Longo and colloquium participants will compile a multimedia collection of articles, videos, images, and other materials to publish online for continued discussion and interaction. Seminar participants will work with these multi-modal materials to add to the ongoing global discussion on technology, development, and communication issues.
Please contact Bernadette Longo (blongo@umn.edu) if you have questions or ideas about this seminar.
This seminar will build on activities at the 28-29 April 2011 colloquium on this same topic and the multimedia collection published from the colloquium.