Beijing Study Abroad Summer 2010

All IR majors should have received this email a couple of weeks ago, but in case some didn't...

The Kennedy Center has initiated a new study abroad program in Beijing (summer 2010 term) to serve the interests of IR and Asian Studies majors. Below are the details of the program. If you are interested and have any questions please contact the International Relations or Asian Studies faculty advisors.

Beijing China Summer Term Study Abroad
Summer Term 2010

Program Details

The People’s Republic of China is emerging as one of the world’s leading economic and military powers. It has a rich history and Beijing is the historical and contemporary cultural and political capitol of China. The focus of the program is contemporary Chinese foreign relations and culture. The program emphasizes international relations, Asian Studies, political science and history. Although designed for students that haven’t studied Chinese or are at the intermediate level. Advanced Chinese language students can be accommodated through independent study. Course offered can be counted toward the IR, Political Science, and Asian Studies majors. Language credit can be arranged through the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages.

Course Offerings
• Asian 330R Sino-American Relations (3hrs.)
• Asian 330R Politics and Culture (3 hrs.)
• Chinese language (beginning, intermediate, independent study) (3-4 hrs)

Where do Students Live?
Students live in the newly constructed international students dorms at the Chinese Foreign Affairs University located near the center of Beijing.

Semester/Dates
June 21-August 9, 2010
Application deadline is 29 January 2010

How Much Does This Cost?
• Estimated $3800-4200
• Includes LDS, undergraduate tuition (increased cost for graduate and non-LDS students).
• Does not include airfare, personal expenses, or most meals

Interested Students Should Contact:
Director: Eric Hyer is a member of the Political Science Department and specializes in Chinese politics. He has lived for many years in Taiwan and China and from 1995-1996 was a Fulbright Scholar at China Foreign Affairs University.
Director Contact Information: 209 HRCB, Tel: 422-4699, Email: eric_hyer@byu.edu

Undergraduate Research Opportunity

from Eric Hyer:

Central Washington University, the National Science Foundation, the Center for Historical Environment and Socioeconomic Development of Northwest China at Shaanxi Normal University, and the Northwest Socioeconomic Development Research Center of Northwest University would like to announce the call for applications for the 2010 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program entitled “Great Western Development, Rural Peasants, and Water Policy across China’s Loess Plateau.” This unique program in social science research will be conducted in Ellensburg, WA, and in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, China in the summer of 2010. Twelve highly-qualified undergraduates and a team of faculty mentors will undertake collaborative research on how economic development and societal change is impacting China’s already precarious environmental position across the Yellow River loess plateau. The six-week program will be conducted between June 21 and August 1, 2010.

The program’s primary objective is to mentor students through the complete process of designing a research agenda and performing primary research in the social sciences at an international field site. It includes a unique combination of close mentoring, student/faculty teamwork, multidisciplinary research, and international field experience. Student participation will be encouraged from all fields of the social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, geography, environmental studies, economics, political science, Asian studies, history, and land/resource management. Juniors and non-graduating seniors are particularly encouraged to apply. Graduate students are not eligible. Applicants are limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.

Faculty mentors include Richard Mack (economics), Hong Xiao (sociology), Roberta Soltz (biology), and James Cook (Asian studies) of Central Washington University.

Costs of participation (travel, room, board), including the payment of a significant research stipend, will be paid by the program. Student participants are only responsible for their travel to/from Central Washington University.

Deadline for applications is February 15, 2010. Additional information and application forms can be found at http://www.cwu.edu/~nsfreu. Central Washington University is an EEO/AA/Title IX Institution/TDD.

Email from Students for International Development

Hi,

My name is Michelle Alejandra Rubio from the Students for International Development club (SID.) I am sending this email to ask for your support with our Creative Competition, a new way to help students get involved with international issues. For the past twenty years, SID has hosted an annual Hunger Banquet to raise awareness within the BYU community about global poverty and wealth inequality. The Hunger Banquet is designed to serve as both a fund-raising event and an opportunity for members of the BYU and Provo communities to think critically about the systems of inequity that permeate our world.

This year’s Hunger Banquet theme is Human Dignity, and we are hosting a creative competition as a way of exploring this theme. Our goal is to encourage students to create art that shows the dignity within the bounds of poverty. We are accepting paintings, film, photography, dance, music, creative writing, or any other type of creative platform that can be displayed in a gallery here on campus. I have attached the official flier and ask that you share it with your classes to encourage involvement. As a further incentive, several $200 prizes will be awarded to the outstanding entries.

As a final note, if there is any way for us to send a representative from SID to do a short presentation in class, we would love to stop by. Just email me back and let me know when and where. The deadline for entry is February 18th.

Thank you for your involvement,
Michelle Alejandra Rubio

Check out our website:
http://kennedy.byu.edu/student/SID/hunger/#

Sigma Iota Rho Winter Semester Social

Winter Opening Social for Sigma Iota Rho - BYU's International Relations Honor Society

Come learn about SIR and eat JDAWGS!

When: Thursday, January 28th

Where: 3223 WILK

Time: 11am

Join SIR on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=268775343570#/group.php?gid=5212700138&ref=ts

Study Abroad in India

Dear All,

The BYU Study Abroad Program in INDIA is now receiving applications from students interested in a language-centered and research-intensive program in the port city of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh State).

We have a full-time Telugu language instructor; three full-time Indian academic advisors (all professors at Andhra University); five part-time translators; a program physician; and a staff of three cooks and a washerman.

Students write 30-50 page reports that we will submit for publication in book form to a university press, much like the publication process for students in the Guatemala program.

Please do let your students know. I am happy to answer any questions.

Thanks,

Charles W. Nuckolls
Professor, Department of Anthropology
&
Director, India Program

Dr. Phillips Office Hours

My lovely wife is out of town until Thanksgiving and I need to be home when my two younger children come home from school. My office hours are normally from 2:00 - 4:00 on Monday & Wednesday. However, I will need to change my office hours in the meantime.

So for the next two weeks I will be holding office hours as follows:

9:30 - 10:30 Monday & Wednesday in 166 FOB
9:00 - 11:00 Friday in 166 FOB

Feel free to contact me by phone (810) 422-5928 or email kerk_phillips@byu.edu if these office hours don't work for you.

I will be back to normal office hours starting Monday, November 30th.

Dr. Douglas M. Johnston, “Religion and Statecraft”

Speaker: Dr. Douglas M. Johnston, President, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy

Title: “Religion and Statecraft”

Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Time: 5:30-7:00 pm

Location: Hinckley Center Assembly Hall

Sponsor: Wheatley Institution and David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies

Douglas M. Johnston

Douglas M. Johnston, Ph.D. is President and Founder of the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy (ICRD). He has served in various positions as a White House appointee and lectured at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was appointed a Senior Fellow of The Trinity Forum in 2006.

He is known for developing a new synergy for peacemaking based on the joint contributions of religion and politics, as articulated in his acclaimed book Religion: The Missing Dimension of Statecraft (Oxford University Press, 1994). Dr. Johnston’s hands-on experience in reconciliation and peacemaking reflects his deep interest in religion and conflict resolution stemming from his twenty-year involvement with the National Prayer Breakfast and his service on the board of the Washington Theological Consortium.

Dr. Johnston is a distinguished graduate of the US Naval Academy and holds a Masters degree in Public Administration and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University. He has a broad range of executive experience in government, academia and the military, starting with ten years in the submarine service where, at the age of 27, he was the youngest officer in the US Navy to qualify for command of a nuclear submarine.

Most recently, Dr. Johnston served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Among his other duties, he chaired the CSIS programs on maritime studies and on preventive diplomacy.

Among his assignments in government, Dr. Johnston was a planning officer in the President’s Office of Emergency Preparedness, Director of Policy Planning and Management in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower). In academia, he taught international affairs and security at Harvard University and was the Founding Director of the Kennedy School’s Executive Program in National and International Security.

Dr. Johnston has edited and authored several books, including Foreign Policy into the 21st Century: The U.S. Leadership Challenge (CSIS, 1996) and Faith-based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik (Oxford University Press, 2003).

Koch Internship Program

The spring Koch Internship Program is a unique, paid opportunity for students and recent graduates to work in Washington, D.C. We are currently looking for candidates who not only have a commitment to free-market principles and individual liberty, but also demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit in and outside of the classroom.
Details about the Koch Internship Program:
• Runs from January 19 to May 7, 2010
• Offers part-time flexibility
• Pays an hourly rate of $12.00
• Allows interns to gain real-world experience working in a think thank or policy institute
• Equips interns with the management training and professional development necessary to be successful and effective at advancing liberty
Please take a minute to pass this information along to anyone who may be interested in the program. Applications are due by December 4th.
Please click on our flyer and visit our website to find out more information. If you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Thom

Thomas Russell
Associate, Marketing and Recruiting
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
1515 N Courthouse Rd
Suite 200
Arlington, VA 22201
www.cgkfoundation.org

The Challenge of Afghanistan and Pakistan

Symposium: The Challenge of Afghanistan and Pakistan
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Location: Hinckley Center Assembly Hall
Time: Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Afternoon Session: 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sponsors: The Wheatley Institution and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies


The Honorable John J. Hamre, President and CEO, Center for Strategic and International Studies, will be the keynote speaker at 1:00 p.m.

The panel participants include:
Stephen P. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution
Gerald F. Hyman, President, Hills Program on Governance, Center for Strategic and International Studies
John Hughes, Professor of Communications, Brigham Young University
Colonel Michael J. Meese, Head of Social Sciences, U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Lieutenant Colonel Isaiah Wilson, Professor of Social Sciences, U.S. Military Academy at West Point

Panels chaired by:
General Amos A. Jordan, Former CSIS President, Wheatley Institution Senior Fellow

Global Management Student Association

We have some new and exciting news for you all. We now have a new venue to further your knowledge in international business! The Global Management Student Association (GMSA) is a new chartered club in the Marriott School of Business and the objective is to expose students to the exciting world of international business. Throughout the year we plan to hear from guest speakers, have company visits, participate in leadership activities, and create opportunities to meet other students with the same interests. If this you want to participate and get involved go to http://marriottschool.byu.edu/clubs/ and register.

We will have our opening social on 29 October 2009 at 5:30-6:30pm. We will be pleased to hear from Lew Cramer, CEO and President of the World Trade Center of Utah. He will give us an introduction to the international opportunities around us and share some of his experiences. Club t-shirts will be available for those that have registered or register that night. Hope to see you there!

--
McKay Fitt
President
Global Management Student Association
801.503.8587

Brent Scowcroft Lecture on Sep. 29th

Brent Scowcroft, the National Security Advisor for Presidents Ford and George H. W. Bush will be speaking at 7:00 p.m. on September 29th in the Assembly Hall at the Hinckley Alumni Center. His lecture is sponsored by BYU's Wheatley Institute.

This series of lectures in international affairs will feature several well-know foreign policy experts at various times during the academic year, so stay tuned for more announcements.

Year-long Job/Internship for Graduates

From Thomas Russell at the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation:


Just last week the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation began accepting applications for our 2010-11 Koch Associate Program, a year-long job opportunity for those passionate about free-market ideas and who have a desire to become more effective at advancing liberty throughout their careers. Some of our best candidates learn about the program through their professors, so I hope that you will pass this information along to any interested young professionals.

Great candidates for the program, first and foremost, are those with an understanding of and commitment to limited government and individual liberty. Here is a brief description of what else a good candidate should possess:

Required:
* Solid academic record
* 0-10 years of work experience
* Minimum of a bachelor’s degree
* Strong interest in learning effective management in the non-profit setting

Desired:
* Intellectual curiosity
* Willingness to learn and be challenged
* Desire to become a better and more equipped professional
* Humility, integrity, and motivation
* Demonstration of entrepreneurial thinking


Thanks,

Thomas Russell
Associate, Marketing and Recruiting
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
www.cgkfoundation.org
Ph: 703.875.1655

Upcoming Movie

from The Asian Cinema Club:
Hello, everyone

We are very happy to announce you all that the Asian Cinema Club's first screening of the semester is coming soon. The next film will be a Japanese movie, University of Laughs (Warai no daigaku) . It is a 2004 film directed by Mamoru Hoshi, and was nominated for best screenplay and best actor at the 2005 Awards of the Japanese Academy.

Remember the following information:
When: Thursday, September 10 at 7:00 P.M (Running time: 85minutes)
Where: HBLL 3714 (presented by Asian 495) the rooms on the south side of the library.

As always, there will be No Charge for admission, Friends are welcome to come!
Please feel free to contact asiancinemaclub@gmail.com with any questions. Thanks!

We will see you there!!

The Asian Cinema Club

Another Change in Office Hours

Due to another schedul conflict I need to move my existing office hours slightly.

I will be available in 215 HRCB on Mondays & Wednesdays from 2:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon.

In addition, I will be holding office hours in my economics department office in 166 FOB on Mondays & Wednesdays from 9:30 to 10:30 and on Tuesdays from 1:00 to 2:00.

I am also available to meet other times by appointment.

Change in Office Hours

Due to a conflict with a course I would like to sit in on, I am changing my office hours for Fall Semester.

I will be available in 215 HRCB on Mondays & Wednesdays from 1:30 to 3:30 in the afternoon, and by appointment.

Econ 431 - Economic Development

Please note there is a typographical error in the course catalog this year regarding Economics 431. The prerequisites for the class are Econ 380 and either Econ 388 or PlSc 328. Until this year Econ 382 was a prerequisite for the course. The economics department has dropped that requirement, but since Econ 380 was and is a prerequisite for Econ 382, it was not listed previously as a requirement for Econ 431.

You will still need to complete Econ 380 before you can enroll in any 400-level economics course. Econ 432 and Econ 459 also require Econ 381 as a prerequisite. Be sure you make your academic plans accordingly.

Thunderbird School

From Tom Brennan, Recuiter from the Thunderbird School:

Thanks again for meeting me in my visit to BYU a few weeks ago. I enjoyed presenting to the current students and learning about their interests and future goals. If you happen to speak with any students interested in pursuing an education in global management or global affairs with Thunderbird, you can send them the link below for more information. This is the link to the e-versions of all of our print materials:

http://www.thunderbird.edu/prospective_students/_thank_you.htm

Feel free to share my contact information with anyone who would like to speak with me. We would be happy to return to BYU for a visit in the future.

Have a great week!

Best regards,

Tom Brennan
Director of Recruitment
Thunderbird School of Global Management
(602) 978 - 7219
MSN Messenger: brennantp@t-bird.edu

Looking for an Overseas Experience Next Summer?

From Scott Cooper in the Political Science Department and a member of the IR Committee of the Whole:

IR students,

As you’re making plans for future study, please consider London Study Abroad in Winter or Spring 2010. The BYU center in London accepts about 45 students per semester and has its own facilities—two townhouses in a cool part of town that have been converted into dorms, classroom space, common areas, and faculty apartments. Students take 4 classes in Winter (or 2 in Spring), but the real highlight is being able to get course credit while living in one of the most interesting cities on the planet. Classes are tied in with field trips in London itself, as well as to sites around Britain (and, in Winter, Paris).

I’ll be teaching Intro International Relations (Poli Sci 170, Winter) and British History & Politics (ES 336, Winter & Spring) and would really like to have a strong contingent of IR-interested students along. London is a great place to talk about stuff like balance of power politics, causes of the great wars, the origins of democracy and rule of law, and Britain’s occasionally difficult relationships with the EU. It’s also of course a great place to take classes on Shakespeare, classical civilization, and world religions.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me (scott_cooper@byu.edu) or the Kennedy Center’s international study office (isp@byu.edu). And remember to tell your parents you’re going mostly for the classes.

Prof. Cooper
762 Kimball Tower
scott_cooper@byu.edu

Congratulations to Stephanie Blood

This is a bit late and I apologize for being slow to post things this past week or so.

Stephanie Blood, a senior majoring in International Relations, won the “Most Motivational Display” award at the 2009 Strut Your Stuff Internship Fair on April 3rd. There were around 100 participants and only 8 participants won awards, so this is a high honor. Pictures of all the winners are available at the Internship Office Website (www.byu.edu/intern).

Three Cheers!

Brazil Diplomat Lectures

From Erlend D. Peterson, Associate International Vice President:

Next week appears to be Brazil week. His Excellency Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Brazil Ambassador to the U.S. will speak at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Ambassador José Alfredo Graça Lima, Brazilian Consul General in Los Angeles, will speak at 11:00 am on Thursday, April 2, 2009. May I invite you to both lectures.

Brazil Ambassador to the U.S. – His Excellency Antonio de Aguiar Patriota
Topic: "Brazil-US Relations: Bilateral, regional and global agendas."
Lecture: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 2:00 pm in the Library Auditorium 1080 HBLL (bottom floor, north-west side)
Web bio: http://www.brasilemb.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=81

Brazilian Consul General in Los Angeles – Ambassador José Alfredo Graça Lima
Topic: (Title has not be given)
Lecture: Thursday, April 2, 2009 – 11:00 am in the Hinckley Center Assembly Hall