CAUTG / APAUC

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CFP: The Construction of Meaning at the Interface of Art & Science (1871-1933) at the German Studies Association Conference (Oct. 7-10, 2010, Oakland, CA)

In the decades on both sides of the turn of the 20th century, a number of the most eminent German intellectual and cultural critics commented on the increasing dissolution of an objective sense of truth and meaning. Whether in the form of Max Weber’s famous dictum about the “disenchantment of the world” or Nietzsche’s notorious remark that “God is dead,” German thinkers observed this phenomenon with a mixture of celebration and alarm that paralleled what has [...]

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Reviewer: Franz Bokel
Title: Versprengte Gemeinschaft: Kriegsroman und intellektuelle Mobilmachung in Deutschland 1914-33
Author: Matthias Schöning

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Reviewer: Jesse Kauffman
Title: Met Onze Jongens Aan Den IJzer. Also known as Avec nos gars à l’Yser [With Our Troops on the Yser].
Author: Director Clemens De Landtsheer

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Dear colleagues,

You are warmly invited to the first WUN virtual seminar in the Germanic Languages and Migration series on Thursday, 4 February 2010 at 4 pm in the Roger Stevens Building LT16 at the University of Leeds. The seminar – live from the University of Wisconsin-Madison – will also be streamed at the University of Bristol, the University of Sheffield and the University of Southampton. For further details on venues please get in touch with me by email. [...]

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Bezos Family Foundation: Bezos Scholars Program at the Aspen Institute
The Bezos Scholars Program at the Aspen Institute seeks students who are independent thinkers, demonstrated leaders, and engaged community members. Participants meet one another and engage in seminars and informal meetings with international leaders, acclaimed thinkers, and creative artists who participate in the annual Aspen Ideas Festival. Following attendance at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the student/educator scholar teams will return home and create Local Ideas Festivals in their schools. Maximum award: participation in the Aspen Ideas Festival, July 5 – 11, 2010. Eligibility: applicants’ schools must be public high schools (including charter and magnet schools) where at least 25 percent of students are eligible for the free/reduced lunch program. Potential scholars must be legal U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents in their junior year with a GPA of 3.5 or higher and be taking Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate classes. Scholar applicants should demonstrate leadership in school and community and have scored exceptionally well on PSAT/SAT/or ACT. Deadline: February 12, 2010.
http://www.bezosfamilyfoundation.org/scholars/

Motorola Foundation: Innovation Generation Grants
The Motorola Foundation Innovation Generation Grants will support targeted STEM education programs for U.S. pre-school through 12th grade students and teachers. Funding priority will be placed on programs that engage students and teachers in innovative hands-on activities, teach STEM as well as develop innovative thinking and creative problem-solving skills, focus on girls and minorities that are currently underrepresented in the STEM disciplines, and take place in communities with Motorola employees. Maximum award: $50,000. Eligibility: U.S. non-profit organizations, schools, or school districts. Deadline: March 1, 2010.
http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Business/Corporate/US-EN/corporate-responsibility/society/community-investment-education-more-about-innovation-generation-grants.html

Siemens/NSTA: We Can Change the World Challenge
In the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, teachers, mentors or other adults work with and supervise teams of eligible students in the creation of a contest entry identifying an issue in the community that needs to “go green” and providing a plan to positively impact that issue and further “green living” in their community. Each team’s entry should include the following steps: choosing a topic, writing a problem statement, doing background research, writing a hypothesis, developing a plan, collecting data, drawing a conclusion, reporting the results and explaining how to replicate this project. Maximum award: (students) a $10,000 Savings Bond, appearance on Planet Green, a Discovery trip, a pocket video camera, and a Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge green prize pack; (teachers/mentors) a Discovery trip, free registration to the next NSTA National (or Area) Conference; hotel accommodations for three nights at the conference; a pocket video camera; a one-year membership to NSTA; a 12-month subscription to Discovery Education Science; and a Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge green prize pack. Eligibility: Teams may be made up of two, three, or four students who have been approved and recommended by a teacher/mentor, each of whom is a legal U.S. resident enrolled in kindergarten through 5th grade at a public, private, parochial, or home school located in the United States at the time of entry. Deadline: March 15, 2010.
http://wecanchange.com

Jenzabar Foundation: Student Leadership Awards
The Jenzabar Foundation Student Leadership Awards will honor 10 student-led campus groups or activities that have made a significant impact serving others through service and philanthropic activities beyond their own higher education institutions. This year, the awards will include a new Social Entrepreneur of the Year category, which will recognize one outstanding leader or organization committed to tackling social issues and promoting social entrepreneurship.
Deadline: March 31, 2010.
http://www.thejenzabarfoundation.org/ics

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Devenez un expert de l’Union europ

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Devenez un expert de l’Union européenne ! 3 activités créditées ce printemps 12 bourses de 900$ à 2 150$
• Séminaire « L’Europe et le monde » (14 avril-7 mai 2010) o Animé par Barbara Delcourt (ULB) et Frédéric Mérand (UdeM) o Séminaire divisé entre Montréal et Bruxelles o 6 bourses de 900$ sont offertes
• Tour des institutions européennes (16 mai-4 juin 2010) o Une immersion dans les institutions européennes à Bruxelles, Strasbourg et Luxembourg (http://www.capilanou.ca/programs/europe.html) o 6 bourses de 2 (…)

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Le CCEAE présente une conférence de Alain E. Steinweis, The University of Vermont
Exclusionary Violence in Comparative Perspective : Antisemitic Riots in Nazi Germany and Anti-Black Riots in the United States

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Le CCEAE présente une conférence de Alain Steinweis, The University of Vermont
Titre à confirmer

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GENDERED WAYS OF KNOWING? GENDER, HUMANITIES AND NATURAL SCIENCES

Trento (Italy), Fondazione Bruno Kessler December 1-4, 2010

The aim of this congress is to push the question about the epistemological function of the category “gender” further, in particular from the perspective of multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research. Since the “rupture epistemologique” of the late 18th century science has fabricated tools for sexualizing the objects of the world, while modern anthropology and biology have contributed to the universalization of gender cosmologies and the ontologization of binary gender codes. While gender studies have challenged this binary construction, they have also had a share [...]