2007 Program for Teachers:
Session I: June 24 - July 13, 2007
Das Seminar bietet einen Überblick über die Ausdrucksformen der deutschen Popkultur seit 1945, vor allem aus den Bereichen Musik, Literatur, Druckmedien, Film, Fernsehen und Internet. Unter Einbezug von sprachpraktischen und landeskundlichen Aspekten werden Themen wie Produktion, Rezeption, kulturelle und nationale Identität, Lifestyle und Politik behandelt.
In diesem Seminar sollen didaktisch-methodische Aspekte der Arbeit mit popkulturellen Formen im Unterricht Deutsch als Fremdsprache behandelt werden. Folgende Themen werden besprochen:
Session II: July 15 - August 3, 2007
In unserer heutigen Medienlandschaft werden wir von Kriminalgeschichten überflutet. Die vielen “Krimis” sind signifikante und einflussreiche Träger von Konzeptionen des Kriminellen und vom Selbstverständnis einer Gesellschaft. Wir werden in diesem Seminar die sprachlichen Voraussetzungen der Krimis, ihre verschiedenen Darstellungsformen und ihre soziohistorischen Hintergründe untersuchen.
Dieser Kurs behandelt die Grundlagen der Videopädagogik und zeigt wie man sowohl authenisches Video als auch Filme im Unterricht zu verschiedenen Zwecken einsetzt. Wir werden Unterrichtseinheiten mit Video und Filmbeispielen erarbeiten.
For more information, please contact:
Norbert Hedderich
Director, Deutsche Sommerschule am Atlantik
hedderich@uri.edu
(401) 874-4710
or visit http://www.uri.edu/iep/dssa
Montag, 19. Maerz, 9.30-12.30 Uhr
Tufts University, Medford, MA
Nach den Bühnen erobert die Hip-Hop-Gruppe CLUESO nun auch Klassenzimmer. Die Rapper treten als Vertretungslehrer in deutschen Schulen auf und zeigen dort den Schuelern, wie man „Fueller“ auf „Knueller“ reimt. Und trotzdem laessig bleibt. Wir laden Sie/euch mit Ihren Schuelern ein, CLUESO Live zu erleben. Videoclips zu CLUESO und anderen Stars der gegenwaertigen deutschen Popszene findet man bei www.stepintogerman.org.
Fuer weitere Informationen und Anmeldung zu dieser Veranstaltung wenden Sie sich/wendet euch bitte an Joerg Frey, 617-262-6050, ext. 16 oder joerg.frey@boston.goethe.org
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150 Jahre Zeit-,Wirtschafts und Kulturgeschichte, dargestellt an ausgewaehlten Beispielen stilpraegender Anzeigen. 33 Tafeln laden zu einer Zeitreise ein, die mit der Reklame des Kaiserreichs beginnt und im Medienzeitalter endet.
An den Vormittagen der Ausstellungsdaten planen wir besondere Führungen fuer Schueler-und Studentengruppen durch die Ausstellung , die mit einem Quiz sowie Preisen fuer die Gewinner verbunden sein werden.
Fuer weitere Informationen und Anmeldung zu dieser Veranstaltung wenden Sie sich/wendet euch bitte an
Joerg Frey, 617-262-6050, ext. 16 oder joerg.frey@boston.goethe.org
Annual Christmas Revels at Sanders Theatre (Harvard), Dec. 15 - 30.
]]> The Annual Christmas Revels concerts at Sanders Theater at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA focus on German and Swiss Christmas customs--a unique event in New England. Website, www.revels.org. Performances: December 15-30]]>The Hans Boeckler Foundation (HBS) is pleased to announce the Hans Boeckler Doctoral Fellowship for 2007-2008. In March a committee will award one fellowship. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2007.
PURPOSE
These residential fellowships will be awarded to graduate students engaged in dissertation projects related to the Foundations research and policy consulting program and to the on-going work of its researchers. During their tenure fellows are expected to be in residence in Duesseldorf and to participate actively in the intellectual life of the Foundation.
The Hans-Boeckler-Foundation of the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) promotes codetermination as a principle for designing a democratic society. The HBS provides consulting services and training for elected representatives of works councils, supervisory board and staff representatives but also provides funding for some 1,600 university students. An important aspect of the Foundation’s work is related to academic research in various fields of study. Besides providing funding for external research, the HBS also maintains two own research institutes, the Institute for Economic and Social Research (WSI) and the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK). Research projects cover a broad range of issues and fields of study. Among other aspects, research topics include welfare state development, macroeconomics and European economic coordination, working time policy, collective bargaining, work organization, labor market regulation, gender studies, regional economic development, and the distribution of wealth and income. For a summary of the Foundations and the WSI’s research profiles see
http://www.boeckler.de/rde/xchg/SID-3D0AB75F-F9ABE05B/hbs/hs.xsl/181.html
Working languages at the HBS are German and English.
ELIGIBILITY AND TERMS OF THE FELLOWSHIP
Doctoral Candidates are eligible to apply if they have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. but the dissertation. The fellowship is available for non-German nationals.
Fellows may spend between six and twelve months in residence at the HBS for field research or theoretical work. Grants will normally begin by July 2007; however, individual arrangements are possible. The fellowship provides a stipend of 920 Euro per month. In addition, the HBS will pay one economy class round trip from your location to Duesseldorf. Within limits of its possibilities the Foundation will also contribute to the costs for travel for field research within Germany.
Applicants should send a cover letter with name, address, e-mail and telephone number, their current CV, a research proposal not exceeding ten double spaced pages, and two letters of recommendation from academic advisors. Applicants should indicate how much time they would want to spend at the HBS and when they would like to start their tenure. Applications should be addressed to:
Hans Boeckler Foundation
c/o Dorothee Schmitz
Hans Boeckler Strasse 39
D-40476 Duesseldorf
Germany
Women in German has developed a brief survey to explore current thinking/practices concerning the acceptability of publications in digital media for promotion and tenure. They invite you to take a few minutes to complete the survey, available at:
http://survey.ipfw.edu/ss/wsb.dll/27/WIGsurvey.htm
The survey is also posted on the Women in German web site: http://www.womeningerman.org
The survey results will be posted on the Women in German Web site in February. If you have any questions, please contact Jeanette Clausen at clausen@ipfw.edu
ExBiNet – ExpertInnen and BürgerInnen im Netzwerk für Demokratie und Toleranz (i.e. EXPERTS AND CITIZENS NETWORK FOR DEMOCRACY AND TOLERANCE) will be offered in eight rural eastern German communities in the provinces of Sachsen-Anhalt and Brandenburg for the first time next summer (2007). The program aims to exchange experiences between Americans and Germans, and to develop and experiment with innovative methods for civic and cultural competency youth education and violence prevention in and outside of a school context. High school teachers would be perfect candidates for this program.
When: July 1-31, 2007
How: Each team, consisting of two US-Americans and two Germans, will live and work in one of eight project communities.
Costs: Participants pay for their own transportation to the project region, all expenses during the project weeks in Germany are covered (room and board, transportation within project region and project activities)
For more information, please contact Katharina Grote-Schwinges: Grote-Schwinges@t-online.de
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31st Annual Conference
Call for Papers
San Diego, CA
Oct 4-7, 2007
The Program Committee cordially invites proposals on any aspect of German, Austrian, or Swiss studies, including (but not limited to): history, Germanistik, film, political science, and cultural studies. Proposals for entire sessions and for interdisciplinary presentations are strongly encouraged. Individual paper proposals are also welcome. The programs from past GSA Conferences may be viewed at the GSA Web site (http://www.thegsa.org).
Please note that ALL proposals must be submitted online. Paper forms may not be used. Please see the GSA Web site for information about the submission process.
Deadline for proposals is February 15, 2007.
For more information, visit the GSA Web site - http://www.thegsa.org
or contact the Executive Director of GSA:
Prof. David E. Barclay
Dept of History
Kalamazoo College
1200 Academy St
Kalamazoo, MI 49006-3295
Fax: 269-337-7251
email: director@thegsa.org
or Program Chair:
Andrew Lees
Rutgers University
Dept of History
311 N 5th St
Camden, NJ 08102
email: alees@camden.rutgers.edu
The DAAD Center for German & European Studies at the University of Minnesota (CGES) is again offering its summer fellowship program for K-12 teachers of German. The 2007 Sprachakademie Wittenberg is open to teachers from anywhere in the continental United States. Ten selected Fellows will attend two workshops at the University of Minnesota and spend three weeks at the Institut fuer deutsche Sprache und Kultur in Lutherstadt Wittenberg (former East Germany). Program highlights include living with a German host family, visiting German schools, studying German culture and history in the city that produced Martin Luther and Melanchton, and excursions to Berlin, Potsdam, and Leipzig. The Wittenberg program is heavily subsidized by the DAAD. All selected applicants receive full fellowships that include tuition and fees, room and board with a German host family, and in-country trips to Berlin and Leipzig; international RT airfare to Berlin will be subsidized with up to $1,000; out-of-area teachers will also receive a subsidy to attend the Minnesota workshops. Fellowship application materials available at the Center's website at http://www.cges.umn.edu/fellowships/sprachakademie.htm
There is no application fee. Registration fee for teachers admitted into the program: $750 (non-refundable). For more information email cges@umn.edu or call 612-626-7705. Application deadline: January 15, 2007.
Sincerely,
Sabine Engel
Sabine Engel, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator
Center for German & European Studies
University of Minnesota
214 Social Sciences Building
267-19th Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
tel: 612-626-7705
fax: 621-625-0528
www.cges.umn.edu
The Davidson College Summer Institute offers a convenient, affordable, and intellectually stimulating summer format for German teachers to earn teaching certificate renewal credits (one Davidson credit, equivalent to four semester hours). All participants are enrolled in three mini-seminars, each meeting one and one-half hours daily for one week. The topics are "Didaktisches Arbeiten mit Spielen, Bildern, Liedern," "Deutsche Lyrik - 5 Tage, 5 Dichter," and "Jugendliche in neueren deutschen Filmen." $150 covers tuition, room, and board. Lunches are treated as German Tables, with the Institute faculty joining the participants for meals and conversation in German. Evenings will feature German films related to the seminar themes. Since all participants are expected to commit to speaking German only, the Institute is a weeklong Sprachbad. 15 participants will be admitted on a “first come, first served” basis, assuming appropriate credentials.
For further information contact Burkhard Henke at buhenke@davidson.edu or go to http://www.davidson.edu/german/summerinstitute
Russell Berman will direct a summer seminar sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities on the topic of "German Exile Culture in California: European Traditions and American Modernity," at Stanford University, June 25-August 6, 2007. The application deadline is March 1, and information is available at http://germanexile.stanford.edu or by email to berman@stanford.edu
Presence Switzerland, in close cooperation with the Embassy of Switzerland, Washington, DC will sponsor a study trip for German language and culture teachers to experience Switzerland firsthand! A maximum of 15 selected applicants will travel to Switzerland for an organized group program of approximately 5 days (plus travel time) in the Summer of 2007 to gain a picture of Switzerland based on diverse encounters.
To be considered for this study trip you must have at least 5 years of teaching experience and also be committed to service work in the German language comunity so that you can bring what you learn on this trip not only into the classroom but also to language meetings, counseling sessions, and other speaking engagements, thus sharing your knowledge with a true cross-section of American society. Preference will also be given to middle-school, high-school and undergraduate college teachers.
Your flight to and from Switzerland as well as basic hotel accommodations, meals, group travel within Switzerland, and accident insurance will be covered by Presence Switzerland. Extra hotel amenitites such as minibar, telephone, pay-TV, as well as overseas health insurance coverage are the responsibility of the participants.
Application deadline: February 16, 2007
Candidates selected will be contacted in March/April 2007.
http://www.eda.admin.ch/washington_emb/e/home/culedu/educat/schol.html
Go to www.swissemb.org and click on "Culture & Education" then "Education & Training" and lastly on "Scholarships" At the bottom of the listing is an announcement about the trip and an application form
For information, please contact Daniela Stoffel, Head Cultural Affairs - daniela.stoffel@eda.admin.ch
Embassy of Switzerland
2900 Cathedral Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20008
OBJECTIVE: How to develop and teach a business language curriculum for varying needs
WHEN: February 22-24, 2007
WHERE: The University of Memphis
COST: Early registration fee of $495
SCHOLARSHIPS: $200 scholarships available
WORKSHOP LEADERS:
German: Bettina Cothran, Georgia Tech
French: Steven Sacco, San Diego St. U.
Japanese: Robert Russell, Brigham Young University
Spanish: Michael Doyle, U. of No. Carolina-Charlotte
WORKSHOP INFORMATION:
https://umdrive.memphis.edu/g-wangcenter/www/pages/for_lang_wksp.htm
ONLINE REGISTRATION: https://umdrive.memphis.edu/g-wangcenter/www/pages/for_lang_registration.htm
CONTACT: jtutor@memphis.edu
Timeline
January 2007
Principals receive user account information for submitting the school's AP Course Audit materials through the Web.
Schools can begin submitting AP Course Audit forms and course syllabi through a Web-based process for 2007-08 course authorizations
June 1, 2007
Deadline for Submitting AP Course Audit Materials for 2007-08 Courses
Schools may submit their materials after the June 1 deadline; however the College Board cannot guarantee that courses submitted for review after this deadline will be authorized in time to be included in the first edition of the ledger of authorized AP courses provided to colleges and universities in November 2007. Colleges and universities will be informed of subsequently authorized courses via periodic updates to the ledger.
November 2007
Colleges and universities can review a ledger listing all schools offering authorized AP courses as well as the names of all courses authorized at each school. The ledger will also be available to the public.
Important Web sites
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/46361.html
Course Audit Resources for Teachers and Administrators
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/150356.html
Includes: