Graduate Summer Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction 2012- University of Amsterdam

Please note that this is an announcement on behalf of the University of Amsterdam; please write to them directly if you have a query. This is a summer school for graduate students only. Please apply directly to Amsterdam if you are interested. You may wish to know that you may apply for funding from Graduate Studies.  http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/intl/gradOverSeasEdu.html 

Last chance to join the world-renowned Summer Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam!!  There are still a few spots left with a partial scholarship of 400 Euro so send in your application before May 25, 2012.  : After this date, we will be unable to secure housing in the city center. 

• The Institute’s classes are intensive seminars with discussions, excursions, faculty lectures and guest lectures by prominent people in the field, such as Dr. Wim van den Brink and Dr. Reinout Wiers (both from UvA), and many others.
• Dr Harry Sumnall, Alice Rap project
• Anja Busse, UNODC
• Dr. Dennis McCarty will continue as the Academic Director.

Students have come from all over the world to attend the Summer Institute.  The Institute welcomes individuals with a focused interest in addiction research and treatment, Master’s and PhD students, NGO staff working on addiction-related issues, professionals in human services, practitioners and advocates.

The 2012 application can be found at the website (www.gsss.uva.nl/sia).

Announcement of 2 New Student Exchange Partners

Dear students

I am pleased to announce the recent addtion of 2 faculty-level students exchange agreements for undergraduates: one with the College of Foreign Language and Literature at Fudan University.

The second is Institute of Political Studies Bordeaux, France or Sciences Po Bordeaux as it is more commonly known.

Exchanges to these destinations will be available for AY2013/14. The next round of SEP application will be in September 2012. Please look out in your email for the application announcement.

Information: Kobe City University of Foreign Studies

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON BEHALF OF KCUFS.

Greetings from Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. With the cherry blossoms in full bloom our academic year has started. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as a newly appointed director of KCUFS International Office and inform you about our Intensive Japanese Language Summer Course (Summer Course) that is offered in August for four weeks.

This intensive course gives students opportunities to come in touch with the Japanese culture and the Japanese language in actual communication, and encourages them to improve their motivation for further study. We are now recruiting international students for the Summer Course 2012 until April 27, 2012.

Please find more detailed information:
http://www.kobe-cufs.ac.jp/english/international/japanese_language_program.html

The brochure and the application form for the Summer Course 2012can be downloaded on the following Web page http://www.kobe-cufs.ac.jp/english/international/jlp_summer2012.html

Should you have any question, please feel free to contact the International Office at the following:

Prof Ken Tamai, Director, International Office, Kobe City
international-office@office.kobe-cufs.ac.jp

University of Notre Dame London Summer Programme 2012

Dear students

This is just an information announcement for the University of Notre Dame London Summer Programme 2012.

The Faculty is looking to nominate 2 students for this summer school. There is no financial assistance or fee waiver for this summer school except maybe possibly getting a travel grant from IRO or you can apply under FASS Financial Aid.

Points to Note:

1. You must plan to arrive in London on May 17, 2012 and depart on 28 June 2012.
2. Your must completed at least one year of university study prior to participation.
3. The programme fee is  USD $ 5825 which covers tuition (two courses), accommodation, housing, insurance air travel, and admin fee.
4. The airfare return Singapore and London is a separate cost that you need to fund.  

 Selection Criteria:

1. A CAP of 3.0 and above;

2. Must not be in your final semester of studies before embarking on the summer programme.

If you are interested to be nominated, please then send an email to studyabroadfass@nus.edu.sg c/o Ms Amy Tan by 4.00 pm, 17 April, Tuesday with a small paragraph (no more than 300 words) on why you want to go for this summer school and a copy of your latest CAP score.

If you wish to know more about module mapping and credit transfer for summer school courses, please refer to this weblink.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Information session by Sciences Po Bordeaux on 23 April 2012 (Monday), 11.30am-12.30pm

Dear students

Good news! FASS is about to conclude an undergraduate student exchange agreement with Sciences Po Bordeaux and Mr Ludovic Renard who is the director of their International Relations Office will be at FASS on 23 April and he will be more than happy to meet with students who may be interested to head to Sciences Po Bordeaux perhaps in Spring or Fall of 2013.

I have also included a current list of courses that are offered in English at Sciences Po Bordeaux. Their Master level courses are also offered in English and may be available to undergraduate students. And of course their classes are also offered in French and students can also enrolled in French language courses.

Sciences Po Bordeaux English track courses

The venue is AS7 Level 1 Auditorium and the time is 11.30 am to 12.30 pm. There will be snacks and refreshment served after the information session.

We hope to see you there!

Summer of 2012

Dear students

Ahhh…. the summer of 2012; it was a magical time. I recall with the fondest of memories.

It is not too late, seeing that it is only April, there is still time to make your 2012 summer a fruitful one. The Study Abroad @ FASS has helped to identify a list of about 66 summer schools that could be part of your beautiful memories of this summer. We encourage students to head for these summer schools and then write to tell us about it.

International Summer Schools from Top 100

Have fun this summer

Caveat: Really sorry but there is no tuition fee waiver for these summer schools or any form of financial assistance. This is just a friendly neighbourhood notice from the Study Abroad@ FASS team.

Call for application: Ulm University Summer Research Internships

This is an announcement on behalf of the IRO. Please contact IRO directly if any query.

Ulm University (Ulm, Germany) is offering research attachment opportunities to replace the summer program that is no longer available this year.

Program: Summer Research Attachment Duration: 2- 3 months between June and August

Eligibility: students who have completed at least 2.5 years in a related field of studies

Funding: IRO Study and Travel Grant (amount to be determined) Ulm funding might be possible but not guaranteed.

Research areas: (please refer to attachment for a list of available projects)

Summer Research Internships at Universität Ulm_NU of Singapore

Engineering, Computing, Science, Mathematics, Economics and Natural Sciences (Physics, Biophysics, Chemistry)

How to apply:

Submit the following document to Mai Chu at iroctm@nus.edu.sg by April 10, 2012. 

1. Ulm Application Form (attached)

Application_Form

2. Supporting document required by Ulm (see page 3 of the application form for list of required document)  Note: “Study Plan” and “Certificate of Language Proficiency” are not required.

3. Statement of Motivation (attached)

Statement_Motivation

4. IRO Application Form (attached)

IRO Programme Application Form

International Research Attachment with Northwestern University and International Internships in Mexico with Tecnologico de Monterrey

This is an announcement on behalf of IRO. Please refer any query to them.

1. International Research Attachment with Northwestern University

Application deadline is next Friday, 6th April 2012. Students should refer to the attached PDF info sheet for programme information and application details, and submit their applications directly to IRO at irook@nus.edu.sg

i-RAP – Northwestern University

IRO Programme Application Form

Students can also visit the IRO website: http://www.nus.edu.sg/iro/opps/irap/northwestern/index.html

2. International Internships in Mexico with Tecnologico de Monterrey

Application deadline is next Friday, 6th April 2012.  Students should refer to the attached PDF info sheet for programme information and application details, and submit their applications directly to IRO at irook@nus.edu.sg.

i-Intern – Tecnologico de Monterrey

IRO Programme Application Form

Insider Story!!! Juicy Details!! Lecturers spill all about OdySEA 2012

Good news! As part of our on-going summer school offerings, we have put together an exciting programme for you this summer called OdySEA 2012. The lecturers for this summer school are most eager to share with you their thoughts as well as their ideas on what you can learn from the courses that they will be teaching. They will also be able to tell you more about the 2 weeks on-the-road, in-the-field trip to Thailand and the Philippines. Do join us if you want to know more about the courses this summer.

All of this is happening on Tuesday 3 April at 6.30 pm at LT11 @ FASS. Also Amy and I will be on hand to answer any of your queries as well. And don’t forget as part of this summer school, both FASS and FOS will be giving all of you participating in this summer school a financial award of $500 to as well as a 50% reduction in your summer school tuition fees.

Do come down if you are still deciding on what to do this summer as OdySEA promises to be one that will be not just academically enriching but one that will you will remember most about your time at NUS.

Shirley

StudyAbroad @FASS

Graduate Students Announcement: Flying University of Transnational Humanities July 15 to 18 2012

Please note that this is an announcement on behalf of Hanyang University. Please direct all query to them.

Please note that FASS considers this as  a workshop/conference and not a summer school.

This is to announce that the third Flying University of Transnational Humanities (FUTH) will take place at Hanyang University from July 15 through 18, 2012.  FUTH is one of RICH’s most important academic events in the year, and provides a great opportunity for exchange and networking among graduate students and young scholars from around the globe.

 The total number of student participants will be limited to around 24 in order to give sufficient time for student presentations, and the extended deadline for student applications is March 30.

 FUTH 2012 will address an important yet less explored issue in the discussion of borders—namely, knowledge.  The production and use of knowledge are always embedded in specific social and historical contexts.  How then, does knowledge travel across borders?  How is it translated, appropriated, or contested in different contexts?  And how does locally-produced knowledge come to acquire the status of globality (or not)?  With these questions as a basis, FUTH 2012—under the title of “Borders of Knowledge”—aims to provide students with a unique opportunity to critically examine the theme of the making and unmaking of the (national, cultural, etc) borders of knowledge (including the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, law, and other forms of knowledge). 

As a graduate level global summer schoo, FUTH 2012 consists of lectures and student presentation & feedback sessions. All the lecturers have been confirmed, and their names and lecture titles are:

· Johan Heilbron (Centre Europeen de Sociologie et de Science Politique de la Sorbonne, France / Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands), “The Human Sciences as a Cultural World System”

· Christian Fleck (Department of Sociology, University of Graz, Austria), “Some Remarks on the Methodologies Used in Writing the History of the Social Sciences and Humanities”

· Alice L. Conklin (Department of History, Ohio State University, U.S.A.), “Race as Social Myth: The Emergence of International Scientific Anti-Racism after World War II”

· Fa-ti Fan (State University of New York-Birminghamton, U.S.A.), “The Global Turn in the History of Science”

· Yoav Di-Capua (University of Texas-Austen, U.S.A.), TBA

· Michael Kim (Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University, Korea), “Crossing the Linguistic Divide: The Boundaries of Knowledge Production in the Publications of Colonial Korea”

· Closing Remarks by: Frank Hadler (University of Leipzig, Germany)

 Please see the attached flyer and tentative program for a detailed description of FUTH 2012. 

 FUTH-2012-Flyer-Updated (2)

FUTH-2012-Tentative-Program_120309

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, our research professor Eunhye Kwon (eunhyekwon1@gmail.com) or our academic coordinator, Ms. Sunghee Hong (shongshrong@gmail.com).