The VU Amsterdam Summer School offers interactive small-scale courses (max. 25 participants) in a wide range of fields. One of these fields is Law. We offer several courses that might be interesting for you as a student.
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Interested? Take a look at the flyer for more information or check website: www.amsterdamsummerschool.nl.
Any questions or suggestions, please contact the coordinators at amsterdamsummerschool@vu.nl.
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Greetings from Kwansei Gakuin University!
KGU is currently seeking applicants for our graduate programs starting from 2017 Fall semester.
For 2017 Fall semester, the three graduate schools below will be accepting several outstanding Master’s and Ph.D. level students on the basis of recommendation from our partner institutions;
– Graduate School of Science and Technology
– Graduate School of Language, Communication, and Culture
– Institute of Business and Accounting
We will also be offering a full tuition scholarship for the standard length of the program (2 years for Master’s programs, 3 years for PhD programs) for up to 4 students who enter KGU in 2017 Fall semester.
For more information and application process, please check our website.
English: http://global.kwansei.ac.jp/study_abroad_at_kg/study_abroad_at_kg_203348.html
Japanese: http://www.kwansei.ac.jp/c_ciec/c_ciec_013437.html
If you have any further questions, please contact us at liuxue@kwansei.ac.jp .
Call for Applications: France and Singapore Comparative Cultural Rhetoric Academy
Programme Dates: 29 May – 10 June 2017
Description
In many places in the world, we see more and more people attempting to resolve differences (national, cultural, ethnic, or political) through physical violence. The ancient Greek art of rhetoric taught citizens ways to forestall such violent clashes through making impassioned, reasoned, and ethical appeals to their communities. Although it is unrealistic to believe that every conflict can be resolved through dialogue, rhetoric can help us understand how an image of a community is created and addressed in speech situations and what conditions make a cross-cultural encounter possible.
The Comparative Cultural Rhetorics Academy, a two-week undergraduate intensive non-credit seminar, brings the ancient art of rhetoric into contemporary Asian and European settings to help students understand how to communicate across national, cultural, ethnic, and linguistic differences. Bridging two continents, students study for one week in Singapore and one week in Reims, a French city famous for its historic and culinary heritage. This French-Singaporean collaboration pushes students to engage in intercultural dialogues across ideological, religious, and cultural differences with peers rooted in diverse historical, national, and cultural contexts and traditions.
During the Academy, students analyze and produce texts that speak across different kinds of Asian and European communicative practices. Students will examine the extent to which European rhetorical approaches and some of their key concepts (ethos, parrhesia, tropes, commonplaces) can engage both Asian and European contexts and traditions. Further, students will develop skills used in traditional academic rhetorical analyses as well as skills used in rhetorical analyses of foodscapes. Some examples may include creating a cookbook, closely reading menus, and observing foodscapes.
The academy will focus on a theme, “Rhetorics of Food.” For both France and Singapore, food is a primary marker of national identity, and it illustrates some ways in which migration and cultural contact affect language use. Therefore, the academy investigates questions such as: How do the relations between language and food negotiate identities (national, ethnic, familial, individual, cultural) in urban environments where migration, cultural contact, and linguistic contact are constant? How do we use food to communicate across linguistic differences? How do we talk about food (cookbooks, menus, food reviews)? And how do food-related rituals work as triggers for “cultural intimacy”?
The academy will hold morning meetings (e.g. discussion, lecture, instruction), afternoon workshops (e.g. researching, interviewing, writing cookbooks), and evening events and excursions (e.g. films, shared dinners), Monday-Friday, each week.
For a ‘student’s perspective’ on the programme, please refer to the following article.
Questions?
For questions, please do not hesitate to contact the co-facilitators of the Academy, Mark Brantner (National University of Singapore) and Myriam Faten Sfar (Sciences Po): cultural.rhetoric.academy@gmail.com
Cost
Application
Between 12 and 16 students, divided equally between France and Singapore, will be selected. The Academy will be open to undergraduates from Sciences Po and NUS. Sciences Po and NUS faculty will select students based on a letter of interest, C.V., and a short essay. The admissions procedure may include an interview.
Closing date: Monday 27 March 2017
Interested students should apply HERE along with submission of the following:
| a. A short statement of your main motivation for attending this Academy;
b. One or two family or community recipes you find relevant for the theme of this Academy. We will use them both as case studies and as core materials for the cookbook we want to publish. c. A two-page, double-spaced analysis of the recipe you chose. This short essay might deal with one of the following topics: · Recipes and the act of transmission (e.g.: From whom and how did you receive these recipes? Who else has these recipes? What are the histories of these recipes? Who is involved in these histories? How do these recipes act as a “collective memory” for the people who have shared the recipes?) · Recipes and Social rituals: (e.g.: Do these recipes participate in any familial or cultural rituals? [1]) · Recipes, history, globalization: (e.g.: Are the ingredients or the methods of cooking your recipes tied to patterns of migration or globalization?) · Food in the 22nd century: (e.g.: With new ecological and demographical concerns, the way we eat will probably change quickly. How will we feed the world population by the 22nd century? Ranging from chemistry, technology, and ethics, this question can be addressed through a line of argument or by analyzing a case study (a recipe or a practice (e.g. street food) which is bound to change and adapt, or has already changed). A comparative perspective can also be taken.
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[1] See M. Herzfeld, Cultural Intimacy-Social Poetics in the Nation-States. New York-London, Routledge, 1997
Application for TUFS Short Stay Summer Program 2017 (from July 18 to August 4, 2017) is now open and its application deadline is March 15, 2017.
TUFS Short Stay Summer Program 2017 – Japanese Language & Cultural Studies will be held from July 18th to August 4th, 2017 in Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. This three-week intensive program is aimed at learners of the Japanese language who are currently enrolled in universities. The admission priority is given to the students who are currently enrolled in our partner universities. TUFS offer two courses – Business Japanese and General Japanese. Both courses are designed to be practical ones providing the learners hands-on exposure to everyday Japanese language commonly used in Japanese education, culture, and society.
Please visit the web site below for further details regarding the course description, admission procedure, scholarship, and etc. The program schedule and program leaflet can also be downloaded from the same web site.
(English) http://www.tufs.ac.jp/english/intlaffairs/exchange_in/sssp.html
(Japanese) http://www.tufs.ac.jp/intlaffairs/exchange_in/sssp.html
(Frequently Asked Questions) http://www.tufs.ac.jp/english/intlaffairs/exchange_in/ss_faq.html
Should you have any inquiries regarding this program, please do not hesitate to contact TUFS at pro-s-stay@tufs.ac.jp.
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The EU Centre together with its partners in the Jean Monnet Network on Challenges to Multiculturalism and Multilateralism (JMN-CMM) are supporting the 2017 AEI-ASEM Summer School on “Cultural Pluralism in Asia and Europe” (from 24 July to 11 August).
This 3-week Summer School with interactive learning modules and field trips in Malaysia and Belgium (Brussels and Bruges) will explore the broad theme of integration and multiculturalism.
Five Scholarship Grants Available for the Summer School!
The EU Centre is providing 5 grants for matriculated students from three Singaporean universities (NUS, NTU, SMU). Each Grant will cover the USD1000 fees for the Summer School plus a €300 travel subsidy. The USD1000 fees will cover course materials, accommodation, meals and cultural trips and activities in Malaysia and Belgium.
If you are interested in applying for the grant for the Summer School, please send in your CV, copy of transcript and a personal motivation letter (500-600 words) spelling out your interest on the theme of Cultural Pluralism in Asia and Europe.
Your application should reach eucentresg-jmncmm@nus.edu.sg
(before 21 April 2017)
For more information and updates, visit JMN-CMM Website and follow JMN-CMM Facebook
This message is broadcast on behalf of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
The School of Humanities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University launched its SJTU Summer Session 2017 in July this year.
Application deadline: 30th April 2017
The programme dates of the summer school are: 6th July 2017-3rd August 2017 (4 weeks)
Credit: 4 credits
Application fee: RMB 400 (USD 60)
Tuition fee total: RMB 12000 (USD1804)
S002: China Studies
Whilst China has been undergoing a series of significant changes and challenges since the 1840s, the pioneering role of Shanghai has always been a microcosm of China’s developmental process. Telling China Story, from the perspective of Shanghai, to the globe would largely reflect on sociocultural changes towards Sino-foreign conflicts, urban development, literature and life narratives etc. This programme combines specialists from the School of Humanities in the fields of literature,history, and geography in order to advance students’ understandings of how China marches into the twentieth-first century.
Assessment
Performance and engagement in class, 60%
Fieldwork Report or Course Dissertation, 40%
Further details of this exciting Summer Programme including programme content, fees and the application process can be found in the pdf: 2017summer programme SJTU-22gqv7m
If you have any questions about the summer session, please do not hesitate to contact us at liujingjing@sjtu.edu.cn.
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Dear students
This is a message broadcast on behalf of the Sino-Singapore Undergraduate Exchange Programme (SSUE).
SSUE is running again this year and it will be in is 14th cycle.
SSUE is a 4 weeks study trip (2 weeks in China and 2 weeks in Singapore) which aims to help NUS students gain a global perspective and a better understanding of China and its potential and also exposes Chinese students to aspects of Singapore life, education and culture.
For more information: http://www.nus.edu.sg/iro/prog/others/sinosg.html
Programme Details
Date: 1 – 15 June 2017 (China)
17- 31 July 2017 (Singapore)
Location: Nanjing (Jiangsu Province) and Kunming (Yunnan Province)
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Dear Students
It’s only a month’s away before the FASStrack 2017 application closes on 15 March 2017! Refer to the pdf file to find out more about FASStrack 2017!
To summarise for NUS students: Enjoy all the memorable fun and lifetime international friendship at
a) Zero CORS bidding points
b) Tuition fee rebate applies for 2014/2015 cohort onward, and
c) Bell curve is not applicable for classes with less than 40 students
To summarise for international students: Singapore is the gateway to Asia! Explore and enjoy the multi-cultural experience within Singapore and our neighbouring Southeast Asian countries on top of all the unforgettable fun memories and friends made from all over the world including NUS friends!
Hope to see you this summer! 🙂
Dear Students, message from Kwansei Gakuin University.
Kwansei Gakuin University Intensive Japanese Culture Program offers students a 5 week program focused on learning/improving Japanese language skills, and discovering Japanese culture, will be open for application from students between 1 March to 31 March.
The program will be aimed at those with Upper-Elementary Japanese language skills, and will include language courses and culture courses through workshops conducted in Japanese. Therefore we require applicants to be at the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) N4-N5 level, details of which you will find more information on the following website: https://www.jlpt.jp/e/about/levelsummary.html
This program is open to students on a fee-paying basis at JPY290,000. It is an ideal program for those students who want to study in Japan, but are unable to come for a semester/year-long program, or would like to experience living in Japan, or aim to improve their Japanese language skills.
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Dear All
Thank you for attending the Ewha information session earlier. For more information, please refer to the pdf files:
2017_Ewha_ISC_information_session-1og7wan
2017 Ewha ISC Brochure_EN-1dhxbeo
If you have any enquiries on the programme, please contact Ms Mimi via email at gosummer@ewha.ac.kr or leave a message on www.facebook.com/ewhasummer.
Thank you.