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29-Jan-2005 10:33 AM

Fulbright American Studies 2005

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FULBRIGHT AMERICAN STUDIES INSTITUTES 2005

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and the US Embassy to Armenia are pleased to announce the Fulbright American Studies Institute Program 2005. The program is designed as a rigorous 6-week faculty level seminar for multinational groups of professionals (see eligibility criteria below). The purpose of the institutes is to provide participants from countries worldwide with a deeper understanding of American society, culture, and institutions, past and present, in order to strengthen curricula and improve the quality of teaching about the U.S. in college, university, and secondary school classrooms abroad. This year SEVEN institute programs are offered:

1. The Civilization of the United States

2. U.S. Political Economy and the Global Economic System

3. Fulbright American Studies Institute for Secondary Educators

4. Contemporary American Literature

5. U.S. Foreign Policy

6. Religious Pluralism in the U.S.

7. American Politics and Political Thought

Program Requirements: Participants are expected to attend the entire program. They are also expected to attend all lectures and non-optional organized activities, and complete assigned readings. Family members and/or friends cannot accompany participants on any part of the program. Please note that teaching methodology and pedagogical techniques will not be addressed formally in the institutes. The institutes are very intensive and there will be very little time for personal pursuits unrelated to the program. While the equivalent of one day a week will be set aside for faculty-assisted curricular research and independent study, the institute should not be viewed as a research program.

Eligibility: Applicants should be university faculty including teachers, trainers, department chairs, curriculum developers, textbook writers, scholars as well as secondary school educators. The ideal candidate will be an experienced professional with little or no recent study experience in the US, whose home institution is seeking to introduce aspects of US studies into the curriculum; to develop new courses in the subject of the institute; or, to enhance and update existing courses on the US.

Good knowledge of English is required as the seminars are conducted in English.

Program Funding: The U.S. Government will cover all institute costs, i.e. international travel and allowances; domestic travel and ground transportation; book, cultural, mailing and incidental allowances; admissions; housing and subsistence.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE US EMBASSY IN ARMENIA NO LATER THAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2005.

Please find the application form and short description of each Institute attached, as well as available on the U.S. Embassy website www.usa.am/announcements.html.

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