Brown Bag Lecture: Eliza Slavet, “Secret Inclinations and Implications”
Wednesday, May 14
12-1:30pm
Student Services Center, Room 400
Free and Open to the Public
Presented by The Program for the Study of Religion
2008 Brown Bag Lecture Series
ELIZA SLAVET
“Secret Inclinations and Implications”
A presentation on Racial Fever: Freud and the Jewish Question (Fordham University Press, 2009).
Buddhism in a Global Age of Technology
8:00 PM Thursday, April 10, 2008
Robinson Auditorium, IRPS Complex east of Eleanor Roosevelt College
Free and open to the public. Presented by the Burke Lectureship in Religion and Society.
Lewis R. Lancaster
Former D. S. Chen Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies and Professor Emeritus, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Berkeley
Religion and Geo-Politics: Can Islam and Democracy Live Together?
4:30 - 6 PM, Tuesday, March 25, 2008
UC San Diego Faculty Club
Public lecture sponsored by UC San Diego School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and Religion and Politics Series, St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, La Jolla, California.
Speaker: Amedee Turner, Queen’s Counsel and Honorary Member of the European Parliament
As the war in Iraq winds down and that in Afghanistan continues, the issue of America’s interface with two billion Islam resonates in the media. To tap the views of Muslims living and working in the US and Britain, Amedee Turner, a London barrister and former Member of the European Parliament for Britain and Queen’s Counsel, recently conducted a survey of discussions among well-informed Muslims living in the US and Britain.
For more information, please visit
http://irps.ucsd.edu/news/events/event_20080227.htm
Teaching Opportunities (Summer 2008)
Who:
Johns Hopkins University - Center for Talented Youth
What:
Summer employment opportunity for your graduate and undergraduate students. We are seeking enthusiastic instructors and program assistants (PAs) to work in our summer programs. CTY offers intense 3-week academic programs for highly talented students from across the country and around the world. Instructors’ primary responsibilities are to plan and conduct their classes and labs, monitor the progress of each of their students, and supervise their PAs (there is one assistant for each instructor). PAs not only assist an instructor in the classroom, but also oversee afternoon activities.
Where:
We have a day site for 2nd through 6th grade students at:
La Jolla Country Day School
9490 Genesee Avenue
La Jolla, CA 92037
When:
June 26 – July 19
Salary:
Instructor salaries range from $2100 – $3000 for the 3-week session, depending on education and experience. The starting salary for a program assistant is $1,100 for the 3-week session.
Courses:
Pirates: History and Culture * Journeys and Explorations * Geometry and Spatial Sense * Inductive and Deductive Reasoning * Math Problem Solving * Numbers: Zero to Infinity * Be a Scientist! * Sensation and Perception * Inventions * Science and Engineering * Through the Microscope * Writing Workshop: Modern Fantasy * Writing and Reading Workshop * Writing and Imagination
Visit:
www.cty.jhu.edu/summer/employment
<http://www.cty.jhu.edu/summer/employment>
·Review full job descriptions and responsibilities for all positions
·View course descriptions and sample syllabi
·Learn about additional opportunities
·Download an application
You can also contact us at 410–735–6185 or ctysummer@jhu.edu for more information.
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