Fall Semester 2010 – Multidisciplinary Seminar on Issues and Approaches in Global Studies

Graduate students can still join this multidisciplinary conversation about global research!

Fall Semester 2010 – Multidisciplinary Seminar on Issues and Approaches in Global Studies

Course GRAD-I701 Multidisciplinary Seminar on Issues and Approaches in Global Studies*

Fall Semester 2010 — Section 19161

Seminar Room, 201 N. Indiana Ave.

Friday 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

*NOTE: This course will fulfill a requirement for the Global Studies Ph.D. Minor.

The overall goal of this seminar is to help graduate students generate a global research framework that incorporates various disciplinary perspectives and complements and strengthens their own disciplinary and regionally specific academic interests. It is designed to stimulate students to think critically about a broad range of theoretical and methodological issues involved in transnational research, including research ethics, qualitative and quantitative approaches, the intersections of global and local, research design from different disciplinary perspectives, as well as the exploration and unpacking of definitions and assumptions that impact global scholarship. A number of presentations will be made by guest lecturers familiar with international/global research. One of the goals of the seminar is to create a “community of young scholars” and as such there is a strong emphasis on attending regularly, participating actively, and presenting critical evaluations in a scholarly manner.

Graduate students from a wide range of disciplines and professional schools, including those who are working on preliminary dissertation research designs, will benefit from this seminar. Students will be required to present a critical evaluation of a Ph.D. dissertation of their choice (presumably on a topic relevant to their own research interests), compile an annotated bibliography on a global issue, and develop, as well assess, a preliminary research design.

We are also pleased to announce that all research designs submitted by students enrolled in this seminar are automatically entered into a competition for roundtrip airfare to your research site and a $1000.00 travel stipend to conduct international preliminary research. This competition is specifically reserved for students in this seminar and is not open to other students.

If you are interested in learning more about this seminar, contact:

Hilary E. Kahn, Associate Director

Center for the Study of Global Change

201 N. Indiana Ave.

Bloomington, IN 47408-4001

Phone: 855- 5545

E-mail: hkahn@indiana.edu

For more information about the Global Studies Ph.D. Minor program: www.indiana.edu/~global/academic/minor.php