Italian Language Proficiency Exam

The Italian Language Proficiency exam has been scheduled this semester for Friday, September 19, 2008 from 9:00-11:00 am in BH 004. In order to sign up, please email Jocelyn Karlan the following information by September 12:

- Name
- Department
- Student ID #

The exam entails the translation from Italian into English of one or two articles from a current newspaper or journal.
Please note that Reference materials (Dictionaries, Blackberries, etc) are NOT allowed at the exam.

If you would like to have a better idea about what the exam entails, you can ask for a copy of the articles used the previous years for the exam from the Graduate Secretary of the French and Italian Department. She can be contacted by email: jkarlan@indiana.edu or phone 855-1088.

HORIZONS OF KNOWLEDGE LECTURE

Sponsored by the Departments of Communication & Culture, Gender Studies, History, and American Studies

Presents transgender filmmaker
GWEN HAWORTH
of the award-winning 2007 film “She’s A Boy I Knew”

Speaking on "The Power of Self-Representation in Filmmaking on Issues of Gender and Sexuality"

Friday, October 31, 2008
Noon-1:15 p.m.
Room 100, 800 E. 3rd Street -- Q&A to follow

To see the film prior to the talk, please join us for a screening of
“She’s A Boy I Knew” (70 min.)

Thursday Oct. 30
7:15 – 8:30 p.m. in Wylie 015

Both events are free and open to the public.

Using archival family footage, interviews, phone messages, and animation, Haworth's documentary “She's a Boy I Knew” begins in 2000 with Steven Haworth's decision to come out to his family about his life-long female gender identity. The resulting auto-ethnography is not only an exploration into the filmmaker's process of transition from biological male to female, from Steven to Gwen, but also an emotionally charged account of the individual experiences, struggles, and stakes that her two sisters, mother, father, best friend and wife brought to Gwen's transition.

For more info on the film and filmmaker visit: www.artflick.com

If you have a disability or need assistance, arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please contact Prof. Susan Seizer, 856-1986

1-Hour Library Research Seminars for Faculty and Grad Students

Sign up now for research seminars designed to help you learn new skills or brush up on your research techniques.

During September, The Reference Department is offering free one-hour seminars to help you find the best resources and tools for your research.

Visit http://www.indiana.edu/~library/seminars to register.

Library Resources on the Web: What's New? What Should I Use?

Most library services and many scholarly resources are available on the web, accessible from home, office or off-campus. The fall we have made changes to the library web site, but it still features sections for our Resource Gateway, Services, and Subjects. The Search box is a great

shortcut! We will highlight some of the resources (journal and newspaper indexes, electronic journals) and services (Request Article Delivery and Request Delivery services, etc.) that we think you will find most helpful. Also intended as an overview for new faculty and graduate students.

Keeping Up with New Research: RSS and Current Awareness Services

This session will focus on automatic search techniques. We will show you how to set up searches and have information delivered to your desktop or to your inbox at your convenience.

Advanced Googling: Finding Scholarly Information on the Web

Learn about Google Scholar, Google Book Search (a collection of digitized books) and other related resources that supplement library resources and databases, such as Zotero (a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources).

Introduction to IUScholarworks

IUScholarworks is Indiana University's centralized, electronic, institutional repository for academic research, both pre- and post-publication. It is non-profit, designed to showcase and collect academic works for their long-term preservation and improved access, for the benefit of the scholarly community at large, and no charge is made for the use of any of the material deposited there. For area studies disciplines such as African Studies, this is a particularly

powerful tool to provide increased access to research for our colleagues on the continent. This workshop presents an overview of IUScholarworks and a demonstration of the submission process. It will also discuss the issue of copyright and specifically, the author's rights as they sign publishing contracts.

IUCAT: Tips and Tricks to Get the Most from your Catalog Searching

IUCAT is an extraordinarily powerful search tool. This session will demonstrate searching beyond the basic level. We will look at Advanced searching techniques to improve accuracy in your research, such as using subject headings and limiting large search results. We will explore IUCAT as a tool for obtaining materials beyond the campus, and discuss ways of searching for materials in different formats.

Citation Indexes on the Web (Web of Science)

The Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index (back as far as 1955) are available on the Web. In addition to indexing articles, the Citation Indexes index footnotes, making it possible to trace patterns of influence among scholars and scientists. Citation Alerts can be set up and search analysis tools are available.

And more….

Please visit http://www.indiana.edu/~library/seminars for complete

seminar listings, descriptions, and to register.

Midwest Winter Workshop

We are pleased to announce that the 4th annual Midwest Winter Workshop will occur January 17, 2009 at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. This workshop was originally developed through graduate student collaboration at Indiana University and Illinois. Over the past four years the workshop has brought together graduate students and top faculty from participating universities to share ideas, explore timely problematics, and assist graduate students at all levels of the research and writing process. We hope you will join us in Minneapolis for this year’s workshop.

Our theme for this workshop is “Critical Cultural Connections.” This theme recognizes the common work between participating universities in critical cultural studies from rhetorical, media and other areas of communication studies. We hope the workshop will provide a space to explore the common critical orientation of our work and to consider new articulations of critical practice.

The workshop this year will consist of an opening plenary, simultaneous faculty break-out panels, and graduate student workshops. We cordially invite you to participate in the graduate student workshop. During this time, 2 faculty members will workshop 3-5 student papers. The goal of the workshop is to take papers to the next level: from seminar papers to conference submissions, conference papers to publication, etc. Students will submit papers 1 month in advance of the workshop allowing adequate time for thorough review.

We feel that this workshop is an imperfect but extremely useful process and we try to make things as financially accessible as possible. Unlike many other conferences, there is no registration fee for this workshop. At the University of Minnesota, our ambition is to host graduate students with other graduate students in order to avoid the usual costs of attending out of town conventions. Don’t forget your sleeping bags!

Please consider joining us in the beautiful Twin Cities!

Deadlines:
November 15, 2007—Please notify us regarding your intent to participate with a title and brief abstract (100-200 words). Send notification to Amy Pason (pason001@umn.edu).
December 31, 2007—Please send us a draft of the paper you would like to workshop. The paper may be at any level development but should at least include enough text for the faculty to get a strong sense of the argument and to make helpful suggestions for improvement. Please try and keep these drafts under 25 pages in length.

We look forward to seeing you in Minneapolis. Please contact Amy Pason
(pason001@umn.edu) with any questions or to RSVP. Don’t forget to pack warm clothes!

New Link - IDS Online

Please note the new link to the electronic version of the Indiana Daily Student. This award winning daily campus newspaper includes campus, local, state, national, and international news, as well as ads for local businesses.

Office Hours

If you have not done so already, please send Kathy your office hours and teaching hours for the fall semester.

New Job Postings

Yesterday (Aug. 26), I added several new job postings to the Employment Opportunities Link. Where they are listed in each posting, application deadlines are highlighted in yellow.

New Link - IU Internal Awards for Current Students

Please check the new link, IU Internal Awards, Grants, and Other Funding Opportunities, for information about applying for various internal grants.

UGS Annual Wine and Cheese Reception

All graduate and professional students and graduate advisors are invited to this annual event. The staff and Deans ot the University Graduate School will be there to meet and talk with students and graduate advisors.

When: Friday, Septemebr 5th
Time: 5 - 7 pm
Where: Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, Grand Hall

For a map from COB (Classroom Office Building) to the location, click here.

Annual GPSO Cookout

All Graduate and Professional students are invited to the annual GPSO cookout: free food for everyone!

When: Sunday, August 31st
Time: 2 - 5 pm
Where Bryan Park, Woodlawn Shelter

For a map to Bryan Park, click here.

eAdd requires an action from YOU!

More information from Tara for AIs: PLEASE READ!

When a student makes an eAdd request, the instructor of record for the course will receive an e-mail stating that a student would like to add the course.

The instructor may click on the link provided in the e-mail and follow the steps to add a student to the course or to deny the student’s request. Requests must be either approved or disapproved – do not ignore an eAdd request even if you do not plan to approve it. If you do not approve or disapprove the request in a timely fashion, the Registrar will send you annoying reminder e-mails and will eventually call you (and possibly me as well) to see what is causing the delay. So for your own sake as well as mine, please address these requests promptly!

If an instructor has multiple eAdd requests to approve or disapprove, beginning with the Action List in Onestart may be quicker than following the link in the e-mail. The Action List collects all your eAdd requests in one place. To access your Action List, log on to Onestart and click on the Notifications tab at the top of the page.

Hopefully when you receive an eAdd request, it will be from a student who has been attending your class and who has already spoken with you about the possibility of joining the class. However, as any student can submit an eAdd request and as the eAdd process is much easier and more anonymous than the old paper add system, it is possible that you will receive requests from students who have never attended your class or who have never spoken or corresponded with you in any way. I do not foresee this being a huge problem, but it could still happen. Feel free to deny these requests, as students should have at least let you know about their desire to add the class before submitting an eAdd request.

One final note: the Registrar’s data about your class and class roster is correct. It is updated the minute a student adds or drops your class. Oncourse is a UITS product and gets new information every night from the Registrar, so if you wonder why there is a discrepancy between the Registrar’s info and Oncourse’s info it is because Oncourse is not up to date.

Drop and Add and What It Means for AIs

This was just forwarded from Tara Kaufman, our undergraduate advisor. If you are an AI this year, this is important information!

Welcome to another academic year! I hope that you had a relaxing and productive summer and that you are excited about the upcoming semester.

I want to share some information with you about eAdd, which is a feature on Onestart that will (starting in fall 2008) allow all Bloomington students to make online requests to be added to courses after the first week of classes.

First, a bit of information about what happens before the end of the first week of classes. This year, because classes do not meet on Labor Day, the first week of classes runs from Tuesday, September 2^nd through midnight on Monday, September 8^th. During this period, students can make all schedule adjustments on Onestart (adds, drops, section changes, etc.). Students do not need your permission to add a course during the first week of classes. If seats are open in a particular class, they can just go online and enroll in the course.

During the first week of classes (Tuesday, September 2^nd through Monday, September 8^th), the waitlist will be run every night. As students drop classes, waitlisted students will automatically be added. Students may get into your class off the waitlist until the end of the day on Monday the 8^th, when the waitlist will be run for the final time.

Amy and I cannot add or drop students during the first week of classes (or at any other time, for that matter). Students must always add and drop themselves. During the first week, what I can do (an so can Amy and Kathy for graduates) is give them permission to add over the cap set on your class, regardless of their position on the waitlist. The student must then go on Onestart and enroll in the course.

Your class is capped and I will never override the cap unless I have your permission. This means when Susie Student comes to me and says, “Professor A says I can add her class,” I will always tells her to have you send me a note or an e-mail. The caps are usually set for good reason and you should never be afraid to tell a student NO. If they are CMCL majors, Amy or I can help them find other classes and options.

After the first week of classes, the waitlist becomes meaningless. With instructor permission, students can still add classes after this point, but they will not get in off the waitlist and their position on the waitlist is irrelevant. Instead, they will have to submit an eAdd request on Onestart or bring the old late add paper slip to you for the required signature.

Now that classes can be added online using eAdd, I do not think that many students will use the paper add slips this fall. However, the slips are still available should students choose to use them. Sabrina, Amy, Kathy, and I DO NOT have late drop/add slips here in our offices. Any College student who needs to get a slip to add a class must go to the College of Arts and Sciences Recorder’s Office in Kirkwood Hall 001. Any University Division student must see their University Division advisor to get a slip. Students in other schools should see their advisors.

Kick-Off the New Academic Year

The Department of Communication and Culture invites all faculty, grad students, and staff to join us for our annual Academic Year Kick-Off. Partners and children are welcome.

Place: Tutto Bene
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Date: August 31st, 2008
Day: Sunday

C121 DVDs

If you still have a C121 DVD from last year, please return it to Cindy Smith asap!

Deadline Extended - Contact Jennifer Robinson

I forwarded this to y'all last week, but Jennifer Robinson tells me the deadline is extended until Friday, August 29th. Please contact Jennifer for more information.

You are invited to participate in a collaborative study of disciplinary teaching methods as part of a grant. You are eligible to apply if you have received an AI award for both Fall and Spring semesters of the 2008/09 academic year from the departments of Anthropology, Biology, or Communication and Culture. Your participation in this study will require at least 10 meetings between September and May on Wednesdays from 1:30 – 3:30 PM. It will also require visits to your classroom and interviews by the project assessment specialist.

No grade or course credit will be provided. Participants selected will receive an honorarium for a written portfolio completed by May 15 of the year of participation. The honorarium for participants in the first year is $3,000. Your portfolio may be used in publications or professional conferences in ways that link you to the work. You may also choose to use a pseudonym when publishing your work.

All student data collected to be used in this study will be destroyed on or before January 1, 2013.

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Offices Closed for Labor Day

All university office will be closed on Labor Day, September 1st. Offices will open, and classes will begin on Tuesday, September 2nd.

Probation and Dismissal

The College of Arts & Sciences requires a minimum of a B average (3.0) in graduate work for continuance in graduate study and for the awarding of all graduate degrees. A student will be placed on academic probation automatically for a grade point average below the expected minimum, the accumulation of three or more grades of Incomplete, or a failed first attempt of the qualifying examination. A student will also be placed on academic probation at the recommendation of the department for insufficient progress or upon review of the student’s academic record by the dean. A student must be placed on probation and given an opportunity to demonstrate improved progress for at least one full academic semester before the student may be dismissed from the graduate degree program. Once placed, a student will remain on probation for one full academic semester. At any time a department may recommend to the dean that a student be placed on academic probation for failure to make sufficient progress toward the degree. The College expects students to remain on probation no longer than one academic year.

eDrop/eAdd

After a successful pilot this past year, the Office of the Registrar will introduce an electronic process for Late Drop/Add via the Web beginning Sept. 9^th through the Automatic W deadline. More information on eDrop/eAdd is available on the registrar’s Web site. The convenience of electronic drop/add during the Late Drop/Add period will prompt many graduate students to adjust their schedules online, so it is extremely important for graduate students to understand the costs associated with late drop add beginning on September 9^th.

Please consider the following example. If an AI (classified as a non-resident student, enrolled in 12 credit hours) waits until September 9^th to drop one 4-credit-hour course and to add another 4-credit-hour course, she will forfeit 25% of the portion of her fee remission used to cover the dropped course. She will now owe $850.33 in additional tuition fees as well as a Late Schedule Change Fee of $23. The AI will be required to pay a total of $873.33 out of her own pocket. If the same AI waits until the third week of classes to make the same adjustment, she will owe $1,723.66, which she will be required to pay out of her own pocket. If she waits until the fourth week (when the refund will be 25% only), she will owe $2,573.99, which she will be required to pay out of her own pocket. And if the same student waits until the fifth week of classes to make this course adjustment, she will owe $3,424.32, which she will be required to pay out of her own pocket.

Late Drop/Add

Late Drop/Add begins on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. Students who drop classes after September 8th forfeit a portion of the graduate tuition fees paid, even if the class was covered by a fee remission or a fee scholarship. Classes dropped after Monday, September 8^th will be assigned a grade of W through the last day for an automatic grade of W.

Schedule Adjustment

Please make any schedule adjusts online as soon as possible or by Monday, September 8th, at the very latest. Classes dropped during the first week of classes or on Monday, September 8^th, will not appear on transcripts. Students who drop classes by September 8th will receive a 100% refund for each dropped class

Registration Deadline - Thursday, Sept. 28th

Fall 2008 tips for College graduate students:

1. Please register online as soon as possible this week. The bursar will assess a Late Registration Fee beginning Friday, Aug. 29^th.
2. If you cannot register, there may be a problem with your term activation. Please phone 856-3687 or send an e-mail to coasgrad@indiana.edu to fix the problem.
3. Please avoid making fall schedule changes after the first week of classes. Classes dropped after Sept. 8^th will remain on your transcript with a grade of W and adding a different course may be very expensive. Students who drop classes after Sept. 8^th forfeit a portion of the graduate tuition fees paid, even if the class was covered by a fee remission or a fee scholarship. For example, an AI (classified as a non-resident, enrolled in 12 credit hours, receiving a College fee remission) will be charged $874 for switching from one 4-credit-hour course to another in the second week of classes (after Sept. 8^th), $1724 for waiting until week 3, $2574 in week 4, and $3425 in week 5.
4. Please avoid registering for courses that are not related to your graduate degree unless you are prepared to pay for them yourself. The usual College fee remission applies only to courses needed for your degree.
5. Please visit the College’s Web site to learn how to register for classes, how to appoint your doctoral advisory committee, how to apply for a travel award, or how to request a family/medical leave of absence: http://www.indiana.edu/~college/graduate/office/register.shtml.

Traffic Disruptions on Wednesday

On Wednesday, the following parking and traffic patterns will change as Indiana University students move into the dorms:

Sunrise Avenue, east of Teter Quad, and Campbell Drive, east of Wright Quad, between 10th and Seventh streets will be one-way south from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Parking will be regulated as vehicles unload.
The Jordan Avenue Garage will be open free of charge from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Eigenmann Hall Circle will be accessible from Union Street by heading north on Union from Third Street. Traffic will exit onto 10th Street.

Read Center North Drive will be accessible from Jordan Avenue with traffic directed in a clockwise fashion around the circle.

Collins Center will change traffic patterns from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Park Avenue will be one-way north from Seventh to 10th Street; Woodlawn Avenue will be one-way south from 10th to Seventh.

Campus bus routes will have limited service with no routes near residence halls.

CMCL Fall Classes

Descriptions of CMCL Graduate Courses-Fall 2008 may be found by clicking the top link on the list to the right. Some cross-listed courses may not be included. For full listings of all courses, click the IU Registrar's link.

Using the UGS Graduate Bulletin to learn about PhD Minor Programs

When you click on the link to the UGS Graduate Bulletin (see links list on the right, third link from the bottom), you will be seeing a page with a list of more links. While all these links contain much important info, direct your attention to the Comprehension Degree Program Information link.

From this link, you will be led to a listing of all the graduate programs within the College. By investigation each departmental or program offering, you may learn about the different PhD minors available and what their requirements are, the courses within each department or program which carry graduate credit, who is on the graduate faculty, etc.

It's a great resource.

Contacting Dana Ruddick, the PhD Recorder

1. Beginning, Monday, August 25, 2008, Dana Ruddick, Ph.D. Recorder, will be available by appointment only. To make an appointment, please contact our office grdschl@indiana.edu or call 812/855-8853. Students dropping off paperwork may leave it with the person at the front desk.


2. Effective September 1, 2008, the Microfilm fee will increase to $65.00. The copyright fee will remain $65.

New Fall Class

Introduction to Native American & Indigenous Studies.
(AMST G605). This four credit class is the core course of the new doctoral minor in Native American & Indigenous Studies. The class is taught by a wide range of IU faculty and visitors brought from outside the university. The meeting times will change on a week-by-week basis, but wherever possible the class will meet at a time of mutual convenience. The course is listed among the American Studies program's graduate offerings.

Workshops for Job Seekers

If you're on the job market, or will be soon, these workshops are of particular interest:

Statements of Teaching Philosophy for Job Seekers. Katie Kearns and Sarah Marion will share information about the qualities of effective statements of teaching philosophy. During the workshop, participants will read and analyze several statements and will receive writing guides for getting started.
Friday, Sept. 12, 1:30-3:00 p.m., Ballantine Hall 304


Teaching Portfolios for Job Seekers. Katie Kearns and Sarah Marion from Campus Instructional Consulting share information about what search committees look for in teaching and how to document, organize, and present evidence of teaching effectiveness. Stay for the Share Fair to see sample teaching portfolios.
Friday, Sept. 19, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Ballantine Hall 304

Fall 2008 Teaching Workshops

Associate Instructor Workshop on Campus Climate. New associate instructors at IU face challenges in effectively teaching undergraduate students with diverse backgrounds and learning styles. For over ten years, this campus-wide workshop on diversity and campus climate issues has addressed this challenge by providing new AIs with techniques for working in the classroom. This is a rare opportunity for graduate instructors to interact with their peers from across campus in a positive and timely professional development experience. Both sessions listed below are identical.
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 4:00-6:00 pm, Frangipani Room, IMU
Thursday, Aug. 28, 7:00-9:00 pm, Frangipani Room, IMU


Discussion Techniques for Active Learning (formerly “Lively Discussion”). Staff from Campus Instructional Consulting will lead participants through some best practices for improving student participation in the classroom and for engaging thinking in the disciplines. Both sessions listed below are identical.
Thursday, Aug. 28, 10:00-11:30 am, Ballantine Hall 003
Thursday, Aug. 28, 10:00-11:30 am, Ballantine Hall 103


First Day of Class & Understanding IU Students. George Rehrey from Campus Instructional Consulting provides practical suggestions for starting the semester off on the right foot and also shares some things we know about IU students. Guest faculty discuss what it is like teaching a diverse classroom of students who find themselves at different points along the path of emotional and intellectual development. Faculty will also share best practices for helping students become independent and critical thinkers.
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2:00-3:30 pm, Woodburn Hall 120


Designing Grading Rubrics. Katie Kearns from Campus Instructional Consulting and Jo Ann Vogt from the Campus Writing Program share grading methods for assessing students' conceptual understanding of the material as well as for maintaining equity in assigning grades.
Friday, Sept. 26, 2:30-4:00 p.m., Ballantine Hall 304

Beyond Plug and Chug: Active Learning and Critical Thinking in Quantitative Disciplines. Katie Kearns and Eric Metzler will share strategies to engage students actively in quantitative sciences and social sciences disciplines. Participants will experience several of the techniques and discuss how they might adapt those techniques to their own teaching. Lunch will not be provided; please feel free to bring your own.
Friday, Oct. 3, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Ballantine Hall 304


Master Class. Observe a class session taught by an experienced faculty member. Afterwards, meet with the instructor to discuss what he or she did in the classroom and why. Contact Joan Middendorf for more information (middendo@indiana.edu).
Early October, to be announced


Foreign Language Teaching Share Fair. Instructors teaching foreign languages gather each
semester to share teaching ideas in an informal and supportive environment and to re-energize for the second half of the semester. Look for announcements at http://www.iub.edu/~celtie/fslfair.html.
Late October, to be announced


If you have a disability or need assistance, arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 855-9023.

Establishing Employment Credentials

The School of Education runs a service for COAS students through which your credentials (letters of recommendation ) may be sent to prospective employers. Please find the link to this service on the links menu under Establishing Employment Credentials.

Windows Vista Demos

Wednesday, August 20, 2:00 pm–4:00 pm
Windows Vista - Is it really that different?
Wells Library 302 West Tower
Technology Integration Series
TLTC

Well, different or not, it's here. Over the summer, UITS updated classroom and STC PCs to Windows Vista. Get ready for the semester with a short demo and open lab of Windows Vista the way you will see it in the classroom.

Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the way the start menu looks, where to find common tools that you are used to using, how to plug this new Vista laptop you just got into a Crestron station, how to work around things that you are just not willing to get used to.

The TLTC, in conjunction with IT Training and Education, will hold several demo/open lab sessions to help get you comfortable with Vista. Feel free to drop in anytime during the open lab sessions, but be sure to register to ensure that there will be a computer for you (in other words, this doesn't have to be a 2-hour commitment). Each session will start with a short demo of some of the new and different features of Vista as well as some of the online training and reference materials available, but most of the time will be devoted to letting you play around and get comfortable. Bring course materials (videos, pictures, audio files) to make sure you can make them work in Vista. Bring your laptop to make sure you can make it work in the classroom. Work next to your colleagues who may already have figured out the feature that's puzzling you. TLTC and ITTE staff will be available to help you out.

Click here for more information.

Onestart Quickstart - Workshop

Monday, August 18, 10:00 am–11:00 am
Oncourse Quickstart
Wells Library, 305 West Tower
Oncourse CL
TLTC

Preparing for fall courses? New to Oncourse CL? Need a refresher? This hands-on session is designed to quickly get you up and running with Oncourse CL. Join TLTC staff for demos and practice with some of the most-used features in Oncourse CL: Syllabus, Announcements, Gradebook, Resources, and a variety of communication tools. Bring your syllabus to post, your gradebook to set up, or your assignments to upload. Have questions about teaching strategies and ways to use Oncourse? Bring those, too. If you don't have a course site yet or would like a chance to play around outside of a "real" course site, we recommend that you request a practice course site before the workshop so you can experiment freely. (https://oncourse.iu.edu/siterequest/)

Click Here for more information.

https://webdb.iu.edu/tltc/scheduler.cfm?sch=OCL

Mosaic - Call for Submissions

Call for Submissions
Sculpture

According to Hegel, since it transforms mere stone or wood into the human figure, sculpture constitutes the proper centre of classical art, and is at best complemented by poetry. What has happened that enables Arthur Danto to suggest that sculpture is postmodernism’s privileged form?

Mosaic invites submissions that relate contemporary sculpture to literature and literary-critical theory, considering such topics as: sculpturality, citationality, movement, body, surface, hybridity, animality, voice, writing, duration, memory, narrative, texture, history, architecture, colour, clothing, life, light, nature, mourning, spectacle, translation, violence.

Material must be received by January, 15, 2009.

If you would like to contribute an essay for review, please refer to our Guidelines for New Submissions document in PDF format.

2008-2009 Reading Italian for Graduate Students Series

The Department of French & Italian Announces
Reading Italian for Graduate Students
A sequence of courses for 2008-09

Fall 2008: M491, class 9651, Tuesday & Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm
Spring 2009: M492 – details to be announced.

· This course sequence is designed for graduate students whose goal is to be able to read Italian for research.
· In M491 you will learn the basic grammar and structures of the Italian language and will begin to translate short passages from Italian into English.
· In M492 you will continue to learn how to read Italian texts. By the end of the course, you will be able to read Italian to obtain the basic meaning for research in your field of study.
· Completion of M492 with a grade of B or higher fulfills the Graduate School foreign language requirement.
· No previous knowledge of Italian is required to enroll in M491.

Please contact Jocelyn Karlan for further information

New Jobs

Please remember to check the Employment Opportunities link to find new job postings. They'll start coming fast and furious from here on out; you don't want to miss any!

Keeping Track of Your Hours

Ultimately, it is your responsibility to keep track of the hours you will need to graduate. Staff and faculty are happy to help you figure out where you are and to help clarify questions, but it is your job, not theirs, to make sure your requirements are being met.