U. of Chicago Center for International Studies

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Lectures and discussions from the University of Chicago Center for International Studies.

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    Learning

  • # Episodes

    56 episodes

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    TV-G

Episodes of U. of Chicago Center for International Studies

    • Play What is Red in Hungary's 2010 Red Sludge Disaster? - U. of Chicago Center for International Studies on Blip U. of Chicago Center for International Studies episodes on Blip

      What is Red in Hungary's 2010 Red Sludge Disaster?

      Sociologist Zsuzsa Gille places the toxic spill and political reactions to it in context of Hungary's postsocialist transition and the rise of a peculiar right wing party.

      • Release date
        Mar 8, 2012
      • Runtime
        01:13:07
    • Play 4th Annual Chicago International Education Conference: Social Studies/Global History Breakout Session - U. of Chicago Center for International Studies on Blip U. of Chicago Center for International Studies episodes on Blip

      4th Annual Chicago International Education Confe...

      The theme of the November 18, 2011 Chicago International Education Conference was "Educating for Global Competence". The annual conference is intended to provide K-12 teachers and administrators with information on internationalizing their curricula. Educators work in breakout sessions, divided by subject area, to learn about ways to create engaging learning experiences through internationalizing classroom lessons. Facilitators share best practices for adding a global dimension to the classroom.

      • Release date
        Dec 9, 2011
      • Runtime
        40:30
    • Play 4th Annual Chicago International Education Conference: Welcome & Overview - U. of Chicago Center for International Studies on Blip U. of Chicago Center for International Studies episodes on Blip

      4th Annual Chicago International Education Confe...

      The theme of the November 18, 2011 Chicago International Education Conference was "Educating for Global Competence". The annual conference is intended to provide K-12 teachers and administrators with information on internationalizing their curricula. Educators work in breakout sessions, divided by subject area, to learn about ways to create engaging learning experiences through internationalizing classroom lessons. Facilitators share best practices for adding a global dimension to the classroom.

      • Release date
        Dec 9, 2011
      • Runtime
        01:30:10
    • Play Human Terrain - Post-Screening Discussion - U. of Chicago Center for International Studies on Blip U. of Chicago Center for International Studies episodes on Blip

      Human Terrain - Post-Screening Discussion

      "Human Terrain" is a documentary examination of the controversial US strategy of embedding academics with combat troops to win over the hearts and minds of the Iraqi and Afghan people. On October 18, 2011 the film was shown on the University of Chicago campus as part of the Center for International Studies' World Beyond the Headlines series. This discussion with faculty from the University of Chicago Department of Anthropology (John Kelly, Simon May, Marshall Sahlins, and Kathleen Morrison) fo...

      • Release date
        Oct 21, 2011
      • Runtime
        48:06
    • Play Summer Teacher Institute 2011 — Effect of Migration on U.S. Employment - U. of Chicago Center for International Studies on Blip U. of Chicago Center for International Studies episodes on Blip

      Summer Teacher Institute 2011 — Effect of Migrat...

      Virginia Parks is Associate Professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago.

      • Release date
        Sep 2, 2011
      • Runtime
        01:10:40
    • Play Summer Teacher Institute 2011 — Migration, Remittances and Development - U. of Chicago Center for International Studies on Blip U. of Chicago Center for International Studies episodes on Blip

      Summer Teacher Institute 2011 — Migration, Remit...

      Una Osili is Director of Research at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, and Associate Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis.

      • Release date
        Sep 2, 2011
      • Runtime
        01:11:23
    • Play Summer Teacher Institute 2011 — Urbanization - U. of Chicago Center for International Studies on Blip U. of Chicago Center for International Studies episodes on Blip

      Summer Teacher Institute 2011 — Urbanization

      Terry Nichols Clark is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago and the international coordinator of the Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation Project, which is surveying city officials across the U.S. and in thirty-five other countries.

      • Release date
        Sep 2, 2011
      • Runtime
        01:08:11
    • Play Summer Teacher Institute 2011 — Permanently Impermanent: Dubai's Migrant Workers - U. of Chicago Center for International Studies on Blip U. of Chicago Center for International Studies episodes on Blip

      Summer Teacher Institute 2011 — Permanently Impe...

      Syed Ali is Associate Professor of sociology at Long Island University.

      • Release date
        Sep 2, 2011
      • Runtime
        53:23
    • Play Climate Refugees Roundtable - U. of Chicago Center for International Studies on Blip U. of Chicago Center for International Studies episodes on Blip

      Climate Refugees Roundtable

      A discussion with Climate Refugees filmmaker Michael Nash and Koko Warner (Head of the Environmental Migration, Social Vulnerability and Adaptation Section at the United Nations University-Institute for Environment and Human Security).

      • Release date
        Sep 2, 2011
      • Runtime
        57:57
    • Play Summer Teacher Institute 2011 — Climate Change and Migration - U. of Chicago Center for International Studies on Blip U. of Chicago Center for International Studies episodes on Blip

      Summer Teacher Institute 2011 — Climate Change a...

      Koko Warner is the Head of the Environmental Migration, Social Vulnerability and Adaptation Section at the United Nations University-Institute for Environment and Human Security.

      • Release date
        Sep 2, 2011
      • Runtime
        01:11:01
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