Mike Byram is an international superstar in the area of intercultural communication and language and culture acquisition. In Europe, this area has much evolved into including civic discourse, citizenship and cultural identity/affiliation.

The presenter: “In this presentation – which I hope will develop into a discussion – I shall focus on different notions of ‘critical cultural awareness’ and ‘criticality’ and their place in foreign language education. I will do so with an eye to the chronological evolution of the ideas involved, providing a sketch rather than a full chronicle of events. I shall also relate the notions to education theory beyond foreign language education, including education for citizenship, and the current research at the Council of Europe on Competences for Democratic Culture and Intercultural Dialogue. The most recent developments in language teaching and intercultural citizenship will be illustrated with an example of work from an international network of researchers and curriculum developers, including colleagues at UCONN, with the hope that this too will stimulate discussion of the relationship of this work with theory of education for ‘social justice’”.

Biography

Michael Byram is Professor Emeritus at Durham University since October 2008.
His work comprised initial teacher education and being Director of Research Degrees with supervision of research students. He began his career teaching French and German at secondary school level and in adult education in an English comprehensive community school. After being appointed to a post in teacher education at the University of Durham in 1980, he carried out research into the education of linguistic minorities, foreign language education and student residence abroad.
He supervised doctoral students in intercultural studies, language teaching and comparative education.
He has published many books and articles including, most recently, Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence; Language Teachers, Politics and Cultures (with Karen Risager); From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship; and is the editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning.

NEW BOOK: The Common European Framework of Reference. The globalisation of language education policy.

Grant Writing Seminars
Arts & Humanities *** NIH *** NSF
NIH Career Development *** NSF Career Award

Registration Deadline: February 13, 2015

Partnering with schools and colleges, the Office of the Vice President for Research will be sponsoring five grant writing seminars to be conducted by Grants Writers’ Seminars and Workshops, LLC.    Faculty interested in attending any of the seminar(s) must first obtain approval from the Dean of their respective school/college prior to registering.

The success of a society depends – at least in part – on the civility of its members. Mutual respect, openness to different viewpoints…civil conversation is what we try to promote here on our show…….

Listen to the program  http://wnpr.org/post/how-important-civility-protest

GUESTS:

• Michael Lynch is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and the author of “In Praise of Reason: Why Rationality Matters for Democracy” 
• Lewis Gordon is a professor of Philosophy, Africana Studies, and Judaic Studies at the University of Connecticut, Europhilosophy Visiting Chair, Toulouse University, France, and the Mandela Professor, Rhodes University, South Africa.
• Hua Hsu  is an associate professor of English at Vassar College and a Ford academic fellow for the New America Foundation. He recently wrote an article on civility for The New Yorker
• Todd Gitlin is Professor of Journalism and Sociology and Chair of the Ph.D Program in Communications Columbia University. He’s the author of several books including, “The Sixties: Years of Hope, Years of Rage” and “Occupy Nation: The Roots, The Spirit, The Promise of Occupy Wall Street.”

We fool people all the time. Whether with bad intent or not, deception has become a common practice in today’s society. Listen to the program http://wnpr.org/post/unraveling-web-deception#.VKw-zkMUvko.facebook

GUESTS:

• Michael Lynch – Professor of Philosophy and Director of The Humanities Institute at The University of Connecticut. Author of The Knowledge Machine: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data
• Sam Harris – Author of Lying and The Moral Landscape. He holds a Ph.D in neuroscience from U.C.L.A. and a degree in philosophy from Stanford.
• Ralph Keyes– A lecturer, essayist and author of many books including The Post-Truth Era: Dishonesty and Deception in Contemporary Life
• Luke McNally – Ph.D student and researcher at Trinity College Dublin studying behavioral evolution and Biodiversity. He’s the co-author of the article Cooperation Creates Selection For Tactical Deception

The conference was held at the UConn School of Law from November 21st-23rd. Our Keynote Speakers are Jason Stanley (Yale), Ishani Maitra (Michigan), and Richard Wilson (UConn).

Sponsered by the Humanities Institute at UCONN the Human Rights Institute,  the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s office, and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

All current UConn faculty, students, and staff now have access to Foundation Directory Online (FDO). Covering 28 broad fields of interest ranging from agriculture to youth development, FDO provides information on U.S. based private and corporate foundations that fund national and international projects. The database includes information on each foundation’s application process, the number and amounts of grants given each year, recently awarded grants and their recipients, geographic focus, specified areas of interest, and more.  Additional content includes links to foundation websites, recently filed IRS 990 forms, listings of recently announced RFPs and Foundation Center newsletters.

Search FDO by grantmaker name, geographic region, fields of interest, recipient type, support type (fellowships, scholarships, research grants, travel awards etc.), grant amount, and names of trustees and officers. To learn more, go to: https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/welcome/tour

Foundation Directory Online is jointly funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research, the UConn Foundation, and the UConn Libraries.

For more information, contact: Shikha Sharma at Shikha.Sharma@lib.uconn.edu

Paul Roberts – Award-winning journalist

“The Impulse Society”

 November 10, 2014

4:00-6:00 pm

Location:  UConn Co-op Bookstore at Storrs Center

Book signing will follow talk

Sponsored by the Humanities Institute and the Honors Program

Journalist Paul Roberts visited Google’s Cambridge, MA office to discuss his book, “The Impulse Society”.

The UConn Humanities Institute &

the Department of History

invite you to join us for  an afternoon with

Oscar-winning director  Oliver Stone

& Historian Peter Kuznick

Saturday, October 18, 2014

2:00-4:00 pm,

Laurel Hall room #101

(University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus)

“The Untold History of the United States”

A panel discussion will follow

Check our photos of the event