CFA- Curriculum Development Center Workshops, Fall 2008
Posted by: Aniko Kellner <kellnera@ceu.hu>
Workshop
Organized by the Curriculum Resource Center
Central European University
In the Fall 2008 semester CRC is offering the following sessions:
1. Open House Sessions in broad discipline areas
The Open House sessions are organized in broad discipline areas
covered by one or more CEU departments. These sessions are intended to
introduce participants to CEU's approach to a relevant discipline and
new techniques for designing courses in that field. To this end the
sessions will provide participants access to the facilities and
resources of the CEU and the appropriate department, as well as
general training workshops on course design and teaching methodology.
Participants are invited to use the CEU library, visit relevant
classes and meet faculty. The primary target groups of the Open House
sessions are junior academics who are at the beginning of their
teaching career, or mid-career and senior academics who would benefit
from the above offerings.
History: November 17 - 21, 2008 - (deadline for applications: 7th
October, 2008)
Medieval Studies: November 17 - 21, 2008 - (deadline for
applications: 7th October, 2008)
Anthropology: November 24 - 28, 2008 - (deadline for applications:
15th October, 2008)
Philosophy: November 24 - 28, 2008 - (deadline for applications: 15th
October, 2008)
IRES: December 1 - 5, 2008 - (deadline for applications: 20th October, 2008)
2. Course Innovation Sessions
These sessions intend to explore the cutting edge developments in a
particular discipline. The sessions are meant primarily for senior
faculty with significant teaching and research experience or for
outstanding, research-oriented junior faculty. By discussing recent
developments and exploring contemporary debates with CEU's host
departments and faculty, participants are expected to revise or update
their courses or offer new courses in their particular area of
interest. Additional training on course development is also offered by
the CRC. These sessions are organized with a strong involvement of CEU
departments and often will be combined with a workshop or a conference
on the topic of the session.
In Fall 2008 we offer the following Course Innovation Sessions:
Department of Public Policy, Political Sciences and the Center for
Media and Communications Studies (CMCS) Audiovisual Mass Media:
Between Politics and Regulation
October, 13 - 17, 2008, deadline for applications: 1st September, 2008
This CRC workshop is co-hosted with the Center for Media and
Communications Studies (CMCS) and incorporates courses offered by the
Department of Political Science and the Department of Public Policy.
The selected topic is located at the delicate interface of politics
and public policy of the media sector comparing the policy objectives,
instruments and outcomes with a focus on Central and Eastern European
countries. The interdisciplinary approach allows participants to
reflect on the likely interactions of political aims and regulatory
means. The workshop will then discuss the role of stakeholders in
shaping media policy, look at the agendas of a variety of social,
political and economic forces, and put a particular spotlight on
debates around media pluralism.
The workshop is recommended to faculty with a teaching interest in the
audiovisual sector in the context of political communications and
media policy looking at audiovisual mass media from a comparative and
interdisciplinary perspective
History
Urban History in a Global World - New Trends of Historical Scholarship
October 27 - 31, 2008, deadline for applications: 15th September, 2008
Parallel to the present-day internationalization, the paradigmatic
sense both of the process of urbanization and modernity (or post
modernity) associated with urbanity, urban history gained much
significance in historical scholarship. In addition, spatiality as a
crucial variable of societal processes also shapes the image held by
such places as metropolises and the most diverse urban forms past and
present alike. We intend to reveal some more recent tendencies of the
practice of urban history with special regard to social and cultural
history. The workshop is recommended to historians, geographers,
anthropologists or sociologists having an interest in urban past.
IMPORTANT NOTE: As a preparation for this session, we ask applicants
to submit a one-page description of their approach to Urban Studies,
as it relates to their course design. Applicants may refer to specific
authors, works, theories, or broad approaches with which they are
familiar. This short description should be attached to the application
package when submitted to the CRC.
Legal Studies - International Business Law
European Contract Law
November 10 - 14, 2008, deadline for applications: 25th September, 2008
At Central European University in Budapest, teaching European Contract
Law is a real novelty, though the contract laws of most of the EU
countries are influenced in one way or another by German, French or
common law. The question therefore is: What - and how - to teach in
the frame of a contract law course? Common law in addition to the
Principles of European Contract Law of the Lando-Commission? Or should
parts of the national civil code be included in addition to the Principles?
This session tries to answer these questions relevant not only for
doing business among enterprises coming from EU Member States but also
for those coming from a country outside the EU but intending to do
business with a company having its business registration in one of the
EU Member States. It is recommended to faculty who intend to address
these questions in their courses.
3. Topical Issues in Curriculum Development
These sessions are expected to cover topical issues of particular
importance to the development of higher education in the region, in
all areas related to curriculum development. Organized by the CRC
office in co-operation with a wide range of strategic partners, these
sessions address current trends in curriculum development, degree
structures and particular or special interest issues. These sessions
could be directed at a particular group of academics or focus on a
target region or institution(s).
In Fall 2008 we offer the following Topical Issues in Curriculum Development:
Center for Policy Studies - Open Society Institute
Incorporating Diversity in Public Administration Higher Education
November 3 - 7, 2008, deadline for applications: 15th September, 2008
Ethnic, linguistic, religious, gender and other forms of diversity are
central issues for public administration. However, contemporary public
administration education rarely relates diversity to public
administration, and often, public administrators lack the awareness
and skills to integrate diversity into their work effectively. By
incorporating diversity into the curriculum of university departments,
schools and institutes of public administration can build public
administrators' awareness and skills in managing diverse communities.
This CRC workshop will bring together educators from a range of
social, political, and economic contexts and institutions.
Participants will: get to a better understanding of the principles
that link diversity and public administration; enhance their knowledge
and skills so as to incorporate diversity into their curriculum
effectively; and clarify how public administration
education/institutions can be a model of good diversity management.
The workshop offers an opportunity for teachers in higher education to
discuss and develop their courses and generate ideas for future cooperation.
The workshop is organized jointly by the CRC, the Central European
University's Center for Policy Studies, and international experts and
partners of the Managing Multiethnic Communities Program of Local
Government Initiative/Open Society Institute and is designed for
teachers of public policy and public administration.
IMPORTANT NOTE: There are many approaches to the public management of
diversity. This workshop will include a session during which
experienced lecturers and participants will present and discuss the
theoretical frameworks and approaches that underpin their courses. As
a preparation for this session, we ask applicants to submit a one-page
description of their approach to diversity, as it relates to their
course design. Applicants may refer to specific authors, works,
theories, or broad approaches with which they are familiar. This short
description should be attached to the application package when
submitted to the CRC.
Summary of CRC sessions:
Department of Public Policy, Political Sciences and the Center for
Media and Communications Studies (CMCS): Audiovisual Mass Media:
Between Politics and Regulation
October, 13 - 17, 2008 - (deadline for applications: 1st September, 2008)
History : Urban History in a Global World - New Trends of Historical
Scholarship
October 27 - 31, 2008 - (deadline for applications: 15th September, 2008)
Legal Studies- International Business Law : European Contract Law
November 10 - 14, 2008 - (deadline for applications: 25th September, 2008)
Center for Policy Studies - Open Society Institute:
Incorporating Diversity in Public Administration Higher Education
November 3 - 7, 2008 - (deadline for applications: 15th September, 2008)
Open House Sessions in:
History: November 17 - 21, 2008 - (deadline for applications: 7th
October, 2008)
Medieval Studies: November 17 - 21, 2008 - (deadline for
applications: 7th October, 2008)
Anthropology: November 24 - 28, 2008 - (deadline for applications:
15th October, 2008)
Philosophy: November 24 - 28, 2008 - (deadline for applications: 15th
October, 2008)
IRES: December 1 - 5, 2008 - (deadline for applications: 20th October, 2008)
Note: CRC Spring 2009 sessions are planned to be announced by October, 2008.
All CRC Applicants must:
* Be university teachers and/ or professionals (who teach part-time) in
the Social Sciences and Humanities from the region (non EU countries)
who are preparing to revise or develop their courses;
* Have sufficient English language ability, both written and spoken, to
participate in discussions and use resource materials;
* Submit an application with all accompanying required documents as
stated on the CRC application form.
All costs related to transportation and accommodation during the
sessions will be covered by the CRC for participants from the former
Soviet Union, Mongolia and the Balkans.
Curriculum Resource Session application forms, application deadlines,
the session schedule and further information on the center's outreach
activities and resources may be obtained from the CRC office at the
Central European University or through national Soros Foundations.
CRC Contact Address:
Curriculum Resource Center (CRC) / Central European University
Nador utca 9, H -1051 Budapest, Hungary;
Tel: ++ (36 - 1) 327 3189 or 327 3000;
Fax: ++ (36 -1) 327 3190
E-mail: crc@ceu.hu;
WWW address: http://www.ceu.hu/crc/
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discriminate on the basis of - including, but not limited to - race,
color, national and ethnic origin, religion, gender or sexual
orientation in administering its educational policies, admissions
policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other
school-administered programs.
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