Dr. Asma Barlas is Director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity of the Department of Politics, Ithaca College, New York. She is the author of “Believing Women” in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an (University of Texas Press, 2002); Re-Understanding Islam: A Double Critique (Amsterdam, 2008); and Islam, Muslims, and the U.S.: Essays on Religion and Politics (India, Global Media Publications, 2004). The lecture is sponsored by the Department of Religion, Wright State University and the Piediscalzi Lecture Series.

The Korean Ministry of Education invites you to teach and learn in South Korea with Korean Government stipend.

If you are a college student or a recent graduate whio is adventurous and want to explore beyond your nest while teaching Korean students, you can spend a semester (or more) in Korea and be a part of a Korean-government sponsored teaching and service-learning program.

“Adventures in Macedonia-Historic and Contemporary Country in the Balkans” by Alan Gabel (Attorney and Dayton Community Member)

Open to the public. Contact the UCIE for more information at 937-775-5745.

“Enhancing your International Credentials: Experience Teaching and Learning Abroad” by Jeanne Ballentine (Professor Emeritus, Sociology and Anthropology)

Open to the public. Contact the UCIE for more information at 937-775-5745.

“Ambassador Program to Costa Rica” by Bobby Rubin (English Language and Literatures)

Open to the public. Contact the UCIE office for more information at 937-775-5745.

Adam Hochschild began his journalism career as a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle. Subsequently he worked as a magazine editor and writer, at Ramparts and Mother Jones. His work has been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine and other newspapers and magazines. He is the author of seven books, including King Leopold’s Ghost and Finding the Trapdoor, a collection of his shorter pieces. His 2005 book, Bury the Chains, was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the L. A.

No classes held in observance of Labor Day

"Engineering Exchange in Jena, Germany." Presented by Ruby Mawasha from the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Open to the public.

Contact Information:
University Center for International Education
E190 Student Union
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH. 45424

Nathan Clem, the 2012 Alice Swinger First Travel Grant recepient, will hold a seminar entitled "Mentor Experience in Germany". Open to the public. Held in the UCIE conference room.

Contact Information:
University Center for International Education
937-775-5745
E190 Student Union
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH. 45435

"Experience in South Africa". The UCIE invites the public to sit in on a lecture by the 2012 Student Peace Lecture recipient, Rebecca Weaver. The brown bag seminar will be held in the conference room of the UCIE office.

Contact:
University Center for International Education
937-775-5745
E190 Student Union
3640 Col. Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH 45435