We are coming to the end of the semester. This post is your reminder that your final summaries will be due May 8. There are certain things I ask that you provide with your summaries:
1. List of all your lectures/events you attended by week
(ex: WK1-Neil Postman speaks on 'Amusing Ourselves to Death'
Wk 2- etc. etc.)
2. Write about what you gained by stepping outside of your major. What type of events did you choose? How challenging were these events? Most importantly, how did you grow under your own direction?
Concerning grades. You should be completely aware of your grade now and every week during the semester., The following breakdown is excerpted from the very first post, 'Outline and objectives: excavate, attend, document, respond.' Please refresh your memory by returning to this first post.
25% for two excavations per week, posted ON TIME. one posting: half credit.
50% for visual documentation and response. written response without visual documentation: half credit.
12.5% summary
all of the above have been determined by you.
12.5% quality. This is subjective on my part. I will consider how much you pushed yourself out of your comfort zone (your major), how much you challenged yourself, and how thoughtfully you responded to these challenges. The syllabus for this class has been completely determined by you. Did you construct an experience worthy of the University of Illinois?
Lastly, because this class has been conducted online, you will receive an email notification for ICES course evaluation. Please fill this out when you have finished your summaries.
April 28th// 1:30pm-5:30pm// Turkish Studies Symposium: After Gezi Park Protests – Rethinking Turkish Politics and Political Culture// 210 Illini Union, 1401 W Green Street, Urbana// Free// Joey
ReplyDeleteAbout the Symposium
The Eighth Annual Turkish Studies Symposium (TSS) will explore the theme “After Gezi Park Protests -- Rethinking Turkish Politics and Political Culture.” A small protest against the destruction of Gezi Park in downtown Istanbul in late May 2013 has triggered wide-ranging public demonstrations and an outpour of frustration with the authoritarian style of governance. This was arguably the largest wave of protests in Turkey’s history, which have brought together an unusual coalition, a diverse profile of demonstrators that would not have come together before: independents stood side-by-side with the nationalists, anticapitalist-Islamists, LGBT activists, soccer fans, Kurds, Alevis, and people from across the political spectrum. This most diverse, inclusive and democratic wave of protests that Turkey has ever seen turned into sites where the possibility of co-existence was proven as a viable model for Turkish society.
The mass protests and the unfolding events since May 2013, including the widespread corruption accusations leveled at the 11-year AKP government by followers of an Islamic movement, Gulen Hareketi, marked a turning point not only in Turkey’s domestic politics and political culture but also in its foreign policy. The domestic political stability as well as the AKP government’s hyperactive, assertive foreign policy began to crack and the image of Turkey in the international arena took a serious hit. More specifically, the protests and unfolding events have called into question the “Turkish model” —a template that “effectively integrates Islam, democracy and vibrant economics”, for the transitional regimes in the Middle East, on the one hand, and Turkey’s future with the European Union (EU), on the other.
The proposed symposium will address key issues raised by the Gezi protests and the recent challenges faced by the AKP government: What are the new avenues opened up by this broad public mobilization and what is the direction of new social and political cultural developments in the aftermath of Gezi protests? How will these recent developments affect the local elections in March 2014? And, what does the future hold for Turkey’s role in its broader region in light of these milestone events? Some of the larger (domestic) issues we will address are the role of political Islam in Turkish democracy, changing contours of state-society relations, and new (non-traditional) actors of democratic participation. We will also situate the events within Turkey’s current regional context (tensions in the Middle East, specifically the Syrian crisis, and Turkey-EU relations). We will specifically explore the question of whether the recent events imply a rejection of Turkish foreign policy under AKP rule that is increasingly defined by detachment from the European agenda on the one hand, and neo-imperial aspirations in the former Ottoman space, on the other.
April 28th// 4pm// Cultures of Law in a Global Contexts - Gilmore// Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum; 600 S. Gregory Street; Urbana IL// Free// Joey
ReplyDeleteSpeaker: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Professor of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences and American Studies, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Abolition Geography: Challenges and Opportunities for the Popular Front Against the Prison-Industrial Complex
http://cas.illinois.edu/publicevents/abolition-geography-challenges-and-opportunities-for-the-popular-front-against-the-prison-industrial-complex/
DeleteApril 29th// 2pm// Lemann Lecture Series: Rediscovering Africa? The Role of Brazilian Experts and Expertise in Mozambican Agriculture// 101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign// Free// Joey
ReplyDeleteSpeaker: Wendy Wolford, Robert A. and Ruth A. Polson Professor of Sociology, Associate Director for Economic Development. Cornell University
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ReplyDeleteApril 29th// 4:30pm// Roundtable Discussion: The French Research University in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities// Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building// Free// Joey
ReplyDeleteSpeaker: Dr. Frédéric Ogée (Vice-President for International Affairs, Université de Paris-VII Diderot)
Dr. Christine Musselin (Director for Research, Sciences Po, Paris)
Moderator: Dr. Gilles Bousquet (Senior Special Assistant to the President of the University of Wisconsin System for International Strategies)