Faculty Development Seminars
Since 1995 the Asia Council has offered summer study/travel seminars in Asia. The target audience for the seminars is full-time faculty from University System of Georgia institutions with limited background on or experience in Asia. The aim of the seminars is to enable participants to create new courses focusing on an Asian culture, or to infuse more Asia-related content into existing courses. Seminars also enable faculty to establish contacts at Asian institutions with an eye to future exchanges and collaborative research.
Faculty Development Workshops
The Asia Council also offers Faculty Development Workshops here in Georgia. The 2014 workshop's focus is yet to be determined.
Previous workshops have focused on "Teaching South Asia" and "East Asia.". Presentations focused on History, Culture, Geography, and Politics of countries in the region.
Teach in Asia
CHINA
The 2014 Summer Study Abroad in China – General Studies is inviting USG faculty members to teach for the program between May 8 and June 6, 2014. The program is sponsored by the Asia Council of the University System of Georgia (USG), and is open to all faculty and students of USG institutions.
The 2013 program is looking for faculty members who are able to teach two undergraduate courses at lower and/or upper divisions. All fields will be considered, except science courses involving labs. Please visit the program website at http://www.daltonstate.edu/china for examples of prior courses and related information. The deadline to apply for the 2014 participation is April 16, 2013.
Call for Faculty Participation
The program will cover participating faculty’s travel costs, which include round-trip airline tickets to and from China, domestic transportation in China, lodging, entrance fees to cultural sites, and group meals. A faculty’s spouse may travel with the program but needs to pay the cost of all travel-related expenses.
SOUTH KOREA
The 2014 program is still pending...
Call for Faculty Participation
The program will cover participating faculty’s travel costs, which include round-trip airline tickets to and from China, domestic transportation in China, lodging, entrance fees to cultural sites, and group meals.
The Fulbright Scholar Program for 2014-2015 (Now Open)
The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries for the 2013-2014 academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. There are awards in 45 specific academic disciplines as well as 167 awards open to all disciplines.
Interested faculty and professionals are encouraged to participate in one of our weekly webinars. Each deals with a topic germane to the 2014-2015 competition, from regional and discipline information to how to fill out an application. For more information, visit our website at http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/.
The application deadline for most awards is August 1, 2013. U.S. citizenship is required. For other eligibility requirements and detailed award descriptions visit our website at http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/ or contact us at scholars@iie.org.