Indiana University Bloomington

Conferences & Workshops

Pont du Gard, France. Tia Trueblood.

Teaching Workshops and Institutes for K-12 Educators

  • Toward a Research Agenda for International Teacher Education
    May 21-23, 2009, Indiana University School of Education
    Globalization, transcultural understanding, cosmopolitanism: these have become prevalent themes in contemporary teacher education. Join prominent international scholars and educators for an intensive workshop experience interspersed with provocative lectures.

  • 2009 WEST Language Teachers Summer Workshop
    Incorporating Culture into the Language Classroom: Cultural Identity and Music
    June 19-21, 2009
    An interactive workshop for junior and high school teachers of French, German and Spanish.

  • International Studies Summer Institute, Grades 6 - 12 TEACHERS
    June 21-27, 2009
    The Center for the Study of Global Change’s International Studies Summer Institute (ISSI) is a residential institute for educators of grades six and above.  At the institute, educators gain an understanding of international issues facing the world today and learn about innovative ways to bring international issues to their classrooms.  Upon completion of the institute, participants will receive materials including Graham Pike and David Selby’s In the Global Classroom, a flash drive with numerous electronic resources, and print resources, among others.  We welcome applications from educators in the United States and abroad.

Language Workshops and Institutes

  • Professional Development Workshop for IU Foreign Language Instructors
    March 27-29, 2009
    In conjunction with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), this professional development workshop is designed for IU Foreign Language Instructors. Topics include: "Writing Proficiency Guidelines Familiarization", "Teaching Speaking" and "Developing Oral Proficiency".

  • National Institute for Summer Scandinavian Studies 2009 (IU Bloomington)

    Culture Courses: May 11-15, 2009
    Norwegian and Swedish Language Courses: May 18-July 10, 2009

    In 2009 West European Studies National Resource Center and the Department of Germanic Studies will host the National Institute of Summer Scandinavian Studies. The Institute, co-sponsored by a consortium of universities consisting of Indiana University and the Universities of Washington-Seattle, Minnesota-Twin Cities and Wisconsin-Madison, offers intensive language instruction with additional courses in Scandinavian culture and literature. Major funding for NISSS is provided through Title VI grants by the US Department of Education.

  • Summer Dutch Institute 2009 (IU Bloomington)

    Culture Courses: May 11-15, 2009
    Language Courses: May 18-July 10, 2009

    Students at Indiana University learn Dutch to achieve a wide range of goals, for example, exploration or cultivation of family heritage, enhancement of qualifications for international business, direct access to a prominent cultural tradition, and skills acquisition for research in academic fields such as European history and art history.

Conferences and Symposiums

  • Roundtable Discussion: Preparing for the Professoriate in Europe
    March 13, 2009
    SPEA PV 278; 12:15 pm-1:45 pm
    The purpose of the roundtable is to highlight for current Ph.D. students the key differences between being a professor at a U.S. university and being a professor at a university in Europe.

  • Area Studies in the Future of Higher Education
    February 26-28, 2009
    Indiana University Bloomington Memorial Union

    The conference asks what area programs that originated in the Cold War era have to offer in an age of globalization and in the context of such developments as the rise of universalist analytical models in the social sciences, the massive retreat of Americans from mastery of foreign languages, and the progressively more instrumentalist approach of the Department of Defense to language training. Area studies programs also increasingly collaborate with professional schools and furnish professionals-in-training with the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences. Accordingly, we ask how such programs can be best aligned or articulated with changing national needs and evolving university structures that emphasize professional specialization and corporate financial models.