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Program Descriptions
AFRICAN STUDIES
The African
studies committee encourages teaching and scholarship on Africa, with an
emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. The
committee monitors and provides information about resources at the University of Oregon, including faculty and staff
members with expertise in African studies, study abroad programs,
internships, course offerings and syllabi, journals, and films. The
committee also seeks funding to expand African studies resources and
organizes campus and local community events pertaining to Africa
in cooperation with the African Students Association. In addition, the
committee supports faculty and student research on Africa
and facilitates dissemination of research through the regularly held Baobab
Lectures, for faculty and guest presentations, and the Acacia Seminars, for
presentations of student research and experiences.
ASIAN STUDIES
The University of Oregon's Asian Studies Program is an interdisciplinary
instructional component of the College
of Arts and Sciences.
The program emphasizes study in Asian languages, history, society and
culture, art and literature, politics and economics. Established in 1942,
the Asian Studies Program is one of the oldest interdisciplinary programs
in the United States to
focus on Asia.
The Asian Studies Program is
administered by the Asian Studies Faculty Committee, composed of over
thirty faculty members with Asian specializations in over a dozen
discipline areas. Degree programs offered include B.A. and M.A. programs
that emphasize East Asia (particularly China
and Japan) and, to a
more limited extent, Southeast Asia (particularly Indonesia, the Philippines,
Thailand and Vietnam).
Both areas are supported by a strong faculty and on-going research
activities.
EUROPEAN
STUDIES
The European Studies Program brings together faculty and students in the
social sciences, business, law and science to study the current
developments in Europe. Our attention to
the contemporary situation is enriched by a deep sense of history extending
back even to classical antiquity. We believe that in the emerging European
Union we have the opportunity to study the progress of a great social
experiment in all its lived reality, and that our students will be able to
consider the interaction of the full range of human forces combining to
create the New Europe
A new Certificate Program in European
Studies is available for undergraduates. The Program allows students to
incorporate, within another major program, an increased international
perspective in their work with a special focus on an understanding of Europe's role in the world. Students in any major may
earn this Certificate as an enhancement to their degree program.
INTERNATIONAL
STUDIES
The International Studies Program at the University of Oregon
fosters critical understanding of local-global dynamics brought about by
the processes of globalization. Recognizing the importance of multiple
cultural-intellectual traditions, we draw upon diverse theories and methods
to explore the interrelations and interconnections among such themes as
gender, environment, political economy, cultural survival and
transformation, and human rights. We integrate theory and praxis to promote
and sustain just, self-determining and responsive communities and
institutions world-wide.
The International Studies Program
offers interdisciplinary bachelor of arts (B.A.) and master of arts (M.A.)
degrees. A student's course of study is tailored to meet individual career
objectives, leading to opportunities in education, government, law,
communications, business, non-governmental organizations, philanthropic
organizations, and private voluntary organizations.
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
Latin American Studies at the UO is an area of research and teaching
dedicated to the understanding of Latin American cultures and societies. Latin America is one of the most diverse regions in
the world, with a rich mixture of traditions —Indigenous, European,
Asian and African. From the Mexican border with the US, through the Caribbean basin and the
Amazon forest, to the Andes and the Patagonia of South America, Latin America is the junction of a prodigious nature
with an amazing history.
The Latin American studies’
curriculum offers the opportunity to study this region under the guidance
of more than 20 specialists in Latin America.
It provides students with a distinct approach to Latin America in a variety
of fields, aiming to a comprehensive understanding of the countries south
of the US
border.
RUSSIAN AND
EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES CENTER
The Russian and East European Studies Center (REESC) is devoted to the
study of the peoples living in the eastern third of Europe, through the
steppes of Central Asia, and across Siberia to the Pacific
Ocean. Settled over a territory that spans half the earth's
time zones, these peoples have created a complex mosaic of cultures,
expressed in literature and art, but also in institutions and social forms.
Over the centuries, these lands have
come under the sway of several great world-historical civilizations and
empires: the Eastern Roman or Byzantine, Mongolian, Ottoman Turkish, Holy
Roman, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Soviet. These lands have felt the
influence of Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism,
Islam, and world Communism.
At the intersection of many powerful
global forces, these lands have experienced with particular sharpness what
is called "modernization" and its challenge to customary ways of
life. Yet, after centuries of massive transplantation and transformation,
national and ethnic heritages survive. Customary ways and native
self-consciousness more diverse than anywhere else on the globe express
themselves with new vigor in our own time.
Nineteen area specialists are members
of the REESC committee, four active associates participate in the REESC
program, and from among the six faculty emeriti come additional significant
contributions to the life of REESC on the UO campus. REESC members,
associates and emeriti are from five different professional schools and the
College of Arts and Sciences, representing over
a dozen different academic departments.
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