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The Center for Global Engagement communications team is currently hiring a Social Media Student Assistant position. You can find the job description here. Below is a brief outline of the job. Traditionally, the person in this position has been an undergraduate student, but we encourage graduate students to apply as well.
The position is primarily focused on creating engaging content on the following @utkglobal platforms. This person will spend their time creating graphics, filming short-form video, writing captions, and sharing information about international-focused events, international research, global programming, study abroad experiences, etc.
We’re looking for a collaborative person that can build relationships with other social media managers across the CGE department and across campus. The person in this role is encouraged to be creative and suggest new ways of crafting engaging social media content.
To apply, send your resume and cover letter to Jason Moody at [log in to unmask].
Jason Moody (he/him/his)
Communications Specialist
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Center for Global Engagement
(865) 974-5752
From: "Gellert, Paul Kenneth" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 9:11 AM
Subject: Global Studies - April 18, 2023
Dear Global Studies community,
Spring is heating up. See announcements on new fall courses on South Asia and Korean language and culture, as well as our new required Capstone course in Global Studies.
Graduate students potentially interested in the Certificate, please note that you might want to apply now in order to include any courses from this semester!
Happy Eid to those celebrating at the end of the week!
Paul
ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS (including advanced study & career stuff)
NEW South Asia GLBS course for FALL! [FLYER attached]
Dr. Prashanth Kuganathan, Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Studies will teach our newly created course on the Political Economy of Regions and Peoples of the Worlds focusing on South Asia, his specialty.
SOCI 395 / GLBS 395 Political Economy of South Asia [FLYER attached!]
Dr. Prashanth Kuganathan
Tu/Th 4:05-5:20 pm
Note that GLBS registration number is not yet available (we’re working on it!)
NEW Korean courses for FALL! [FLYER attached]
Interdisciplinary Programs 100 Elementary Korean I (3CR), T/TH 4:05-5:20pm
MFLL/WLC 200 Korean Culture (3CR - Taught in English), T/TH 5:40-6:55 pm
NEW GLBS course
GLBS 480 Capstone in Global Studies, 1 credit (54695)
Dr. Paul Gellert
This new capstone is required for all students beginning with the Fall 2022 catalog but open and encouraged for all students nearing graduation. Content will include reflection on major and career preparation knowledge and skills. In addition, it will be an opportunity to get to know other students in the major. I expect the group to be small, so we will arrange mutually agreeable meeting times.
Global Studies Club – Club President Cara Rubin has formed a new team of Club leaders for next year. More news coming soon!! If you are interested in helping out and haven’t gotten in touch yet, please contact her at < [log in to unmask] >.
Graduation Dinner
If you are graduating this spring or summer, you should have received an email about our Graduation Dinner on May 9th . We look forward to celebrating with you! Please RSVP! And, if we miss you somehow, please contact Emilie Wise <[log in to unmask]>, Prashanth Kuganathan,< [log in to unmask] > or me < [log in to unmask] >.
It’s not quite in the Timetable but will be coming soon at the Tu/Th 4:05 pm slot.
Global Studies Graduate Certificate
The GLBS Graduate Certificate has launched. I included the HANDOUT in the April 5 email. You can also check out the Catalog HERE.
Graduate students interested in the Certificate should note that “double dipping” with your current program or other certificates is allowed BUT “At least three (3) credit hours for the certificate must be earned outside of the requirements of the degree(s) and other certificates. Since graduate certificates are university credentials, a student must apply through Graduate Admissions to the graduate certificate program. Students must be admitted to the certificate program prior to completing six graduate credit hours toward the certificate.” See Graduate Catalog https://catalog.utk.edu/content.php?catoid=35&navoid=4802 If you’re interested, contact me (pgellert AT utk.edu) to discuss and fill out an easy form.
I-House Spring Calendar (see FLYER in previous email)
International House (I-House) has a chockful spring calendar of events, including language practice and coffee Wednesdays.
“Our biggest event this semester is the International Dance Competition which will be held on March 31st .
CAMPUS EVENTS
Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 5:30 pm at Baker Center OR webcast
“U.S. Grand Strategy in a New Era of Great Power Competition: America's National Story” [FLYER attached]
Dr. Will Waldorf, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University
Webcast: tiny.utk.edu/GSWalldorf
Monday, May 2, 2023 at 1:00 – 2:15 pm at Student Union 169
“Redlining, Interstate Highways, and Transportation Emissions: Fueling Inequity in US Cities.”
Dr. Rachel McKane
Dr. McKane has an undergraduate degree from UT in Global Studies. Her PhD is in Sociology from Vanderbilt. She is just starting as Jack Meyerhoff Chair of Environmental Studies in the Sociology Department at Brandeis.
Calendar link HERE
Tuesday May 2, 2023 at 4:00 pm in Music Building room 025
Balinese Gamelan – lecture /demo
I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot)
“US in the Globe, the Global in the US: A view from the Southeast Periphery” series event organized by Jonathan Adams, Musicology
Wednesday May 10, 2023 early evening – outdoors on the Music Building lawn
Balinese Gamelan performance
UT’s Balinese gamelan ensemble will play outside before dusk and ring in the end of the semester.
Organized by Prof. Jonathan Adams, Musicology, UTK
May 24-27, 2023 [FLYER attached]
Crossings: Africans Moving In/Across Space and Time
48th Annual Meeting of the African Literature Association.
https://conference.africanlit.org/2023-theme
Organized by Prof. Gichingiri Ndigirigi, English, UTK
Paul K. Gellert, Ph.D.
(pronouns he/him/his)
Professor of Sociology
Director of Global Studies
McClung Tower 911
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville is built upon part of the traditional territory of the Tsalagi peoples (now Eastern Band of Cherokee, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee) and Tsoyaha peoples (Yuchi, Muscogee Creek), an ongoing and living presence in the region and beyond.
Skype: gellertsoc
Follow our “US in the Globe” videos on Youtube !
Recent publications:
2021 “Migration, Resource Frontiers, and Extractive Peripheries: Toward a Typology” in O’Hearn and Ciccantell, Migration, Racism and Labor Exploitation in the World-System (Routledge)
2021 Book Review of Maxton-Lee, Forest Conservation and Sustainability in Indonesia. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2021.1890802
2020 "Coal's Persistence in the Capitalist World-Economy: Against Teleology in Energy “Transition” Narratives.” Sociology of Development 6(2): 194-221. https://doi.org/10.1525/sod.2020.6.2.194
2020 "The Political Economy of Environmental Degradation and Climate Disaster in Southeast Asia” in Carroll et al. The Political Economy of Southeast Asia: Politics and Uneven Development under Hyperglobalisation. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030282547
2019 "Neoliberalism and altered state developmentalism in the twenty-first century extractive regime of Indonesia," Globalizations 16(6): 894-918. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2018.1560189