| The War in Bosnia and Its Aftermath | |
| Project Description: Students will engage in directed study of cultural and political aspects of the war including issues of gender, genocidal rape, ethnic cleansing, political economy, history, identity, nationalism, and ideologies of representation. | |
| Student Roles/Responsibilities: Students will study independently under professorial supervision, present the results of their research in bi-semestral workshops with other students, and do a project either within or outside the University. | |
| Minimum Qualifications: Professor's permission. | |
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| Globalization or Localization? English in Global Advertising | |
| Project Description: This project aims at addressing critical issues (such as globalization vs. localization; and standardization vs. adaptation) in international advertising. These issues will be addressed in the context of cross-cultural advertising, language universals, and the foundations of human communication. The Project is interdisciplinary in nature and integrates the methodologies and critical concepts of linguistics, cognitive sciences, marketing, and consumer research. | |
| Student Roles/Responsibilities: Willingness to learn experimental and data analysis techniques. International print advertising and/or internet advertising will be studied. (For further details, do not hesitate to contact me at the above telephone number.) | |
| Minimum Qualifications: Instructor's permission. | |
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National Identity & Contemporary Film |
| Project Description: Students will research the roles of national indentity in tru stories related to human trafficking in Albania, the adventuresome history of the Sarajevo Haggadah, and aspects of Swedish ritualized celebrations in Sweden and in Swedish immigrant culture in the U.S., for example, in order to propose popular culture film treatments of these and other issue-oriented topics. |
| Student Roles/Responsibilities: Weekly conferences with professor, plus approximately four hours research per week. |
| Minimum Qualifications: Interest in topics, some expertise in media analysis, good writing skills, good internet and library sleuthing skills. |
| Benefit: Student will acquire wide-ranging and currently relevant historical information and hone skills in discourse analysis; student will learn how to translate research into popular culture media. |
Sponsor: Professor Beverly Allen,
315 HB Crouse, x2175; e-mail ballensumm@aol.com |
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