Intensive Certificate Workshop: “Global Studies in Brazil: For a New Intersectional Field of Study”

This event will take place at UERJ, in Rio de Janeiro, between June 26-30

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The intensive certificate workshop or ‘minicurso’ entitled “Global Studies in Brazil: For a New Interdisciplinary Field – Global South Perspectives and the Public-Facing University” will take place at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ, Campus Maracanã) between June 26 and 30, 2023. This initiative is the result of a partnership between the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Institute of Social Sciences at UERJ, in Rio de Janeiro.

Target audience: Undergraduate students. Graduate students can also apply.
This is a free course. A Certificate of Completion will be issued at the end of the course.
Please APPLY by June 9th through the APPLICATION FORM: Minicurso UERJ/Orfalea.

OBJECTIVES

Global Studies is a relatively new interdisciplinary field of study that examines social, political, economic, and cultural processes and phenomena across borders, emphasizing the interconnectedness of the world. This informs our main objectives, which are

to introduce participants so some of the principal interdisciplinary research lines, educational philosophies, and public contributions of Global Studies;
to discuss the connections between the changing field of Global Studies and interdisciplinary fields such as Critical Security Studies, Environmental Studies, Black Studies, Media & Digital Humanities, Gender/Sexuality Studies and Indigenous Studies, as well as with Area Studies (of the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, etc).
to articulate in Brazil the field of Global Studies and launch a permanent Center for Global Studies at UERJ Institute for Social Sciences, drawing upon Brazilian contributions to this area as well as the most creative and innovative global-south facing and activist-engaged international perspectives;
to plan, together, for the launching of a unique mission for the field of Global Studies in Brazil and to begin to reimagine and generate some preliminary designs for undergraduate and graduate programs in Global Studies in Brazil.

We will offer an intensive certificate workshop or ‘minicurso’ on specific topics from a Global Studies perspective, such as:

Transnational Indigenous Futures and Global Ecology Struggles;
Global Sexualities and Gender Empowerment;
Critical Security Studies;
Circulations, Diasporas, and Post-Coloniality;
Africa and African-Diaspora: Global Studies Lenses;
Reimagining Global Media and Social Communication across Borders;
Social Policy, Social Inequality and the Usefulness of Global Comparisons.

Professors leading the ‘minicurso’ will include faculty from social sciences, history, media studies, and international relations, from UERJ, UFF, UFRJ, as well as from the United States. The lectures and discussions of the ‘minicurso’ will be conducted in Portuguese and English, with simultaneous translation available.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

We are looking for students from the areas of Social Sciences, Humanities and Applied Health, who are interested in thinking about contemporary challenges through broad and transnational perspectives. Black, Trans, Indigenous, and other marginalized students are especially encouraged to apply. The aim of this course is to foster an inclusive and diverse approach to the study of global issues.

APPLICATION

Applications must be submitted by June 9th through the REGISTRATION FORM: Minicurso UERJ/Orfalea.
The results will be sent by email by June 16th.
In the application, candidates must write a statement explaining their motivations to participate in the ‘minicurso’, as well as providing any relevant experiences. This information will be essential to determining the suitability of each candidate’s profile to the purpose of the ‘minicurso’ and ensure the formation of a diverse and engaged group.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

The Certificate of Completion will be jointly issued by the Institute of Social Sciences at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Attendance will be mandatory on the first (June 26) and last day (June 30). In addition, the participant must choose at least three other panels in the remaining days.
Upon completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate and will be part of the inaugural class of specialists in Global Studies in Brazil.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Where? UERJ (Maracanã Campus)
When? June 26-30, 2023
Session times: June 26 (1pm-5pm) | June 27- 30 (10am-4pm)

PROGRAM will be announced soon.

ORGANIZERS

Institute of Social Sciences of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

PARTNER