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International Academy for
the Study of Aids in Culture
Information for Faculty
The International Academy for the Study of
Aids in Culture provide international scholars an opportunity to teach
abroad and to interact with a variety of colleagues and students from
around the world. Since the first Aids in Culture Conference in 2004 more
than 300 scholars from arounf the world have participated in our different
conferences and academic activities in Mexico. More than 60 countries have
been represented. The International Academy for the Study of Aids in
Culture gives scholars an opportunity to work, research and live in a
truly multicultural and multilingual setting in a fascinating
international environment.
The four week teaching blocks allows
faculty to participate who otherwise could not due to departmental or
family responsibilities. Most of all, it provides faculty with a chance to
get out of their old familiar patterns, to try something new and
challenging, and to recharge their batteries in a highly stimulating and
different setting.
Typically faculty teach for one block (4
weeks), although in some cases faculty may teach in two or three
consecutive blocks.
As a general rule, the home universities of
all visiting faculty members pay their salaries during their stay at the
Academy. An apartment and office accommodations are provided by The
International Academy for the Study of Aids in Culture.
As courses/curriculum are determined up to
a year in advance, faculty interested in teaching in The International
Academy for the Study of Aids in Culture should contact their university
director as soon as possible for information on how to submit a course for
possible inclusion into the program. Faculty should be as flexible as
possible when selecting a time period as this allows for the greatest
chance for selection.
Courses from the social sciences,
humanities and fine arts are appropriate as long as the course includes an
approach to AIds in its socio-cultural context. In addition, faculty are
encouraged to include field trips and a variety of teaching techniques and
styles whenever appropriate. In addition to two or three courses drectly
focusing on Aids in Culture, each teaching block will contain one course
that focuses on other topics relating to Queer Studies, Human Rights
issues or Gender Studies.
Faculty Development Opportunities
In addition to the opportunity to teach in
a unique multicultural educational setting, faculty may use their time at
the The International Academy for the Study of Aids in Culture to do
research or write for publication. Our first book, Aids in Culture:
Explorations in the Cultural History of Aids will be published by
University Press of America in the fall of 2007, with chapters written by
former participants in Aids in Culture conferences and edited by Dr. Lars
Ivar Owesen-Lein Borge, cultural anthropologist from the University of
Frankfurt and academic coordinator of the Academy. Future volumes are
planned for a two-year cycle. |
