College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities

Inventory of International Activities and Global Engagement

Contents

Agreements with Institutions Abroad .............................................................................................................................................................. 2

Study Abroad Programs ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

Creative Inquiry Projects ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Courses with Global Learning Content ............................................................................................................................................................ 8

Internationally Active Faculty ........................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Programs & Centers ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 27

Events & Organizations ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 30

Global Highlights: Key Publications, Projects & Accomplishments .................................................................................................... 33

Agreements - 2

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Agreements with Institutions Abroad The following agreements are signed written contracts between the foreign institutions and Clemson University in support of an

activity within the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. They are listed alphabetically by the institution’s country.

Please see the faculty contact if you have any questions regarding the extent or nature of the agreement.

Country Institution

Abroad Agreement Type

CAAH Department

Field of Study

Faculty Contact

Argentina Universidad Blas Pascal Memorandum of

Understanding

Languages Spanish M. Rojas-de-Massei

Belgium Louvain-la-Neuve, Universite Catholique de Louvain

Exchange Languages French Study Abroad

Chile Santiago, Universidad Andres Bello Exchange Languages Spanish Study Abroad

Egypt Ain Shams University Memorandum of Understanding

Landscape Architecture

Non-Specified H. Nassar

Ethiopia Ethio-American Doctors Group Memorandum of

Understanding

Architecture Non-Specified R. Goodstein

France Universite Montesquieu Bordeaux IV Exchange Languages French E. Touya

France Universite Bordeaux 1 Exchange Languages French Study Abroad

France Mulhouse, Universite de Haute Alsace Exchange Languages French Study Abroad

Ireland National University of Ireland Galway Study Abroad

Exchange

English English L. Morrissey

Japan Sophia University Exchange Languages Japanese Study Abroad

Japan Nagoya University of Foreign Studies Exchange Languages Japanese Study Abroad

Agreements - 3

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Country Institution Abroad

Agreement Type

CAAH Department

Field of Study

Faculty Contact

Japan University of Tokyo Exchange Languages Japanese Study Abroad

Japan Chukyo University Exchange Languages Japanese Study Abroad

Netherlands Building Management Simulation Center Memorandum of Understanding

Construction Science and

management

Non-Specified Office of Global Engagement

Spain Barcelona Architecture Center Study Abroad Architecture Architecture R. Foster

Spain Alicante, Universidad de Alicante Exchange Languages Spanish Study Abroad

UK Leeds Metropolitan University Exchange Construction Sciences and Management

Non-Specified Study Abroad

Study Abroad - 4

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Study Abroad Programs The following study abroad programs offer coursework specifically for academic programs in the College of Architecture, Arts

and Humanities or students studying foreign languages. They are arranged alphabetically by country.

Country Program Name

Type CAAH Department

Field of Study

Recent Activity

Faculty Contact

Argentina Argentina- Spanish Language and

Culture

Spring

Faculty-Led

Languages Spanish 2013-2014 M. Rojas-de-

Massei

Argentina Argentina- Spanish Language and Culture

Fall Faculty-Led

Languages Spanish 2013-2014 M. Rojas-de-Massei

Argentina Argentina- Spanish Language and Culture

Summer Faculty-Led

Languages Spanish 2013-2014 M. Rojas-de-Massei

Belgium Communications Studies Summer Faculty-Led

Communications Studies

Communications 2013-2014 E. Smith

Belgium Louvain-la-Neuve, Universite

Catholique de Louvain

Exchange Languages French - Study Abroad

Chile Santiago, Universidad Andres Bello

Exchange Languages English

Spanish English

- Study Abroad

China CU in China Summer Faculty-Led

Languages Chinese 2013-2014 Y. Zhang Y. An

Dominican Republic

Santiago Spring Break Faculty-Led

Languages International Health Hispanic Culture

- A. Moore G. Tissera

Ecuador Spanish Language Summer

Faculty-Led

Languages Spanish 2013-2014 H. Montes

France Clemson French Immersion Program

Spring Faculty-Led

Languages French 2013-2014 K. Peebles

France Revisiting D-Day Summer

Faculty-Led

Languages

History

French

History

2013-2014 E. Touya

L. Young

Study Abroad - 5

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Country Program Name

Type CAAH Department

Field of Study

Recent Activity

Faculty Contact

France Bordeaux, Universite Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV

Exchange Languages French - Study Abroad

France Universite Bordeaux 1 Exchange Languages French - Study Abroad

Germany CLIP German Language Summer Faculty-Led

Languages German 2013-2014 L. Ferrell

Italy Architecture Fall Faculty-Led

Architecture Architecture 2013-2014 R. Foster

Italy Architecture Minor Summer Faculty-Led

Architecture Architecture 2013-2014 R. Foster

Italy Architecture Spring Faculty-Led

Architecture Architecture 2013-2014 R. Foster

Italy From Jupiter Capitolinus to Jesus Christ

Summer Faculty-Led

History Philosophy &

Religion

History Religion

2013-2014 B. White E. Wood

Japan Japanese Culture and Language Summer Faculty-Led

Languages Japanese 2013-2014 Study Abroad

Japan Chukyo University Exchange Languages Japanese 2013-2014 Study Abroad

Japan Sophia University Exchange Languages Japanese 2013-2014 Study Abroad

Japan Nagoya University of Foreign

Studies

Exchange Languages Japanese 2013-2014 Study Abroad

Oman Landscape Architecture Spring Break Faculty-Led

Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture

2012-2013 H. Nassar R. Hewitt

South Africa National Scholars Summer Faculty-led

History History 2013-2014 J. Burns

Spain Architecture - Barcelona Spring

Faculty-Led

Architecture

Landscape Architecture

Architecture and

Landscape Architecture

2013-2014 R. Foster

Study Abroad - 6

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Country Program Name

Type CAAH Department

Field of Study

Recent Activity

Faculty Contact

Spain Architecture -Barcelona Fall Faculty-Led

Architecture Landscape

Architecture

Architecture and Landscape

Architecture

2013-2014 R. Foster

Spain CLIP Spanish Language Summer Faculty-Led

Languages Spanish 2013-2014 R. Tremolada

Spain Alicante, Universidad de Alicante Exchange Languages History

Spanish 2013-2014 Study Abroad

Switzerland EGS Rhetoric, Communication, and Information Design Ph.D.

program

Summer Faculty-led

English Rhetoric, Communication,

and Information Design Ph.D. program

2013-2014 V. Vitanza

UK Leeds Metropolitan University Exchange Construction Sciences and Management

Constructions Sciences and Management

2013-2014 Study Abroad

Creative Inquiry - 7

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Creative Inquiry Projects The following CI Projects represent student research on international and global topics within the fields housed by the College of

Architecture, Arts and Humanities. They are arranged alphabetically by CAAH Department.

Name Academic

Years Department Description Region/

Country Mentor

Exploring the Kanji World as Japanese

Culture

2011-2012 2012-2013

2013-2014

Languages Japanese language students develop a learning method for mastering Kanji, one of the Japanese

writing systems.

Japan T. Kishimoto

Health and Business Topics in Film and Media

2013-2014 Languages Students analyze different perspectives on health, business and related topics to explore their impact on Hispanic countries as well as other areas of the world.

Latin America G. Tissera

Literary and cinematic perspectives on gender studies in

Latin America and Spain

2013-2014 Languages Students focus on gender topics including women, men, and sexual diversity studies. Students will explore gender and sexuality in the fields of literature and cinema related to cultural, social, and

economic issues in Latin America and Spain.

Latin America Spain

G. Tissera J. Martin-Armas

International Health and Hispanic Culture

2013-2014 Languages Institute on Family and Neighborhood

Life

Students focus on the interrelations between health and culture in the Hispanic countries and their impact on individuals and communities. Research explores medical diseases and conditions, people’s

traditions, beliefs and perceptions related to health issues, home remedies, behavior change, family and community, doctor-patient relationship, and social aspects of public health (ethnicity, gender, poverty). Students have the opportunity to travel to the Dominican Republic during Spring Break.

Latin America G. Tissera A. Moore Peralta

Nurturing, protecting and interpreting story across cultures: devised Kenyan storytelling through puppets and masks

2013-2014 Performing Arts Students create theatre pieces to be performed for local schools from Kenyan (Maasai and Kikuyu) children's stories. Clemson students meet with Kenyan students via Skype to learn stories and craft methodology/technology to create masks and puppets based on the Kenyan traditions.

Kenya S. Robert

Courses - 8

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Courses with Global Learning Content Undergraduate Courses The following courses are those listed in the 2014-2015 Undergraduate Course Catalog with learning

objectives or topics explicitly expressing a focus on international issues, globalization, or a specific location outside of the US.

For simplicity of the list, most language courses were left off. Courses are listed alphabetically by CAAH department.

Title Department Course ID Region/Country

Architectural History of Place Architecture ARCH 4710 Global

Studio Barcelona Architecture ARCH 3540 Europe

Studio Genoa Architecture ARCH 3530 Europe

Introduction to Art and Architecture Architecture, Arts and Humanities

AAH 2100 Global

Communication and Globalization Communications Studies

COMM 4000 Global

British and American Women Writers English ENGL 3800 United Kingdom

British Literature English ENGL 2130 United Kingdom

British Literature Survey I and II English ENGL 3960, 3970 United Kingdom

Chaucer English ENGL 4080 United Kingdom

Cultural Studies English ENGL 4420 Global

Drama of English Renaissance English ENGL 4100 United Kingdom

Ethnic American Literature English ENGL 3530 United States

Global Studies in Popular Culture English ENGL 3550 Global

Milton English ENGL 4140 United Kingdom

Renaissance Literature English ENGL 4440 United Kingdom

Selected Topics in International Film

and Lab

English ENGL 4540, 4541 Global

Sexuality and the Cinema English ENGL 4530 Global

Shakespeare English ENGL 4110 United Kingdom

The English Novel English ENGL 4180 United Kingdom

The Restoration and Eighteenth Century

English ENGL 4150 Europe

Courses - 9

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Title Department Course ID Region/Country

The Romantic Period English ENGL 4160 United Kingdom

The Victorian Period English ENGL 4170 United Kingdom

Theories of World Literature English ENGL 4430 Global

World Literature English ENGL 2120 Global

Writing and International Trade English ENGL 3160 Global

Environmental Risks and Society Environmental and Natural Resources

ENR 3120 Global

Africa and the Atlantic World History PAS 1010 Africa

African History to 1875 History HIST 3380 Africa

Age of the Protestant Reformation History HIST 3730 Europe

Alexander the Great History HIST 4510 Middle East

Ancient Near East History HIST 3510 Near East

Britain Since 1688 History HIST 3630 United Kingdom

British Cultural History History HIST 3650 United Kingdom

Cultural Geography History GEOG 3050 Global

Economic Geography History GEOG 3020 Global

Egypt in the Days of the Pharaohs History HIST 3520 Egypt

Environmental History Survey History HIST 1240 Global

Europe in the Age of Reason History HIST 3740 Europe

Europe Since 1945 History HIST 3780 Europe

Europe, 1914-1945 History HIST 3770 Europe

Geography of Africa History GEOG 3600 Africa

Geography of Latin America History GEOG 3400 Latin America

Geography of the Middle East and North Africa

History GEOG 3300 Middle East

Germany since 1918 History HIST 3810 Europe

Historical Geography History GEOG 3060 Global

History of Britain to 1688 History HIST 3610 United Kingdom

History of Early Christianity History HIST 4520 Middle East

Courses - 10

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Title Department Course ID Region/Country

History of Imperial Russia History HIST 3850 Russia

History of Modern China History HIST 3300 China

History of Modern France History HIST 3840 Europe

History of Modern Japan History HIST 3330 Japan

History of South Africa History HIST 3370 South Africa

History of the Soviet Union History HIST 3860 Russia

Imperial Germany History HIST 3800 Europe

Medieval Conquests and Crusades History HIST 4720 Middle East

Medieval History History HIST 3700 Europe

Modern Africa, 1875 to the Present History HIST 3390 Africa

Modern Irish History History HIST 3670 United Kingdom

Modern Mexico History HIST 3410 Mexico

Modern Middle East History HIST 3970 Middle East

Modern Military History History HIST 3900 Global

Modern World History History HIST 1930 Global

Non-Western History History HIST 3940 Global

Political Geography History GEOG 3010 Global

Post World War II World History HIST 3910 Global

Premodern East Asia History HIST 3340 Asia

Problems in African Historiography and Methodology

History HIST 4380 Africa

Revolutionary Europe History HIST 3750 Europe

South America Since 1800 History HIST 3420 South America

Sports in the Modern World History HIST 3930 Global

Studies in Ancient History History HIST 4500 Global

Studies in Comparative History History HIST 4940 Global

Studies in Comparative History History HIST 4950 Global

Studies in Diplomatic History History HIST 4920 Global

Studies in Early European History History HIST 4700 Europe

Courses - 11

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Title Department Course ID Region/Country

Studies in Geography History GEOG 4010 Global

Studies in Latin American History History HIST 4400 Latin America

Studies in Legal History History HIST 4960 Global

Studies in Modern European History History HIST 4710 Europe

Studies in Social History History HIST 4930 Global

The Greek World History HIST 3540 Greece

The Middle East to 1800 History HIST 3960 Middle East

The Renaissance History HIST 3720 Europe

The Roman World History HIST 3550 Italy

The Russian Revolution History HIST 3870 Russia

The Vietnam Wars History HIST 4360 Global

The West and The World I and II History HIST 1720, 1730 Europe

Urban Geography History GEOG 3030 Global

Women in Antiquity History HIST 3530 Global

World Geography of Parks and

Equivalent Reserves

History GEOG 4300 Global

World Geography of Parks and Equivalent Reserves

History GEOG 4300 Global

World Regional Geography History GEOG 1030 Global

World War II and the World History HIST 4870 Global

Urban Design Studio Landscape Architecture

LARC 3520 Global

Chinese for International Trade I and

II

Languages CHIN 3160, 4160 China

France and the Francophone World Languages LANG 4200 France

French for International Trade I and II Languages FR 3160, 4160 France

German for International Trade I and II and III

Languages GER 3160, 4160, 4170

Germany

Global Affairs and Governments Languages LANG 4850 Global

Courses - 12

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Title Department Course ID Region/Country

Hispanic Film: Documentary and Feature

Languages LANG 4550 Latin America

Internship Abroad Languages LIH 4000 Global

Introduction to Language and International Health

Languages LIH 1270 Global

Introduction to Language and International Trade

Languages LIT 1270 Global

Introduction to World Cinemas and Lab

Languages LANG 2540, 2541 Global

Introduction to World Languages Languages LANG 2500 Global

Japanese for International Trade I and II

Languages JAPN 3160, 4160 Japan

Language and Culture Languages LANG 3710 Global

Language and International Trade

Directed Study

Languages LIT 4020 Global

Language and International Trade Internship

Languages LIT 4000 Global

Propaganda and the Totalitarian Recreation of the World

Languages LANG 4600 Global

Selected Topics in International Film and Lab

Languages LANG 4540 Global

Spanish for International Trade I and II

Languages SPAN 3160, 4160 Global

Music Appreciation: Music in the Western World

Performing Arts MUSC 2100 Global

Steel Drum Band Performing Arts MUSC 3370 Trinidad & Tobago

Voice for the Stage Performing Arts THEA 3680 Global

World Music Performing Arts MUSC 3140 Global

Comparative Topics in Eastern and Western Philosophy

Philosophy and Religion

PHIL 3140 Global

Philosophy in Ancient China Philosophy and Religion

PHIL 3120 China

Courses - 13

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Title Department Course ID Region/Country

Philosophy of Modern China Philosophy and Religion

PHIL 3130 China

Women and Leadership Women's Studies WS 2300 Global

Women in Global Perspectives Women's Studies WS 1030 Global

Courses - 14

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Graduate Courses The following courses are those listed in the 2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog with learning objectives

or topics explicitly expressing a focus on international issues, globalization, or a specific location outside of the US. Courses are

listed alphabetically by CAAH department.

Title Department Course ID Region/Country

History and Theory of Landscape and

Urbanism

Architecture ARCH 8630 Global

Architectural History and Theory IV Architecture ARCH 8640 Global

Architectural History Research Architecture ARCH 6120 Europe

Studies in the Art and Architecture of the Renaissance I, II

Architecture, Arts and Humanities

AAH 6230, 6240 Europe

Survey of Communication Technology

Studies

Communications COMM 8030 Global

Communication and Social Movements Communications COMM 8050 Global

Internetworking Communications CPSC 8520 Global

Postcolonial and World Literature English ENGL 6190 Global

Sexuality and the Cinema English ENGL 6530 Global

Global Professional Communication English ENGL 8380 Global

Studies in Geography History GEOG 6010 Global

World Geography of Parks and Equivalent Reserves

History GEOG 6300 Global

Teaching Geography History GEOG 7100 Global

The Vietnam Wars History HIST 6360 Asia

Problems in African Historiography and

Methodologies

History HIST 6380 Africa

Studies in Latin American History History HIST 6400 Latin America

Courses - 15

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Title Department Course ID Region/Country

Alexander the Great History HIST 6510 Middle East

History of Early Christianity History HIST 6520 Middle East

Studies in British History History HIST 6600 United Kingdom

Studies in Early European History History HIST 6700 Europe

Studies in Modern European History History HIST 6710 Europe

Medieval Conquests and Crusades History HIST 6720 Europe

World War II and the World History HIST 6870 Global

Studies in Diplomatic History History HIST 6920 Global

Europe Since the 18th Century History HIST 7750 Europe

Seminar in Asian History History HIST 8300 Asia

Seminar in Latin American History History HIST 8400 Latin America

Seminar in British History History HIST 8600 United Kingdom

Seminar in European History History HIST 8700 Europe

Issues and Methods in European and Non-Western History

History HIST 8720 Europe

Seminar in Sustainable Development Planning, Development and Preservation

CRP 8700 Global

Real Estate Seminar Roundtable Planning, Development and Preservation

RED 8100 Global

Studies in Religion Philosophy and Religion

REL 6020 History

Holy Lands Philosophy and Religion

REL 6100 Middle East

Women in the Developing World Women's Studies WS 6230 Global

Faculty - 16

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Internationally Active Faculty The following faculty members are those engaged in international or global activities either through international research

collaboration, a global research-focus or through their teaching. They are arranged alphabetically by CAAH department.

Last First CAAH Department

Research and Publications and Projects

Creative Inquiry or Study Abroad

On-campus Instruction

Region/ Country

Email

Abousamr

a

Sulafa Languages Arabic Middle East ssamra@clemson.edu

Adams Clementina

Languages Spanish Latin America

adamsc@clemson.edu

Allison David Architecture Research: Hospital design on cost

containment Co-chair: Global Universities Programs in Healthcare Architecture (GUPHA)

Project: Development

of a major trauma hospital in Doha, Qatar

Architecture + Health

Qatar, Europe

adavid@clemson.edu

An Yanming Languages China: Chinese Chinese China yanming@clemson.edu

Anido Raquel Languages Multiple Spanish publications including a book chapter, to appear as part of the first book in a new

series of Spanish

Studies directed by Prof. Moreiras-Menor

Spanish Latin America

ranido@clemson.edu

Barattoni Luca Languages Italian Italy lbaratt@clemson.edu

mailto:ssamra@clemson.edumailto:adamsc@clemson.edumailto:adavid@clemson.edumailto:yanming@clemson.edumailto:ranido@clemson.edumailto:lbaratt@clemson.edu

Faculty - 17

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Barczewski

Stephanie History country houses in Britain and Ireland and their relationship to the British Empire

between 1700 and 1945

British History UK sbarcze@clemson.edu

Bartley Abel History Ghana: slavery Ghana: future trip about slavery for students in

Pan African Studies

Pan African Studies

Africa abartly@clemson.edu

Bein Amit History Relations between Turkey and the Middle East during the period between the two World Wars

History of the Middle East

Turkey abein@clemson.edu

Bridgwood Joan Languages Russian Russia bjoan@clemson.edu

Buitrago Gonzalez Languages Spanish Latin America

mig@clemson.edu

Burns James History African History and

the social history of film

Summer 2014:

South Africa with National Scholars

African History Africa burnsj@clemson.edu

Burton Orville Vernon

History 2014: Conference in Perfu - Lima Peru, HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced

Collaboratory )and ARTCA (Advance Research and Technology

Collaboratory for the Americas–Organization of

American States)

Bushnell Cameron English Anglophone literature in the Mediterranean

Anglophone Postcolonial Studies and World Literatures

Mediterranean

cbushne@clemson.edu

mailto:abein@clemson.edumailto:bjoan@clemson.edumailto:mig@clemson.edumailto:burnsj@clemson.edumailto:cbushne@clemson.edu

Faculty - 18

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Carney Elizabeth History Classics- Greek, Rome, Egypt

Ancient Rome, Greek, Egypt History

Mediterranean

elizab@clemson.edu

Carson Kari Languages Spanish Latin America

kcarson@clemson.edu

Chen Su-I Languages Chinese Taiwan schen@clemson.edu

Delmas Candice Philosophy and Religion

political responsibility, especially moral

obligations in the face of injustice

Law, liberty and justice

France cdelmas@clemson.edu

DeWard Lisa Languages Spanish Latin America

ldykstr@clemson.edu

Dunn Caroline History 2014: Presentation entitled "Fruits of their Labor: Recompensing Ladies-in-Waiting in Fourteenth-Century

England" at the Kings and Queens 3 conference in

Winchester, England 2014: Attended a conference on the Plantagenet Empire in

Harlaxton, England

Medieval Europe, Women

Europe cdunn@clemson.edu

Ersoy Ufok Architecture Glass in architecture Architecture Turkey uersoy@clemson.edu

Ferrell Lee Languages Germany:

German

German Germany ferrell@clemson.edu

Greene Michael Languages Spanish Latin

America

mgreen4@clemson.edu

Grubb Alan History European history European

history

Europe agrub@clemson.edu

Hewitt Robert Landscape Architecture

use of medicine in international landscape architecture

Oman: Landscape Architecture

Global hewitt@clemson.edu

Howard Lance History Urban Sustainability cultural, urban and historical geography

Mexico, Brazil

lhoward@clemson.edu

mailto:elizab@clemson.edumailto:kcarson@clemson.edumailto:schen@clemson.edumailto:cdelmas@clemson.edumailto:ldykstr@clemson.edumailto:cdunn@clemson.edumailto:uersoy@clemson.edumailto:ferrell@clemson.edumailto:mgreen4@clemson.edumailto:agrub@clemson.edumailto:hewitt@clemson.edumailto:lhoward@clemson.edu

Faculty - 19

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Hurley Joni Languages Spanish Latin America

hjoni@clemson.edu

Jeffries James History Foreign impact

on American Colonial History

France jjeffri@clemson.edu

Kahera Akel Architecture Research:hermeneutics, design, urbanism,

community development, non-Western architecture

and architectural history and theory Book: Reading the Islamic City:

Discursive Practices and Legal Judgments, 2011 Hamad bin Khalifa Fellow

Islamic Art & Architecture:

Form, Space & Meaning

Middle East akelk@clemson.edu

Killey Hamilton Languages French France hkilley@clemson.edu

King Harris Languages German Germany oswaldk@clemson.edu

Kishimoto Toshiko Languages Many Japanese Education publications and presentations including the article

"Today's Japanese Language Education in the United States: Acquiring Heritage Japanese Proficiency”

Learning Kanji Japanese Japan ktoshik@clemson.edu

Kuehn Thomas History History of Italian Renaissance and Reformation

Italy tjkuehn@clemson.edu

Lauria Mickey Planning, Development and Preservation

2014: seminar on potential redevelopment plans for Orunia, Gdansk

Europe mlauria@clemson.edu

Lauritis Beth Ann Art Integrated Arts of Asia

Asia blaurit@clemson.edu

mailto:hjoni@clemson.edumailto:jjeffri@clemson.edumailto:akelk@clemson.edumailto:hkilley@clemson.edumailto:oswaldk@clemson.edumailto:ktoshik@clemson.edumailto:tjkuehn@clemson.edumailto:mlauria@clemson.edumailto:blaurit@clemson.edu

Faculty - 20

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Leal Angeli Languages Spanish Latin America

angelil@clemson.edu

Linvill Darren Communicatio

ns Study

2014: Travel to

Turkey Libya's higher education future

Middle East darrenl@clemson.edu

Lombardi Valentina Languages Italian Italy vlombar@clemson.edu

Love Jeff Languages Multiple Russian publications including

“Tolstoy’s Philosophy of History,” Award: John E.

Sawyer Fellowship at the National Humanities Center (2014-2015) in the amount of $ 45,000 to work on a monograph with the

preliminary title: The Black Square:

Alexandre Kojève's Critique of Philosophy

Russian Russia gjlove@clemson.edu

mailto:angelil@clemson.edumailto:darrenl@clemson.edumailto:vlombar@clemson.edumailto:gjlove@clemson.edu

Faculty - 21

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Mai Joseph Languages Article:“Shame, Humanity, and Living with Animals in Milan Kundera’s The

Unbearable Lightness of Being,” Article “The Idealism of Ararat: Armenia in the Films of Robert Guédiguian” Presentation

"Friendship in Robert Guédiguian A la vie, a la mort! and Les neiges du Killimandjaro,” at the 20th and 21st century

French Studies Colloquium

French France jmai@clemson.edu

Mares

Hernandez

Filberto Languages Spanish Latin

America

fmares@clemson.edu

Marks Steve History Influence of Russian ideas on western world culture Communism in South Africa

Russian history Russia msteven@clemson.edu

Martin-Armas

Juana Languages Spanish Latin America

juanam@clemson.edu

May Todd Philosophy and Religion

Continental Philosophy

recent French philosophy

France mayt@clemson.edu

Meng Michael History 2014: Delivered a paper at an international conference in Koper, Slovenia

Germany since 1918

Eastern Europe

Montes Heidi Languages Spanish Ecuador hmontes@clemson.edu

Moody Samuel Languages Spanish Latin America

smoody2@clemson.edu

Moore Rachel History Mexican Mexico rchico@clemson.edu

mailto:jmai@clemson.edumailto:fmares@clemson.edumailto:msteven@clemson.edumailto:juanam@clemson.edumailto:mayt@clemson.edumailto:hmontes@clemson.edumailto:smoody2@clemson.edumailto:rchico@clemson.edu

Faculty - 22

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

history

Morrissey Lee English relationships between literature and intellectual history,

political philosophy, and theory, largely in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

British literature

UK lmorris@clemson.edu

Nakuma Constanci

o

Languages International

Education

Global

cnakuma@clemson.edu

Nassar Hala Landscape Architecture

Islamic Landscape Architecture

Oman: Landscape Architecture

International Landscape Architecture

Egypt hnassar@clemson.edu

Padua Mary Landscape

Architecture

China’s post-Mao

designed environments, adaptive urbanism and the meaning of public space 2014: Travel to China

to present papers

International

Landscape Architecture

China mgpadua@clemson.ed

u

Peebles Kelly Languages Multiple French Publications including an annotated translation of Jeanne Flore’s works: Tales and Trials of Love: A Bilingual Edition and

Study

France: French French France kpeeble@clemson.edu

Perpich Diane Philosophy and

Religion

Women's Leadership Women's

Studies

Global dperpic@clemson.edu

Persico Melva Languages Spanish Latin America

mpersic@clemson.edu

Robert Shannon Performing Arts

International Theatre Community Theater in Africa

Performance design

Global shanrob@clemson.edu

Rojas-de-Massei

Monica Languages Argentina: Spanish

Spanish Argentina mmassei@clemson.edu

Sawyer Amy Languages French France agriff2@clemson.edu

mailto:hnassar@clemson.edumailto:mgpadua@clemson.edumailto:mgpadua@clemson.edumailto:kpeeble@clemson.edumailto:dperpic@clemson.edumailto:mpersic@clemson.edumailto:shanrob@clemson.edumailto:mmassei@clemson.edumailto:agriff2@clemson.edu

Faculty - 23

College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities August 2014

Schmidt Johannes Languages Multiple German publications including the article: “‘Kein Publikum, das auf uns

wirke?’ Herders Verkehrung des Publikums in den Christlichen Schriften”

German Germany schmidj@clemson.edu

Schmidt Julia Languages Italian Italy schmid3@clemson.edu

Schmucker

Ellroy Languages Spanish Latin America

eschmuc@clemson.edu

Shoji Kazuko Languages Japanese Japan kshoji@clemson.edu

Silvestri Michael History Britain, Ireland and the British Empire

British history UK msilves@clemson.edu

Simpson Roger Languages Spanish Latin America

simpsor@clemson.edu

Smith Eddie Communications Study

Belgium: Communicatio

ns

Communications Studies

Belgium seddie@clemson.edu

Smith James Construction

Science and Management

2014: Presented a

paper in Oslo for 22nd Annual Conference for the International

Group for Lean Construction

Global jps7@clemson.edu

Smith Daniel Languages Spanish Latin America

daniels@clemson.edu

Spencer James Planning, Development and

Preservation

International Urbanization

Urbanization Global jhspenc@clemson.edu

St. Peter Rick Performing Arts

Theatre UK, Czech Republic

ricks@clemson.edu

Stoicea Gabriela Languages German Europe stoicea@clemson.edu

mailto:schmidj@clemson.edumailto:schmid3@clemson.edumailto:eschmuc@clemson.edumailto:kshoji@clemson.edumailto:msilves@clemson.edumailto:simpsor@clemson.edumailto:seddie@clemson.edumailto:jps7@clemson.edumailto:daniels@clemson.edumailto:jhspenc@clemson.edumailto:ricks@clemson.edumailto:stoicea@clemson.edu

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Szmurlo Karyna Languages Publication: Germain de Staël: Forgin a Politics of Meditation, Voltaire Foundation,

University of Oxford, 2012 was reprinted in 2013.

French France skaryna@clemson.edu

Terry William History Local/organic food movements

Economic Geography

Latin America

terry2@clemson.edu

Tissera Graciela Languages Multiple publications including the book chapter “Las inagotables imágenes del universo en la

poesía de Jorge Luis Borges” Presentations: “Contenders for Wealth and Power in Charles Bryant’s Salomé and Cecil B.

DeMille’s Cleopatra” (Film & History Conference) Presentation: “Gender Perceptions in XXY by Lucía Puenzo”

(Women’s and Gender Studies Conference)

Creative Inquiries: SPAN 3970, 3980, 4970, 4970-031,

LANG 3970, 3970-031, 4970.

Spanish Latin America

gtisser@clemson.edu

mailto:skaryna@clemson.edumailto:terry2@clemson.edumailto:gtisser@clemson.edu

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Touya Eric Languages Multiple French publications including article: “Les dialogues Mallarmé-Claudel:

Divergences et prolongements” Dr. Touya presented papers at four conferences on topic varying from theatre to gender topics.

French France etouya@clemson.edu

Tremolada Ricardo Languages Spanish Spain rtremol@clemson.edu

Vitanza Victor English Switzerland: Vitanza has the unique position of being a member of the Doctoral

Program Council at

EGS, which allows him the privilege to select students

to study abroad. Since 2007, Vitanza has taken two students each summer.

Switzerland sophist@clemson.edu

Watt Sarah Languages Spanish Latin

America

swatt@clemson.edu

White Benjamin Philosophy and Religion

Italy: History and Religion

Origins of Christianity

Middle East bwhite5@clemson.edu

Whitehouse

Allison Languages Spanish Latin America

aaw3@clemson.edu

Widgren Kenneth Languages French France kwidgre@clemson.edu

Wood Emily History Power in medieval

society

Italy: History

and Religion

European

history

Europe ewood2@clemson.edu

mailto:etouya@clemson.edumailto:rtremol@clemson.edumailto:sophist@clemson.edumailto:swatt@clemson.edumailto:bwhite5@clemson.edumailto:aaw3@clemson.edumailto:kwidgre@clemson.edumailto:ewood2@clemson.edu

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Zaczek Barbara Languages Multiple Italian publications including translation of Umberto Piersanti's

novel "Olimpo," published by Sciascia Editore Presentations: "The Case Study of Umberto Piersanti's Olimpo"

"The Mysteries of Women Partisan in Contemporary Italian Literature (Luce d'Eramo and Bruno Morchio)"

Italian literature during WWII.

Genoa: Taught Architecture students intensive

language and culture course

Italian Italy bzaczek@clemson.edu

Zamora Maureen Languages Spanish Latin America

mzamora@clemson.edu

Zhang Yanhua Languages Multiple Chinese

culture publications including “Crafting Confucian remedies for happiness in contemporary China” Presentation: “Teaching Chinese as

Embodied Practice” Presentation: “Body, Emotion, and Traditional Chinese

Medicine”

China: Chinese Chinese China yhzhang@clemson.edu

Zimany Valerie Art Integrated Arts of Asia

Asia vzimany@clemson.edu

mailto:bzaczek@clemson.edumailto:mzamora@clemson.edumailto:mzamora@clemson.edumailto:yhzhang@clemson.edumailto:vzimany@clemson.edu

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Programs & Centers The following academic programs, centers and spaces are managed by departments within the College of Architecture, Arts and

Humanities and serve as resources for international or global learning for students. They are arranged alphabetically by the

department which houses the resource. Name Type CAAH

Department Description Region/

Country

Charles E. Daniel

Center for Building Research and Urban

Studies

Center Architecture Part of the Architecture Program's Fluid Campus

With the first group of students in residence in Fall 1973, the Charles E. Daniel Center for Building Research and Urban Studies in Genoa, Italy,

has served as a model for off-campus architectural education for 40 years. The program balances the studio experience with the study of Italian architectural history, contemporary design, urban practices, culture and field sketching.

Italy

Clemson Architecture Center in Barcelona

Center Architecture Landscape

Architecture

Part of the Architecture Program's Fluid Campus Up to 18 Architecture students work at the Barcelona Architecture

Center, directed by Miguel Roldán, located at Ptge de la Pau, 10, in the Gothic Quarter, a few blocks from the harbor and the Mediterranean Sea.

Spain

Social Media

Listening Center

Center Communication

Studies

Global Social Media

Housed in Sirrine 146 and Daniel 304, the Listening Center allows

faculty, students and staff to conduct research and interact with external partners through social media data collection and analysis.

Global

British and Irish Studies

Academic Program

English Starting in the 2015-2016 Catalog, this minor will allow students in a variety of disciplines to develop knowledge of British and Irish literature and history.

United Kingdom

Geography Academic Program

History A minor in geography helps students acquire geographic knowledge and skills needed to understand the spatial characteristics and interactions of important physical, demographic, cultural, political, and economic systems. Students will discover that geography helps them to ask better informed questions and to understand the global challenges that their own majors are training them to tackle.

Global

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Name Type CAAH Department

Description Region/ Country

Pan-African Studies

Academic Program

History Students in the Pan African studies program (major or minor) ask critical questions about the social, economic, political and familial contributions

Africans have made to Western society and to identify connections among Africans in diverse cultures.

Africa

East Asian Studies

Academic Program

Interdisciplinary A minor in East Asian Studies allows students to study language, history, political science and philosophy of East Asia.

Asia

Clemson

University

Cordoba Center

Center Languages Since 2006, The Clemson University Córdoba Center has opened its doors to

a new immersion experience. 150 students have benefited from this program

that received the President Barker Award in 2008. Programs run in Spring and Fall semesters with the option of a year-long pro

Argentina

Language and International Trade

Academic Program

Languages Language + Business Clemson’s language and international trade major combines intensive foreign language study (French, German, Japanese, Mandarin or Spanish) with a professional business concentration in one of the following areas: international

trade, tourism or applied international economics.

Global

Language Lab Lab Languages Language Learning Space Located on the first floor of Daniel Hall, the Language Laboratory consists of three fully equipped computer classrooms as well as a media library and audiovisual equipment repository. Courses are held in each of the rooms and

free student access is also available outside of class times. The online version of the TellMeMore language-learning program has been implemented for student use across multiple languages.

Global

Languages and International Health

Academic Program

Languages Language + Health Clemson majors and minors in language and international health are qualified to assume positions in a variety of settings, including hospital

systems, consulting firms, managed care organizations and pharmaceutical companies, or to pursue a graduate degree in community health, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration or medical research.

Global

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Name Type CAAH Department

Description Region/ Country

Modern Languages

Academic Program

Languages Clemson offers a degree (major or minor) in one of seven languages — American Sign Language, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese

and Spanish. This rigorous program prepares the student for a wide range of careers in the international arena, as well as for a variety of graduate programs.

Global

Russian Area Studies

Academic Program

Languages Students can choose to study Russian Language with History or Political Science to earn a minor in Russian Area Studies.

Russia

Spanish-

American Area

Studies

Academic

Program

Languages A minor in Spanish-American Area Studies allows students to study Spanish

language as well as history, political science and geography.

North

America

Brooks Center for the Performing Arts

Center Performing Arts

Venue for International Guests and Cultural Performances Ranked No. 8 in University performing arts centers, the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts is a state-of-the-art facility serves as a roadhouse to many nationally and internationally acclaimed dance companies, theatre troupes, and music ensembles of all types.

Global

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Events & Organizations The following internationally focused events, student organizations, and projects are those managed by faculty within the

College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. These extracurricular activities and Brooks Center performances help bring

international topics to a variety of internal and external audiences to Clemson University.

Name Type CAAH

Department Description Region/

Country Contact

Declamation Contest Event Languages Annual High School foreign language poetry contest in

which high school students from the upstate compete to memorize and recite poetry in the language of their

studies.

Global S. Chen

Language & International Health Symposium

Event Languages Semi-annual forum to discuss and increase awareness of international health issues.

Global G. Tissera

Language & International Trade Conference

Event Languages Annual conference to promote the relationship between international business and Clemson university.

Global T. Kishimoto

Conference on German in the Professions

Event Languages Annual networking event to bring together students studying German and professionals working in German companies. This event is hosted by the German

Professional Society.

Germany L. Ferrell

Chinese Language Club

Student Organization

Languages Student club for extracurricular language and culture learning for students interested in China and Chinese language and culture.

China S. Chen

German Club Student Organization

Languages Student club for extracurricular language and culture learning for students interested in Germany and German language and culture.

Germany L. Ferrell

German Professional Society

Student Organization

Languages Student organization to bridge German language and professional development.

Germany L. Ferrell

Hispanic Honor Society

Student Organization

Languages Clemson chapter of Sigma Delta Pi for teaching of Spanish.

Global D. Martin-Armas

French Club Student

Organization

Languages Student club for extracurricular language and culture

learning for students interested in France and French language and culture.

France E. Touya

Language and International Trade Society

Student Organization

Languages Student society for Language and International Trade students.

Global L. Williams

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Name Type CAAH Department

Description Region/ Country

Contact

Language and International Health

Society

Student Organization

Languages Student society for Language and International Health students.

Global D. Smith G. Tissera

Japanese Language Speech Contest

Event Languages Hosted by the Japan-America Society of Georgia and in cooperation with the Consulate General of Japan in Atlanta, students compete by writing and presenting a speech in Japanese.

Global T. Kishimoto

Film Festivals Event Languages The department of Languages hosts events each year in

which language faculty share international movies: Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and German.

Global -

German Play Event Languages Each Spring Semester, the German department offers a class in which students write and perform a play in

German.

Germany L. Ferrell

Italian Summit Conference Languages This annual conference hosts speakers from around the US and from Italy to discuss topics of interest in the study of Italian language and culture.

Italy B. Zaczek

The College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities regularly sponsors performances of cultural activities that bring international

artists and issues to the Clemson campus and community. The following are scheduled for 2014-2015.

Brooks Center for the Performing Arts

Name Description Region/

Country

Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 The acoustics of the Brooks Theatre are ideally suited for orchestral works, so don’t miss this night of gorgeous Russian music. Celebrated pianist Vladimir Feltsman joins forces with

the 90 musicians of the Russian State Symphony Orchestra and music director Valery Polyansky in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Other repertoire includes Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmilla and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3.

Russia

Swan Lake: Moscow City Ballet

Monday, March 9 2015 One of the world’s most outstanding classical ballet companies performs Tchaikovsky’s

"Swan Lake," a signature piece with exquisite choreography. Moscow City Ballet’s choreography, interpretation, beauty, and virtuoso performances repeatedly win rave reviews. Join us as the Brooks Center celebrates International Month with one of the world’s most beautiful and evocative ballets.

Russia

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Name Description Region/ Country

Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir

Monday, September 15, 2014 Direct from Dakar, Senegal, the singers and drummers of the Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir led by Ambroise N’Diong will inspire you with their interpretations of gospel spirituals,

traditional African songs, and magnificent masses composed in the national languages of Senegal.

Senegal

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

Thursday, October 16, 2014 Founded in 1988 during the era of conductor Herbert von Karajan, The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet was the first permanently established wind quintet in the famous orchestra’s

rich tradition of chamber music. As members of the Berlin Philharmonic, these esteemed musicians have enjoyed important collaborations with every other major conductor of their time, such as Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, and Riccardo Muti.

Germany

Urban Bush Women Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Urban Bush Women (UBW) is committed to dancing powerful, under-told stories of the African diaspora through the vision of its award-winning founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the company continues to use dance to bring together audiences through innovative choreography, community engagement and artistic leadership development. Zollar has conceived of "Walking with ’Trane" as a suite of works based on the life and artistic imprint of jazz pioneer John Coltrane and his album, "A Love Supreme." This

work is co-choreographed by Zollar and UBW dancer Samantha Speis.

Africa

Chanticleer Monday, February 2, 2015

Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by "The New Yorker" magazine and named “Ensemble of the Year” by "Musical America" in 2008, the San Francisco-based, Grammy Award-winning ensemble Chanticleer presents an evening of music that explores “The Gypsy in Our Soul.” You will delight as Chanticleer enthralls us with the pervasive influence of gypsy rhythms in music from around the world.

Global

Danu Thursday, February 26, 2015 Back by popular demand, Danú is one of the premier traditional Irish music ensembles. In honor of its 20th anniversary, two heralded former members of the ensemble will join the

virtuoso players on this American tour, intensifying the high-energy performance of ancient Irish music and new repertoire.

Ireland

CU Percussion Ensemble & CU Steel Band

Friday, April 24, 2015 The percussion ensemble features contemporary drumming and percussion from around the world, as well as music for marimba ensemble. The steel band performs soca and calypso tunes, in addition to classical, pop, and Latin arrangements.

Trinidad & Tobago

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Global Highlights: Key Publications, Projects & Accomplishments The following are only a small sampling of impressive global work from the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. These

publications and projects represent the variety of fields of international research at Clemson. Please share your recent

publications or projects with international topics to promote international research and studies at Clemson and within the

College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities.

Libya's Higher Education Future

Darren L. Linvill, assistant professor of communication studies, joined colleagues from around the world to

discuss the future of Libya’s educational system. He participated in a five-day higher education dialogue,

“Expanding Opportunities for Libyan Higher Education,” hosted by the Hollings Center for International Dialogue

in Istanbul, Turkey. He was one of five scholars from U.S. institutions.

"I was honored to be invited to travel to Istanbul… to discuss the future of higher education in Libya. In the midst

of ongoing conflict, Libyan educators face daily obstacles that, working at an institution like Clemson, I found

truly humbling. The Hollings Center Dialogue brought together experts from across the U.S., the E.U., North

Africa and the Middle East to discuss how Libyans can work to address these obstacles and build a system of

higher education that can address the present and future needs of a new nation."

Clemson celebrates 40th anniversary of Architecture center in Genoa, Italy

Since opening its doors in 1973, the Daniel Center — Clemson’s longest-serving off-campus

facility — has provided educational opportunities to more than 1,400 Clemson students of

design, art, language and more.

Clemson hosted 32 Fulbright Scholars for Sub-Saharan Leadership and Re-Entry Seminar

"Thirty-two international female scholars met at Clemson University in April for the 2014 Fulbright Leadership and

Re-entry Seminar for Women from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Organized by Clemson’s Women’s Leadership program and the Office of Global Engagement, the four-day

experience brought together Fulbright scholars from the African continent for a conference that combines

practical workshops, community-building exercises and networking opportunities with an academically rich

understanding of the fundamentals of leadership for social and personal growth."

Construction Science and Management

Clemson CSM participated in an international conference in Norway: Academics and industry personnel from over

25 countries came together in Oslo to engage in the 22nd Annual Conference for the International Group for Lean

Construction. The conference theme was, “Understanding and Improving Project-Based Production”, and I

presented a paper on building interpersonal trust between construction project participants. Dr. Smith presented

a paper on actively managing and building interpersonal trust between construction project participants.

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Global Urbanization: The Global Urban Ecosystem by the Planning, Development and Preservation

department's Jim Spencer (2014)

This innovative book sees contemporary urban settlement as the new human ecosystems

defining people's lives across the planet. Just as so-called natural ecosystems have defined

our view of the symbiosis between humans and their environments; James H. Spencer argues

that it is an urban ecosystem found across the planet that defines the twenty-first century.

Using the globally diverse cases of Ho Chi Minh City, Addis Ababa, Honolulu, and New York,

the book draws out the commonalities in how our intertwined built and social environments

express a shared humanity across continents and cultures.

Clemson's Architecture + Health program attracts global attention

"David Allison working with the international architecture firm, HKS (Dallas TX) on a subcontract award to design,

plan and develop a major trauma hospital in Doha, Qatar—the first of its kind in the region.

Professor Allison is involved with the UIA Public Health Group and just returned from a workshop in Florence

between representatives of the UIA PHG and the International Hospital Federation on the role of hospital design

on cost containment.

David is co-chairing the UIA PHG subgroup Global Universities Programs in Healthcare Architecture (GUPHA). This

group represents educators and practitioners from around the global who work in architecture and health

educational initiatives. It meets annually at UIA PHG meetings where schools and countries exchange what is

happening in architecture and health education. This year's meeting is in Durban, South Africa.

One of the Architecture + Health students - Chau Tran - won UIA PHG International Student Design Competition

in and receives his award and represents the program at the UIA Congress in Durban in August 2014. "

Each year, Victor J. Vitanza, who is the Director of the Rhetorics, Communication, and Information

Design Ph.D. program at Clemson and who is the Jean-François Lyotard Professor at the European

Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland (EGS), has taken two graduate students to study abroad.

A.D. Carson and Matthew Osborn (doctoral students in the Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design

program @ Clemson) studied abroad this summer in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, attending seminars in the Division of

Media and Communication, at the European Graduate School. During the morning/afternoons, they studied with

Diane Davis (on Levinas), Victor J. Vitanza (on Lyotard), Boris Groys (on History after the End of Historicism),

Michael Schmidt and DJ Spookey (Music, Philosophy & Sound), Slavoj Zizek (Hegel), and Pierre Alferi

(Experimental Film). In the evenings they attended lectures/presentations by faculty and guests.

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Hybrid Modernity: Late 20th century public parks in China, book contract with Ashgate Publishers

In late May, Mickey Lauria presented “Neoliberal Planning Policy in the U.S.” at the International Planning

Seminar: Slowlife in SmartCity in Gdansk, Poland. The international seminar included faculty and students from

Gdansk Institute of Technology, Erfut University in Germany, and Silesian University of Technology, Silesia, and

Poland. The focus on the seminar was potential redevelopment plans for Orunia, Gdansk: an underdeveloped

area adjacent to central Gdansk. He also met with Dr. Peter Lorenz to discuss potential collaborations between

Clemson University and Gdansk Institute of Technology’s new Spatial Planning program. Dr. Lorenz will visit

Clemson in November to further develop this relationship.

Ottoman Ulema, Turkish Republic: Agents of Change and Guardians of Tradition by History's Amit

Bein (2011)

"To better understand the diverse inheritance of Islamic movements in present-

day Turkey, we must take a closer look at the religious establishment, the ulema,

during the first half of the twentieth century. During the closing years of the

Ottoman Empire and the early decades of the Republic of Turkey, the spread of

secularist and anti-religious ideas had a major impact on the views and political

leanings of the ulema.

Bein reveals how competing visions of development influenced debates about

reforms in religious education and the modernization of the medreses. He also

explores the reactions and changing attitudes of Islamic intellectuals to the

religious policies of the secular republic, and provides a better understanding of

the changes in the relationship between religion and state. Exposing division within

the religious establishment, this book illuminates the ulema's long-lasting legacies

still in evidence in Turkey today."

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Landscape Architecture in the Middle East

In the academic year 2013-2014, Associate Professors, Dr. Hala Nassar and Robert Hewitt were engaged in teaching the

urban design studio that focused on the waterfront development in Muscat, Oman. Before, the recent Arab Spring,

Nassar and Hewitt utilized Cairo, Luxor and Rosetta, Egypt as the focus of study in the urban design studio. They have

co-authored peer-reviewed published work on Internationalization and Multi-culturalism, and have received numerous

International/National/Regional honors and awards for this work and research in Egypt and Oman.

International Creative Inquiry

Exploring the Kanji World as Japanese Culture

"With the world's second largest economy and a focus on technological innovation, Japan is a country with its

eyes set on the future. Therefore, it is no surprise that Clemson students from all majors are investing their time

in studying the language of this island nation.

Yet there is one hurdle that has discouraged many students from furthering

their Japanese education. Kanji, the Japanese writing system adopted from

Chinese pictographs, is especially difficult to learn. One Creative Inquiry team

has found a way to cater to American students' way of learning and make

studying kanji more accessible. Associate professor Toshiko Kishimoto and her

Creative Inquiry team are working to create an application for Android phones

that will bridge the gap between U.S. college students and thousands of kanji

characters."