Fw: H-ASIA: CFA Tools and Resources for Study of Women in South Asian Islamic Societies, Chicago, Dec 2, 2011 (AIIS, AIBS, AIPS)

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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 11:05 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFA Tools and Resources for Study of Women in South Asian
Islamic Societies, Chicago, Dec 2, 2011 (AIIS, AIBS, AIPS)

> H-ASIA
> September 9, 2011
>
> Call for Applications:
> Tools and Resources for Study of Women in South Asian Islamic
> Societies, co-sponsored by the American Institute of Bangladesh
> Studies, American Institute of Indian Studies and American Institute
> of Pakistan Studies (funding by Carnegie Corporation), University of
> Chicago, Friday, December 2, 2011
> APPLICATION DEADLINE OCTOBER 31, 2011
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> Ed. note: Thanks to Keith Snodgrass for forwarding this item to share
> on H-ASIA. For more information go to the link noted in post. FFC
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> From: Keith Snodgrass <snodgras@u.washington.edu>
>
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> From: AIBS <aibsinfo@aibs.net>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> A Faculty Development Workshop co-sponsored between AIBS, AIPS, and
> AIIS (funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York) will be held
> at the University of Chicago, Friday, December 2, 2011.
>
>
> Faculty Development Workshop: Tools and Resources for Study of Women in
> South Asian Islamic Societies: Call for Applications
>
> The American Institute of Indian Studies, the American Institute of
> Pakistan
> Studies, the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies and the University
> of
> Chicago South Asia Language and Area Center will hold an all-day workshop
> on
> Friday December 2, 2011 that will provide tools and resources for
> promoting
> the study of women in Islamic Society in South Asia. The focus would be to
> provide a complex and nuanced overview of women and the impacts of women's
> political participation in South Asian Muslim societies. It will emphasize
> their pro-active efforts at community organizing, educational reform,
> anti-corruption, human rights, and public health.
>
>
> Who is Eligible to Participate?
>
> Thirty faculty members will be selected to participate in the workshop.
> The
> workshop is targeted at faculty at community colleges, small liberal arts
> colleges, religious-affiliated colleges, minority-serving colleges, and
> small public colleges in the greater Chicago area and northern Illinois.
>
>
>
> How to Apply?
>
> Please go to http://southasia.uchicago.edu/outreach/islam_workshop.shtml
> and
> fill out the simple application which will require a brief statement of
> purpose about your goals for attending the workshop and how you would like
> to use the tools and resources that will be discussed. The deadline for
> applications is October 15, 2011. All applicants will be informed about
> whether they have been selected no later than October 31, 2011.
>
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