Teaching Asia Beyond the Ivory Tower: The American Overseas Research Centers and Broad Educational Engagement
Part 4: Bringing the U.S. Community College System to Punjab: A Pilot Program of the American Institute of Pakistan Studies
Featuring: AIPS U.S. Director Laura Hammond
From the CAORC-sponsored panel at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Denver, March 23, 2019.
Panel description:
The American overseas research centers (ORCs) have long played a critical role in supporting American and international scholarly research within Asian area studies, offering a broad range of fellowship opportunities that allow junior and senior scholars to do intensive in-country research in the humanities and social sciences.
But increasingly the ORCs are looking beyond the research needs of traditional academia to engage new but often under-resourced academic and educational audiences—from community college faculty, to high school teachers, to military cadets—that are eager to incorporate informed perspectives about Asian societies and cultures into their classrooms, campuses, and communities.
This panel highlights several innovative programs developed by the ORCs, including faculty development seminars, summer learning institutes, and faculty and administrative exchanges, that are bringing critical global perspectives and international experiences to the educators and institutions—both within the U.S. and in the host countries—that arguably need them the most.
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