Hemispheres: The International Outreach Consortium

Connecting to the larger world. Transforming old ideas into new. Providing innovative approaches to world studies.

Hemispheres, the international outreach consortium at the University of Texas at Austin, offers a broad educational program to increase knowledge and understanding of Latin America; the Middle East; Russia, East Europe, and Eurasia; and South Asia. Using the resources of one of the nation’s largest research institutions, we work with educators to address critical needs and to supplement existing knowledge of the world around us.

Over the past decade, Hemispheres has worked to strengthen the relationship between the university and K–12 educators by engaging in an ongoing dialogue. We see the university as a center for current ideas and our role as a conduit to bring information to you in the ways that you find most useful. Everything we do is constructed with an awareness of the standards and an understanding of what educators need for their classrooms. We are actively involved in content-based teacher training, standards-aligned curriculum development, and the presentation of instructional resources in a variety of formats and levels.

To learn more about Hemispheres and the services that we provide, please take a few moments to explore our web site. Please feel free to contact us individually or jointly at hemispheres@austin.utexas.edu.

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Summer Teachers' Institute 2008: Recognizing Rights and Responsibilities in the 21st Century
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”
—Article 1 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

In what ways are governments and other powerful institutions responsible to act toward individuals and toward each other “in a spirit of brotherhood”? How do we define human rights, in the most expansive sense of the term? And how are rights and resources being claimed and fought for around the world?

Hemispheres Summer Teachers’ Institute 2008 will explore the international context for the rights-related challenges we face today. We will look at specific cases that illustrate how people conceive of and struggle for crucial rights in civil, political, cultural, and economic realms. The workshop program is designed to address the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills objectives for social studies that deal with topics related to history, government, citizenship, and culture.

There is a non-refundable $75 registration fee, which covers workshop materials (including handouts and additional resources), food (coffee and continental breakfast daily; lunch most days), and parking.

Funding is available to provide housing for out-of-town participants at a private dormitory facility near campus (rooms have private bath), or to provide an equivalent monetary stipend to cover housing expenses.

Register today to ensure your place!

Download the Registration form (151 KB) Registration is paperless! Complete the form and submit it by e-mail to csrose@mail.utexas.edu. Please note that your registration is not guaranteed until your check or purchase order is received.

This workshop is sponsored by Hemispheres, the international outreach consortium at the University of Texas at Austin.

Hemispheres is a consortium of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and the South Asia Institute in the College of Liberal Arts.

This workshop is presented with additional support from the Center for International Business Education and Research.