Regular events of the Mini-Center:
  • Pedagogy seminars: Every Monday from 4.00 p.m., through May 7.
  • Digital Dialogues: Every second Tuesday from 12:30 p.m., through April 24.


  • Job Preparation Workshop Series in American Studies: Teaching Portfolios
         2:00-3:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 28th
         Room 2137 Taliaferro Hall




























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    Please look at the list of past events in the 1998/99 academic year. This year's past events are listed below.



    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society
    presents:

    "The Mini-Center and Women's Studies"

    on Wednesday, November 29, 12.00-1:30 pm,
    in the Women's Studies Department

    Presenter:

    Prof. Mary Corbin Sies
    Director of the Mini-Center
    Department of American Studies

    For further information, please e-mail Sandor Vegh at veghs@otal.umd.edu.







    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society,
    in collaboration with MITH and ARHU ACS,
    cordially invites you to its next session of the semester:

    "What Every Grad Student and Professor Should Know About IT in the 21st Century Academic Workplace"

    on Tuesday, November 28, 12.30-2:00 pm,
    in Room 4137, McKeldin Library

    Presenters:

    Martha Nell Smith (MITH, English)
    Daryle Williams (History)
    Bob Gibson (Music)
    Amy Weinberg (Linguistics)
    Roberta Lavine (Spanish & Portugese Studies)
    Mary Sies (Department of American Studies)
    Carol Burbank (Theater)

    For further information, please e-mail Sandor Vegh at veghs@otal.umd.edu.








    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society,
    cordially invites you to its next session of the semester:

    "Good Writing and Clear Evaluation in CORE Humanities Courses"

    on Monday, November 6, 2.00-3:30 pm,
    in Room 2137, Taliaferro Hall, 2nd floor

    Presenters:

    Greg Wahl (Ph.D. Candidate, American Studies; Assistant Director, Writing Center)
    Patricia Lissner (Ph.D. candidate, English; Assistant Director, Writing Center)

    How does one fairly evaluate student writing in CORE courses?
    What are University of Maryland students expected to know about writing?
    To what degree can we evaluate "content" and "writing" separately?
    What are some common pitfalls to avoid in grading writing?
    How can an instructor handle possible plagiarism?

    For further information, please e-mail Sandor Vegh at veghs@otal.umd.edu.








    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society,
    in collaboration with the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities and the ARHU Academic Computing,
    cordially invites you to its next session of the semester:

    "The MITH Fellowship Process"

    on Tuesday, September 19, 12.30-2:00 pm,
    in Room 4137, McKeldin Library

    Presenter:

    Katie King
    Associate Professor
    Women's Studies

    Jo Paoletti
    Associate Professor
    American Studies

    For further information, please e-mail Sandor Vegh at veghs@otal.umd.edu.








    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society,
    in collaboration with the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities and the ARHU Academic Computing,
    cordially invites you to its next session of the semester:

    "The Students Weigh In: Information Technology in the Classroom -- What Works, What Doesn't"

    on Tuesday, April 25, 12.30-2:00 pm,
    in MITH, McKeldin Library, 2nd floor (follow signs)

    Panel of Students:

    Sara
    Kevin
    Arthur
    Tim

    For further information, please e-mail Sandor Vegh at veghs@otal.umd.edu.








    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society
    cordially invites you to its next session of the semester:

    "Politics of Identity: Challenging Prevailing Paradigms"

    on Tuesday, April 18, 12.30-2:00 pm,
    in Room 2137, 2nd Floor, Taliaferro Hall

    Presenter:

    Dr. Zachary Green
    Senior Fellow, Director of Training
    James M. Burns Academy of Leadership

    For further information, please e-mail Sandor Vegh at veghs@otal.umd.edu.








    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society, in collaboration with the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities and the ARHU Academic Computing,
    cordially invites you to its next session of the semester:

    "Interconnections: Teaching, Research, and Information Technology"

    on Tuesday, April 11, 12.30-2:00 pm,
    in MITH, McKeldin Library, 2nd floor (follow signs)

    Presenter:

    Katie King
    Associate Professor
    Women's Studies

    For further information, please e-mail Sandor Vegh at veghs@otal.umd.edu.








    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society
    cordially invites you to its next session of the semester:

    "Good Writing and Clear Evaluation in CORE Humanities Courses"

    on Wednesday, March 29, 12.30-2:00 pm,
    in Room 1120N, Francis Scott Key Hall

    Presenters:

    Greg Wahl
    American Studies
    Assistant Director
    Writing Center

    Patricia Lissner
    English
    Assistant Director
    Writing Center

    For further information, please e-mail Sandor Vegh at veghs@otal.umd.edu.








    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society
    cordially invites you to its next session of the semester:

    "Effective Student Writing and the CORE Writing Assignment"

    on Tuesday, March 7, 12.30-2:00 pm,
    in Room 2137, 2nd floor, Taliaferro Hall

    Presenters:

    Greg Wahl
    American Studies
    Assistant Director
    Writing Center

    Patricia Lissner
    English
    Assistant Director
    Writing Center

    For further information, please e-mail Sandor Vegh at veghs@otal.umd.edu.










    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society
    cordially invites you to its next session of the semester:

    "Media Literacy: Teaching Students How to Read American Advertising"

    on Wednesday, February 23, 2.30-4:00 pm,
    in Room 2137, 2nd floor, Taliaferro Hall

    Presenter:

    Prof. Euguene Robinson
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Comparative Literature

    For further information, please e-mail Sandor Vegh at veghs@otal.umd.edu.








    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society
    cordially invites you to its next session of the semester:

    "It's Time!: Elementary Web-Authoring Skills"

    on Tuesday, November 30, at 6.30 pm,
    in Room 4133 McKeldin Library

    Coordinators:

    Mary Corbin Sies
    Director of the Mini-Center
    Department of American Studies

    Sandor Vegh
    Coordinator of the Mini-Center
    Department of American Studies

    In this hands-on session, we will cover basic HTML skills for creating Webpages.
    Attendants need to have a WAM account (or GLUE/OTAL).
    For further information, please e-mail Sandor Vegh at veghs@otal.umd.edu.








    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society
    cordially invites you to its first session of the semester:

    "Teaching, Service, and Social Change"

    on Tuesday, October 26, at 2.30 pm,
    at the Conference Room of the Academy of Leadership, 1102 Taliaferro Hall.

    Presentations by:

    Rebecca Allahyari
    Visiting Assistant Professor, Women's Studies Department
    Affiliate Faculty, Department of American Studies
    Kelly Quinn
    Doctoral Candidate, Department of American Studies
    Teaching Assistant, Afro-American Studies








    The Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society
    cordially invites you to its co-sponsored event organized by the Cyberculture Working Group:

    "Cyber-Ethnographies"

    on Friday, October 22, at 1.00 pm,
    in 2212 Tawes.

    Presentations by:

    John N Grunwell - Visionary Plants List
    Dr. Jenny Thompson - War Reenactors Online
    Asim Ali - Buffnography: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fans
    Vincent Stephens - The Web of Mariah Carrey

    Discussants:

    Dr. John Caughey - Chair, Department of American Studies
    Dr. R. Gordon Kelly - Author of Mystery Fiction and Modern Life, Department of American Studies