On March 16 the University Gallery opened an exhibit "Transcending Boundaries" featuring five Chinese artists, Mi Qiu, Fang Li Jun, Xue Song, Qu Feng Guo and Zhang Xiao Gang. The exhibit, which closes on April 18 and then travels to SUNY in Oswego, is the culmination of a four part exchange which began in January 1999 between Montclair State University and Mi Qiu Modern Art Workshop at Shanghai University.

Mi Qiu Modern Art Workshop was established by the architect, artist and sculptor Mi Qiu returned to China in 1996 with the intention of providing a forum in his gallery for non-traditional Chinese artists, after having lived for several years in Europe. The gallery was also designed as a setting for the confluence of Chinese and Western art.

Catherine Bebout (Fine Arts), who initiated the project with Mi Qiu, held a solo exhibit at Mi Qiu Modern Art Workshop in January 1999, which was followed by the Fine Arts Department faculty group exhibit in October. The present exhibit comes after

a solo exhibit featuring Mi Qiu at MSU in March 1999. The Fine Arts Department exhibit is scheduled to travel to at least two other locations in China starting January 2000.

In the last few years, Mi Qiu has been designing large installations in Geneva, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. The Shanghai installation, built in front of the China Insurance Company skyscraper, is a splendid ensemble of glass walkways, steel sculptures, water pools, reflecting lights and an ancient wall removed and miraculously transported from a nearby site. The MSU delegation to China headed by President Cole attended a reception at the site shortly after it was opened last October.

Mi Qiu's most recent project, WISH 2000, which he wants to share with MSU, is a large scale environmental installation combining technology and art. The technology portion of the project is a website that asks people to write in their wishes for the millennium. The art portion is comprised of winged sculptures on which the wishes are etched. Two WISH 2000 installations have already been built in Shanghai and in the resort city of Demaysa near Hong Kong. We are hoping that a smaller version of the project will be created on our campus by Mi Qiu and students from the Fine Arts department.

The Global Education Center granted awards for short term travel, internationalization of the curriculum, ongoing conferences, international visitors, new conferences, publications and special events, and presentation of papers at international conferences, with the spring competition focusing on presentation of papers. 32 grants were awarded to 34 MSU faculty members for activities with 21 different countries.

Jean Alvares (Classics) received a travel grant for presentation of a paper, "Utopian Themes in Three Greek Romances" at the International Conference on the Ancient Novel, in the Netherlands in July 2000.

Catherine Bebout (Fine Arts) received a grant for special events for the third phase of an on-going China Exhibition Exchange, to mount an exhibit by Visiting Artist-in-Residence Mi Qiu in March and April 2000.

Mary Call (Linguistics) received a short term travel grant for an external review of the bilingual preparatory school at UNIVA in Mexico in June 2000.

Mary Ann Craig (Music) received a short term travel grant to guest conduct the Volga Band of the Saratov Philharmonic in Russia in October 2000.

Aristides Escobar (Spanish/Italian) received a short term travel grant to participate in a conference on Ecuador on International Partnership for Service Learning in February 2000.

Aristides Escobar and Maria Lopez-Luaces (both Spanish/Italian) received a grant for the on-going conference, the XXIst Annual Conference on Latin American and Spanish Literature, held at MSU in April 2000.

Juan-Miguel Fernandez-Balboa (Curriculum and Teaching) received a short term travel grant to teach an intensive doctoral course on Critical Pedagogy at the Universidad de Valladolid in Spain in May 2000.

Nadeem Firoz (Marketing) received a travel grant for presentation of a paper entitled "Transfer Pricing Implications in International Marketing" at the International Conference on Marketing and Development in Ghana in January 2000.

Magda Garcia (Psychology) received a grant for conferences for a roundtable format program on "Challenges of an Educational Psychologist in Spain" featuring the visiting scholar Dr. Jose Arco (see Visiting Scholars below).

Matthew Gorring (Earth and Environmental Studies) received a short term travel grant for field research on the geochemistry of subduction zone basalts from the Patagonian Andes, originally scheduled for December 1999/ January 2000, but postponed to December 2000.

Ruth Handel (Reading and Educational Media) received a travel grant to present a paper entitled "The Multiple Meanings of Parent Involvement" at the International Reading Association World Congress on Reading in New Zealand in July 2000.

L.L. Jayaraman (Management) received a travel grant to present a paper entitled "Quality as a Moderator in India's Development" at the International Symposium on Management of Quality, in India in early January 2000.

David Kennedy and Ann Sharp (Educational Foundations and IAPC) received a short term travel grant for Philosophy for Children workshops in Shanghai and Kunming, China in July 2000.

Sang-Hoon Kim (Economics and Finance) received a travel grant for presentation of a paper entitled "The Examination of Chinese Tax Incentives Offered to Foreign Corporate Investments" at the Fifth International Conference on Global Business and Economic Development in China in June 2000.

Phillip LeBel (Economics and Finance) received a travel grant for presentation of a paper entitled "Optimal Pricing of Internet Services in the Global Economy", at the Fifth International Conference on Global Business and Economic Development in China in June 2000.

Nilufer Usmen (Economics and Finance) received a short term travel grant to participate in a Faculty Development Program in International Business sponsored by the University of South Carolina, to be held in June 2000.

Lise Vail (Philosophy and Religion) received a grant for internationalization of the curriculum, to develop a Hinduism course.

Stanley Walling (Archaeology Center) received a short term travel grant for the Rio Bravo Archaeological Project for excavation in northwestern Belize in May-June 2000.

Dajin Wang (Computer Science) received a travel grant for presentation of a paper entitled "Fault-tolerant Computation of Configuration Space on Reconfiguration Mesh Multiprocessors" at the IEEE Annual Workshop on Fault-Tolerant Parallel Systems in Mexico in May 2000.

Anne Betty Weinshenker (Fine Arts) received a travel grant to present a paper entitled "Riding into History: The Monument of Louis XIII in Paris" at the Thirtieth International Congress of the History of Art in England in September 2000.

Shahla Wunderlich (Human Ecology) received a short term travel grant for a collaborative project with the Institute of Nutritional Economics and Sociology in Karsruhe, Germany in May-June 2000.

James Yang (Accounting, Law and Taxation) received a travel grant for presentation of a paper entitled "Accounting System and Tax Advantages of Foreign Direct Investment in China" at the Fifth International Conference on Global Business and Economic Development in China in June 2000.

Chaim Zemach (Music) received a short term travel grant for cello performances with European musicians in France, Germany and Denmark in May 2000.

Fawzia Afzal Khan(English) "Crimes of Honor and the Alternative Theater Movement in Pakistan"

Gregory Pope(Earth and Environmental Science) "Weathering 2000 Conference"

Ron Hollander (English) "We Knew: Teaching the Holocaust Through Period Press"

Robert Browning (Fine Arts)"Central European Conferences/Symposia"

Barbara Chasin (Sociology) "International conference on Democratic De-Centralization"

Ira Sohn (Economics and Finance) "International Trade and Finance Association Conference on Globalization"

Susana Sotillo (Linguistics)"International Conference Text and Talk at Work: Talking PoliticalTrash-Cyberchat Discourse of Working Class Towns"

Elizabeth Emery (French, German, Russian) "Celebration Medieval Style: Late 19th Century French Interpretations of Life in the Middle Ages"

Peter Pastor (History) "Mihaly Karolyi In America"

Kamrouz Pirouz (Economics and Finance)"An Evaluation of the Iranian Economy, 1980-1999"

Jocelyn Santana (English) "Inter-American Symposium of Ethnography in Education"

Kenneth Olenik (History) "Institute of Modern History CASS 2nd International Deng
YandanConference"

Linda Levine (Spanish/Italian) "From San Juan to Sor Juana: Feminist Controversies in the Fiction ofJuan Goytisolo"

Michael Mc Cormick (Biology)"International Diatom Symposium"

Stephen Koepp (Biology and Molecular Biology) "International Diatom Symposium 2000"

Susana Juniu (HPPERLS)"6th World Leisure Congress"

More Faculty News

Nancy Tumposky (Curriculum and Teaching) received a Fulbright Award and will be spending the Spring 2001 semester at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Sang Hoog Kim (Economics and Finance) received a Fulbright Award for one year at the School of International Policy and Management of the Korea Development Institute, as well as at Hankuku University of Foreign Studies, both in Seoul.

Visiting International Scholars
at Montclair State University

Upcoming International Visitors

Jehona Zajmi Badivuku, formerly the chair of the Conducting Department at the University of Kosovo, will visit MSU May 1 to give a Tea and Talk on the repercussions of war and politics on culture and university life in Kosovo. Dr. Badivuku came to the U.S. as a refugee in 1999, and currently works for the International Institute of New Jersey.

Recent International Visitors

Valeria Kukharenko, a professor of American literature at Odessa State University in Ukraine, visited MSU in early December. A former senior Fulbright Scholar in the U.S. twice, Dr. Kukharenko has lectured extensively in this country on ideology and mass media in Soviet and Post-Soviet times, as well as educational policy and democracy. She gave a Tea and Talk on "Women in Soviet and Post-Soviet Times."

Alexander Shleyenkov and Renat Rizhniak are professors at Kirovograd State Pedagogical University in Ukraine. They visited MSU in early February in conjunction with the USIA grant awarded to MSU and Kirovograd State Pedagogical University.

Olga Leontovich, Director of the Center of American Studies at Volgograd State Pedagogical
University in Russia, visited in February. Dr. Leontovich gave a Tea and Talk on "Russia and the United States: Examining Mutual Perceptions and Mis-perceptions", and discussed the results from her recent research on the correlation of American and Russian cultures, mentality, value and mutual images. Dr. Leontovich is currently a Visiting Scholar at Ramapo College.

Gilbert Talbot, a Visiting Professor from the College of Jonquiere in Quebec Canada is teaching in the Educational Foundations Department and working with the IAPC for the Spring 2000 semester. In February, he gave a Tea and Talk presentation on Quebec separatism and its affect on higher education.

Tadashi Hori is a Senior Researcher at the Research Institute of Telecom-Policies and Economics as well as a professor of Social and Information Studies at Gunma University in Japan. He gave a Tea and Talk in early February on "Academic and Social Life at Japanese Universities: Dealing with Disabilities and Harassment."

Peter Huncik, currently the director of the Sandor Marai Foundation in the Slovak Republic, was a guest of Peter Pastor (History). Formerly an advisor on minorities for Vaclav Havel, then president of Czechoslovakia, Dr. Huncik is the author of Tension Anticipation System, on conflict resolution for problems arising between ethnic groups, as well as Hungarian Minority in Slovakia and Global Report on Slovakia. He gave a Tea and Talk presentation in March on "Ethnic Minorities and Conflict Resolution in Central Europe."

Mi Qiu, Xue Song and Qu Feng Guo visited MSU in March in conjunction with the "Transcending Boundaries" exhibition exchange. All three are professors at Shanghai Teachers University, and exhibited their works at the University Gallery. Mi Qiu spent one month as Artist-in Residence in the MFA program, giving lectures in a variety of forums. (See related article on page 1).

Wen Qiu is a Visiting Scholar at Ramapo College, where she teaches Chinese language and culture. A professor of English from Shanghai Teachers University, she did a Tea and Talk presentation March 30 on "Population Control in China."

Singer Karsten Troyke, a native of East Berlin, presented "An Evening of Forgotten Yiddish Songs" with pianist David Witten (Music) on April 10. Considered the most expressive singer of Yiddish songs in Europe today, Troyke was one of a number of musicians who began playing and singing Yiddish music in East Germany in the early 1980's in a semi-underground setting, because the East German authorities strongly discouraged any public mention of Jewish themes.

Raul Rodriguez and Carlos Garibay, administrators and professors at UNIVA in Guadalajara in Mexico, visited MSU in late March to meet with the Global Education Center, the Center for Continuing Education, the Linguistics Department and the School of Business regarding various exchange projects.

Kuniyuki Ohshita and Bern Mulvey, professors with Fukui University in Japan, visited MSU in March to meet with the Global Education Center, the Center for Continuing Education and the Linguistics Department regarding a summer exchange program for Japanese students of English pedagogy to visit Montclair, as well as future faculty and students exchanges to Japan.

Imer Flores, a researcher with the Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas at Mexico's National University, UNAM, gave a Tea and Talk on "The Outlook for Democracy in Mexico: Presidential Elections, University Strikes and Indigenous Movements". Professor Flores, who received a J.D. from UNAM and a L.L.M. from Harvard Law School, focusing on law and politics in the development of democratic institutions, is currently a Fulbright Scholar at Ramapo College, and has also taught at UNAM, Universidad Iberoamericana, Universidad Autonoma "Benito Jurez" de Oaxaca, among others. His current research focuses on democracy and human rights.

Montclair in the Canadian Pacific Rainforest
A Summer Institute Course for Teachers
June 27 - July 7

This program will explore the only temperature rainforest in this hemisphere, the species-rich rocky shoreline of the Pacific Rim in British Columbia and Washington State, and the cultural diversity of ancient native societies.

The institute will begin at the First National Interpretive Center of the University of British Columbia Museum, followed by a ferry expedition to Vancouver Island to study the marine life and forests of Pacific Rim National Park. Staying in log cabins at Olympic National Park, the group will visit a salmon conservation project on a reservation, explore the preserved remains of native habitations buried by a mudslide in 1100 A.D., and meet local educators, as well as whale-watching, fly-fishing, birding with experts, and hiking.

Led by Jackie Willis of the Great Ideas in Science program, participants will receive curriculum development in environmental education credit through the School of Conservation.

Montclair in Beijing:
A Summer Institute in International Business
June 15-25

Co-sponsored by the Center for International Business in the School of Business, this course will focus on the exciting emerging business markets in China. Open to current MBA students and alumni, the course will include ten days in China, where participants will visit several industrial and business sites, interact with faculty and students from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE). They will also attend the Fifth International Conference on Global Business and Economic Development, co-sponsored by MSU, UIBE and several other institutions, whose theme will be "Managing Global Business in the Internet Age." Tours to important cultural and historic sites in and near Beijing will be included on weekends.

On-going Summer Programs:

Montclair in Madrid
June 27 - July 30

Faculty Escorts: John Hwang and Nancy Tumposky

Intermediate and Advanced Spanish, as well as Curriculum Construction for Foreign Languages in the Elementary School, with a three day tour of Barcelona.

Montclair in Siena
July 18 - August 17

Faculty Escorts: Vincenzo Bollettino, Tom Benediktsson, Patricia Piroh.

All levels of Italian language, General Humanities from 1400, Italian Media Journal (Broadcasting), with a six day tour of southern Italy.

Montclair in London:
Shakespeare at the Globe
July 27 - August 9

Faculty Escort: Susan Kerner

Seven theatre performances with backstage tours, workshops with actors, directors and theatre historians, as well as tours of Stratford and Warwick Castle.

Montclair in Belize:
A Summer Institute for Teachers on Tropical Forest Ecology and Mayan Archaeology
August 15 - 23

Faculty Escorts: Jackie Willis and Stan Walling.

Direct observation and field experience of tropical ecology and Mayan archaeological sites, while based at a wilderness lodge in a private forest preserve.

New Faculty-Led International Study Tours

All international study tours are designed and led by faculty members and are co-sponsored by the Center for Continuing Education. They are open to MSU students, alumni and the general public.

Music in Central Europe:
Prague, Bratislava, Vienna and Budapest
July 2- 15

Mary Ann Craig (Music) and Daniela Sliacka of the Bratislava State Conservatory of Music and Drama, will lead a thirteen day tour of Central Europe focusing on music. This unique musical tour will provide the opportunity for participants to hear concerts, experience the culture, and to meet musicians from leading conservatories. The program will include eight concerts, as well as visits to the Prague Academy of Music, the Bertramka Museum, Devin Castle, Beethoven's house in Bratislava, the Music History Museum in Budapest, the Bela Bartok Memorial Museum, Franz Liszt Museum, and Esterhazy, as well as a full tour of Vienna.

For further information, contact the Global Education Center at 655-7566 or Mary Ann Craig at 655-7779.

Tropical Marine Ecosystems: An Exploration Through Underwater Photography
August 6-12

This program explores tropical marine environments and the problems they face, and includes an optional course in underwater photography that uses the camera as both a documentation and observation tool. Based at a Caribbean resort specializing in diving expeditions, Journey’s End Resort on Ambergris Caye in Belize is a PADI 5 star IDC instructor development center. Led by Martin Greenwald (Fine Arts) and Richard Lowell of Ramapo College, the program is open to both divers and non-divers.

For further information, contact the Global Education Center at 655-4185 or Martin Greenwald at 655-4142.

To contact the editor:

Please send us information about international grants, projects or visiting scholars. We will be happy to include your news in the next issue of Globalnews. You can reach the editor at 973-655-4185, or e-mail simonW @mail.montclair.edu, or the director at 973-655-7566, or e-mail cunninghamM@mail.montclair.edu, or drop in at 22 Normal Avenue.