Jsrcc Faculty Participate Inwards Uva-Neh Bridging Cultures At Community Colleges Symposium

In the interim days betwixt the destination of the summertime semester too the offset of Fall 2013 classes, vii JSRCC faculty accept joined other participants from instance VCCS institutions inwards a weeklong, NEH-sponsored symposium on Bridging Cultures. Hosted past times the University of Virginia too led past times Project Director Rachel Stauffer, Outreach Coordinator of the Asia Institute too Lecturer inwards Slavic Languages too Literatures, the Bridging Cultures Symposium provides VCCS faculty amongst the chance to prepare their agreement too cognition of the culture, geography, history, too human evolution inwards South Asia, East Asia, Russian Federation too Eurasia, too the Middle East.

On Monday, August 5, symposium participants enjoyed a serial of intense too detailed lectures from UVA scholars whose query focuses upon Ancient China, Ancient South Asia, too the ancient civilizations of Central Asia. Some specific areas of conversation included discussions of the Silk Road, the philosophical too cultural attributes of ancient Chinese dynastic empires, too movements of peoples too cultures throughout ancient South Asia. In addition, participants witnessed a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony shared past times Haruko Yuda, Nihon Outreach Coordinator at the Asia Institute of UVA.

Participating JSRCC faculty include Joseph Appiah (History), Cynthia De Riemer (Communication Studies), Ghazala Hashmi (English), Jason Lira (English), Maria Ramos (English), Jane Rosecrans (English), too Christopher Thomas (History). physician De Riemer too serves equally the JSRCC Project Liaison inwards this two-year long collaboration betwixt UVA too VCCS faculty. At the destination of the week’s Symposium, Reynolds faculty volition define areas of focus too seek for this academic year, too too prepare plans to part their function amongst other faculty too students at JSRCC.

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