We are pleased to announce that Global Studies and the Center for European Studies will be offering a K-12 Teacher Workshop this summer. The workshop will be held 23-27 June 2008 at Lowell Hall on the UW-Madison Campus.

The theme for this summer's workshop will be New and Emerging Migrations – encompassing such topics as new immigrant communities, forced migration, human trafficking, and social adaptation & integration. As we work to develop the program for this workshop we welcome your suggestions for subjects within this theme. Please contact either Mark Lilleleht (Outreach Coordinator, Global Studies) or Csanad Siklos (Outreach Coordinator, Center for European Studies) with suggestions or any questions.

Watch this page for the latest updates or email Mark to request to receive email updates.

Registration for the workshop is now available!!

Participants first need to register for the workshop, either by mail (to pay by check) or online (with a credit card - Mastercard or Visa only). The workshop registration fee is $50.

The deadline to register for the workshop is 9 June 2008. Please note new deadline!!

Once you've registered for the conference, participants need to register as UW-Madison special students to earn one (1) gradaute credit from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We have arranged a tuition fee waiver with the University so the total tuition amounts to just the $50 workshop fee and $37.59 billed by the UW-Madison.

Please note: If you mail in your workshop registration you do not need to wait for confirmation prior to starting the UW registration process.

Please contact Mark or Csanad if you have any questions about the registration process.

We have set aside some rooms at Madison's Edgewater Hotel for workshop participants coming in from out of town. The Center for European Studies is paying for the rooms, and they are available for the duration of the workshop (from the afternoon of Sunday, June 22 to the morning of Friday, June 27). Accommodation will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

If you wish to receive accommodation in the Edgewater, please indicate it on your online registration and/or email Csanad your interest.

For those participants who will be commuting to the workshop from Madison and environs - we are looking into reserving (and paying for) some parking spots near the Lowell Center, the site of the workshop. As with the above, please indicate your interest on the online workshop registration form (above).

Reimbursement of travel (not commuting) mileage is also available. indicate it on your online registration and/or email Csanad your interest.

Click here for an agenda and daily schedule! Updated 18 June 2008 -- this should be the final program. Any revisions will be announced by email and posted here.

The workshop day will generally stretch from 8:30 to 4:30pm, Monday thru Thursday. The workshop will wrap up early/mid-afternoon on Friday.

Confirmed speakers and activities include:

› Laird Boswell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
› Janet Caulkins, University of Wisconsin-Madison
› Jim Donnelly, University of Wisconsin-Madison
› Andrew Epstein, University of Wisconsin-Madison
› Gerhard Fischer, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
› Susan Friedman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
› Jim Jonas, University of Wisconsin-Madison
› Renee Karl, University of Wisconsin-Madison
› Saejung Lee, Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence
› B Venkat Mani, University of Wisconsin-Madison
› Mark Miller, University of Delware
› Susan Nigohosian, Racine Unified School District & WI Geographic Alliance
› Beth Ratway, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
› Susan Rottmann, University of Wisconsin-Madison
› Megan Schliesman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
› Marianna Smirnova, Wisconsin Office of Justice Asssitance
› Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sessions at:

› Cooperative Children's Book Center
› Center for Instructional Materials and Computing

In advance of the workshop session, we invite you to explore some of the resources available on the web. The following list will be augmented throughout the coming months.

Articles & sites of possible interest:

› A Community Living In Fear (Financial Times, 28 May 2008)
› Born Abroad: An Immigration Map of Britain (BBC News)
› Child Labor Rings Reach China’s Distant Villages (New York Times, 10 May 2008)
› The Countertraffickers (The New Yorker, 5 May 2008)
› Destination UK (BBC News, 29 February 2008)
› The EU & the Fight Against Human Trafficking (EUInsight, 2007)
› Global Migration Factfile (BBC News)
› Hidden in Plain Sight: Human Trafficking in WI (Office of Justice Assistance)
› Human Trafficking: Better Data, Strategy, and Reporting Needed... (GAO, 2006)
› Immigrant Victims in Wisconsin Curriculum (Office of Justice Assistance)
› In a World on the Move... (New York Times, 24 June 2007)
› Inside Shatila slideshow (BBC News)
› Mapping migration for the new EU countries (BBC News)
› Snapshot: Global Migration (New York Times, 22 June 2007)|
› Trafficking in Persons (WI Department of Justice)
› UN Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (United Nations)

Organizations:

› Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking
› European Migration Network
› Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (University of Amsterdam)
› International Organization for Migration
› Metropolis International
› Migration Information Source

Videos:

› Italy: One-Way Ticket to Europe (Frontline/World Rough Cut)
› Philippines: Have Degree, Will Travel (Frontline/World Rough Cut)
› Sex Slaves (Frontline - view full episode here)
› Uganda: The Return (Frontline/World Rough Cut)