<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14px; ">Dear Colleagues, </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14px; ">Through the Henry Luce Foundation. we have <a href="http://www.bard.edu/cep/admission/financialaid/">a generous scholarship opportunity for graduate study</a> in our MS Environmental Policy and MS Climate Science and Policy programs at the <a href="http://www.bard.edu/cep/admission/financialaid/">Bard Center for Environmental Policy.</a> Students must be nationals of China, Japan or Korea. Please alert interested candidates. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14px; ">In partnership with the Trace Foundation, we offer <a href="http://www.bard.edu/cep/admission/financialaid/">an additional, full-ride scholarship for Tibetan speaking students.</a> </span></font></p><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4" face="'Times New Roman'">Bard's MS programs are centered around a multidisplinary core curriculum, <a href="http://www.bard.edu/cep/curriculum/internships/">a high-level extended professional internship</a>, and an individually mentored capstone project. International students have the opportunity to gain up to six months professional work experience in the US through the MS programs, while working toward their degree.</font></div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14px; ">In addition, please circulate to students and faculty the information about our<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nHfm_vnKyFU5ktTFV-JL9Z2MVX1tcpobVD3Hxl1xGQE/viewform?fbzx=-5990054959280863673"> second annual Student Research Conference-</a>-</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; ">a great opportunity to showcase research coming out of your LIASE projects.</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; ">Finally, for faculty-- we are sponsoring a two-day conference on Art, Culture, Politics, and the Environment in Asia. Details on all this below.</span></div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; ">Thanks very much— Eban Goodstein, Director Bard Center for Environmental Policy</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; "><b>LIASE Scholarship</b></span></font></p><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; ">Henry Luce Foundation Scholarships are available for students from East Asia (China, Japan or South Korea) to complete a two-year Master of Science degree in Environmental Policy or Climate Science and Policy starting August 2016. The LIASE Scholarships (Luce Initiative for Asian Studies and the Environment) provide a tuition waiver of up to 100% in the first year, and at least 50% of tuition in the second year. Students are responsible for travel costs, and for expenses for room and board. LIASE Scholarship students in the CEP program will participate in an annual conference featuring undergraduate and graduate research on Asia and the Environment with students from across the northeastern United States. Bard will award one two-year LIASE Scholarship to a qualified applicant each year for the next three years. LIASE Scholarship applicants must be citizens of one of China, Japan or South Korea, and must have a demonstrated interest in environmental policy in their region. Applicants for the LIASE Scholarship should, in addition to a regular application, provide a one-page letter discussing their research interests in Asian environmental policy. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The LIASE Scholarship application letter should be emailed to Caitlin O'Donnell (<a href="mailto:codonnel@bard.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(199, 202, 101); text-decoration: none; ">codonnel@bard.edu</a></b><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">) by May 15, with the subject "LIASE Scholarship Application" to be considered.</b></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; ">Trace Foundation Scholarship</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; ">This joint scholarship of Trace Foundation and Bard College aims to support environmental-conservation professionals rooted in local Tibetan realities, for advanced training in current skills and knowledge in environmental sciences. The scholarship targets individuals who aspire to pursue careers addressing environmental challenges in Tibetan areas. Those with relevant prior professional experience will receive preferential consideration. To apply, candidates must meet Bard College’s requirements for academic preparedness and English proficiency and be fluent in spoken Tibetan.</span></span></b></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; ">Second Annual Student Research Conference on<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; ">Asia and the Environment <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; ">April 14-15, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; ">+<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; ">Boundaries/Crossings:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; ">Art, Culture, Politics, and the Environment in Asia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; ">April 15-16, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times; ">Bard College is pleased to host two back-to-back conferences on Asia and the Environment: a research conference designed specifically for undergraduate and graduate students, followed by a two-day in-depth, scholarly focus on art, culture, politics and environment in transboundary context. Please see the calls for papers and poster proposals below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Times; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; ">Asia/Environment Student Research Conference, <i>April 14-15.</i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; ">Undergraduate and graduate students engaged in research related to Asia and the environment are invited to submit posters and papers for presentation at this second annual conference.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; ">Today it is impossible to think seriously about the challenges of sustainable development and the environment without understanding the local and global environmental footprint of rapid economic growth in Asia—and the Asian response. At the same time, Asian Studies students increasingly require familiarity with the scientific, cultural, and political dimensions of environmental crises and sustainable development.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; ">With the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, Bard College is sponsoring this second annual student research conference, providing a venue for students to present undergraduate, masters and PhD level research at the intersection of these critical issues. The conference seeks to shed critical light on how we all might live sustainably—or not—in a 2050 world with three billion more people, limited resources, a thickening blanket of carbon dioxide heating the planet, and a global economic development process increasingly defined by Asian models and leadership.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="font-family: Times; ">The conference will be held on the campus of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY</span><span style="font-family: Times; "> in the scenic Hudson Valley,</span><span style="font-family: Times; "> which is easily accessible by train from New York City. Registration is $30, and housing and meals will be provided for student participants. Meals are included for non-student registrants. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="font-family: Times; ">To learn more about the conference, </span><span style="font-family: Times; "><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nHfm_vnKyFU5ktTFV-JL9Z2MVX1tcpobVD3Hxl1xGQE/viewform?fbzx=-5990054959280863673"><span style="font-family: Times; ">please sign up for our mailing list here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="font-family: Times; ">To submit a paper for a panel, or an idea for a poster presentation, please send a one paragraph abstract to </span><a href="mailto:jofrench@bard.edu"><span style="font-family: Times; ">jofrench@bard.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Times; ">. Undergraduate students must also include a letter of support from a professor. Proposals will be accepted through March 15, 2016.</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; "> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; ">Boundaries/Crossings: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; ">Art, Culture, Politics, and the Environment in Asia, <i>April 15-16, 2016</i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; "> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; ">At the turn of the 21</span><sup style="font-family: Times; ">st</sup><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; position: relative; top: -8pt; "> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; ">century, we find our world beset by a growing sense of planetary environmental crisis. This crisis transcends national and regional borders and boundaries; nowhere is it more evident than across Asia. The Asian continent is both subject to intense contemporary pressures of environmental degradation and home to a rich variety of cultural and artistic traditions that represent and negotiate human beings’ relationships with the natural world. At the same time, as boundaries have become more fluid and the movement of people and capital accelerates, questions of natural resource use have become more contested and urgent than ever.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="font-family: Times; ">With the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, </span><span style="font-family: Times; ">this conference explores the intersection between culture, arts, and politics in relation to nature and environmental resources in Asia. We aim to address how scholars, artists, and activists have approached the environment in the present and past. For example, how have the visual, literary, and plastic arts, depicted, shaped, and critiqued the dialectics of the artificial and the natural, the human and the non-human? What challenges do cultures and communities face vis-ŕ-vis impacts upon their local ecologies, and how have they responded? How are understandings of nature configured at the level of localities, nation-states, and cross-border regions, and how is access to natural resource usage determined? How have cultural and political actors wielded the earth’s resources and raw materials to make public the precariousness of our ecosystem?</span><span style="font-family: Times; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="font-family: Times; ">We invite papers from a spectrum of disciplines, so long as proposals address the relationships between art, culture, politics, and the environment in East, Southeast, and South Asia. Topics might include pre-modern poetics of nature and landscape, land and installation art, media representations of disaster, activism and political movements, conservation and conflict in protected areas, the cultural politics of rivers and forests, the place of NGOs in environmental governance, or the imagination of Asia in the global environmental movement, among many others. Just as many of the issues at stake transcend the national and approach the planetary, we are particularly interested in work that addresses transnational, transregional, and cross-border concerns. In addition to analytic papers, we strongly encourage artist and curator presentations, reports from involved parties, and discussions of pedagogical strategies for teaching on Asia and the Environment.</span><span style="font-family: Times; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; ">The conference will be held on the campus of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, in the scenic Hudson Valley, and easily accessible by train from New York City.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; ">A small registration fee will be charged and meals will be provided. Nearby off-campus dormitory-style housing is available at a low rate, or can be arranged independently at local hotels and inns.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; "> </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Times; ">To learn more about the conference, </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Times; "><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nHfm_vnKyFU5">please sign up for our mailing list here.</a> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; ">To submit a paper for participation in the conference, please send a 250-word abstract and brief biography to <a href="mailto:bard.asia.conference@gmail.com">bard.asia.conference@gmail.com</a>. Proposals are due by Friday January 15</span><sup style="font-family: Times; ">th</sup><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; ">, 2016.</span></p><div apple-content-edited="true">
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