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David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies

 Organization

Administrative History

The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies (1982- ) provides international study and service opportunities for students at Brigham Young University.

The center offers six interdisciplinary studies programs: Ancient Near East Studies, Asian Studies, European Studies, International Relations, Latin American Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies/Arabic. The center also holds conferences, seminars, and weekly forums on international issues designed to prepare students for international careers.

Citation:
Wikipedia, website viewed May 22, 2014: David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies (international study and service opportunities, interdisciplinary studies).

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Ray C. Hillam papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1643
Scope and Contents Collection includes materials created in Hillam's work as a faculty member at Brigham Young University (BYU) between 1955 and 2008, with the bulk of the material from 1960 to 1993. The collection includes class schedules; lists and syllabi; notes for various classes, lectures, research classes, or on articles and books; correspondence and memos; items collected during or about conferences, trips, sabbaticals, and study abroad trips, including photographs and scrapbooks. Also includes...
Dates: 1955-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ray C. Hillam papers

Oral history interview with Briant Jacobs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 180
Scope and Contents

Comments on his choice of English as a field of study; great American authors; academic freedom at BYU, including controversies in the late 1960s; and participation with his wife in the China Teachers Program sponsored by BYU's David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, 1983-1984 and 1991-1992. Interviewed by Carol Clark Ottesen. Sound is distorted on part of the audio recording.

Dates: 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Oral history interview with Briant Jacobs

Oral history interview with Ray C. Hillam

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 181
Scope and Contents Briefly comments on China Teachers Program which sent couples to China to teach English beginning in 1989; International Relations Program, subsequently known as David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies; and Washington Seminar, which sent students to study in Washington D.C. Also mentions his experience as a Fulbright professor in Vietnam during Vietnam War, and on the "spy scandal" at BYU in the late 1960s. Interviewed by Carol Ottesen, historian of BYU Emeritus Alumnus...
Dates: 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Oral history interview with Ray C. Hillam

Ray C. Hillam conference, sabbatical, and study abroad papers, 1961-2002

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1643 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, program information, articles, and memos created or collected by Ray Cole Hillam in the course of his professional conferences, sabbaticals, and involvement with study abroad. Dated from 1961 to 2002.

Dates: 1961-2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1643, Ray C. Hillam papers

Ray C. Hillam correspondence, 1965-2000

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1643 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, articles, and memos created or collected by Ray Cole Hillam while a political science faculty member at Brigham Young University. Dated from 1965 to 2000.

Dates: 1965-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1643, Ray C. Hillam papers

Ray C. Hillam lecture papers, 1970-1990

 Series — Carton 2: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197231045615], Folder: 24-25
Identifier: MSS 1643 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Notes, ephemera, and transcripts of lectures given by Ray Cole Hillam while a faculty member at Brigham Young University. Dated 1970 to 1990.

Dates: 1970-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1643, Ray C. Hillam papers

Ray C. Hillam photographs and scrapbooks, 1966-1996

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1643 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Photographs and scrapbooks collected by or given to Ray Cole Hillam while a faculty member at Brigham Young University. Dated from 1966 to 1996.

Dates: 1966-1996
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1643, Ray C. Hillam papers

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