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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 88 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Arnold H. Green

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 147
Scope and Contents

Interview by Richard Poll with Arnold Green concerning his education, and subsequent appointment at Brigham Young University. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1988

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

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

R. Lanier Britsch association, society, conference, and workshop files, 1978-2000

 Series
Identifier: UA 959 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains records and files of various socities, workshops, and conferences.

Dates: 1978-2000

R. Lanier Britsch book chapters, articles, scripts, and speeches, 1974-2002

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 959 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains chapters and articles about Mormon Missions in the India and the Pacific.

Dates: 1974-2002

R. Lanier Britsch class rolls, grades, and syllabi, 1972-2002

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 959 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains class rolls, reading lists, class notes, tests, and other records.

Dates: 1972-2002

R. Lanier Britsch colleague and associates correspondence, 1975-2001

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 959 Series 6 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence with faculty members.

Dates: 1975-2001

R. Lanier Britsch correspondence, 1967-2002

 Series
Identifier: UA 959 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence to and from Britsch.

Dates: 1967-2002

R. Lanier Britsch course development materials, 1959-1989

 Series
Identifier: UA 959 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains class records and files.

Dates: 1959-1989

R. Lanier Britsch dissertation and book manuscripts, 1974-1999

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 959 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains the dissertations and drafts of Mormon missions, and chapters of The Tapestry of His Grand Design, Nothing More Heroic and A History of the Latter-day Saints in the Pacific.

Dates: 1974-1999