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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 13 Collections and/or Records:

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 research papers, 1945-2005

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1643 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains notes, articles, bibliographic analysis, correspondence, and ephemera collected or created by Hillam in the process of his research as a faculty member at Brigham Young University. Dated from 1945 to 2005.

Dates: 1945-2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1643, Ray C. Hillam papers

Waking the sleeping giant : a history of the China Teachers Program, Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225527198]
Identifier: MSS 3167
Scope and Contents

Self-published history of the China Teachers Program. It examines the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the country of China leading up to the establishment of the China Teachers Program. It also discusses the establishment of the China Teachers Program through the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies and its operation through 2002.

Dates: 1900-2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Waking the sleeping giant : a history of the China Teachers Program, Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies

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