David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies
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.
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Brigham Young University and the People's Republic of China : the first five years
Relates the initial educational and cultural exchanges between Brigham Young University and China.
David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies department records, 1966-2003
Contains correspondence, reports, self-studies, agendas, and newsletters from the Kennedy Center. The reports are from conferences and affiliate organizations. The affiliate organizations are from African Studies, American Studies, Asian Studies, Canadian Studies, European Studies, International Development Studies, and Latin American Studies. Dated from 1966 to 2003.
David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies minutes and correspondence, 1974-1988
Contains minutes and correspondence from the Kennedy Center. The correspondences are off campus and on campus correspondences, correspondences to faculty staff and university information systems, and other commitees a part of the university. The minutes are from committees and councils associated with the center such as the Universities International Affairs Committee and the Dean's Council. Dated from 1974 to 1988.
David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies records
Contains correspondence, meeting minutes, annual reports, newsletters, programs, and agendas. These materials pertain to research, activities of the center, and history of the center. Dated from 1965 to 2007.
Oral history interview with Briant Jacobs
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.
Oral history interview with Ray C. Hillam
Waking the sleeping giant : a history of the China Teachers Program, Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies
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.