Graduate Assistant: Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in the Balkans

Position PurposeDeveloping learning materials and reflective activities for use by participants in the Spring 2023 immersive Intercultural Communicative Competence course on Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation in the Balkans.Core ResponsibilitiesCurating resources on topics related to the languages of the former Yugoslavia, the history of the Yugoslav conflicts of 1991-1995, language and nationalism, and conflict transformation and peacebuilding theoryCreating language learning lessons and linking to resources for learning of the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language and its Cyrillic and Latin alphabetsCreating reflection activities for readings on the Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian perspectives on the Yugoslav conflicts; models of language and peacebuilding; models of conflict transformationCreating reflection activities for post-trip debriefingCommunicating with Thor Sawin about these activities and incorporating feedbackPosting these resources and activities in WordPress and the course CanvasAssisting in the planning and publicity of a share-out for the MIIS campus about the trip at the end of April 2023Position PrerequisitesBe a graduate student at MIISHave experience in Eastern Europe and interest in teaching, learning, and peacebuildingWillingness to learn new digital tools for pedagogyAccess to internetPhysical Demands & Working ConditionsWorking from home between 10 and 20 hours at a computer screen reading and creating digital resources

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