Faculty
Development Seminars
The Center
sponsors a Faculty Development Seminar every other year. The members of the
Seminar travel to an international destination or set of destinations in order
to enhance the international dimension of the Grinnell curriculum and
individual faculty members' scholarship. Both before and after travel, members
of the Seminar meet on a regular basis to discuss and measure curricular and
scholarly outcomes.
Visiting scholars
The
Center brings prestigious international
scholars and
artists to campus to teach short
courses or semester-long courses. Students can
take classes with a German chemist, an Indian literary critic, or a Sri Lankan
political scientist.
Heath Scholars
Endowed in honor of John
Reardon Heath, Grinnell Class of 1919, who was an active member and President
of the Grinnell Board of Trustees and gave steadfast support to Grinnell’s long
and continuing engagement with the world, the Heath Professorship bring to
Grinnell College the most distinguished international figures for a semester-length
stay. Heath Professors teach two courses during their stay (typically one
course at the 200-level and one course at the 300-level). Like the
International Visiting Fellows, each Heath Professor receives college housing,
an office, and a Grinnell email account, along with an honorarium that is
competitive with the salaries of Grinnell’s most senior professors.
Course-embedded travel
The Center also organizes course-embedded
travel. A recent example: Professors Daniel Reynolds (German) and Jenny Anger (Art History) team-taught a course on the cultural and artistic history of Berlin. During the course of the Spring Break trip, the group met wit various German intellectuals, scholars and writers. This 2014-15 trip was the second iteration of the Reynolds-Anger team-taught course.
International
research experiences
