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Center for Transnational and Comparative Studies
Mission
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The
mission of the Center for Transnational and Comparative
Studies (TCS) is to enhance the University's teaching,
research, and outreach activities involving both area
studies and transnational, thematic areas of concentration,
such as migration, crime, environmental, and global economic
issues. TCS facilitates constructive interaction between
and among interdisciplinary regional programs and thematic
programs, and seeks to forge new teaching and research
alliances on areas or subjects relevant to the University's
core competencies and international mission. To accomplish
its mission, TCS actively seeks external funding, both
from public and private sources.
The Center encompasses regional programs in Asian Studies,
European Studies, Middle East Studies, and cooperates with
the African-New World Studies program. TCS interfaces with
the University's Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC)
to promote research across regional lines. Noteworthy in
this respect is the Asian Globalization and Latin America
Program funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
The Director of TCS is Dr. Sarah Mahler, Professor of
Sociology/Anthropology.
Dr. Steven Heine, Professor of Religious Studies and an
authority on Japan, is Associate Director of TCS. The Center
has both a Faculty Committee, composed of a number of senior
scholars from various departments of the University, and
a Board of Advisors consisting of distinguished members
of the South Florida civic, business, and professional community.
TCS
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