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February 29, 2008
Foreign Language Writing Instruction: Principles and Practices
Foreign Language Writing Instruction: Principles and Practices is the theme of the 2008 Symposium on Second Language Writing, taking place June 5-7 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
We see the upcoming Symposium as an opportunity for foreign language professionals, especially those interested in foreign language writing research and instruction, to come together as a community and discuss common interests.
For more information on this year’s Symposium, visit http://www.sslw2008.org/; for information on previous symposia visit http://sslw.jslw.org/.
Along with the Symposium, a Graduate Student Conference will offer master's and doctoral students a chance to present their own research and scholarship on second or foreign language writing and to receive feedback from peers and from established scholars in the field in a supportive atmosphere.
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CONFERENCE: CATHOLIC/ISLAM DIALOGUE ON INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACYPROMOTION
the John Felice Rome Center (JFRC) is organizing an international conference, “The Cross, the Crescent and the Ballot Box: Catholic and Islamic Dialogue on the Rule of Law and International Democracy Promotion,” to be held April 2-3, 2008 in Rome.
An important purpose of this conference, which is free and open to the public, is to promote a scholarly, interdisciplinary and inter-religious dialogue between two of the world’s most prominent religions – Catholicism and Islam – over international efforts designed to promote the rule of law and democracy throughout the globe.
The setting for our discussions will be the Centro Studi Americani (Center for American Studies), which is housed in the Antici Mattei Palace (built between 1598 and 1618) in the heart of Rome.
The conference will feature participation and discussion by renowned international scholars, representatives of the Catholic and Islamic faiths, members of Loyola’s faculty from Chicago and Rome, and members of various Rome-based groups, including the diplomatic community, non-governmental organizations, and inter-governmental organizations.
Lively panel discussions will be a large focus of the conference, including one on theological perspectives that will include dialogue between Tariq Said Ramadan, renowned Professor of Islam at St. Anthony’s College at the University of Oxford, and Father John P. Langan, S.J., Cardinal Bernardin Chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University.
In addition, the conference will welcome prominent keynote speakers, including Professor Saad Eddin Ibrahim, founder and chair of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies at the American University of Cairo (Egypt) and one of the Arab world’s most prominent spokespersons on behalf of democracy and human rights; and Penda Mbow, professor of history at Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal), and one of the world’s leading voices as concerns the rights of women in Islamic societies.
“Policymakers and academics talk extensively about the need to strengthen the rule of law and democracy abroad,” explains Peter J.
Schraeder, professor in the Department of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago and conference coordinator. “However, this is the first serious international conference to bring together world-renowned Catholics and Muslims to highlight the neglected role of religion in such undertakings.”
All presentations will be in English. However, the conference will provide an on-site translation service with simultaneous translation
(English/Italian) for non-English speakers.
The conference proceedings are expected to be published as an edited volume with Cambridge University Press.
For further information, please
• Visit the program website: LUC.edu/jfrc
• Contact our Rome-based media representative: Anne Wingenter,
awingen@luc.edu (39)333-760-8404
• Contact our Chicago-based conference coordinator: Professor
Peter J. Schraeder, pschrae@luc.edu (1)773-508-3070
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Title VI Research and Studies Program - priorities focus on the NSLI languages and assessment
International Research and Studies Program (Federal Register:
February 21, 2008 [CFDA# 84.017A])
Purpose of Program: The International Research and Studies Program provides grants to conduct research and studies to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields.
Applications Available: February 21, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 7, 2008.
Additional Information: Applicable regulations, priorities, and other information are available in the Federal Register notice.
Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-1/022108a.html
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Persian Arts Festival - February 24 - March 16, 2008 - Queens Museum of Art
Persian Arts Festival presents
Weaving the Common Thread: Perspectives from Iranian Artists
On view February 24 - March 16, 2008
Reception, Saturday, March 15, 5-9pm
Queens Museum of Art
In its third successful year as an organization devoted to providing a platform for Persian artists and visionaries, Persian Arts Festival (PAF) has joined forces with the Queens Museum of Art (QMA) to present a groundbreaking exhibition, Weaving the Common Thread, that investigates how contemporary Persian art has been influenced and inspired by the post-revolutionary Iranian Diaspora. Curated by Persian Arts Festival Art Director Pooneh Maghazehe, this collection showcases more than 20 pieces from eight emerging Iranian artists, on view February 24 to March 16 at QMA. A special reception will be held on March 15 from 5 to 9pm, featuring an artist and curatorial talk followed by a Persian New Year (Norooz) celebration with musical soundscapes by DJ Payam and a series of short films.
The impact of the Persian Arts Festival within the Persian community was officially recognized with Mayor Bloomberg's proclamation of March 19, 2006 as "Persian Norooz Day." PAF is proud to continue its tradition of celebrating Iran's rich culture through the arts. Acclaimed by the New York Times as "creating original paintings that are at once engaging and affecting," Samira Abbassy recites internal narratives through mythology and the human body. Negar Ahkami cleverly employs the age-old method of Persian miniature painting as a platform to articulate her "cultural baggage" and to synthesize whimsical narratives that allude to modern day Iran. Similarly, Los Angeles-based artist Arien Valizadeh redefines Persian figurative painting to offer commentary on global societal dynamics. Identity and notions of borders in the work of Sara Rahbar's modified flags breathe new life into textiles created during different eras in Iran, creating overlapping historical timelines. Ali Banisadr depicts death and isolation while simultaneously describing refuge and hope in his grandiose paintings. Khosro Berahmandi's work is rich with fantastic detail and complex dimensions. Pooneh Maghazehe crafts a new context in formal Islamic pattern and grapples with spiritual assimilation, while Anahita Vossoughi's paintings depict a galactic wonderland that recalls Persian mysticism.
QMA is located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens and is open Wednesday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday & Sunday 12pm-5pm. #7 Flushing IRT. Exit Willets Point/Shea Stadium and follow the yellow signs on a ten-minute walk through the park to the museum, which is located next to the Unisphere. http://www.queensmuseum.org/information/
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Congressional Research Service - Job Openings
Congressional Research Service
Section Research Manager Positions
GS-15 ($115,317-$149,000)
Applications must be received by March 6, 2008.
The Congressional Research Service is in the process of strengthening its section research management structure by elevating these critical leadership positions to permanent line management status. This effort by the Service is in response to the growing complexity of public policy issues facing the Nation and the vital role CRS section research managers play in facilitating multidisciplinary research and analysis needed in serving the public policy analysis needs of our congressional clientele.
We are looking for individuals with the creativity and intellectual capacity to orchestrate research and analysis in a variety of areas; who are comfortable working in and instilling an atmosphere of collaboration and multidisciplinary analysis; and, who want to contribute to a new direction in research management for the lead public policy support agency for the United States Congress.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation. In supporting congressional public policy analysis and information needs, CRS covers the full spectrum of issues before the U.S. Congress. Its highest priority is to ensure that Congress has 24/7 access to the nation’s best thinking on legislative issues. The section research manager typically will be responsible for leading a group of 10 to 12 policy analysts or attorneys focused on specific issue areas. For more information on the work of CRS and the divisions in which these section research managers will work, please go to http://www.loc.gov/crsinfo.
We will be hiring a total of 30 section research managers in five divisions and bringing them on board in two hiring cycles. We intend to train and acclimate new section leaders in groups in order to instill a sense of collegiality and group identification among this important cadre of first line managers. Vacancy announcements for the first hiring cycle have closed; in this second round, applications for the following 16 section research managers in five divisions must be received by March 6, 2008. Vacancy announcement numbers are reflected in parenthesis below.
American Law (#070362 - one vacancy announcement number for all 5 positions in American Law)
Administrative Law
Business
Congress
Courts and International
Natural Resources
Domestic Social Policy
Children and Families (# 070361)
Health Insurance and Financing (# 070360)
Health Services and Research (# 070359)
Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade
Foreign Policy Management and Global Issues (# 070358)
International Trade and Finance (# 070357)
Middle East and Africa (# 070355)
Government and Finance
Executive Branch Operations (# 070353)
Federalism, Elections and Emergency Management (# 070354)
Resources, Science, and Industry
Energy and Minerals (# 070352)
Science and Technology Policy (# 070351)
Transportation and Industry Analysis (# 070350)
The positions are open to those inside the agency as well as outside candidates. They are being offered at the GS-15 level ($115,317-$149,000) with an enhanced performance based award system.
Interested applicants must apply online (preferred) at http://www.loc.gov/crsinfo or call (202) 707-5627 to request an applicant job kit. Please refer to appropriate vacancy number (listed above) in all correspondence.
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McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
Georgetown University - McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies - Alanya, Turkey
Fall Semester in Turkey 2008
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 10, 2008 http://mcgheecenter.georgetown.edu
The McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies of Georgetown University is pleased to announce its Fall Semester in Turkey 2008 academic program. Housed in a magnificent Ottoman-era villa overlooking the Mediterranean, the program runs from August 30 – December 15, 2008 and offers in-depth exposure to the history and culture of the Eastern Mediterranean, the landscape of contemporary Turkey, and the political, economic, and cultural forces shaping this region today.
Students at the McGhee Center receive an unparalleled introduction to Turkey in all its modern and historical dimensions – from the halls of Parliament to the footsteps of Alexander the Great, from the streets of Istanbul to the villages of central Anatolia, from Crusader castles and Mediterranean beaches to modern Turkey’s vibrant and rapidly changing cities.
Courses offered in Fall 2008 include:
• Cultural Geography of Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean (INAF-377)
• Gender and Islam in Modern Turkey
• Turkey and the European Union: Issues in International Migration
• History of the Crusades (HIST-106)
• History of Architecture: Monuments of Southern Turkey (AMTH-008)
• Turkish Language (All Levels)
The program travels extensively in Turkey, including a two-week Orientation in Istanbul and Ankara, with additional excursions to Edirne, Bursa, Konya, Antalya, and other sites of cultural and historical importance. A ten-day mid-semester excursion to Syria and southeastern Turkey provides a comparative perspective on the region.
Located in the city of Alanya, the McGhee Center is ideally situated for the study of Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean as a crossroads of civilizations. Students take their classes and meals at the villa, which also houses a library, study facilities, and gardens with views of the Mediterranean. Students are housed nearby in fully furnished apartments.
The McGhee Center is open to both Georgetown and non-Georgetown students and accepts applicants from a wide range of academic backgrounds and majors, including European, Middle Eastern, and Eurasian Studies; International Affairs; Classical Studies; History; Geography; Art History; Cultural Studies; and more.
A limited number of partial scholarships will be awarded in Fall 2008. All admitted students will receive automatic consideration.
Application forms, scholarship information, and course descriptions are available on our NEW website: http://mcgheecenter.georgetown.edu
For more information please contact: Ms. Polly Robey, Office of International Programs
Georgetown University, (202) 687-5867, pss26@georgetown.edu
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Yemen College of Middle Easter Studies
The Yemen College of Middle Easter Studies is happy to announce the following developments and information on the College in Sana'a. For current news anytime, please visit the YCMES homepage at www.ycmes.org and click on "News."
Important Note: The deadline for the YCMES Study Abroad Program, 2008-2009, is quickly approaching. March 1st is the preferred application deadline.
Safety & Security in Yemen
The YCMES understands that international students, parents, professors, and administrators are concerned with safety and security when deciding to choose a study abroad program. For this reason and to maintain the well-being of all its students, the college takes great strides to assure the safety and security of students and guests. Please visit the YCMES webpage for Safety & Security at http://www.ycmes.org/safety&security.htm, for up-to-date information, statements, and documents compiled by the College on the situation in Yemen.
YCMES Research Center
With accreditation from the Yemeni Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the College is now capable of hosting international scholars for academic research in Yemen. The YCMES can facilitate research sponsorship and other logistical support of incoming researchers. For more information, please email research@ycmes.org or visit http://www.ycmes.org/research.htm.
Service Learning & Internships
The YCMES has started service learning and internship programs, and our administration is ready to supervise students interning in local organizations. Service learning in Yemen remains a novel experience, with very few organizations utilizing international staff members. Students apply their academic studies with hands-on practice in the fields of human rights, democracy building, journalism, health, women's rights, and many more. These programs are designed to integrate the student farther into Yemeni society, affording them the opportunity to use their Arabic language in a work environment few foreigners see. For more information, please email internships@ycmes.org or visit http://www.ycmes.org/internships.htm.
Partnership with the Yemen-America Language Institute (YALI)
The YCMES and YALI are pleased to announce their plans to develop an institutional partnership. Co-operational programs strive to form friendships among international students of the YCMES and Yemeni students of YALI. Projects include language buddies, conversational hours, shared cultural activities and trips, Arabic students teaching English, and other programs to foster cross-cultural understandings. This new partnership will connect the two oldest, largest, and most respected language institutes of Yemen in the Arabic and English languages.
YALI was founded 1975 by the United States Embassy in Sana’a and backed by the international non-profit organization, AMIDEAST. YALI is part of the mission to strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation between Americans and the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa. Some 2,000 - 3,000 students study English at YALI each term. YALI's web site is www.yali.org.ye.
For a list of all YCMES Partnerships, please visit http://www.ycmes.org/affiliations.htm.
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The Middle East @ Work: Marketplace Public Radio Programs to Broadcast from the Middle East
March 3-14, 2008: Marketplace, Marketplace Morning Report and Marketplace Money to Report on Economics, Business and Money in the Middle East
(Los Angeles, Calif.) February 28, 2008—Marketplace®, American Public Media’s™ award-winning daily business and economics news program, today announced that from March 3-14, 2008, the Marketplace portfolio of business programs will be reporting from the Middle East with a special two-week series entitled The Middle East @ Work. Marketplace Morning Report® with host Scott Jagow will broadcast from Cairo, Egypt, March 3-7; Marketplace Money® with host Tess Vigeland will give the American perspective the weekend of March 8-9; and Marketplace with host Kai Ryssdal will report from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 10-14.
“No other region affects our pocketbooks, politics and portfolios more. Our tax money, our gas money, even our retirement money—it’s all connected,” said JJ Yore, executive producer of Marketplace and vice president of programming at American Public Media. “Marketplace is excited about this opportunity to provide our listeners original, in-depth stories about why the Middle East matters in the voices of people who study, live and work in the region.”
The Middle East @ Work Story Highlights:
Marketplace Morning Report:
Egyptian Gold Rush—Despite a 4,000-year history of gold mining, Egypt has largely missed out on the gold boom; however, that’s beginning to change now that some foreign companies recently signed deals to begin exploration and the Egyptian government is drafting a new mining code more favorable to outside investors. From Cairo, Marketplace’s Amy Scott speaks with Josef El-Raghy, CEO of Centamin Egypt Limited, an Australian-Egyptian mineral exploration company. Centamin Egypt Limited is building Egypt’s first major modern gold mine in the Eastern Desert near the Red Sea. It is estimated that over 55 million ounces of gold have come from this Red Sea Hills area of Egypt, which makes it one of the biggest gold fields in the world.
Marketplace Money:
Muslim Mortgages—Islam forbids the essential part of any loan—interest. So how does a devout Muslim buy a home? Just ask the largest Islamic mortgage lender in the United States, American Finance House LARIBA. This Pasadena-based company has made money by not charging interest on home loans. So how does it work? Marketplace Money host Tess Vigeland profiles American Finance House LARIBA and a family that has received a mortgage. What makes this story more interesting is that finance experts say these mortgages are exactly what should have been offered to non-traditional borrowers, those caught up in the current subprime mortgage mess.
Marketplace:
The Real Emirates—Dubai’s economic success has relied heavily on immigration. The vast majority of immigrants are migrant workers performing manual labor and a large number of white-collar employees are foreign, too. Many of these workers hold key positions in the national airline, real estate, financial services and media. Native-born citizens are thought to make up only around 3.5 percent of the United Arab Emirates’ 2 million people. By 2015, foreigners are expected to make up 99 percent of the population. From Dubai, Marketplace’s Stephen Beard reports on Dubai’s vanishing native-born citizens by asking Emiratis what they think about their country’s massive demographic changes and whether they fear losing their status and identity.
For more information about The Middle East @ Work, visit www.marketplace.org/middleeast.
Support for The Middle East @ Work is provided by Constellation Energy and the Cleveland Clinic.
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Summer Academy on Plurality and Cosmopolitanism / Istanbul, September 21-28
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER ACADEMY
FOR DOCTORAL AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, the Department of History of Bogazici University and the research program 'Europe in the Middle East - the Middle East in Europe'of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin in cooperation with the German 'Orient-Institute Istanbul', the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies in Berlin, and the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), Leiden invite applications for an international Summer Academy on the theme:
LIVING TOGETHER:
PLURALITY AND COSMOPOLITANISM IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND BEYOND
The Summer Academy is scheduled for
September 21 - 28, 2008 at the Ottoman Bank Museum in Istanbul www.obmuze.com
Twenty-four young scholars will be given the opportunity to present and discuss their current research on cities, pluralism and cosmopolitanism. Participants receive a stipend to cover travel and accommodation.
The Summer Academy will be chaired by a group of scholars: Asef Bayat (ISIM), Edhem Eldem (Bogazici University, Istanbul), Ulrike Freitag (Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin), Nora Lafi (Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin), and Stefan Weber (Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London).
In contemporary debates on societal pluralism the notion of cosmopolitanism has become the object of strong ideological investments. In its present form, cosmopolitanism is used both in a very loose historical sense and as a normative concept to project a global and better future. Critics claim that cosmopolitanism is a phenomenon that unites and organizes along the lines of certain visions of history and modernity that are rooted in colonial or quasi-colonial structures with strong allegiances to western-European models or to the ways of life of elites.
The Summer Academy intends to relate these debates on cosmopolitanism and similar notions to the historical experiences of cities in the Ottoman Empire, its successor and its neighbouring states - in the Balkans, Anatolia, the Arab and Muslim World. How did people of different cultural, ethnic, social and religious backgrounds live together in these cities? How are such examples of conviviality, conflict, migration, urban regimes of governance and stratification imagined and conceptualized? How were plural social relations organized and translated into space and material culture?
To which degree were social groups of different strata and regional settings part of a 'cosmos' of interacting, interconnected and competing ideas and knowledge systems?
What is the role of local agency? Social History, and questions of spatial organisation, local agencies and vernacular modernities that emerge from scholarship on the cities of the Ottoman Empire and adjunct regions may offer perspectives of a cosmopolitanism "from below" that can contribute to contemporary debates and conceptions of the city, civil society, multicultural societies, migration, or cosmopolitanism.
CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION
The Summer Academy invites applications of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in Art, Urban, Social and Cultural History, Sociology, Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science. The researchers' work should be clearly relevant to the theme of the Summer Academy.
The working language is English. The application should likewise be in English and consist of
- a CURRICULUM VITAE,
- a FIVE-PAGE OUTLINE of the project the applicant is currently working on, with a brief summary thereof,
- and the NAMES OF TWO UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBERS AS REFEREES
(no letters of recommendation required).
The application should be received no later than 25 APRIL 2008 and SENT BY EMAIL as ONE PDF FILE or in ONE WORD document to:
Georges Khalil, Europe in the Middle East - The Middle East in Europe, c/o Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Wallotstr. 19, 14193 Berlin, Germany, KHALIL@WIKO-BERLIN.DE
The Summer Academy is supported within the overall framework of the research program 'Europe in the Middle East – the Middle East in Europe', which focuses on the diverse processes of transfer, exchange and interaction between Europe and the Middle East, and is funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Aga Khan University.
For further information on the Summer Academy and the research program 'Europe in the Middle East - the Middle East in Europe' please visit www.eume-berlin.de; for information on the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations of the Aga Khan University please visit: www.aku.edu/ISMC/.
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February 20, 2008
Summer Study Abroad Program-TUNISIA
Interested in studying in the Arab World? Loyola University Chicago's summer study trip offers a unique experiential learning program in Tunisia. The course is entitled 'The Arab World, Islam, and US Foreign Policy.' Students earn credit while spending three weeks travelling throughout the country and gaining a first-hand perspective of politics, culture, and religion in Northern Africa.
Highlights:
Lectures by renowned Tunisian scholars on politics of democratization in the Arab world, the role of women in Muslim societies, Arab perceptions of US foreign policy, Tunisia's role in the global war on terror, and the history of Islam and the Roman Empire in Northern Africa.
Joint lectures and discussions with English-speaking Tunisian students
Visits to important political, religious, and historical sites such as The Great Mosque in Kairouan, the American Embassy in Tunis, the Roman Coliseum of El Jem and the Roman ruins of Dougga, and much more.
Overnight camping experience in the Sahara Desert complete with desert camel trek.
Detailed information on the program and a complete course syllabus are available at:
http://luc.edu/studyabroad/summer.shtml#TUN
Please feel free to contact the group leader Professor Peter Schraeder at pschrae@luc.edu with any questions you may have.
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Arabesk Studies in Damascus
We are Arabesk Studies in Damascus, a private team of professionals, located in the heart of Damascus , very specialized and perfectly experienced in Arabic language teaching for foreign students. Arabesk Studies is exclusively devoted to Arabic teaching.
We invite you to visit our website: www.arabeskstudiesindamascus.com/english/index1.htm
We believe that by specializing we are better able to understand and respond to the needs of international students. Our team of highly qualified teachers is of high calibre and provides the best teaching available. With our teachers, packages of studies and services and a perfect location, we believe that the combination between Arabesk Studies and Damascus is really the best to study Arabic.
Arabesk has facilitated study abroad for hundreds of individuals, students and specialists from top American and European universities and colleges in Middle East or Arabic Studies, or many other fields. Undergraduates and graduate students, professors from places like Princeton, Georgetown , Berkeley , Duke, Swarthmore and Middlebury, SOAS London, Cambridge , London School of Economics LSE, and other European university students have reported positive experiences of their time in Damascus through Arabesk.
From pre-departure until the end of your stay in Syria (even though we wish that you stay with us!!!), Arabesk provides a comprehensive facilitation of your time abroad with his package of studies and services. We offer Studies, all services related to studies and settlement in Damascus , accommodation in nice flats with Arab speakers or Damascene families, fieldtrips around Syria ....
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February 05, 2008
America Volunteers for International Development
Freedom House is an independent nongovernmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom in the world. Freedom is possible only in democratic political systems in which the governments are accountable to their own people; the rule of law prevails; and freedoms of expression, association, and belief, as well as respect for the rights of minorities and women, are guaranteed. Freedom House functions as a catalyst for freedom, democracy and the rule of law through its analysis, advocacy and action.
We currently seek volunteers to work with civil society organizations in Egypt through the American Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program for 2 to 6 months beginning in either late Fall 2007 or in early Spring 2008.
Freedom House is seeking individuals with demonstrated professional experience for assignments focused on capacity building for Egyptian watchdog and advocacy organizations working on the defense of human rights and democracy building. Qualified candidates should have experience in nonprofit management with a particular focus in either organizational management (knowledge management, governance and boards, organizational assessment, and capacity building), performance management (project/program development and management, planning and monitoring and evaluation), financial management (fundraising, proposal and grant writing, budgeting, and accounting), and/or operational and personnel management.
Freedom House covers international travel expenses and provides a housing allowance and daily living stipend for the duration of the volunteer assignment. Assignments may be in Cairo or in other areas throughout Egypt.
Volunteers must have a minimum of seven to ten years of relevant professional experience, the ability to commit to 2 to 6 months of service, and a resourceful, innovative personality. Arabic language skills and overseas experience, particularly in the Middle East is preferred.
To learn more about the American Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program go to http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=80 .
Please send completed application, cover letter, and resume by email or fax to:
Jenai Green
Program Officer, Exchanges
avid@freedomhouse.org
Fax: (202) 822-3893
*Please write "AVID Application (Egypt)" in the subject line of your email.
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Gerald R. Ford Foundation Research Travel Grants and the Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award
Two grant programs are available to support research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. These holdings focus on Federal policies, U.S. foreign relations, and national politics in the 1960s and 1970s. There are earlier and later materials depending upon your topic. The grant programs are:
The Gerald R. Ford Foundation awards several Research Travel Grants of up to $2,000 each in support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. A grant defrays travel, living, and photocopy expenses of a research trip to the Ford Library. Grants are awarded twice a year with application deadlines of March 15 and September 15.
The "Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award (Dissertation Award) in Honor of Robert Teeter" in the amount of $5,000 is given annually to one individual to support dissertation research on an aspect of the U.S. political process during the latter part of the twentieth century.
For more information about the awards please visit the following website:
http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/hpgrants.asp
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February 04, 2008
2007 EASTERN CONSORTIUM IN PERSIAN AND TURKISH PROGRAM
For more information about the Summer Language Program through University of Chicago please visit:
http://www.cmes.uchicago.edu/easternConsortAnnounce.shtml
For the application click here:
http://www.cmes.uchicago.edu/2008EASTERNCONSORTIUMcomplete.pdf
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Study Abroad Program in Yemen
The Study Abroad program at the Yemen College of Middle Eastern Studies is coming together to provide students a new, unique opportunity to study the contemporary Middle East and intensive Arabic language.
The YCMES is now accepting applications for its inaugural year, starting September 2008. Refer to the admissions page at www.ycmes.org/admissions.htm for more information on enrollment.
Why should students choose the study abroad program at the YCMES?
1) Location: Yemen, The Arabia Felix
The College is centrally located in Sana’a, the capital of the Republic of Yemen, in a residential neighborhood near the main square of the city and within walking distance of the historical Old City. Yemen is an ideal location for such a college. It is perhaps the only country left in the Middle East where foreigners can practice their Arabic with local people and not be forced to use English or other languages. In addition to the superb language environment, Yemenis have retained their customs and traditions with very little Western influence, offering an international student the opportunity to live among one of the most traditional Arab societies. Not only among the most hospitable on earth, as well as the kindest, Yemenis are also proud of their traditional poetry, dress, dance, and crafts. Language learners will find curious Yemenis willing and even eager to speak Arabic with them, not always the case among the urban educated people in other Arabic-speaking countries. To learn more about Yemen, please visit www.ycmes.org/aboutyemen.htm.
2) Arabic Language Programs: The Yemen Language Center
The College will draw its Arabic language program from the Yemen Language Center. With almost twenty years of experience, the YLC has developed an excellent curriculum of Arabic courses. Classroom instruction is designed to develop the student’s speaking and listening skills, as reading and writing can be covered both in non-Arabic environments and from homework drills. The YLC is equipped with the latest in language learning technologies and privileged with a qualified and experienced instructors, from five to 23 years of teaching Arabic as a foreign language. The YLC offers Arabic language instruction from survival lessons to post-advanced independent study. Though many supplementary materials are utilized, the primary textbook for the YLC program is Al-Kitaab fi Tacallum al-cArabiyya from Georgetown Press. The YCMES is also proud to host outside Arabists (such as Dr. Peter Abboud, Dr. Aman Attieh, and scheduled in May, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Batal and Dr. Kristen Brustad) for review and evaluation of the program and to give developmental workshops for instructors. Through all of its endeavors, the Arabic language program of the YLC continues to get excellent reviews from its students, who comment on the quality of instruction and the infusion of language and culture. To learn more about the Arabic language programs, please visit www.ycmes.org/ylc.htm.
3) Academic Quality: The Program in Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies
The PCMES, designed by Honorary Dean Steven C. Caton of Harvard University, offers a wide range of university-level courses on contemporary Middle East Studies. Each semester, a select number of courses are offered as a cross-discipline reflection of the current faculty. The faculty is comprised of the world’s most distinguished regional specialists, both Yemeni and non-Yemeni, and most of whom hold professorial appointments at leading universities. Classes will be kept small in size, seminar-style with 12-15 students, with a keen interest in maintaining high academic quality. Students will also be afforded opportunities to work with faculty in independent research, experience fieldwork, perform academic internships, and volunteer work.
Visiting Faculty for 2008-2009 Academic Year
Dr. Abdul Karim Alaug, Anthropology, Associate Dean YCMES/Sana'a University
Dr. Ahmed Abdulkareem Saif, Political Scientist, Sana'a University/Saba' Center for Studies & Research
Dr. Bruce Lawrence, Islamic Studies, Duke University
Dr. Jon Mandaville, Modern Middle East History, Portland State University
Dr. Miriam Cooke, Arabic Literature and Women's Studies, Duke University
Dr. Nancy Um, Islamic Art and Architectural History, Binghamton University SUNY
The full class schedule and course offerings will be announced as time goes on. Scheduled courses currently include: Comparative Politics of the Middle East; Constitutional, Legislative, and Democratic Developments of the Arab Gulf; History of Modern Arabia; History of Modern Iraq; Islamic Feminisms; Autobiography of the Middle East; The Modern Muslim World; Religious Minorities: Muslim & non-Muslim, Islamic Architecture and Urbanism in Yemen; Cultural Anthropology of Yemen & the Middle East, etc.
To learn more about the PCMES, please visit www.ycmes.org/pcmes.htm.
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