Associate Professor Nadia Yaqub has published a volume co-edited with the late Rula Quawas, Bad Girls of the Arab World (University of Texas Press, 2017). Bad Girls of the Arab World is an interdisciplinary collection of writings by and about … Read more

Associate Professor of Asian Studies Ji-Yeon Jo has published a new book, titled Homing: An Affective Topography of Ethnic Korean Return Migration (University of Hawaii Press, 2017). From the press’s description of the book, found here, we learn that: “Homing investigates … Read more

In this essay, Adel argues that designing suitable textbooks is a crucial part of language learning and teaching, and that effective textbooks are developed by incorporating sound principles and theories of second language acquisition into material design within the field … Read more

At the ACTFL 2017 Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, Shahla Adel presented an unprecedented study where she compared the Language Learning Strategies of Heritage and Non-Heritage Learners of Persian and Arabic. Learning strategies are specific actions taken by the learner to … Read more

Shahla Adel took her students to the Ackland Museum for a tour based on the intersection of language and culture in Persian art objects using a collection of pieces. The tour was led by the museum‘s Object-Based Teaching Fellow, providing … Read more

As part of the EE course requirement and grade, Dr. Claudia Yaghoobi’s “ASIA 124: Iranian Post-1979 Cinema” students made 8-minute films related to the themes of the class with an original idea of theirs. Students received guidance from both Dr. … Read more

Are you interested in learning about Moroccan Languages and Cultures? The Arabic Program organizes a Moroccan Table every Thursday from 2-3pm at the Kitchen of New West Bldg. (2nd Floor). Students have a chance to learn the Moroccan Arabic Variety … Read more

Teaching Assistant Professor of Arabic Bud Kauffman is teaching a new Languages Across the Curriculum (LAC) course entitled “The Language of Refugeeism”. Throughout the semester, students have studied and discussed various aspects of the refugee experience through the lens of … Read more

Jan Bardsley gave invited lectures this fall in New York at Siena College and the Wang Center, SUNY Stony Brook: “Millennial Maiko: The Geisha Apprentice in Japanese Popular Culture.” Last spring she spoke at University of Oregon, SUNY Fashion Institute for … Read more

Associate Professor Pamela Lothspeich has been awarded a Senior Research Fellowship from the American Institute of Indian Studies, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This fellowship will allow her to spend the fall semester in India to … Read more