International MA program at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

MAPMES (MA Program in Middle East Studies)

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

DEADLINE July 15

MAPMES (MA Program in Middle East Studies) was founded in 2003 and has over 150 graduates that come from four continents. Many of them continued to do graduate work here in Ben-Gurion University, or in a variety of PhD programs all over the world. Others are working with NGOs, governments, or as journalists.

The courses include in-depth seminars on the Middle East, taught by the faculty of the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University, a handful of select professors from other departments, and one or two guest lecturers from the United States and Europe. The program does not require previous knowledge. However, students who do not have a background in Middle East studies are required to attend an introductory course. The languages that are taught are Arabic and Hebrew. These are intense classes and are considered very successful.

We organize several study tours in Israel and one outside of Israel. This year the tour is to India, and focuses on its Islamic heritage.

Please visit our web site at: www.bgu.ac.il/mapmes

For more information, our e-mail address is: mapmes@bgu.ac.il

Last information session about international awards such as the Fulbright, Critical Language and Boren

Dont miss the LAST information session on international awards such as the Fulbright, Critical Language and Boren 

Fri. Apr. 15, 2011        2-4:30pm          Ballantine 310                          Dissertation Research

Friday's session will focus on awards for dissertation research such as the Fulbright Hays, IREX and Social Science Research Council.

Students interested in learning more about applying for international awards can go to:www.indiana.edu/~ovpia/ovpia/funding/extGrants.php

Paul Fogleman

Indiana University

Office of the Vice President for International Affairs

201 N. Indiana Ave.

Bloomington, IN  47408

Tel. (812)855-3948

Fax (812)855-6271

E-mail: pfoglema@indiana.edu

STARTALK 2011 Teacher Training for Arabic and Turkish

Ninth Annual Danner Memorial Lecture & NELC Spring Reception

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Intersections 2011: April 7, 14, 21

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Arabesk Studies in Damascus

Arabesk Studies in Damascus, is one of the leading Arabic language teaching centers in the Middle East, specialized and perfectly experienced in teaching Arabic for foreign students, with high quality courses in Damascus.


Damascus is rapidly becoming center for Arabic language education and is certainly the best place nowadays to study Arabic, offering a welcoming and fascinating place for anyone who takes an interest in Arabic or Islamic studies. 
Arabesk Studies is 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.


All courses are in ARABIC. The students will learn and improve their classical Arabic, writing, reading, conversation, very quickly while they study many Islamic subjects: Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, Hadith, Sira, Tafsir, Sahabas, and Grammar.

ARABESK STUDIES IN DAMASCUS

Study arabic in Damascus

Group or private lessons

Tours in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon

Phone: 00 963 966 25 71 76

Al Hijaz Ottoman Station

Email: arabesk@mail.sy;  arabesk-studies@live.com

AMIDEAST/Egypt Study Abroad Updates

AMIDEAST is a leading American non-profit organization engaged in international education, training and development activities in the Middle East and North Africa. 

Because of the revolution and deteriorating security situation, AMIDEAST/Egypt evacuated all of its students from the Cairo program on January 31 and successfully transferred virtually all of them to other AMIDEAST program locations in Rabat, Morocco, and Amman, Jordan.  

Now we are planning for the reopening of the program here in the fall.  It should be a truly fascinating and opportune time for students to experience the “new Egypt” first hand.  Of course we continue to monitor the security situation very closely at all of our program sites in the region, and if conditions are not conducive to running the program here in the fall, we won’t.  The students who have been accepted for Cairo will be offered places in either Rabat or Amman (their choice, as was the case with the student evacuated in January). 

FALL 2011 DEADLINE April 1

Check out the different programs offered on their website: http://www.amideast.org/abroad/programs

Distinctive Features of AMIDEAST Education Abroad Programs in the Arab World

AMIDEAST's Education Abroad Programs in the Arab World share a set of distinctive features:

• Arabic language instruction in both Modern Standard and Spoken Arabic
• Program-related excursions
• Facilitated dialogue discussions with students from local universities
• Activities to develop students' intercultural and global competence
• An AMIDEAST Education Abroad Program Manager familiar with the local environment to coordinate housing, orientation, excursions, issues discussions, and other program-related activities

Core Principles of AMIDEAST Education Abroad Programs in the Arab World

AMIDEAST's Education Abroad Programs in the Arab World are built on a set of core principles. These are that all programs are

• student centered
• structured to maximize students'
  • acquisition of the Arabic language
  • development of knowledge of the host country and region
  • exposure to the host culture
  • development of intercultural sensitivity and global competence
• overseen by an Academic Consortium consisting of U.S. colleges and universities that jointly provide quality assurance for the programs through ongoing review and periodic site visits to meet with students, faculty and program staff
• large enough, in terms of student enrollment, to assure valuable discussion and diversity but not so large as to isolate students from the host society or become unwieldy and unmanageable