June 15-August 6, 2009

Department of Linguistics
707 S Mathews Avenue, 4080 FLB, MC-168 Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: 217-333-3563
Fax: 217-244-8430
Contact: albirini@illinois.edu




















 

Announcements

Brown-Bag Lecture Series - Lucy Elise Lounge, Foreign Language Bldg at 11:-11:45 am

Wednesdays June 24th, 2009: "Presidential Elections in Iran"
Dr. Peyman Nojoumian, Department of Linguistics

Wednesdays July 1st, 2009: "Islam and Secularism in Turkey"
Dr. Ercan Balci , Department of Linguistics

Wednesdays July 8th, 2009: "Arab Cultural Awareness"
Mr. Said Hannouchi

Wednesday July 15th, 2009: "Democracy in the Arab World Defined by Culture."
Dr. Abdulkafi Albirini, Department of Linguistics

Wednesday July 22nd, 2009: "Peace in the Middle East"
Ms. Eman Saadah

Wednesday July 29nd, 2009: "Ibn Battuta the Great Traveller."
Mr. Dris Soulaimani

Please chek the Events regularly for event updates

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in collaboration with the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies , the Center for African Studies, CIBER, the Center for Global Studies and the European Union Center is pleased to host the Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW) in summer 2009 (June 15-August 6, 2009).

SILMW will offer intensive courses in a variety of Muslim World languages, including Turkish, Persian, Arabic and Swahili.

SILMW provides a unique opportunity to explore the languages and cultures of the Muslim World and interact with experts in this region. In addition to classroom instruction, SILMW will offer a variety of extracurricular activities designed to enhance classroom instruction, provide additional channels for language contact and practice, and expose learners to the traditions of the Muslim World communities. These extracurricular activities include research forums, conversation hours, cooking demonstrations, music, film showings, and other cultural activities.

The SILMW at UIUC is being organized by Abdulkafi Albirini (Director), Ercan Balci, Abbas Benmamoun, Peyman Nojoumian, and Peter Otiato, from the Department of Linguistics.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or like to get more information about SILMW.