Indian and South Asian language & cultures brings you Chai & Chat. Join them for evenings of festivities, fun, food, and all things Indian and South Asian.
• Chai & Chat | October 19, 2021
• Diwali Celebration | November 4, 2021
• Chai & Chat | November 16, 2021
• Film Screening | November 30, 2021
Sponsored by the Hindi-Urdu Language Program and Asian Studies Center

Arabic language practice and culture presentations.

Zoom Registration Link: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8s93GSwkQsOz1SVPqfJTDA

In this talk, Dr. Wu will examine the "prehistory" of WeChat and the growth of gig work platforms in China. In doing so, she explores the historical continuity and rupture in China's booming digital economy. In her discussion, she focuses on the tensions and negotiations between global and local infrastructures. Responding to recent calls to deWesternize digital platform studies by drawing on experiences outside Euro-North America, Dr. Wu proposes a contextualized approach. She argues that China's domestic economic restructuring and uneven integration into global digital capitalism mediate tensions between global and local infrastructures. These tensions in turn shape the practices and trajectories of digital platforms in China. Consequently, rigorous contextualization of the situated history of platforms and their infrastructural relations is needed to produce knowledge about digital platforms in global contexts.

For more information, please contact the event organizer, David Humphrey (dhumphre(at)msu.edu).

This event is part of the MSU Asian Studies Center's Global Virtual Speaker Program. It is also co-sponsored by the Program in Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities.

Arabic language practice and culture presentations.

Application deadline is February 1, 2019.

Undergraduate scholarships: up to $5,000

Research paper "Best Paper" Competiton: Prizes up to $1,000 for papers that focus on Asian topics. Open to undergraduate and graduate students.

full contest details: asia.isp.msu.edu/sclee

 

Islamic Architecture by Amr Azim

Arabic Diwan is a gathering of Arabic students who are in the Arabic program, where they speak the language and learn about the culture in a relaxed environ­ment with our Fulbright teaching assistant. Students from all Arabic language levels are encouraged to attend. Also, we extend the invitation to the Arabic speaking students at the English Center. 

For more information please contact Fatima Alaiwi, fatima_bh(at)msn.com.

 

Join your fellow Indian and South Asian language learners for Chai and Chat. Practice speaking the language you're learning in a relaxed environment.

 Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. MSU Film Collective presentation.

As one of the earliest ethnnographic films, it documents the life of the Svan people in the isolated moutain village of Ushguli in Svanetia (Georgia)

filmstudies.cal.msu.edu/filmcollective