It is entirely possible to live abroad in a country where we hardly speak the language and not improve in fluency at all. Even in regard to language-oriented programs, the research is inconclusive about how much proficiency learners can be expected to gain and what factors will lead to those gains. Nevertheless, we firmly believe that a strategic and flexible effort to acquire language while abroad, whether the program requires it or not, can diminish the impact of "language shock" (Agar, 1994) and enhance the overall benefits of the overseas experience.
In this presentation, we will focus on language and culture in terms of dynamic skill sets that will continue to develop during a sojourn abroad rather than static content that must be acquired beforehand. Drawing on theories of intercultural competence and situated learning, we will present frameworks that can be used to design training and reflective tasks before, during, and after a study abroad program. Specifically, we will offer examples of investigative, interactive, and reflective tasks that can develop intercultural skills, support the emergence of community in a program cohort, and encourage engagement with communities in the local context while abroad. As time allows, we will workshop these tasks with participants to adapt them to the type, focus, and location of particular programs.
Presenters:
Dr. Felix Kronenberg is the Director of the Center for Language Teaching Advancement, an academic unit that supports foreign language teaching, research, and outreach at MSU and beyond. He is also a professor in the German department and a national and international leader in regard to language learning technology, gamification, and innovative language resource centers.
Dr. Amanda Lanier is faculty in CeLTA and Director of the MA in Foreign Language Teaching, an online program with students and alumni in 30 states and 10 countries that develops master teachers of over a dozen foreign languages. Her research and teaching focus on motivation, identity, culture, and other aspects of language acquisition, as well as sociocultural learning processes in online courses.
For more information or to register, please contact Kris Windorski at .
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 encourages to attend. Also, we extend the invitation to the Arabic speaking students at the English Center.
Muslim Studies Program 15th Annual Conference
Michigan State University, Hybrid Format (online and in person in Room 303, International Center)
February 24-25, 2022
THEME: "Belonging Nowhere": States of Statelessness and Displacement in the Muslim World
Follow updates here: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/conference/
Register here: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/reg-links
Friday, February 25
9am – 10:15am EST Panel 4: TRAUMA, STATELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH
* Farha Abbasi (MSU)
* Omar Reda (ind. psychiatrist)
* Hadia Zarzour (ind. professional counselor)
Discussant: Farha Abbasi (MSU)
10:30 – 12pm EST Panel 5: REGIMES OF BELONGING: PART 2
* Ashley Walters (U. Connecticut): Citizens of Nowhere: Stateless Muslims in the United States
* Zainab Saleh (Haverford U.): The Tale of Homecoming
* Thomas McGee (U. Melbourne): Syria's Changing Statelessness Landscape
* Randa Serhan (Barnard C.):Palestinians in Lebanon: From Refugees, to Stateless, to a State of Indefinite Exception
Discussant: Stephen Gasteyer (MSU)
1:30pm – 2:45pm EST Panel 6: PRACTICES OF ENGAGEMENT AND NEW RELIGIOUS IMAGINARIES
* Basit Kareem Iqbal (McMaster U.): Ghurba and the Vagaries of Re-habilitation
* Hossein Ghazizadeh (Tehran U.): Citizenship and Statelessness in Islamic Jurisprudence with Shiite Recitation: A Case Study of the Jurisprudential and Legal Status of Non-Shiite Muslim Refugees
* Gozde Burcu Ege (U. Washington): Negotiating Charity and Humanitarianism in the Youth Volunteers' Practices
* Jyotsna G. Singh (MSU): "Muslim Citizenship and Belonging in Contemporary India"
Discussant: Waseem El-Rayes (MSU)
2:45pm – 3:45pm: Closing discussion among participants
Organized by the Michigan State University Muslim Studies Program and cosponsored by the African Studies Center; Asian Studies Center; Center for European, Russian, & Eurasian Studies; College of Arts & Letters; Dept of Anthropology; Dept of Religious Studies; Dept of Sociology; Global Studies in the Arts & Humanities; Global Urban Studies Program; James Madison College; and Peace & Justice Studies.
Sean W. Anthony (The Ohio State) is a historian of early Islamic history and Arabic literature. After receiving his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 2009, Anthony taught at the University of Oregon (Eugene) and the Ohio State University, where he is currently professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
Register in advance for this webinar:
Muslim Studies Program 15th Annual Conference
Michigan State University, Hybrid Format (online and in person in Room 303, International Center)
February 24-25, 2022
THEME: "Belonging Nowhere": States of Statelessness and Displacement in the Muslim World
Follow updates here: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/conference/
Register here: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/reg-links
Thursday, February 24
9am – 9:15am EST Opening Remarks: Steven Hanson, Farha Abbasi, Najib Hourani, Linda Sayed
9:15am – 10:45am EST Panel 1: REGIMES OF BELONGING: PART 1
* Benjamin P Beames (U. Chicago): Stateless by Design: The Shadow Children of Turkey
* Mehrnaz Hashemi (Shahid Beheshti U.): Iran's Legal Regime Concerning Refugees: Shortcomings and Challenges
* Stephanie Nawyn (MSU): Islamic Hospitality and Informalization of Refugee Rights
* Jinan Bastaki (UAE U.): The Right to Return Nowhere: Palestinians in Arab States
Discussant: Najib Hourani (MSU)
11:00am – 12:30pm EST Panel 2: EXPRESSIONS OF DISPLACEMENT
* Aseel Sawalha (Fordham U.): The Hinderances of Making Art at Times of War: Two Cases from Amman
* Riyad Shahjahan (MSU): A Temporal Gaze towards Academic 'Statelessness': Bangladeshi Mobile Scholar Perspectives
* Leila Tarakji (MSU): Reclaiming Home and Humanity in Narratives of Displacement
* Hanan Aly (MSU): The Stateless Other in Literature of the Arab Diaspora
Discussant: Salah Hassan (MSU)
1:15pm – 2:15pm EST KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: ROCHELLE DAVIS (Georgetown U.), "Studying Displacement and
Statelessness in the World Today"
2:30pm – 4:00pm EST Panel 3: DISPLACEMENT AND DAILY LIFE
* Sabah Uddin (Bowie State U.) & Nabila Hijazi (Loyala U. Maryland): Syrian Refugee Women Transcend Time
and Space to Construct "Home"
* Alyssa Miller (German Inst. GA): Kinship and the Affective Politics of Citizenship for Tunisian Returnees
* Marwa Bakabas (MSU): No Space for Birth, No Space for Death
* Michael Perez (U. Memphis): Enduring Statelessness: Ex-Gaza Refugees and the Politics of Ordinary Life
Discussant: Linda Sayed (MSU)
Friday, February 25
9am – 10:15am EST Panel 4: TRAUMA, STATELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH
* Farha Abbasi (MSU)
* Omar Reda (ind. psychiatrist)
* Hadia Zarzour (ind. professional counselor)
Discussant: Farha Abbasi (MSU)
10:30 – 12pm EST Panel 5: REGIMES OF BELONGING: PART 2
* Ashley Walters (U. Connecticut): Citizens of Nowhere: Stateless Muslims in the United States
* Zainab Saleh (Haverford U.): The Tale of Homecoming
* Thomas McGee (U. Melbourne): Syria's Changing Statelessness Landscape
* Randa Serhan (Barnard C.):Palestinians in Lebanon: From Refugees, to Stateless, to a State of Indefinite Exception
Discussant: Stephen Gasteyer (MSU)
1:30pm – 2:45pm EST Panel 6: PRACTICES OF ENGAGEMENT AND NEW RELIGIOUS IMAGINARIES
* Basit Kareem Iqbal (McMaster U.): Ghurba and the Vagaries of Re-habilitation
* Hossein Ghazizadeh (Tehran U.): Citizenship and Statelessness in Islamic Jurisprudence with Shiite Recitation: A Case Study of the Jurisprudential and Legal Status of Non-Shiite Muslim Refugees
* Gozde Burcu Ege (U. Washington): Negotiating Charity and Humanitarianism in the Youth Volunteers' Practices
* Jyotsna G. Singh (MSU): "Muslim Citizenship and Belonging in Contemporary India"
Discussant: Waseem El-Rayes (MSU)
2:45pm – 3:45pm: Closing discussion among participants
Muslim Studies Program 15th Annual Conference
Michigan State University, Hybrid Format (online and in person in Room 303, International Center)
February 24-25, 2022
THEME: "Belonging Nowhere": States of Statelessness and Displacement in the Muslim World
Follow updates here: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/conference/
Register here: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/reg-links
Thursday, February 24
9am – 9:15am EST Opening Remarks: Steven Hanson, Farha Abbasi, Najib Hourani, Linda Sayed
9:15am – 10:45am EST Panel 1: REGIMES OF BELONGING: PART 1
* Benjamin P Beames (U. Chicago): Stateless by Design: The Shadow Children of Turkey
* Mehrnaz Hashemi (Shahid Beheshti U.): Iran's Legal Regime Concerning Refugees: Shortcomings and Challenges
* Stephanie Nawyn (MSU): Islamic Hospitality and Informalization of Refugee Rights
* Jinan Bastaki (UAE U.): The Right to Return Nowhere: Palestinians in Arab States
Discussant: Najib Hourani (MSU)
11:00am – 12:30pm EST Panel 2: EXPRESSIONS OF DISPLACEMENT
* Aseel Sawalha (Fordham U.): The Hinderances of Making Art at Times of War: Two Cases from Amman
* Riyad Shahjahan (MSU): A Temporal Gaze towards Academic 'Statelessness': Bangladeshi Mobile Scholar Perspectives
* Leila Tarakji (MSU): Reclaiming Home and Humanity in Narratives of Displacement
* Hanan Aly (MSU): The Stateless Other in Literature of the Arab Diaspora
Discussant: Salah Hassan (MSU)
1:15pm – 2:15pm EST KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: ROCHELLE DAVIS (Georgetown U.), "Studying Displacement and
Statelessness in the World Today"
2:30pm – 4:00pm EST Panel 3: DISPLACEMENT AND DAILY LIFE
* Sabah Uddin (Bowie State U.) & Nabila Hijazi (Loyala U. Maryland): Syrian Refugee Women Transcend Time
and Space to Construct "Home"
* Alyssa Miller (German Inst. GA): Kinship and the Affective Politics of Citizenship for Tunisian Returnees
* Marwa Bakabas (MSU): No Space for Birth, No Space for Death
* Michael Perez (U. Memphis): Enduring Statelessness: Ex-Gaza Refugees and the Politics of Ordinary Life
Discussant: Linda Sayed (MSU)
Friday, February 25
9am – 10:15am EST Panel 4: TRAUMA, STATELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH
* Farha Abbasi (MSU)
* Omar Reda (ind. psychiatrist)
* Hadia Zarzour (ind. professional counselor)
Discussant: Farha Abbasi (MSU)
10:30 – 12pm EST Panel 5: REGIMES OF BELONGING: PART 2
* Ashley Walters (U. Connecticut): Citizens of Nowhere: Stateless Muslims in the United States
* Zainab Saleh (Haverford U.): The Tale of Homecoming
* Thomas McGee (U. Melbourne): Syria's Changing Statelessness Landscape
* Randa Serhan (Barnard C.):Palestinians in Lebanon: From Refugees, to Stateless, to a State of Indefinite Exception
Discussant: Stephen Gasteyer (MSU)
1:30pm – 2:45pm EST Panel 6: PRACTICES OF ENGAGEMENT AND NEW RELIGIOUS IMAGINARIES
* Basit Kareem Iqbal (McMaster U.): Ghurba and the Vagaries of Re-habilitation
* Hossein Ghazizadeh (Tehran U.): Citizenship and Statelessness in Islamic Jurisprudence with Shiite Recitation: A Case Study of the Jurisprudential and Legal Status of Non-Shiite Muslim Refugees
* Gozde Burcu Ege (U. Washington): Negotiating Charity and Humanitarianism in the Youth Volunteers' Practices
* Jyotsna G. Singh (MSU): "Muslim Citizenship and Belonging in Contemporary India"
Discussant: Waseem El-Rayes (MSU)
2:45pm – 3:45pm: Closing discussion among participants
Spring 2021 Webinar Series
In recent decades, people living in the Lower Mekong Region have witnessed major shifts from predominantly subsistence agriculture to industrializing economies, with attendant changes in migration, crop production systems, and major infrastructure (roads, dams, industrial estates). This series of four webinars will explore how communities in the region are experiencing the economic, social, and cultural dislocations of these transformations.y
To view the flyer please visit the The Mekong, China, & Southeast Asian Transitions series: Markets for Mekong Goods Spring 2021 Webinar series flyer.
International concurrent times: HST (2-3:30pm) | EST (7-8:30pm) | Vientiane/BKK/PhnomPenh/Hanoi=Feb. 25 (7-8:30am)
Register to attend.
Full webinar series schedule:
Panel 1 : Jan 27 - Markets for Mekong Commodities
Panel 2 : Feb 24 - Migration, Mobility, and the Mekong
Panel 3 : Apr 7 - The Spirits and Spiritual Life of the Mekong
Panel 4: Apr 28 - Mekong Dams: Debates and the Politics of Evidence
This series is made possible through funding from the Henry Luce Foundation and is co-organized by Michigan State University-James Madison College and Asian Studies Center, the East-West Center, University of Hawai'i-Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa-Center for Chinese Studies, and Chiang Mai University-Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development.6t rq
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