Summer Programs 2008

Al Akhawayn University
Summer Program in Arabic Language and North African Studies
02 June-25 July 2008
Ifrane, Morocco
A full year Arabic Program in 8 weeks (02 June-25 July or a semester of Arabic Program in 4 weeks: Session 1: 02-27 June; or Session 2: 03 June-25 July).
Arabic Language: Modern Standard Arabic courses include beginning, intermediate, advanced, journalistic and literary Arabic. Activities in Arabic include Moroccan Arabic, cultural acitvities, clubs, field trips, immersion actitvities. Arabic language courses carry 6 to 8 semester credit hours.
North African Studies: 6 week summer session (06 June-19 July). Courses offered include: Arabic Society; Islamic civilization; history of the Arab world; and issues in contemporary North Africa. Each course carries 3 semester credit hours. One course can be taken along with Arabic or, two without Arabic.

For information: Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, 53000 Morocco (212 35 862427; fax: 212 35 862977; www.aui.ma/arabic). Application deadline: April 22, 2008.

Beloit College
Summer Intensive Arabic Language Program
11 June - 08 August 2008
Beloit, Wisconsin
The Center for Language Studies Arabic intensive language course is a challenging and rewarding program. The Arabic faculty is composed of professional language teachers who emphasize personal attention in their teaching. Combining advanced teaching methods with excellent instructional materials, the CLS Arabic program offers the best in teaching methods and models for emulation. The CLS Arabic program is excellent preparation for individuals interested in work or study abroad. We teach first- and second year Arabic and have instructors experienced in high-level training skills. Choose from our four week or eight week courses. For complete information, visit: www.summerlanguages.com.

Central European University (CEU)
Religion & Politics: The Presence of  Sacred & Secular Traditions in Europe & the Middle East
14-25 July 2008
Budapest, Hungary
Detailed course description: http://www.sun.ceu.hu/religion
Faculty: Matthias Riedl, Central European University, Budapest; Jürgen Gebhardt, University of Erlangen Nürnberg, Bavarian-American Academy, Munich; Emilio Gentile, Universit* di Roma "La Sapienza"; György Geréby, Central European University, Budapest; Jürgen Miethke, Historisches Seminar, University of Heidelberg; Yossef Schwartz, The Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel; Georges Tamer, Ohio State University, Columbus.
Target group: advanced graduate students, junior or post-doctoral researchers, and teachers
The language of instruction: English.
Tuition fee: EUR 500, Financial aid is available.
Online application: http://www.sun.ceu.hu/apply (attachments to be sent via regular mail).

For further information queries can be directed to the SUN office by email (summeru@ceu.hu), via skype (ceu-sun) or telephone (00-36-1-327-3811). The application deadline: February 14, 2008 (for scholarship places), May 30, 2008 (for fee-paying applications).

Columbia University
Intensive Arabic Language
02 June-08 August 2008
New York City, NY
Columbia’s Arabic Summer Program provides intensive instruction in the Arabic language through multimedia materials and activities designed to situate the language in the context of cultures in which 
it is spoken. The language of instruction is Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), but students also have opportunities to hear and speak various colloquial  Arabic dialects.

Experienced instructors use a communicative approach that emphasizes  listening and reading along with speaking and writing. Activities  designed to teach listening and speaking spring from real situations  and current events.

The program includes:
• Readings of Arabic short stories, poetry, and current newspaper articles
• Live television and radio broadcasts from the Middle East, movies, tape recordings, the Internet, video clips, and access to interactive instructional facilities

• Trips to acquaint students with the magnificent Middle Eastern heritage on display in museums and libraries of New York City. Visits to Middle Eastern neighborhoods and restaurants, and lessons in Middle Eastern cookery Students in Elementary and Intermediate Arabic are encouraged to take both sessions, but with permission from the director may take one session.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR: DR. TAOUFIK BEN-AMOR
SESSION I 02 JUNE-03 ­JULY
SESSION II 07 JULY-08 ­AUGUST
Elementary Arabic, I and II
Intermediate Arabic, I* and II
Advanced Arabic, I* and II

* Mandatory placement exam for Intermediate Arabic I and Advanced Arabic I on May 30, 2008.

Fore more information: www.ce.columbia.edu/arabic

Drew University
Intensive Arabic Language & Culture
27 May –18 July 2008
Madison, New Jersey
An eight-week summer program providing intensive study in Arabic language and culture from the beginner through the intermediate level.  During the first half of the course, students learn the Arabic script, the basic rules of Arabic grammar, appropriate vocabulary, as well as reading, oral, and aural skills commensurate with the elementary level.  The second part of the class explores advanced structures of grammar, syntax, and expression. All courses take place on Drew University’s scenic campus, located just 30 miles from New York City.

This credit program is open to advanced high school students, undergraduates, graduate students, working professionals, and adult learners.  Students who have completed beginner-level Arabic studies are welcome to join at the mid-point of the program

For more information on this program, please contact Drew’s Summer Term office at 973-408-3118 or owl@drew.edu. Visit our website http://www.drew.edu/cue/summerterm.aspx

For more information on Arabic Studies at Drew University, please contact Dr. Nora Colton at 973-408-3665 or ncolton@drew.edu.

Eastern Consortium
Summer Intensive Program in Persian & Turkish
Hosted by the University of Chicago
23 June-22 August 2008
Chicago, Illinois
Offering elementary and intermediate levels in Persian & Turkish. The application and financial aid deadline for students wishing to attend the program has been extended to April 30, 2008. For information, contact: Rusty Rook, Consortium Executive Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 5828 S. University Ave., Pick 201, Chicago IL 60637 (773 702-8297; fax: 773 702-2587; www.cmes.uchicago.edu/2008EASTERNCONSORTIUMcomplete.pdf.

Lebanon School of Arabic,
Hammana, Mount Lebanon
30 June-08 August 2008
New summer intensive Arabic program in the resort mountain town of Hammana, Lebanon. The program runs for six weeks and offers four levels of Arabic; beginning, intermediate, advanced, and proficiency. Students learn both modern standard Arabic as well as Levantine Arabic. For information, contact: Lebanon School of Arabic, Hammana, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon (lebanonschool@gmail.com);  or visit: www.lebanonschool.org. Application deadline: June 15, 2008.

MideastWire.com with the Safid Institute for Arabic Language
“The Beirut Exchange”
Beirut, Lebanon
03-23 June 2008
In an effort to further its commitment to promoting dialogue and understanding, MideastWire.com is pleased to announce the launching of “The Beirut Exchange.” The three-week program will engage undergraduate and masters level students from around the world in a multifaceted discussion of some of the key issues facing the region.

The program rests on three tracks: 
Academic - Participants will attend a series of lectures and colloquia led by leading academics and public intellectuals. Topics will include: International law in theory and practice in the Middle East; The United Nations as peacekeeper and mediator; Engaging political Islam; Pax Syriana in Lebanon; Asymmetrical conflict: the July 2006 Lebanon war; The Dubai model and its impact on the Middle East. 

Language - Participants will have the option of attending 45 hours of Arabic language instruction at the Saifi Institute for Arabic Language in Beirut. Modules for both colloquial and formal Arabic will be available at different levels.

Dialogue with Leaders - Participants will have the opportunity to meet, listen and engage social, political and economic leaders from across the spectrum in both Lebanon and Syria – with a particular (though not exclusive) emphasis on exposure to leading Islamist and opposition currents. 

The brochure for the program can be downloaded at: http://www.mideastwire.com/downloads/The Beirut Exchange.pdf.

National Endowment for the Humanities
Summer Institute for College and University Teachers
The Medieval Mediterranean & the Origins of the West
Barcelona, Spain
30 June-25 July 2008 (4 weeks)
With the support of the Spanish Ministerio de Cultura, the Arxiu de la Corona d'Aragó, the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, the Institució Milà i Fontanals (CSIC), the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona, and the Institut Europeu de la Mediterrània, a 4-week NEH Summer Institute for college and university professors on the theme will be held in Barcelona (Spain) from. Twenty-four US college and university professors will take part in a series of interdisciplinary workshops led by eight outstanding scholars, including: Jonathan Bloom (Boston College), Ross Brann (Cornell), Richard Bulliet (Columbia) Anthony Cutler (Penn State), Peregrine Horden (Royal Holloway); Maria Rosa Menocal (Yale), David Nirenberg (Chicago), and Julio Samsó (Barcelona). The Institute will be held at the Palau del Lloctinent in the heart of Barcelona's Old City, and accommodation will be provided at the beach-side Campus del Mar. We welcome applications from professors or all ranks and in a range of fields, including, but not limited to History, Literature, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, Art History, Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and "national literatures" of the Mediterranean. For eligibility consult www.neh.gov. Further information, application information and program details, are available on-line at www.mediterraneanseminar.org.

National Endowment for the Humanities
Summer Institute for College and University Teachers
The Arabic Novel in Translation
07 July–01 August 2008 (4 weeks)
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Roger Allen, Professor of Arabic & Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania
Website with full details: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/neh/index.html
Information: Trish Maloney (610 328-8355; pmalone1@swarthmore.edu
Seminar location: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

Pacific Arabic Resources
San Francisco, California
16 June-08 August 2008
Pacific  Arabic Resources is a secular, non-political institution devoted to the teaching of the Arabic language.  Founded in 2000 and rated “Best Place to Learn a Language” by SF Weekly, we are the only comprehensive Arabic institute in the Bay Area, with a full range of course offerings in Standard Arabic and several dialects, as well as culture and history courses.

Our summer intensive programs condense one year of college-level Arabic into an eight-week course with 3.5 hours of Arabic instruction five days per week.  We are pleased to offer a beginner course as well as an intermediate course corresponding to second-year college Arabic.  The courses are open to youth, college students and adults. Our curriculum balances verbal skills with written and we expect all students to speak in class and become conversant in Arabic.

Read our full description of the programs at: http://www.pacificarabic.com/intensive_summer.html. To register or for any questions, please contact: Eric Minikel (415 644-0110; eric@pacificarabic.com). Registration deadline: May  31, 2008.

Qalam wa Lawh Language Academy
Arabic Language & Cultural Immersion Program
Rabat, Morocco
06 May–01 September 2008
Complete one semester of Modern Standard Arabic in 6 weeks. Intense academic program allows students to enhance their language skills through a communicative curriculum. Each course takes 6 weeks (90 class hours) to complete. Each course is supplemented by additional contact hours during bi-weekly immersion excursions (30 hours) where students visit various sites of historic and cultural interest throughout Rabat. With its capital location, Qalam Center is within easy reach of Morocco’s most important historic and cultural sites. Students can choose from private apartments, school dorms, or host family accommodations. For information, contact: Qalam wa Lawh Center for Arabic Studies, 31 Rue Qadi Ben Hamadi Essenhaji, Souissi Rabat Morocco (703 349-1458 (from USA); +212 (37) 75-57-90; arabic@qalam.ma; http://www.qalamcenter.com/).

Qasid Institute for Classical & Modern Standard Arabic
Summer Intensive Arabic Language Program
28 June-28 August, 2008
Amman, Jordan
Offerings all classical, Modern Standard Arabic, advanced modules and elective courses. For information and to apply, contact or visit: info@qasid.com;www.qasid.com.

Wake Forest University
Summer Study Abroad in Morocco
Fez, Morocco
30 May–17 July 2008
Wake Forest University’s summer study abroad program is based at the Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF). All students take a language course taught by ALIF instructors (6 hours) and a course taught by a Wake Forest University faculty member (3 hours). The course for summer 2008 is “PHI 160: Islamic and Western Political Philosophy, Past and Present.”  Language course offerings are Beginning Arabic, Intermediate Arabic, or Intermediate French. Weekend excursions are tentatively planned to Meknes, Volubilis, Moulay Idriss; Middle Atlas (Azrou, Umm ar-Rabi‘a); Desert excursion (overnight); and Rabat (overnight). The 4-day excursion at the end of the program takes students to Marrakesh, Essaouira, and Casablanca. While in Fez, students are housed with homestay families according to the language they choose; they stay in hotels during overnight excursions.

Online applications are found at http://studyabroad.wfu.edu. Click on “WFU Programs” and you will find the program listed as “WFU/Morocco (Summer).” Students from all disciplines, undergraduate and graduate, WFU and non-WFU, are all eligible to apply.  For information, contact: Michaelle Browers (336 758-3535; browerm@wfu.edu).

Zaytuna Institute
23 June -15  August 2008
Berkeley, California

Electronic Applications Available Now
The Zaytuna Summer Arabic Intensive provides introductory- and intermediate-level students with a rigorous complete-immersion language experience in an Arabic-only environment, integrating the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills at an accelerated pace. It focuses on the intersections and continuities between classical (fus'ha) Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic, placing a strong emphasis on acquiring a solid foundation in classical Arabic grammar while developing smooth conversation and reading skills.

•Level 1 will equip beginning students with Arabic reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills as well as a solid foundation in formal Arabic grammar and morphology. Level 2 will enhance students' understanding of the rules of Arabic grammar and morphology, expand their vocabulary, and increase their familiarity with Arabic expressions.

•Arabic instructors include Abdullah bin Hamid Ali, Dawood Yasin, Usama Canon, and Khalil Moore. 
    
•Visiting scholars who will address topics on the impact of Arabic throughout history include Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Dr. Hatem Bazian, Dr. Sulayman Nyang, Ustadha Intisar Rabb, Dr. Khalid Blankinship, and Dr. Kenneth Honerkamp.

Admission to the Zaytuna Summer Arabic Intensive program is selective. Space is limited, and admission is granted on a first-come, first-serve basis. For a complete description of the program and an online application, please visit out website at www.arabicintensive.org.
Register before April 1, 2008 to avoid late registration fees.