Language and Culture

The Language and Culture research cluster includes courses, assessments, scholarship support, conferences, and outreach programs for Less Commonly Taught Languages and humanities and cultural initiatives.

Courses

CGS-Sponsored Course(s)

Dept	Number	Course Title	Subtitle
ANTH	420	Case Studies in Global Heritage
ANTH	460	Heritage Management
ANTH	462	Museum Theory and Practice
ANTH	557	Social Construction of Place
ARAB	407	Topics Stand Arabic Lang & Lit I
LING ARAB	411 411	Survey of Arabic Varieties
LING ARAB	411 411	Survey of Arabic Varieties
LA ARCH	222 222	Islamic Gardens and Architecture
LA ARCH	222 222	Islamic Gardens and Architecture
ARCH	407	Rome: The Eternal City
ARCH	414	Baroque & Rococo Architecture
ARCH	415	Neoclassical & Nineteenth Century Architecture
ARCH	511	Seminar in Ancient Architecture
CAS	587	Special Topics seminar	Sovereignty and Autonomy in the Western Hemisphere: National and Regional Struggles for Power, Identity and Space
FR	416	Structure of French Language
FR GER ITAL LING PS SLAV SPAN	418 418 418 418 418 418 418	Language & Minorities in Europe
FR GER ITAL LING PS SLAV SPAN	418 418 418 418 418 418 418	Language & Minorities in Europe
FR GER ITAL LING PS SLAV SPAN	418 418 418 418 418 418 418	Language & Minorities in Europe
FR GER ITAL LING PS SLAV SPAN	418 418 418 418 418 418 418	Language & Minorities in Europe
FR GER ITAL LING PS SLAV SPAN	418 418 418 418 418 418 418	Language & Minorities in Europe

Faculty

Professional Title	Name	Department
Professor Emerita	Evelyne Accad	French
Professor	Stanley H. Ambrose	Anthropology; African Studies
Language Coordinator and Lecturer	Ercan Balci	Linguistics
Professor	Thomas J. Bassett	Geography
Professor	Abbas Benmamoun	Linguistics
Professor	Rakesh Bhatt	Linguistics
Professor Emeritus	Dmitry V. Bobyshev	Slavic Languages and Literatures
Professor	Eyamba Bokamba	Linguistics
Director and Associate Professor	Merle Bowen	Center for African Studies; Political Science
Professor	Liora Bresler	Curriculum and Instruction
Professor Emeritus	Edward M. Bruner	Anthropology; African Studies
Associate Professor	Donna Buchanan	Music
Professor	Matti Bunzl	Anthropology
Professor	Nicholas Burbules	Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
Professor	Adrian Burgos	History
Associate Professor	Anne Burkus-Chasson	Art and Design
Professor	Antoinette Burton	History
Professor Emeritus	Charles Capwell	Music; Asian American Studies
Associate Professor	Sundiata Cha-Jua	History; African American Studies
Lecturer	Volodymyr Chumachenko	Slavic Languages and Literatures

Multimedia

Description	Type
Social Networks and Social Dynamics in a Small World	Video
From Troy to Baghdad. Can the US Military Learn from Homer's Epics?	Video
Women in the Islamic World	Video
CAS Forum on Critical Issues: Immigration	Video
Intolerance	Video
Open Doors and High Fences: Comparative and Historical: Perspectives on Immigration Policy	Video
US-Arab Relations	Video
Globalization from Below	Video
Global Diaspora: Its Affect on the Nation and Illinois	Video
Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of the Religious Law of Islam	Video
Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz	Video
African Popular Cinema, Pentecostalism, and the "Powers of Darkness": Contested Discourses on "Tradition" in Ghana	Video
Cover Up: French Gender Equality and Islamic Headscarves	Video
Culture and Politics in Mexico: The Symbolism Behind Political Campaigns	Video
Serene Shadows: Aura and Icon in Postcolonial Senegal	Video
Totebags, Teeshirts, and Tableware: The Domestication of Hokusai's Great Wave	Video
Globalization and Language Endangerment: Africa vs. The Americas	Video
Global Africa: Whence Its Past? Whither Its Future?	Video
Beyond Jihad: New Directions in Muslim Fundamentalist Thought	Video
The View from the Street: Attitudes Toward Politics and Religion Among Ordinary Citizens in the Arab World	Video

Policy Research Centers

Policy Research Centers (Think Tanks)

Organization	Web Address
Chatham House: The Royal Institute of International Affairs	http://www.chathamhouse.org/
New Global History	http://web.mit.edu/newglobalhistory/mission.html
Pew Research Center	http://www.pewresearch.org/

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