Submitted by Clare Arnstein on Fri, 13/03/2015 - 15:04
What might learning a new language offer arts & humanities research students? How might it enhance your understanding of the centrality of language learning in global culture? Where would you begin? How about a Weekend on Arabic?
Please complete the form attached and return it to csahoffice@admin.cam.ac.uk by 15 April
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Weekend into Languages: Arabic
19-21 June 2015, Madingley Hall, Cambridge
http://www.madingleyhall.co.uk
Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership
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London Arts & Humanities Partnership
What might learning a new language offer arts & humanities research students? How might it enhance your understanding of the centrality of language learning in global culture? Where would you begin? How about a Weekend on Arabic?
Over the course of this fully funded residential weekend in Cambridge, you will be introduced to the Arabic language and the Arab world. You will be offered a chance to begin learning Arabic; to explore how language learning develops the understanding of different cultures and ways of thinking; and the opportunity to reflect on the challenges of learning a new language and its relevance to research and employment.
The Weekend into Languages will guide you in the beginning stages of language learning and will offer you the opportunity to listen to the personal journeys of others who have learned Arabic. You will also have a chance to explore Arabic literature and film and to consider the relationship between Arabic and Islam, as well as to learn more about the relation between language and conflict in the Middle East. The Weekend will draw on the expertise of Arabic scholars in Cambridge and London, and a highlight will be a presentation from the British Ambassador to Algeria.
This Weekend into Languages: Arabic offers 25 fully funded places on the residential course at the beautiful Madingley Hall, Cambridge, 19-21. It is suitable for doctoral students in a wide range of disciplines across the Arts and Humanities, but particularly for those students interested in discovering the centrality of Arabic to knowledge of the world, as well as those who wish to explore how learning a new language might enhance their research and professional development.
A full programme for the weekend will be available shortly.
Please complete the form and return it to csahoffice@admin.cam.ac.uk no later than 15 April.