LINGUIST List 14.3532

Fri Dec 19 2003

FYI: Programmes: Arabic, Iraqi, Persian; English

Editor for this issue: Anne Clarke <annelinguistlist.org>

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1. Jenna Beveridge, Arabic, Iraqi, Persian at Georgetown Summer Institute
2. Olga Fischer, New Graduate Programme in English Language/Literature

Georgetown Summer Institute 2004: Arabic, Iraqi, Persian,
Interpretation

Georgetown University's Summer School and the Department of Arabic
Language, Literature and Linguistics will offer an expanded program of
intensive language study options this summer.

Spoken Iraqi Arabic: a three-week intensive undergraduate course,
offered for three weeks during the Pre Session, May 24 - June 11; not
for native speakers of Arabic.

Intensive Arabic: basic, intermediate and advanced level 
undergraduate courses, offered consecutively, First Session June 7 to 
July 9, and Second Session July 12 to August 13; not for native speakers 
of Arabic.

Arabic-English Interpretation: An introductory course at the graduate
level, offered during the First Session, June 7 - July 9; for fluent
or near fluent speakers of both Arabic and English only.

Persian: Intensive first level Persian at the undergraduate level,
offered during the First Session, June 7 - July 9; not for native
speakers of Persian or its varieties.

Application deadlines: 
Non-Georgetown students - April 2
Georgetown students - April 30

Consult the website http://summerschool.georgetown.edu
after January 2004, or contact Jenna Beveridge now at 
202 687-5743 for more information. 
(e-mail:jlb69georgetown.edu)

The University of Amsterdam offers a new one-year MA in English
Language and/or English Literature. The linguistic program of this MA
may be combined with courses from the one-year MA in General
Linguistics, also offered by the University of Amsterdam. Both
programmes are taught in English or, in the case of language-specific
courses, in the target language.

Since the University of Amsterdam is interested in attracting talented
students, the tuition rates are competitive.

Courses in the MA in English Language/Literature generally explore the
space beyond formal and disciplinary boundaries, and the overlap not
only between various methodologies, theories, historical periods and
social spaces but also between language and literature. Students may
opt for a purely linguistic, a purely literary or a combined English
MA. The literary studies programme offers courses and tutorials in all
the major periods, from medieval to postmodern and contemporary;
courses in British, American and Postcolonial literature; and courses
with a variety of theoretical orientations. The most powerful common
element is probably an interest in cultural studies. The courses and
tutorials on offer in the programme in linguistics provide insight
into central linguistic issues from a historical perspective as well
as a theoretical one, illustrating both formal and functional
approaches to language. Other courses are concerned with language use
in different situations and different genres.

The MA in General Linguistics with which the program may be combined,
also offers a wide range of specializations, and is aimed at students
with a BA in Linguistics or an equivalent programme, involving at
least three years of full-time study at university level. The
programme lasts one year.

Further information about the MA programmes may be found at
http://www.hum.uva.nl/graduateschool or requested from
mailto:graduateschoolhum.uva.nl.

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