Baytunaa is accepting applications for the 2020-2021 school year! Baytunaa is University Housing’s Arabic language house, located in Adams Hall. The language houses are dedicated to language immersion and cultural education. In Baytunna, you can live …
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Muezzin joins Notre Dame
ACS alum Ahmad Muezzin (MA, African Languages and Literature, 2016) has begun a new position at the University of Notre Dame. Muezzin is serving as a visiting assistant professional specialist of Arabic, teaching Arabic media …
Lamine selected as a teaching fellow
This year our department nominated Sami Lamine for L&S Teaching Fellow, and he just let me know that he was selected! As a Fellow, Sami’s role will include working with the other Fellows plan the …
Alum Sadam Issa sends news
Alumnus Sadam Issa (PhD 2013) reports that in 2013, he was hired by the Department of Linguistics at Michigan State University, where he teaches various courses including Arabic linguistics and Middle Eastern and world political …
Said Hannouchi accepts new position
Congratulations to doctoral student Said Hannouchi, who has accepted a position as Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and the Arabic Flagship Program at Indiana University. We will miss him …
Professor Dustin Cowell retires
Professor Dustin Cowell officially retired yesterday, after 43 years of meritorious service to our department as Arabic faculty, director of our Arabic language program, and three-time chair of the department (a total of nine years!). …
2016 Festival of African Languages and Literature
Join us the evening after classes end for a showcase of African languages, literatures, and cultures. Students learning Arabic, Basaa, Hausa, Somali, Swahili, Yoruba, and Zulu will present skits, videos, songs, music, poetry and more! …
Humeidan accepts lectureship at UVA
Congratulations to doctoral student Bilal Humeidan! He has accepted a position as Lecturer/Program Coordinator in Arabic in the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Virginia for next …
Three graduate students honored for being excellent classroom instructors
Congrats to graduate students and Arabic teaching assistants Bilal Humeidan, Said Hannouchi, and Sami Lamine! All three of them were selected as Honored Instructors by University Housing residents for Fall 2015.