Rutgers University Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures

African, Middle Eastern, South Asian Languages and Literatures

File:Rutgers University Campus, Lucy Stone Hall, July 2013.jpg Lucy Stone Hall
Location	Piscataway, NJ , New Jersey
Website	www.amesall.rutgers.edu

The Rutgers University Department of African, Middle Eastern, South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL) is a newly established department dedicated to the study of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. It is the primary academic home of ten tenured or tenure-track faculty, six full-time lecturers, and seven part-time lecturers. AMESALL provides instruction in over a dozen languages from these three regions using the latest methodologies and technologies of heritage and second language learning. In addition, it offers introductory and specialized courses taught in English covering a broad spectrum of topics, including literature, folklore, and translation, and regularly hosts events such as lectures, workshops, and conferences for the student body, the faculty, and the general public.

Rutgers students can enroll in an undergraduate major program of study (with separate regional and comparative options), an undergraduate minor, and a post-baccalaureate Translation Certificate program, which is also open to non-matriculated students.

AMESALL is located on the Livingston Campus in Piscataway, NJ, part of the greater New Brunswick campus, to the north and east of the Rutgers Ecological Preserve and Natural Teaching Area.

History

Established in 2008 in response to student and community interest, AMESALL continues a long tradition of scholarly excellence and innovative teaching in the languages and literatures of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Language Offerings

AMESALL regularly provides several years of instruction in over a dozen languages of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, including:

• Arabic, including Classical Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, and Modern Standard Arabic
• Armenian
• Hebrew is taught by the Rutgers University Jewish Studies Department, but individual sections are also offered through AMESALL.
• Hindi
• Persian
• Swahili
• Turkish
• Twi
• Yoruba
• Other languages, including Aramaic, Bengali, Sanskrit, and Syriac are offered at the elementary level and occasionally higher levels of instruction.

Faculty

AMESALL's core (full-time) faculty includes scholars representing all three regions, their languages, literatures, and cultures:

• Ousseina Alidou, Associate Professor, African Languages and Literatures, Director of the Rutgers University Center for African Studies

• Maryam Borjian, Full Time Lecturer, Language Coordinator

• Charles Häberl, Associate Professor, Chair of African, Middle Eastern, South Asian Languages and Literatures

• Hanan Kashou, Full Time Lecturer, Arabic Language

• E. Khayyat, Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures

• Yasmine Khayyat, Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures

• Benjamin Koerber, Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures

• Moses Mabayoje, Full Time Lecturer, Yoruba

• Preetha Mani, Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures

• Alamin Mazrui, Full Professor, African Languages and Literatures

• Anjali Nerlekar, Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures

• Shaheen Parveen, Full Time Lecturer, Hindi

• Samah Selim, Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures

• Meheli Sen, Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures and Cinema Studies

• Paul Sprachman, Full Time Lecturer, Persian

• Ferhan Tunagur, Full Time Lecturer, Turkish

External links

• The Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures
• African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures on Facebook
• African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures on Twitter
• A Department Blossoms as it Embraces Three Distant Regions