East Asian Languages and Cultures Department
A new project at Indiana University, funded with a $96,600 grant from the Social Science Research Council, hopes to break down some of the misconceptions about Islam and increase intercultural dialogue and understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims.
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Indiana University's Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to provide language and culture training to 70 senior U.S. military and State Department officials who will command and participate in 12 U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan.
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Indiana University professors Phil Henson, Phil Stevens and Scott Kennedy discuss the political and environmental climate surrounding the Olympic Games.
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Recipients of the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award at Indiana University Bloomington this year are Candy Gunther Brown in the Department of Religious Studies, Tony H. Grubesic in Department of Geography, Scott Michaels in the Department of Biology, Ethan Michelson in the Departments of Sociology and East Asian Languages and Cultures, Sima Setayeshgar in the Department of Physics, and Chen Yu in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
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Four Indiana University scholars will participate Saturday in a roundtable discussion, "The Crisis in Tibet." The program will begin at 1:30 p.m. in room 003 of Ballantine Hall on the IU Bloomington campus. The public is invited. The IU experts will lead a wide-ranging discussion of the events, their causes and their implications for China, Tibet and the international community.
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An "American Idol" semi-finalist and the author of The Chopsticks-Fork Principle, A Memoir and Manual will highlight Indiana University's annual early observance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which honors the rich history and presence of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States.
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