Arabic & Quran: A Transformative Experience!

With the timely need for understanding, humility, and gratitude in celebration of our humanity as a multi-faith, multi-linguistic, and multi-racial creation, please take a few moments to read Aliya's blog post: Arabic & Quran: A Transformative Experience. Aliya's story is all of our stories in finding serenity in our faith and the power of language in the process!

"Touched" by Ebru: Language-Art Interface

Our Arabic program at Loyola University Chicago was honored to welcome well-known Chicago-resident Turkish artist, Sevim Surucu, to a special Ebru art workshop with our Arabic students Fall 2018. Please enjoy our last entry this semester for "students’ voices", a blog that shares some of our Arabic students' reflections and photos on events sponsored by the Arabic program at Loyola.

Ibn Haldun University: Arabic Immersion In Istanbul

Dr. Sawsan Abbadi visited prominent Arabic programs in well-established study abroad centers and universities in Jordan and Istanbul as part of the Liebentritt Faculty Development Award. This blog shares a few insights about the Arabic Program at Ibn Haldun University; a rigorous program for Arabic language and cultural studies with immersion experiences. With attention to recent demographic changes due to Syrian refugees and immigrants in Istanbul, the program is well situated to offer mini immersion experiences modeling that of Arabic neighborhoods.

“What’s up?” Arabic @ CIEE Amman

Dr. Sawsan Abbadi visited prominent Arabic programs in well-established study abroad centers and universities in Jordan and Istanbul as part of the Liebentritt Faculty Development Award. This blog shares a few insights about CIEE- Amman/Jordan; a study abroad program for Arabic language and cultural studies with immersion experience and travel around fascinating personal exposure.

"How Do We Proceed with Our Own Internal Conflict?: On the Translation of Mihail Sebastian’s “For Two Thousand Years”

A review by Julia Elsky, PhD, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Director for French.

D. Scott Hendrickson, S.J. Honored as Founding Member of First European Chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu

D. Scott Hendrickson, S.J. of the department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Loyola was inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu by his twin brother, who is president of Creighton.

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Life Begins Anew—Rediscovering the Austrian Writer and Exile Fred Heller

Reinhard Andress, PhD (Professor of German), has spearheaded the reedition of a volume of short stories by Fred Heller, Das Leben beginnt noch einmal (Life Begins Anew)...

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"After Ellis Island? Italians at the Border in the Age of Trump"

After Ellis Island?

An editorial by Cristina Lombardi-Diop, PhD, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Rome Studies Program.

Above and beyond

Above and beyond

History major Michelle King spent her summer interning at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

Arabic @ Loyola Give Thanks

Arabic learners at Loyola University Chicago shared their heartfelt collage of voices and images using a few learned Arabic words to express multi textual deep reflections. In selected samples here, we share feelings of gratitude to the blessings of families, friends, professors, schools, nourishment, besides hope, peace, compassion, resilience, and selfless sacrifices to help us grow. Our thanks to Chairperson Susana Cavallo and Dean Peter Schraeder for all support for the Arabic Program Minor @ Loyola.