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CET Japan: Photo Essay

Photos by Elizabeth Grieve (Lewis & Clark College), Student Correspondent for CET Japan, Fall 2023 Kendo Workshop at OGU My class, the second level of Japanese, got to do a kendo workshop with the kendo club of Osaka Gakuin University. Our teacher, Matsumoto-sensei, also does kendo and showed off his awesome skills. They had us compete to see […]

The Connections between Love and Art in Jordan

Photos taken by Elaine Pollard, (Kalamazoo College), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Fall 2023 The Arabic language has over 12 million words, not to mention the many different dialects of each region in الشرق الأوسط (The Middle East). The thing that I find so interesting about Arabic is how extensive everything is compared to English. There are […]

What it Means to Study Arabic in Jordan

Written by Madeleine Shaw, (Dartmouth College), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Fall 2023 Flashcards are forbidden here in Jordan. Instead of word-to-word memorization, our teachers emphasize learning from ideas and contextualizing new vocabulary using the local setting. In class, we accumulated new vocabulary by discussing famous figures such as Ghassan Kanafani, Mahmoud Darwish, and the Jordanian Royal […]

Off the Wall

Written by Dominic Bellido (Colby College), Student Correspondent for CET Beijing, Fall 2023 Some time ago, one of my good friends from college offered me a meditation exercise he had come across in a Buddhist text. Close your eyes, he told me, and imagine you are standing somewhere outside. You can envision yourself anywhere—standing in your backyard, in […]

Photo Essay: CET Brazil Social Justice

Photos taken by Dominique Ziehl (Smith College), Student Correspondent for CET Brazil, Fall 2023 August 11 On Friday, CET arranged a guided tour of the historic Beco da Liberdade (Liberty/Freedom Alley), located in the most central borough of São Paulo. It now hosts the largest ethnic Japanese population outside of Japan from an influx in immigration during the 20th Century.  […]

Photo Essay: CET Film Production at FAMU

Photos by Natalie Mitchell, (Brown University), Student Correspondent for CET Film Production at FAMU, Fall 2023 Pho Bibo (Prague 4) This September, I spent many days exploring my Prague 4 neighborhood and just blocks away is a pho shop that has quickly become a favorite for me and many of my peers in CET. But everywhere you […]

CET Jordan: Academic Consultation Board

Over the years, we’ve built a strong network of locally-based faculty that we’re proud to call our peers. These faculty make up our Academic Consultation Board—a select group of local voices and thought leaders that help advise and shape components of the CET Jordan program. 

Board members support the program in many ways, including but not limited to:

  • Leveraging topical expertise to help develop courses, including field-based components.
  • Teaching courses or guest lectures for CET Jordan and custom programs
  • Recommending and providing academic resources for research

Academic Consultation Board Members

  • Dr. Bader Al Madi | American University of Madaba, PhD, Sociology, Political Science
  • Dr. Amani El Serhan | University of Jordan, PhD, Women's Studies
  • Dr. Amani Qashmar | University of Jordan, PhD, Education
  • Dr. Areej Alawzi | University of Jordan, PhD, English Literature/Translation
  • Dr. Ahmad Al Khrisha | World Islamic Sciences & Education University, PhD, Arabic Language & Literature

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