Arabic Language & Culture Hour
2022-02-04 12:00 - 13:30, 2022-02-08 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-02-11 12:00 - 13:30, 2022-02-15 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-02-18 12:00 - 13:30, 2022-02-22 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-02-25 12:00 - 13:30, 2022-03-01 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date
Learn and experience the Arabic language and related cultures with Ramapo’s Fulbright Language Teacher, Ms. Ghada Hamila (ghamila@ramapo.edu). No previous language experience required.

Hindi Language and Culture Hour
2022-02-08 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-02-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-02-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-03-01 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-03-08 12:00 - 13:00 | C-213
HindiLanguage and Culture Hour is back for the spring semester at the Roukema Centerfor International Education in C-213 every Tuesday from 12pm-1pm. Practice anddevelop your language skills, learn about culture, customs & traditionwhile meeting new friends and reconnecting with your peers. No prior knowledgeis required and all levels are welcome. Contact purvi@ramapo.edu for more information.

Japanese Language and Culture Hour
2022-02-09 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-02-16 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-02-23 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-03-02 14:00 - 15:00 | C-213
Japanese Language and Culture Hour continues to be offered for the spring semester every Wednesday from 2pm-3pm in C-213. Join us and practice your language skills while learning about current & traditional Japanese culture, seasonal cuisines, customs, and local events. No previous knowledge required and all levels are welcome. Contact iosawami@ramapo.edu for more information.

Info Session: Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship
2022-02-10 17:00 - 18:00
Join this session to learn more about this fully-funded, 4-week academic experience to Ireland, where you will engage with peers and other scholars on the topic of Transformational Leadership Across Cultures (3 credits). The info session will be held virtually at the following link: https://ciee.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtceirqzouHdzTk1VXDH6TWg2ucdpt7JFX.
Program webpage: https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/college-study-abroad/scholarships/frederick-douglass-global-fellowshipDeadline: Monday, February 14, 2022
*Please invite others you believe may be interested.

African Knowledge Systems
2022-02-16 11:00 - 11:45 | SC-158 (Alumni Lounges)
Program Description: African universities are currently grappling with finding transformative pathways that make them relevant, useful and productive. In this effort, incorporating and integrating indigenous knowledge systems has not been sufficiently explored. African knowledge systems have not been systematically studied. Neither is their value and relevance to current African society examined. This talk presents the nature and problems associated with studying African knowledge systems. In particular, it tackles the broader Africana issue by way of examining the case of the merits, features and stages of the Ethiopian traditional education system. The benefits lost when modern, i.e., Western style education was solely adopted in Ethiopia, disregarding the traditional education system, is discussed. This brief talk recommends that systematically studying African knowledge systems is important for African universities to forge their identity, and to appreciate the continent’s needs and the direction of its social, economic, political, and personal development.

Masresha Fetene is an Emeritus Professor of Plant Ecophysiology, at Addis Ababa University. Heis currently a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Boston University, African Studies Center.

Co-Sponsored by: the Fulbright Outreach Lecturing Fund, Ramapo International, Ramapo’s School of Social Sciences & Human Services, Ramapo’s Multicultural Center and Boston University.
More details: https://www.ramapo.edu/international/fulbright/olf/

Russian Invasion of Ukraine: What it Means and What's Next
2022-03-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Pavilion #3
Join a panel of political and international experts to put the Russian invasion of Ukraine in context and discuss short and long term implications. President Cindy Jebb and Professor Dean Chen of Ramapo will join Professor Julie George of Queens College on the expert panel and Professor Mihaela Serban will moderate.

Ramapo's Annual World Languages Week 2022
2022-03-07 - 2022-03-11
The theme for this year’s World Languages Week is: “Celebrate humanity through language”.
Check back for a link to the official webpage.

Spanish for Health Care and Human Services - Student Presentations
2022-03-07 11:20 - 13:00 | B-127

Black Italians: Digital Culture in Contemporary Italy
2022-03-07 13:00 - 14:00 | B-127
Black Italians: Digital Culture in Contemporary Italy:Lectured by Movie Director Fred Kuwornu.This multimedia lecture is an introduction to issues of culture, race, identity, and citizenship in contemporary Italy drawing on the new arena of social media.

What's Cooking?
2022-03-07 13:00 - 14:00 | B-140
Have you ever wondered how to make guacamole? How about quesadillas, picadillo or Cuban black beans? Come pick up a great recipe, in Spanish or English, you can try at home!

“Moliere” (film)
2022-03-07 14:15 - 15:55 | ASB-522
Film Screening: “Moliere” (2007)Directed by Laurent TirardImprisoned for debt, playwright Molière is rescued by an aristocrat who needs his help in order to seduce a young marquise.

The Geography of Italian Dialects
2022-03-07 16:30 - 17:30 | B-127
B-127
How dialects reflect the beauty of the Italian regions.

Film Screening: “Sleep Dealer”
2022-03-08 11:50 - 13:30 | A-226
“Sleep Dealer” (Mexico/USA) Latino filmmaker Alex Rivera’s 2008 film, Sleep Dealer, depicts a militarized world of walled borders where a globalized workforce sends its labor North via cyberspace from remote “factories.” While ostensibly science fiction, the film alludes to recent concerns such as water privatization, televised drone patrols in U.S. border towns, and the structural violence experienced by maquila workers, to mention a few. Unusual for a First World lens, we see the causes of migration shifting family and community relations and thrusting migrant workers into new realms where they connect with el otro lado using technology in new ways.

Arabic Language & Culture Hour: The Uniqueness of the Arabic Language
2022-03-08 15:30 - 17:00 | B-127
B-127 The Uniqueness of the Arabic Language:Presentation of interesting facts about the Arabic Language and cultures followed by a Kahoot Game.

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE: TOO LATE FOR LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS?
2022-03-08 18:00 - 19:00 | Alumni Lounges
Join a panel of Ramapo experts to understand the legal and human rights ramifications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Panelists include Professor Behzad Yaghmaian, Professor Rebecca Root, Professor Sangha Padhy, and Angelina Farallo ’22. The panel is moderated by Professor Erin Augis.
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