Hindi Language & Culture Hour
2021-12-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Hindi Language & Culture Hour is back for the fall semester and is now offered in C-213 every Wednesday at 12 pm. Practice and develop your language skills, meet new friends and reconnect with your peers. All levels are welcome. Contact purvi@ramapo.edu for more information

Japanese Language & Culture Hour
2021-12-15 14:00 - 15:00
Japanese Language & Culture Hour continues to be offered for the fall semester and it is now back to in-person sessions in C-213 on Wednesdays at 2pm. Join us and practice your language skills while learning about current & traditional Japanese culture, seasonal cuisines, customs, and local events. All levels are welcome. Contact iosawami@ramapo.edu for more information.

Arabic Language & Culture Hour
2021-12-16 12:30 - 14:00, 2021-12-21 12:30 - 14:00, 2021-12-23 12:30 - 14:00, 2021-12-28 12:30 - 14:00, 2021-12-30 12:30 - 14:00, 2022-01-04 12:30 - 14:00, 2022-01-06 12:30 - 14:00, 2022-01-11 12:30 - 14:00 and 5 more dates | B127 (Topken Language Lab)
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
2022-02-01 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-02-08 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-02-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-02-22 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
2022-02-02 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-02-09 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-02-16 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.

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

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/
