A presentation for language educators
About the presentation
In this presentation, Adi Raz will discuss the Seeds of Peace initiative, funded by an LSA New Initiatives/New Instruction grant at the University of Michigan, that brings together students of Hebrew, Persian, Turkish, and Armenian languages to learn about shared dimensions of life in the Middle East. Students in courses in each of these languages explore a common weekly theme, shared across all sections, in their language of study. Once a week, students from all languages meet in a plenary class session to discuss the theme together in English. The Seeds of Peace initiative aims to produce a new pedagogy of language instruction that rethinks the insular manner in which the languages (and, through language, cultural knowledge) of the Middle East are taught, providing a blueprint for other language programs in the United States to develop collaborative models for shared learning across languages and cultures.
About the presenter
Adi Raz is currently the director of the Modern Hebrew Language Program at the University of Michigan in the department of Middle East Studies and the co-director of the School of Hebrew at Middlebury College. She received a Doctor of Education in Jewish Education from The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. Raz holds master’s degrees from Columbia University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Hunter College.
Co-Sponsors: University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Institute and University of Southern California Center for Languages and Cultures
Contact: Dianna Murphy, Language Institute
The UW-Madison Language Institute is committed to inclusive and accessible programming. To request an accommodation for this event, please contact Language Institute associate director Jana Martin three business days in advance.