Lecture: Muslim discussions of jihad
Sohail Hashmi, associate professor of international relations on the Alumnae Foundation, Mount Holyoke College, will give the Annual Fall Lecture in Religion, “When the Far Enemy Became the Near Enemy: The Changing Place of the United States in Jihad Discourse,” beginning at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 on the third floor of the Levis Faculty Center.
The lecture, sponsored by the UI department of religion, is free and open to the public.
In his talk, Hashmi will address the impact of the war in Iraq on Muslim discussions of jihad.
Hashmi’s areas of specialization include religion and politics, particularly the role of Islam in domestic and international relations; ethics and international relations, particularly the comparative ethics of war and peace; and Middle East politics.
He has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the National Resource Fellowship, the Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Foundation Collaborative Research Grant, and the W. Alton Jones Fellowship on the Nuclear Threat. He is the author and editor of numerous publications on Islam, international relations, and comparative ethics.
For more information, contact Jonathan Ebel, jebel@illinois.edu.
2008 Beaujolais Nouveau
Dinner celebrates release of French wine
The 2008 Beaujolais Nouveau Celebration will be held in Bevier Hall’s Spice Box beginning at 7 p.m. Nov. 24. The event, in its fourth year, will feature a variety of food to celebrate the release of the 2008 Beaujolais Nouveau wine.
A cold buffet will include jumbo shrimp, whole poached Atlantic salmon, frog-leg salad, stuffed chicken and turkey, peppered beef filet, roasted seasonal vegetables vinaigrette, mushrooms a la Grecque, homemade pates, cheeses, fresh fruits and desserts.
Chef Jean-Louis Ledent and students in the UI hospitality management and dietetics programs in the department of food science and human nutrition will prepare and present the meal.
A wine expert will be present to discuss the new wine.
The annual celebration of the Beaujolais Nouveau release has become one of the most anticipated wine events worldwide. According to French law, the wine cannot be sold until the third Thursday of November, creating a great deal of fanfare when it is released.
The cost of the event is $75 per person with proceeds to benefit the hospitality management program.
Reservations and advance payment are required by Nov. 21. Call 333-6520 or contact Ledent at ledent@illinois.edu for more information or to make a reservation.
Learn a foreign language
Winter 2009 IFLIP courses announced
The School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at the UI will offer its popular Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program Jan. 5-16.
The program’s classes are open to UI students, faculty and staff members, retirees and the public. Non-UI students under the age of 18 are not eligible to enroll in this session. No academic credit is given for IFLIP instruction. Tuition will be $75 for UI students; $100 for UI faculty and staff members and retirees; and $125 for the public. There will be no refunds after the first day of class.
Classes will be from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 5 through Jan. 16. Classes that do not meet the required enrollment – minimum of 10 participants – by the end of the first day are subject to cancellation.
Language instruction to be offered: beginning Arabic; beginning and intermediate Chinese; beginning and intermediate French; beginning, intermediate and advanced German; beginning and intermediate Italian; beginning and intermediate Japanese; beginning and intermediate Portuguese; beginning, intermediate and advanced Spanish; and beginning Swahili.
Classes will be taught by advanced graduate students or faculty members. The focus is on conversational skills and the content is typically based on the needs of the students in the areas of travel preparation and survival language skills. Each class is limited to 20 participants to provide for an effective learning environment.
Beginning classes are designed for students with no prior experience or formal training in the language, intermediate for those with the equivalent of one year of college-level instruction in the language and advanced for participants with the equivalent of two or more years of college-level instruction in the language.
Registration is due Dec. 5. To register online, go to www.slcl.uiuc.edu/iflip/register. For more information, visit http://services.lang.uiuc.edu/forms/iflip.htm or contact the school at slcl@illinois.edu.
Starcourse
Jeff Tweedy to perform Jan. 31
Jeff Tweedy, who first became popular as part of the alternative country group Uncle Tupelo before forming the Chicago-based rock band Wilco, will perform at the UI on Jan. 31. Tweedy led Wilco through the recording of six studio albums that were met with high praise from critics and music enthusiasts.
A two-time Grammy winner and four-time nominee, Tweedy is touring, playing solo material and Wilco favorites.
Tickets go on sale Nov. 20 and can be purchased at Ticket Central in the Illini Union Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by calling 333-5000. Service charges apply for phone orders. Tickets cost $20 for students and $25 for the general public.
For more information, visit www.star-course.com.
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