2013 Language Institute: Lucknow, India

 

Note: Information below refers to the 2013 CLS Institutes and is subject to change.

Institute at a Glance: Lucknow, India

Language
Beginning
Advanced Beginning
Intermediate
Advanced
Urdu

Program Dates

Hosting Institution
June 18 - August 18, 2013 American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS)

  • Beginning: No previous knowledge or study of Urdu, up to 2 years of study or equivalent.
  • Advanced Beginning: Minimum requirements: completion of one year of college-level classes, or its equivalent, prior to the start of the program. Students should arrive in country comfortable with the script and sounds, basic vocabulary, and basic grammar.
  • Intermediate: Minimum requirement: completion of two years of college-level Urdu, or its equivalent, prior to the start of the program.
  • Advanced: Minimum requirement: completion of three years of college-level Urdu, or its equivalent, prior to the start of the program.
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Alumni Ambassadors

Student Activities

In 2011, Jessica Evans and Rohit Singh volunteered with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA-Lucknow). SEWA organizes and empowers women artisans and self-employed women to establish sustainable livelihoods for poverty reduction and rights based sustainable development.

Alumni Highlights

Behnaz Raufi (Urdu 2009) is the programs and publication assistant at the South Asian Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Behnaz joined the Center after working as a research assistant for Professor Saba Mahmood of the Anthropology Department at Berkeley. Behnaz works to promote the South Asian Center’s activities. Her Urdu language skills and cultural knowledge is integral to her current role.

Travis Glynn is a current CLS Alumni Ambassador who participated in the 2011 CLS Program in Lucknow. You can read about Travis’s experiences in India both on his blog and also on his CLS Alumni Ambassador profile page.