Overseas study is an increasingly important part of any area studies program. In recent years, Central Eurasian Studies graduate students have studied a language or done research in most of the regions studied in our department: Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey, Hungary, Finland, and Estonia.
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0:05 I'm participating in the study abroad
0:08 program to learn the Uzbek language and
0:10 culture in Uzbekistan I was able to get
0:12 this opportunity by taking the class
0:14 Central Asia and soviet times I've
0:16 highly enjoyed my time in Uzbekistan a
0:19 lot of things that I learned in class I
0:21 was able to see here the Uzbek classes
0:23 have also been fantastic
0:25 I've not taken any use back before this
0:28 trip and my first class was in the Sama
0:31 Khan Institute of foreign languages and
0:34 overall it has been a fantastic
0:36 experience and I highly enjoyed it and I
0:39 would highly encourage anybody
0:40 interested in the program to try it out
0:43 as well while here in Uzbekistan
0:46 we had the unique opportunity to learn
0:49 at least for myself elementary Uzbek
0:52 which was the language up until this
0:54 trip that I wouldn't have given much
0:56 mind to learning however the just unique
0:59 opportunity to learn Uzbek from a native
1:01 Uzbek speaker
1:03 was rather inspiring learning culture
1:06 from uzbeks who are passionate about
1:08 their country
1:10 compassionate about their culture and
1:12 society is also just a very unique and a
1:16 one-off kind of situation in the class
1:19 we learned about different topics like
1:21 literature and dialects of luzbeck as
1:23 well as getting to meet the students and
1:24 how they have their student life in
1:26 Samarkand
1:28 it's definitely helped me to think
1:29 differently about
1:31 the country and the region and the
1:33 relationships
1:35 between and among the people who live
1:38 not just in Uzbekistan but in
1:40 neighboring countries
1:41 and how the
1:43 people flow from one place to another
1:46 how they interact with uh colleagues and
1:49 friends and family seeing the culture
1:51 and things that I wouldn't have thought
1:53 of before so like even like how you pour
1:56 tea and like how you break the bread and
1:59 who gets
2:00 to you first and who gets the middle
2:01 part of the bread when I also had fun
2:03 talking to the students and seeing what
2:05 we had in common because they had seen
2:06 some movies and
2:08 listened to american music and I
2:10 wouldn't have expected that so we had a
2:11 lot in common there it's really fun
2:13 highly recommend
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Located on the Danube in Budapest, Corinvus University offers two semester-long programs for IU students. One is intended only for business school students, and the other is open to undergraduates of all majors. Both require taking a 15 credit course load, 3 of which include a conversational Hungarian course.
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Recognized as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, Budapest is also a significant financial center in the region. On this co-sponsored, direct enrollment semester program, students take courses alongside other international students at Corvinus University of Budapest. Students take business and other courses taught in English as well as an introductory Hungarian language class.
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The IU-administered summer program in Kyrgyzstan is led by IU faculty and jointly organized by IU and the American University of Central Asia. Students from the US and Kyrgyzstan will live and work together on an archaeological project designed to develop scientific research skills and cross-cultural communication and understanding. In addition to actual mapping and excavation, students will get language exposure and have a chance to live in a Kyrgyz village.
