wiktionary PersianPersian means of, from, or related to Persia Iran , or the Persian speaking world. See Persian people , the majority ethnic group of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan Persianlanguage , an Iranian language of the Indo European family Persian alphabet , Perso Arabic script Persian architecture Persian cuisine Persian carpet Other uses Persian cat Alpha Gruis , the star also known as The Persian The Persian , a character from Gaston Leroux s The Phantom of the Opera Persian Pok mon , a fictional Pok mon species Persian pastry , a pastry native to Thunder Bay, Ontario See also Parrotia persica , the Persian ironwood tree Persian melon Persia disambiguation List of Persia related topics List of Persian poets and authors Iranian disambiguation disambig ar bg ca P rsia de Persien es Persa fr Persan homonymie ko it Persiano nl Perzi pt Persa th ur ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2011 Mackdonald LanguageAcademy is a language school in Kilkenny , Republic of Ireland Ireland . References Reflist External links http www.mackdonald.com Mackdonald LanguageAcademy Category Education in County Kilkenny Category Language schools Ireland school stub ... more details
, children literature , Llibrer a facsimilar Facsimile library , Cartafueyos de lliteratura escaecida Notes on forgotten literature , ancient works in Asturian Language , Llibrer a lling stica Linguistic .... List of members As of 2008, this is the complete list of members of the Academy of Asturian Language ref Asturian Academy of the Asturian Language website http academiadelallingua.com comun.php?seccion entamu Law 1 98 of use and promotion of Asturian language ref Full members Genaro Alonso Megido ... DEFAULTSORT Academy Of The Asturian Language Category Language regulators Category Asturian language ...Image Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.jpg thumb 200px The academy s offices in Oviedo . The Academia de la Llingua Asturiana or Academy of the Asturian Language ALLA is an organization that promotes and regulates the Asturian language , a language of the Spanish people Spanish autonomous community of Asturias . Among its principal objectives are investigating and normalizing the Asturian Language, developing a dictionary, promoting its use and education and awarding literary prizes. It has 21 full members, 19 foreign members and 15 honorary members, and its current as of 2006 president is Ana Mar a Cano Gonz lez Ana Cano . History ALLA first notice appears in the 18th century, when Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos and Carlos Gonz lez de Posada talk in their letters about the idea of creating it in 1791. Jovellanos project, however, was aborted because of his imprisonment in Majorca . In 1920s the Real Academia Asturiana de las Artes y las Letras Royal Academy of Asturian Arts and Letters was created ... a magazine. Other sections were dedicated to promoting Asturian literature, theatre and music ... Asturian Language Grammar in 1998 and the Diccionariu de la Llingua Asturiana Asturian Language ... studies about the Asturian language, called Lletres Asturianes Asturian Letters http www.academiadelallingua.com ... p 00000004 , or Llibrer a acad mica Academical library , literature . It also organized every year ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Philippine Academy of the Spanish Language Lang es Academia Filipina de la Lengua Espa ola is the main Spanish language regulating body in the Philippines . Its headquarters are located in Makati City . It was established in Manila on July 25, 1924. Though Spanish ceased to be an official language of the Philippines in 1973, the academy is still considered as a state institution. Former President of the Philippines Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , Foreign Affairs Minister Alberto Romulo , and Cebu Archbishop Cardinal Ricardo Vidal are among its directors. In December 2007, President Arroyo signed a directive in Spain that would require teaching and learning the Spanish language in the Philippine school system starting in 2008. ref name SpanishGMA2 It belongs to the Asociaci n de Academias de la Lengua Espa ola . Academics Directors Academics in order of seniority Multicol Guillermo G mez Rivera Sr. D. Guillermo G mez Rivera . Sr. D. Edmundo Farol n. Sra. D. Lourdes Carballo. Rvdo. P. D. Fidel Villarroel, O. P. Rvdo. P. D. Pedro G. Tejero, O. P. Sr. D. Ram n A. Pedrosa. Sr. D. Jos Rodr guez Rodr guez. Rvdo. P. D. Diosdado Talamayan y Aenlle, D. D. Sr. D. Alejandro Roces. Sra. D. Rosalinda Orosa. Multicol break Rvdo. P. D. Jos Arcilla, S. J. Sra. D. Mar a Consuelo Puyat Reyes. Sr. D. Francisco C. Delgado. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Sra. D. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo . Miguel Bernad Rvdo. P. D. Miguel Bernad y Anselmo, S.J. Sr. D. Benito Legarda. Sr. D. Salvador B. Malig. Alberto Romulo Sr. D. Alberto G. R mulo . Sr. D. Wystan de la Pe a Salarda. Sr. D. Hilario Zialcita y Legarda. Multicol break Sra. D. Lourdes Castrillo de Brillantes ... Language Academies Spanish language in the Philippines Philippine literature in Spanish Latin Union ... in Spanish SpanishLanguageAcademies DEFAULTSORT Philippine Academy Of The Spanish Language Category Languages of the Philippines Academy Category Spanish language academies Category Organizations ... more details
The Academy of the Arabic Language lang ar is an academy in Cairo founded in 1934 in order to develop and regulate the Arabic language in The Republic of Egypt . See also Portalbox Egypt Language List of language regulators External links http www.arabicacademy.org.eg Homepage of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo egypt stub edu org stub Category Language regulators Category Arabic language regulators Category Education in Egypt ar de Akademie der Arabischen Sprache es Academia de la Lengua rabe ja pl Akademia J zyka Arabskiego pt Academia da L ngua rabe uk ... more details
The Academia Galega da L ngua Portuguesa English language English Galician Academy of the Portuguese Language is a Galicia Spain Galician non profit learned society established in 2008. The Academy s goal is to promote the study of the country s language and its reintegrationism integration within the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 , and includes amongst its promoters some of the Galician delegates that attended the Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon meetings leading to the international treaty . The Academy is self governing and independent, keeping close ties with the Brazilian Academy of Letters and the Sciences Academy of Lisbon . In 2009 the Galician Academy produced a list of over one thousand words commonly used in Galicia s Portuguese language which is currently being introduced in various dictionaries and vocabularies in Portugal and Brazil. ref cite web url http aglp.net index.php?option com content&task view&id 53&Itemid 31 title Pr Academia Galega da L ngua Portuguesa .. AGLP participa em cerim nia interacad mica na ACL publisher Aglp.net date accessdate 2010 05 12 ref References reflist Links http www.academiagalega.org Academia Galega da L ngua Portuguesa Lexicon of Galiza Category Learned societies Category Galician language Category Portuguese language ca Academia Galega da L ngua Portuguesa es Academia Galega da L ngua Portuguesa gl Academia Galega da L ngua Portuguesa pt Academia Galega da L ngua Portuguesa ... more details
Safir English LanguageAcademy or Safir Language School is one of the English Language English language schools in Iran . ref http www.eslbase.com schools iran ref The head office is in Gandi Street in Tehran . ref name safir http www.gosafir.com ref History Safir English LanguageAcademy was founded in 1993 in Tabriz . Six years later in 1999, the first branch was opened in Gholhak in Tehran. ref name safir Current Status The courses in this institute are mainely organized for adults. There are 800 teachers in this school. There used to be only English courses but recently French language French has also been added. Student course books are based on Oxford University Press . ref name safir Supported Schools Safir English LanguageAcademy has fifteen branches in Tehran and other cities of Iran. ref name safir References Reflist Category Language education Category Education in Iran ... more details
The Rotorua English LanguageAcademy RELA opened in 1993 and is the only private school in Rotorua , New Zealand . ref name englishnewzealand http www.englishnewzealand.co.nz members schools 49 rotorua english languageacademy Rotorua English LanguageAcademy , http www.englishnewzealand.co.nz English New Zealand . ref The School ranges from 40 50 students in quiet periods and 150 180 students during busy times. The Rotorua English LanguageAcademy is located in Rotorua in New Zealand s central North Island . RELA is a registered educational facility with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority NZQA as well as a member of Quality English and English New Zealand . ref name englishnewzealand References reflist External links http www.rela.co.nz RELA website coord missing New Zealand Category Educational institutions established in 1993 Category Schools in Rotorua Category Language schools Category Private schools in New Zealand NZ struct stub ... more details
Sayre languageacademy is a elementary school located in Chicago, Illinois . The nearby high school is Steinmetz. The grades are from pre kindergarten 8th grade. coord missing Illinois Category Elementary schools in Illinois Illinois school stub ... more details
phd yitzhaki.pdf Minority Languages and Language Policy The Case of Arabic in Israel ref History The Academy replaced the Hebrew Language Committee Va ad ha lashon ha Ivrit established in 1890 by Eliezer Ben Yehuda , who was its first president. As Hebrew became the spoken language in Palestine and was adopted by the Education in Israel educational system , the Hebrew Language Committee published ... Bridger ref Its successor, the Academy of the Hebrew Language, has continued this mission of creating new Hebrew language Hebrew words to keep up modern usage. Although the academy s business is creating ... own name is a loanword, akademya. ref name Hebrew academy http hebrew academy.huji.ac.il English Pages default.aspx Hebrew academy ref The Academy sets standards for modern Hebrew grammar, orthography, transliteration, and punctuation based on the historical development of the language. Organization The plenum consists of 23 members. In addition, the academy employs 15 academic advisors, among them respected scholars of language, linguistics, Judaic studies, and Bible. The Academy s decisions ... academy See also Hebrew University of Jerusalem Study of the Hebrew language List of language regulators YIVO YIVO Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut Revival of the Hebrew language Moshe Bar Asher References Reflist External links http hebrew academy.huji.ac.il English Pages default.aspx Academy of the Hebrew Language Official Website Hebrew language DEFAULTSORT Academy Of The Hebrew Language, The Category Hebrew language Category Civic organizations in Israel Category Language regulators af ...coord 31 46 20.34 N 35 11 54.71 E display title type landmark Image Academy of the Hebrew Language.JPG right thumb 350px Academy of the Hebrew Language, Givat Ram , Jerusalem The Academy of the Hebrew Language lang he n , HaAkademya laLashon haIvrit was established by the Israel i government in 1953 as the supreme institution for scholarship on the Hebrew language ... more details
refimprove date April 2011 The International LanguageAcademy of Canada ILAC specializes in providing English language lessons to international students from over 70 countries. The company currently runs campuses in downtown Toronto and Vancouver , Canada . The company also offers night school courses ... offers a range of courses including English as a Foreign or Second Language TESOL , TOEFL and IELTS preparation and Business English courses. The International LanguageAcademy of Canada also ... for opening their own languageacademy. They opened their first academy in July 1997. Later, entrepreneur ... s who met at a language school . Bernardo was a student and Jonathan was a teacher. The pair noticed ... other language schools by placing emphasis on their student s everything from classroom size to social ... Nationalities While enrollment numbers are continually changing, the International LanguageAcademy of Canada generally maintains the following ratio of students 1 3 from Asia 1 3 from Latin America 1 3 from Europe and the Middle East Awards The International LanguageAcademy has received the following awards Language Travel Magazine s Star English Language School North America 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 ref http www.hothousemedia.com ltm star2010winners.htm Language Travel Magazine Star Awards 2010 ref Top Choice Awards Top Language School of the Year 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Japan Best School Award 2010, Vancouver Campus Eye Weekly Voted Best Language School in Toronto 2005 Accreditation and Group Memberships The International LanguageAcademy of Canada is accredited by and an active member of the following industry associations Language Industry Association AILIA Industry Canada TESL ... links official website http www.ilac.com http www.ailia.ca Language Industry Association AILIA http ... ESOL Examinations Official Website http www.hothousemedia.com ltm Language Travel Magazine http ... Category Language schools Canada school stub ... more details
Infobox Secondary school name Foreign LanguageAcademy established type Public principal Dr. Carol Allman students grades PreK 8 city 3450 Warwick Boulevard br Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City state Missouri country United States USA district Kansas City, Missouri School District KCMSD colors mascot motto website http www.kcmsd.k12.mo.us schools home4.asp?schoolid 18 Official website Foreign LanguageAcademy or Foreign Language is a Comprehensive school comprehensive foreign language elementary school middle school located at 3450 Warwick Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri , USA . It is part of the Kansas City, Missouri School District . School background Foreign LanguageAcademy FLA , located in Kansas City, Missouri, is a public school that serves grades PK 8 in the Kansas City 33 district. It has received a GreatSchools rating of 6 out of 10 based on its performance on state standardized tests. ref cite web url http www.greatschools.org missouri kansas city 968 Foreign LanguageAcademy from..Tab title Foreign LanguageAcademy Kansas City, Missouri MO School overview publisher Greatschools.org date 2010 09 07 accessdate 2011 01 25 ref FLA is a language immersion magnet school clarify date April 2010 in the Kansas City Missouri School District . Basic subjects including math, science and social studies are taught in Spanish and French. After the first grade, previous language is required in order to enter a Kansas City, Missouri School District Foreign Language Immersion. FLA s school hours are 7 20am to 2 25pm. The school offers an after school LINC program running as late as 6pm. FLA students are required to wear uniforms. ref cite web url http www.kcmsd.net schools home3.asp?schoolid 18&t 4&s 0 title Foreign LanguageAcademy publisher Kcmsd.net date accessdate 2011 ... http www.greatschools.org cgi bin mo pqview 968 title The Principal s View of Foreign LanguageAcademy ... title Foreign LanguageAcademy publisher Kcmsd.net date accessdate 2011 01 25 ref References Reflist ... more details
The Navajo LanguageAcademy NLA Navajo language Navajo Din Bizaad Naalkaah is a non profit educational and advocacy organization which focuses on the Navajo language . Overview The NLA organizes efforts of linguist s and language instructor s to train teachers of Navajo. Summer workshops on the Navajo language, applied linguistics , and general linguistics have been offered every summer since 1997. Undergraduate level courses are offered for college credit. The NLA differs from such related organizations as the Navajo Nation Division of Din Education , Din College , and the Navajo Language Teachers Association in focusing on scientific research on the Navajo language and on teaching Navajo people, especially language teachers, how to carry out linguistic research and to use existing reference materials. The Board of Directors of the NLA includes Navajo linguist Ellavina Perkins . The NLA maintains a comprehensive bibliography on Navajo linguistics, available on its web site, and holds the archive of the Navajo material of linguist Kenneth Hale Ken Hale . External links http www.swarthmore.edu SocSci tfernal1 nla nla.htm Navajo LanguageAcademy web site Category Navajo language tr Navaho Dil Akademisi ... more details
The Middlebury Monterey LanguageAcademy MMLA is a summer language immersion program for pre college ... total lesson units in a summer at each LanguageAcademy. Lessons change week by week according to the students experience in an immersion language program. For example, during the initial ... in 2011. Language Pledge Middlebury Monterey LanguageAcademy asks that its students, faculty, and staff participate in a Language Pledge. The Language Pledge is a written agreement meant to encourage members of the program to communicate in a foreign language. The Language Pledge originated with Middlebury College s Language Schools and is included in the Middlebury College curriculum at its schools abroad and graduate program. MMLA asserts that the Language Pledge is a central concept in its pedagogy. Events throughout the 4 week calendar of the program often focus on the Language Pledge. The concept ... in Oakland, California . Middlebury Monterey LanguageAcademy Middlebury College and its graduate ... Monterey LanguageAcademy Curriculum http mmla.middlebury.edu locations Middlebury Monterey LanguageAcademy Campuses Category Middlebury College Category Language schools Category Educational ... include Arabic , French language French , German language German , Mandarin Chinese , Russian language Russian , and Spanish language Spanish . Curriculum MMLA requires students to take a Standards ... young, beginner students and older, advanced students. History Middlebury College Language Schools Main Middlebury College Language Schools Founded in 1800 in Middlebury, Vermont , Middlebury College ..., the College established the first Language School, the School of German. In an attempt to maintain ... to a Language Pledge to communicate exclusively in their target language. The Schools offer instruction in Arabic language Arabic , Mandarin Chinese Chinese , French language French , German language German , Hebrew language Hebrew , Italian language Italian , Japanese language Japanese , Portuguese ... more details
unreferenced date November 2010 Andrew Jackson School was opened in 1894 to serve children from the crowded tenement community surrounding the Polk Street Station port of entry for immigrants. That year was started one of the first public school kindergarten kindergartens in Chicago, Illinois . Since 1981 this school has offered foreign language instruction to Chicago s students. In 1988, the Andrew Jackson Language Academy moved into a new and up to date facility. Languages Andrew Jackson has six different languages to offer. They are Japanese language Japanese , French language French , Italian language Italian , Spanish language Spanish , English language learning and teaching ESL English as a Second Language , and Chinese language Chinese . Grades AJLA offers kindergarten through eighth grade. Each grade has two classes and two teachers. Events There are many events at AJLA. One of those events is the High School Fair, which is organized to help students in grades six, seven, and eight prepare to go to high school. Another of the events is The Science Fair . The Science Fair is for students in grades six, seven, and eight. Every year selected students participate in The Science Fair. Winners at The Science Fair go to the area nine science fair. Category Educational institutions established in 1894 illinois school stub ... more details
No footnotes date June 2010 Riverbank LanguageAcademy RLA is the first public charter school located in the City of Riverbank, California . RLA operates as a school within the Riverbank Unified School District with its own Advisory Board that guides the daily operations of the school. RLA will eventually educate over 540 students in grades Kindergarten through Eighth Grade. RLA achieves academic excellence ... of the 90 10 Dual Language Immersion model also referred to as DLI , instruction in the arts ... student potential where students are immersed, not only in language, but, in a rigorous interdisciplinary ... Stephen Krashen 2002 , properly organized Dual Language Immersion programs use the first language in ways that accelerate and facilitate second language development. Also, Dual Language Immersion ... of their instruction. In Kindergarten, for example, students are taught intensive Spanish language Spanish oral language skills. Such skills enrich students academic performance as they are promoted to the upper grades. When English language English and Spanish speaking students, as well as students ... the most effective features of immersion foreign language education and two way immersion 90 10 model education into a unified Dual Language Immersion model, which is implemented by the Riverbank LanguageAcademy. Research has shown that Dual Language Immersion programs have impressive rates of academic success in both English and the minority language Spanish for both limited English proficient ... . These studies document the numerous benefits of extended minority language instruction for such students ... Only peers. Of equal importance, the research from Dual Language Immersion programs demonstrates that English only EO students achieve superior scores on measures of second language ... have received all their elementary school education in English Campbell & Lindholm, 1987 . Dual Language ... goal being bilingualism and bi literacy for both groups of learners. Dual Language Immersion ... more details
The Kanak LanguageAcademy Acad mie des Langues Kanak KLA is a local, public educational establishment in New Caledonia . Founded in 2007, with roots reaching to the Noum a Accords of 1998, the legislative assembly endorsed the setting up of the French territory s first indigenous Kanak languages institute. ref name islandsbusiness.com2007 cite web url http www.islandsbusiness.com news index dynamic containerNameToReplace MiddleMiddle focusModuleID 130 focusContentID 7573 tableName mediaRelease overideSkinName newsArticle full.tpl title The academy s main tasks are to normalise, promote and develop New Caledonia s linguistic heritage date 19 January 2007 work islandsbusiness.com accessdate 6 June 2011 ref Its mission is to establish rules of usage and to help promote and develop all Kanak people Kanak languages and dialects . The KLA is expected to standardise, protect, and develop the about forty Kanak languages and dialects, ref name rnzi.com2007 cite web url http www.rnzi.com pages news.php?op read&id 30527 title New Caledonian indigenous Kanak languageacademy set up date 04 March 2007 publisher Radio New Zealand International accessdate 6 June 2011 location Wellington, New Zealand ref as well as standardize the written form for Kanak languages. The majority of New Caledonian languages do not have a written form. Those that do, have a rudimentary one. As it was extremely difficult to define the correct spelling of words, a program was developed by the KLA and the University ... caledonia title The language preservation and promotion project date 2010 publisher International ... language French accessdate 6 June 2011 ref There are eight project leaders, each working in one ... Gorodey was appointed chair of the academy in 2007. ref name rnzi.com2007 Its current director is Weniko ... portal page portal alk Official website French language Category Languages of New Caledonia ... Language regulators ... more details
The Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression Det Norske Akademi for Litteratur og Ytringsfrihet is a Norwegian institution, founded in 2003, and also called Bj rnstjerne Bj rnson Akademiet . Its objective is to promote understanding of cultures other than our own and for literary free speech. The membership includes Norwegian and foreign students, authors, politicians and journalists. The organization s 2005 President is Knut deg rd . The current members of the committee include Peter Normann Waage , Marit Bj rnson Barkbu a descendant of Bj rnstjerne Bj rnson , Thorvald Steen , ystein Hauge , Kristian Gerner and Kari Vogt . The chief administrator is Hilmar Windstad of Molde . The Bj rnson Prize The association annually awards the international Bj rnsonprisen which includes a cash award of 100,000 kroner approximately 12,500 . Recipients of the award were 2004 in literature 2004 Vivian Fouad and Samir Morcos Egypt , for promotion of relations between Muslim s and Christian s. 2005 in literature 2005 Esma Redzepova Republic of Macedonia , for championing the Romain people Roma people gypsies . 2006 in literature 2006 Hrant Dink , Editor in Chief of the Armenia n bi lingual weekly paper Agos Istanbul . 2007 in literature 2007 Adunis pen name for Ali Ahmad Said Asbar , Syrian poet. 2008 in literature 2008 Ola Larsmo , Swedish writer. 2009 in literature 2009 Grigory Pomerants and Zinaida Mirkina , Russian philosophers and writers. 2010 in literature 2010 Milan Richter Slovakia and Einar M r Gudmundsson Iceland , writers. The prize ceremony is held in the fall in conjunction with the annual seminar held at the historic Bj rnson house in Molde. External links http www.bjornsonakademiet.no Bj rnstjerne Bj rnson Akademiet , official website DEFAULTSORT Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression Category Free expression awards Category Norwegian literary awards Category Awards established in 2003 Category Article Feedback 5 da Det Norske Akademi ... more details
Refimprove date December 2007 The Academy of the Mixtec Language lang es Academia de la Lengua Mixteca lang mix Ve e Tu un S vi , meaning House of the Language of the Rain was founded in 1997 by a group of indigenous activists from the Mixtec people , with the aim of creating mechanisms for the preservation and usage promotion of the Mixtecan languages , their indigenous languages. It has its headquarters in the city of Tlaxiaco , in the heart of the La Mixteca Mixteca region of the Mexican state of Oaxaca . Among other undertakings, it has worked with the federal Secretariat of Public Education on designing the writing system used for Mixtec language instruction for children belonging to this ethnic group. It has also sponsored gatherings of indigenous writers and maintains cooperative ties with various other bodies in Mexico, the United States , and other parts of the world. One such organization, the Frente Ind gena de Organizaciones Binacionales FIOB has a radio station that broadcasts in Mixtec in the U.S. state of California . References http www.sil.org MEXICO ilv L001i SILOrth.pdf Orthographies for indigenous languages of Mexico SIL International http www.laprensa sandiego.org archieve july18 03 lengua.htm La Casa de la Lengua de la Lluvia Esfuerzos por lograr que el idioma mixteco pueda escribirse http www.goodreads.com author show 1888109.Gabriel Caballero Morales Diccionario del idioma mixteco Dictionary of the Mixtec language the first large dictionary that includes all variants of Mixtec Category Indigenous languages of Mexico Category Language advocacy organizations Mixtec Category Mixtec Category Mesoamerican studies na lang stub ca Acad mia de la Llengua Mixteca es Academia de la Lengua Mixteca no Det mixtekiske spr kakademiet ... more details
The Persian is a major character from the Gaston Leroux gothic novel novel The Phantom of the Opera . In the book he is the one who tells most of the background of Erik The Phantom of the Opera Erik s history. He is referred to by Erik as the daroga , Persian for police chief , and his memoirs are featured ..., as she shows Raoul where Erik lives, however, unlike the Persian, she does not accompany him to Erik s lair. Biography According to his account of himself in the novel, the Persian served as the chief ... spread, the Shah in Shah punished the Persian by stripping him of his property and sending him into exile ... Rivoli, across the street from the Tuileries, on the modest pension he received from the Persian government. He became known as a fixture of the Opera, considered an eccentric Persian who was allowed to wander backstage where he pleased. He has a Persian servant whose name is Darius . He is described ... and is very concerned for the fate of others. Role in the Plot The Persian first appears during Christine ... by telling the commissary the whole story, but the Persian intercepts him and tells him that it is Erik ... as to the purpose of the long pistol the Persian has given him, as he is only instructed to keep his .... The Persian eventually reveals that keeping the hand at the level of the eyes is a defense against ... stumbled into this room and used a Punjab lasso hanging from a tree branch to kill himself. The Persian ... floods into the powder room, nearly drowning Raoul and the Persian. The novel concludes some 30 years after these events, with the Persian now old and sick, and still attended by Darius telling ... In Susan Kay s 1990 novel Phantom novel Phantom , the Persian s name is given as Nadir Khan ... is Oded . In Nicholas Meyer s novel The Canary Trainer , the role of the Persian is largely taken ... is the equivalent of Charlie and the Persian takes the role of John Bosley fictional detective Bosley ... of the Opera Persian Category Fictional Iranian people Persian, The ... more details
Infobox University name Centre for Urdu Language, Literature & Culture image File EFLUlogo.jpg thumb Caption motto established 2007 chancellor vice chancellor city Hyderabad, India Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India country students type Public university Public campus urban area Urban affiliations University Grants Commission India UGC website http www.manuu.ac.in cullcfr.html Official site Centre for Urdu Language, Literature & Culture is a urdu language institute located at Maulana Azad National Urdu University , Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh . ref http www.hindu.com 2010 09 20 stories 2010092059700500.htm ref References reflist 2 External links http www.manuu.ac.in cullcfr.html Official site coord missing Andhra Pradesh Category Universities and colleges in Andhra Pradesh Category Education in Hyderabad, India Category Central universities in India Category Universities and colleges in Telangana Category Universities and colleges in Hyderabad, India Category Urdu Category Language education in India ... more details
Infobox journal title Asiatic IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature cover editor Mohammad Quayum Mohammad A. Quayum discipline English language , English literature abbreviation publisher International Islamic University Malaysia country Malaysia frequency Biannually history 2007 present openaccess license impact impact year website http asiatic.iium.edu.my link1 http asiatic.iium.edu.my archive.htm link1 name Online archive link2 link2 name JSTOR OCLC 433682812 LCCN CODEN ISSN 1985 3106 eISSN italic title force yes The Asiatic is a Malaysian Peer review peer reviewed academic journal based at the International Islamic University Malaysia IIUM , focusing on literary and linguistics works by Asian and Asian diaspora writers. The journal s current and founding editor in chief is Mohammad Quayum Mohammad A. Quayum . The journal appears two times a year. Each issue has sections covering ref cite web url http asiatic.iium.edu.my about the journal.html title IIUM International Islamic University Malaysia publisher International Islamic University Malaysia date accessdate 2012 02 06 ref critical writings creative writing reviews and review articles on books, novels and plays written in English on Asian topics Abstracting and indexing The journal is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography , EBSCO Publishing EBSCO databases , AustLit The Resource for Australian Literature, Malaysian Abstracting and Indexing System, and The Journal of Commonwealth Literature s Annual Bibliography UK . The journal is a member of The Council of Editors of Learned Journals . ref cite web url http asiatic.iium.edu.my indexing.htm title Indexing publisher International Islamic University Malaysia date accessdate 2012 02 06 ref References Reflist External links Official http asiatic.iium.edu.my Category Literary magazines Category Linguistics journals Category Publications established in 2007 Category English language journals Category Biannual journals journal stub ... more details
Infobox Organization name Association for Serbian language and literature in the Republic of Croatia br Dru tvo za srpski jezik i knji evnost u Hrvatskoj image image border size caption formation 26 June 1998 type headquarters Vukovar location membership language Serbian language Serbian leader title President leader name Mara Beki Vojinovi ref name novossti1 cite web url http www.novossti.com 2011 02 pokrajine 45 title Pokrajine publisher Novossti.com date 2011 02 19 accessdate 2011 10 24 ref key people num staff budget website http www.acosonic.com projects dsjuhr.org ?inc onama Association for Serbian language and literature in the Republic of Croatia is a nonprofit professional organization that brings together scientists and technical workers in the Republic of Croatia engaged in studying and teaching of Serbian language and Serbian literatureliterature . The association operates throughout the territory of the Republic of Croatia and its headquarters is in Vukovar . In early 2011, the association issued first edition of the Proceedings which was presented at many schools and institutions in Croatia and the region. ref name novossti1 Publishing of the book was financed from funds of Vukovar city, Trpinja , Marku ica , odolovci , Erdut municipalities and from private donations. ref name radio borovo1 cite web author LogIT Internet Usluge www.logit.hr tel 01 3773 062, 01 3773 063, 042 207 507 url http www.radio borovo.hr index.php?SID &NID 2075 title . Radio Borovo . publisher Radio borovo.hr date accessdate 2011 10 24 ref The association has organized a number of seminars. ref name radio borovo1 In their work, the association collaborates with professors from the University ... Council of Municipalities , The Institute for the Serbian language in Belgrade etc. ref name novossti1 ... publisher Acosonic.com date accessdate 2011 10 24 ref See also Serbian language Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language References reflist Serbian minority institutions and organizations ... more details
Infobox professorship chair Regius Chair of English Language and Literature institution University of Glasgow image Glasgowuniversity.jpg alt incumbent Nigel Leask incumbentsince 2004 established 1861 previous founder Victoria of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria namedfor inaugural John Nichol biographer John Nichol notable A. C. Bradley , William Macneile Dixon website http www.gla.ac.uk departments englishliterature www.gla.ac.uk englishliterature The Regius Chair of English Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1861 by Victoria of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria , and is the only Regius Professor ship in the Faculty of Arts. History The first professor appointed was John Nichol biographer John Nichol , a graduate of the University and Snell Exhibition er at Balliol ... University of Glasgow accessdate 14 April 2009 ref Regius Professors of English Language and Literature ... Of English Language And Literature, Glasgow Category Glasgow Professorships English Language and Literature Category Professorships in Literature Category 1861 establishments in Scotland Category Regius Professorships English Language and Literature ... Literature was founded by his sister, Lucy Jack. ref citeweb title Nichol Memorial Prize url http www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk ... at the University. The Bradley Chair of English Literature was named after him, and his name was placed ... Professor of English Literature at the Aligarh Muslim University Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College in Aligarh , India . He then worked as Professor of Modern Literature at University of Liverpool University ... for only four years, being appointed Merton Professors Merton Professor of English Literature in 1904 .... He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and had previously been Professor of English Literature ... Lecturer in English Literature. He retired in 1963 and was awarded a Order of the British Empire CBE ... , Reader in Romantic Literature at the University of Cambridge , was appointed to the Chair. ref citeweb ... more details
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