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Mission of SEF
SEF is a non-profit organization whose primary goal is to bring together communities in order to promote compassion, partnership, and community service through dialogue and conversation. SEF is dedicated to encouraging the study of the communities’ spiritual traditions from the vantage point of respect, accuracy, and appreciation. Read More>

 

Upcoming Activities/Events:

 

Lamajamal Music Concert
 

 

We are proud to announce that intercultural music group Lamajamal will give a concert in Columbus, organized by SEF and Students for Dialogue at OSU. We believe this will be a unique opportunity to listen to music from several cultural regions at once. 

Date and Time: 21 May 2008, 7:30pm
Location: 200 Campbell Hall, OSU Campus
Parking: Neil Avenue Garage

About Lamajamal
Lamajamal is dedicated to the survival of traditional music and creation of creative, soulful "world music." The art and folk music of the Middle East, Eastern Europe, North and West Africa and the Americas, have influenced them through their studying and performing their traditions. All of the musicians in Lamajamal have played numerous styles of music, all have played in experimental groups, and all have played and studied in traditional settings as well as performing in the actual regions their music comes from. All of these elements have fused together and the guide the direction of their music.

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Recent Activities/Events:   

Salih Memecan on Turkey-EU Relations

 

Salih Memecan, a Turkish-American political cartoonist, was in Columbus for a lecture on the Turkish-European Union Relations from a political cartoonist’s perspective on May 8. Mr. Memecan’s cartoons were also on exhibition at the lecture. The event is organized by SEF, and sponsored by Columbus Council on World Affairs, Department of History of OSU, Middle East Studies at OSU, Multicultural Center at OSU, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures of OSU, and Students for Dialogue at OSU. Click here for more...


 

 

Jews & Turks: Model of Coexistence

Dr. Kemal Karpat will deliver a lecture entitled "Jews & Turks: Model of Coexistence" discussing the relationship between the Turkish-Muslim population and the Jewish population in the Ottoman State. The event is organized by SEF, and sponsored by Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, and Students for Dialogue at OSU. The lecture is open to the public. Click here for more...

 

 

Jill Carroll on "Dialogue of Civilizations"

Dr. Jill Carroll who is a faculty member at Rice University in Houston, TX and the executive director of Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance was the guest of SEF to give a lecture entitled "Dialogue of Civilizations." The lecture discussed the well-known Muslim scholar Fethullah Gulen, and was based on her latest book "A Dialogue of Civilizations: Gulen's Islamic Ideals and Humanistic Discourse."

For pictures, audio files, and video of the lecture, click here!
 

 

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Announcements:

Friends of SEF Conversation Partner Program

Are you a native speaker of English who would like to help a non-native speaker improve their English? Are you a non-native speaker of English who wants to practice with a friend? If you are either one and would like to meet each other for about an hour a week to talk, then apply for SEF’s new Conversation Partner Program. The program will match native speakers of English with non-native speakers, introduce partners to each other, and let you arrange when and where to meet and what to talk about. Fill out the form below and send it to Hilal Smirniotopoulos via e-mail. Applications are ongoing, so send your applications as soon as possible!

 

Conversation Partner Application Form