World View's Spring Seminars 2009

The Middle East and the West
March 25-26, 2009

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Important Links
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Click for directions to the Center for School Leadership Development.
Click here for pre-program material (emailed articles).
Click here for concurrent session descriptions.

Middle East Studies Website
Children's Multi-Cultural Books on Display

Seminar Schedule At-A-Glance*

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25   THURSDAY, MARCH 26
12:30
Check In and Registration
7:45
Coffee and Juice
1:00

Welcome
John Stephens
Center for European Studies
UNC at Chapel Hill
8:15
Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World
Carl Ernst
Department of Religion
UNC at Chapel Hill
1:15




2:30

The Middle East: Not a Monolith But a Mosaic
Akram Khater
Department of History
NC State University

Break
9:30
Break
9:45

Women and Gender in the Middle East
Sahar Amer
Asian Studies
UNC at Chapel Hill

   
2:45

The Middle East: Roots of Conflict
 Curtis Ryan
Department of Government and Justice Studies
Appalachian State University

11:00

 

Concurrent Sessions I

Grades K-5:
1. Teaching the Middle East through Literature and Film
Barbara Petzen
Middle East Policy Council, Washington, DC

Secondary and Community College:
2. Epic Encounters: US Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Thomas Phu
Durham Academy

All Levels:
Islam and the Veil in Contemporary Europe
Sahar Amer, Departments of Asian and International Studies
Martine Antle, Department of Romance Languages and Literature
UNC at Chapel Hill
4:00

Panel
Middle East Conflicts: Prospects for Peace
Akram Khater
Department of History
NC State University

Curtis Ryan
Department of Government and Justice Studies
Appalachian State University

David Schanzer
Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security
Duke University, UNC at Chapel Hill, and RTI International

5:15

Reception at home of Robert and Jean Phay
(Directions in participant folders)

4. Turkey and its Challenges
Michael Cotter
U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan (retired)
   
12:00
Lunch (provided in the Trillium Dining Room at the Friday Center)
     
Turkey Study Tour participants meet for briefing and box lunch in CSLD
   
1:15
   
Grades 6-12:
1. Teaching about Islam in Middle and High School
Penny Maguire
Center for International Understanding
   
Grades K-12:
2. Cool Tools for Hot Topics: Using Google Earth to Teach about the Middle East
Barbara Petzen
Middle East Policy Council, Washington, DC
   
Grades K-12 and Community College:
3. Iraq: A View from the Front Line
Jamie Bunetto
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit
United States Marine Corps
   
Turkey Study Abroad Trip Participants:
4. Turkey Trip Orientation
Ahmed Gurbuz
Kemal Pakatci
Divan Cultural Center

Neil Bolick
World View
   
2:15
Break
   
2:30
Approaches to Teaching the Middle East: Perspectives, Resources and Strategies
Barbara Petzen
Middle East Policy Council, Washington, DC
   
3:30
Robert Phay, World View
       
   

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS
1.5 CEU credits will be available for successful completion of the program. Study guides will be collected at the end of the symposium.

* Subject to change