The Middle East:  Political and Social Forces in Conflict

March 13-14, 2001

School of Social Work
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Cosponsors
International Social Studies Project
Seeds of Peace Organization
University Center for International Studies
Curriculum in Asian Studies
INTRAH (UNC School of Medicine)
School of Social Work

		Tuesday, March 14
	8:00	Registration Coffee, tea and pastries
	9:00	Welcome
		Robert Phay, Director, World View Program Packets Beverly Sizemore, Assistant Director, World View
	9:15	The Middle East:  Not a Monolith but a Mosaic
		Herbert Bodman, Professor Emeritus of History, UNC-Chapel Hill
	10:30	Break
	10:45	Zionism to Beginnings of Israeli State Akram Khater, Professor of History, NC State University
	11:45	The Islamic World Charles Kurzman, Professor of Sociology, UNC-CH
	12:45	Lunch (catered by Mediterranean Deli)
	1:45	Concurrent Sessions
		1.  Middle East in Transition      Suzanne Gulledge, International Social Studies Project School       of Education, UNC-CH 2.  Grassroots Realities:  The Current Crisis in Israel-Palestine      Mary-Lou Leiser Smith, Coalition for Peace with Justice, Chapel       Hill 3.  Imaging and Imagining: Folklore, Films and Food      Ellen-Fairbanks (Taffy) Bodman, UNC-CH
	2:45	Break
	3:00	Concurrent Sessions Continued
		1.  Poster Education and the Middle East (Jerusalem and       Mecca)      Linda Brown, Poster Education Company, Asheville 2.  Conflict Resolution Unit -- Case Study:  Israel-Palestine       Situation      Karen Rectanus, Exploris Middle School, Raleigh
	4:00	Al Nakba Film and Discussion Ellen-Fairbanks (Taffy) Bodman, Middle Eastern Filmographer, Chapel Hill
	5:15	Adjourn
	5:15	Reception at the Chamberlin House (Middle Eastern food and music)
		Wednesday, March 14
	7:30	Coffee/Tea and pastries
	8:00	Jerusalem:  City and Symbol David Halperin, Professor Emeritus of Religion, UNC-CH
	9:30	Israel and Palestine:  Continuing Conflict or Future Peace Henry Landsberger, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, UNC-CH Rudolph Zarzar, Professor of Political Science, Elon College
	10:30	Break (Beverages)
	10:45	Action Plan Development Meetings
	11:30	"Seeds of Peace" Being Planted Sandy Hartwigger, Graduate Assistant in English, Appalachian State University; Former "Seeds of Peace" Camper
	12:30	Adjournment