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- CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM
- FACULTY READERS' FORUM
- LIBRARY ASSESSMENT
- UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
- VISITING FACULTY
- OTHER
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM
This small grant program for faculty is designed to enable educators from CERIS member institutions to pursue curricular development and enhancement projects related to Islamic Studies. Applications are accepted year-round, and awards are made twice yearly (fall and spring). Read more.
FACULTY READERS' FORUM
The Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS) invites you to participate in the new CERIS Faculty Readers' Forum. This reading and academic discussion opportunity is designed for people from any field of study that are currently affiliated with a CERIS member institution. We are excited to offer our members a means to engage in discourse on current topics of interest to students and the greater community. (Check the complete list of member schools and organizations.)
Our Faculty Readers' Forum provides cross-disciplinary reading materials – including books, articles, and papers related to Islamic studies – and a venue for discussion and exchange of ideas. Our long term goal is to broaden current course curriculum at member institutions to include Islamic studies content in ongoing courses and/or the creation of new courses.
Most of our book discussions take place in person over a light supper. See below for more details.
In our online hosted forums, members share their views in electronic or face-to-face sessionsusing Nicenet.org. Each forum will be facilitated by a faculty member and announced in advance of the actual session period, providing name and author of article, book, or chapter; downloads or purchase suggestions; questions to ponder; and related articles or links of interest. Regular forum participants may be eligible to host and facilitate future sessions. If you are interested in participating in an online Faculty Readers' Forum, you must first contact the CERIS secretariat with your CERIS member affiliation, your particular area of study, and your e-mail and phone contact information. You will then be issued an electronic class key allowing you to check in and contribute as frequently as you'd like as a student in the class conferences.
Next Faculty Readers' Forum:
Fall book discussion at Seton Hill University led by author and Seton Hill faculty member James Pahrik. For faculty at CERIS member institutions and secondary educators in the region. Seton Hill University October 28, 2011. Dinner in faculty dining hall at 5:30 PM, Book discussion to follow. First 10 to request book will receive free copy of book. We ask that you make every effort to attend book discussion if you request free book. Contact Elaine Linn at eel58@pitt.edu to reserve book.
The Journey : In Search of Justice and Peace in Jerusalem by James Paharik. The Long Journey takes us into the heart of Jerusalem—Mount Zion, the site of the Benedictine Dormition Monastery, a place where pilgrims, seekers, and peacemakers come for liturgies, prayer, and conversation. Our guide on this journey is James Paharik, who in nine closely woven essays, leads us through the labyrinthine spaces of Jerusalem, all the while digging through the layers of history to expose the rich stories that are the foundation of the city. We meet not only Jews and Palestinians but also Armenian and Ethiopian Christians, émigrés and expatriates, living and working in this polyglot place. James G. Paharik, PhD, is a member of the sociology faculty at Seton Hill University. He writes and teaches in the areas of comparative genocide and peace studies. Paharik is director of research and curriculum design for Beit Benedict Peace Academy and an oblate of Dormition Abbey, Jerusalem.
Past Faculty Readers' Forums:
January 6-20, 2006, online
Hate Your Policies, Love Your Institutions by John Waterbury, in Foreign Affairs, January/February 2003
March 28, 2006, University of Pittsburgh
No God but God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam by Geneive Abdo (Oxford University Press, 2000).
June 14, 2006, University of Pittsburgh
The Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa Menocal
October 26, 2006, University of Pittsburgh
Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations by Michael Anthony Sells
February 8, 2007, University of Pittsburgh
Orientalism by Edward Wadie Said
April 26, 2007, Seton Hill University
Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World by Carl M. Ernst
November 1, 2007, University of Pittsburgh
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas by Sylvian A. Diouf
February 2009, Seton Hill University
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
November 2009, University of Pittsburgh
Islam Without Fear: Egypt and the New Islamists by Raymond William Baker
March 2010, University of Pittsburgh
Islam and the Secular State, Negotiating the Future of Shari’a by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im
Visit our Resources page to read more about Faculty Readers' Forum books.
LIBRARY ASSESSMENT
CERIS has begun an "assets and needs" assessment of the library holdings on Islamic Studies of our member institutions. This study will enable us to determine the strengths and weaknesses of these libraries, to develop the concept of a core collection that should exist in each library, to engage in fundraising to support the holdings, and potentially to design a virtual library of consortium libraries that could be searched from our web site.
The School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh is providing professional expertise for this project. During Fall term 2003, Ghada Nuwayhid, a graduate student working under the direction of Dr. Arlene Taylor, began to create the search parameters and to carry out a pilot assessment of Pitt's collection. Subsequently, this assessment will be extended to the library collections of all CERIS institutions.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
On April 8, 2006, CERIS hosted its first Undergraduate Research Symposium in Pittsburgh, providing undergraduate students at CERIS member institutions with advanced research experience and an opportunity to develop presentation skills, as well as to provide recognition of excellent student scholarship. Total prizes of up to $500 were awarded.
VISITING FACULTY
CERIS member institutions collaborated in submitting two proposals for short-term faculty from Muslim countries to teach courses in religious studies and history. Visiting faculty will also serve as guest lecturers at member institutions and participate in workshops and outreach programs throughout the community.
OTHER
The Global Generation Y Program introduces non-Muslim professionals to international Muslim graduate students to encourage cross-cultural understanding within the framework of civil society, culture, religion, and professional development. The project awarded to the University of Pittsburgh is funded by the NAFSA: National Association of International Educators and the U.S. Department of State.
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Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS)
4100 Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412-648-2113;
Fax: 412-624-4672
E-mail: ceris@pobox.com
Web site: www.cerisnet.org
This page was last updated 7/19/11 .