Incorporating Middle Eastern Issues into the Curriculum at a Time of Rapid Change

Activity Type: 
Teacher Training--Area Studies
Date: 
Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 10:30 to 12:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
Harrisburg Hilton, Harrisburg, PA
Contact Person: 
Michael Sandy, PACIE Conference Co-Chair
Contact Phone: 
717-780-3277
Contact Email: 
mbsandy@hacc.edu

A presentation at the annual conference of the Pennsylvania Council on International Education (PACIE)

Session Chair: Fay Beauchamp, Director, Center for International Understanding, Community College of Philadelphia
Christina Michelmore, Professor of History, Chatham University, "The Arab Spring: A Historical Overview, and the Role of United States, and Middle East Countries in Transition."
Kate Daher, Social Studies teacher/instructional team leader, Pittsburgh Public Schools; Pittsburgh School for the Creative and Performing Arts, "Teaching Middle Eastern Issues: The Arab Spring and the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict."
James Ryan, Program Assistant and Fulbright Hays Group Leader, Middle East National Resource Center, University of Pennsylvania, “Teaching a New Middle East: What the Turkish Experience Can Tell Us about an Area in Transition”
Elaine Linn, Assistant Director, Global Studies Center, University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh, “Available Resources from the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS)”

UCIS Unit: 
Global Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors: 
University of Pennsylvania Middle East Studies Center
World Regions: 
Middle East