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As part of the War on Terrorism, the United States has launched several major initiatives intended to remake the Middle East. This has included the overthrow of Saddam and the political reconstruction of Iraq; the “Road Map” proposal for Israeli-Palestinian peace; a “forward strategy” to encourage democracy in the region; multilateral efforts to contain nuclear proliferation; and a program to encourage economic growth. All told, it is the most ambitious policy ever attempted to transform the prospects of a region sunk in a generation of economic stagnation, religious turmoil, and violent conflicts. What impact has the War on Terrorism made on the Middle East? Can we see any progress toward U.S. goals? Are we moving toward an end of conflicts and a rebirth of economic and political change, or the reverse?
The Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education is pleased to announce its History Institute for Teachers on “A New Middle East?” Specially designed for secondary school teachers and curriculum supervisors, the weekend-long program will feature a series of lectures by leading scholars.
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• Topics and Speakers |
The Role of Iraqi Democracy in Building the New Middle East
Eric Davis, Rutgers University
The Future of Saudi Arabia and What al-Qaeda Websites Tell Us (watch video)
Michael Scott Doran, Princeton University
The Secular States and Their Prospects: Egypt, Syria, and Jordan
Najib Ghadbian, University of Arkansas
U.S. Policy Toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict (watch video)
Harvey Sicherman, President, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Economics, Demography, and Oil (1472K Microsoft Powerpoint)
Bernard Munk, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Keynote:The New Middle East
Robert Kaplan
Classroom Strategies for Teaching the Middle East
Moderated by Paul Dickler, Senior Fellow, FPRI’s Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education
The conference begins 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 16, and concludes at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 17.
Social studies and history teachers, curriculum supervisors and junior college faculty are invited to apply for participation in the History Institute. Forty participants will be selected to receive:
Please send a résumé and a short statement describing your current teaching or professional assignments, your reasons for wanting to attend, and how your students or school district will benefit from your participation. IMPORTANT NOTE: At the time of application, you are asked to make a commitment either to prepare a curriculum unit based on the weekend or to do in-service activities based on the weekend.
SUBMIT ALL MATERIALS BY AUGUST 15 BY E-MAIL TO:
Alan H. Luxenberg, Director, Wachman Fund
Foreign Policy Research Institute
1528 Walnut Street, Suite 610
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel. 215-732-3774, ext. 305
Fax 215-732-4401
E-mail fpri@fpri.org
SPECIAL NOTE: Schools with a school membership in FPRI’s Marvin Wachman Fund are guaranteed one place at the annual History Institute.
FPRI served as Editorial Consultant for a 25-volume series of books for middle and secondary schools on “Modern Middle East Nations and Their Strategic Place in the World.” For information, visit www.masoncrest.com.
Space is limited; so please apply early. If you cannot attend but would like to be on our mailing list, please let us know by phone, fax, or e-mail.
Founded in 1955, FPRI is an independent, nonprofit organization devoted to advanced research and public education on international affairs. It brings the insights of scholarship to bear on the development of policies that advance U.S. national interests abroad. Its Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education sponsors public lectures and programs for high school teachers designed to promote understanding of America's role in world affairs. FPRI publications include Orbis, a quarterly journal of world affairs, and E-Notes, a weekly bulletin disseminated by email to 25,000 key people in 85 countries.
In 1996, FPRI inaugurated a series of weekend history institutes, chaired by David Eisenhower and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Walter McDougall. Eleven history institutes have been held to date, with keynote addresses by the nation’s leading historians and scholars, including William McNeill on “What We Mean By the West” and William McNeill, again, on “Multiculturalism in World History”; Gordon Wood on “The Lessons of History”; John Lewis Gaddis on “What We Now Know about the Cold War”; George Herring on “The Lessons of Vietnam,” Walter McDougall on “The Roots of U.S. Foreign Policy,”; Paul Griffiths on “What is Religion and Can It Be Taught?”; and Jeremy Black on “Mapping: Past and Present.” Materials from each of the history institutes are being made available on this website.
FPRI’s program of history institutes is supported by grants from the Annenberg Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.
Foreign Policy
Research Institute
1528 Walnut St, Ste 610
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel. 215-732-3774
Fax 215-732-4401
fpri@fpri.org
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