The Georgia Consortium for International Studies
The USG Middle East Council
and
The Georgia Middle East Studies Consortium
present

Teaching the Middle East, II

A (Second) Workshop for Non-Specialist Faculty
October 29-31, 2004
At Emory University in Atlanta

Lectures, film, food, music, instructional materials and classroom resources.

Begins Friday 3:30 PM; ends Sunday 12:00 Noon

The workshop is a follow-up to last year’s highly successful workshop. The program is free to University System of Georgia faculty, though participants, or their home institutions, must cover the cost of travel to Emory and lodging for two nights.

Workshop is limited to 70 places. Qualified applicants will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis, with limits to assure a healthy mixture of repeaters from last year and new participants, as well as diversity in the University System of Georgia institutions participating.

Teaching the Middle East II is a three-day workshop targeted at non-specialists who teach undergraduate core curriculum courses in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The program will build on the general material presented last year, but it is still fully accessible to new participants with little or no background in Middle East studies. Participants will experience a lively, intense and multi-faceted general education on Middle Eastern peoples and traditions from top experts. The workshop includes free instructional materials, an introduction to classroom resources and discipline-based discussions of their use.

Lodging, Travel and Regional Cuisines: Sessions will be held at Emory University; a block of rooms has been reserved at University Inn near Emory (($89 per night, double occupancy), but participants are responsible for securing their own lodging as well as covering the costs of travel to and from Atlanta. Workshop meals will be provided free and will sample the cuisines of the region.

Music and film: Participants will enjoy a taste of Middle Eastern culture first-hand and discuss the experience with experts.

Home institutions’ contributions: Participants’ home institutions are asked to pay roundtrip mileage to and from the conference at the standard University System of Georgia rate and for the cost of two nights lodging.

Detailed Program Schedule

Download Application form here

Questions? Contact
Dr. Thomas Keene, Kennesaw State University, 770-423-6232, tkeene@kennesaw.edu

Teaching the Middle East II is brought to you with the generous support of a grant from
The Global Partnerships Program of the University System of Georgia administered by the Office of International Education