Workshops

Middle Eastern Culture Workshop Series 

The Middle East: Understanding the crisis of politics and religion 

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Friday, May 11, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 PM, First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St. Boulder, CO 80302 (FREE)

Saturday, May 12, 2012, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, CU Law School, Room 204 (Registration required)

Registration Deadline: May 4, 2012

Has the promise of the Arab Spring turned into an Arab winter? The rise of Islamic fundamentalist parties in recent elections in Tunisia and Egypt seems to suggest as much. To learn more about this and the history of the Middle East more broadly, please join us at the events on Friday and Saturday. The Friday evening presentation will be conducted by Nader Hashemi, Assistant Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics, University of Denver. Dr. Hashemi will give a talk entitled "Understanding the Crisis of Religion and Politics in the Middle East: What Can We Learn from Early Modern Europe?" A full-day workshop on Saturday will provide an historical overview of the Middle East and an understanding of how it came to be what it is today. The workshop is designed for secondary school teachers and is open to the public. Patrick D'Silva, Arabic and Islamic History Instructor at the University of Colorado of Boulder, will present sessions in the morning about the history of the Middle East. Jennifer Klein, Global Partnerships Director at World Leadership School, will lead the curriculum sessions in the afternoon. The events are jointly supported by the CU Center for Asian Studies and the Boulder-Nablus Sister City Project. Friday evening is free; the Saturday workshop only $30, and includes a catered lunch!

Special Offer: If you register for the next three workshops in our series (Details below) the price for all three is only $75 ($25 each) by May 4, and $80 after.

Upcoming Workshops:

September  22 Arab Spring: The Middle East Awakens

10 AM-4 PM               Nabil Echchaibi, Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Colorado

November 10 Israel-Palestine: Two People, One Land

10 AM-4 PM               Barbara Petzen, Education Director, Middle East Policy Council

For registration form, please click here.