A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The American Encounter with Islam
A nation must think before it acts.
The American Encounter with Islam
Date : Sat., May 03, 2003 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Category : Butcher History Institute
FPRI’s Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education is pleased to announce a weekend-long history institute on “The American Encounter with Islam,” featuring a series of lectures by leading scholars in several fields. Specially designed for secondary school teachers and curriculum supervisors, the program will examine both historical and contemporary aspects of America’s encounter with Islam, the larger Western experience, and what it means for the world after 9/11.
The American Encounter with Islam Conference Summary by William Anthony Hay
Topics and Speakers
Welcoming Remarks
Director - Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy
The United States and the Islamic World
Director of Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Rutgers University
The Firanj are Coming – Again: The Crusades and Their Impact on Muslim Attitudes Toward Europe and the West
Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Related Article(s):
At the Gates of Vienna: Islam and Europe in the Early Modern Era
Related Article(s):
Islam and the West: a Historical Perspective
The American Experience with Islam
Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies, Penn State University
Related Article(s):
America, Islam and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Editor, The National Interest
American Foreign Policy and Islam: Four Encounters
president
Terrorism and Islamist Thought
Assistant Professor of History, Creighton University
Related Article(s):
What College Students Learn About Terrorism: A Case Study of IR Textbooks
A Guide to Teaching About the War on Terrorism
Teaching America and Islam
Moderator
Senior Fellow - Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy
Neshaminy High School
Location
Venue
Gregg Conference Center
PA Bryn Mawr 19010
Registration links
Register Deadline
What Participants Receive:
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:
* free room and board
* assistance in designing curriculum and special projects based on the History Institute
* stipends of $200 in exchange for curriculum units based on the History Institute, plus a representative selection of student work
* partial travel scholarships available for participants outside the East Coast
* subscription to Orbis, FPRI’s journal of world affairs, edited by David Eisenhower.