A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Teaching About Israel and Palestine
A nation must think before it acts.
Teaching About Israel and Palestine
Date : Sat., October 25, 2014 to Sun., October 26, 2014 Category : Butcher History Institute
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Topics and Speakers
Welcoming Remarks
Co-Chair of FPRI's Madeleine and W.W. Keen Butcher History Institute
Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations and Professor of History,University of Pennsylvania
Alan LuxenbergPresident, FPRI
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Editor, The American Interest
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The Birth and Evolution of Zionism
Assistant Professor of History, University of Colorado, Boulder
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The Birth and Evolution of Palestinian Nationalism
Emeritus Professor, American University of Cairo
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The Partition of Palestine
Harriet & Ulrich E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Modern European Jewish History,University of Chicago
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Teaching the Israel Palestine Conflict
Judy and Sidney Swartz Director, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
Abdel Monem Said AlyDirector, Regional Center for Strategic Studies, Cairo
Khalil ShikakiDirector, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah
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The History of the Peace Process
Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park
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Public Opinion in Israel and Palestine
Harvey Sicherman Scholar, Foreign Policy Research Institute
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Columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer
Hussein IbishSenior Fellow, American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP)
Asher SusserProfessor of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University
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Location
Venue
Hotel Palomar
Registration links
Register Deadline
Mon., September 15, 2014
WHAT PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE:
Forty participants will be selected to receive:
- complimentary overnight accommodations for those outside of the Philadephia vicinity;
- complimentary lunch and dinner on Saturday, plus continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday
- assistance in designing curriculum and special projects based on the History Institute;
- stipends of $200 for well-developed lesson plans for posting on our website that effectively utilize the experience of the weekend conference, or documentation of in-service presentations based on the weekend;
- partial travel reimbursements (up to $250) for participants outside the vicinity of the conference center;
- subscription to E-Notes, FPRI’s weekly bulletin; and Footnotes, FPRI’s bulletin for high school teachers.
- a certificate of participation in a program offering 12 hours of instruction. In addition, for those interested, college credit is available for a small fee through our cooperating institution, Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
- Videotapes of the entire conference will be posted subsequently on our website, plus texts of selected lectures.