A nation must think before it acts.
Date : Sat., November 02, 2013 8:00 am to 12:45 pm Category : Butcher History Institute
The modern Middle East, as we knew it, was formed in the aftermath of World War I; yet we are now facing a region-wide upheaval on possibly the same scale of that seminal period in history. In this intensive weekend-long conference for high school teachers, we will explore the historic developments of our time in the larger historical context of another era — with lectures by the best scholars in the country. Teachers will complete the weekend with a much deeper appreciation and understanding of the Middle East and the implications for US foreign policy.
A full compilation of the videos from this riveting History Institute can be found here.
Senator John Heinz History Center
Steven E. SokolPresident, World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
Co-Chair - Madeleine and W.W. Keen Butcher History Institute
Alloy Ansin Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
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Senior Fellow - Middle East Program
Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
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Senior Fellow - National Security Program
Chairman, Strategy Dept., US Naval War College
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Winston Churchill and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
Editor, The American Interest Magazine
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How to Think About the Middle East Before the “Arab Spring” – and After
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The Middle East Before the Arab Spring
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The Geopolitics of the Sunni-Shi‘i Divide in the Middle East
Sunni Islam: What Students Need to Know
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The Sunni-Shi’a Divide in a Post-Arab Spring Middle East
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Esther K. Wagner Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
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The Muslim Brotherhood: From Inception until the Present Day
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
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Iranian Grand Strategy under the Ayatollahs
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