Program on Teaching about the Middle East

Past Events

Understanding the Modern Middle East: History, Identity, and Politics - August, 2015 - Butcher History Institute
Islam in the West - August, 2015 - Butcher History Institute
Teaching About Israel and Palestine - August, 2015 - Butcher History Institute
The Invention of the Middle East, Post-World War One, and the Reinvention of the Middle East, Post-Arab Spring - August, 2015 - Butcher History Institute
Iran and the Geopolitics of the Middle East - August, 2015 - Butcher History Institute
Teaching The Middle East: Between Authoritarianism and Reform - August, 2015 - Butcher History Institute
US Foreign Policy and the Modern Middle East - September, 2010 - Butcher History Institute
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Modern Middle East - August, 2015 - Butcher History Institute
Islam, Islamism, and Democratic Values - March, 2006 - Butcher History Institute
Teaching 9/11 and the War on Terrorism - October, 2005 - Butcher History Institute

Associated Articles

The Fall of Empires and the Formation of the Modern Middle East - Orbis - April, 2016 · Adam Garfinkle
Religion and Secularism in the Middle East: A Primer - Butcher History Institute, FootNotes - November, 2015 · Aaron Rock-Singer
Religious Minorities in the Modern Middle East - Butcher History Institute, FootNotes - November, 2015 · Lev Weitz
Identity in the Pre-Modern Middle East - Butcher History Institute, FootNotes - October, 2015 · Jonathan Berkey
Post-Colonial States and the Struggle for Identity in the Middle East since World War Two - Butcher History Institute, FootNotes - October, 2015 · Samuel Helfont
The Geopolitics of the Sunni-Shi‘i Divide in the Middle East - FootNotes - December, 2013 · Samuel Helfont
The Three Versions of Al Qaeda: A Primer - FootNotes - December, 2013 · Clint Watts
How to Think About the Middle East Before the “Arab Spring” – and After - FootNotes - November, 2013 · Adam Garfinkle
The Verdict on Mykonos – and the Future of Iran - FootNotes - December, 2012 · Roya Hakakian
Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood - FootNotes - July, 2012 · Barry Rubin
The Politics of Protest in Jordan - FootNotes - March, 2012 · Jillian Schwedler
The Crisis in Yemen: al-Qaeda, Saleh, and Governmental Instability - FootNotes - March, 2012 · Christopher Swift
Iran’s Internal Dynamics - FootNotes - December, 2011 · Amin Tarzi
What Our Students – and Our Political Leaders – Don’t Know About the Middle East - FootNotes - December, 2011 · Adam Garfinkle
Islam, Islamism, and Democratic Values - FootNotes - September, 2006 · Trudy Kuehner
To the Shores of Tripoli - FootNotes - November, 2005 · James Sanzare
A New Middle East? - FootNotes - January, 2005 · Trudy Kuehner
The American Encounter with Islam - FootNotes - September, 2003 · William Anthony Hay
Islam and the West: a Historical Perspective - Watch on the West - May, 2003 · Jeremy Black
Teaching About the Middle East at the High School Level - FootNotes - December, 1999 · Adam Garfinkle
Ten Things Most Americans Think They Know About Israel … But Don’t - FootNotes - November, 1999 · Adam Garfinkle

Associated Multimedia

Understanding the Modern Middle East: History, Identity, and Politics – Video Playlist - Butcher History Institute, Event and Lecture Media - October 18, 2015
Western Muslims in ISIS - Event and Lecture Media - May 02, 2015
Islam in the United States - Event and Lecture Media - May 02, 2015
Islam and Western Europe - Event and Lecture Media - May 02, 2015
Islam vs. Islamism - Event and Lecture Media - May 02, 2015
Islam and the West through the Ages: A Primer - Event and Lecture Media - May 02, 2015
Does the Two-State Solution Have a Future? - Event and Lecture Media - October 26, 2014
Public Opinion in Israel and Palestine - Event and Lecture Media - October 26, 2014
The History of the Peace Process - Event and Lecture Media - October 26, 2014
Teaching the Israel Palestine Conflict - Event and Lecture Media - October 25, 2014
The Partition of Palestine - Event and Lecture Media - October 25, 2014
The Birth and Evolution of Palestinian Nationalism - Event and Lecture Media - October 25, 2014
The Birth and Evolution of Zionism - Event and Lecture Media - October 25, 2014
The Palestine Mandate - Event and Lecture Media - October 25, 2014
Does Democracy Have a Future in the Middle East - Butcher History Institute, Event and Lecture Media - November 03, 2013
al-Qaeda 2.0 - Butcher History Institute, Event and Lecture Media - November 03, 2013
Iranian Grand Strategy under the Ayatollahs - Butcher History Institute, Event and Lecture Media - November 03, 2013
The Muslim Brotherhood: From Inception until the Present Day - Butcher History Institute, Event and Lecture Media - November 02, 2013
The Sunni-Shi’a Divide in a Post-Arab Spring Middle East - Event and Lecture Media - November 02, 2013
The Middle East Before the Arab Spring - Event and Lecture Media - November 02, 2013
The Ottoman Middle East - Butcher History Institute, Event and Lecture Media - November 02, 2013
Winston Churchill and the Creation of the Modern Middle East - Butcher History Institute, Event and Lecture Media - November 02, 2013
The Invention of the Middle East, Post-World War One, and the Reinvention of the Middle East, Post-Arab Spring – Welcoming Remarks - Event and Lecture Media - November 02, 2013
The U.S., Iran, and the Middle East in Geopolitical Perspective - October 28, 2012
The Iranian Revolution and the Rise of Islamism - October 28, 2012
Understanding Stuxnet and Other Covert Responses to the Iranian Nuclear Program - October 28, 2012
Themes and Issues in Iranian History - October 27, 2012
What Every American Needs to Know about Iran - October 27, 2012
BookTalk on Assassins of the Turquoise Palace - October 27, 2012
The Secret History of America’s Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran - October 27, 2012
Shi‘ism and the Islamic Republic of Iran - October 27, 2012
The Middle East and the US in Geopolitical Perspective - October 16, 2011
The Moroccan Model - October 16, 2011
Turkey and Its Foreign Policy under AKP - October 16, 2011
Elections, Repression, Succession, and the Future of Egypt - October 15, 2011
The Crisis in Yemen: AQAP, Salah, and Governmental Instability - October 15, 2011
Is the Green Movement Dead?: Political Dissent Iran - October 15, 2011
Political Culture, Protest, and Dissent in Jordan - October 15, 2011
Islam and Democracy in the Middle East - October 15, 2011
Welcoming Remarks: Teaching The Middle East: Between Authoritarianism And Reform - October 15, 2011
The Obama Administration and the Middle East (audio) - September 16, 2010
How Women are Changing the Middle East (audio) - September 16, 2010
Teaching about Jihadism and The War on Terror (audio) - September 16, 2010
The U.S. and Turkey (audio) - September 16, 2010
The US and Iraq (audio) - September 15, 2010
The US and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Overview - September 15, 2010
The U.S. and Iran (audio) - September 15, 2010
American Grand Strategy in the Middle East in Historical Perspective (audio) - September 15, 2010
The U.S. and Iraq: From the First Gulf War to the Present (video) - June 26, 2009
Teaching the Long War and Jihadism (video) - June 26, 2009
The U.S. and Egypt Since the Suez Crisis (video) - June 26, 2009
The U.S., Zionism, and Israel (video) - June 26, 2009
The US and Iran from Mossadegh to Khamenei (video) - June 25, 2009
The US and Saudi Arabia Since the 1930s (video) - Butcher History Institute - June 25, 2009
American Policy and the Making of the Modern Middle East - June 25, 2009
U.S. Foreign Policy in the 20th Century (video) - June 25, 2009
The US and Iran from Mossadegh to Khamenei (audio) - June 25, 2009
U.S. Foreign Policy in the 20th Century (audio) - Butcher History Institute - June 25, 2009