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The Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World presents
Umit Ozkirimili
Associate Professor\, Bigli University\, Istanbul
The Topography of Nationalism in Turkey\: Actors\, Discourses\, and the Struggle for Hegemony
Tuesday\, November 24\, 2009
All seminars will meet in CGIS Knafel Building\, 1737 Cambridge Street\, Room K262 on Wednesdays from 4\:30-6pm unless otherwise specified
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20091124T064908Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091201T233000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091202T013000Z UID:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/1711 URL;VALUE=URI:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/1711 SUMMARY:The Cartoons that Shook the World DESCRIPTION:
The Cartoons that Shook the World (Based on the speaker's recent publication of the same name)
Jytte Klausen is an associate professor of politics at Brandeis University and a research associate at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University.Klausen’s most recent book is the Islamic Challenge\: Politics and Religion in Western Europe (Oxford University Press\, 2005). She is also the author of Europas muslimische Eliten\: Wer sie sind und was sie wollen\, War and Welfare\: Europe and the United States\, 1945 to the Present (1998\, 2001)\, and numerous articles and chapters on the European welfare state and social cohesion.
She is co-editor of Has Liberalism Failed Women? Assuring Equal Representation in Europe and the United States (with Charles S. Maier\, 2001) and European Integration in a Social and Historical Perspective\: 1850 to the Present (Louise A. Tilly\, 1997). Klausen is past chair of the European Political and Society section of the American Political Science Association. She has been a British Academy Visiting Professor at Nuffield College (2003) and a Bosch Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin (2004).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20091124T064908Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091202T213000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091202T230000Z UID:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/1824 URL;VALUE=URI:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/1824 SUMMARY:Turkey’s Opening\: Negotiations with Iraqi Kurdistan and US Redeployment from Iraq DESCRIPTION:The Turkey in the Modern World Seminar presents\:
DAVID PHILLIPS
Director of the Program on Conflict Prevention and Peace-building at American University\, Adjunct Professor\, Department of Politics\, New York University\, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States
Turkey's Opening\: Negotiations with Iraqi Kurdistan and US Redeployment from Iraq
All seminars will meet in CGIS\, Knafel Building\, Room K-262 on Wednesdays from 4\:30-6pm unless otherwise specified.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20091124T064908Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091202T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091203T010000Z UID:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/1721 URL;VALUE=URI:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/1721 SUMMARY:Middle East Film Screening\: Edge of Heaven (2007\, Turkey/Germany) DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Middle East Film Series for 2009-2010 at Harvard. The series is co-sponsored by the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School. All films are free and open to the public. For films screened at Harvard\, complimentary pizza and soft drinks are available at 6 PM with the screening beginning at 6\:15 PM. Most of the films are available for check out for educational purposes from the Outreach Center library.
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Edge of Heaven
(2007\, Turkey/Germany)
http\://www.imdb.com/title/tt0880502/
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20091124T064908Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091204T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091204T223000Z UID:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/1821 URL;VALUE=URI:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/1821 SUMMARY:Modernity's Aesthetic Turn\: Art Education and the Nation in Japan and Egypt DESCRIPTION:The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies present a talk by
Raja Ada\, Reischauer Institute postdoctoral fellow
"\;Modernity's Aesthetic Turn\: Art Education and the Nation in Japan and Egypt"\;
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20091124T064908Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091209T140000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091209T220000Z UID:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/outreach/events/egyptforum2010 URL;VALUE=URI:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/outreach/events/egyptforum2010 SUMMARY:2009-2010 Egypt Forum program DESCRIPTION:![](\\"/files/u810/2009-2010egyptforum.jpg\\")
The Egypt Forum Program is a 12-month program of intensive learning\,
reflection and application to the classroom that is open to advanced
K-12 teachers. The program works in three parts\: Pre-travel class
meetings at Harvard\; travel to Egypt in April\; and\, post-travel class
meeting during the summer and early fall\, followed by implementation of
new programs and projects in participants' classrooms and communities.
Click here for a brochure.Application is due by Wednesday 9 December 2009
1. Fill out the on-line application. Include in the Workshop Goals section a response to the following three areas\:
* Answers should be as specific as possible
· Motivation for participating in the program
· Prior Middle East region experience
· Contributions to public education and educational leadership on the
Middle East region you plan to engage with if you are accepted into the
program
· If requesting financial assistance\, provide the amount and rationale [maximum %50]
2. Print out\, fill out (using your name as it appears in your passport
-- if you are accepted this name will be used on your airline ticket)
the Waiver Form and the Participant Agreement Form\, and one letter of
reference from your direct report (direct superior) that explains why
you would be a good candidate for the program and mail them to\: Att\:
Egypt Forum\, The Outreach Center\, CMES\, 38 Kirkland Street\, Cambridge\,
MA. 02138. Include with the forms a check for US$ 100 made out to the
"\;President and Fellows of Harvard College."\; The check will be placed in
a separate account and will be used to make a deposit on airline
tickets if you are accepted into the program. If accepted the check is
non-refundable. If you are not accepted the check will be returned.
· Preparation\, February-April 2010
· Travel to Egypt\, Friday 16 April - Sunday 25 April 2010
· Implementation\, June – July - August 2010
K-12 educators teaching in public or private schools.
Estimated travel costs are between US$ 2\,800 and US$ 3\,200.
* The Outreach Center can provide scholarships. See the application process for them under the application steps.
** Travel costs are estimated as of 2 November 2009 and are changeable.
In 2009\, costs for the travel portion of the program were approximately
$2\,500 per person. With the rise and fall of airline tickets and the US
Dollar a conservative price spread is important to consider.
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“I welcome you to apply for the Egypt Forum program 2009-2010. During last year's program\, we jointly studied Egyptian history\, politics\, and economics\; education policies and social development as well as Egyptian culture and Arabic. It was an honor to work with the fellows from last year and I am sure they will continue to apply their learning in new ways in the classroom.” Paul Beran\, Director\, Outreach Center\, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
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Ashburnham\, MA
Sarah Bottomley\, Geography\, 7th grade\, Overlook Middle School
Brett Duncan\, Ancient Civilizations\, 6th grade\, Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District
Belmont\, MA
Erin O’Bryan\, Language Arts and Social Studies\, 6th grade\, Belmont Public Schools
Claremont\, NH
Linda Beaulieu\, English and American Studies\, 9-12 grades\, Stevens High School
East Boston\, MA
Caitlin Moore\, Ancient Civilizations and World History\, 7-8 grades\, Excel Academy Charter School
Hingham\, MA
Deanne Moore\, English\, 10 - 12 grades\, Hingham High School
Milton\, MA
Kelly Connell\, History and Geography\, 6th grade\, Milton Public Schools
Nicole McCarthy\, World History\, 8th grade\, Pierce Middle School
Topsfield\, MA
David Walsh\, Modern World History II\, US History and Modern Middle East\, 9-12 grades\, Masconomet Regional High School
Weston\, MA
Michiko Kurata\, World History\, 9 - 10 grades\, Weston High School
All of the teachers individually developed innovative ways to take their learning into their classrooms through\:
· Creating an interactive blog
· Starting a joint journalism program with an Egyptian school
· Planning a new course segment on Middle East region literature with a focus on Egypt
· Developing a hands-on building project on the pyramids of Giza
· Starting an Egypt photo gallery in their school
· Creating a joint class book on Egypt based on geography standards
· Running a Model United Nations class with a focus on representing countries from the Middle East region including Egypt
The Turkey in the Modern World Seminar presents\:
SENER AKTURK
Lecturer in Government\, and Post-doctoral Fellow\, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies\, Harvard University\; Assistant Professor\, Department of International Relations\, Koc University\, Istanbul
From Social Democracy to Islamic-Ottoman Multiculturalism\: Origins of the Historic Reforms in State Policies Towards Ethnicity in Turkey
All seminars will meet in CGIS\, Knafel Building\, Room K-262 on Wednesdays from 4\:30-6pm unless otherwise specified.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20091124T064908Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091211T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091211T190000Z UID:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/1688 URL;VALUE=URI:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/1688 SUMMARY:Destinies Apart\: Jewish Immigrants from the Atlas Mountains and from Ethiopia\, Moshe Shokeid DESCRIPTION:The Israeli Law\, Literature and Society Seminar presents\:
'Destinies Apart\: Jewish Immigrants from the Atlas Mountains and from Ethiopia'
Moshe Shokeid
Tel Aviv University (emeritus)
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20091124T064908Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091214T140000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091214T220000Z UID:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/outreach/events/leadershipworkshop URL;VALUE=URI:http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/outreach/events/leadershipworkshop SUMMARY: Leadership Skills for Teachers on Topics Related to the Middle East Region and Islam/Muslim Communities DESCRIPTION:This workshop will focus on developing leadership skills for use in the K-12 classroom when teaching on topics pertaining to the Middle East region and Islam/Muslim communities.
It is being organized with the Harvard Garduate School of Education.
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