Program
Directions
& Parking
3260 South Street, University
Museum,
Room # 328
Monday, June 20, 2005:
Africa and the Arab World: Past and
Present
9:30
AM
– Refreshments
10AM - 12 Noon
(Africa: Past and Present)
Presenter:
Dr. Cheikh Anta Babou, Department of
History, University of Pennsylvania
12:00
– 1:30
Lunch on own
1:30
PM - 3:30 PM
(The
Arab World: Past and Present)
Presenter: Dr. Deborah
Harrold,
Department of Political Science,
Bryn
Mawr
College
3:30
PM – 4:00 PM
General
Discussion
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Human Right in Africa and the Arab World
9:30
AM– Refreshments
10AM - 12 Noon
(Human Rights and
AIDS in Africa)
Presenter:
Dr. Tonya Taylor, Dept. of Anthropology,
Univesity of Pennsylvania
Presenter: Dr. Hocine Fetni, School of Arts and Science, University of Pennsylvania
12:00
– 1:30
Lunch on own
1:30
PM - 3:30 PM
(Human Rights and Democratization
in the Arab World)
Presenter: Dalal
Hasan, Office for the Middle East
and North
Africa, National
Endowment for Democracy, Washington,
D.C.
3:30
PM – 4:00 PM
General
Discussion
Wednesday, June 22
Conflicts and the Role of the UN and
the US
9:30
AM– Refreshments
10AM - 12 Noon
(Conflicts in Africa)
Presenter:
Dr. Paul Kaiser, African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
12:00
– 1:30
Lunch on own
1:30
PM - 3:30 PM
(Conflicts
in the Arab World)
Presenter: David
Faris,
Department of Political Science,
University
of Pennsylvania
3:30
PM – 4:00 PM
General
Discussion
Thursday, June 23
Africa and the Arab World in the Media
9:30
AM–
Refreshments
10AM - 12 Noon
(Africa in the US Media)
Presenter: Dr.Molefi
Asante, Department
of African American Studies,
Temple
University
12:00
– 1:30
Lunch on own
1:30
PM - 3:30 PM
(The
Arab World in the US Media)
Presenter: Dr.
Hussein Ibish (former Communications
Director for the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee)
3:30
PM – 4:00 PM
General
Discussion
Friday,
June 24
Teaching about Africa and the Arab World
9:30
AM– Refreshments
10:00
- 10:45AM
(Summation and Pedagogical Approaches)
Presenter:
Dr. Carolyn Holmes, African
American Studies, Drexel University
Presenter:
Stacey Philbrick
Yadav, Dept. of Political Science, University
of Pennsylvania
10:45
AM
– 12:00 Noon
(Lesson
Plan Exercise)
Presenter:
Dr. Carolyn Holmes, African
American Studies, Drexel University
Presenter:
Stacey Philbrick
Yadav, Dept. of Political Science, University
of Pennsylvania
12:00
– 1:30
Lunch
featuring foods of the regions
1:30 -3:30PM
(Presentation of
Lesson Plans)
3:30
– 4:00PM
Concluding
remarks and presentation of
certificates.
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