Organized By
The International Studies Consortium of Georgia/Celebrating 30 Years of Service
Jointly Sponsored By
Middle East Institute, Columbia University
North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies
Reinhardt University
Schedule
8:45 a. m. WELCOME AND GREETINGS
Dr. Angela W. Peters, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Albany State University, Albany, Georgia.
9:00 PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Rajgopal Sashti, Consortium Founding/Executive Director, Reinhardt University, Waleska, Georgia.
9:15 MUSLIM WOMEN: MYTHS, IDEALS AND REALITIES
Dr. Mona Hassan, Director, Islamic Studies Certificate/Associate Professor of Religious Studies & History and International Comparative Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
10:15 QUESTION AND ANSWER – PARTICIPANTS
10:45 Break
11:00 MUSLIM WOMEN: DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN LIVED REALITIES AND RELIGIOUS TEXTS
Dr. Hadia Mubarak, Assistant Professor of Religion, Department of Philosophy and Religion
Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina.
11:45 QUESTION AND ANSWER – PARTICIPANTS
12:10 LUNCH
1:00 TEACHING ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST IN 10 QUIZ QUESTIONS
Dr. Charles Kurzman, Philip Stadter Distinguished Professor of Sociology & Consortium Director, Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
2:00 QUESTION AND ANSWER – PARTICIPANTS
2:20 Break
2:30 MISPERCEPTIONS AND STEREOTYPES WESTERNERS HOLD ABOUT ISLAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST AND VICE VERSA
Dr. Michalle L. Browers, Professor and Chair, Department of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
3:30 QUESTION AND ANSWER – PARTICIPANTS
3:50 CLOSING REMARKS AND ADJOUNRMENT
Rajgopal Sashti, Consortium/Founding Executive Director, Reinhardt University
4:00 ADJOURNMENT