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Fall 2007 Mideast Peace and Conflict Series

Looking at Mideast Conflict and possible resolutions through the lens of college departmental disciplines and languages. This is a series grounded in departments and interdisciplinarity which provides extensive opportunities for individual departments to be involved in discussing and debating these issues across campus and with their faculty and students. The series is constituted of panels, presentations and lectureships that occur across a three week period. The departments and participants are listed here with the faculty/department which coordinates the panel or lectureship. Students will be involved in all the panels, will act as respondents, and in some cases may even provide short papers.


Negotiating and Resolving Conflict in the 21st Century
Richard Holbrooke

Opening Convocation
Monday, September 10, 2007, 4:30 p.m.

Power and Water: Conflict and Cooperation on Water Issues in the Mideast

Environmental Studies Program
Environmental Studies 2007 Distinguished Lectureship on water rights issues in the Middle East

Between Homeland and Home
Jumana Al Hashal and Heba Amin

Art Department, Ruth Ann Godollei
Saturday, September 15 - Monday, October 15, 2007

An Art Exhibit that will run from September 15 through October 15, 2007. Hosted by our Art department; featuring the work of Macalester grads Jumana Al Hashal '04 (from Jordan) and Heba Amin '02 (from Egypt). They are both accomplished local artists whose work has focused on the Mideast conflict.

Lessons from Bin Laden: Insights into the Future of the Muslim World, US Relations from Public Enemy Number One
Professor Bruce Lawrence, Duke University

Religious Studies Department
Annual Arnold Lowe Lectureship in Religious Studies 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007

Archaeology and National Politics
Dr. Gaby Mazor

Classics Department
Mt. Zion Temple, Adam Spilker
Sunday, October 7, 2007

The provocative role archaeaology has played in formation of both Israeli and Palestinian claims upon origins and the land.

 


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