Hello Emad, Congratulations on kicking off this important and interesting course. If you are willing to share more about it (e.g., curriculum, literature, etc.), I will be glad to consider teaching part of it to our students here at Orebro University in Sweden.
Sincerely, Walid ----------------- Walid Al-Saqaf Founder & Administrator alkasir for mapping and circumventing cyber censorship https://alkasir.com <[email protected]> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Yosem Companys <[email protected]>wrote: > From: Emad Mekay <[email protected]> > > Dear All,**** > > **** > > Please excuse the group email, but I just wanted to share with you > information about my new class this fall at Stanford University. Please > feel free to share it with students, faculty, researchers and anyone with > interest in the Middle East.**** > > > After a year as a Knight Fellow at Stanford, I will be teaching a new > class this year about the Arab Spring. The course will serve as an > introduction to the events of the Arab Spring. One of the reasons many > Western institutions, including the media, may have failed to predict the > Arab Spring in time is that they are hampered by many stereotypes and > clichés about the Middle East generated in part by -well yes - my > fellow media professionals.**** > > > In this class, students will draw lessons on how not to approach > international relations with pre-conceived ideas and find their own sources > to understand the events that are re-shaping the Middle East. I will > draw on my extensive coverage of those events. We'll talk about issues such > as how the Arab media is resisting revolutions, the future of Islamist > movements, street protest tactics against police states, the role played by > women in the wave of revolutions, business and economy under Islamist > government and the myth of the Arab Spring being invented by Facebook among > other issues.**** > > > Students will learn to take more advanced investigations into the Arab > region and U.S. institutions working there.**** > > > The lectures will be both a place for student to get some exposure to > first-hand information on what really happened before and after the wave of > revolutions that swept new political players to power in the Middle East. > Students will be introduced to major political players in countries of the > Arab Spring through guest speaker events, conversations with people who > took part in the events as well as class discussions and research. The goal > is to instill confidence in students in their ability to find their own > sources and information about the region to prepare them to offer > authoritative explanation and understanding of the future of the Arab > Spring countries.**** > > > We’ll be meeting Mondays and Wednesdays. 10:00AM-11:50AM. Encina West Rm > 106. Course starts Sept. 24-Dec. 7, 2012**** > > > I am also attaching a flyer.* Let me know if you have any questions.**** > > > Best,**** > > Emad**** > > > * Flyer below: > > > International Relations, Fall 2012 course, Stanford University. > > > Mon, Wed 10:00AM-11:50AM at Encina West 106 (Sept. 24--Dec. 7, 2012) > > > DECODING THE ARAB SPRING AND THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST > > INTNLREL151 > > > (with Emad Mekay) > > > The course will explore themes such as: the issues that forged the > identity of the Arab Spring; common features among the Arab Spring > countries; mechanisms of street protests against police states, history > and current relationship between the military and new political powers; > secularists Vs. Islamists; why the Islamists are winning in public polls > and scenarios for the Middle East. > > > All students at all levels are welcome. > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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