Co-sponsered by Cobham Analytic Solutions, Computer Sciences Corporation, Mosaic, Inc., Terremark Worldwide, AFCEA Intelligence and the AFCEA Educational Foundation

With the financial support of Cobham Analytic Solutions, Computer Sciences Corporation, Mosaic, Inc., and Terremark Worldwide, AFCEA Intelligence and the AFCEA Educational Foundation have established five scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in global security, intelligence studies, and/or foreign languages.

Mosaic, Inc., Cobham, and CSC each will sponsor one $5,000 scholarship for graduate students. Terremark Worldwide, Inc will sponsor two $2,250 undergraduate scholarships.

Eligibility: Applications are requested from qualified sophomore and junior undergraduate students and eligible graduate students enrolled full time in an eligible degree-granting program. Distance-learning or online programs are not eligible.

Applicants must be currently enrolled at the time of application and attending a four-year accredited college or university in the United States.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

Candidates must be majoring in a field directly related to the support of U.S. intelligence or homeland security enterprises with relevance to the mission of AFCEA such as Global Security and Intelligence Studies (GSIS) or foreign language.

A minimum overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is required.

Primary factors considered in the selection process are demonstrated academic excellence, career goals, leadership and financial need.

Deadline November 1

Join top scholars and policymakers for a total immersion summer course in New York City on Religious Violence and Apocalyptic Movements.

More than just classes, the Hertog Global Strategy Initiative is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for undergraduates, graduate students, and mid-career professionals to combine intensive academic study with original research and policy analysis.

The seminar will take place over ten weeks, from May 29 through August 2 2012, at Columbia University. It begins with two weeks of “total immersion” training on global religious violence. Following, there are seven weeks during which students conduct original research and collaborate on team projects. The class reconvenes in the first week of August for students to present their research and participate in a crisis simulation exercise. Participants then have four weeks to write an article-length paper based on their summer research. Students taking the course for credit will receive eight points, the equivalent of two semester-long courses at Columbia.

The seminar will be taught by Matthew Connelly, professor of international history at Columbia University; Monica Toft, director of the Belfer Center’s Initiative on Religion in International Affairs at Harvard University; and more than a dozen other renowned experts.

Learn from the experts and help set the agenda for governments, international NGOs, academia, and the media: May–August 2012.

Application Deadline: March 16, 2012
For application information, financial aid, and summer housing in New York, visit globalstrategy@columbia.edu

Please direct any further questions to globalstrategy@columbia.edu or 212-854-9854

Department of History, Columbia University |

May 28 - August 3, 2012

The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations' Washington, DC Summer Internship Program offers undergraduate and graduate students a ten-week professional, academic, and career opportunity internship in the nation's capital. The program features a demanding mix of professional involvement, intellectual challenge, career exploration, and cultural encounters designed to provide interns with a rich and varied experience during their time in Washington.

Professional workplace experience: Interns are placed with one of over a dozen Near East and Arab world-related organizations in Washington, D.C., where they are expected to work 35-40 hours/week under the direct supervision of their host organizations.
Academic seminars: Interns take part in twice weekly seminar sessions designed to provide them with greater depth of knowledge about the Arab world, to underscore the cultural, economic, and political diversity of Arab states, and to explore the intricacies of Arab-U.S. relations.

Site visits: Interns receive a behind-the-scenes look at many of the central institutions of federal government, national security policymaking, international diplomacy, and international business.

Sponsorship: The program is administered by National Council professionals and staff, together with more than two dozen of America's foremost scholars and leading foreign affairs practitioners. The programs, activities, and functions represented by the organizations and corporations that provide the professional work experience component of the program are varied. Included among placements in recent years have been educational development and exchange organizations, bimonthly and quarterly publications, humanitarian relief groups, broadcasting networks, area studies centers, international transportation companies, foreign trade associations, peace and justice advocacy groups, and a variety of non-governmental organizations.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The National Council's Summer Internship Program offers professional work experiences combined with twice weekly evening seminars that bring academic experts and experienced foreign policy practitioners to meet with the interns in candid off-the-record discussions and free wheeling question and answer sessions. Our goals are: (1) to provide a realistic Washington, D.C. work experience that will pave the way to career development; (2) to provide interns with first-hand experience behind-the-scenes of the foreign policy analysis and advocacy process in Washington, D.C.; (3) to provide a strong academic component dealing with U.S. political, economic, and cultural relations with Arabia and the Gulf region; (4) to help participants begin the process of career networking by introducing them to working professionals in government, business, journalism, and NGOs; and, (5) to highlight the wide range of career opportunities awaiting those who aspire to work in the field of U.S.-Arab relations as well as to provide counseling on the graduate school and fellowship application processes.

As complements to the program, interns will also be exposed to D.C. in a less formal manner via films, cultural events, embassy and museum visits, off-the-record conversations with former diplomats, group dinners, and suggestions for exploring the sights and sounds of Washington, D.C. This allows students not only to experience living and working in the city but also encourages them to appreciate the cultural diversity of the urban environment and the exciting cultural, educational, and recreational opportunities available in the Nation's Capital.

COST AND FELLOWSHIP STIPEND

A $125 non-refundable program fee must be submitted with the application. This fee helps to defray the costs of administering the summer internship program and the accompanying seminar presentations. Internship program participants, upon successful fulfillment of the program's academic and internship requirements, receive a $1,000 fellowship stipend.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested undergraduate or graduate students should send a letter of interest (1-2 pages) to the National Council office by mail or e-mail. This letter should provide basic information about yourself, your interests, previous course work related to politics, economics, foreign policy, and the Middle East, and some indication of the type of internship that would most interest you. Further, please indicate ways in which you might use this experience in further education, such as starting a Model Arab League team. Please recognize that this letter of interest is a vital part of the application and serves as the National Councils introduction to the potential intern. It deserves significant time and attention and should not be a cursory addition to your completed application packet.

In addition, the National Council asks that you submit:

1) A double-spaced essay (no more than 2 pages in length) on the topic:
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Arab World: Successes, Failures, and Future Prospects;
2) A resume or curriculum vitae;
3) Transcripts of all university-level work;
4) Two letters or recommendation, at least one of them from a faculty member who knows your work well;
5) A signed Internship Program Application [link below and available at ncusar.org]; and
6) $125 non-refundable program fee.

Special preference will be given to applicants who have participated in the National Councils Model Arab League program, but this is not a requirement for selection as an intern.

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATION:

http://ncusar.org/programs/12-NCUSAR-Summer-Intern-Program-Application.pdf

All materials should be submitted by mail to the National Council's office by March 12, 2012. Application materials may be submitted as e-mail attachments but hard copies of all documents with original signatures should also be submitted by mail or delivery service. Applications submitted after the March 12 deadline will only be considered on a space available basis.

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Nearly 230 students have participated in this program to date. Some have joined the U.S. Foreign Service. Several work as staff to Members of Congress or congressional committees dealing with matters of foreign policy. Many have proceeded to graduate school to obtain their masters degrees or doctorates in international relations with an emphasis on the Arab countries, the Middle East, and the Islamic world. Some have been employed by the National Council and other non-governmental organizations. Still others have become professional foreign affairs journalists. These are just a few of the opportunities that program alumni have encountered.

2012 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM LEADERS

Chairman: Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founder and President, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies; and consultant to the U.S. Departments of State and Defense (since 1973 and 1974, respectively)

Coordinator: Ms. Megan Geissler, Director of Student Programs, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

HOUSING

Estimated cost for ten-weeks of student housing in Washington, D.C. is $2,000 - $2,500, not including meals and incidentals. Detailed information will be provided to assist interns in locating reasonably priced student housing at area universities or other student housing facilities. Many National Council interns choose to take advantage of the summer housing programs at George Washington University because of its central location and the large summer intern community that gathers there.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS

Vision, Mission, and Profile of the National Council
National Council Programs
National Council Publications

National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
1730 M St. NW, Suite 503, Washington, DC
Phone: 202-293-6466 | Fax: 202-293-7770

Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt
We are the Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt. Established in 1949, we are the oldest and largest Fulbright program in the Arab world. We pursue mutual understanding through mutual educational exchange between Egypt and the United States. The Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt manages Fulbright programs for nearly 100 American or Egyptian scholars, students, and professionals each year. We seek an Executive Director who will report directly to a binational board of directors.

Our Executive Director will:
* Lead the Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt in redefining itself to address the new reality in Egypt and the resulting new binational relationship;
* Supervise a team-oriented staff of 17 professionals in planning, implementing and evaluating the Commission's Fulbright exchange programs;
* Ensure that the Commission's activities are consistent with the policies of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and compatible with the American and Egyptian academic environments;
* Maintain and enhance the Commission's interactions with American and Egyptian academics, alumni, government officials, and NGOs;
* Manage the Commission's grants programs "one Fulbrighter at a time," so that each grantee is better prepared to pursue what Senator J. William Fulbright called the "essence of intercultural education: empathy, the ability to see the world as others see it, and to allow for the possibility that others may see something we have failed to see...."

An ideal candidate will have:
* Advanced degree from an American university;
* Intimate familiarity with universities and research institutions in Egypt and the United States;
* Extensive experience as an effective senior manager of Fulbright and/or other academic exchange programs (knowledge of U.S. Government programs is an advantage);
* Demonstrated acquaintanceship with both American and Egyptian culture and society;
* Outstanding oral, written, and interpersonal skills.

The Executive Director will travel extensively in Egypt and, occasionally, to the United States or elsewhere. A two-year contract, renewable by mutual consent, will be offered to the successful candidate beginning June 1, 2012. Salary will be commensurate with experience and is negotiable. E-mail a letter of application, a CV, and three letters of recommendation to FulbrightNEA@state.gov by Monday, March 5, 2012.

Information about the Fulbright Program is available at:
http://fulbright.state.gov and www.fulbright-egypt.org

The Summer Institute for Intensive Arabic Language and Culture (SINARC) is a multi-faceted language and cultural immersion program that welcomes students from all over the world. In operation for over 14 years, SINARC has quickly become a top choice for Arabic language learners looking not only to improve their language skills but also to gain an understanding of the cultural and social dynamics in the region.

The SINARC program is hosted each year at the Lebanese American University (Beirut Campus), one of the premier institutions of higher education and research in Lebanon and the region. The campus situated in the heart of the Lebanese capital provides students a unique perspective on Lebanese culture and daily life.

SINARC offers courses in Arabic language and culture at various levels of proficiency. Each level provides twenty hours per week of intensive classroom instruction, including five hours per week of Lebanese Dialect. Formal language instruction is enriched by immersion in an authentic cultural context. Cultural activities include weekly lectures on topics related to Arab and Lebanese politics, history, society, and culture. In addition, students partake in a series of excursions to historical, cultural and tourist sites throughout Lebanon and Syria.

PROGRAM DATES

Students have a Summer and Fall program option:

The six-week Summer program (June 25 - August 3, 2012) is offered at four levels: Elementary, Upper Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced. A separate eight-credit course in Lebanese Dialect will be offered provided there is sufficient enrollment.

The 15-week Fall program (September 10 - December 14, 2012) is offered at two levels: Intermediate and Advanced. In addition, two special courses are available: Arabic Language Writing Skills and Middle East Challenges of the 21st Century.

SUMMER PROGRAM COST

Tuition ($295 per credit) -- $2,360
Room (double occupancy)* -- $950
Excursions (transportation, entrance fees, one overnight stay) -- $250
Total $3,560

*Note: Single occupancy in LAU dorms is $400 extra, depending on availability.

Meals and round trip travel to Beirut, books, and supplies are not included.

Round-trip tickets to Beirut cost approximately U.S.$ 1,200 from New York and approximately U.S.$ 600 from Europe. We urge participants to make travel plans as early as possible in order to take advantage of discounted prices. Participants are required to purchase comprehensive health insurance, unless they can provide evidence of comparable coverage. Emergency health insurance for coverage over the duration of the program may be purchased through LAU upon arrival for $75.

Transportation for arrival and departure between Beirut International Airport and LAU-Beirut is provided to SINARC students free of charge. Additional transportation needs within Lebanon are the responsibility of students. Taxi and bus services are reasonably priced in Lebanon.

NON-REFUNDABLE CLAUSE: Please note that there will be no refunds on program fees after the start of the session.

HOW TO APPLY

A SINARC application is available through the link below, can be found on the National Council Web site, or can be obtained by emailing Megan Geissler at Megan@ncusar.org.

ncusar.org/programs/LAU-2012-SINARC-Application.pdf

Students should submit completed applications to Megan Geissler at the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (contact coordinates below) for forwarding to Lebanese American University.

Megan Geissler
National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
1730 M St. NW, Suite 503
Washington, DC 20036
Email: Megan@ncusar.org
Phone: 202-293-6466

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Visit: ncusar.org/programs/lau-sinarc.html or contact Megan Geissler at the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (contact coordinates above).

ABOUT THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS

Vision, Mission, and Profile of the National Council
National Council Programs
National Council Publications

National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
1730 M St. NW, Suite 503, Washington, DC
Phone: 202-293-6466 | Fax: 202-293-7770

Location: Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary,
Date: July 9‑20, 2012

CEU's summer school invites applications from doctoral students, postdocs, junior faculty and researchers from all over the world.

The course aims at exploring the nature and various ways of confrontation between and within Early and Rabbinic Judaism, the Early Church, and Pagan religions and schools of thought. The sessions discuss how these movements coped with conflicts within and without; what their strategies were in confronting and accommodating foreign ideas, competing religions, worldly powers or internal subversion; and what role these external and internal confrontations played in shaping them.

Course faculty include Daniel Boyarin, Shaye J. D. Cohen, John M. Dillon, Mark Edwards and Guy G. Stroumsa.

The application deadline is February 15, 2012.

Financial aid is available.

More detailed information available at http://www.summer.ceu.hu/polemos‑2012.

Date: 9/10/12 - 10/19/12
Deadline: 2/7/12
Location: Hilversum, Netherlands

Mid-career journalists from developing countries can apply for a fellowship in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Radio Nederland Training Centre (RNTC), aims to strengthen the capacity of journalists to use the Internet in research, publication and distribution.

Print, broadcast and online journalists from 60 select countries can apply for a scholarship. Special consideration is given to women and candidates from sub-Saharan Africa. For a full list of eligible countries, click here.

The course will focus on enabling participants to work as Internet journalists and producers. Topics to be covered include web design, multimedia reporting and producing audio and video.

Self-paying or sponsored candidates from other countries are also welcome to apply, but all applicants must have English proficiency and at least three years journalism experience.

The deadline is February 7 for fellowship applicants and July 15 for non-fellowship applicants.

IREX is pleased to announce the competition for the 2012-13 U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist Program (EPS). The U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist Program provides funding for U.S. scholars and professionals to travel to Eurasia and serve U.S. Embassies or USAID Missions as policy specialists on a research topic proposed by the Embassy/Mission. Researchers are able to directly contribute to the formation of U.S. public policy by conducting research on topics vital to the policy-making community, as well as increase their understanding of current regional issues and develop and sustain international networks. The fellowship provisions include: logistical support, international airfare, visa support, in-country housing and workspace, a living expenses stipend and emergency evacuation insurance.

For 2012-13, applicants may apply for placements in the following countries and fields. Detailed information on each of the topic areas can be found in the application instructions on the IREX website.

Armenia
USAID Mission, Yerevan: Media; Politics; Think Tanks; Migration

Azerbaijan
U.S. Embassy/USAID Mission, Baku: Youth/Civil Society
U.S. Embassy, Baku: Economics/Banking Sector; Agriculture; Economics/Tax Code

Georgia
U.S. Embassy, Tbilisi: Media; Public Administration; Public-Private Partnerships

Kazakhstan
U.S. Embassy, Astana: Economics; Religion

Kyrgyz Republic
USAID Mission, Bishkek: Public Health/Business; Governance; Migration

Russia
USAID Mission, Moscow: Islam/North Caucasus Conflict Mitigation; Gender/North Caucasus Conflict Mitigation; Youth/North Caucasus Conflict Mitigation
U.S. Embassy, Moscow: International Trade; Economic Growth

Tajikistan
U.S. Embassy, Dushanbe: Education/Religion; Education/Governance; Youth; Agriculture

Turkmenistan
U.S. Embassy, Ashgabat: Islam; Rural Life; Clan Structures

Ukraine
USAID Mission, Kyiv: Health Reform; Anti-Corruption; Energy
U.S. Embassy, Kyiv: Law Enforcement; Property Rights; Public Health

Other Information

Technical Eligibility Requirements:
Scholars and professionals who hold advanced degrees (PhD, MA, MS, MFA, MBA, MPA, MLIS, MPH, JD, MD) and are US citizens are eligible to apply for the this program.

*Application Materials and Information: http://www.irex.org/application/us-embassy-policy-specialist-program-eps-application

*Deadline:
5 p.m. EST on March 14, 2012

Contact:
By email at eps@irex.org or by telephone at 202-628-8188

We encourage all applicants to read our recommendations for writing successful international research proposals, found here: http://www.irex.org/news/10-tips-writing-successful-international-research-fellowship-proposal

EPS is funded by the United States Department of State Title VIII Program

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The High Institute of Languages, University of Gabes, Tunisia, seeks an American professor of literature or linguistics to teach a five-day seminar (five hours of lecture per day for five days). The visiting professor will lecture in English to intermediate-level Tunisian university students on topics in American literature, linguistics and/or culture. The lecturer should be a native speaker of English with a PhD related to literature and/or linguistics and should have significant university-level teaching experience. No other language expertise besides English is required. We would like the seminar to be offered before the end of April 2012. The seminar will be given at the University of Gabes.

Gabes is a pleasant small city on the Mediterranean coast of Tunisia.
The US Embassy in Tunis will pay round-trip airfare between the scholar?s home city in the US and Tunisia. The University of Gabes will pay the scholar a lump sum equivalent to $US 2000 in Tunisian dinars for honorarium and expenses. Before leaving Tunisia the scholar can convert remaining dinars to dollars. The cost of accommodations and meals in Gabes, which the scholar will pay from the lump sum, normally will not exceed $US 60/day (a good hotel close to the campus costs about $US 30/night). The University will meet the scholar at the airport in Tunis and provide return transportation to Tunis airport. Interested scholars should contact Dr. Ferid Amri, University of Gabes, via email <ferid9002@yahoo.com>, with a short letter indicating the content of the 25-hour lecture program that you propose, plus a c.v. Feel free to contact Dr. Amry by email if you have any questions.

The Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University's Middle East Institute is pleased to announce the 2012-2013 Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Award in Palestine Studies. This post-doctoral fellowship seeks to recognize and foster innovative and ground-breaking scholarship on issues related to Palestine and Palestinians. The award will support a scholar working on a book project in any field of the humanities or social sciences. The Fellow will spend one semester at Columbia University in New York, pursuing her or his research and writing, and participating in the intellectual life of the Center for Palestine Studies.

The international competition is open to all post-doctoral scholars who share the mission of the Center for Palestine Studies to advance the production and circulation of knowledge on Palestinian history, culture, society, and politics through outstanding scholarship. The one-semester fellowship at Columbia carries a stipend of $25,000 and the status of post-doctoral research fellow or visiting scholar, as appropriate.

This award has been made possible by the generosity of Abdel Mohsin Al-Qattan, through the A.M. Qattan Foundation, in honor of his friend, the Palestinian scholar and intellectual, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (1929-2001). Their close friendship began in the aftermath of the nakbah of 1948 and evolved into a shared commitment to justice for Palestinians to be realized in part through support for excellence in higher education and scholarship. In later years, upon the establishment of the A.M. Qattan Foundation in Palestine, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod helped found the Qattan Centre for Educational Research and Development; one of the Foundation's core programs.

Application deadline is February 3, 2012. More details and application information for 2012-2013 are available on the Fellowship page.

Deadline: May 1, 2012. Early submission is encouraged.

The Archaeological Institute of America’s Best Practices in Site Preservation Awards are presented to groups or projects recognized by their peers for doing exemplary work in the field of site preservation and conservation. A $5,000 grant will be awarded to the winners to further their best practices in site preservation.

Please nominate deserving projects through the nomination form on the AIA’s website at http://www.archaeological.org/sitepreservation/award

Deadline: February 15, 2012

***Please note, applicants must first submit an inquiry form. If approved, applicants will have until February 15 to complete a full application.

The AIA Site Preservation Grant is intended to fund projects that uphold the AIA's mission to preserve and promote the world's archaeological heritage for future generations. The goal of the grant, which carries a maximum value of $25,000 to be awarded over the course of one to three years, is to maximize global preservation efforts and awareness through AIA support. The AIA is targeting projects that not only seek to directly preserve archaeological sites, but those that also emphasize outreach, education, and best practices intended to create a positive impact on the local community, students, and the discipline of archaeology as a whole.

For more information and to submit your inquiry please visit our website: http://archaeological.org/sitepreservation/grants

To learn about past winners, visit: http://archaeological.org/sitepreservation/projects

Interested in learning more and supporting the cause for peace between Israel and Palestine? J Street U is a national organization on over 50 college campuses, and the only pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, pro-Peace organization in North America. We host frequent educational events such as coffee talks, guest speakers, panels, and movie screenings, as well as support various activism campaigns throughout the year to promote peace and further the chances for a two-state solution.

At the meeting, we will discuss what kind of organization we are, how YOU can get involved, and (most importantly!) what YOU want to see us doing this coming semester. Everyone is welcome!

Wednesday, January 18th @ 8 PM
UM Union: Parker Room (2nd Floor)
Follow us on: Twitter at http://twitter.com/jstreetumich
Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/jstreetumich

Program Highlights

-Learn about economic, social and political issues in the Arab and Islamic world using Kuwait as a model
-Visit the Kuwait Parliament, other civil institutions, oil fields and oil companies, banks, the stock market and the University of Kuwait
-Learn about the historic political changes taking place in the Middle East
-Visit Kuwaiti families and get to know more about the Arab culture
-Experience the contrast of the vast desert and busy metropolis of Kuwait city
-No previous knowledge of Arabic required, if you have taken Arabic, this will be an ideal opportunity for you to practice

Program Location and Overview

Kuwait, located in the center of the Midde Eastern region, is an excellent country in which to learn about the culture, economy and politics of the Arab world. Kuwait relies on its plethora of oil reserves to maintain its rank as the fourth richest country in the world per capita. Its economy has taken off since the rebuilding began after the Persian Gulf War.

Kuwait City, where most of the program will take place, sits on the sea, attracting people wanting to visit the capital's museums, restaurants, and shopping centers. Modern construction is a result of the rebuilding and economic growth that Kuwait has experienced in the last decade. Its bordering nations include Iraq and Saudie Arabia, two other major oil producers in the Gulf.

Kuwait is a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and an Arab and Islamic state. The country and program offers you the chance to enhance your understanding of the Middle East, its culture and politics. More importantly, given the United States' dependence on energy, the visit to Kuwait will help students appreciate the importance of oil, the global energy markets and the policy debate related to energy independence.

Academic Overview

Imagine yourself at a boardroom table with the owners of an international bank, or with the execs running one of the world's largest oil companies, or even the CEOs of a foreign aid development fund worth billions of dollars. This global Seminar will expose you to all of this and more.

The study of the Middle East and North African region is not complete without a visit to a country such as Kuwait. Cultural, political, as well as economic aspects of the region are better understood through interactions with officials, bankers, university faculty as well as students and Kuwaiti families. This program promises to greatly enhance students' understanding of the Arab and Islamic world while presenting the opportunity to tour and relax in the metrpolis of Kuwait City.

In Kuwait, the course will consist of lectures, site visits to financial institutions, universities, oil fields, etc. In addition to the planned visits, the class will meet five days a week for about two hours each day. All of the lectures in Kuwait will be conducted in English, covering a number of aspects of economic, religious, and political developments in the Middle East.

Students will hear from specialists in their fields through live video lectures from outside Kuwait. Last year's group heard about oil production and reserve issues from an expert at ARAMCO in Saudi Arabia.

Credits

6 credits: IAFS 3300
This course does not fulfill an A&S core requirement.

Program Staff

The program is directed by Professor Mohammed Akacem. Dr Akacem is Professor of Economics at Metropolitan State College of Denver and an Adjunct Professor of Economics at CU-Boulder. He has traveled and visited Kuwait on a number of occasions as well as spent two years in Saudi Arabia. He has also visited the UAE and Qatar. He has written both Op Ed articles and papers on the Middle East and North African political and economic issues.

Professor Akacem, along with staff from the study abroad office will help in selecting program participants. Prior to the trip, Professor Akacem will be available to advise and help students in choosing a topic of research and answer any questions that they may have. While in Kuwait, Professor Akacem will be assisted by an in-country contact who works to schedule the program visits.

Housing

Housing has been arranged at a hotel in Kuwait. The hotel is centrally located not far from the business district and many restaurants and shopping centers.

Elibility Requirements

-2.75 GPA
-Sophmore Class Standing
-ECON 1000 (Introduction to Economics) OR
-ECON 2020 (Principles of Macroeconomics)

Term
Early Summer

Length of Program
3 weeks

Application Deadline
February 15th

For more information please visit: http://studyabroad.colorado.edu/?go=KuwaitGS or contact Sarah.Westmoreland@colorado.edu

The Summer Institute takes place June 12 – 25, 2012 at Brandeis University and June 27 – July 5, 2012 in Israel.

The Summer Institute for Israel Studies, a program of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University, assists faculty in colleges and universities in the design of new courses in Israel Studies or the enhancement of existing ones. Over 160 faculty members from around the world have participated in the Summer Institute for Israel Studies since its inception in 2004. Faculty from the social sciences and humanities are invited to apply.

Fellowships include:

- Stipend of up to $2500 for full course; $1500 for Brandeis seminar only
- Seminars taught by world-class faculty from Israel and the United States
- Travel, meals, and accommodations at Brandeis and in Israel
- Full access to vast Israel Studies online resource center and Brandeis University’s online library resources
- Membership in a growing, international community of Israel scholars, with annual workshops and opportunities for networking and professional collaboration

For details, and to apply, please visit us online at http://www.brandeis.edu/israelcenter/SIIS/index.html.