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| | America and the Muslim World—E-Seminar 1, Battles and Bibles: 1776-1913
| | Richard W. Bulliet |
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This e-seminar examines the history of America and its relation to the Muslim world. The series will analyze, from an American perspective, the legacy of misunderstanding between the two cultures; the forgotten wars, now over a century ago, between America and parts of the Islamic world; and the emergence of a significant Muslim population in the United States through immigration and conversion. Enter.
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| | America and the Muslim World—E-Seminar 2, Wars and Fantasies: 1914–1960
| | Richard W. Bulliet |
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In the second installment of this five-part series, Professor Richard W. Bulliet, a leading scholar of modern Islam, contrasts the period after World War I with the period immediately following World War II, in terms of real and imagined American engagement in the Muslim world. Although a major American role as protector of Kurds, Armenians, and Syrians was proposed after World War I, it never came to pass. Britain and France instead became the mandatory powers in the region. Enter.
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| | America and the Muslim World—E-Seminar 3, Getting It Wrong: 1953–1979
| | Richard W. Bulliet |
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In the third e-seminar in this five-part series, Professor Bulliet analyzes the period when Americans began to pay attention to Islam. While American awareness of the Muslim world increased, crucial misperceptions about Islam persisted into the 1970s among American tourists, government officials, and scholars, so that all were caught off guard by the Iranian revolution in 1979. Enter.
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| | America and the Muslim World—E-Seminar 4, The Voice of Islam: 1979–1991
| | Richard W. Bulliet |
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In the fourth e-seminar in this five-part series, Professor Richard W. Bulliet analyzes the period between the Iranian revolution and the Persian Gulf War. During those tumultuous 12 years, wars and political events in the Muslim world repeatedly appeared on the front pages of American newspapers, and the Black Muslim movement took root in the United States, leading to an increased awareness of Islam. Enter.
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| | America and the Muslim World—E-Seminar 5, A Moment of Inclusion
| | Richard W. Bulliet |
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In this fifth and final e-seminar in the series America and the Muslim World, Professor Bulliet examines the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. He considers how they have affected the large Muslim population in the United States and argues that Americans now have an opportunity to learn more about Islam and make their society more inclusive of Muslims. Enter.
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| | Nonviolent Power in Action—E-Seminar 1, Gandhi: Discovering the Power of Nonviolence
| | Dennis Dalton |
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Gandhi: Discovering the Power of Nonviolence is the opening e-seminar in a series of classes based on Dennis Dalton's extremely popular and chronically oversubscribed course on the nature and power of the Gandhian political philosophy and practice of nonviolence, which Dalton has taught since the late 1960s. Enter.
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| | Nonviolent Power in Action—E-Seminar 2, Martin Luther King Jr.: An American Gandhi
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In his second e-seminar, Professor Dalton examines the practice and theory of the man who has been called "an American Gandhi," Martin Luther King Jr. In this e-seminar, Professor Dalton grounds Martin Luther King Jr. in the historical backdrop of Montgomery, and discusses King's very explicit principles and tactics of nonviolence. Enter.
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| | Nonviolent Power in Action—E-Seminar 3, Gandhi's Disciples
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Gandhi's Disciples is the third e-seminar in a series based on Dennis Dalton's extremely popular and chronically oversubscribed course on the nature and power of the Gandhian political philosophy and practice of nonviolence, which Dalton has taught since the late 1960s. Enter.
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| | War Reporting—E-Seminar 1, Romance and Reality
| | Tom Lansner |
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In this first e-seminar in the three-part series War Reporting, Professor Tom Lansner, a former war correspondent for the British press, covers the colorful history of battlefield journalism, from Julius Caesar to the recent conflict in Afghanistan. While outlining the evolution of war reporting, Professor Lansner discusses shifts in the profession over the last century, including the increase of women reporting from the frontlines, the increased attention to the ethics of war and war reporting, and the role of editorial "gatekeepers" who determine which wars and reports make the news. Enter.
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| | Covering Terrorism—E-Seminar 1, The Media and 9/11
| | Brigitte L. Nacos |
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In the first e-seminar in her two-part e-seminar series, political science professor Brigitte Nacos examines the marriage of convenience that exists between terrorists and the media. In this seminar, Professor Nacos focuses specifically on how the media's coverage shaped the events of September 11 and what unfolded after the attacks occurred. Enter.
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