/news-archive/tag/ualr-middle-eastern-studies/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:45:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2016/09/20/moustafa-bayoumi-2016/ Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:45:03 +0000 /news/?p=65207 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR to host award-winning author Moustafa Bayoumi]]> Middle Eastern studies program and English Department鈥檚 Visiting Writer Series, have joined forces to host an evening with Moustafa Bayoumi, author of 鈥淭his Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror.鈥� Bayoumi is set to speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Arkansas Studies Institute, 401 President Clinton Ave. in Little Rock. Bayoumi is a professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and an award-winning author. In 2015, he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Southern Vermont College. For his most recently released work, 鈥淭his Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror,鈥� he was honored with the Arab American Book Award for Non-Fiction. For his novel, 鈥淗ow Does It Feel To Be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America,鈥� he won the same award as well as the American Book Award. Much of his work has been featured in major publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, and The Nation. For more information, contact Jeffrey Condran at jacondran@ualr.edu.]]> /news-archive/2016/03/01/ualr-model-arab-league/ Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:53:03 +0000 /news/?p=63586 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR to host Model Arab League]]> More than 150 Arkansas high school students are expected to participate in the Model Arab League at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Friday and Saturday, March 4-5. The Model Arab League is a student leadership development program created by the. It is a simulation of an international organization, the League of Arab States, which represents 22 countries. 鈥淭he Middle East is an area of critical importance to international politics,鈥� said Dr. Rebecca Glazier, director of the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Model Arab League and associate professor of political science. 鈥淢any of the issues there 鈥� from religious extremism to water shortages to gender inequality 鈥� are issues that matter for the whole world. Thinking through potential solutions to these problems is a great way for students to get engaged and feel hopeful about the future of the Middle East and the world,鈥� she said. During the two-day event, high school students from across the state will serve as delegates on committees. The conference will be run by 糖心Vlog传媒LR students, who will chair committees, organize awards, and serve in key roles, such as secretary general. 鈥淭he simulation is a great hands-on, experiential learning opportunity for the students,鈥� Glazier said. 鈥淭hey get to research, practice public speaking, and work with other delegates through diplomacy to reach a solution. These kinds of skills are difficult to learn from lectures alone, and our 糖心Vlog传媒LR students benefit, too, from teaching and running the conference. It is a great experiential service-learning opportunity for them as well.鈥� 糖心Vlog传媒LR has hosted the Model Arab League since 2008. The event is sponsored by the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program, the League of Arab States Information Office, and the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. For more information, visit the Model Arab League. In the upper right photo, past participants of the 2015 Model Arab League visit 糖心Vlog传媒LR.聽]]> /news-archive/2015/04/01/international-scholar-to-speak-on-arab-spring-april-7/ Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:13:11 +0000 /news/?p=61345 ... International scholar to speak on Arab Spring April 7]]> Chenoweth鈥檚 talk, 鈥淐ivil Resistance in the Arab Spring and Beyond,鈥� will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall at the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm at ejwiebelhaus@ualr.edu or 501-569-3331. About Chenoweth Chenoweth is an associate professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. 鈥淔oreign Policy鈥� magazine ranked her among the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2013. She also won the 2014 Karl Deutsch Award, given annually by the International Studies Association to the scholar under 40 who has made the most significant impact on the field of international politics or peace research. Her latest book, 鈥淲hy Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict,鈥� was co-authored with Maria J. Stephan and has won several awards since being published in 2012. She has presented her work all over the world at various academic conferences, government workshops, and international governmental organizations. Her research has been featured in the 鈥淣ew York Times,鈥� 鈥淭he Economist,鈥� 鈥淔oreign Affairs,鈥� and TED Talks.]]>