University of Michigan-Dearborn/Al-Quds University
Country:
West Bank/Gaza
Award Date:
2004
Award Amount:
$100,000.00
Cost Share:
$35,067.00
Other Partners:
This partnership is designed to strengthen American Studies programs at both institutions by developing new programs, curricula and training involving faculty, students and administrators. Partners will develop new forms of methodology, epistemology and pedagogy related to American Studies in the Arab world and new approaches to American Studies in the United States. These involve issues of gender and race/ethnicity in the contemporary United States, as well as on the history, experiences and cultural products of immigrant and minority communities. Partnership activities include: (1) a survey of American and American Arab Studies curriculum and courses at Al-Quds and the University of Michigan-Dearborn and other institutions; (2) short term faculty exchanges that will lead to an ongoing visiting scholars program; (3) collaborative curriculum development for undergraduate and graduate American Studies courses; (4) intensive two-week institutes for younger scholars focusing on innovative pedagogical methods; and (5) student exchanges between the two institutions.