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PARC U.S. Faculty Development Seminar on Palestine
May 17-28, 2012 in Jerusalem and the West Bank PARC announces its third Faculty Development Seminar on Palestine. This 12-day seminar is for U.S. faculty members with a demonstrated interest in, but little travel experience to, Palestine. PARC will select 10 to 12 U.S. faculty members to participate in Jerusalem-based activities that will include lectures, workshops and visits to local universities and other related institutions in the West Bank. Through these activities, participants will learn about the region, deepen their knowledge of their particular fields of interest as they relate to Palestine, and build relationships with Palestinian academic colleagues. Applicants must:
PARC will make all arrangements for seminars, workshops, tours and meetings with Palestinian academic colleagues. PARC will also make arrangements and cover all expenses for in-country group ground travel, accommodations, and group meals. Personal and free day expenses will be the responsibility of each faculty member. Faculty members will need to provide their own international airfare. In cases of need, PARC will consider partial funding for international travel. For more information about this program, please send an email to us.parc@gmail.com. (Program contingent upon funding.) 2010 Faculty Development Seminar PublicationsAmy Kaplan: Heidi Morrison: Gail Sahar:
Inaugural Faculty Development SeminarPARC's inaugural Faculty Development Seminar took place from May 22-May 31, 2010 in Jerusalem and the West Bank. This dynamic new program is designed to expose U.S. professors to Palestine and Palestinian studies. The group in attendance was composed of 10 U.S. scholars from a variety of disciplines, and was led by Executive Director Penelope Mitchell and PARC's Palestine Director Hadeel Qazzaz. During the Seminar, the group toured and met with professors and administrators at five West Bank universities and had presentations and discussions at several Palestinian NGOs. They also visited some of the most significant points of interest in the area, thereby witnessing everyday life in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Through their experiences during the Seminar, these professors are excited about the possibility of collaborating with their Palestinian colleagues and incorporating lessons learned into their scholarship and teaching. Indeed, some of the group plan to publish articles about their experiences, others plan to invite Palestinian colleagues to their campuses to speak, and significant research collaboration with Palestinian academics is already beginning. The reception to the Seminar was even better than we could have hoped, and we are confident that we chose worthy scholars whose future teaching and scholarship will evidence the impact of this experience. In that vein, all of the participants highly encouraged PARC to repeat this project in coming years. Faculty Development Seminar Participants2011 Afshan Bokhari Craig Campbell Chris Corley Denise DeGarmo John Ferré Persis Karim Elizabeth Kolsky Christopher Lee Jess White Charles Zerner 2010 Michael Daher Allen Fromherz Jacqueline Guzda Amy Kaplan Heidi Morrison Gail Sahar Yasmin Saikia Mahasin Saleh Christopher Stone Lucian Stone
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