Political Geography: United States of America / Topic: Higher Education

Author:: Svitlana Chukanova
Publication Date:: 03-2017
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Institution:: Studies of Changing Societies Journal (SCS)
Abstract:: This article is dedicated to the topic of instructing academic integrity in the university libraries. Nowadays this topic is very important among university librarians in Ukraine as the Academic Integrity Movement came to our country. A model of such possible course is presented in this article. This course can work for Ukrainian university libraries in terms of the project Strengthening Academic Integrity in Ukrainian Higher Education Program.
Topic:: Corruption, Higher Education, Academia, and Academic Integrity
Political Geography:: United States of America

Author:: Susan Douglass
Publication Date:: 10-2016
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS)
Abstract:: Unlike the few great figures depicted in legends and memorialized in statuary, most inhabitants of this earth have lived their lives—and passed away—invisible to history. Occasionally, the stories of ordinary people do emerge from the shadows of history, but the evidence left behind rarely tells us much about their personalities or characters, as such humble individuals likely drew little public notice during their lifetimes. Yarrow Mamout, a citizen of Georgetown who died in 1823, is one very notable exception.
Topic:: History, Slavery, and Higher Education
Political Geography:: West Africa, North America, United States of America, Washington, and D.C.

Author:: Will Todman, Mohammad AlAhmad, and Dana Dairani
Publication Date:: 10-2016
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS)
Abstract:: On April 22, 2015, CCAS Visiting Lecturer Dr. Mohammad AlAmad and his family left their home and lives in Syria behind. “Human smugglers drove us to the Turkish border,” says AlAhmad, “and then my wife and I carried our two young children, walking through barbed wire and muddy water into Turkey. We were full of trepidation, fear, and the pain of being displaced.” Though AlAhmad left Syria because he had been accepted to participate in the Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund, which provides support for threatened scholars and places them with visiting appointments at partner academic institutions, he did not yet know his family’s ultimate destination. Once in Turkey, AlAhmad learned that his appointment would be at Georgetown, starting in August.
Topic:: Authoritarianism, Refugees, Islamic State, Arab Spring, Syrian War, Literature, Revolution, and Higher Education
Political Geography:: Turkey, Middle East, Syria, North America, United States of America, and Raqqa

Author:: Vicki Valosik
Publication Date:: 10-2016
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS)
Abstract:: After three generations of Hoyas, CCAS Board Member Peter Tanous is investing in future students through new MAAS scholarship. When Peter Tanous walked across the stage to accept his diploma from Georgetown University almost thirty years after his father had done the same in 1932, he was establishing a family tradition—becoming the second of three generations of Tanouses to graduate from Georgetown, including two of his own children who would later attend. Now Tanous, a member of the CCAS Board of Advisors, is making it possible for others to gain a Georgetown education. The new Tanous Family Endowed Scholarship Fund, which Tanous established at CCAS earlier this year, will support students of the Master of Arts in Arab Studies (MAAS) program.
Topic:: History, Higher Education, and Profile
Political Geography:: North America and United States of America

Author:: Susan Douglass
Publication Date:: 04-2015
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS)
Abstract:: The Education Outreach program of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies hosted nine events for educators during the 2014-2015 academic year. As a National Resource Center, CCAS was able to support these programs, in part, with funding from a Title VI grant from the Department of Education. These events included the annual summer institute and a Teach-In on Iraq and Syria, while several other innovative events fell under three main themes: literature, anthropology, and cultural exploration through interactive museum excursions.
Topic:: Education, Anthropology, and Higher Education
Political Geography:: Middle East, North America, and United States of America

Author:: Vicki Valosik
Publication Date:: 04-2015
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS)
Abstract:: This semester, second-year students in the Masters of Arts in Arab Studies (MAAS) program planned several major campuswide events that brought together scholars and activists—some coming from as far away as Morocco—and gave these student organizers the opportunity to explore their academic interests outside the classroom.
Topic:: Security, Education, Political Activism, Arab Countries, Higher Education, and Advocacy
Political Geography:: Middle East, North Africa, North America, and United States of America

Author:: Vicki Valosik
Publication Date:: 04-2015
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS)
Abstract:: Dr. Hoda Elsadda has spent years documenting history—as it has been lived and experienced by women in Egypt—but this time she’s the one making history. Elsadda, a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cairo University and current Carnegie Foundation Centennial Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, served on the “Committee of 50” delegates who wrote the historic 2014 Egyptian constitution.
Topic:: Human Rights, History, Women, Constitution, Arab Spring, and Higher Education
Political Geography:: Middle East, North America, Egypt, and United States of America

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