Ideals and Realities of Civil Society in the U.S.A.
American Studies Institute in Egypt

Program Schedule
January 29 to February 2, 2005

Friday, January 28

Participants and teaching faculty check-in at Institute’s hotel
Evening Registration and Opening Dinner

Saturday, January 29

• 9 – 9:30: Introductions, faculty & students
• 9:30 – 10:30: Introduction of Institute & Themes (LM)

Part I: A New Nation—Principles of American Independence and Constitutional Liberty

• 10:30 – 11:30: PowerPoint Lecture: The Founding—Defining an American Creed (PB)

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

• 12:00 – 13:00, Lecture: The Founding Generation—Six who Shaped a Nation and Defined a Country (PB)
• 13:00 – 14:00, Small Group Discussion based upon readings from “Defining America” US News and World Report  (PB)

14:00 – 15:30 Lunch

• 15:30 – 16:15 Lecture: "What Is An American?: An Answer from France” (MF)
• 16:15 – 17:00 Open Discussion (MF)

17:00 – 18:30 Break

• 18:30 – 19:30 Lecture: What Will the New Nation Look Like? (EC)
• 19:30 – 20:00 Open Discussion & Closing of the Day

Sunday, January 30

Part I (cont.)

• 9 – 9:15 Opening of the Day
• 9:15 – 10:30 Lecture: Faith and Reason in the American Founding (HL)
• 10:30 - 11:15 Discussion (HL)
• 11:15 – 11:30 Transition to Part II

11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break

Part II: Living at the Margin: Difficulties & Opportunities in 20th Century America

• 11:45 – 13:00 Lecture: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow, 1880–1916  (SR)
• 13:00 – 14:00 Lecture: African-Americans, their Places and Spaces, 1700 – 1945 (EC)

14:00 – 15:00 Lunch

• 15:00 – 16:15 Working with Documents Session: War, Migration, and Protest, 1916–1921 (SR)

16:15 – 16:30 Coffee Break

• 16:30 – 17:45 Lecture: Black Migrants and the Southernization of Urban America, 1922–1950 (SR)Discussion

17:45 – 19:00 Break

• 19:00 – 20:00 Film and/or Research Project meetings (optional)

Monday, January 31

Part II (cont.)

• 9:00 – 9:15 Opening of the Day
• 9:15 – 10:00 Lecture: The Harlem Renaissance: Its Context, Key Poems, and Aspirations (MF)
• 10:00 – 11:30 Lecture:  The Nation of Islam and Black Protest Thought in 20th Century America (SR & HL)

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

• 12:00 – 12:45 Lecture: Martin Luther King's Great Speeches and Letters In and Out of the Classroom (MF)
• 12:45 – 13:00 Open Discussion & Questions (SR)
• 13:00 – 14:00 Lecture:  Seeking the ‘New’ Land: Immigrating to America (LM)

14:00 – 15:00 Lunch

• 15:00 – 15:45 Documentary Film: Tales from Arab Detroit
• 16:00 – 16:45 Lecture:  Middle Eastern Immigrants in the U.S.A. (LM)
• 16:45 – 17:30 Open Discussion, Questions & Conclusions for Part II; and Closing of the Day

17:30 – 19:00, Break

• 19:00 – 20:00 Film and/or Research Project meetings (optional)

Tuesday, February 1

• 9 – 9:30 Opening of the Day & Transition to Part III

Part III: Conservativism & Liberalism in 20th Century America

• 9:30 – 10:45 Lecture: Conservativism and the Rise of Modern Liberalism in American Political Thought   (HL)
• 10:45 – 11:45 Lecture:  Modernism in American Art and Architecture (EC)

11:45 – 12:00 Coffee Break

• 12:00 – 13:15 Lecture: Modern Liberalism and the Contemporary Conservative Response (HL)
• 13:15 – 14:00 Discussion:  “Reconciliation or Rupture?  Where is American Conservatism Headed?” (HL)

14:00 – 15:30 Lunch

• 15:30 – 16:00 Discussion (continued if necessary)
• 16:00 – 16:45 Lecture: Contemporary Poets Phillip Levine and Rita Dove: America's Tradition of Hope, its Legacy of Inequality, and the Lasting Promise to Immigrants  (MF)
• 16:45 – 17:30 Questions & Conclusions for Part III, and Closing of the Day

17:30 – 19:00 Break

• 19:00 – 20:00 Research Project Meetings (Optional)

Wednesday, February 2

Concluding Activities

• 9:00 – 9:15 Opening of the Day
• 9:15 – 10:30 Roundtable Commentary & Class Discussion: Reflections and Comments on Week’s Content and Themes (all)
• 10:30 – 11:30 Pedagogical Lecture: Teaching Secondary School Students (PB)

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

• 12:00 – 13:00 Panel Discussion on Individual Teaching Methods and Philosophies, Use of Resources, etc. (all)
• 13:00 – 14:00 One-on-One or Small Group Curriculum Development Sessions and/or Research Project Meetings

14:00 – 15:30 Lunch
15:30 – 20:00 Break
20:00 – 22:00 Closing Ceremony and Party