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Each year, the Center organizes several short teacher development workshops for K-12 educators. Arizona teachers participate in sessions led by UA CMES affiliated faculty and other professionals. Topics are interdisciplinary and in the past have focused on a variety of subjects including Islamic mathematics and science, Islamic Spain and the Americas, the legacy of Saddam Hussein, contemporary Iranian culture, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the importance of water and oil to the region.

Fall 2009 Workshop Schedule:

To Be Announced

Past Workshops:

These websites can yield useful and important information about the subject matter addressed. In particular, pay attention to the readings and the presentations of each workshop. If you would like to use a resource not available for download on these sites, please contact Outreach Assistant Shyla Dogan for assistance.

Calendars, Currencies, and Cures: Math and Science Lessons from the Middle East and Latin America Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies (9/19/09)

National History Day: Latin American and Middle Eastern Topics and Resources Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies (08/29/09)

Cultures in Contact: The Ottoman Empire and the Balkans (4/25/09)

Patterns of Conquest: Spanish Rule in the Americas and Ottoman Rule in the Balkans Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies (4/18/09)

The Middle East in Focus: The Ottoman Empire (3/7/09)

Dictators, Democrats and Demonstrators: Elections in Latin Ameria and the Middle East Cosponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies (10/18/08)