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Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Readings Of The Medieval Orient: Other Encounters, Liliana Sikorska

Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

Travel narratives and historical works shaped the perception of Muslims and the East in the Victorian and post-Victorian periods. Analyzing the discourses on Muslims which originated in the European Middle Ages, the first part of this book discusses the troubled legacy of the encounters between the East and the West and locates the nineteenth-century texts concerning the Saracens and their lands in the liminal space between history and fiction.

Drawing on the nineteenth-century models, the second part of the book looks at fictional and non-fictional works of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century which re-established the “Oriental obsession,” stimulating …

Development Of Palestinian Social Work In Israel: The Formative Years (1968–1982), Ibrahim Mahajne, Anwar Khatib, Arnon A. Bar-On

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Based on primary and secondary sources and interviews with Arab social workers employed in welfare bureaus during the time under review, the article describes the development of Palestinian social work in Israel in its formative years (1968–1982). The primary finding is that this development took place under a "policy of contempt" towards the Palestinian community's needs. The authorities acknowledged these needs but perpetuated a discriminatory allocation of resources in meeting them compared to Jewish Israelis and disregarded the society's narrative by maintaining a dual welfare system: one for the country's Jewish citizens and a lesser one for their …

The Social Construction Of Arab Identity In The U.S.: The Historical Complicity And The Modern Responsibility Of Social Work, Suhad Tabahi, Jacob Bucher

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper presents the sociopolitical experiences of early Arab migrants in the United States (U.S.) and the process of contradictory and socially constructed racial categorizations favoring white supremacy. While there is much discourse of the racial formation of Arab immigrants since 9-11, the actual racial project started in the early twentieth century, through varies entities including the social work profession where the “othering” process of early Arabs Americans existed in social welfare practice. Examples of the pejorative attitudes towards Arab immigrants from the early social work discourse are examined through proceedings from the National Conference on Social Welfare (NCSW) in …

Notes On Contributors

Transference

Brief biographical notes on contributing translators.

International Education Forum, International Education Council

International Education Council

This was presented to the WMU Faculty Senate on April 6, 2006.

Islam And Democracy: An Empirical Examiniation Of Muslims' Political Culture, Moataz Bellah Mohamed Abdel Fattah

Dissertations

This dissertation focuses on the following empirical puzzle: do the attitudes of ordinary educated Muslims stand as an obstacle toward the adoption of democracy? This research question calls for empirical/behavioral methodological tools that bring into focus contemporary Muslims' attitudes rather than ancient jurists' contributions. In other words, the dissertation shifts attention from ancient Islamic texts to contemporary Muslims' mindsets through written and web-bases surveys in 32 Muslim societies.

At the aggregate level, Muslim societies perplex with two types of sub-cultures: the culture of "dictator, but..." and the culture of "democracy-as-a-must." The former is the sub-couture of two groups of Muslims: …

A Tale Of Two Hannas: Observations On Israeli And Palestinian Women's Resistance To Occupation (1991-1995), Christina Pratt

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

An observer reviews the successes and failures of grassroots strategies of non-violent resistance to military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Particular attention is paid to the role of women's groups and peace organizations in Israel as well as in Israeli Occupied Arab Territories.

The Future Of Men

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Announcements, No.10 1990

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Western News, February 22, 1990, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Events planned to celebrate Women's History Month, Haenicke to participate in Grand Rapids forum, Marketing history is topic for March 1 talks, Experts here to discuss prospects for expanding business opportunities in Taiwan, Kreager heads Employee Assistance Program, Thompson named to new position in Office of Adult Learning Services

Western News, March 31,1988, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: University has small; steady improvement in first-year retention rate, AIDS brochure distributed to WMU community, Dick Gregory to address mentoring, Five faculty members awarded Middle East study tour, Asian Forum attracts international speakers, Gilchrist to address writers' conference

The Informant Volume Vi, Number 1, Western Michigan University

Informant (1968-1981)

Volume VI, Number 1

October 1973

• A Dialect Study of Trenary, Michigan
• Important Announcement
• Fall Enrollment
• 1973 Graduates
• Faculty Reduction -- The Hard Way
• A Matching Test
• Majors and Minors
• The Wages of Syntax
• Linguistics and Reading
• We Beg to Differ