University of California, Berkeley: Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Contact: Nezar AlSayyad, [email protected], (510) 642-8208
Website: http://cmes.berkeley.edu/community-outreach/

What does the outreach center offer?

• All events and activities sponsored by the CMES are free and open to the public.
• The Center also organizes programs that serve California K-12 public school teachers and community colleges. It serves primary, secondary, and post-secondary teachers by coordinating one-day workshops or one-week teacher institutes to promote the incorporation of Middle East related materials in the classroom.
• The CMES also provides scholarly resources, including curriculum packets designed to inform pre-collegiate teaching on various aspects of Middle East culture.
• CMES also has a speakers’ bureau which can provide guest speakers in your classroom. Subject areas will vary depending upon speakers’ availability, but may include talks on religion, culture, language, current events, gender roles, and minority issues.

Yale University, New Haven: Council on Middle East Studies, Programs in International Educational Resources (PIER)
Contact: Lora Lamosy, [email protected], (203) 436-5250
Website: http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/pier/middleeaststudies.htm

What does the outreach center offer?

• Intensive Summer Institutes
• Professional development workshops at Yale and in schools and community colleges
• Production and evaluation of educational materials
• PIER Collection of video, text and other resources (please [email protected] for access to these materials)
• Curriculum consultation and development
• Lectures, conferences, and other events for educators, students, business, media, and the community
• Language and cultural exposure
• Field study abroad opportunities
• Business and media consulting

George Washington University, Washington: Institute for Middle East Studies
Contact: Perrotti, Alexandra, [email protected], 202-994-7904
Website: http://www.gwu.edu/~imes/outreach/index.cfm

What does the institute offer?

The IMES outreach program will provide no cost workshops and resources to area educators. IMES events at the Institute for Middle Studies, the Project on Middle East Political Science, and the Middle East Policy Forum are also open to the public.

•              Workshops
•              Online Resources
•              IMES Library
•              Opportunities for Teachers
•              Lesson Plans
  

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Georgetown University, Washington: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Outreach Program
Contact: Susan Douglass, [email protected]
Website: https://ccas.georgetown.edu/outreach

What does the outreach center offer?

• Lending Library
• Speakers Bureau
• Consultation Services
• Background Modules
• Teaching Units
• Links for Educators
• Resources from Past Workshops and Seminars

University of Chicago, Chicago: Center for Middle Eastern Studies Educational Outreach, the Middle East Education Initiative
Contact: Alexander Barna, [email protected]
Website: https://cmes.uchicago.edu/page/educational-outreach

What does the outreach initiative offer?

• Educator Workshops
• Educational Resources – Articles, Teaching Aids, Curriculum Guides
• Additional Resources – Other resource centers, websites, and guides
• Request a Speaker
• Chicago’s Muslim in their Own Voices

Indiana University, Bloomington: Center for the Study of the Middle East
Contact: Feisal Istrabadi, [email protected], (812)855-4221
Website: http://www.indiana.edu/~csme/resources.shtml

What does the outreach center offer?

• Alef Ba (free language classes)
• Global Speakers Service (GSS)
• International Studies in Schools (ISIS) (videoconferencing)
• World Religions (Teachers of Social Studies 6-12 workshop)
• Library Resources
• News and Newspapers

Indiana University, Bloomington: Center for the Study of the Middle East
Contact: Feisal Istrabadi, [email protected], (812)855-4221
Website: http://www.indiana.edu/~csme/resources.shtml

What does the outreach center offer?

• Alef Ba (free language classes)
• Global Speakers Service (GSS)
• International Studies in Schools (ISIS) (videoconferencing)
• World Religions (Teachers of Social Studies 6-12 workshop)
• Library Resources
• News and Newspapers

Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies Outreach provides:

• Teaching Resources
• Professional Development
• Books
• Films
• Speakers Bureau
• Presentations
• Study Tours

Duke University: Middle East Studies Center
Contact: Erda? Göknar, Director of Duke MES Center, [email protected]
Website: http://middleeaststudies.duke.edu/

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations Outreach Program
Contact: Emma Harver ([email protected]), (919)967-1007
Website: http://mideast.unc.edu/outreach/

Princeton University, Princeton: Department of Near Eastern Studies
Contact: Cyrus Schayegh, [email protected], (609)258-4280
Website: http://www.princeton.edu/nes/

Columbia University, New York: The Middle East Institute
Contact: Lila Abu-Lughod, [email protected], (212)854-2584
Website: http://www.mei.columbia.edu/index.shtml

New York University, New York: NYU Hagop Kevorkian Center, Near Eastern Studies
Contact: Helga Tawil Souri, [email protected], (212)998-8877
Website: http://neareaststudies.as.nyu.edu/page/outreach

What does the center offer?

• Saturday Seminars
• Teaching Materials
• Faculty Resource Network
• Frequent public events – films, lectures, seminars, teach-ins, etc.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: The Middle East Center
Contact: Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, [email protected], (215)898-6335
Website: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/mec/outreach

What does the center offer?

• Teacher workshops, independently or in conjunction with area organizations
• Speakers Bureau
• Materials – video and literary lending libraries
• Consulting Services
• Listservs

University of Texas, Austin: Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Contact: (512) 471-3582
Website: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/public_resources/outreach/outreach.php

What does the outreach center offer?

• a multi-media resource lending library, through which materials are loaned free of charge to users nationwide;
• a speakers’ bureau comprising students and faculty;
• development of K-12 curriculum materials;
• holding workshops for educators both on campus and on-site around the state of Texas;
• a lecture series featuring members of the MES faculty giving general interest talks directed at non-specialists, K-12 and homeschool educators, and the public at large;
• organizing educational study tours to the Middle East for K-12 educators
• As an active member of Hemispheres, the International Outreach Consortium in the College of Liberal Arts, the University’s Educational Outreach Consortium, and the Middle East Outreach Council, our program participates in the coordination of outreach efforts nationwide.

University of Washington, Seattle: The Middle East Center at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Contact: Ellis J. Goldberg, [email protected], (206)543-4227
Website: http://jsis.washington.edu/mideast/

What does the outreach program offer?

• Extensive video/film library with lending options
• Events open to the public
• The Center is a founding member in a partnership with the Seattle non-profit OneWorld Now!, which for over a decade has offered Arabic language and global leadership training to minority and disadvantaged high school students in the Seattle public schools.
• To strengthen K-12 teacher understanding of the Middle East, the Center conducts annual intensive summer institutes focused on important issues in the Middle East. Recent institutes have been explored the topics of: Iraq, U.S. foreign policy and the Middle East, modern Iran, and the history of Christians in the Middle East.