2023年春季 开罗韦斯特蒙特酒店
东方与西方相遇...
You can rely on stereotypes and headlines to learn about Islam, 或者你可以住在伊斯兰世界的中心，向穆斯林学习. You can speculate why most countries in the Middle East aren't democratic, 或者你可以直接观察三个国家在民主转型和倒退的阵痛. 你可以为以色列和巴勒斯坦的和平祈祷——或者你也可以找到如何为和平而努力.
During this semester you will live in Cairo, a developing world megalopolis, 能量脉动, 人与生活. 开罗是阿拉伯世界的中心，用中世纪旅行家伊本·白图泰的话来说， 嗯，是的， “世界之母”.
You will be encouraged to experience another culture from the inside, 学习阿拉伯语, navigating your way around the city and interacting with Egyptians on a daily basis. You will develop relationships with your neighbors and Egyptian university students. You will for a season become an urban person, and learn to be comfortable negotiating a foreign metropolitan landscape.
You will also experience what it means to live in community in a new way. 远离熟悉的社会, relational and religious support systems, 与此同时，我们也面临着当今世界面临的一些最具挑战性的问题, 您将需要资源，而该程序的结构是为了方便这些资源. First in the Program 董事, all four of whom have lived in the region, and in the case of Heather and Jim collectively for more than 30 years. 第二个, in the Egyptians whom you will meet, and whom you will find strikingly friendly, 乐于助人，慷慨大方. And thirdly in each other – lasting 朋友hips are made through this program.
The program runs every other spring semester. The 下一个 time it will be offered is Spring 2025. For more information, email ocp@boke99.net.
课程
Satisfies GE: Thinking Historically, major/minor credit in History or Religious Studies
You and your fellow students will study the historical, 文本, 以及伊斯兰教的文化基础，然后将这些与埃及人的生活现实进行比较, Turkish and Palestinian societies. You will spend most of the semester in Egypt, a country that is 90% Muslim and, 在许多人眼里, 伊斯兰教逊尼派的中心. You will also visit Palestine and Turkey, two other majority Muslim countries, to give you some broader feel for Islam in practice.
你和你的同学将参与埃及教会，包括现在和过去. 你将学习基督教从反对运动到帝国宗教的演变, 然后被保护, subordinate and marginalized minority. 将注意神学发展与文化和政治发展之间的相互作用. You will learn more about the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches. 通过今天与生活在中东的不同基督徒的会面，你将受到挑战，重新思考成为基督全球身体的一部分意味着什么.
Satisfies GE: Understanding Society, GE: Communicating Cross Culturally and major credit History International Track
你和你的同学将学习埃及的现代史:它从一个被英国占领的王国转变为一个独立的民族国家. You will study what it means to be a modern nation, 以及一个国家是如何在活下去的同时又辜负了自己的价值观和身份, 革命期间和革命之后.
Satisfies GE: Thinking Globally, major/minor credit Political Science, and major credit History International Track
你和你的同学将学习自2011年以来中东发生的一些戏剧性的政治变化，并考虑“阿拉伯之春”是否适合这些变化. 你将从以色列人和巴勒斯坦人的角度来研究巴以冲突. We will ask together where we can find hope for peace, what we can learn about the struggle for influence and resources in the region, and what this may mean for us as Americans and Christians.
Satisfies GE: Foreign Language, major credit History International Track, and major credit Political Science International Security & 开发跟踪
You will study Arabic throughout our time in Cairo, both in a formal class room setting and through daily opportunities to practice.
We will also offer second semester Arabic II on your return to Westmont, 这可能是政治科学和历史专业的国际学生特别感兴趣的.
本学期的大部分时间你们将住在开罗，并与埃及人——埃及的邻居——保持联系, 教授, 信徒和, 最终, 朋友. You will live in apartments and put down some roots. 你将学习伊斯兰教, 埃及教会, 和阿拉伯语, together with the society and politics of Egypt.
We will also spend 10 days in Istanbul.
We complete the semester with 23 days in Israel/Palestine. We will spend Holy Week in the Old City of Jerusalem. We will engage with multiple viewpoints on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
项目将于4月底结束.
董事
heather keaney教授 是韦斯特蒙特大学的校友，从1999年到2011年，他在开罗的美国大学和CCCU的中东研究项目(MESP)生活和教学了12年. Keaney教授热衷于帮助学生将中东地区的头条事件置于其历史和文化背景中，以揭示其人性维度. 她希望学生们能分享她对这个地方和这里的人的爱和热情.
Heather和Jim在之前的四次迭代中领导了伊斯坦布尔的Westmont和开罗的Westmont项目.
吉姆·赖特 我出生在德文郡, 英格兰, 在剑桥大学学习法律后，他在伦敦和迪拜的一家跨国公司律师事务所工作. 在1993年抵达埃及之前，他离开了这里，去英国学习跨文化和圣经神学. 他在埃及待了18年，最初学习阿拉伯语，后来成为一名公司律师. His life in the region convinced Jim of the strategic importance of the Middle East. 多年来，他与来自CCCU中东研究项目的学生的互动使他确信美国基督教学院的学生对从政权更迭到气候变化的所有事情都具有战略重要性. Jim left the law and joined Westmont in 2011 in order to align these two convictions.
Heather和Jim在之前的四次迭代中领导了伊斯坦布尔的Westmont和开罗的Westmont项目.
汉娜EARLY-BAGDANOV is a Westmont alum and an alum of Jim and Heather's Westmont in Istanbul program. 汉娜目前是圣母大学政治科学系的博士候选人. She grew to love the Middle East through her time in Israel/Palestine 学习阿拉伯语, doing reSearch on local governance and conflict, and participating in the daily rhythms of a city where peoples, 文化, 历史混杂在一起. 汉娜致力于帮助学生自信地驾驭该地区的客人和学习者的日常生活.
约瑟夫EARLY-BAGDANOV 2014年毕业于韦斯特蒙特大学，获得宗教研究学位，2021年毕业于西方神学院，获得神学硕士学位. 他现在在太平洋基督教高中教授晚期古代哲学和教会历史，并渴望向学生介绍他们ag娱乐官网的丰富多样的历史. 作为吉姆和希瑟的伊斯坦布尔韦斯特蒙项目的校友，我曾在该地区生活过几次, 他认为美国基督教必须考虑到它的时间多样性(教会贯穿时间)和地理多样性(教会扩展)。. He hopes that 开罗韦斯特蒙特酒店 would be fertile ground for such a reckoning.
项目成本
The cost of the program will be standard Westmont tuition, fees, room and board. 没有节目费用, but you will be responsible for the cost of round trip airfare from the USA to Egypt.
学生可以申请学校的经济援助奖学金——基于需求的奖学金和基于成绩的奖学金——来支付项目的费用.
资格
- 类站
- GPA(最低2分).3 gpa)
- 申请及论文
- Personal and faculty recommendations
标准
In addition to the general qualifications above, the following are requirements that must be met, with or without reasonable accommodation, in order to complete all essential elements of the program. All participants must be able to:
- Tolerate local diet with limited control over food choices in most locations.
- Anticipate possible exposure to peanut or other food allergens.
- Anticipate respiratory challenges in Cairo due to the high atmospheric pollution levels.
- 在多个不规则的表面上导航，每天独立行走/旅行5英里. (广泛的步行, 以及穿越古老的城镇和狭窄的通道和许多楼梯, is part of the daily life of the program.)
- Navigate carrying personal items including suitcase and/or backpack without assistance.
- 尽管获得心理服务的机会有限，但预期有足够的情绪健康，以安全成功地充分参与该计划.
- Anticipate at least double occupancy accommodations on some if not all locations.
- 至少在计划开始前两周接受最后一剂Covid疫苗.
应用程序
No longer accepting applications for 2023年春季. For more information about the program, contact Professor Jim Wright at jwright@boke99.net.