Sat., March 9 - 8:45 - 4 PM
SNHU Academic Center, Manchester
"SPOTLIGHT ON TURKEY"
FREE WORKSHOP ON TURKISH HISTORY & CULTURE
ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUESTED
Earn professional development credit and apply for all-expenses paid tour of Turkey!*
LOCATION:
2nd Floor Learning Commons, Academic Center, Southern NH University, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester 03106
DIRECTIONS/PARKING:
(Use Hooksett as town for GPS with 2500 N. River Road address)
See directions to SNHU here
See campus map here (Academic Center- 22) with visitor parking highlighted (9A-C; 3-C; 2-C; 12C-V)
WORKSHOP AGENDA:
8:45 AM- Coffee & Registration
9 AM- Welcome & Introductions
9:15 - 10:15 AM; 10:25-11:25 AM
Ancient Anatolia & Archeology; Anatolia after 1071: Selcuk, Ottoman and the Turkish Republic
Professor Gregory McMahon, UNH
11:30-12:30 - Mediterranean Lunch & Documentary Viewing
12:30 PM- 1 PM
Oriental Rugs: A History
Sy Mahfuz,
Owner of Persian Rug Gallery, Nashua
1:10- 3 PM
Turkey’s Modern Political Economy, Challenges & Opportunities
Professor Bulent Aybar, Southern New Hampshire University
3:10 PM- 3:55 PM
Bringing Turkey into the Classroom
Holly Gladsden, Wilton Lyndeborough Coop; Peter Schmidt, Pinkerton Academy; Jeremy Hall, Bishop Brady High School; teachers and 2012 trip participants
3:55 PM- Wrap-up & evaluations
*4 teachers will be selected by committee to travel to Turkey from July 11 to July 25, 2013 with the Turkish Cultural Foundation. All applicants must be members of WACNH and have taught at a middle or high school, full-time in the social sciences, for 3 or more years. $700 registration fee and transportation to Washington, D.C. not included. DOWNLOAD APPLICATION & REQUIREMENTS HERE
This program is sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation in cooperation with the World Affairs Councils of America
