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The CA&S Summer Newsletter
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Where in the World is CAS?
This May, the Dialogue of Civilizations program led students on a 5 week course titled"Egypt and the Global Community," offers students immersion in the Arabic language, service-learning in Cairo, and exposure to the history and politics of Egypt from pharonic times to the present.
In the coming weeks, students will engage in a wide-range of on-site lectures, research, people-to-people "dialogues" and on-the-ground experiences in Luxor, Cairo, Alexandria, and other cities. Students will concentrate on understanding Egyptian and Arab politics, history, culture, economy and society. In addition, they will work with human service organizations, NGOs, and other grass-roots organizations in Cairo, gaining hands-on experience in gender studies, human rights, social and economic development, and other issues.
“Northeastern Creates” Launches Online Gallery
Northeastern Creates, a campus-wide call for artworks created by University students and faculty, drew 149 submissions from 55 members of the campus community. The resulting collection of paintings, photographs, sketches, sculptures, multimedia works, poetry, and fiction can be viewed in an Online Gallery>>
Carla Kaplan, Davis Distinguished Professor of American Literature Sells New Project
Carla Kaplan, Northeastern professor and author of "Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters," has sold a new project, a biography of Jessica Mitford. Harper's Gail Winston, who is also publishing Kaplan's forthcoming Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance, bought world English rights from Brettne Bloom at Kneerim & Williams. Kaplan will be working with the cooperation of the Mitford family, and the book will draw on unpublished documents.