Global Literature Online Book Group: Naguib Mahfouz's "Autumn Quail" (Session 1)

Date: 

Monday, January 27, 2014, 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Online
autumn quail***PLEASE NOTE TIME/DATE CHANGE: The January 27th webinar will now be held from 6:00 to 7:00pm. A second session for those unable to make the 1/27 session will be held on Tuesday, January 28th. If you are registered for this webinar, you may attend either session.***
 
Join the Center for Middle Eastern Studies for a discussion of Autumn Quail by Naguib Mahfouz with CMES Arabic Preceptor and scholar Sami Alkyam.
 
Legendary Egyptian writer and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, Naguib Mahfouz writes about shifting experiences of authority and identity following the Egyptian revolution of 1952. Part of a three-part novella cycle exploring the historic military coup that resulted in the overthrow of Egypt's constitutional monarchy, this short work of fiction offers a rich historical lens through which to explore political transitions in contemporary Egypt. 


 
Register now to attend this session. The first 15 K-12 educators who register will receive a free book – see instructions on registration form.
 
Find more information including registration, book summaries, and mapping to Common Core State Standards on the global studies outreach site.          
 
NOTE: Session will be conducted in an Adobe Connect virtual classroom space and can be accessed from any computer with an internet connection.  Once registered, participants will be given a URL for the virtual classroom location.  This program runs through Flash and does not require any additional software downloads. 
 

Contact: CMES Outreach Program
Sponsor(s): This program is co-sponsored by Harvard University's Asia Center, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Committee on African Studies, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, South Asia Institute, and the Harvard Global Health Institute.

As a Title VI National Resource Center, CMES is partially funding this program with U.S. Department of Education grant funds. The content of this program does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education.