Princeton University

 

A Princeton Encounter with Student Leaders from Jordan, Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon

April 24-27, 2009
 

Princeton University undergraduate students hosted a conference April 24-27 with student leaders from the Middle East to explore fundamental commonalities and disagreements through discussions about religion, politics, human rights, and culture.

Featured speakers included Robert Finn, the former American ambassador to Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan, and Daniel Kurtzer, the former American ambassador Egypt and Israel, Amaney Jamal, assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University, and Mr. Roger Hardy, analyst on Middle Eastern and Islamic Affairs for BBC World Series, and a fellow at The Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. 

A diverse group of Princeton students has developed this conference with support from the following Princeton University entities: the Office of Religious Life, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Fund for Inter-Group Collaboration, the Office of the Vice President of Campus Life, the PACE Center, the Davis International Center, the Council for International Teaching and Research, the Psychology Department, the Program in American Studies, and the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding.