2023年春季 开罗韦斯特蒙特酒店
东方与西方相遇...
你可以依靠刻板印象和头条新闻来了解伊斯兰教, or you could live in the epicenter of the Islamic world and learn from Muslims themselves. 你可以推测为什么大多数中东国家不是民主国家, or you can observe firsthand three countries in the throes of democratic transitions and backslides. You can pray for peace in Israel and Palestine - or you can also find out how to work for peace.
这学期你将住在开罗, 一个发展中国家的大都市, 能量脉动, 人与生活. At the heart of the Arab World, Cairo is, in the words of the medieval traveler Ibn Battuta, 嗯，是的， “世界之母”.
你将被鼓励从内部体验另一种文化, 学习阿拉伯语, 在城市中导航，每天与埃及人互动. 你将发展与你的邻居和埃及大学生的关系. 你会在一段时间内成为一个都市人, 学会适应异国大都市的风景.
你也将体验到以一种新的方式生活在ag娱乐官网中意味着什么. 远离熟悉的社会, 关系和宗教支持系统, all the while being confronted with some of the most challenging issues facing the world today, you will need resources – and the program is deliberately structured to facilitate those resources. 首先是项目主管, 这四个人都曾在该地区生活过, 希瑟和吉姆一起生活了30多年. 第二个, 就是你所要遇见的埃及人, 你会发现他非常友好, 乐于助人，慷慨大方. 第三，在彼此之间，通过这个项目建立了持久的友谊.
该项目每隔一个春季学期进行一次. 下一次将是2025年春季. 欲了解更多信息，请发邮件至ocp@gzlyms.com.
课程
满足GE:历史思考，主修/副修历史或宗教研究学分
你和你的同学将学习历史, 文本, and cultural foundations of Islam and then compare these with the living reality of Egyptian, 土耳其和巴勒斯坦社会. 你将在埃及度过这学期的大部分时间, 一个90%人口是穆斯林的国家, 在许多人眼里, 伊斯兰教逊尼派的中心. 你还将访问巴勒斯坦和土耳其, 另外两个以穆斯林为主的国家, 让你们对伊斯兰教有更广泛的了解.
你和你的同学将参与埃及教会，包括现在和过去. You will study the evolution of Christianity from an opposition movement to the religion of empire, 然后被保护, 从属和边缘化的少数民族. Attention will be given to the interaction between theological developments and cultural and political developments. 你会学到更多ag娱乐官网东方和东方东正教的知识. Through meeting with different Christians living in the Middle East today you will be challenged to consider afresh what it means to be a part of the global body of Christ.
满足GE:理解社会, 通用电气:跨文化交流和主要学分历史国际轨道
You and your fellow students will study the modern history of Egypt: its transition from a Kingdom occupied by Britain into an independent nation state. 你将学习成为一个现代国家意味着什么, and how a nation simultaneously lives out and fails to live up to its values and its identity before, 革命期间和革命之后.
满足GE:全球思维, 主修/副修学分政治学, 和主要学分历史国际轨道
You and your fellow students will study some of the dramatic political changes in the Middle East which have taken place since 2011 and will consider if the “Arab Spring" is or is not an appropriate name for these changes. You will study the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspective of both Israelis and Palestinians. 我们将共同询问在哪里可以找到和平的希望, 我们可以从该地区争夺影响力和资源的斗争中学到什么, 以及这对我们美国人和基督徒意味着什么.
满足GE:外语, 主要学分历史国际轨道, 主修学分政治学、国际安全 & 开发跟踪
我们在开罗期间，你们将学习阿拉伯语, 无论是在正式的课堂环境中，还是通过日常的练习机会.
我们也将提供第二学期的阿拉伯语II在您返回威斯蒙特, which may be of particular interest to Political Science and History majors on the international track.
The majority of the semester you will be residents of Cairo and in relationship with Egyptians – Egyptian neighbors, 教授, 信徒和, 最终, 朋友. 你会住在公寓里，定居下来. 你将学习伊斯兰教, 埃及教会, 和阿拉伯语, 以及埃及的社会和政治.
我们还将在伊斯坦布尔停留10天.
我们在以色列/巴勒斯坦完成了23天的学期. 我们将在耶路撒冷老城度过圣周. 我们将在巴以冲突问题上接触多种观点.
项目将于4月底结束.
董事
heather keaney教授 is an alum of Westmont who spent twelve years between 1999 and 2011 living and teaching in Cairo at the American University in Cairo and at the CCCU’s Middle East Studies Program (MESP). Professor Keaney is enthusiastic about helping students place the events that make headlines in the Middle East within their historical and cultural context in order to reveal their human dimension. She hopes students will come to share some of her love and passion for the place and its people.
Heather and Jim led the Westmont in Istanbul and the 开罗韦斯特蒙特酒店 program on all four 以前的 iterations.
吉姆·赖特 我出生在德文郡, 英格兰, and after studying law at Cambridge University he worked for a multi-national corporate law firm in London and Dubai. He left this to study cross-cultural and Biblical theology in the UK before arriving in Egypt in 1993. He spent 18 years in Egypt, initially 学习阿拉伯语 and then working as a corporate lawyer. 吉姆在该地区的生活经历使他确信中东的战略重要性. His interaction with students from the Middle East Studies Program of the CCCU over the years convinced him of the strategic importance of American Christian College students for everything from regime change to climate change. 2011年，吉姆离开了法律界，加入了韦斯特蒙，以使这两种信念保持一致.
Heather and Jim led the Westmont in Istanbul and the 开罗韦斯特蒙特酒店 program on all four 以前的 iterations.
汉娜EARLY-BAGDANOV 是韦斯特蒙的校友也是吉姆和希瑟在伊斯坦布尔的韦斯特蒙项目的校友. Hannah is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Notre Dame in the department of Political Science. 在以色列/巴勒斯坦学习阿拉伯语期间，她爱上了中东, 研究地方治理和冲突, 参与城市的日常节奏，人们, 文化, 历史混杂在一起. Hannah is committed to helping students feel confident navigating everyday life as guests and learners in the region.
约瑟夫EARLY-BAGDANOV graduated from Westmont with a degree in Religious Studies in 2014 and Western Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity in 2021. He now teaches Late Antique Philosophy and Church History at Pacifica Christian High School and is eager to introduce students to the rich and varied history of their faith. As an alum of Jim and Heather's Westmont in Istanbul program and having lived in the region on several occasions, he believes that American Christianity must reckon with its temporal diversity (the church through time) and geographical diversity (the church spread out). 他希望开罗的韦斯特蒙特将成为这种清算的沃土.
项目成本
该计划的费用将是标准的威斯蒙特学费，杂费，食宿费. 没有节目费用, 但是你要负责从美国到埃及的往返机票费用.
Students are allowed to apply their financial aid awards from the college—both need-based and merit-based awards—toward the program’s cost.
资格
- 类站
- GPA(最低2分).3 gpa)
- 申请及论文
- 个人和教员推荐信
标准
除上述一般资格外, 以下是必须满足的要求, 有或没有合理的住宿, 为了完成该计划的所有基本要素. 所有参与者必须能够:
- 在大多数地方，容忍当地饮食，对食物选择的控制有限.
- 预期可能接触到花生或其他食物过敏原.
- 由于大气污染程度高，预计开罗的呼吸系统将面临挑战.
- Navigate multiple irregular surfaces and walk/travel up to 5 miles in a day independently. (广泛的步行, as well as travel throughout ancient cities and towns with narrow passageways and many stairs, 是项目日常生活的一部分吗.)
- 在没有帮助的情况下携带个人物品，包括手提箱和/或背包.
- Anticipate having sufficient emotional wellness to fully participate in the program safely and successfully despite the limited availability of frequent access to psychological services.
- 如果不是所有地点，预计至少会有两个人入住.
- Receive the final dose of the Covid vaccine at least two weeks prior to the commencement of the program.
应用程序
不再接受2023年春季课程的申请. For more information about the program, contact Professor Jim Wright at jwright@gzlyms.com.