“Artillery of Heaven” JMM707 Class-meeting Thursday march 5 Dr. anna viden anna.viden@fsv.cuni.cz

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Agenda 1. Lecture + Introduction of the concept of religion in International Relations and the concept of Orientalism 2. Discussion of the Hurd and the Makdisi readings 3. Q and A 4. Discussion of next week’s assignment

Concepts and Key Words Discussed Secularism Orientalism International Relations Cultural Imperialism Colonialism Coexistence Plurality Maronite Christian

Professor Makdisi is the author of Faith Misplaced: the Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations, 1820-2001(Public Affairs, 2010).  His previous books include Artillery of Heaven: American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East (Cornell University Press, 2008.  Ussama S. Makdisi Professor of History Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies Rice University

Associate Professor of Political Science Northwestern University

Edward Said was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and the author of more than twenty books. A leading literary critic, public intellectual, and passionate advocate for the Palestinian cause, he was born in Jerusalem in 1935 and died in New York in 2003. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/palestine/resources/edwardsaid.html

Web Links Orientalism as a tool of Colonialism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdE18HdfanI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU4GB5fPXdY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4cnvt8_OHU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AYIQmgH9Ko In Search of Palestine