1. “Artillery of Heaven” JMM707 Class-meeting Thursday march 5
Dr. anna viden

4. 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

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

6. Professor Makdisi is the author of Faith Misplaced: the Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations, (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

7. Associate Professor of Political Science
Northwestern University

8. 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.

9. Web Links Orientalism as a tool of Colonialism
In Search of Palestine