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Dr. Ben Mollov

Academic Coordinator

Part I: Background and Basic Tools

1. 17/3/09 –Dr. Ben Mollov (Bar-Ilan University)—Introduction and Overview

2. 24/3—Dr. Asher Cohen (Bar-Ilan University)—Overview of Schisms and ideological dilemmas in Israeli Society

3. 31/3 –Dr. Shosh Shor (Ashkelon Regional College)—Introduction to Federalist Thinking

4. 21/4—Dr. Ben Mollov (Bar-Ilan University)---Contact Hypothesis and Conflict/Conflict Management Simulations

Part II. Group Narratives and Cultural Dimensions

5. 5/5--- Dr. Kimmy Caplan (Bar-Ilan University)—Lecture and Discussion of Haredi Ashkenazi Community in Israel

6. 12/5--- Dr. Asher Cohen (Bar-Ilan University) and Prof. Emanuel Gutmann (emeritus Hebrew University of Jerusalem) —Joint Lecture and Discussion of National Religious Community and Liberal Secular Outlook in Israel

7. 19/5—Dr. Anat Feldman (Ahva College)—Lecture and Discussion of Ethnic Sephardi Community in Israel

8. 26/5-- Dr. Zev Khanin (Bar-Ilan University)—Lecture and Discussion of Russian Speaking Community in Israel

9. 2/6/--Dr. Mustapha Abassi (Tel Hai Academic College)-- Lecture and Discussion of Arab Community in Israel

10. 9/6--- Prof. Shalva Weil (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)—Lecture and Discussion of Ethiopian Community in Israel

Part III. Conclusions and Summation

11. 16/6/--Dr. Ben Mollov (Bar-Ilan University)—Federalist/Multicultural Thinking Applied to Israel and Middle East--Course Summation

12. 26/6--Public Academic Forum Based on Course themes: Navigating Conflict in Mixed Cities based on Intercultural Elements (tentative).