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2007 SUMMER WORKSHOP ON

TEACHING ABOUT TERRORISM

FOR MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS 

The Science and Technology Directorate of the U.S. Department of the Homeland Security (DHS) is sponsoring a Summer Workshop on Teaching about Terrorism for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). The workshop, hosted by the DHS Office of University Programs, will be held June 17–23 at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.

Applications and information are available at http://www.swott.com/swott07_msi.htm. If selected to participate, all travel and living expenses will be paid by DHS.

This MSI workshop:

• Offers an intensive short-course on the fundamentals of terrorism;
• Introduces new and innovative techniques utilized to teach and research terrorism; and
• Provides access to high-level officials working in the intelligence and counter-terrorism fields.

The workshop will also feature specialists from the DHS Centers of Excellence, which are conducting critical homeland security research led by major universities. Curriculum content from the Centers will be integrated into the workshop. Topics will include the social-behavioral causes and consequences of terrorism, terrorism risk analysis, food security, zoonotic disease defense, and catastrophic event preparedness and response.

In addition, the workshop will acquaint participants with current issues that dominate U.S. foreign policy and much of the world’s attention (e.g. weapons of mass destruction and state sponsorship of terrorism). It promises an exploration into classic works written before September 11, 2001.

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