Liberal Arts

Loren Yellow Bird, member of the Sahnish (Arikara) nation, traditional Arikara singer, historian and American Indian cultural interpreter at Fort Union Trading Post National Park, North Dakota, presented, “Bringing the Old Ways Back to Life: Arikara Language and Cultural Revival by Members of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota,” on 24 April. The lecture …

Seven students from Texas A&M at Qatar presented at the Midwest Political Science Association’s 71st annual meeting in Chicago from 11-14 April. Alya Al Harthy, Syed Muhammad Taha, Muhammad Anas, Roza Espandeary, Akanksha Menon, Mohammed Ziyan Sheriff and Fatima Raja presented their work in the undergraduate poster sessions. The posters focused on a diverse range …

Over 250 faculty, staff and students participated in the second annual Ethics Week 1-4 April. Sponsored by The Initiative of Professional Ethics (TIPE), Ethics Weeks is designed to create awareness about issue in ethics  as they relate to professional life through a series of lectures and events. The keynote address of the event was “The …

Texas A&M at Qatar hosts its second annual Ethics Week on 1-4 April welcoming international experts to the Texas A&M at Qatar and the Hamad bin Khalifa Student Center. The event is organized by The Initiative in Professional Ethics (TIPE), which serves as an umbrella for all ethics related activities at Texas A&M at Qatar. …

50 presenters from 17 countries, six continents and 35 academic institutions participated in The Initiative in Professional Ethics (TIPE) “Ethical Engagement with Globalization, Citizenship, and Multiculturalism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives.” The primary focus of this international conference is on the relationship and complexities that exist between our notions of citizenship within a globalized world and the means …

Texas A&M University at Qatar will host an international Liberal Arts conference next week at Education City’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University Student Center. The event, sponsored by Qatar Petroleum, is organized by the University’s Liberal Arts Program in collaboration with The Initiative in Professional Ethics (TIPE) – an umbrella organization for all ethics-related activities at …

The Initiative in Professional Ethics (TIPE), 3-4 Feb. will host, “Ethical Engagement with Globalization, Citizenship, and Multiculturalism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives.” The primary focus of this two-day international conference is on the relationship and complexities that exist between our notions of citizenship within a globalized world and the means by which universalistic and/or particularistic ethical systems and …

Dr. David A. Jolliffe, professor of English, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, on 20 Jan. will present, “Literacy and Place–What Difference Do Situation and Setting Make?” Jolliffe will discuss the complicated term ‘literacy’ and will explain how issues of place (urban, suburban, rural, industrialized, agricultural, multicultural, and monocultural) influence people from various walks of life. …

Dr. Hassan Bashir, assistant professor of political science, is the organizing chair for the 5th Global Conference “Strangers, Aliens and Foreigners.” The conference will be hosted at Mansfield College, Oxford University, United Kingdom from 5–7 Sept. 2013. The conference will explore the crucial place that strangers, aliens and foreigners have for the constitution of self, …

Dr. Jeremy Black, professor of history at University of Exeter,  on 13 Jan. presented, “War and the World Question: 1450–the Future,” as the first of the 2013 Distinguished Lecture Series. Black’s lecture focused on the consideration of the problems involved in providing an explanation of how military capability is assessed and military change occurs. The …