• Comparative Conflict Analysis: A broadening of participants’ understandings of conflict through the de-exceptionalization of specific conflicts. By selecting specific contemporary conflicts and analyzing themes common to most such as border disputes, identity issues, nationalism, and the role of third parties, participants engage in a critical reevaluation of the nature of conflict.

• Comparative Religions: Topics in Islam and Judaism: An academic examination of various topics that connect Jewish and Muslim traditions from a thematic standpoint, which explores the relationship between the two religions. Subjects may include the comparison of sacred texts, rituals, notions of sacred time and/or space, philosophy, religious law, mysticism, and attitudes towards war, peace, reconciliation, or forgiveness.

• Gender Issues in Islam: An examination of topics related to gender issues in Islam, both in early and contemporary contexts. Subjects may include gender-dependent rights and responsibilities in Islam, issues of modesty, and sexuality in Islam.

• Introduction to Inter-group Education: An introductory examination of some of the foundational theories behind inter-group work, including Contact Theory, Social Identity Theory, and some of the numerous challenges involved in bringing members of different communities together.

• Introduction to Islam: An introductory examination of histories, beliefs, and/or practices of Muslim traditions from an academic perspective. Topics may include an examination of the life and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, the Qur’an, sources of Islamic law, and foundational rituals and beliefs in Islam. Through these topics, participants will explore the diversity within Islam.

• Introduction to Judaism: An introductory examination of histories, beliefs, and/or practices of Jewish traditions from an academic perspective. Topics may include the Torah, sources of Jewish law, holidays and sacred time, and prayer in Judaism. Through these topics, participants will explore the diversity within Judaism.

• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An examination of the nature of competing narratives within the Israeli-Palestinian context. Participants engage in a critical analysis of this framework in an attempt to understand the complexity of the conflict and how the various parties perceive the conflict, in order to begin exploring possible alternatives.