Events
GPI-BAU Talk Series: HIST 180 – Classical Islamic Civilization & the Silk Road
On October 23, 2024, at 01:00 PM (EST) the Global Policy Institute (GPI) and Bay Atlantic University (BAU) will hold a talk titled ” Classical Islamic Civilization & the Silk Road” via Zoom and in-person at BAU, during the HIST 180 class.
Speaker
Dr. Hamdi Saleh is a distinguished alumnus of Harvard University with a Ph.D. in international relations. He taught at the Kennedy School of Harvard, as well as several other esteemed American universities. He was a Fulbright scholar at Florida State University in 2008. He represented Egypt diplomatically in the United States, the Gulf region, and South Africa, and has played a pivotal role in developing the relationship between Egypt and the United States.
Currently an advisor for the University of Port Said, Dr. Saleh is conducting a program for political consultation between the Middle East and the United States. He is a senior news commentator on Arab and American Television Networks, and has published several books and articles, the latest entitled “America at a Cross Road: The Election of Obama to the White House” (2009).
He was an advisor to the UAE ministry of Foreign Affairs and has conducted several training programs for diplomats from the UAE. In 2011, he established a center for International Relations at the University of Sharjah in the UAE and was the director for the center for 3 years.
Moderator
Oonah Jaja-Wachuku is the department chair for General Education at Bay Atlantic University, Washington D.C. Her teaching career spans two decades (K-12 and higher education) and three different continents. She is a published author and researcher whose research interests include African history, cultures and literature. Additionally, she has also pursued entrepreneurial activities centered on African identities in fashion, art and literature.
Ms. Jaja-Wachuku is a cultural advocate and through various media, promotes interculturality among different African cultures on the continent and transculturality between diaspora and continental Africans – in the spirit of Pan-Africanism.
She holds an MBA in International Business Management from the American University, Kyrenia and an MA in Multilingualism, Linguistics and Education from Goldsmiths College, University of London. She is an active member of the African Literature Association (ALA).