Workshop Schedule
(Updated July 16, 2005)
 
Morning Sessions
Session 1: 9:00-10:30
Session 2: 11:00-12:30
 
Afternoon Sessions
Session 1: 2:00-3:30
Session 2: 4:00-5:30
 
 
Tuesday, July 12           Arrival/Informal Get-together
 
 
Wednesday, July 13      Introduction
 
Morning 1:        Informal Discussion: Personal Experiences Teaching Terrorism
 
Morning 2:       Definitions; Terrorism vs. Guerrilla Warfare
Guest Speaker: Christopher Harmon
 
Afternoon 1:    Terrorist Typology
 
Afternoon 2:    History of Terrorism
 
Welcome Reception and Dinner
 
 
Thursday, July 14         Who Are the Terrorists?
 
Morning 1:      Informal Discussion: Terrorism Textbooks
 
Morning 2:      Psychology of Terrorism
Guest Speaker: Randy Borum, University of South Florida
 
Afternoon 1:    Causes of Terrorism
 
Afternoon 2:    Women and Terrorism
Guest Speaker: Karla Cunningham, SUNY Geneseo
 
 
Friday, July 15              Is there a “New” Terrorism?
 
Morning 1:       Terrorist Tactics/Suicide Bombings
Guest Speaker: Mia Bloom, University of Cincinnati
 
Morning 2:       Legal Responses to Terrorism
Guest Speaker: Andrew McCarthy, former Chief Assistant US Attorney
 
Afternoon 1:    Informal Discussion: Course Syllabi
 
Informal Dinner, with Admiral James Loy, Department of Homeland Security (retired)
 
 
Saturday, July 16          Terrorism and Modern Technology
 
Morning 1:       Terrorism and the Media
Guest Speaker: Brigitte Nacos, Columbia University
 
Morning 2:       Jihad Terrorism
Guest Speaker: Walid Phares, NBC/MSNBC Analyst
 
Afternoon 1:    Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism
Guest Speaker: Joseph Pilat, Los Alamos National Laboratories
 
Rest of Day:     Free
 
 
Sunday, July 17             Dealing with Terrorism in the 21st Century
 
Morning:          Free
 
Afternoon 1:    Antiterrorism and Counterterrorism
Guest Speaker: James Forest, US Military Academy at West Point
 
Afternoon 2:    The “New” Terrorism
Guest Speaker: Leonard Weinberg, University of Nevada, Reno
 
 
Monday, July 18           Special Forces and Terrorism
 
9am-2pm:         Field Trip to the Center for Antiterrorism and Navy Security Forces (CENATNSF), Chesapeake, VA and Blackwater USA, Moyock, NC
 
4-5:30 pm:         Special Forces and the War on Terror
Guest Speaker: Wade Ishimoto, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict
 
 
Tuesday, July 19           Research Methods and Pedagogy
 
Morning 1:        Quantitative Methods to Study Terrorism
Speaker: Steve Shellman, University of Georgia
 
Morning 2:        Formal Methods to Study Terrorism
Guest Speaker: Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Washington University in St. Louis
 
Afternoon 1:     Teaching Counterterrorism at the National Defense University
Guest Speaker: Jim Robbins, National Defense University
 
Afternoon 2:    Terrorism Simulations for the Classroom
Speaker: Steve Shellman, University of Georgia
 
Banquet
Keynote Speaker: Chris Taylor, Blackwater USA
 
 
Wednesday, July 20    Departures