Values and Worldviews: A Case Study of Intercultural Training from Syria

Christian Sinclair

Tuesday, 07 Feb 2006 at 6:30 pm – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall

Christian Sinclair is Assistant Director of Middle Eastern Studies, School for International Training Study Abroad Adjunct Faculty, Intercultural Communication, School for International Training. He has worked extensively in Egypt, Tunisia, Spain and Peru as a lecturer and trainer and spent seven years at the American Language Center in Damascus, Syria as International Projects Manager and EFL trainer.

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  • Technology, Globalization, and Culture series
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

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