Thursday, January 19
12:00 p.m., McGuinn 227A

Egypt and the Arab Spring
Dr. Joy Samad, East West University-Bangladesh

Thursday, January 19
7:30 p.m., McGuinn Auditorium 121

John Locke and Muslim Liberalism
Dr. Joy Samad, East West University-Bangladesh

Distinguished Lectures Series in Middle Eastern Studies at Boston College

Sponsored by Islamic Civilization and Societies, the Program for the Study of the Western Heritage, and the Political Science Department.

Tuesday, February 7
4:30 p.m., Gasson 305

Fixing the Facts: National Security and the Politics of Intelligence
Joshua Rovner, Naval War College

Sponsored by the Clough Center and the Political Science Department

Thursday, February 9
5:30 p.m., Gasson 112

For God and Country: Religion and the Military

Boisi Center Panel with:
Fr. Richard Erikson, USAF Reserves
Jonathan Ebel, University of Illinois

Tuesday, February 14
Time and location TBA

The Emancipation of Europe’s Muslims: The State’s Role in Minority Integration
Professor Jonathan Laurence, Department of Political Science, Boston College

Islamic Civilization and Societies Program and Department of Political Science

Wednesday, February 15
4:45 p.m., Devlin 008

Islam, Sharia, and Democratic Transformation in the Arab World
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim, Emory University Law School

Distinguished Lecture Series in Middle Eastern Studies at Boston College

Islamic Civilization and Societies Program, the Department of Political Science, the Center for Human Rights and International Justice, and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life

Wednesday, February 29
4:30 p.m., Gasson 305

Woodrow Wilson’s Heirs from the Cold War to the Arab Spring: American Schools of Thought in Democracy
Justin Vaisse, The Brookings Institution

Clough Center Lecture Series

Wednesday, March 14
5:30 p.m., Gasson 112

Religious Exclusivism and Pluralism as a Political Project
Miroslav Volf, Yale Divinity School

Boisi Center 11^th Annual Prophetic Voices Lecture

Thursday, March 15
4:30 p.m., Devlin 101

Book panel on Gary Jacobsohn’s book, Constitutional Identity
Gary Jocobsohn, University of Texas at Austin

Panel: Miguel Schor, Mark Tushnet; Moderator: Vlad Perju

Clough Center Lecture Series

Tuesday, April 17
5:00 p.m., Gasson 305

Weapons of Mass Migration and Implications for American Foreign Policy
Kelly Greenhill, Tufts University

Sponsored by the Department of Political Science

Wednesday, April 25
4:30 p.m., McGuinn Auditorium 121

The Prospects for Constitution Making: Two Ancient Perspectives

John J. Mulhern is a Senior Fellow at the Fels Institute of Government and Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies and Government Administration at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published and taught extensively, has worked at the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia, and has been an editor at Defense and Security Analysis, Arethusa, and The Bryn Mawr Classical Review.

Clough Center Lecture

Tuesday, May 1
4:30 p.m., Gasson 305

The Arab Spring, Syria, and Why Civil Resistance Works
Erica Chenoweth, Wesleyan University

Distinguished Lecture Series in Middle Eastern Studies at Boston College, sponsored by the Political Science Department International Relations Lecture Series, and the Islamic Civilizations and Societies Distinguished Lecture Series in Middle Eastern Studies.