Nizar Hamzeh, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the American University of Kuwait
"Understanding Islamic Charities: The Case of Hizbullah"
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Time: 5:15-6:45 p.m.
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Rory Stewart
Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University
"Afghanistan: Rhetoric and Reality"
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Time: 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Location: Higgins 300
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Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.
Ambassador, Arab Republic of Egypt
"The Practice of American Diplomacy in the Middle East: The Case of Egypt."
Date: January 2009
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David Menashri
"Iran's Nuclear Challenge: A View from Tel Aviv"
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Time: 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Location: Cushing 001
A pre-eminent authority on the history and politics of modern Iran, the Persian Gulf and Central Asia, Professor Menashri is Professor of Middle Eastern and African History and the Incumbent of the Parviz and Pouran Nazarian Chair for Modern Iranian History at Tel Aviv University. Professor Menashri is the author or editor of several major works on contemporary Iranian & Central Asian history and politics, including: Post-Revolutionary Politics in Iran (2001), Iran after Khomeini: Revolutionary Ideology versus National Interests (in Hebrew 1999), Education and the Making of Modern Iran (1992); Central Asia Meets the Middle East (1998); Islamic Fundamentalism: A Challenge to Regional Stability (in Hebrew, 1993); and The Iranian Revolution and the Muslim World (1991). From 2003 to 2007, Professor Menashri served as the President of the Citizens' Empowerment Center in Israel.
Co-sponsors: Americans for Informed Democracy; Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies Student Association; "Al-Noor: The Boston College Undergraduate Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Journal"; and the Jewish Studies Program.
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