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"Impact of War" Research Symposium
(Seminar/Conference)
"The Impact of War" research symposium consists of student presentations on "The Costs and Consequences of Conflict" (9:00-10:15); the presentation "State Ending and the Tragedy of the American Invasion of Iraq" by Raymond Baker, Trinity College and American University in Cairo (10:30-11:45); and a seminar titled "Understanding Political Islam," featuring a chapter from Baker's "Islam without Fear" (1:00-2:00). The morning sessions are open to the public; to register and obtain the reading for the afternoon seminar, contact Tom Ewing. The symposium is part of the 2010-2011 CLAHS Lecture/Symposium Series on International Understanding and Global Culture: "Islamic Worlds." It is supported by funding from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, the College's Department Diversity Award, the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, the Institute for Society, Culture, and the Environment Global Issues Initiative, the CLAHS Undergraduate Research Institute, the Reema Samaha Arabic Language and Culture Initiative, and the following CLAHS departments and programs: ASPECT, Foreign Languages and Literatures, History, Political Science, and Religion and Culture. More information...
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