Academic Year 2009-2010: Upcoming Lectures

Can President Obama Avoid War with Iran?
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 5:30PM
Cabot Intercultural Center, ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School
Speaker: Juan R. I. Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan
Co-Sponsors: the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, the International Security Studies Program, and the Boston Forum
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How is President Obama Doing in the Middle East?
Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 5:30PM
Cabot Intercultural Center, 702, The Fletcher School
Speaker: Robert H. Pelletreau, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Co-Sponsors: Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, and the Political Science Program
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Reflections on U.S.-Iran Relations
Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 5:30PM
Cabot Intercultural Center, 702, The Fletcher School
Speaker: Mohsen M. Milani, Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida
Co-Sponsors: Middle Eastern Studies Major, and the International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program
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Managing the Culture Clash in the Middle East: Do the Courts Matter?
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 5:30PM
Cabot Intercultural Center, 702, The Fletcher School
Speaker: Eva Bellin, Associate Professor of Political Science, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
Co-Sponsors: LLM Program, and the International Relations Program
Chair: Jeswald W. Salacuse, Henry J. Braker Professor of Law, The Fletcher School
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Mothers and Daughters: A Conversation with Hanan al-Shaykh and Mariam Said
Thursday, September 17, 5:30pm, ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Intercultural Center Room Change
Speakers: Hanan al-Shaykh, a Lebanese-born, London-based writer, author of The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story; Mariam Said, Vice President, The Barenboim Said Foundation USA
Co-Sponsors: CHAT, Middle Eastern Studies Major, and the Department of German, Russian, Asian Languages and Literatures
Chair: Jonathan Wilson, Fletcher Professor of Rhetoric and Debate, Director of the Center for the Humanities, Tufts University
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