The Middle East and US Foreign Policy : Alternative Voices
A Speaker Series
Faculty Leaders
- Bruce Braun, Geography
- Vinay Gidwani, Geography & Global Studies
- Michael Goldman, Global Studies & Sociology
- Simona Sawhney, Asian Languages and Literatures
- Rachel Schurman, Global Studies & Sociology
IGS is offering a 1-credit course in conjunction with this lecture series.
Wednesday, October 11, 12:00-1:15 p.m., Blegen 235
Toward a New Middle East: Beyond Empire and Force
Mohammed Bamyeh, Macalester College, and Timothy Brennan, University of Minnesota
Reception to follow in 246 Social Science Building
Friday, October 13, 2:00-3:15 p.m., Blegen 150
“Israel: When a People Refuses To Take Responsibility”
Jeff Halper, Director, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
Reception to follow in 246 Social Science Building
Wednesday, October 25, 7 p.m., Room 25 Law School
"Separation of Powers in the Long War: Guantanamo and the Rule of Law"
Joseph Margulies, Attorney, MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern University
Wednesday, November 1, 12:00-1:15 p.m., Blegen 235
"Dispossession, Occupation and Resistance: Reports from a Recent Visit to Palestine"
Ziad Amra, Attorney, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Reception to follow in 246 Social Science Building
Monday, November 6, 12:00-1:15 p.m., Blegen 235
“Making Sense of the Middle East: An Insider's Critical Analysis”
Rami G. Khouri, Editor-at-large, The Daily Star Lebanon
Reception to follow in 246 Social Science Building
Wednesday, November 29, 12:00-1:15 p.m., Blegen 235
"Rethinking the Middle East Conflict: The One-State Solution?"
Virginia Tilley, Chief Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council (Pretoria, South Africa)
Reception to follow in 246 Social Science Building
Friday, December 8, 12:00-1:30 p.m., President’s Room, Coffman Memorial Union
“Reflections” Concluding Panel discussion with University of Minnesota Faculty members
Hisham al-Bizri, Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
Martin Sampson, Department of Political Science
Carol Hakim, Department of History
Additional Sponsors
- Institute for Advanced Study
- Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
- Department of American Studies
- Department of Asian Languages and Literature
- Department of Geography
- Department of Political Science
- Department of History
- Morton Zabel Fund of the Department of English
- Department of Sociology