Events
"The Myth of Ancient Sectarian Hatreds: What's Really Driving Conflict in the Middle East Today?" Guest Speaker
Date and Time
Monday, February 11, 2019 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Description
The current turmoil in the Middle East is said to be entrenched in ancient sectarian hatreds. Postel challenges this dominant narrative circulating in the media and policy circles as “deeply orientalist,” and offers a set of rigorous alternative explanations linking Western policies to the deepening conflict in the region. His guest talk is titled, "The Myth of Ancient Sectarian Hatreds: What's Really Driving Conflict in the Middle East Today?"
Danny Postel is Assistant Director of the Middle East and North African Studies Program at Northwestern University. He is the author of Reading "Legitimation Crisis" in Tehran(2006) and co-editor of three books, The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran’s Future (2010), The Syria Dilemma (2013), and Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East (2017). His writings have appeared in: The American Prospect, Boston Review, The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Critical Inquiry, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Dissent, The Guardian, In These Times, The Huffington Post, Middle East Policy, The Nation, The New York Times, The Progressive, and The Washington Post.
A small reception will follow the talk.
Information
For more information, please visit: http://www.gvsu.edu/ags
Contact
Area and Global Studies
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