in the triangle of terror: making sense of the mumbai attacks
friday, 16 january 2009
friday, 16 january 2009
Stats
5 students with 50 or more CAMs
6 students with 45-49 CAMs
What will differentiate you is the performance in the finals.
best wishes
Hafiz :B
Yes, this is the same Esposito whose book we are using in our class. John has delivered talk at IIU at least 3 times already (if not mistaken)
ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS ARE INVITED
PUBLIC LECTURE BY PROFESSOR JOHN L. ESPOSITO
TOPIC:
THE US AND THE MUSLIM WORLD: BETWEEN COOPERATION AND CONFRONTATION DATE/ DAY : 8TH AUGUST 2008/ FRIDAY TIME : 10.00 - 12.00 PM.
VENUE : CONFERENCE ROOM, LEVEL 3, KENMS
Professor John L. Esposito is University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs, Professor of Islamic Studies and Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.
Professor Esposito specializes in Islam, political Islam from North Africa to Southeast Asia, and Religion and International Affairs. He is editor-in-chief of the four-volume The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Oxford History of Islam, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam and The Islamic World: Past and Present. His more than thirty books include Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam, The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?, Islam and Politics, Political Islam: Radicalism, Revolution or Reform?, Islam and Democracy (with J. Voll) and the latest, Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think (with Dalia Mogahed). A former president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, he is currently a member of the World Economic Forum’s Council of 100 Leaders, the High Level Group of the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations and President of the Executive Scientific Committee for La Maison de la Mediterranee’s 2005-2010 project, “The Mediterranean, Europe and Islam: Actors in Dialogue.”
Professor Esposito is a recipient of the American Academy of Religion’s 2005 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion and of Pakistan’s Quaid-i-Azzam Award for Outstanding Contributions in Islamic Studies. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of State and to governments, corporations, universities, and the media. In 2003 he received the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Award for Outstanding Teaching.
Professor Esposito is widely interviewed or quoted in the media, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN and network news stations, NPR, BBC, and in media throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.