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CCSU Middle East Insights lecture series features Iraqi scholar Professor Tareq Ismael’s talk “Iraq: The Present Situation and Future Prospects” on October 22 at 5 p.m.; public invited
 

NEW BRITAIN – October 12, 2007 – Dr. Tareq Ismael, Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary in Canada, will be the next speaker in Central Connecticut State University’s Middle East Insights lecture series.  His lecture " Iraq: The Present Situation and Future Prospects," will be given on Monday, October 22, 2006 at 5:00 p.m. in Founders Hall in the Davidson Administration Building on Stanley Street.

 Professor Ismael’s remarks will be followed by a question-and-answer period.  The public is invited to attend the lecture, and free parking is available in campus parking lots.

“Tareq Ismael is one of the world's top authorities on Iraq,” according to Dr. Norton Mezvinsky, Professor of History at CCSU and host for the Middle East Insights lecture series.  “He will provide valuable insights about the present condition of that troubled country and prospects for its future. 

“Professor Ismael has written many books and articles about Iraq and about numerous other modern Middle East issues,” Mezvinsky said.  “His recent book, The Iraqi Predicament: People in the Quagmire of Power Politics and his recent edited book Iraq: the Human Cost of History have been highly acclaimed.  Cambridge University Press will soon publish his newest book, The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Iraq.  Professor Ismael is co-editor of the International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies and is the founder of the International Association of Contemporary Iraqi Studies.”

Professor Ismael has served as the president of the International Association of Middle Eastern Studies.  Among other honors he was awarded in 1996 the Most Distinguished Scholar Award by the International Association of Middle Eastern Studies.  

Dr. Norton Mezvinsky, who has the distinction of being a CSU Professor and is a professor history at CCSU, organized the Middle East Insights lecture series in 2006.  He continues to arrange for a variety of prominent Middle East scholars and experts in diverse areas to speak at CCSU during the coming semester.

The lecture series is sponsored by CCSU’s Committee on Middle Eastern Studies, the George R. Muirhead Center for International Education, History Department, and Peace Studies Program.

Directions to CCSU are at the University’s website: http://www.ccsu.edu/visit.htm
 

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