Brown Bag Lunch Series, 2009-2010
Please note that all Brown Bag lunch talks will be held on Mondays at 12 noon in 202 Jones Hall unless otherwise noted. Beverages, potato chips, and cookies are provided.
9/21 Bernard Lewis, Princeton University
"Propaganda in the Middle East"
9/28 Elin Suleymanov, Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles
"Azerbaijan and the Changing Regional Environment"
10/5 Gil-li Vardi, Oxford University
"The IDF goes to War: Israeli Military Culture, the Sinai Campaign and the Six Day War"
10/12 Jonathan A.C. Brown, University of Washington, Seattle
"Lying about the Prophet of God: Forgery and its Manipulation in the Islamic Tradition"
10/19 Ben-Dror Yemini
"The Industry of Lies: Myths & Facts Concerning the Middle East Conflict"
10/26 Joel Migdal, University of Washington, Seattle
& Institute for Advanced Study
"The U.S. in the Middle East: A Retrospective Look"
11/2 Fall Recess, No BBL
11/9 Basak Kus, Princeton University
"Neoliberal Reforms, Regulatory Change and the Informal Economy in Turkey"
11/16 (Please note that this Lunch Talk will take place in Jones 102)
Bulent Senay
Counselor for Social and Religious Affairs at the Turkish Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands
"Public Visibility of Religion in Modern Turkey and Turkish Islam in the Netherlands"
11/23 No BBL
11/30 Sooyong Kim, Bryn Mawr College
12/7 James Meyer, Montana State University
12/14 Matthew Nelson, SOAS, University of London & Inst. of Advanced Study
2/1 TBA
2/8 TBA
2/15 TBA
2/22 TBA
3/1 TBA
3/8 TBA
3/15 Spring Recess, No BBL
3/22 TBA
3/29 TBA
4/5 TBA
4/12 TBA
4/19 TBA
4/26 TBA