A series of panels, conferences, and lectures sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Studies
and the Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Islam, Global Politics, and U.S. Foreign Policy

a Panel with

Fawaz A. Gerges, Christian A. Johnson Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies, Sarah Lawrence College
His publications include The Far Enemy: Why Islam Went Global and The Journey of a Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy

Ira Lapidus, Emeritus Professor of History, UCB
His publications include A History of Islamic Societies and Contemporary Islamic Movements in Historical Perspective

Darius Zahedi, Lecturer, International and Area Studies, UCB
He is the author of The Iranian Revolution Then and Now: Indicators of Regime Instability and the editor of Iran in the New Millennium: Opportunities and Challenges

Wednesday, August 29, 2007, 4:00 p.m.

Booth Auditorium, Boalt School of Law, UCB

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Institute for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, the Religion, Politics, and Globalization Program, the Graduate School of Journalism, and the Institute for Global Challenges and the Law.