Join Us for August 17 Program - Regional Instability: The Legacy of Arab Spring
The Peoria Area World Affairs Council presents “Regional Instability: The Legacy of the Arab Spring” on Thursday, August 17, 2017. Nathan Brown, Director of Institute for Middle East Studies at George Washington University, will be our speaker. The event will be held at the Ivy Club, 5102 North Galena Rd, Peoria Heights. It is open to the public and features an optional dinner beginning at 5:30 PM. The presentation will commence at 7:00 PM.
In 2011, a wave of uprisings throughout the Arab world sparked great hopes for positive changes in the region and admiring international attention. Six and one half years later, the legacy of those uprisings consists of civil war, deepened dictatorship, and international conflict. Is the Arab world today likely to disintegrate further into conflict or chaos or is there a way for the hopes of 2011 to be met?
Dinner reservations are now closed, but tickets for the lecture itself still remain. Tickets for the lecture at 7:00 PM are $10.00 for PAWAC members and $15.00 for general public. All students may attend the lecture portion of the program for free with their student ID. Tickets for the lecture portion of the program can be ordered in advance HERE. Payment will also be accepted at the door; however advance notice of attendance is requested to director@pawac.org for planning purposes.
Presenter Nathan Brown currently serves as Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies at George Washington University. He is also Nonresident Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he received his Ph.D. from Princeton University, where he specialized in Middle Eastern politics. His research focuses on issues of constitutionalism, the rule of law, Islam and politics, and democracy in the Arab world.
In 2011, a wave of uprisings throughout the Arab world sparked great hopes for positive changes in the region and admiring international attention. Six and one half years later, the legacy of those uprisings consists of civil war, deepened dictatorship, and international conflict. Is the Arab world today likely to disintegrate further into conflict or chaos or is there a way for the hopes of 2011 to be met?
Dinner reservations are now closed, but tickets for the lecture itself still remain. Tickets for the lecture at 7:00 PM are $10.00 for PAWAC members and $15.00 for general public. All students may attend the lecture portion of the program for free with their student ID. Tickets for the lecture portion of the program can be ordered in advance HERE. Payment will also be accepted at the door; however advance notice of attendance is requested to director@pawac.org for planning purposes.
Presenter Nathan Brown currently serves as Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies at George Washington University. He is also Nonresident Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he received his Ph.D. from Princeton University, where he specialized in Middle Eastern politics. His research focuses on issues of constitutionalism, the rule of law, Islam and politics, and democracy in the Arab world.
PAWAC Reads Book Club Meeting is August 31
The programming committee has selected Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy; Ernest Hemingway’s Secret Adventures, 1935-1961, as its summer 2017 book. Authored by longtime U.S. intelligence officer Nicholas Reynolds, this book explores the cloak-and-dagger side of Earnest Hemmingway’s life. Keep an eye on this page for details of the upcoming PAWAC Reads discussion of this book. And don’t forget, you can help raise money for PAWAC if you purchase from Amazon by visiting www.smile.amazon.com and select Peoria Area World Affairs Council.
PAWAC Reads will meet to discuss this wonderful book on Thursday, August 31, at 6:30 PM in the Seminar Room at the Peoria Public Library’s North Branch.
PAWAC Reads will meet to discuss this wonderful book on Thursday, August 31, at 6:30 PM in the Seminar Room at the Peoria Public Library’s North Branch.
Mark Your Calendars Now for Our Upcoming Programs
The PAWAC programming committee is excited to announce the following programs. Watch this page for more details in the weeks ahead of these exciting events:
Thursday, August 17, 2017 - “Regional Instability: The Legacy of the Arab Spring”
Thursday, October 12, 2017 - “Losing an Enemy - Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy” with Dr. Trita Parsi
Thursday, August 17, 2017 - “Regional Instability: The Legacy of the Arab Spring”
Thursday, October 12, 2017 - “Losing an Enemy - Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy” with Dr. Trita Parsi
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Photos copyright Kristin McHugh/Kristin McHugh for The Stanley Foundation
(309) 677-2454 (phone) | (309) 677-3256 (fax)
director@pawac.org
Photos copyright Kristin McHugh/Kristin McHugh for The Stanley Foundation
