"The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life" - Guest Lecture by Roger Owen
Thursday, April 11, 2013 4:30 PM EDT
Johnson Center, Meeting Room F, 3rd Floor
Roger Owen is Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Harvard University. His most recent publication, The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life, is a political history of an era when most presidents were becoming more monarchical, which effectively came to an end with the revolutions of the ‘Arab spring.’
Sponsored by the Middle East Studies Program, Global Interdisciplinary Programs, and the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies.