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Event:
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'Shadow Wars' Author Discusses U.S. Intelligence and Middle East for Albion College Daoud Lecture
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Date:
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Monday, April 10th, 2017
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Time:
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7:00 PM
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Organization:
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Albion College |
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Location:
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College's Norris Science Center Towsley Hall
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Cost:
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Free
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Contact:
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Albion College's Religious Studies
Phone: 517/629-0207
Click Here to Email
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Description:
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Critically-acclaimed Middle
East expert Christopher
Davidson shares the
adventures involved in
writing "Shadow Wars: The
Secret Struggle for the
Middle East" as presenter of
Albion College's 2017 Daoud
Family Lecture in Middle
Eastern Studies. The event
takes place Monday, April
10, at 7 p.m. in the
College's Norris Science
Center Towsley Hall.
Currently a professor in
Middle East politics at
Durham University,
Davidson's books have been
translated into Arabic and
Farsi. "Shadow Wars: The
Secret Struggle for the
Middle East," is based on
four years of archival work
with declassified files,
leaked correspondences, and
court subpoenaed documents,
along with interviews with
former intelligence
officials. Davidson's
writing is also frequently
published in news media,
both in English and Arabic.
He has also been a presenter
or consultant for such
organizations as NATO
Intelligence, the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, the
Foreign Services Institute
(U.S.), the New Zealand
The Daoud Family Lectureship
in Middle Eastern Studies
was created by Detroit
businessman Tarik S. Daoud
and his family to promote a
better understanding of
Middle Eastern history,
peoples, and cultures, and
of the crucial role the
Middle East plays in today’s
world. A native of Iraq,
Daoud was an active leader
in the Detroit business
community was a founding
member of the American Arab
Chamber of Commerce and was
a previous recipient of the
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
and the Detroit News’s
Michiganian of the Year
award.
The Daoud Family Lecture in
Middle Eastern Studies is
free and open to the public.
For more information,
contact Albion College's
Religious Studies
department, 517/629-0207 or
lclawson@albion.edu.
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Categories:
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College, Lectures/Classes
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