Lecture Focuses on Afghanistan
Date: Oct. 17, 2001
By: Marianne Kunnen-Jones
Phone: (513) 556-1826
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Three faculty in the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences will discuss the history and archaeology of Afghanistan in antiquity, the Middle Ages and the 20th century at a free public lecture at 7:30-8:45 p.m. Thursday Oct. 25, in Room 308, Blegen Library.
"Afghanistan through the Ages" will be a series of short lectures featuring:
- Archaeologist C. Brian Rose, who has worked in the Near East for 20 years and is now head of the classics department. Rose will discuss Alexander the Great, the last foreigner to successfully conquer Afghanistan, as well as the Greek influences on the culture there.
- History department head Barbara Ramusack, an expert on women in Asia. Her topic is: "Afghanistan and Empires: Mughal, British, and Russian."
- Assistant professor of history Elizabeth Frierson, an expert on the Mideast and Islamic world. Her topic is: "Afghanistan and the Muslim World in the 20th and 21st Centuries".
For more information, contact Rose at (513) 556-1948.
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