October 24, 2014

Jackson School hosts daylong discussion of Kurdistan, Middle East Nov. 6

The University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies will host a daylong conference titled “Kurdistan and the Changing Middle East” on Thursday, Nov. 6, in the Peterson Room on the fifth floor of Allen Library.

Reşat Kasaba, Jackson School director, will give introductory remarks and moderate panels titled “Regional Dynamics” and “State-Society Relations in Northern Iraq.” Arbella Bet-Shlimon, UW assistant professor of history, also will participate in the latter panel.

The keynote address, “Kurdistan, the Changing Middle East, and U.S. Foreign Policy,” will be given by Henri Barkey, professor of international studies at Lehigh University, at 7 p.m. in Room 120 of Kane Hall.

To learn more, contact Kristina Bowman, Jackson School communications specialist, at 206-221-1323 or kriscb@uw.edu.