As graduates of the Caspersen School, you are invited to continue to stay connected and engaged in the life of the University. Check out the calendar of events for activities open to all alumni/ae. See the list below for those events specific to graduates of the Caspersen School. For additional details, call the Office of Alumni/ae Relations at (973) 408-3229.
Caspersen School of Graduate Studies All Alumni / Student Discussion & Dinner
An Engaged Mind: An Evening With Professor Saad Eddin Ibrahim
All alumni and students of the Graduate School are invited to this special dinner to gather, talk and relish the kinds of exchanges we begin during class breaks but never have enough time to continue.
When: November 19, 2009, from 6-8:30 p.m.
Where: Founders Room, Mead Hall
Cost: $25 per person / Alumni and Guests
Free to current Caspersen Students
To RSVP, call the Office of Alumni Relations at (973) 408-3229.
Topic: Could America’s Image Abroad be Fixed?
Since 9/11, many in the Arab and Muslim World have read President Bush’s “global war on terrism” to be a code phrase to mean a war on Islam and Muslims, compounding America’s negative image. This is evidenced by all the Gallup and Pew polls taken in the eight post 9/11 years. Such negativism could and should be countered by a visible change in the language of discourse and the conduct of both official and popular diplomacy. Americans have offered much and can still offer more that is highly appreciated.
Professor Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Wallerstein Visiting Scholar 2009-2010
Saad Eddin Ibrahim is a professor of sociology and one of the Arab world’s most prominent human rights activists. He has written numerous important and influential works on the future of democracy in the Islamic world, and has been quoted and interviewed widely in print and television media around the globe. For most of his career Professor Ibrahim taught at the American University in Cairo (UAC). He also founded and continues to direct the IBN Khaldun Center for Development Studies. Professor Ibrahim is often described as a scholar-practitioner, as he is a leader in the struggle for democracy and human rights, especially in his native Egypt.
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