The Faris Saeed Lecture Series in Arab Studies

The Arab Spring One Year Later

a public lecture by
Professor of History at the University of Michigan

Juan Cole

January 18th, 2012

Conference Center Ballroom B University of California, Davis Reception at 6 pm followed by Lecture at 7pm
Dr. Juan R. I. Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. His most recent book is Engaging the Muslim World (Palgrave Macmillan, March, 2009) and he also recently authored Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). He has been a regular guest on PBS's Lehrer News Hour, and has also appeared on ABC Nightly News, Nightline, the Today Show, Charlie Rose, Anderson Cooper 360, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, the Colbert Report, Democracy Now! and many others. He has given many radio and press interviews. He has written widely about Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and South Asia. He has commented extensively on al-Qaeda and the Taliban, the Iraq War, the politics of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and Iranian domestic struggles and foreign affairs. He has a regular column at Truthdig. He continues to study and write about contemporary Islamic movements, whether mainstream or radical, whether Sunni and Salafi or Shi`ite. Cole commands Arabic, Persian and Urdu and reads some Turkish, knows both Middle Eastern and South Asian Islam. He lived in various parts of the Muslim world for nearly 10 years, and continues to travel widely there. Sponsorship: This Lecture series in Arab Studies is made possible through the generous donations by Faris Saeed. This series launches the development of Arab Studies within the Middle East/South Asia Studies Program. For Questions please contact mesastaff@ucdavis.edu or call (530)-754-4926

Address: UC Davis Conference Center, 550 Alumni Lane, Davis, CA 95616 Parking Please feel free to park in the South Entry Parking Structure, Lot VP 1 or Lot VP 2 Parking is $7.00, except for a handful of coin operated metered spots ($.25 for ten minutes). Weekday enforcement hours are 7am to 10pm, Monday thru Friday. From I-80 West (San Francisco): 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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I-80 East toward Sacramento. Exit the UC Davis exit #71 (just after the HWY 113 interchange). Turn left at the stop sign onto Old Davis Road. Continue straight past the information booth. Turn right onto Hilgard Lane and park in either the structure or the parking lot. The Conference Center is across Vanderhoef Quad from the Mondavi Center. The entrance is to the left of the glass corner of the building.

From I-80 East (Sacramento): 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Take Exit

I-80 West toward San Francisco. the UC Davis exit #71 (after the Richards Blvd exit) Turn right at the stop sign onto Old Davis Road. Continue straight past the information booth. Turn right onto Hilgard Lane and park in either the structure or the parking lot. The Conference Center is across Vanderhoef Quad from the Mondavi center The entrance is to the left of the glass corner of the building.