invites you to a luncheon briefing: 

“Arab Spring: A View from Libya”

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 featuring:

 Tamara Sonn
Wm. R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Humanities 
The College of William and Mary

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 One of the three North African countries that recently freed itself from dictatorship, Libya shares many characteristics with its neighbors Tunisia and Egypt.  But its history of Italian colonial rule, followed by a brief monarchy and the protracted dictatorship of Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhafi, make it unique.  Professor Sonn will share insights gathered on a recent trip to the former Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyya.

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Tamara Sonn is the Wm. R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of William & Mary.  Her books include Interpreting Islam (Oxford, 1996; winner of Choice Book of the Year award); Comparing Religions through Law:  Judaism and Islam (with J. Neusner; Routledge 1999; named "One of the Best Books of the 1990s" by the Journal of Law and Religion), Islam:  A Brief History (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), The Sage Handbook of Islamic Studies (2010), and The Religion Toolkit:  A Complete Guide to Religious Studies (with J. Morreall; Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).  Her works have been translated into Arabic, Portuguese, and Bengali.  She is an editor of Oxford Islamic Studies Online, editor-in-chief of Oxford Bibliographies Online--Islamic Studies, and co-editor-in-chief of Wiley-Blackwell's online journal of Religious Studies Religion Compass.  

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Monday, January 30, 2012

12:30pm - ICC 270

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Seating is limited.

Lunch will be served.

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