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Mideast expert to lecture in MSC
By: Erin Wood
Issue date: 11/5/07 Section: News
The MSC Wiley Lecture Series will have a presentation about democracy in Afghanistan at 7 p.m. Wednesday in MSC 206. The presentation will be made by Thomas Gouttierre, the director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Lee Gunter, chairman of the MSC Wiley Lecture Series and a senior international studies major, said that the lecture will explore complex questions concerning democracy in Afghanistan by looking at aspects of the culture and society in Afghanistan.
"Many have asked if democracy can even exist in a country like Afghanistan," Gunter said.
"It is important that students are informed on their government's involvement abroad," Gunter said. "Mr. Gouttierre is considered by many to be the leading expert on Afghanistan, and his hands-on experience will allow students to develop informed opinions about the current situation there."
Gouttierre has presented on the war in Afghanistan, U.S.-Pakistani relations and international terrorism, to committees of the British Parliament, the French National Assembly, the Norwegian Parliament and the U.N. Select Committee on Human Rights. He is the American specialist on Afghanistan, Tajikistan and South Asia for the U.S. and Russian task force on regional conflicts.
Admission is free. The lecture is sponsored by the MSC Wiley Lecture Series and the Melbern G. Glasscock Center.
Lee Gunter, chairman of the MSC Wiley Lecture Series and a senior international studies major, said that the lecture will explore complex questions concerning democracy in Afghanistan by looking at aspects of the culture and society in Afghanistan.
"Many have asked if democracy can even exist in a country like Afghanistan," Gunter said.
"It is important that students are informed on their government's involvement abroad," Gunter said. "Mr. Gouttierre is considered by many to be the leading expert on Afghanistan, and his hands-on experience will allow students to develop informed opinions about the current situation there."
Gouttierre has presented on the war in Afghanistan, U.S.-Pakistani relations and international terrorism, to committees of the British Parliament, the French National Assembly, the Norwegian Parliament and the U.N. Select Committee on Human Rights. He is the American specialist on Afghanistan, Tajikistan and South Asia for the U.S. and Russian task force on regional conflicts.
Admission is free. The lecture is sponsored by the MSC Wiley Lecture Series and the Melbern G. Glasscock Center.
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