Thursday, November 8, 2007    
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Robinson Auditorium      
This event is free and open to the public.

Light refreshments will be provided prior to the event.

Abstract: Mr. Shadid will speak about the implications of the war in Iraq on the Middle East. Iraq, in some ways, is a catalyst for change. In other ways, it mirrors the transformation already under way in the Middle East, as ideology makes way for hardening sectarian and ethnic lines that pose one of the greatest challenges to the region since colonialism. Mr. Shadid will explore that transformation in the talk, both through his experiences in Iraq, as well as time spent in Lebanon and Egypt.

Biography:  Anthony Shadid, 38, is the Middle East correspondent for the Washington Post. Since September 11, 2001, he has reported from most countries in the Middle East, from Egypt to Syria to Israel and Palestine, where he was wounded in the back while covering fighting in 2002 in the West Bank. In March 2003, weeks before the U.S. invasion, he traveled to Iraq, his third visit there. He remained in Baghdad during the invasion, the fall of Saddam Hussein and the war's aftermath. In 2005, he moved to Beirut, from where he has covered the rest of the Arab world.           

Before the Post, Shadid worked for the Boston Globe in Washington, covering diplomacy and the State Department. He began his career at the Associated Press in Milwaukee, New York, Los Angeles and Cairo, where he worked as a Middle East correspondent from 1995 to 1999. He is a native of Oklahoma City, and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Shadid was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2007 for his coverage of the Lebanese-Israeli war a year earlier. In 2004, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his dispatches from Iraq. That year, he was also the recipient of the American Society of Newspaper Editors' award for deadline writing and the Overseas Press Club's Hal Boyle Award for best newspaper or wire service reporting from abroad. In 2003, Shadid was awarded the George Polk Award for foreign reporting for a series of dispatches from the Middle East while at the Globe. In 1997, Shadid was awarded a citation by the Overseas Press Club for his work on "Islam's Challenge." The four-part series, published by the AP in December 1996, formed the basis of his book, Legacy of the Prophet: Despots, Democrats and the New Politics of Islam, published by Westview Press in December 2000. His second book, Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War, was published in September 2005 by Henry Holt.

Directions and parking information are available here.  

Anyone needing special arrangements to accommodate a disability is encouraged to contact Melissa La Bouff (858) 822-5297 or mlabouff@ucsd.edu two weeks in advance.

Sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt College, Department of History, International House, Middle East Studies, and the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS).

For questions regarding the event please contact the Events Coordinator at iicas-events@ucsd.edu  

"Evaluating the Nuclear Peace Hypothesis: A Quantitative Approach"
With Robert Rauchhaus 
University of California, Santa Barbara

Biography: Harvey Rishikof, former Chair Department of National Security Strategy, Professor of Law and National Security Studies at the National War College in Washington, DC, specializes in the areas of national security, civil and military courts, terrorism, international law, civil liberties, national security law, civilian/military relations, governmental process, and the U.S. Constitution. Mr. Rishikof's career includes experiences with the academy, the private sector, and public service.  As Dean of the Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, RI (1999-2001), he introduced courses in national security law and the Constitution involving the Naval War College in Newport, RI.  As Legal Counsel to the Deputy Director of the FBI (1997-99), Rishikof focused on FBI policies concerning national security and terrorism, and served as liaison to the Office of the Attorney General at the Department of Justice.  As Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1994-96), Rishikof served as chief of staff for the Chief Justice and was involved in general policy issues concerning the federal court system. In this capacity, he acted as liaison to the Executive Branch, Congress, the Federal Judicial Center, and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and International Judicial Committee of the Judicial Conference.   Rishikof has participated in numerous international seminars and projects, most recently in Colombia (2007).  Mr. Rishikof's most recent publication is "Morality, Ethics, and Law in the War on Terrorism (The Long War), West Point Terrorism Series Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century: International Perspectives, James J.F. Forest ed. (2007).  Rishikof holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law, an M.A. from Brandeis University, and a B.A. from McGill University.

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 International Law Series Presents:

"Bull in a China Shop: U.S. Treatment of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in 'War on Terror' " 
With Gabor Rona
International Legal Director                        
Human Rights First    

Thursday, November 15, 2007                               
12:10 PM - 1:15 PM
Moot Court Room (Cal Western)   
This event is free and open to the public.