Author Robin Wright Lecture
Date and Time
Monday Mar 26, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM CDT
3/26/12 at 7:30p.m.
Location
Wheaton College - Blanchard Hall - Room 339, 501 College Avenue, Wheaton, IL
Fees/Admission
Free
Website
Description
Author Robin Wright will deliver a lecture with the same title as her latest book Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World.
Dr. Wright has authored a number of books on the Middle East. As a news correspondent, she has reported from more than 140 countries on six continents for The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs and others. Wright has been a fellow at Yale, Duke and Stanford and been honored with many awards including the U.N. Correspondents Gold Medal, the National Magazine Award, and the Overseas Press Club Award for "best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and initiative."
For more information, please contact the Department of Politics and International Relations at 630.752.5129.
