Tuesday, 28 Mar 2006
The Middle East, Global Energy and Terrorism - Flynt Leverett
Flynt Leverett served at the White House as Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council until March, 2003. In this role, he advised President Bush and National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice on Arab-Israeli issues and U.S. relations with Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Previously, Dr. Leverett served on the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff, handling Middle East and counterterrorism issues. He is the author of Bashar's Trial By Fire, the editor of The Road Ahead: Middle East Policy in the Bush Administration's Second Term , and earned his masters and doctorate in politics from Princeton University. Part of the Technology, Globalization and Culture Series.
German Jewish Refugees and Holocaust Legacies - Judith Gerson
Judith Gerson is the 2005-06 Life Reborn Fellow for the Study of Displaced Persons at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. Professor Gerson received awards from the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, the American Sociological Association, and the National Science Foundation to conduct research on the sociological perspectives of life during and after the Holocaust.
The Saving Grace of Stories - Sandra Benitez
Sandra Benitez is the author of A Place Where the Sea Remembers, Bitter Grounds, The Weight of All Things, and Night of the Radishes.