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[PAST EVENT] Future of Iraq Symposium
October 8, 2015 - October 9, 2015
4pm - 12pm
Admission is free to these events and all are welcome.
The keynote speech, "The Day After Tomorrow: Iraq and America," will be given by former Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 4PM in Room 119. He is a six-time U.S. ambassador and dean and executive director at the George Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University. Ambassador Crocker is this year's Kraemer Middle East Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at William & Mary.
A roundtable, "Iraq: Yesterday and Tomorrow," will be held in Room 119 from 9AM to noon on Friday, Oct. 9.
A booksigning will also be held at the Law School from 8:30AM to 9AM and from 12 to 12:30PM.
Roundtable participants will include Ambassador Crocker, along with
Zaid Al-Ali, Princeton University, author of the book, "The Struggle for Iraq's Future: How Corruption, Incompetence, and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy,"
Sarhang Hamasaeed of the U.S. Institute of Peace,
and Emma Sky of Princeton University, author of the recently published book, "The Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq."
Professor Christie Warren, director of the Center for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, will serve as moderator.
Sponsored by the Center for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, the Reves Center for International Studies, the Kraemer Middle East Scholar-in Residence Program, and the Law School's Comparative Legal Student Scholars. Financial aid and logistical support provided by Lois Critchfield and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
The keynote speech, "The Day After Tomorrow: Iraq and America," will be given by former Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 4PM in Room 119. He is a six-time U.S. ambassador and dean and executive director at the George Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University. Ambassador Crocker is this year's Kraemer Middle East Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at William & Mary.
A roundtable, "Iraq: Yesterday and Tomorrow," will be held in Room 119 from 9AM to noon on Friday, Oct. 9.
A booksigning will also be held at the Law School from 8:30AM to 9AM and from 12 to 12:30PM.
Roundtable participants will include Ambassador Crocker, along with
Zaid Al-Ali, Princeton University, author of the book, "The Struggle for Iraq's Future: How Corruption, Incompetence, and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy,"
Sarhang Hamasaeed of the U.S. Institute of Peace,
and Emma Sky of Princeton University, author of the recently published book, "The Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq."
Professor Christie Warren, director of the Center for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, will serve as moderator.
Sponsored by the Center for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, the Reves Center for International Studies, the Kraemer Middle East Scholar-in Residence Program, and the Law School's Comparative Legal Student Scholars. Financial aid and logistical support provided by Lois Critchfield and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Contact
Law School Communications Office, (757) 221-1840
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