Ali Ahmida delivers lectures in Ohio

51Æ·²èPolitical Science Professor and Chair Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D., presented two talks in March during a trip to the State of Ohio.

On March 17, 2012, Ahmida gave a lecture at Oberlin College on ‘The struggle over National Symbols in the Libyan Revolution’ to students and faculty involved in a course on ‘Revolutions in MENA.’  He also met with faculty and students for a discussion on Arab spring revolutions.

Ahmida traveled to the University of Akron on March 20th to deliver the 14th Annual Sally A. Miller Humanities Lecture. The Miller Lecture was titled, ‘Libya from Dictatorship to Revolution: A Historical and Comparative View.’  He also presented a second talk, followed by an open question and answer session, to faculty and graduate students at the University of Akron on ‘Theories of Social Revolutions in the 20th Century and the Arab Spring.’

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