[Hamp-law] Fwd: Fwd: David Mednicoff to give CS Wednesday, Oct. 17 Noon Talk, "What's law got to do with it? Legal issues in the contemporary Arab world"

[Flavio Risech]

CS WEDNESDAY NOON TALK, October 17, Adele Simmons Hall Lobby, Hampshire 
College

David Mednicoff, Director of Accelerated Programs for the Center for 
Public Policy and Administration; Director of Middle Eastern Studies in 
the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts, 
Amherst
http://people.umass.edu/mednic/

"What's law got to do with it? Legal issues in the contemporary Arab world"

David Mednicoff is Director of Accelerated Programs for the Center for 
Public Policy and Administration, as well as Director of Middle Eastern 
Studies in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts,  University of 
Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Mednicoff holds a J.D. from Harvard Law 
School and a Ph.D. in Political Science, also from Harvard. He has a 
broad background in international law and politics. His research focuses 
on the rule of law in contemporary Arab societies and their prospects 
for political democratization. Dr. Mednicoff has been a Fulbright 
scholar in both Morocco and Qatar; other recent awards in support of his 
research include a grant from Georgetown University to study the 
regulation of migrant workers in Arab countries and a 2010-2011 
(non-resident) research fellowship from the Harvard Kennedy School's 
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Dr. Mednicoff is a 
frequent commentator in the media on issues related to politics in the 
Middle East, and has presented his work to policymakers in Washington at 
forums sponsored by the Department of State and the Carnegie Endowment 
for International Peace.

A light lunch will be available at noon



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