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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s popular International Speak Series continues from 10-10:50 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 with “The Syrian Civil War: Stake and Consequences.”
Dr. Adam Garfinkle, scholar and author, will speak in SIUE’s Morris University Center Redbud-Oak Room. Garfinkle is from the Hans Arnold Center with the American Academy in Berlin.
“Adam Garfinkle’s presentation will call attention to the broader implications of the Syrian Conflict and their importance for U.S. standing in the Middle East,” said Dr. Ron Schaefer, distinguished professor and director of the SIUE Center for International Programs. “Hearing from Garfinkle about the complex tensions and forces behind the Syrian Civil War provides a unique opportunity for our students to take a few moments out of their schedule of classes to focus on what is happening in the world.
“Thousands of people have died and millions have been displaced. What is happening today in Syria could very well spill over into other countries in the Middle East.”
Garfinkle served as chief writer of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century (the Hart-Rudman Commission) of the National Security Study Group, and as an aide to U.S. Sen. Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson, a democrat from Washington. A widely published scholar, Garfinkle has received awards and grants from the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright Fellowship Program, the American Academy in Berlin, the German Marshall Fund, the United States Institute of Peace and the Moshe Dayan Center for the Study of Middle Eastern and African Affairs (Tel Aviv University).
He is the author of the books, Jewcentricity: How the Jews Get Praised, Blamed and Used to Explain Nearly Everything and His Telltale Hearts: The Origin and Impact of the Vietnam Antiwar Movement, which was named a “notable book of the year” in 1995 by the New York Times Book Review.
Among Garfinkle’s publications are occasional pieces on fiction or humor. Adam Garfinkle earned his Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania in l979.
Members of the University and Edwardsville communities are invited to attend the event. Students, faculty and staff are asked to contact the Center for International Programs if entire classes would like to attend so that appropriate seating arrangements can be made. International Programs can be contacted at 618-650-3278 or 618-650-3785, or by emailing rschaef@siue.edu or dschill@siue.edu.
