Past Event
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
"In Aflaq's Tomb: Islam, the Culture of Arab Nationalism, and Ba'thist Politics of the Dead"
9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego, 92093
Cost: Free
University of Maryland associate professor Peter Wien speaks in Social Sciences Building room 107. "Wien will use various examples of politically charged public funerals involving Iraq and Syria during the 20th century to propose a new interpretation of the relationship between secular ideology and public piety in a culture of Arab nationalism." [email protected].