Acclaimed Scholar, Journalist Speaks @ Pacific
Christian Parenti, an internationally acclaimed scholar and journalist, will speak on "Afghanistan and Iraq: The Logic and Illogic of U.S. Empire" Nov. 27
Christian Parenti is an internationally acclaimed scholar and
journalist who has written on a wide range of topics, from the
U.S. prison system to surveillance in the United States to U.S. foreign
policy in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Parenti holds a doctorate in sociology from the London School of
Economics and Political Sciences, and is currently a contributing
correspondent for The Nation. He is the author of The Freedom:
Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq (The New Press, 2004), The
Soft Cage: Surveillance in America From Slavery to the War on Terror
(Basic Books, 2003), and Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in
the Age of Crisis (Verso, 1999).
He'll give a free public talk titled "Afghanistan and Iraq: The Logic
and Illogic of U.S. Empire" on his experiences as a war
correspondent in Afghanistan and Iraq on Monday, November 27 at 7
p.m. in Taylor Auditorium, Marsh Hall. A question and answer
session will follow.
"I think it will be a fantastic talk on a timely topic." said political
science professor Jules Boykoff. "To say he is spunky is to insult his
Spunk Quotient viciously!"
For more information on Parenti, click: www.christianparenti.net
Posted by Steve Dodge (dodges@pacificu.edu) on Oct 31, 2006 at 12:56 PM
