Juan Cole October 31, 2008
N.E. 41st St. And 15th Ave. Northeast
Seattle, Washington 98195
Seattle, Washington 98195
Juan Cole will discuss and sign his book 'Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East.' In this vivid and timely history, Juan Cole tells the story of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Revealing the young general's reasons for leading the expedition against Egypt in 1798 and showcasing his fascinating views of the Orient, Cole delves into the psychology of the military titan and his entourage.
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OCTOBER 31, 2008, Kane 120 @ 7:30 PM
Juan Cole, University of Michigan
"Iraq and the U.S. Presidential Election"
Juan R. I. Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Distinguished University Professor of History at the University of Michigan. He has written extensively about Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and South Asia. He has given numerous media and press interviews on the War on Terrorism since September 11, 2001, as well as concerning the Iraq War and the building conflict with Iran from 2003. A regular columnist at Salon.com, he continues to study and write about contemporary Islamic movements, mainstream and radical, Sunni and Salafi or Shi`ite. Cole commands Arabic, Persian and Urdu and reads some Turkish, knows both Middle Eastern and South Asian Islam, and lived in a number of places in the Muslim world for extended periods of time. For three decades his work has placed the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context, and his most recent book is Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). He also writes on current events, and his articles on contemporary Sunni radicalism include "Muslim Religious Extremism in Egypt" and "The Taliban, Women, and the Hegelian Private Sphere.".