Afghanistan Series. A Conversation with Award Winning Journalist and Author Anand Gopal
Join the Global Islamic Studies Center on Wednesday, November 10th at 3pm EST for a Conversation with Award Winning Journalist and Author, Anand Gopal. RSVP: http://bit.ly/AnandGopal
Anand Gopal is a fellow at Type Media Center, a journalist covering the Middle East, and a scholar who studies political violence. His reporting on Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and elsewhere. He is the author of No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes, which won the Ridenhour Book Prize, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He has won the George Polk Award, the Overseas Press Club Award, and the National Magazine Award for his reporting from Iraq. He received his PhD from Columbia University, where he studied network analysis, and is a professor at the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University.
This event is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan as a part the three part Afghanistan Series. This event is cosponsored by Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, and American Culture, Center for South Asian Studies, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, The Spectrum Center, Department Communication & Media, Women and Gender Studies, and Middle East Studies.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
