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Middle Eastern Cross-Cultural Comparisons

Dr. Mary N. Layoun, UW-Madison Department of Comparative Literature

Event Details

Date
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Time
7 p.m.
Location
Madison Public Library, Central Branch, Mifflin Street, Room 301
Description
In her book, "In Wedded to the Land," she offers a critical commentary on the idea of nationalism in general and on specific attempts to formulate alternatives to the concept in particular. Three geographically and temporally different natl. crises are featured: Greek refugees' displacement from Asia Minor into Greece in 1922, the 1974 right-wing Cypriot coup and subsequent Turkish invasion of Cyprus, and the Palestinian and PLO expulsion from Beirut following the Israeli invasion.
Cost
Free

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