“Understanding ISIS”: Annual Garfield Forum for Undergraduates

Date
Mon April 27th 2015, 3:30 - 5:30pm
Event Sponsor
Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Bechtel International Center, Humanities Center, McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, Department of Religious Studies
Location
Assembly Room, Bechtel International Center

The Garfield Forum is an annual mini-conference focusing on a topic at the intersection of religion, ethics, and public life, designed in particular for Stanford undergraduates regardless of major. The forum is sponsored through the generosity of alumnus Howard M. Garfield. Past topics have included "The Ethics of War in Christian and Islamic Perspectives," "Transitional Justics," and "Religion and the Presidency."

This year's topic is titled, "Understanding ISIS," with presentations form Alireza Doostdar (University of Chicago), Martha Crenshaw (Stanford), and Alexander Key (Stanford).

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