Middle East Expert to Talk About Obama Administration, Arab Youth Revolutions

An expert on the Middle East will deliver the Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Memorial Lecture titled “The Obama Administration and the Arab Youth Revolutions on Monday, Dec. 1.

Juan Cole, a professor of history at the University of Michigan, will present the free, open-to-the-public talk at 7:30 p.m. in Little Hall on campus. Cole has been a guest on “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central and “Charlie Rose” on PBS. He has authored a number of books and founded Informed Consent, a critically acclaimed blog on current events in the Middle East.