Alworth Institute's Annual Memorial Lecture 2007(our big event)

Presented by Dr. Ahmed Samatar
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Kirby Student Center Ballroom
7:30 p.m.
Free and Open to the Public
Reception Following the Lecture

Dr. Ahmed Samatar, Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College, St. Paul, is the keynote speaker for the Alworth Institute for International Studies’ Annual Memorial Lecture 2007.

Samatar’s lecture, entitled “Muslims and the West in the Age of Globalization”, examines Islam, the Western world and globalization. Samatar’s areas of expertise are global political economy, political and social thought, and African development. His current research focuses upon two topics: Leadership and the state in Somalia, and Globalization and the rise of Islamic consciousness.