Through the generosity of its members,
the World Affairs Council of Maine provides opportunities
for members to get together over a meal and discuss
a Great Decisions topic. Please join us!
Great Decisions Dinner
Middle East Realignment:
the Arab Upheaval
Hosted by Brad and Kitty Babson
of Brunswick
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Dinner and Discussion 6-9 PM
The popular revolts and upheaval of the Arab Spring have radically changed the face of the Middle East. What lies ahead for the Middle East’s transition to democracy? What are the prospects for the governments that have held out in this new order? With many longtime U.S. allies ousted, how will the U.S. recalibrate its relations with the new regimes?
Facilitated by Kathleen Sutherland
Kathleen Howard Sutherland is Associate Professor Emeritus of political science and women’s studies from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, specializing in Middle East Studies. She received her PhD in Middle East Studies and Political Science from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. She taught at the American University in Cairo, the city of her birth and long time residence, before going to BGSU. Kathleen also did research under a Fulbright Fellowship in Morocco on women’s leadership. Kathleen interviewed Afghan women refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan in l985. She joined the OLLI faculty in 2005 and has taught courses on the Middle East, Islam, women, and refugees and enjoys taking courses especially in art and is a member of several Readers’ Theatre groups. She is on the OLLI Advisory Board as well as the World Affairs Council of Maine Board. Kathleen taught on an adjunct basis at the University of Southern Maine in the Political Science and History Department in the fall of 2011. She and her husband, John Sutherland, also on the OLLI faculty, live in Bath.
This is a special event for members.
Reservations are limited.
$50 per person
