MESOP EVENTES : A Forum on the Political and Humanitarian Crisis in Syria and Iraq / Dr. Amir Sharifi

LOS ANGELES,— A Forum on the Political and Humanitarian Crisis in Syria and Iraq / December 3, 2014 – 12:00 NOON to 3:00 PM – CSULB University, Student Union, Beach Auditorium

A Reporter’s first hand observations, Globalization , US Foreign Policy, Islamic State terrorism, Northern Iraq and the Kurdish Yazidi Genocide, Kobani, Beyond Kurdish Nationalism, The Syrian-Iraqi crises are deepening everyday as the Islamic State continues to expand its reign of terror in the changing political landscape of the Middle East, threatening ancient

 PROGRAM / OPENING REMARKS –  Amir Sharifi, CSULB Department of Linguistics / KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Reese Erlich: “A Reporter’s First Hand Report: Assad, ISIS, Obama and US Middle East Policy”

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Gerard Russell: Researcher, author of Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Yazidis and survival (via Skype)

James Gelvin: UCLA History: Social and cultural history of the modern Middle East, particularly Greater Syria

Sophia Pandya: CSULB Religious Studies: Religious change among educated women, and the implications of modernity, globalization, and education on their practice

Yousef Baker: CSULB International Studies: Globalization and development, social movements, nationalism, and migration in the modern Middle East and North Africa

Charlie Mahoney: CSULB Political Science: US foreign policy, terrorism, and counter-insurgency

Danny Paskin: CSULB Journalism and Mass Communication: International news coverage

Larry N. George: CSULB Political Science: international relations

Haider Helias: Yazidi Association president and representative

Nazand Begikhani: University of Bristol – Senior Research Fellow. Senior International Adviser on Higher Education & Gender/KRG, Editor-in-chief of Le Monde Diplomatique/Kurdish edition: The cases of Kurdish Yazidi women

Amir Sharifi: CSULB Linguistics: Kurdi`sh diaspora and socio-linguistic identity. The struggle for Political, cultural and linguistic autonomy

SPONSORED BY

the following departments and Student associations:

• Linguistics

• Middle Eastern Studies

• International Studies

• Geography

• Political Science

• Anthropology

• Religious Studies

• Journalism and Mass Communication

• Multicultural Center

• Persian Students’ Association

• History Student Association

• Anthropology Student Association

• Anthropology Graduate Student Association

Dr Amir Sharifi, is the president of the Kurdish American Education Society KAES, Los Angeles, California and Lecturer at California State University, Long Beach. Director of the Kurdish Human Rights Advocacy Group ( KHRAG).