Lecture by Gary Leiser, PSU 69 with comments by Jon Mandaville, Professor Emeritus, History
and Official Opening of PSU Library Exhibit (open through Dec. 10)
Friday, October 9, 2009, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 101, PSU
Light Refreshments will be served.
Gary Leiser, PSU ?69, Middle East scholar and author, and JonMandaville, Professor Emeritus, History, are co-curators of a wonderfulexhibit in the PSU Branford Millar Library on the history of MiddleEast Studies in the western world. Come see displays on the MidldeEast Studies Centers history, hear about the exhibit contents andtheme from Leiser and Mandaville, then visit the exhibit in the PSULibrary with information panels, rare books, and display of MiddleEast-related books by PSU alumni and current and former faculty.
Co-sponsored by PSUs Middle East Studies Center, Branford P. MillarLibrary, and Alumni Association, with support from the Tarbell FamilyFoundation, Fahad Al-Athel, Art Wright, Saudi Aramco, and the GordonHunter Fund. For more information, call (503)725-4074
