CMES presents the Inaugural Lecture on Arabian Peninsula Studies
David Commins
Professor of History, Dickinson College
David Commins is Professor of History and the Benjamin Rush Distinguished Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences at Dickinson College. His publications include Islamic Reform: Politics and Social Change in Late Ottoman Syria, Historical Dictionary of Syria, The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia, The Gulf States: A Modern History, and Islam in Saudi Arabia. He earned his BA at the University of California, Berkeley and his PhD from the University of Michigan.
(Please note: this talk was originally scheduled for March 5, but cancelled due to weather.)
This event is open to the public; no registration required.
This event is off the record. The use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
April 21, 2015 – 4:00pm – 6:00pm