Description:

**This event is being held at the University of Puerto Rico. It will be live-streamed and shown for the U-M community and public in 1636 International Institute/SSWB.**

This conference examines issues in the relations of the Iberian world with the Middle East.

FEATURING

Iran and Latin America
Juan Cole, professor of history, University of Michigan

Islamic Fundamentalism’ Across Cultures: Entanglements of Discourse, Agency and Power
Juan F. Caraball-Resto, professor of anthropology, University of Puerto Rico

Central America and the Middle East: Separated by Distance, Connected by History
Sergio I. Moya-Mena, professor of political science, University of Costa Rica

Co-sponsors:

University of Michigan – Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

University of Puerto Rico – College of Humanities; College of Social Sciences; College of Education