From the University of North Carolina – Asheville:
ISIS to be the Focus of Nov. 1 World Affairs Council Lecture at UNC Asheville
Donald Puchala will discuss the growth and strength of ISIS through geopolitical, historical and transnational perspectives at the next World Affairs Council talk titled Pirates, Anarchists and Cowboys, 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center.
Puchala, Byrnes Professor of International Studies, Emeritus, at the University of South Carolina, is the author of Theory and History in International Relations, and Fiscal Harmonization in the European Communities. He also is co-editor of Immigration into Western Societies: Problems and Policies.
The World Affairs Council fall semester lecture series will continue through December on the first Tuesday of the month:
- Dec. 6 – International Human Rights: At what cost to the rest of international law? – Ingrid Wuerth, Helen Strong Curry Chair in International Law and Director of the International Legal Studies Program at Vanderbilt Law School will discuss the impact of the “responsibility to protect” – the global political commitment endorsed by all U.N. member states.
The lectures are sponsored by the WNC chapter of the World Affairs Council, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNC Asheville, and the university’s Department of Political Science.
Admission to World Affairs Council presentations at UNC Asheville is $10 for the public; free for students and for members of the World Affairs Council. For more information, visit olliasheville.com/special-programs or call (828) 251-6140.
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