a lecture by: Emad Shahin, Harvard University 

At: L-130 Bolton Classroom (Littauer)

Emad Shahin is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Harvard University. He earned his B.A. (1980) and M.A. (1983) from the American University in Cairo and his Ph.D. (1990) from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He has taught at George Washington University and Al-Akhawayn University in Morocco. Dr. Shahin teaches a variety of courses in comparative politics, the Middle East, and North Africa. His research focuses on Muslim politicsand political developments in the Middle East and North Africa. He is author of Political Ascent: Contemporary Islamic Movements in North Africa (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997), and Through Muslim Eyes: Muhammad Rashid Rida and the West (Herndon, VA: International Institute for Islamic Thought, 1993). He has also published articles and contributed chapters to edited books, including the Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Modern Islamic World, Muslim World, and Middle East Insight. Shahin has given public lectures at universities, academic institutions, and professional organizations in the United States, Morocco, and Egypt.