Join the Center on Religion & the Professions, the University of Missouri’s Peace Studies Program and their co-sponsors for the free lecture “Afghanistan: How We Got In, Can We Get Out,” by Middle East scholar Stephen Zunes, on April 13, 2010, on the University of Missouri campus.

Zunes is a professor of politics and international studies at the University of San Francisco, where he chairs the Middle Eastern Studies program, and a senior policy analyst for the Foreign Policy in Focus project of the Institute for Policy Studies. An author of numerous articles and books on Middle Eastern politics and U.S. foreign policy, Zunes is an associate editor of Peace Review and a foreign affairs columnist for the National Catholic Reporter. He has met frequently with top government officials and other stakeholders in the Middle East and other conflict regions.

The lecture is co-sponsored by MU’s Peace Studies Program, the MU Peace Studies Programming Committee, the Center on Religion & the Professions, Columbia Peace Coalition, and the Palestine Israel Peace Association (PIPA).

This event is free and open to the public. It will be held at 7 p.m.

For more information, contact CORP at (572) 882-9257.