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 Future Events

The General Graves B. Erskine Distinguished Lecture Series

Featuring Mr. Steven Pressfield, Historian and Author, speaking on "Tribal Engagement Concept"

February 2, 2010 at Little Hall, MCB Quantico

Guests are asked to be seated by 3:15 PM
Open to Quantico Marines and Civilian Marines (There will be reserved seats for University Staff and Students)

To read more about the Erskine Lecture Series, click here.

 

MCU Middle East Studies Lecture Series

"Afghans' View of Afghanistan's History"

Presented by Professor Robert D. McChesney of New York University

February 18, 2010 from 2:00-3:30 PM, in the Main Auditorium, Gray Research Center

For more information, you can view the Middle East Studies Web Page here.

 

Emerald Express Strategic Symposium Series

"Afghanistan: The Way Ahead"

April 21, 2010 at the Gray Research Center

The purpose of this one day symposium is:

To improve our understanding of the United States Marine Corps area of operations, to focus on the multidimensional and multinational approaches to enable the USMC and partners to succeed in the historical and ideological birthplace of the Taliban Movement; the current stronghold of the insurgency of Afghanistan; and the epicenter of opium cultivation in the world.

For more information and to register for the symposium, you can view the Emerald Express Strategic Symposium Series Web Page here.

 Past Events

MES AfPak Lecture Series 2010: "A Multidisciplinary Approach to AfPak Region and Its People".
Middle East Studies at Marine Corps University presents, Social and Political Dissent in Pashtu Poetry: The Case of Malang Jan" presented by Dr. James Caron, University of Pennsylvania.

This is the first lecture in a series being hosted by the Middle East Studies at Marine Corps University entitled  "A Multidisciplinary Approach to AfPak Region and Its People".  

Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 1400-1530 Gray Research Center, Room 164/165

 

The MCU Winter 2010 Erskine Lecture, sponsored by the Marine Corps University Foundation, was held on January 7, 2010 at Ellis Hall. The speaker was the Honorable William H. Webster, Chairman, Homeland Security Advisory Council and former Director of both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency.  The lecture was not for attribution so a transcript is not available, but photos of the event can be viewed here. 

 

The MCU symposium, "Counterinsurgency Leadership in Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond"  held on September 23, 2009 at the National Press Club, Washington, DC explored ways to improve counterinsurgency leadership, with particular attention to the leaders of American, Afghan, and Iraqi forces.

Click here to go to the Symposium Resources page where you will find photos, transcripts, and audio and video from the symposium.


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