“Fortuyn (killed), Van Gogh (killed) and Ayaan Hirsi Ali (banished): Driving out The Unholy Trinity from the Netherlands”
By Dr. Henri Beunders, Professor of the History of Society, Media, and Culture, Erasmus University Rotterdam
April 3, 2008 in the Park Library Auditorium at 3:00pm
April 3, 2008 in the Park Library Auditorium at 3:00pm
Professor Beunders, a renowned expert in the history of media and society, having worked as a journalist and foreign desk editor with the Dutch newspapers Haagsche Courant and NRC Handelsblad that involved extensive travels throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa, will speak on the matter of Islam in contemporary Europe, looking at how countries like the Netherlands are dealing with the problems and tensions that have arisen from this new social and cultural dynamic. There will be a reception afterwards in the Baber Room of Park Library that is free and open to the public.
(Sponsored by the Department of History and the Center for Transnational and Comparative History)
