Arab-Afghans, Jihad, and the Roots of 9/11
A lecture by Thomas Hegghammer; fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
UCLA
Thomas Hegghammer is an academic specializing in the study of violent Islamism. He is currently a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, an associate at Harvard Kennedy School and a senior research fellow at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) in Oslo. He holds a PhD in political science from Sciences-Po in Paris and an MA and MPhil in Middle Eastern Studies from Oxford University. A fluent Arabic speaker, Dr. Hegghammer has conducted extensive field research in the Middle East.
Dr. Hegghammer's research focuses on jihadi ideology, jihadism on the Arabian Peninsula and the history of the foreign fighter phenomenon. He is the author of the book "Jihad in Saudi Arabia"(Cambridge University Press, 2010) and the co-author of al-Qaida in its own words (Harvard University Press, 2008). He is currently working on a book about the jihadi ideologue Abdallah Azzam and Arab involvement in the 1980s war in Afghanistan.
Cost: Free and Open to the Public
For more information please contact
Johanna Romero
Tel: 310-825-1455
cnes@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/
Sponsor(s): Department of History
