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Lecture on Torture and Democracy

Distinguished scholar Darius Rejali will speak on Thursday 13 November in Baskin Engineering 101 at 6:30 PM, on the historical and contemporary significance of torture. Darius Rejali teaches political science at Reed College. He has authored many books and articles, including Torture and Modernity: Self, Society, and State in Modern Iran (1994); Torture and Democracy (2007); "Studying a Practice: An Inquiry into Lapidation" (2001); and "Why Social Scientists Should Care How Jesus Died" (2008). His book, Approaches to Violence, is forthcoming from Princeton University Press.

This event is open to the public. Sponsored by the Gary Licker Memorial Chair in Cowell College, the Division of Humanities, and the Departments of Literature, Politics, Sociology, and the History of Consciousness.

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For more information, please contact Karen Bassi at 459-2609 or ).