MATC GLOBAL HORIZONS DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS
"DISSIDENT VOICES IN IRAN AND THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL CRISIS"
On Friday, February 23, Madison Area Technical College (MATC) will host a Global Horizons Distinguished Lecture by author Danny Postel, “Dissident Voices in Iran and the Current International Crisis,” to be held at 7 p.m. at the MATC Downtown Education Center (DTEC), 211 North Carroll St., Madison in room D240. The event is free and open to the community.
WHAT: MATC Global Horizons Distinguished Lecture, “Dissident Voices in Iran and the Current International Crisis”
WHERE: Room 240, MATC–Downtown, 211 N. Carroll St., Madison
WHEN: Friday, Febraury 23, 7 p.m.
WHO: Danny Postel, author of Reading Legitimation Crisis in Tehran: Iran and the Future of Liberalism and articles for The Washington Post Book World, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Nation, The Progressive, The American Prospect, Critical Inquiry and Philosophy & Social Criticism, among many other publications.
MORE: Postel examines the tensions in modern Iran between traditional Islamic law and a rising student movement that embraces Western liberal principles of freedom of speech and women’s rights. By examining liberalism in Iran, Postel draws attention to America’s own debates over these principles and the international crisis of war and confrontation with Iran.
MATC is one of the largest of the Wisconsin Technical College System’s 16 colleges. It provides “real world smart” education through a comprehensive curriculum of technical, liberal arts and science, adult basic education and life enrichment studies and activities, as well as customized employee training. MATC offers associate degrees, vocational diplomas and certificates, and non-degree courses in more than 140 programs of study. The college serves all or parts of 12 counties located in south-central Wisconsin and offers instruction through five campuses and numerous community locations throughout the district.
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