دعوة للمشاركة في حلقة نقاش بجامعة نيويورك فأين المتخصصون في الاستشراق؟

 

New York University

A private university in the public service

 

Faculty of Arts and Science

Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies

50 Washington Square South

New York, NY 10012-1073

Telephone: (212) 998-8877

FAX: (212) 995-4144

 

January 11, 1996

 

Dr. Mazin S. Motabbagani

Faculty of Higher Institute of Islamic Da'wa

Imam Muhammed Ben Saud Islamic University

 

By Fax: 00966 4 842 2361

 

Dear Dr. Motabbagani,

 

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to participate in a six-part series, "Censorship and the National Interest," sponsored by the Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University. We extend our invitation to participate in the segment on the Arabian Peninsula scheduled for Tuesday, February 27,1996

The other panelists will be Sheila Carapico, director of the American institute of Yemeni Studies at the University of Richmond; and Liesl Graz, a reporter for The Economist and author of two books on political affairs in the Arabian peninsula.

"Censorship and the National Interest" is a six-part series focusing on issues and applications of censorship in television, newspaper and other cultural media. Each installment will address a different society or region, examining how censorship as in the "national interest" speaks to the construction of national identity/ideology. The series will also consider how the practice has been affected by the spread of direct broadcasting by satellite and other means of transmitting information beyond state lines.

 

We look forward to having you join us for the panel.

 

Sincerely,

 

Alison Feldman

Associate Director