March 2013

07 Mar

The Silk Road: A New History

Thursday, March 7 / 4:00 PM Valerie Hansen (History, Yale) SAASB 1102C Whenever we speak of the Silk Road, the mind’s eye conjures up a single merchant traveling on a camel laden with goods, most likely on his way to Rome. The discovery of multiple artifacts and...

13:21 / Upcoming Events / IHC Research Focus Groups

07 Mar

Fictions of Friction: Narratives of War and “Post-War” in Contemporary Afghan Literature

Wali Ahmadi (Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley) Thursday, March 7, 2013 / 4:00 PM McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB This talk will focus on how the wars of the last three decades have been represented in contemporary fiction in Afghanistan. It argues that the war against...