The role of traditional culture and cultural reform in Maoist China will be the topic of the next Modern China Lecture presented by Maggie Greene, assistant professor of history at Montana State University.
David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed for a segment on the Palestinian Authority’s decision to withdraw from all security agreements and documents of understandings with the United States and Israel, anticipating Israel’s annexation of parts of the West Bank.
Mike Stull (entrepreneurship), Meredith Conroy (political science) and David Yaghoubian (history) were included in news media coverage in areas of their expertise.
David Yaghoubian (history) discussed the U.S. Senate’s failure to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a bipartisan resolution on May 7 that asserted Congress’ authority on the president’s power to wage war against Iran.
Participating in the May 13 panel discussion of Aldous Huxley’s futuristic dystopian novel are Michael Chao, biology; Jasmine Lee, English; Daniel MacDonald, economics; and Jeremy Murray, history.
Tony Coulson (director, CSUSB Cybersecurity Center) discussed developing the cybersecurity workforce, David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed about the latest development in U.S.-Iranian relations, and Alemayehu G. Mariam (political science, emeritus) wrote about the Ethiopian Parliament’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
David Yaghoubian (history) discussed U.S. efforts to block an emergency loan to Iran to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies, director of the CSUSB's Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies) was interviewed for the program “Palestine Files" to discuss a United Nations report that listed more than 100 companies that do business in the occupied West Bank.
Meredith Conroy (political science), Alemayehu G. Mariam (political science, emeritus), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and David Yaghoubian (history) were included in news coverage on various topics.
A dual major in history and Arabic language literature and culture, Zakher was awarded the prestigious Provost Fellowship for Ph.D. studies in Comparative Literature at UC Davis.