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Kevin Van Bladel News

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  Manufactured Outrage

  October 15, 2012

  Even in the highest levels of United States government, the cause of the demonstrations in the Middle East — and the killing of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya — following the online release of a trailer for a… more>

  categories: undergraduate, faculty research

  tags: fayez hammad, kevin van bladel, laurie brand, libya, middle east, middle east studies program, philip seib, sherman jackson, social science

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  The Middle East: Choose Your Lens

  April 25, 2012

  The Middle East cuts a wide swath: it contains a number of countries, a multitude of languages, cultures and customs, and thousands of years of history. Interests and conflicts resonate on a global scale, such as the… more>

  categories: undergraduate, research, faculty research, undergraduate research

  tags: american studies and ethnicity, anthropology, classics, economics, event, foreign languages, history, humanities, international relations, judaic studies, kevin van bladel, linguistics, middle east studies program, political science, religion, social sciences