LSE IDEAS Philippe Roman Chair Inaugural lecture
Date: Tuesday 13 October 2009
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Gilles Kepel
Chair: Professor Michael Cox
9/11 set off a major conflict between the United States and Al Qaeda. How and why did the Bush administration define the issue of terrorism in terms of a 'war on terror' and with what consequences for the stability of a region containing 60% of the world's oil reserves and several of America's more important global allies?
Gilles Kepel is Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs for 2009-10. Professor Kepel is best known for his books on the Middle East and North Africa, and for his work on Islamism, including Islamism in Europe.
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