MIT Starr Forum: Republics of Myth: National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict
When:
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 12:00p -
1:30p
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 12:00p -
1:30p
Where:
Online event
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
History, Lectures & Conferences, University, Virtual
Event website:
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/RepublicsOfMyth
Please register for this Zoom event at https://bit.ly/3w8F6DM
Why does the rift between the US and Iran persist? A new book by CIS scholars sheds new light on this longstanding conflict.
About the speakers/authors:
Hussein Banai is assistant professor of international studies at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. He is a research affiliate of CIS.
Malcolm Byrne is deputy director and director of research for the non-governmental National Security Archive, based at George Washington University. He is a research affiliate of CIS.
John Tirman is executive director of and a principal research scientist at the MIT Center for International Studies.
About the book
Republics of Myth: National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict was published April 12, 2022, by Johns Hopkins University Press. It can be purchased here.
Audience members can use the promo code HTWN for 30% off Republics of Myth.
Co-sponsors: MIT Center for International Studies (CIS)
