JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
The Bologna Center
13:00, MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010 - PENTHOUSE

Islam in Italy

Karim Mezran
Director, Center for American Studies, Rome and Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center

Part of the European Politics and Islam Series of the “Ethnic Conflict Studies Program” at the Bologna Center sponsored by the Jack and Carol Wasserman Fund and Wendy's/Arby's Group Foundation

Background and Education:
Assistant professor of political science, John Cabot University, Rome; professorial lecturer, SAIS Washington (Fall 2000); visiting professor, Libera Università per gli Studi Sociali (LUISS) Rome (2002); Ph.D. in international relations, SAIS; J.D. in comparative law University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Italy); M.A. in comparative law and in Arab Studies, George Washington University (U.S.); B.A. in management, Hiram College (U.S.)

Publications:
Campanini, Massimo and Mezran, Karim, I Fratelli Musulmani nel Mondo Contemporaneo (2010);Negotiation and Construction of National Identities (2007); Arcipelago Islam (2007); Negotiating National Identity: the Case of North Africa (2002); "Between Europe and Islam: the Libyan legal system" in Legal Systems of the World; numerous book reviews, working papers and articles in foreign and Italian journals on Middle East and North African foreign policy