Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:30 pm
McManus Room
Anthropologist Alessandro Monsutti, a professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, currently doing research at Yale University, will speak on the social and political history of Afghanistan, including the significance of Afghanistan's ethnic groups and tribalism.
Monsutti has done field work in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran, and in Western countries among Afghan refugees and migrants. He has also worked as consultant for humanitarian and development organizations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Berne.
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