UCLA faculty experts advisory: Egypt in transition
Anti-government demonstrations have led to the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. UCLA has experts.
Leonard Binder, distinguished professor of political science and past director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, is an internationally known specialist on Middle East politics and Islamic political thought. Watch video | UCLA News Week
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Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Amanda Crater |310-206-3986 | acrater@support.ucla.edu
James Gelvin, professor of history, is an expert on the social and cultural history of the modern Middle East. Watch video
Steven Spiegel, director of UCLA's Center for Middle East Development, is a leading expert on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
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Amanda Crater |310-206-3986 | acrater@support.ucla.edu
Michael Intriligator, professor emeritus of political science, public policy and economics, is an expert on international relations and global security.
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Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Khaled Abou El Fadl, professor of law, is a leading authoritiy on Islamic law and human rights.
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Lauri Gavel | 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu
Sara Wolosky | 310-206-2221 | wolosky@law.ucla.edu
Willemina Wendrich, UCLA's leading Egyptologist, can comment on the risk posed to Egypt's archaeological treasures by looting and other potential damage resulting from the civil unrest. She has had more than 20 years of archaeological experience in the field in Egypt and is currently working on an archaeological project there.
Saree Makdisi, professor of English and comparative literature, has written extensively on politics in the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is the author of "Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation."
Media contact:
Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Roger Farmer, professor and chair of economics, specializes in the role of market psychology on economic activity. He can comment on how the unrest in Egypt could affect U.S. markets.
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Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Glen MacDonald is director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. He is available to discuss how revolts in Egpyt and other North African and Middle Eastern nations could affect oil reserves and global energy policy.
Media contact:
Phil Hampton | 310-206-1460 | phampton@support.ucla.edu
David Myers, professor of history and director of the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, is an authority on modern Jewish intellectual and cultural history and can discuss the how the current situation in Egypt may affect relations between Egypt and Israel.
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Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Ariel Saposnik, associate professor of Near Eastern languages and cultures and director of the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA, studies the history of Zionism and Israel and can discuss the how the current situation in Egypt may affect relations between Egypt and Israel.
Media contact:
Amanda Crater |310-206-3986 | acrater@support.ucla.edu