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Public Speaker Series: As part of the Center’s commitment to knowledge and to promoting scholarly discourse on a range of issues, it continues to host an ongoing speaker series that seeks to spark dialogue in the community on issues ranging from public policy, business, and economics to the arts, architecture and sustainable development. The series has drawn dozens of renowned figures to the Center over the years including Lakhdar Brahimi, Rashid Khalidi, Gayatri Spivak, Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Friedman, Lisa Anderson, Joseph Nye, among many others.
Conferences and Workshops: The Amman Center cooperates with partners on campus and in the region to organize conferences and workshops featuring international scholars and regional experts that focus on a variety of relevant issues. These events promote academic dialogue and help solidify the Center’s presence in the region as a focal point of intellectual engagement. Many of these events are also open for the public to attend and for the media to cover and interview key participants.
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