Speakers: Reza Aslan, Research Associate, Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California
Dale Eickelman, Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations, Dartmouth College
Noah Feldman, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Lisa Anderson, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
June 5, 2006
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