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Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008

U.S.-MUSLIM RELATIONS TOPIC OF LECTURE AT K-STATE

MANHATTAN -- The future of relations between the U.S. and the Muslim world will be the topic of the first-ever presentation in Kansas State University's new International Activities Council Lecture Series.

John Esposito, a professor and founding director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service, will present "The U.S. and the Muslim World: Letter to the Next President" at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union.

The lecture, sponsored by K-State's International Activities Council and the office of the provost and senior vice president, is free and the public is welcome. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation.

Esposito, who is a professor of religion and international affairs and of Islamic studies at Georgetown, specializes in Islam, political Islam from North Africa to Southeast Asia and religion and international affairs.

He is the editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, the Oxford History of Islam, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam and The Islamic World: Past and Present. Esposito has written more than 35 books, including "Who Speaks for Islam," "Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam," "The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?" and "Islam and Politics." His books have been translated into more than 28 languages.

Esposito, who is a former president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, is currently a member of the World Economic Forum's Council of 100 Leaders and the High-level Group of the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations, and is president of the Executive Scientific Committee for La Maison de la Mediterranee's 2005-2010 project, "The Mediterranean, Europe and Islam: Actors in Dialogue."

His work has earned several honors, including the 2005 Martin E. Marty Award from the American Academy of Religion for the public understanding of religion, as well as Pakistan's Quaid-I-Azzam Award for Outstanding Contributions in Islamic Studies. Esposito has served a consultant to the U.S. Department of State and to governments, corporations, universities and the media. He also has been interviewed or quoted in such media as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, NPR, BBC and media throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East.