Ali Mazrui, Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and the director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University, presents "The Roots of Rage: Why is the U.S. Unloved in the Muslim World and Beyond," Monday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Dean of the Faculty's Office, chaplaincy, religious studies department, anthropology department, Africana studies department, history department and the Dean of Multicultural Affairs.
Dr. Mazrui has also served as president of the African Studies Association, as Vice-President of the International Political Science Association, as special advisor to the World Bank, and served on the Board of the American Muslim Council.
In addition to appointment as the Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities at Binghamton University, Dr. Mazrui also holds three concurrent faculty appointments as Albert Luthuli Professor-at-Large in the Humanities and Development Studies at the University of Jos in Nigeria, Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large Emeritus and Senior Scholar in Africana Studies at Cornell University and Ibn Khaldun Professor-at-Large, Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences, Leesburg, Virginia.
He is author or co-author of more than twenty books. His book, Islam Between Globalization and Counter-Terrorism, is forthcoming in 2004.
In addition to his written work, Dr. Mazrui was also the creator of the television series The Africans: A Triple Heritage, which was jointly produced by the BBC and the Public Broadcasting Service (WETA, Washington) in association with the Nigerian Television Authority.
