“20 Years After the Iraq War: Stories and Perspectives”
Alissa Walter, PhD
Assistant Professor of History
April 11, 7–8:30 p.m.
Upper Gwinn Commons
Lecture livestream
April 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq. The 2003 Iraq War was a major turning point in changing the ways that Iraqis related to their own government and to their fellow citizens. Paying attention to Iraqis' stories about their lives under Saddam Hussein's dictatorship and during the tumultuous two decades that followed his fall sheds light on the forces that can unify or divide a society during periods of crisis and upheaval.
Q&A and reception to follow.