Professor Owen will look at Egypt's Tahrir Square revolution in the light of the revolutions of 1919 and 1952, drawing on them to indicate some of the problems and possibilities ahead.

Roger Owen is A J Meyer Professor of Middle East History at Harvard University.

Date: Monday 9 January 2012
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Speaker: Professor Roger Owen
Chair: Professor Fawaz Gerges                 

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