Upcoming Speakers

The Triad World Affairs Council cordially invites you to attend a reception and presentation:

• February 23, 2010 - 6:00 p.m. - Lea Center, Main Building, Greensboro College Campus
  Presentation featuring Dr. Ken Menkhaus, Professor of Political Science at Davidson College
  Expert in Horn of Africa Issues and former special political advisor in the UN Operation in Somalia
  Presentation Title:  The Crisis in Somalia
  
  Dr. Ken Menkhaus is professor of Political Science at Davidson College, where he has taught since 1991. Prior to his appointment at Davidson College, he taught for two years at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.  He received his Ph.D. in International Studies in 1989 from the University of South Carolina, where he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for dissertation research on land and politics in southern Somalia. His subsequent specialization on the Horn of Africa has focused primarily on development, conflict analysis, peacebuilding, and political Islam, involving both academic research and policy work.
  
  In 1993-94, he served as special political advisor in the UN Operation in Somalia, and in 1994-95 was visiting civilian professor at the US Army Peacekeeping Institute. He regularly serves as a consultant for the UN, US government, non-governmental organizations, and policy research institutes, and has provided expert testimony on two occasions before subcommittees of the US Senate. In 2002 he was recipient of a US Institute of Peace grant to study protracted conflict in the Horn of Africa. 
  
  Menkhaus is the author of over fifty articles, book chapters, and monographs, including Somalia: State Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism (2004) and “Governance without Government in Somalia” in International Security (2007).  He has recently been interviewed on BBC, CNN, NPR’s “All Things Considered,” the Voice of America, and other media on the crisis in Somalia.
  
  In addition to teaching and conducting research on international politics, Menkhaus also pursues an interest in the American non-profit sector, and teaches a course on that subject.