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Since its founding as a home for India’s Muslims in 1947, Pakistan has been critically important to international peace and security. Amidst the politics of the Cold War, and more recently, the U.S.-led war against religious extremism, the country has struggled to manage its relationships with the U.S. and regional rivals while facing persistent domestic instability.    

In her lecture titled “The Struggle for Pakistan” at the University of New England’s Center for Global Humanities, Tufts University Professor Ayesha Jalal will discuss how Pakistan’s struggles have made the world a more dangerous place, and offer an insider’s perspective into the democratic struggles of the country’s diverse people against military authoritarianism and religious extremism.

The lecture is scheduled for Thursday, November 19 at 6 p.m. in the WCHP Lecture Hall at Parker Pavilion on ɫ����Ƶ’s Portland Campus. The event will include a free public reception at the ɫ����Ƶ Art Gallery at 5 p.m.

Jalal is the Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University where she teaches in both the History Department and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Her long list of publications includes such books as The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics, The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan, and Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective. 

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