Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East

A conversation with Gilles Kepel, Professor at the Institut d’Études Politiques and author of Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East. Moderated by Stephen Holmes, Meyer Professor of Law, NYU School of Law.

SPEAKER BIOS

Gilles Kepel is head of the post-graduate programme on the Arab and Muslim worlds at the Institut d’Études Politiques (Sciences-Po). He holds degrees in Arabic, English and Philosophy from IEP. Gilles Kepel has published several books on Islam and the Middle East, including The War for Muslim Minds (2004) and Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam (2002).

Stephen Holmes is the Walter Meyer Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. His fields of specialization include the history of liberalism, the disappointments of democratization after communism, and the difficulty of combating terrorism within the limits of liberal constitutionalism. His most recent book is The Matador’s Cape: America’s Reckless Response to Terror (Cambridge University Press, 2007)