Department of Political Science Sudhindra Bose Speaker Series "Expansion of violent jihadist groups in West Africa: conservation landscapes as a fulcrum of local land conflicts and contestation in the Benin-Niger-Burkina Faso tri-border area" Leif Brottem Associate Professor, Global Development Studies   Grinnell College  

"Gurus, Prophets, and the Problem of Charismas in American Politics" Molly Worthen Associate Professor of History,  UNC Chapel Hill Author of "Apostles of Reason" and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. Co-sponsored by: School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Department of History, Department of Religious Studies, Department of Political Science. Geneva Lecture Series | www.geneva-ui.org