Four Purdue University Professors will speak to the unfolding crisis of events in Iraq on Thursday, January 19th from 7-9 p.m. in Purdue's Stewart Center Room 206 in Lafayette, Indiana.


This free, public forum on the war, its causes and consequences will feature Janet Afary, Professor of History at Purdue and an expert on issues related to the Middle East; George Horwich, Professor Emeritus at the Krannert School of Management; Keith Shimko, Professor of Political Science, and Harry Targ, Professor of Political Science and American Studies.

The Forum comes at a time when legislators in Washington are in fierce debate about timetables for bringing home troops and public support for the war is waning. President Bush has tried to make the war on Iraq the centerpiece of his war on terrorism. The Purdue panelists will discuss and debate these issues in short, prepared remarks. The audience will then be invited to discuss and debate the issues.

Local sponsoring organizations include the Purdue College of Liberal Arts; the Purdue School of Visual and Performing Arts; the Purdue Department of Political Science; the Purdue Department of History; the Purdue Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures; The Purdue Program in American Studies. Other sponsors include Purdue Student Government; the Lafayette Area Peace Coalition; Pax Christi of St. Thomas Aquinas and Lafayette Friends Meeting.

For more information about the Forum contact Bill Mullen at 494-3735 or bvmullen@purdue.edu or Sharron Howard at howardsp@purdue.edu or 765-583-4178.