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Faculty Lecture: What is Iraq? Defining the Nation

Does Iraq have a viable future?

Magnus Bernhardsson, history, considers the future of the Iraqi nation by exploring how Iraqis have defined their nation and what has formed the basis of Iraqi nationalism.

Bernhardsson is the author of Reclaiming a Plundered Past: Archeology and Nationalism in Modern Iraq and Martyrs of Modernity: Religion and Politics in Iran and Iraq, and an expert in Middle Eastern affairs.

Press release for this lecture
Magnus Bernhardsson’s department web page


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