Fawaz A. Gerges, Christian A. Johnson Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies, Sarah Lawrence College
His publications include The Far Enemy: Why Islam Went Global and The Journey of a Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy

Ira Lapidus, Emeritus Professor of History, UCB
His publications include A History of Islamic Societies and Contemporary Islamic Movements in Historical Perspective

Darius Zahedi, Lecturer, International and Area Studies, UCB
He is the author of The Iranian Revolution Then and Now: Indicators of Regime Instability and the editor of Iran in the New Millennium: Opportunities and Challenges

This series of panels, conferences, and lectures is sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Studies and the Institute of International Studies.
More information is available at http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/SpecialEvents/2007/Issues_Islam.html