Location: Jordan Hall, Building 420, Room 041 Contact: psherpa@stanford.edu Iranian Studies Lecture Series, Winter 2013Lecture in English.Guest: Christopher de BellaigueChristopher de Bellaigue was born in London in 1971 and was raised in the United Kingdom. In 1995 he graduated in Indian and Persian Studies from Cambridge University and started working as a journalist in India. Since then, he has written from the Middle East, Turkey and South Asia for, among others, the Economist, the New York Review of Books, the Financial Times, the New Yorker, the London Review of Books, Harpers and the Atlantic Monthly. He is the author of In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs (HarperCollins, 2005), The Struggle for Iran (New York Review Books, 2007), Rebel Land (Penguin Press, 2010) and Patriot of Persia (HarperCollins, 2012). De Bellaigue was the 2007-8 Alistair Horne Fellow at St Anthony's College, Oxford. He is currently preparing a BBC radio series and a book about modernizing societies in the Middle East. Sponsor: Iranian Studies Program Audience: Muhammad Mossadegh: Patriot of PersiaFacebookTwitterEmailPrintAdd to CalendarIranian Studies Lecture Series, Winter 2013Lecture in English.Guest: Christopher de BellaigueChristopher de Bellaigue was born in London in 1971 and was raised in the United Kingdom. In 1995 he graduated in Indian and Persian Studies from Cambridge University and started working as a journalist in India. Since then, he has written from the Middle East, Turkey and South Asia for, among others, the Economist, the New York Review of Books, the Financial Times, the New Yorker, the London Review of Books, Harpers and the Atlantic Monthly. He is the author of In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs (HarperCollins, 2005), The Struggle for Iran (New York Review Books, 2007), Rebel Land (Penguin Press, 2010) and Patriot of Persia (HarperCollins, 2012). De Bellaigue was the 2007-8 Alistair Horne Fellow at St Anthony's College, Oxford. He is currently preparing a BBC radio series and a book about modernizing societies in the Middle East. When:Tuesday, January 8, 2013. 6:30 PM. Approximate duration of 1.50 hour(s). Where:Jordan Hall, Building 420, Room 041 (Map) Sponsor:Iranian Studies Program Contact:psherpa@stanford.edu Admission:Free and open to the public.Audience:General Public, Faculty/Staff, Students, Alumni/Friends, MembersTags:lecture, international, humanitiesPermalink:http://events.stanford.edu/events/344/34403 More info...Last modified December 11, 2012. Free and open to the public.