Humanities & Foreign Policy

This is a short lecture presented by IU professor, Jamsheed Choksy, who specializes in Iranian Studies, Indian subcontinental studies, Zoroastrianism, Islam, and Manichaeism. He also writes about Middle Eastern politics for the Huffington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and FP.  I had the pleasure of taking his course--Iranian Civilization: Poets, Prophets, and Kings during my first semester at IU.  His presentation to the National Humanities Alliance (Sep. 2011) highlights the importance of funding the humanities as academic scholarship can contribute to improving American foreign policy and national security.