I am speaking at UC Irvine

I almost forgot. "Those are some of the themes explored in “Whither the Levant?: The Crisis of the Nation-State,” a day-long program of films, panels and a symposium at the UCI Student Center on Jan. 31. The event will feature authors As’ad Abukhalil, Mark LeVine, Lina Haddad Kreidie, Chuck O’Connell and more. Also attending will be Daniel Levy, senior fellow and director of the Middle East Initiative at the New America Foundation."