Tulips and Time: Lecture by Robert Finn
When:
Thursday, Feb 27, 2020 6:30p -
8:30p
Thursday, Feb 27, 2020 6:30p -
8:30p
Where:
Clapp Library Lecture Room
106 Central Street
Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences, University
Ambassador Robert P. Finn
Former United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
Ambassador Finn is a Non-Resident Fellow of the Liechtenstein Institute at the Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs at Princeton University. He was a member of the East West Institute’s U.S.-Russia Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism in Afghanistan 2017-2019. Ambassador Finn has received two Presidential Meritorious Service Awards as well as one for heroism. His other diplomatic postings include Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, Turkey; Lahore, Pakistan; and Zagreb, Croatia.
Ambassador Finn is the author of the book The Early Turkish Novel, which has been published both in English and Turkish. His poems and translations have appeared in the United States, Turkey, France and Pakistan. He reads in more than ten languages.
Holding a PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University, Ambassador Finn was also a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey and a Fulbright scholar at Istanbul University.
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