DATE: 4 p.m., Sept. 30, 2009.

EVENT: Robin Wright, noted foreign correspondent and University of Michigan graduate, will present the Center for the Education of Women (CEW) Annual Mullin-Welch lecture. Her talk is titled ?The Faces of Female Activism.?

Wright combines penetrating journalism with the broad understanding of a historian in her coverage of Middle Eastern political affairs. Previously a diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, she has written several books on the contemporary Middle East. She has reported from more than 140 countries, and has witnessed over a dozen wars and revolutions. In addition to writing for the Post, she has lent her expertise to the Sunday Times of London, CBS News, The New Yorker, and the New York Times Magazine. For coverage of U.S. foreign policy, Wright was named journalist of the year by the American Academy of Diplomacy and won the National Press Club Award and the Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting in 2001.

Her books include ?The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran.? Wright?s most recent work, ?Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East,? seeks to document the region?s reformers and the growth of unique forms of democracy in the Middle East.

The Elizabeth Charlotte Mullin-Welch Lecture Series was established by Mullin-Welch?s family in 1989 to honor her spirit and memory. The goal of the series is to inform and inspire the university constituencies, as well as the larger Ann Arbor community, on the objectives and achievements of the speakers? areas of passion.

PLACE: Biomedical Science Research Building, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Auditorium: 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor.

Valet parking will be available.

CONTACTS: Eilisha Dermont, (734) 764-6272, [email protected], or Janice Reuben, (734) 764-6005, [email protected]

SPONSOR: The U-M Center for the Education of Women.

WEB LINK: This event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested

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