
A special selection of the OSU Library distinctive Arabic cartoons and comics will be on display in the reading room. Faculty and students who have interest in graphic arts, comics, media in the Middle East and/or cartooning will have an opportunity to interact with the cartoonists and ask questions. Light refreshments will be available following the presentation.
This event is sponsored by the OSU Libraries’ Middle East & Islamic Studies program; Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum; OSU’s Middle East Studies Center; and OSU’s Near Eastern Languages & Cultures Department, with thanks to the U.S. State Department’s International Political Cartoonist Program.
Welcoming Introduction by Lisa Carter
(2:00 pm - 2:15pm)
Cartooning in the Arab World Today: A Presentation and Conversation, 205 Sullivant Hall
(2:00pm - 3:00pm)
Open House in the Lucy Shelton Caswell Reading Room, 100 Sullivant Hall
For more information about the program, please see (https://library.osu.edu/about/departments/middle-east-studies-2/middle-east-political-cartoonist-tour).