This is an archived UW-P news item,
originally posted: 10/13/2009.
T.E. Lawrence & Arabia subjects of Oct. 22 program
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside Friends of the Library organization examines one of the 20th Century's most colorful figures T. E. Lawrence during its next program Thursday, Oct. 22. Titled "Lawrence and Arabia" and presented by UW-Parkside's Dr. Greg Mayer, the program begins at 7 p.m. in the Overlook Lounge, second floor of the library at 900 Wood Rd., Kenosha.
An observer and participant in the creation of the modern Middle East whose life was dramatically fictionalized in David Lean's epic film "Lawrence of Arabia," T. E. Lawrence was a British officer serving with Prince Faisal's Arab army in the Hejaz, Palestine, and Syria during the First World War. He was on the staff of the Arab delegation at the Paris Peace Conference and served as an adviser to Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference of 1921.
"This program concentrates on Lawrence's activities from 1916 to 1922 when he was most actively involved in Middle Eastern affairs, putting these activities in the context of Middle Eastern history to 1915," said Dr. Mayer who is an associate professor of Biological Sciences at UW-Parkside. "We'll also put these activities in the context of Lawrence's career as an archeologist, author, publisher, linguist, soldier, and diplomat."
"Lawrence and Arabia" with Dr. Greg Mayer is free and open to the public. For more information about this program and about the Friends of the UW-Parkside Library, call 262-595-2356.Publish date: 10/13/2009
