Lecture today: The role of the Mongols in shaping world history

Edward Vajda, a professor with the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at Western Washington University, will present “The Mongol Impact on World History” at noon today in College Hall Room 131 as part of the fall lecture series from the Center for International Studies at WWU.

As part of celebrating Mongolia Day at WWU, Vajda will discuss the spectacular consequences of the Mongol conquests begun in the 13th century by Chinggis Khan. The lecture explains how the medieval era ended and the modern world began in the wake of history’s most successful empire builder.

All lectures in this series are free and open to the public.

For more information on this lecture series or on the Center for International Studies, visit http://international.wwu.edu/ or contact CIS Executive Director Doug Nord at (360) 650-3200 or doug.nord@wwu.edu.

Last week:

Did you miss last week's lecture from Marie Eaton, a professor in Western’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies? Check out the video online in the videos section of Western Today. Eaton presented “International Service Learning: Case Studies from East Asia and Kenya,” citing examples from students’ experiences in Thailand, India and Kenya. In her lecture, Eaton reflected on the benefits and challenges of service-learning as a means to educate and cultivate globally aware citizens who are civically engaged and responsive to the needs of others.