A foreign correspondent who has reported from more than 140 countries, Robin Wright covers U.S. foreign policy for the Washington Post. A MacArthur Foundation grant recipient, she is the author of three previous books focused on modern Islam and contemporary Iranian politics. Of her latest offering, Dreams and Shadows, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright writes, “This volume, full of mesmerizing detail and large truths, sets a new standard for scholarship on the modern Middle East.”

Meelya Gordon Memorial Lecture