Wine and Cheese Evening: "Tocqueville, Islam, and Democracy"

AGS's latest Wine and Cheese evening was held around the theme: "Tocqueville, Islam, and Democracy." AGS students, alumni, faculty, staff and guests debated in an informal atmostphere about the compatibility between Islam and democracy, in light of Tocqueville's work on Islam and on the separation of Church and State. The discussion was lead by Professor Alan Kahan, who published extensively on Alexis de Tocqueville, including a book released last January in the series "Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers" by UK publisher Continuum (more information here).

"It was very interesting to discuss the views of a thinker from two centuries ago on a subject that is so relevant today" says Master's in International Relations and Diplomacy student Omar Shamiya, class of 2011.