
Event: UCL Qatar Public Lecture Series
Title: Escaping the shadow of Enver Hoxha
By: Richard Hodges, President of The American University of Rome
Date: Monday 26 January 2015
Time: 6.00pm – Reception to follow
Location: Auditorium, Georgetown Building, Education City
For registration and information please contact
events.qatar@ucl.ac.uk or 40002644
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