Join acclaimed broadcaster and journalist Gwynn Dyer for a lecture entitled: Planetary Maintenance Engineers: A lecture on climate change.
March 7th from 6:00-7:30pm in UC 179. This event is in person and open to all. Please register here
We are grateful to the Faculty of Arts and Science for sponsoring this lecture.
GWYNNE DYER has worked as a freelance journalist, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs for most of his adult life, but he was originally trained as an historian. He was born in Newfoundland and received degrees from Canadian, American and British universities, finishing with a Ph.D. in Military and Middle Eastern History from the University of London. He served in three navies and held academic appointments at the Canadian Forces College, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Oxford University before launching his twice-weekly column on international affairs, which is published in more than 20 countries.
His first television series, the 7-part documentary ‘War’, was aired in 45 countries in the mid-80’s. One episode, ‘The Profession of Arms’, was nominated for an Academy Award. His more recent television works include the 1994 series ‘The Human Race’.
Dyer’s books include ‘War’ (1983), ‘Ignorant Armies: Sliding into War in Iraq’ (2003), ‘Future: Tense’ (2005) and ‘The Mess They Made: The Middle East After Iraq’ (2007). More recent works include ‘Climate Wars’ (2010), ‘Don’t Panic: Islamic State, Terrorism and the Middle East’ (2015), and ‘Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy (and Work)’ (2018). ‘The Shortest History of War’ is out now, and ‘Intervention Earth’ next spring
Dr Dyer lives in London. In 2010, he was made an officer of the Order of Canada.
