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Georgetown University history professor Clive Foss has been fascinated with Art Deco for many years, probably going back to his teenage years when he read science fiction and collected old magazines from the 1930s and 40s. Clive notes that their futuristic illustrations planted a seed in his mind that germinated after a friend who teaches architectural history showed him how to look at buildings and opened his eyes to the world of architecture.

Clive‘s collection has expanded because he travels a great deal, occasionally for Art Deco (within the US), but more often for research. Foss teaches an unusual field at Georgetown—the history of dictators and dictatorship. For that, he likes to get a sense of the countries where dictators flourished or still do, and to gather visual material for his classes. These trips have taken Foss to Italy, Germany, Cuba, and China quite often, and to Russia, Eastern Europe, parts of Latin America, and such oddities as Albania, Libya, and North Korea. Wherever he goes, Clive keeps his eyes open for Art Deco, and his camera at the ready. Some of the results are what you'll see in his presentation.

Clive Foss introduces the Kharijites, a radical sect from the first century of Islam based in southern Iraq and Iran, who adopted an extreme interpretation of the Koran, ruthless tactics and opposed hereditary political leadership. After causing centuries of problems to the caliphate, they survive in a quietist form in East Africa and Oman.

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