Patai to Talk on West's Influence

"The Dynamics of Westernization in the Middle East" will be the topic discussed by Raphael Patai, professor of Anthropology at Dropsie College, at 8 p.m. tonight in the auditorium of the Littauer Center for Public Administration.

An authority on Middle Eastern and Israeli culture, Patai taught at the Hebrew University while living in Palestine from 1937 to 1947. Besides being Director of Research at the Palestine Institute of Folklore and Ethnology, he has also served as a Consultant on the Middle East for the United Nations.

Patai came to the United States in 1947, and since then has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the New School for Social Research, New York University, and Princeton University.