College and of Arts and Humanities’ Middle East Lecture Series continues on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. with an appearance from Dr. llan Pappé, history professor at University of Exeter in England.
Pappé, who studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and earned his doctorate from the University of Oxford, is director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies at the University of Exeter.
He founded the Academic Institute for Peace in Givat Haviva, Israel, and directed it from 1992 to 2000. Pappé chaired the Emil Tuma Institute for Palestine Studies in Haifa, Israel from 2000 to 2006.
The Israeli historian’s research focuses on the modern Middle East, particularly the history of Israel and Palestine. Pappé also has written on multiculturalism, critical discourse analysis and on power and knowledge in general.
Pappé‘s presentation of “Arab Spring and Palestine-Israel ‘Peace Process,’” is free to the public and will be held in the Leon S. and Pete P. Peters Educational Center, located inside the Student Recreation Center.
Dan • Feb 22, 2012 at 6:00 am
Expect to see the pro-Isreali lobby out there. They’re foaming at the mouth, complaining the university is being anti Semitic by presenting a viewpoint they don’t like.
The state of Isreal was born of terrorism and the speaker posits it still practices it, against non Jews. This opinion doesn’t sit well with the Flea Party et al.
Dean Samian is in for another battle. Perhaps now she can actively support students fighting the decline of the university. At a forum last year she averred she couldn’t because of previous fights with off campus pressure groups wanting her fired.