Hebrew Language Table with the cooperation of the Embassy of Israel Presents:
Iran, Political Islam and Israel: Challenge and Response A LECTURE BY DAVID MENASHRI MAY 28, 2008 (Wednesday) 12:00 Noon MONTPELIER ROOM, Madison Building, Library of Congress Program is free and open to the public (Lecture in English) David Menashri is director of the Center for Iranian Studies and professor in the Department of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University and dean of the University's Special Programs Division. He has been a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Princeton and Cornell and a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago, Melbourne University, the University of Munich and Waseda (Tokyo). His research focuses on the social and political history of modern Iran, education and modernization in the Middle East, Shi`i political thought and Central Asian affairs. Menashri is the author of numerous books and published papers on Iranian politics. His newest work is "Religion and State in the Middle East." ADA accommodations 5 days in advance (202) 707-6362 TTY or [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information call Gail Shirazi [EMAIL PROTECTED], 202-707-9897 DR. DAVID MENASHRI, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR IRANIAN STUDIES, TEL AVIV UNIVERSTIY, Dr. Habib Levy Program for Iranain Jewish History Present Academic Positions at Tel Aviv University: * Director of the Center for Iranian Studies. * Dean of School of Overseas Students. * Incumbent of the Parviz and Pouran Nazarian Chair for Modern Iranian Studies * Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern and African History. Prof. Menashri's main field of academic research is history and politics of modern Iran, Central Asia, the Persian Gulf and history of education in the Muslim world. David Menashri has been a visiting Fulbright scholar at both Princeton and Cornell University and, among others, a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago, Melbourne University, the University of Munich and Waseda (Tokyo). In the late 1970s he spent two years conducting research and field studies in Iranian universities on the eve of the Islamic Revolution. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards in Israel and abroad, including grants from Ford Foundation, Fulbright Foundation and Ben Gurion Foundation. Menashri's most recent publication is the edited volume Religion and State in the Middle East (Hebrew, October 2006). His other publications include: Post-Revolutionary Politics in Iran: Religion, Society and Power was published in 2001 (London, Frank Cass; second print in 2002). Iran after Khomeini: Revolutionary Ideology versus National Interests (1999, Hebrew); Revolution at A Crossroads: Iran's Domestic Challenges and Regional Ambitions (1997); Iran: Between Islam and the West (1996, Hebrew); Education and the Making of Modern Iran (1992); Iran: A Decade of War and Revolution (1990); Iran in Revolution (1989, Hebrew). He is also the editor of: Central Asia Meets the Middle East (1998); Islamic Fundamentalism: A Challenge to Regional Stability (1993, Hebrew); and The Iranian Revolution and the Muslim World (1991). He is the author of numerous articles and papers on Iran and the Middle East. Between 1978 and 1999 he wrote all the 22 annual chapters on Iran in the Moshe Dayan's yearly The Middle East Contemporary Survey. From 1994 he wrote the annual surveys on Iran in the Anti-Semitism Worldwide, published by Tel Aviv University's Project for the Study of Anti-Semitism. He is the Chairman of the Maccabim Foundation (providing grants to students); former Chairman of ISEF, the International Sephradic Education Fund (1997-2006) and President of the Citizens' Empowerment Center in Israel (2003-2007). -- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
