Avi Shlaim

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Avi Shlaim (born October 31, 1945 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Israeli-British dual citizen and historian and identifies ethnically as an Iraqi Jew.[1] He is considered a key member of a group of Israeli scholars known as the New Historians who put forward revised interpretations of the history of Zionism and Israel. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian newspaper.

Shlaim studied history at Cambridge University, then studied International Relations at the London School of Economics. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Reading[2]. He taught International Relations at Reading University, specializing in European issues. His deep academic interest in the history of Israel began in 1987, when he took a position as a British Academy Research Professor at St. Antony's College, Oxford, and served as an outside examiner on the doctoral thesis of Ilan Pappe, another important New Historian. [3]

Shlaim's approach to the study of history is informed by his belief that "The job of the historian is to judge." [3]

[edit] Books

  • Collusion across the Jordan: King Abdullah, the Zionist Movement and the Partition of Palestine (winner of the 1988 Political Studies Association's W. J. M. Mackenzie Prize)
  • The Politics of Partition (1990 and 1998)
  • War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History (1995)
  • The Cold War and the Middle East (co-editor, 1997)
  • The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (2001)
  • Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace (2007)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Don Attapattu (June 16, 2004). Interview with Middle East Scholar Avi Shlaim: America, Israel, and the Middle East. The Nation.
  2. ^ Governing Body Fellows
  3. ^ a b Miron Rapaport (11.08.2005). No Peaceful Solution. Ha'aretz Friday Supplement.

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