Professor Avi Shlaim
| Job Title | Professor of International Relations |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Oxford University |
Society Awards
2011 - The Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal On 16 March 2011 the Council of the Society resolved to award the Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal to Professor Avi Shlaim, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the study of the Middle East in general and the Arab-Israeli issue in particular. Born to Jewish parents in Baghdad in 1945, he later did his national service in the Israeli armed forces. His distinguished career as writer, commentator, lecturer (to the Society among others) and academic culminated in the Professorship of International Relations at St. Antony's College Oxford. His academic interest in the history of Israel began in 1982, when the Israeli government archives about the 1948 Arab-Israeli war were opened. He is considered one of the leading 'new' historians, a group of Israeli scholars who put forward critical interpretations of the history of Zionism and Israel. Professor Shlaim's frequent visits to the area have added insights and authority to his writings. His publications have been pre-eminent in the revisionist interpretation of Israel's policy towards the Arab world during the sixty years following the achievement of statehood. His remarkably lucid style is always thought-provoking and often overturns orthodoxies on the Arab-Israeli issues. Particularly relevant are two of his works regarded as classics on the Middle East: 'Collusion across the Jordan: King Abdullah, the Zionist Movement, and the Partition of Palestine' (1988) and 'The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World' (2000). Professor Shlaim has stimulated wider and more informed interest in Israel and Palestine and the broader region, in keeping with the aims of the Award and the traditions of the Society. In pursuance of the Council's resolution, the award is made and a citation is presented on 11 May 2011 to Professor Avi Shlaim, FBA
Lectures to The Society
| Title | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in an Historical Perspective |  |
Oct 2010 |
Articles in the Journal
| Reflections on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | ||
| Professor Avi Shlaim | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 42 Number 1 | March 2011 | |
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