Australian Centre for the Study of Jewish Civilisation - Upcoming Events
Leading historian of Arab-Israel conflict to visit Melbourne
Public Lecture - Changing History: The Past and Future of the Arab-Israel Conflict
Professor Benny Morris is Israel's foremost historian of the Arab-Israel conflict. His numerous books and media articles have led to a seismic shift in how we think about the past and future of the region. His books include: Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1999 (Alfred A. Knopf, 1999); The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949 (Cambridge University Press, 1989); Making Israel (editor; University of Michigan Press, 2008); and, most recently, 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War (Yale University Press, 2008).He has debated historical issues in the Oxford Union and the New York Public Library and has been at the centre of public controversy about the reasons for the failure of the Oslo peace process.
Benny Morris will visit Monash University as a guest of the Leon Liberman Chair of Modern Israel Studies.
- Date: Sunday 14 September 2008
- Venue: Lecture Theatre K.309
Caulfield Campus Monash University - Time: 8.00pm
- Entry: $15 students/Monash staff free (ID card required)
- Bookings: No bookings required, pay at the door