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FROM THE GLORIA CENTER 3. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS 4. FUNDING/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 5. RESEARCH QUERIES - PLEASE HELP 6. SCHOLARS AND AUTHORS ALERTS 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES NEWS FROM THE GLORIA CENTER GLORIA Center
Conference, After Lebanon: A New Middle East? Table of
Contents for MERIA Journal Volume 11, Number 1 (March
2007) MERIA
Journal, French Edition: Second Issue and
Call for Papers Journal
MERIA, édition française: deuxième
numéro et appel à contributions The Critical
Concepts in Islamic Studies Series: Political Islam 1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST A. Books Ariel Feldestein, Ben-Gurion, Zionism and American Jewry 1948-1963 (London: Routlege, 2006). 240 pages. HB: $120.00. ISBN: 9780415372404. Based on archival material, this intriguing book examines David Ben-Gurion's influence on the relationship between the state of Israel, the Zionist Organization, and American Jewry between 1948 and 1963 when he served as Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. For further information, click here. William Hale, Turkey, the United States and Iraq (Saqi, 2007). 175 pages. PB: £14.99. ISBN: 0 86356 675 8. The American-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 has had an unpredictable impact on the role and policies of Turkey. One of Iraq's most important neighbors and America's only formal ally in the region, Turkey provided vital support to America in the first Gulf War. In the second Gulf War, America sought to project itself as the champion of democracy in the Middle East. Turkey, as the only Muslim country in the region with an acceptably democratic form of government, strikingly refused to support the U.S. strategy. On the one hand, Turkey had a vital alliance with America, stretching back to the early days of the cold war, and needed to sustain it. On the other hand, the Turkish government, since it was ultimately answerable to its own people, could not ignore the strong opposition to the invasion of Iraq. Danny Kaplan, The Men We Loved: Male Friendship and Nationalism in Israeli Culture. (New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2006). 190 pages. PB: $25.00. ISBN: 1-84545-193-7 HB: $80.00. ISBN: 1-84545-192-9. This book explores the interrelations between male friendship in everyday life and the place of fraternal friendship in Israeli national sentiments. The author analyzes selected stories of friendship across the life course and in unique war experiences, following in-depth interviewing with Israeli veterans. For further information, see: http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=KaplanMen. Nikki R. Keddie, Women in the Middle East: Past and Present. (Princeton University Press, 2006). 416 pages. PB: $24.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-12863-4. The book is a concise, comprehensive, and authoritative history of the lives of the region's women since the rise of Islam. The author shows why hostile or apologetic responses are completely inadequate to the diversity and richness of the lives of Middle Eastern women, and she provides a unique overview of their past and rapidly changing present. For further information visit: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8281.html. P. R. Kumaraswamy, Historical Dictionary of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (The Scarecrow Press, Inc., October 2006). 424 pages. HB: $99.00. ISBN: 0810853434. The dictionary provides factual background through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a chronology, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the more significant persons, places, and events, including the various wars and negotiations. The history, religion, culture, and archeology that this rivalry has sparked between the Arabs and Israelis over the same piece of territory is traced in this book, which offers the essential details using neutral terms and thereby allowing readers to draw conclusions for themselves. For further information, click here. To order through Amazon, click here. Emily Landau, Arms Control in the Middle East: Cooperative Security Dialogue and Regional Constraints (Sussex Academic Press, 2006). 292 pages. HB: $69.50. ISBN: 9781845190286. For more information visit: http://www.sussex-academic.co.uk/sa/titles/middle_east_studies/Landau.htm. Ian S. Lustick, Trapped in the War on Terror (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006). 200 pages. PB: $24.95. ISBN 0-8122-3983-0. The book questions the very rationale for the War on Terror. By analyzing the virtual absence of evidence of a terrorist threat inside the United States along with the motives and strategic purposes of al-Qa'ida, Lustick shows how disconnected the War on Terror is from the real but remote threat terrorism poses. For further information, visit: http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14285.html. David M. Malone, Ben Rowswell, and Markus E. Bouillon, Iraq: Preventing a New Generation of Conflict (Rienner, 2007). 350 pages. PB: $24.50 ISBN: 1-58826-504-8. HB: $59.95. ISBN: 1-58826-528-5. The authors grapple with the requirements for a successful peace building enterprise in Iraq, grounding their conclusions in a nuanced analysis of the sources of the country's internal conflicts. For more information, click here. Amos Nadan, The Palestinian Peasant Economy under the Mandate: A Story of Colonial Bungling (Harvard University Press, 2006). 256 pages. PB: $19.95. ISBN: 0-674-02135-5. Challenging the claim that Palestine's peasant economy progressed during the 1920s and 1930s, Amos Nadan skillfully integrates a wide variety of sources to demonstrate that the period was actually one of deterioration on both the macro (per capita) and micro levels. The economy would have most likely continued its downward spiral during the 1940s had it not been for the temporary prosperity that resulted from World War II. For further information, visit: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/NADPAX.html. David Rodman, Arms Transfers to Israel: The Strategic Logic Behind American Military Assistance (Sussex Academic Press, 2007).156 pages. HB: $45.00. ISBN: 1 84519 178. This book dispels two common myths about the American-Israeli patron-client relationship, that arms transfers to Israel have been motivated by American domestic politics rather than national interests and that these arms transfers have come without any political strings attached to them. For further information, visit: http://www.sussex-academic.co.uk/sa/titles/politics_ir/rodman.htm. Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman, Revolutionaries Despite Themselves: Women and Gender in Religious Zionism in the Yishuv Period (Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press, 2005). 365 pages. PB: $30. For more information, email: mahonzvi@h2.hum.huji.ac.il. Zvi Shtauber and Yiftah S. Shapir (eds.), The Middle East Strategic Balance 2005-2006, (Sussex Academic Press and the Institute for National Security Studies, 2006). 224 pages. PB: $55.00. ISBN: 9781845191429. Provides an authoritative and indispensable guide to strategic developments and military capabilities in the Middle East. It offers a comprehensive insightful assessment of the complex Middle East strategic environment, focusing on the international, regional, and Israeli domestic arenas, and it presents the most comprehensive and accurate military posture of the countries in the Middle East. For further information, visit: http://www.sussex-academic.co.uk/sa/titles/middle_east_studies/MESB2006.htm. B. Journals, Newsletter, Papers Amitai Etzioni, "Reconstruction: An Agenda" Journal of Intervention and State Building (March 2007). For more information, visit: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/. 2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE A. General The Middle East Book Review is a database, searchable by author and title, of every book review ever published in Middle East Quarterly. Its several hundred reviews represent the most complete repository of analysis about the state of the field and serve as a resource for practitioner, teacher, and student alike. http://www.mideastbookreviews.org. 3. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS 4. FUNDING/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Funding/Grants/Fellowships New Delhi, India. The Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses is inviting visiting fellows from outside India for a few months. Residential facilities will be available by early next year. For more information, please visit: http://www.idsa.in/VisitingFellowships0107.htm. The Institute of International Education is now accepting nominations For the Victor J. Goldberg IIE prize for peace in the Middle East. $10,000 will be awarded to an Arab-Israeli team working together to advance peace. For further information, visit: http://www.iie.org/goldbergprize. The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise is pleased to offer five $15,000 Schusterman Israel Scholar Awards to students interested in pursuing academic careers in fields related to the study of Israel. The awards will be available to undergraduates who have already been accepted to graduate programs, graduate students who have received Master's degrees in Middle East-related fields who wish to pursue doctorates, and doctoral students who are writing dissertations related to Israel. For further information, visit: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/isdf/isdfawards.html. The Rabin Scholarship Fund for Advancement of Peace and Tolerance is accepting applications. Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited doctoral or post-doctoral program focusing on areas relating to the pursuit of peace and/or to the enhancement of peaceful forms of social life. For further information, contact inquiry@cfhu.org. Writing Opportunities July 31-August 1, 2007. San Francisco, California, USA. University of San Francisco. Bar Ilan University in Conjunction with San Francisco State University is calling for papers on Jews and Muslims in the World of Islam. For further information, contact: dahan.center@mail.biu.ac.il. 5. RESEARCH QUERIES - PLEASE HELP Seeking information on the kidnappings/forced conversions of Coptic women in Egypt. Please contact Yeru Aharoni at: yaharoni@idc.ac.il. 6. SCHOLARS AND AUTHORS ALERTS 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES March 25, 2007. Baltimore, Maryland, USA. John Hopkins University. "Israel Since Rabin." There will be two panels, one regarding Israeli domestic policy and one on Israeli foreign policy. For further information, visit: http://web.jhu.edu/jewishstudies. April, 25-26 2007. Whitehall, London. RUSI: Securing the Critical National Infrastructure. The conference aims to address the crucial issues regarding ownership, responsibility, accountability, strategy and interoperability within the CNI. Speakers from across government, the regulatory bodies, private sector companies and associated organizations will provide the framework and content for engaging with the vital issues of security and resilience in the CNI. For further information, contact: neile@rusi.org. June 13-21, 2007. Jerusalem, Israel. Bar Ilan University, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Workshop on "University Teaching of the Arab-Israeli Conflict in the 21st Century." The purpose of the workshop is to provide selected university teachers from around the world with a better understanding of the nature of the Arab-Israeli conflict, its latest dynamics, and the prospects for war and/or peace in the near future. The workshop aims to increase knowledge and enhance teaching on the subject, and to provide participants--and thereby their students--with tools and information to help them combat the increasingly hostile atmosphere on many university campuses. For further information, contact: msjewciv@mscc.huji.ac.il. Summer 2007. Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Brandeis University. Brandeis University Summer Institute for Israel Studies 2007 is now accepting applications. The seminar is designed to assist faculty in colleges and universities primarily in North America in the design of new courses in Israel Studies they plan to introduce into the curriculum of their home campuses. For further information, visit: http://www.brandeis.edu/institutes/tauber/israelstudies2.shtml. MERIA
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