Fall 2017 lectures
Admission is free and open to the public
The Long Struggle for Israel-Palestine
A lecture by Jeremy Pressman
Associate professor of political science and director of Middle East studies,
University of Connecticut, with an introduction by Feryaz Ocakli,
assistant professor of political science, ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥
Monday, October 2
7:30 p.m., Davis Auditorium, Palamountain Hall
Because neither side in the battle for Israel-Palestine is going to disappear, ending the struggle for Israel-Palestine would require Israeli and Palestinian concessions. When we think about resolving the conflict the same old options are on the table, variants of the one-state and two-state solution. In this talk, we’ll consider the core questions: What are the differences between the variants? What are the pros and cons for each option? What obstacles stand in the way of realizing a resolution?
Jeremy Pressman is associate professor of political science and director of Middle East studies at the University of Connecticut. He is co-director, with Professor Erica Chenoweth, of the Crowd Counting Consortium at crowdcounting.org. He has written two books, Warring Friends: Alliance Restraint in International Politics (Cornell University Press, 2008) and Point of No Return: The Deadly Struggle for Middle East Peace, with Geoffrey Kemp (Brookings Institution Press, 1997). His articles have appeared in Diplomatic History, International Security, Cooperation & Conflict, Perspectives on Politics, Security Studies and elsewhere. Pressman is on twitter @djpressman.
This presentation is part of the Jacob Perlow Event Series and is co-sponsored by the Office of Special Programs and the Political Science Department. Funding is also provided by a gift from Beatrice Troupin.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ the Jacob Perlow Series: A generous grant from the estate of Jacob Perlow—an immigrant to the United States in the 1920s, a successful businessman deeply interested in religion and philosophy and a man who was committed to furthering Jewish education—supports annual lectures and presentations to the College and Capital District community on issues broadly related to Jews and Judaism.