Research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, peaceful world

Past Event
Seminar

New generation of Palestinian leadership and possible approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Open to the Public

Dr. Khalil Shikaki is an Associate Professor of Political Science, and director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (Ramallah). He is a senior fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University in 1985. He taught at several universities including Bir Zeit University, al-Najah National University, the University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) and the University of South Florida. He spent summer 2002 as a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. Since 1993, he has conducted more than 150 polls among Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
His recent publications include Public Opinion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Public Imperative During the Second Intifada, with Yaacov Shamir, Indiana University Press, 2010 (forthcoming); "Palestine 1993-2006: Failed Peacebuilding, Insecurity and Poor Governance," in Stephen Baranyi (ed.) The Paradoxes of Peacebuilding Post-9/11 (Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press, 2008); and, "With Hamas in Power: Impact of Palestinian Domestic Developments on Options for the Peace Process," Working Paper, No. 1, Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University, January 2007.

For further information please contact r.brown@tufts.edu

Location: MUGAR 205 The Fletcher School

Date: Time: - Location: Fletcher School

About

Dr. Khalil Shikaki is an Associate Professor of Political Science, and director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (Ramallah). He is a senior fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University in 1985. He taught at several universities including Bir Zeit University, al-Najah National University, the University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) and the University of South Florida. He spent summer 2002 as a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. Since 1993, he has conducted more than 150 polls among Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
His recent publications include Public Opinion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Public Imperative During the Second Intifada, with Yaacov Shamir, Indiana University Press, 2010 (forthcoming); "Palestine 1993-2006: Failed Peacebuilding, Insecurity and Poor Governance," in Stephen Baranyi (ed.) The Paradoxes of Peacebuilding Post-9/11 (Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press, 2008); and, "With Hamas in Power: Impact of Palestinian Domestic Developments on Options for the Peace Process," Working Paper, No. 1, Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University, January 2007.

For further information please contact r.brown@tufts.edu

MUGAR 205 The Fletcher School