Professor Avi Shlaim FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Emeritus Fellow
- Year elected
- 2006
- Subjects
- History, Politics
- Sections
- Modern History from 1850 , Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations
- Website
- http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0005/
Summary
Avi Shlaim is an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College and an Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford. He retired in 2011. He was a Lecturer then Reader in Politics at the University of Reading, 1970-1987. In 1987 he was appointed Alistair Buchan Reader in International Relations at Oxford and in 1996 he was made Professor of International Relations He was awarded a British Academy Research Readership in 1995-1997 and a Research Professorship in 2003-2006. In 2006 he was elected Fellow of the British Academy. He is a member of the Modern History section of the academy and a cross-member of the Political Studies section. Avi Shlaim is based at the Middle East Centre at St Antony's College where he continues to teach one graduate course within the MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies. In 2007-2008 he was director of the centre. His main research interest is the Arab-Israeli conflict. He is a frequent contributor to the newspapers and commentator on radio and television on Middle Eastern affairs.
Current post
Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford
Past appointments
St Antony's College University of Oxford Emeritus Professor of International Relations
2017 -
British Academy Research Professor
2003 - 2006
St Antony's College University of Oxford Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford
1996 -
University of Reading Reader in Politics
1970 - 1987
University of Reading Lecturer and Reader in Politics
1970 - 1987
Publications
War And Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History (Revised And Updated)
Avi Shlaim - Published in 1995 by Penguin
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