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Director, Institute for the Study of Modern Israel of Emory University Dr. Kenneth W. Stein“American Foreign Policy in the Middle East, 2009 and Beyond” Friday,
May 1, 2009 |
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Director, Institute for the Study of Modern Israel of Emory University Dr. Kenneth W. Stein“American Foreign Policy in the Middle East, 2009 and Beyond” Friday,
May 1, 2009 |
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About Dr. Kenneth W. Stein
Dr. Stein is the William E. Schatten Professor of Contemporary Middle
Eastern History and Israeli Studies at Emory University.
He also directs Emory’s Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and is
President of the Center for Israel Education. As the Middle
East Fellow of the Carter Center from 1983-2006, he was instrumental in
Carter’s post-presidential engagement in the Middle East.
Stein is the author of The Land Question in Palestine, 1917-1939 and Heroic Diplomacy: Sadat, Kissinger, Carter, Begin and
the Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace. He has written numerous articles on
Arab politics, the history of modern Israel, Palestinian
social history and on educating pre-collegiate students about Israel
and the Middle East. He is considered one of Emory’s finest
teachers.
For more information about Dr. Stein, go to www.ismi.emory.edu.
Previous lectures in Religious Studies |
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| 2008 | Susan Jacoby, author of The New York Times best seller, The Age of American Unreason |
| 2007 | Dr. Stephen J. Patterson, professor of New Testament at Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis |
| 2006 | Martin Marty, pastor, author and Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Divinity School |
| 2005 | Ellen O’Grady, artist and social activist |
| 2004 | Rev. John Yonker of First Christian Church and Rabbi Yossi Feintuch of Congregation Beth Shalom of Columbia, Mo. |
| 2003 | Dr. Shakir Hoomodi, spokesperson for the Islamic Center of Central Missouri |
| 2002 | Dr. Linda Lindsey, professor of sociology and coordinator of women’s studies, Maryville University of St. Louis. |
