Middle East Seminar

Date and Time

November 13, 2013
04:00PM - 06:00PM EST

Location

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

“The Holocaust, Colonialism and the Middle East Conflict: A Critical Analysis”

Speaker:

Avraham Burg,  Author; Former Speaker and Member of the Israeli Knesset; Former Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel; Co-founder of Molad (The Center for Israeli Democracy Renewal); International Coordinator, The Bruno Kreisky Forum, Vienna.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

Contact:

Marina Ivanova
mivanova@wcfia.harvard.edu
617-495-9006

Chairs:

Lenore Martin, Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor; Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College.

Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Herb Kelman, Faculty Associate (emeritus). Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Department of Psychology, Harvard University.

The speaker's publications include: God is Back (2006) (Hebrew); The Holocaust Is Over: We Must Rise From its Ashes (2008) MacMillan; Avishag (2011) (Hebrew); and Very Near to You, (2012) Gefen.

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