MEI Scholar
Dr. Ilan Peleg
Adjunct Scholar
Experience
- Charles A. Dana Professor of Government & Law at Lafayette College in Easton, PA, and a Professor of Israel Society at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College near Philadelphia.
- Editor-in-Chief of Israel Studies Forum: An Interdisciplinary Journal (published by the Association for Israel Studies)
- Past research affiliations include Harvard University, Oxford University (both St. Antony College and the Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies), Princeton University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
- Authored numerous books, including a political biography of Prime Minister Menachem Begin, a book on human rights in the West Bank & Gaza (recipient of the Choice Award for Excellent Scholarship, 1996), and most recently Democratizing the Hegemonic State: Political Transformation in the Age of Identity (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
Education
- Ph.D., Northwestern University, (1974)
- M.A. Tel Aviv University, (1971), and Northwestern University, (1972)
- B.A., Tel Aviv University, (1969)
"...to promote knowledge of the Middle East in America and strengthen understanding of the United States by the people and governments of the region."
-- MEI Mission Statement
-- MEI Mission Statement
