4 במרץ 2010 - יום עיון
מרד ומהפכה במזרח-התיכון

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January 3, 2010

 Prof. Bernard Lewis and Prof. Itamar Rabinoch

        The Middle East and Middle Eastern Studies (transcript)

May 11, 2009

           Turkey's Role in the Changing Global Environment

26 באפריל 2009 
יוזמת השלום הערבית: פרספקטיבה היסטורית וביקורתית

שידור של יום העיון

30 במרץ 2009 
לאומיות, חילון ודת במזרח התיכון

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2 למרץ 2009

 ערב עיון לרגל צאת הספר "לבנון דם בארזים" מאת אייל זיסר
הענקת מילגה ע"ש יוסף זיסר ז"ל לתלמיד מחקר
אייל זיסר - המאבק המתחדש של לבנון
עמוס גלעד - ישראל בין ביירות לעזה 2006-2009
איתמר רבינוביץ - מגיב ומסכם

שידור של יום העיון

January 19, 2009

Prof. Bernard Lewis
           Iran: Haman or Cyrus?  (transcript)

January 5, 2009

Prof. Bernard Lewis
           Israel's Contribution: Ancient and Modern  (transcript)

15 לאפריל 2008 
משטר, אופוזיציה ודעת קהל במזרח התיכון

January 21, 2008

Prof. Bernard Lewis
        Choices for the Middle East  (transcript)

January 7, 2008

 Prof. Bernard Lewis
             Periodization of History  (transcript)

27-28 לנובמבר 2007 
כנס לרגל שלושים שנה לביקור סאדאת - מאין ולאן?

12 לנובמבר 2007 
השופט אהרון ברק
 שיפוט, משפט ודמוקרטיה

March 25, 2007

Ambassador Daniel C. Kurtzer
The New - But Not Improved - Middle East: Challenges for U.S. Policy
 

20 למרץ 2007  - יום עיון
יחסי הכוחות המשתנים בין הסונה לשיעה
שידור של יום העיון

January 25, 2007

 Prof. Bernard Lewis
Islam, the West and the Jews
 

January 8, 2007

 Prof. Bernard Lewis
Orthodoxy and Heresy in Middle East Religions
 

1 לינואר 2007  - יום עיון
המשבר בלבנון- מערך הכוחות הפנימי, האזורי והבינלאומי
יו"ר: אשר ססר
אייל זיסר - לקראת מלחמת אזרחים?
 אהוד יערי - דוקטרינת ה"מקואמה"
 איתמר רבינוביץ' - ההקשר האזורי והבינלאומי
שידור של יום העיון

May 15-16, 2006

Culture and Society in Modern Turkey

March 6, 2006
Dr. Khalil Shikaki
Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research
on
 The Hamas Victory, the Future of the PA, and Israeli-Palestinian Relations

November 7, 2005

May 17, 2005
Prof. Rex Brynen of McGill University in Montreal discusses  liberalization in the Middle East in "Democractic Dominoes."  His main question is why authoritarianism was so durable in the Arab world. He gives five possible explanations: political culture; economics; state versus civil society; regional conflicts and finally  western policies towards the region.

September 1, 2004
A Year to the State Investigative Commission on the October 2000 Events. Justice (ret.) Theodor Or.  (Hebrew)

On October 26, 2004, Prof. Asher Susser delivered a lecture on A Decade of Jordanian Israeli Peace.

On May 3, 2004, Dr. Aaron David Miller, President, Seeds of Peace, and formerly Adviser to the last six US Secretaries of State on Arab-Israeli negotiations, delivered a lecture on The Pursuit of Arab-Israeli Peace 1993-2000: Where Did the US Go Wrong?

On March 22, 2004, Prof. Henry Bienen, President of Northwestern University, delivered the Kalman Lassner Memorial Lecture.  His topic: The Meaning of American Primacy: Implications for the Middle East.

On November 17, 2003, Dr. Greg Mills, National Director of the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg, lectured to the Dayan Center's Researchers' Forum on "South Africa, Israel and Palestine."

On March 16, 2003, Prof. Metin Heper delivered the annual Georges A. Kaller Lecture at the Dayan Center on "The Justice and Development Party: Towards a Reconciliation of Islam and Democracy in Turkey?"

On February 12, 2003, Senior Research Fellow Prof. David Menashri  lectured at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Prof. Menashri spoke on "Iran and Israel: A Couple at Odds." (Click here for webcast, then scroll down to February 12).

On February 5, 2003, Senior Research Fellow Dr. Meir Litvak spoke at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.  Dr. Litvak spoke on "Islamization of the Arab-Israeli Conflict." (Click here for webcast, then scroll down to February 5).

On November 6, 2002, the Dayan Center hosted a discussion analyzing the results of the recent general elections in Turkey. The event was sponsored by the Süleyman Demirel Program in Contemporary Turkish Studies and the Israel-Turkey Business Council. Featured Turkish analysts were Prof. Şule Kut, Vice-Rector, Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations, and Mr. Cengiz Çandar, Columnist, Haber Türk-TV News. Their remarks are presented here:
Prof. Şule Kut         Mr. Cengiz Çandar

On June 27, 2002, H.E. Sherard Cowper-Coles, British Ambassador to Israel, delivered the Georges A. Kaller Annual Lecture. He spoke on
"Israel and the Palestinians -- A European View."

On June 18, 2002, Principal Research Fellow and former Center Director Dr. Martin Kramer addressed a gathering to mark the tenth anniversary of the untimely passing of Prof. Elie Kedourie. His lecture was entitled "Policy and the Academy An Illicit Relationship?"

On March 24, 2002, Prof. Shlomo Avineri of the Hebrew University delivered the Joseph (Buddy) Strelitz Memorial Lecture. His topic: "Can There Be an Historical Compromise between Israel and the Palestinians?" The lecture is in Hebrew.

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MIDDLE EASTERN LECTURES
NUMBER FOUR, 2001