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Rashid Khalidi, Dr.

Edward Said Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
Columbia University

Rashid Khalidi joined the Fellows at dinner on March 3, 2005 for a lively and informative discussion on the history of the Middle East and the state of affairs in the region today. Professor Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies and the Director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University. He received his D. Phil. from Oxford University in 1974. His specialties are History of Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt; The Growth of Nation-State; Nationalism in the Arab World; Problems of Modern Middle East Historiography. His research and teaching encompass the history of the modern Middle East, and in particular the countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean, with an emphasis on the emergence of national identity, and the involvement of external powers in the region. He is particularly interested in the role of the press in the formation of new publics and new senses of community, in the place of education in the construction of identity, and in the way narratives of self and other have interacted over the past two centuries in this conflicted region. Books: Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East, Beacon Press, 2004. Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness, Columbia University Press, 1997. The Origins of Arab Nationalism (Co-editor), Columbia University Press, 1991. Under Siege: PLO Decision-making during the 1982 War. Columbia University Press, 1986. Palestine and the Gulf (Co-editor), Institute for Palestine Studies, 1982. British Policy towards Syria and Palestine, 1906-1914. Ithaca Press for St. Antony's College, 1980.

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