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Israel's Quest for Collective Identity

Yoram Peri, Visiting Professor at American University Washington, D.C.

Monday, April 06, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4357 Bunche Hall (4th floor)
Los Angeles, CA United States

Yoram Peri is founder of the Rothschild-Caesarea School of Communication, Head of the Chaim Herzog Institute for Media, Politics and Society, and Professor of Political Sociology and Communication in the Department of Communication at Tel Aviv University. He was a political advisor to the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Israeli daily, Davar. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology and Political Science from the London School of Economics. During 2008-2009 Prof. Peri will be a visiting professor at the American University Washington DC. His previous book, Brothers at War: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Culture War in Israel (2005), received the Prime Minister's Prize, and was named as the best book in social sciences for 2006 by the Israeli Political Science Association.

Cost: Free of charge

Special Instructions

Please park in Structure 3. Parking is available for $9 and may be purchased at the parking kiosk located at the corner of Hilgard and Westholme Avenues.

Sponsor(s): UCLA International Institute, Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies