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March 16, 2001 Lecture series examines Israeli-Palestinian relationsWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The 2001 Louis Martin Sears Lecture Series at Purdue University will consist of three lectures and a panel discussion on the subject of "Israel and Palestine: Perspectives on Peace and Justice." The series, presented by the departments of Political Science and Convocations and Lectures, is free and open to the public. Each event will be in the Krannert Auditorium at the Krannert School of Management. The schedule is as follows: Sharoni’s talk will address the underlying issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the perspectives and struggles of grassroots participants, particularly women’s groups, and the long-term prospects for arriving at a peace with justice. Sharoni is author of "Gender and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Politics of Women’s Resistance," and numerous other writings on gender and Middle East politics, new directions in peace studies, gendering conflict and peace, and the politics of women’s alliances. She serves as the executive director of the Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development and is a member of the board of directors of the International Peace Research Association. Khalidi’s lecture will address how the negotiations of the past eight months, the new Palestinian intifada and the election of Ariel Sharon in Israel have combined to diminish the short-term prospects of a comprehensive Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement. Khalidi has authored many books and articles on Middle East history and politics. His most recent book, "Palestinian Identity: the Construction of National Consciousness," examines the development of Palestinian nationalism, tracing its origins back to the late 19th century. Khalidi is director of the Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago, president of the American Committee on Jerusalem and past president of the Middle East Studies Association. He was an advisor to the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid and Washington Arab-Israeli peace negotiations in 1991-93. Malley’s lecture will examine the role the United States has played in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with particular emphasis on the Clinton years. Malley was special assistant to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli affairs and director for near East and South Asian affairs at the National Security Council from 1998 to January 2001. He served as a principal advisor to Clinton and the national security advisor on the Middle East peace process. Previously he served as executive assistant to the national security advisor and as director for democracy, human rights and multilateral affairs in the National Security Council. He is author of "The Call from Algeria: Third Worldism, Revolution and the Turn to Islam" and other writings on such topics as the war in Lebanon. The Sears Lecture Series has a 19-year tradition of bringing informative and distinguished orators to Purdue. Past speakers have included Gen. William Westmoreland; Hendrick Smith; Leonard Woodcock, first U.S. ambassador to the People’s Republic of China; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Friedman; and Michael Manley, former prime minister of Jamaica. The lecture series honors the late historian, Louis Martin Sears. Professor Sears, born in Chicago in 1885, received his three graduate degrees from the University of Chicago, completing his Ph.D. in 1922. He joined the Purdue faculty in the Department of History and Political Science in 1920. Sears specialized in diplomatic history and biography and authored numerous publications. He retired from Purdue in 1956 and died in 1960 in Washington, D.C. No tickets are necessary for events in the Sears Lecture Series. Seating will be on a first-come basis. For more information, contact the Department of Political Science at (765) 494-4161 or the Department of Convocations and Lectures at (765) 494-9712. The 2001 Sears Lecture Series has been organized by Berenice Carroll, a professor in Purdue’s Department of Political Science, and is presented with support from the Women’s Studies Program, the Jewish Studies Program and the Peace Studies Committee. CONTACT: Berenice Carroll, professor in the Department of Political Science, (765) 494-8762, carroll@polsci.purdue.edu.
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