[The following is the second in a lecture series as part of "Rethinking US Middle East Policy: Past, Present, and Prospects," a new research intiative brought by Security in Context and the Arab Studies Institute.]
In this video, Aaron Berman discusses the historical context of his book, America's Arab Nationalists: From the Ottoman Revolution to the Rise of Hitler. It is the second in a series that aims to educate the public about the history, past and present, of the US relationship with the Middle East from different perspectives. This lecture series is part of a broader research initiative "Rethinking US Middle East Policy: Past, Present, and Prospects", a collaboration between Security in Context and the Arab Studies Institute.
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Aaron Berman is Professor Emeritus of History at Hampshire College. He received his doctorate in American History from Columbia University. His first book, Nazism, the Jews and American Zionism explained how American Jewry’s understanding of their own history shaped the Zionist response to the extermination of European Jewry. His research interests center on the history of nationalism (particularly Arab and Jewish nationalisms) and internationalism. For eleven years he served as Dean of Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Hampshire College.
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