This page is no longer being updated and remains online for informational and historical purposes only. The information is accurate as of the last page update.
For questions about page contents, contact the Communications Division.
Ilan Peleg, Charles A. Dana Professor of Social Sciences, will open the 2003-04 Chaplain’s Office Brown Bag Luncheon Series with a talk on “U.S. Foreign Policy in the Age of Anxiety: World Politics in the Post-9/11 Era” 12:15-1 p.m. tomorrow in the Kirby Hall of Civil Rights auditorium.
Lunch will be provided by the Office of the Dean of Students.
“The talk will deal with the challenges of American foreign policy in the post-9/11 era,” says Peleg. “It will lay down the principles upon which that policy might be based. It will offer a broad historical analysis, but will also refer to the Iraq War.”
Last school year, he spent five months on sabbatical at the University of Oxford (see related story). A frequent speaker on political and international issues, Peleg has shared his expertise on CNN, Voice of America, National Public Radio, and other broadcasts
Peleg is editor of Israel Studies Forum, author of countless articles on international topics, and author or editor of six books, including Negotiating Culture and Human Rights (Columbia University Press, 2001) and The Middle East Peace Process: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Peleg’s book on human rights in the West Bank and Gaza received a prize for scholarly excellence in 1996. He has received recognition from Lafayette on numerous occasions, including the Jones Award for superior teaching and scholarly excellence (1993), the Van Artsdalen Prize for outstanding scholarly achievement (1995), and the 2001 Marquis Distinguished Teaching Award.
Peleg belongs to the American Political Science Association; Association for Israel Studies, of which he was president from 1995-97; and International Studies Association, to which he presented a paper based on his Oxford research at a conference in Budapest last June.
He served nine years as chairman of Lafayette’s International Affairs program and for 12 years as head of the government and law department.