Lecture Information:
Khalil Shikaki (Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research)
"Palestinian Trends After Gaza"
Wednesday, October 29th 2014 in Silsby 28 between 4:30-6:30 P.M.
Sponsored by the Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Dartmouth Government Department.
Khalil Shikaki
Current Roles
- Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research
- Senior fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University
- Visiting professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
Focus
- Conducted more than 200 polls among Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
- Research regarding Palestinian state building, public opinion, transition to democracy, and the impact of domestic Palestinian politics on the peace process
Books
- Co-author of Arab and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) with Abdel Monem Said Aly and Shai Feldamn
- Co-author of Public Opinion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Public Imperative During the Second Intifada (Indiana University Press, 2010) with Yaacov Shamir
Education
- Columbia University, Ph.D. Political Science '85