Talk:
“What’s in a date? October 7, 2023, before and after”
by
Prof. Dr. Jeremy Salt
Retired Visiting Associate Professor
Department of Political Science & Public Administration
Bilkent University;
Formerly of Bogazici University and the University of Melbourne
Departments of Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science
Date and Room Info:
Monday, November 11, 2024, 12:30 p.m.
A-130
Abstract:
The Hamas attack over the Gaza fence in October triggered off a year of crisis, with Israel’s war on Gaza having moved to Lebanon and Iran. There is general agreement that a regional war is close and that the world might even be perched on the edge of something much worse. No end is yet in sight. How the Middle East reached this point of crisis – how its origins are to be understood – is the starting point of this talk. Where now? will be the next question, with questions encouraged from the audience to help frame the answers.
Short Biography
Jeremy Salt ran courses on modern Middle Eastern history and propaganda for many years in Bilkent University’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration. Previously he taught at Bogazici University and the University of Melbourne. His academic publications include many journal articles and three books: Imperialism, Evangelism and the Ottoman Armenians (Frank Cass, London, 1993); The Unmaking of the Middle East. A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands (University of California Press, 2008) and The Last Ottoman Wars. The Human Cost 1877-1923 (University of Utah Press, 2019.