#  Contested Past, Uncertain Future: Enemies and Neighbors in Palestine and Israel 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 17, 2018** 

 04:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

 **The Center for Middle Eastern Studies** and the **Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts University** present

 **Ian Black**

   ![Ian Black](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/cmes/files/ianblack.jpg?itok=X4StLMJp) 

 

  
Visiting senior fellow, Middle East Centre, London School of Economics; former Middle East editor of the *Guardian* newspaper; author of [Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017](https://www.amazon.com/Enemies-Neighbors-Palestine-Israel-1917-2017/dp/0802127037) Dr. Ian Black is a visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Centre of the London School of Economics. He worked for the *Guardian* newspaper from 1980-2016 as Middle East editor, Diplomatic editor, European editor and Jerusalem correspondent. He has also written for the *Economist*, the *Washington Post* and the *Observer* and is a regular broadcaster and commentator on Middle Eastern and international affairs. He won the Peace Through Media Award in 2010. He wrote *Zionism and the Arabs, 1936-1939*; *Israel’s Secret Wars* (with Benny Morris); the introduction to *The Arab Spring: Revolution, Rebellion and a New World Order*; and contributed to the *Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa*. He has an MA in history and political science from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in government from LSE. He lives in London.

 His new book, *Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017,* is published by Atlantic Monthly Press in the US. It was chosen as a book of the year for 2017 by *The Financial Times*, the *Economist*, the *Sunday Times* and the *Guardian*. *The New York Times* listed it as an “editors’ choice” in January 2018.

 **Contact:** [Liz Flanagan](mailto:elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu)



 

 



 

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- [ Government ](/research-field/government)
- [ History ](/research-field/history)
- [ Israel ](/research-region/israel)
- [ Palestinian Territories ](/research-region/palestinian-territories)
- [ 2017-18 ](/academic-year/2017-18)
 
 

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