March 25, 1997
Tracing path from Zionism to Statehood
Contact: Louise Snider, 594-5204
Three outstanding scholars on Arab and Jewish history will discuss "From
Zionism to Statehood: 1897, 1917, 1947," at the annual Glickman-Galinson
Symposium to be held Sunday, April 20, from 2-4 p.m., at San Diego State
University's International Student Center, 5433 55th Street.
"Basel and the Birth of Zionism" will
be presented by David N. Myers of the Department of History, UCLA. Dr.
Myers is the author of "Reinventing the Jewish Past."
"Promises to the Arabs, Promises to the Jews:
The Balfour Declaration in Historical Perspective" will be presented
by Joshua Teitelbaum of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African
Studies, Tel Aviv University. Dr. Teitelbaum is the author of "A Modern
History of Saudi Arabia."
"Arab Responses to the U.N.'s Partition of
Palestine" will be presented by Michael Winter of the Department of
Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University, and SDSU's Lipinsky
Institute Visiting Israeli Professor, 1996-1997. Dr. Winter is the author
of "Egyptian Society under Ottoman Rule."
The Glickman-Galinson Symposium is made possible
by an endowment established by Joseph and Beverly Glickman and Murray and
Elaine Galinson, and is presented by the Lipinsky Institute for Judaic
Studies in SDSU's College of Arts and Letters.
The event is free and open to the public with
convenient free parking available next to the Center. For further information,
call (619) 594-5338.
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