Dr Daniel Strieff

About

My research focuses on the history of American foreign relations, with an emphasis on the Middle East. My first book, Jimmy Carter and the Middle East: The Politics of Presidential Diplomacy, is out now with Palgrave Macmillan. I have also begun work on two new projects: a U.S. domestic history of the Iran hostage crisis and an analysis of American journalists in the first Arab-Israeli War.

I have been a Visiting Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, worked as an LSE100 Teaching Fellow, and served as a Managing Editor for Cold War History. Prior to academia, I spent a decade in journalism, latterly as senior producer and London editorial manager for NBCNews.com.

Teaching

Dr Daniel Strieff teaches the following course at undergraduate level:

HY119 - Thinking like a Historian (taught jointly with other members of the Department)

HY203 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion

Publications

• Jimmy Carter and the Middle East. The Politics of Presidential Diplomacy (Palgrave Macmillan, (2015)
• Arms Wrestle: Capitol Hill Fight Over Carter’s 1978 ‘Package’ Airplane Sales to Egypt, Israel and Saudi Arabia, Diplomatic History 40, no. 3 (2016)
• Review of The Presidency and Domestic Policy: Comparing Leadership Styles FDR to Obama, 2nd ed., by Michael A. Genovese, Todd L. Belt, and William W. Lammers (May 24, 2016), H-USA, H-Net Reviews
• “The Global Campaign Trail to the White House,” Ozy.com, (September 25, 2015)
• Review of Brokers of Deceit: How the US Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East by Rashid Khalidi in Reviews in History, no. 1593 (May 15, 2014)
• Review of Advertising in the Age of Persuasion: Building Brand America, 1941-1961, in Journal of American Studies 46, no. 4 (November 2012)

Papers and Presentations

• “FLAG and the Diplomacy of the Iran Hostage Families,” Meeting of Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) (June 28, 2016)
• “FLAG and the Diplomacy of the Iran Hostage Families, 1979-81,” International History Research Seminar, LSE (September 30, 2015)
• “U.S. Domestic Politics and the Iran Hostage Crisis,” Middle East Research Seminar, LSE (March 2, 2015)
• “Desperate Diplomacy: The Politics of Jimmy Carter’s ‘Wild Dash’ to Conclude the Egypt-Israel Treaty,” Cold War Research Seminar, LSE (February 5, 2014)
• “Jimmy and the Jets: Capitol Hill Fight Over Carter’s 1978 Middle East ‘Package’ Airplane Sale,” SHAFR (June 21, 2013)
• “The Press as a Source and Topic of Historical Inquiry,” International History Research Seminar, LSE (February 20, 2013)
• “Pivot: Sadat’s Israel Trip, Public Opinion and U.S. Policy,” SHAFR (June 28, 2012)
• “Sadat’s Jerusalem Trip and U.S. Policy Response,” Middle East Research Seminar, LSE (February 6, 2012)
• “‘Getting Control’: U.S. Efforts to Manage the Message at the 1978 Camp David Summit,” LSE-GWU-UCSB Conference on the Cold War, London (April 20, 2012)
• “Carter, Domestic Politics and the Effort to Convene a 1977 Mideast Conference,” European Summer School on Cold War History, Padua, Italy (September 10, 2011)

• PhD fully funded by LSE PhD Studentship (scholarship), which covered full tuition and an annual stipend (2009-12)
• Master’s dissertation won Medlicott Prize with highest mark in department (2006)
• Winner of Class Teacher Award for work on LSE100 course (2015)
• Martín Abél Gonzales Departmental Prize for teaching excellence (2012)
• Nominated for LSE-Student Union Teaching Excellence Award (2014, 2015, 2016)
• Recipient of LSE International History PhD partial scholarship (2012-13)
• Recipient of LSE International History Travel Bursary (2010-13)
• Member of an NBCNews.com unit that won First Place, Team Video, National Press Photographers Association for series about economic migration in Europe (2007)
• Peacock Award (internal NBCNews.com recognition of excellence) (2007)