Date: Tuesday 14 June 2011
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Benny Morris
Chair: Professor Nigel Ashton

The lecture will look at various aspects, some of them innovative, of the 1948 War, the first between the Arabs and Israel.

Benny Morris is professor of Middle East history at Ben-Gurion University, Israel, and is the author of several books on Israeli history, including The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited.

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Slides

A copy of Benny Morris' powerpoint presentation is available to download. Download: Reconsidering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War (pdf)

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