BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:When did the Arab-Israeli conflict begin? Professor Alan Dowty traces the earliest roots of the conflict to the Ottoman Empire in the 19t h century\, arguing that this historical approach highlights constant clas hes between religious and ethnic groups in Palestine. He demonstrates that existing Arab residents viewed new Jewish settlers as European and shares evidence of overwhelming hostility to foreigners from European lands. He shows that Jewish settlers had tremendous incentive to minimize all obstac les to settlement\, including the inconvenient hostility of the existing p opulation. Alan Dowty is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the Un iversity of Notre Dame. He is author of The Jewish State: A Century Later and Israel/Palestine. He is a graduate of Shimer College and the Universit y of Chicago\, where he received his Ph.D. in 1963. In 1963-1975 he was on the faculty of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem\, during which time he served as Chair of the Department of International Relations. Since 1975 h e has been based at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a Past Presid ent of the Association for Israel Studies\, and in 2017 he received the Li fetime Achievement Award in Israel Studies from the Association for Israel Studies and the Israel Institute. \;Co-sponsored by: The Academic Eng agement Network\; Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC)\; Syracuse University\, Maxwell School of Citizenshi p and Public Affairs: International Relations Program\, Department of Poli tical Science\, and Middle Eastern Studies Program\; The Jewish Federation of Central New York\, The Jewish Studies Program and Hillel at Syracuse U niversity.  \; \;This event is free and open to the public. Live i n-room captioning (CART) will be provided. For parking and other inquiries \, please contact Deborah Toole at datoole@syr.edu or 315.443.2367. DTEND:20190425T192000Z DTSTAMP:20260514T080914Z DTSTART:20190425T180000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine: Two Worlds Collide UID:RFCALITEM639143285543872536 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

When did the Arab-Israeli conflict begin? P rofessor Alan Dowty traces the earliest roots of the conflict to the Ottom an Empire in the 19th century\, arguing that this historical approach high lights constant clashes between religious and ethnic groups in Palestine. He demonstrates that existing Arab residents viewed new Jewish settlers as European and shares evidence of overwhelming hostility to foreigners from European lands. He shows that Jewish settlers had tremendous incentive to minimize all obstacles to settlement\, including the inconvenient hostili ty of the existing population.


Alan Dowty is Professor E meritus of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is author of The Jewish State: A Century Later and Israel/Palestine. He is a graduate of Shimer College and the University of Chicago\, where he rec eived his Ph.D. in 1963. In 1963-1975 he was on the faculty of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem\, during which time he served as Chair of the Depa rtment of International Relations. Since 1975 he has been based at the Uni versity of Notre Dame. He is also a Past President of the Association for Israel Studies\, and in 2017 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Israel Studies from the Association for Israel Studies and the Israel Ins titute. \;


Co-sponsored by: The Academic Engageme nt Network\; Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Colla boration (PARCC)\; Syracuse University\, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs: International Relations Program\, Department of Political Science\, and Middle Eastern Studies Program\; The Jewish Federation of C entral New York\, The Jewish Studies Program and Hillel at Syracuse Univer sity.  \; \;


This event is free and open to the p ublic. Live in-room captioning (CART) will be provided. For parking and ot her inquiries\, please contact Deborah Toole at datoole@syr.edu or 315.443 .2367.

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