Dov Waxman
Dov Waxman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 (age 51–52) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Oxford University Johns Hopkins University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political science |
Sub-discipline | Israel studies |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles Northeastern University City University of New York Bowdoin College |
Dov Waxman (born 1974) is a British-American political scientist whose research and writing focuses on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict[1][2], U.S.–Israel relations, American Jewish politics, and contemporary antisemitism.[3] He is a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he holds the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Israel Studies.[4]
Early life and education
Waxman was born in London, United Kingdom, in 1974. He attended a Modern Orthodox Jewish boarding school during his secondary education. Before beginning university, he traveled extensively, including time spent in Russia shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, as well as in India and Israel. He also studied for a period at a yeshiva in Jerusalem.[5]
He later attended the University of Oxford, where he studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Pembroke College, graduating with a BA (Honours) in 1996.[6]
Waxman went on to complete graduate studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, earning an MA in International Relations and International Economics (1998) and a PhD in International Relations with distinction (2002).[7]
Academic career
Waxman began his academic career as Assistant Professor of Government at Bowdoin College from 2002 to 2004.[8] He then joined the City University of New York, where he served as Assistant Professor from 2004 to 2009 and later Associate Professor from 2009 to 2014 in the Department of Political Science at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center.[9]
From 2014 to 2019, he was Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Israel Studies at Northeastern University, where he also held the Stotsky Professorship in Jewish Historical and Cultural Studies from 2015 to 2019 and co-directed the university’s Middle East Center.[9][10][11][12]
In 2020, Waxman joined the University of California, Los Angeles as the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Israel Studies. Between 2020 and 2024, he was the director of the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.[13]
Books
- The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity: Defending/Defining the Nation, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.[14][15]
- Israel’s Palestinians: The Conflict Within, (co-authored with Ilan Peleg), Cambridge University Press, 2011.[16][17]
- Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel, Princeton University Press, 2016.[18][19][20][21][22]
- The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.
References
- ↑ "Book Review: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know". reformjudaism.org. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ Stieb, Matt (August 11, 2025). "The Fantasy Behind Netanyahu's Invasion of Gaza City". Intelligencer. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ DeSmith, Christy (December 18, 2024). "Defining and confronting campus antisemitism". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Israel Studies Has an Israel Problem [incl. Dov Waxman]". Middle East Forum. January 1, 1970. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ dlevisohn (December 16, 2014). "Faculty Profile: Dov Waxman". Jewish Studies Program. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Dov Waxman, Author at Atlas Institute for International Affairs". Atlas Institute for International Affairs. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ Radomsky, Rosalie R. (April 1, 2017). "Stephanie Davidson and Dov Waxman:Long Walks Lead to 14 Questions". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ "When is anti-Zionism antisemitic?". Bowdoin College. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- 1 2 Rosenbaum, Emily (June 12, 2013). "Scholar of Israel to co-direct Middle East Center at Northeastern". Northeastern Global News. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ Ross, Terrance F. (August 28, 2014). "How Middle East Studies Professors Handle Bias in the Classroom". The Atlantic. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ Skolnick, Gilad (June 1, 2026). "Israel and Judaism are alive and well at Northeastern University Hillel". jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ dlevisohn (April 20, 2016). "FROM THE DIRECTOR". Jewish Studies Program. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Professor Dov Waxman Gives Debut Lecture, "The Religionization of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"". Middle East Forum. January 17, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2026.
- ↑ Maoz, Zeev (2008). "Review of The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity: Defending/Defining the Nation". Perspectives on Politics. 6 (1): 211–212. doi:10.1017/S1537592708080559. ISSN 1537-5927. JSTOR 20446686.
- ↑ Peleg, Ilan (2007). "Review of The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity: Defending/Defining the Nation". Middle East Journal. 61 (3): 537–539. ISSN 0026-3141. JSTOR 4330430.
- ↑ Renno, Pierre (2012). "Review of ISRAEL'S PALESTINIANS: THE CONFLICT WITHIN". Politique étrangère. 77 (2): 460–461. ISSN 0032-342X. JSTOR 42714610.
- ↑ Nassar, Maha (2013). "Review of Israel's Palestinians: The Conflict Within". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 45 (3): 631–633. doi:10.1017/S0020743813000718. ISSN 0020-7438. JSTOR 43303060.
- ↑ Gordon, Philip (2016). Ross, Dennis; Allin, Dana H.; Simon, Steven N.; Waxman, Dov (eds.). "The Crisis in U.S.-Israeli Relations: Are Washington and Jerusalem Drifting Apart?". Foreign Affairs. 95 (6): 132–138. ISSN 0015-7120. JSTOR 43948389.
- ↑ Kelman, Ari Y. (2016). "Review of Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel". Middle East Journal. 70 (4): 682–683. ISSN 0026-3141. JSTOR 26427469.
- ↑ Fish, Rachel (2016). "Review of Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict Over Israel". Contemporary Jewry. 36 (3): 463–465. doi:10.1007/s12397-016-9196-z. ISSN 0147-1694. JSTOR 26346543.
- ↑ Bronitsky, Jonathan; Waxman, Dov (2016). "Aleinu in America". The National Interest (144): 89–96. ISSN 0884-9382. JSTOR 26557327.
- ↑ Işık, Fatih Şemsettin; Waxman, Dov (2018). "Review of Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel, WaxmanDov". Insight Turkey. 20 (1): 247–249. ISSN 1302-177X. JSTOR 26301081.