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Eyal Zisser
Tel Aviv University
Occupation
Professor
Contact
Secondary Phone: +972-3-6408280
Fax: +972-3-640-6934
Middle East History
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978
Israel
ABOUT
Prof. Eyal Zisser is the Vice Rector of Tel Aviv University 2015-. He was the Dean of the faculty of Humanities 2010-2015, the Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies 2007-2010, and the Head of the Department of Middle Eastern and African History 2004-2008. Prof. Zisser wrote extensively on the history and the modern politics of Syria and Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Among his books: Assad’s Syria at a Crossroads (Tel Aviv, 1999); Asad’s Legacy – Syria in Transition (New York, 2000); Lebanon: the Challenge of Independence (London, 2000); Faces of Syria (Tel Aviv, 2003) Commanding Syria, Bashsar al-Asad’s First years in Power (London, 2006); The Bleeding Cedar (Tel Aviv, 2009).
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Foreign Relations
Middle East/Near East Studies
Nationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Lebanon
The Levant
Syria
Specialties
Mod Hist Of Lebanon
Mod Hist Of Syria
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
French (elementary)
German (elementary)
Hebrew (advanced)
Education
PhD | 1992 | Sch of Hist | Tel Aviv U
Abstracts
Israel, Syria and Lebanon – Between War and Peace Israel and the Arab World: Between War and Peace Israel and the Arab World Israel and the Arab World: Two Years after the Arab Spring Israel and the Arab World - Syria First Israel and the Arab World – Who's First - Syria, Egypt or Lebanon? Israel and Syria - From War to Pecae, From Revolution to Jihad Israel and Syria: Revolution, Civil War and Peace Process – between Moscow and Tehran Israel and Syria: Revolution, Civil War and Peace Process – between Moscow and Tehran The Renewed Struggle for Syria – Russia, Iran, and Israel Israel and Syria - the New-Old Game Russia in Syria: A Long Road to Victory