VITA 2007
EMILE F. SAHLIYEH
Director International Studies Major
Professor Middle East Politics and
International Relations
Department of Political Science
Denton, TX 76
Sahliyeh@unt.edu
Web page:
www.psci.unt.edu
CONTENTS:
PUBLICATIONS 3.
RESEARCH Felowships 8.
Awards, PROFESSIONAL
POSITIONS, SERVICE and COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP 9.
Conference Papers 13.
lectures for the State
Department Speakers Program in the
INVITED LECTURES and
Panel Discussions 22.
UNIVERSITY of NORTH
EDUCATION 31.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Religious Resurgence
and Politics in the Contemporary World.
In Search of
Leadership:
The PLO After the
Research in Progress
Book manuscript The
Predicament of Democracy In the Arab World.
Articles
Brian
Calfano and Emile Sahliyeh. “The Determinents of Democracy Among the Islamic
States”. Social Science Quarterly Spring 2008.
Emile Sahliyeh, Todd
Spinks, and Brian Calfano. “The status of Democracy and Human Rights in the
Emile Sahliyeh and
Matthew Cappel. “Suicide Bombing: Does Religion make a difference?” Journal of
Security Spring 2007.
“The Islamic Movement and the State in
Emile Sahliyeh and
“the Reformist
elections in Iran 2
Sahliyeh, Sinha, and Pillai.
“Moddling Ethnic and Religious Protest in the Middle East and
“Explaining Ethnic
Conflict in the
“The Limits of State Power In The Middle
East,” Arab Studies Quarterly (Fall 2000).
"The PLO and the
Israeli Arabs: The Politics of
Ambivalence," Asian and African Survey (Fall 1994).
"Palestinian
Diplomatic Moves and Security Threats,"
"West Bank
Politics Since 1967," The
"The West Bank
Pragmatic Elite: The Uncertain
Future," Journal of
"The Evolution of
"West Bank
Industrial and Agricultural Development:
The Basic Problems," Journal of
"The
"
Articles under review:
Brian Calfano and Emile Sahliyeh. “The
Impact of the New Media Upon the Process of Democratization in the
Emile Sahliyeh and
Mohammad Olimat. “The 2006 Parliamentary Elections in
Book Chapters
Samih
Teymur and Emile Sahliyeh the Recruitment Process
of Terrorist Organizations: A Case Study of Devrimci Halkin Kurtulus Partisi
Cephesi (DHKP/C) Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party Front. In
Understanding Terrorism: A Multi-Dimentional Perspective. Editor Ozgur Nikbay.
NATO Press 2007.
Marcus Marctanner and
Emile Sahliyeh. Democratization among the Palestinians: Between Rhetoric and
Reality in Henner Fürtig ed.
"The Arab Authoritarian Regime between Reform and Persistence."
Mu’amar al-Qadhafi, International
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. Editor in Chief: William A.
Darity. Macmillan 2007.
Jamal Abd Al-Nasser of
The Sources of Islamic
Shari’a. In Neal Tate Editor GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD: CITIZEN RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Thomson/Gale/Macmillan 2006
The Status of Human rights In The Middle
East. In David P. Forsythe
and Patrice C. McMahon, eds., HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIVERSITY: AREA STUDIES
REVISITED,
Between Tradition and Modernity: The
Judicial System in
The Legal System of
The Legal System of
“The PLO And The
Politics of Mass Mobilization”
"A Comparative
Analysis of the Islamic Movement in the
"Democracy Among
the Palestinians," Democracy, War, and Peace in the
"
"From a
Revolutionary Movement to a Nation State:
The PLO and the Imperatives of Raison detre," A Two-State
Solution in the Middle East: Prospects and
Possibilities, ed. Baruch Fischhoff, Kenneth Kotovsky, Hussain Tuma, and
Jacobo Bielak.
"Ethnicity and
State-Building: The Case of the
Palestinians in the
"Beyond the Cold
War: The Superpowers and the
Arab-Israeli Conflict," Conflict Management in the
"Palestinian
Security Fears," Security Perspectives and Policies:
"George
Habash," Political Leaders of the Contemporary Middle East and
"Jordan and the
Palestinians," The Middle East:
Ten Years after
"
"The West Bank
and the
"A Survey of the
Political Attitudes of Palestinians in the West Bank and Inside
"Wandel
der Positioned in der Westbank
Book Reviews:
Palestinian Politics After the
The Muslim Brotherhood
Movement and the Kings of
Marion Boulby International Journal of Middle East Studies Spring 2000.
RESEARCH Felowships
College and University
Professors Peace seminar,The United state
Guest Scholar, Center
of the Greater Middle East, The RAND Corporation,
Guest Scholar, Middle
East/Southwest Asia Study Group, The RAND Corporation,
Fulbright Senior Scholar
Research Fellowship,
Middle East
Fellow: Brookings Institution,
International Security
Studies Fellow:
Visiting Scholar: Department of Public Affairs,
Honors and Awards
University of North
Texas President Service Award 2005.
Citation for distinguished Service for International Education
April 2000.
UNT Golden Key Award Fall 2001.
Professor Honor Award 2000.
PROFESSIONAL
POSITIONS, SERVICE and COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Professor.
Director and
I was the principle author of the proposal
for the creation of an interdisciplinary Bachelor degree of International
studies.
As the director for
the International studies Major 2
The Major has 6 areas
of concentration: International Politics and Diplomacy, International Business
and Economics, International Development, Security Studies, Peace Studies and
Regional Studies including Africa and the Middle East, Asia, Europe and
I chair the
International studies academic Affairs Committee which consists of 18 faculty
members representing 18 departments and majors which contribute courses to the
Major. The Committee is responsible for the review of the six areas of
concentrations of the Major requirements and the introduction of new areas for
the Major. For additional details, see:
University Service
Committee membership:
Member Faculty Senate
Member the Executive
Committee of the Faculty Senate
Member of the Hispanic and Global studies
committee. The committee drafted the policy guidelines for allocation of funds among
competing proposals.
Member of the
University Strategic Planning Committee 2005.
The committee identified
the priorities for the
Member of the Instructional, Research and
scholarship Sub-committee of the Strategic Planning Committee
Member of the
Compliance Committee 2004-2006. This
committee verifies
Member of the
International Education Committee2003-2009. This committee reviews and approves
the Students and faculty exchange agreements which UNT concludes with other
universities in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and
Member of the
Committee on the Evaluation of Administrators 2003-2009;
Member and Chairman
Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee 1999-2003. This committee reviews the
admission requirements for UNT and UNT’s general academic policy and standards
including freshman and transfer student’s requirements, standards for
international student’s admission to UNT, students’ enrolment, retention, and
graduation rate, grading system, grade appeal policy, and student’s diversity
on campus among other things. During my last two years as the chairman of the
Academic Affairs Committee 2
Member of the University
Curriculum Committee
Member of the
disability Task Force for reviewing and assessing
Member of the Dean’s
council on disability for the
Department of
Political science
I served several terms
on the Executive Committee and the Personale Affairs Committee of the
Department of Political science 1992-1994, 1995-1997, 1998-2000, 2003-2005,
Member of the
Undergraduate Studies committee 1996-present,
Member of the Library
Committee 1999-2002,
Member of the
Advancement Committee 1997-2005.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Active member of The World Affairs Council for Greater Dallas
(WAC) 2003-present especially in recruiting speakers for the Great Decisions
discussion groups;
The Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations (DCFR) 2004-present;
Golden Key Honor Society 2001-present.
Member of:
Opening Doors Service Advisory board;
The Turkish Institute of Police Studies
Advisory Board;
Board Member,
Association for Israeli Studies, 1993-1995;
Member, National
Advisory Council, the Foundation for
Sigma XI, Scientific
Research Society, 1989-1997
"Who's Who in the
Arab-American Community," Arab-American Almanac, 4th ed.
Member of the Core
Committee in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 4-year project on
"The Nature of Security in the Middle East," 1989-1993
Core member of the
Coordinating Committee and Consultant for a television documentary entitled Imagining
the Peace: Alternative Futures from the
Middle East, chaired by Richard Dreyfuss and Judith James Productions,
Burbank, CA, 1990-1992
Conference
Papers
Fatah verces Hamas. A lecture presented at
“The Prospects for Democracy among the Persian Gulf Monarchies.”“a paper
presented at the Democracy and Global Security Conference,
Approaches to Arab-Israeli Relations.” A paper presented at The
University and the Near East in the Twenty-First Century: Reflections on the
Changing Course of Islamic and Jewish Studies
The Crown Family Center for Jewish Studies Symposium,
“Challenges
to United States Policy in the Middle East” paper presented at the
“Withering
Democracy and Human rights in the
“Terrorist recruitment a Case Study from
“The Impact of the New Media Upon
Democratization in the
“Terrorism Old and New”. A paper
presented at the Democracy and Global Security Conference,
“The Status of Human Rights in the
“
“
“The status of
democracy and Human rights among the Muslim Countries”. A paper presented with
Andres Diosdado Western Political Science Association Portland Origan March 12
2004;
The Prospects for Democracy In the Middle
east, Presented at The Oil and Politics Conference, Department of Political
Science University of North Texas, April 12 2003.
The Israeli Arabs the Case of an Indigenous People. Presented at
the Imagining the Other In the Middle east Conference,
Measuring Procedural
Democracy and Human rights in the
The State, Religion,
and Civil Society in the
The Status of Human rights in the
State Repression of Political and Civil
rights in the
“The Dimensions of Substantive Democracy in
the
“Measuring Substantive Democracy in the Middle
East” a paper presented at the annual Middle East studies Association,
“Measuring Ethnic
Protest in the
"Towards An
Elite-Mass Model for Measuring Democracy and Autocracy in The Arab World",
a paper presented at the annual Middle East studies Association,
"Challenges to
the Middle East State System", paper presented at the Fourth Nordic
Conference on the Middle East,
“The Limits of State
Power in the Middle East”, Paper presented at the 1998 International Studies
Association,
“Problems in the Study of democracy in the
Arab World”, a paper presented at the International, Comparative, and Area
Studies: Integrating Approaches to Scholarship on the Middle East Conference at
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
“
"Challenges to
the State System in the
"Approaches to
Regional Order and Stability."
Paper presented at the Shape of the New Middle East conference, RAND
Corporation,
"The PLO and the
Politics of Ethno national Mobilization."
Paper presented at the PLO Thirty Years After conference, Truman
Institute of Hebrew University,
"
"
"Toward an
Explanation of Islamic Fundamentalism in the Occupied Territories." Paper presented with JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz at
the annual meeting of the Association of Israeli Studies,
"International
Regimes in the
"International
Regimes in the
"Palestinian
Civil Society." Paper presented at
the State and Society in the Middle East conference the RAND Corporation,
"Confidence and
Security-Building Measures:
"Palestinian
Democracy: Prospects and
Implications." Paper presented at
the Democracy, War and Peace in the
"Explaining
Short-term Foreign Policy Change: The
PLO and Role Modification." Paper
presented with JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz at the annual meeting of the International
Studies Association,
"Some
Propositions About Democracy in the Arab World and its Relationship to the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict."
Paper presented with Mark Tessler at the annual meeting of the Middle
East Studies Association,
"The Islamic
Movement in the West Bank and
"Beyond the Two
Wars: Prospects for an Arab-Israeli
Peace." Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
"The Gulf
Crisis: Implications for the
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict."
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association,
"Political Ties
Between the PLO and the Arab Minority in
"Militarism or
Accommodation and Development: The
Nature of the
"Political
Participation and Elections in
"Potentialities
for Superpower Cooperation on
"The Prospects
for a
"
"Structural and
Attitudinal Changes Among the Palestinians in the Wake of the
Intifadah." Paper presented at the
Israeli Studies Association,
The Palestinian
Question: A Reflection or a Catalyst of
Inter-Arab Politics?" Paper
Presented at the Defense Department's second annual Middle East Conference in
"The Origins and
Dynamics of the Palestinian Uprising."
Presented at a conference held at
"The Dynamics of
the Intifadah." Presented at the
Symposium on Palestinian Nationalism and the Intifadah at the Middle East
Studies Institute of
"Mass Politics
and Leadership in the Occupied Territories." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle
East Studies Association (
"Politics of the
Monarchic System in
"Political
Participation among the Palestinians."
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association,
"The Dilemmas of
"Future Political
Trends in the Occupied Territories."
Presented at the International Conference on the West Bank and the
"Islam and
Palestinian Nationalism." Presented
at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association,
"Political Trends
of the
"The
"The Impact of
the June War on the Growth of Palestinian National Consciousness." Paper presented at the University of Essen,
WEST GERMANY, October 10, 1982.
lectures for the State
Department Speakers Program in the
The making of American
Foreign Policy, Workshop, The Diplomatic Studies Institute, Saudi-Arabia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 18 1997.
The Challenge to the
The state of the
Discipline: International Relations studies in the
The benefits of
Normalization and peace, The Arab Institute for Strategic Studies Sana’a
Explaining American
Foreign policy, seminar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yemen, May 26 1997.
“Interest Groups and the Media”, the Assad
Library,
“Democracy
Democratization and Authoritarianism”, the American Cultural Center
“Interest Groups and
the Media in the 1996 American Presidential election”,
“American Presidential
Elections”, Center for Political Studies, and Research, Faculty of Economics
and Political Science,
“Regional Perspectives
following Recent Israeli Elections”,
“The
“The Challenges to the
Arab State System”
"Gulf Security
and
"Challenges to
the
Invited
Lectures and Panel Discussions
“Stability
in the
Challenges
to US Policy in the Middle East, the Great Decisions
The Middle East Problems and Opportunities,
Rotary Club
Human
Rights in the Age of Terrorism, the
Great Decisions
The
Mechanisms of Conflict Resolution. A State Department visiting
foreign delegation from 20 countries involved in inter-state disputes,
Political
Reforms in the Arab World. Great Decisions. The
Lecture
to Bane Zion the prospect for an Israeli-Palestinian peace April 22 2004;
“The Arab-Israeli
Peace Process: prospects and problems An Assessment”. Brandeis University Institute for
“
“
The domestic and external sources of religious fundamentalism,
the “Past Reflections – Future Insights into Muslim-Jewish Relations”, The
Canadian Jewish congress
lecture the Bush Doctrine and the war on Terrorism and
Middle Eastern Terrorism one hour lecture Law Enforcement TV
Network, October 28 2003.
The
“Analysis of the 1996 Palestinian Elections”, lecture
presented at the 1996 Elections Conference (American, Russian, Indian, Israeli,
and Palestinian) Saint Thomas University, Houston, Texas May 8, 1996.
“The Peace Process at the Polls”: The
1996 Israeli and Palestinian Elections”, lecture at the Glickman-Galinson
Symposium,
"The
The Palestinian Declaration
of Principles Lecture given at RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, August 19,
1994.
"The PLO-Israeli
Diplomatic Accord." Lecture given
at
A New Agenda for the
Middle East: Democracy, Islam, and
Economic Development, Workshop RAND Corporation,
"The Causes and
Consequences of Ethnic Conflict." Lecture
given at the Unity and Separatism in the Middle East Conference, The RAND
Corporation,
"New Directions
in the Peace Process." Lecture at the
"The American
Arabs and the
"
Islam and Democracy. Workshop
the World Institute of Islamic Studies,
"Prospects for an
Arab-Israeli Peace in the Post-Cold War Era." Lecture presented at the annual Focus
Conference,
"Peacemaking in
the
Imagining the
Peace: Alternative Futures from the
The Fundamentalism
Project. Workshop the
The Arab-Israeli
Conflict. Workshop the Center for International Affairs,
"Prospects for
Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations in the Wake of the Gulf War."
Invitational lecture at
"The Gulf Crisis
and Inter-Arab Politics" Workshop the Changing World Order: Implications for the Peace Process in the
Middle East the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cairo, EGYPT, December
14-17, 1990.
"Domestic
Politics in
"The
Transformation of Palestinian Politics:
Intifadah, PLO and the
Discussant of Shlomo
Gazit's paper entitled "
The Nature of Security
in the
Fourth Annual Policy
Review Conference on
"Peace for
"Prospects for
Palestinian-Israeli Peace."
Invitational lecture at the U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in
the Middle East Kansas City, KS, September 13, 1989.
"Strategic Issues
Facing a Two-State Solution."
Invitational lecture at the Prospects and Possibilities for a Two-State
Solution in the
"Past
Developments and Future Trends of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict." Invitational lecture at the Boise Committee
on Foreign Relations, ID, the Casper Committee on Foreign Relations, WY and
Billings Committee on Foreign Relations, MT, on May 23, 24, and 25, 1989.
"Implications of
the Uprising to the
"The Palestinian
Uprising." Presented at the Center
for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
"The
Palestinian-Israeli Dialogue."
Presented via conference satellite call for the Middle East
Communications Foundation chapter members, April 6, 1989.
"The Prospects
for a Two-State Solution for the Arab-Israeli Conflict." Lectured at the
"The Reasons and
the Background for King Hussein's Decision to Sever Constitutional and
Administrative Ties between
"The Implications
of the Uprising for the Peace Process."
Invitational lecture at the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Future Prospects in-house State Department,
the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, workshop,
"New Ways of
Thinking About the Arab-Israeli Conflict," The 1988 International Center
for the Humanities Public Lecture Series, Dallas, TX, May 12, 1988.
"Understanding
the Uprising." Invitational lecture
at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy,
"Implications of
the Uprising for
"The Future of
the PLO." Invitational lecture at
the
"Mass Politics
and Leadership in the West Bank and
"The Implications
of the Uprising to The Peace Process."
Invitational lecture for an in-house policy group at the State
Department,
"Future
Directions of the Arab-Israeli Conflict."
Invitational lecture at the Conference on "Middle East
Consultation: A Look to the Future"
at the Carter Presidential Center,
Problem-Solving
workshop of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Study Group held at the Hansen Institute
for World Peace,
Problem-Solving
Workshop of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Study Group held at the Belmont
Conference Center, MD, May 12-16, 1987.
"Palestinian-Israeli
Debate." Invitational lecture at
"Recent Trends in
the Arab-Israeli Conflict."
Invitational lecture at the
"Evolving
Attitudes in the West Bank Toward the PLO,
"Political Trends
in the
"Elite Formation
in the Israeli Occupied Territories."
Invitational lecture at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard
University, Boston, MA, April 21, 1986.
"The Palestinians
and the Peace Process."
Invitational lecture at the Conference on "The Continuing Crisis in
the Middle East" at Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, April 16, 1986.
"Conflict
Resolution in the Middle East" Workshop "The Arab-Israeli
Conflict: Scenarios for a Solution"
at the Center for International Affairs,
"The PLO and the
Peace Process: The Post-Lebanon War
Era." Invitational lecture at the
"
"Prospects for
the Hussein-Arafat February Accord."
Invitational lecture at the Middle East Institute,
"The Resurgence
of Islam in the West Bank and the
"Peacemaking in
the
"The Crisis of
the Nation State in the Arab World."
Invitational lecture at the Islamic and Arabian Studies Center, Duke
University, Durham, NC, January 31-February 1, 1985.
"
"Peacemaking in
the Middle East:
Series of lectures on
Keynote speaker
Authoritarianism and Democracy in the
Theocracy in
Action: Islamic Religious Fundamentalism. The South Central Collegiate Global
Women’s and Human Rights Conference,
Terrorism:
Prospects, Problems, and Perspectives on the Global Threat a panel discussion April 13 2005
“Religious Fundamentalism and Global
Terrorism” Panel discussion.
The Post Arafat
Era: Implications for the Palestinian-Israeli Peace, UNT, November 23 2004;
Religious
Fundamentalism and Global Terrorism. Lecture for a university wide audience
UNT, September 15 2004;
Cultural Diversity in
the Academic setting Diversity Conference. UNT, February 17 2004;
American Post
The War with
September 11? a Panel
Discussion to UNT’s students September 13 2001;
September 11
Background and Implications,
Perspectives on
September 11,
Coping with your
Handicap on Campus, Workshop, Disability and Accommodation Office,
Discussant: Panel on
"News Coverage of the War in the Middle East" at the Military
and the Media: A War Within a War
symposium sponsored by the North Texas chapter of the Society of Professional
Journalists,
"The Evolution of
Palestinian Political Thinking."
Presented at the Symposium on Peacemaking in the Middle East at
Tv, Radio, and
newspapers interviews
Numerous local TV,
radio, and newspapers interviews on Middle East politics, terrorism, the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict,
These include Channels
4, 5, 11, and 33.
Radio interviews for
KRLD, NPR, and Glen
Mitchell show, WBAB, and
Newspapers interviews with The
In addition to these local newspapers, TV and Radio stations
interviews, I was interviewed on the Lehrer News Hour, Voice of America,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The Christian Science Monitor, The Wall
Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
"Implications of
the Downfall of the Israeli Government."
Interviewed on the MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, March 15, 1990.
"The
"A Palestinian
Perspective on What is Happening in the
"The Intifadah." Interviewed on the MacNeil-Lehrer News
Hour, December 23, 1987.
Since I joined the Department of Political
science at the
Faculty Advisor
American Forum on Democracy student organization 2005.
Faculty Advisor to Model International Organization (MIO) 1997-present:
advise the students in the organization and sponsorship of lectures and
round-table discussions and panels on various international relations and
national security topics and participation in regional and national United
Nations and Arab League Models.
Courses taught
University of North
Texas Department of Political science;
Graduate Courses:
PSCI 5810 Pro-seminar
Theories and Approaches to International Relations,
PSCI 5820 Comparative
Foreign Policy,
PSCI 5820 Critical
Issues in
PSCI 5610 Comparative
Politics of the
Undergraduate Courses:
PSCI 3810 Introduction
to International Relations,
PSCI 4824 Islam,
Democracy and Human rights,
PSCI 4710 Comparative
politics of the
PSCI 4825
PSCI 4820 Critical
Issues in Middle eastern Politics,
PSCI 4820 Political
economy of the
PSCI 4820
International Relations of the
PSCI 4820 Superpowers'
Involvement in the
PSCI 4850 critical
issues in World Politics.
PSCI 1050 and 1040
Introduction to American and
International
Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Theory, The Middle East in World
Affairs, Inter-Arab Diplomatic Relations, Political Systems of the Middle East,
Seminar on the Arab-Israeli Conflict).
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
International Relations,
Comparative Politics
"
MA American
Political Science
B.A. American
Political Science