04/27/2010 - 12:00pm to 04/27/2010 - 1:30pm

Location:
Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at PSU
Portland State University
Smith Center
The Multicultural center (2nd floor)
1925 SW Broadway
Portland, OR

Class Description:
Ari Varon is currently a Ph.D. student in Political Science at both the
University of Sciences Po in
Paris France and
Tel Aviv
University in
Israel . His dissertation focuses on the formation of Islamic political identity in contemporary
Europe . He

served as the Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel from April 2005 through April 2009.
His responsibilities included assisting to prepare the Prime Minister for all matters relating to
Israeli foreign policy. Before working at the Prime Minister's office Ari received his
MA in international relations from Johns Hopkins with a dual concentration in strategic
studies and international law and a specialization in quantitative international economics.
In conjunction with his studies in Washington he worked part time
at the Brookings Institution's
Saban Center for Middle East Policy.



This lecture is part of the Sociology of Islam Public Lecture Series, co-sponsored by

Portland State
University programs in International Studies, Sociology, Religious Studies, History, Judaic studies, and Turkish Studies.

http://www.sociologyofislam.org

*This is a free class.