Education

The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Majors: History of the Islamic Countries and Economics, B.A.	1969
University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies Ph.D.	1974

Academic Positions

Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor -
Department of Middle Eastern History
University of Haifa	1974-
Senior Research Fellow -
The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies -
Tel Aviv University	1988-1997

Visiting Positions

Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University	1978
Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University	1981
Visiting Professor, Berman Center for Jewish Studies, Lehigh University	1988
Visiting Fellow, RAND, Greater Middle East Studies Center	1995

Academic Activities

Chairman, Department of Middle Eastern History, University of Haifa	1979-1981
Member, Israel's Council for Higher Education	1991-1996
Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs	1993-1995
Rector, University of Haifa	1997-2000

Publications

Books

The Economic Development of the Middle East in Modern Times (Hebrew), Tel Aviv, 1990.
(Editor), Ottoman Palestine 1800-1914, Studies in Economic and Social History, Leiden, 1990.
(Co-editor), At the Core of the Conflict: The Intifada (Hebrew), Tel Aviv, 1992.
(Co-editor), Demography and Politics in the Arab States (Hebrew), Tel Aviv, 1995.
Population Dilemmas in the Middle East, London, 1997.
The Middle East Oil Decade and Beyond, London, 1997.

Articles and Reviews in

Asian and African Studies; Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies;
Iranian Studies; Journal of Economic History; Middle East Contemporary Survey;
Middle Eastern Studies; Orient and Die Welt des Islams.