A.U.B. Professor Nizar Hamzeh, PSPA
Personal Information
 Name:
A. Nizar Hamzeh
Address: American University of Beirut. Department of Political Studies
and Public Administration, Jesup Hall#207
P.O.Box: 11-0236. Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: 961-1-350000/Extension 4330-4339
E-mail: nhamzeh@aub.edu.lb
Citizenship: Lebanese
Marital Status: Married to Lina al-Khatib
Children: Sammy (born 1993) and Rony (born 1997)
Educational Background
Work Experience
Acting Dean of Student Affairs, June 1999-
February 2000, American University of Beirut (see also, Service to the University).
Chairperson, 1990-1999. American University
of Beirut, Department of Political Studies and Public Administration (PSPA).
Head Resident, 1990-1997, American
University of Beirut, Penrose.
Associate Professor, October1995-present.
American University of Beirut, PSPA Department.
Assistant Professor, October 1988-1994.
American University of Beirut, PSPA Department.
Visiting Lecturer, 1986-1988. University of
Southern California, Department of Political Science, Los Angeles, California.
Teaching Assistant, 1983-1986. University of
Southern California, Department of Political Science, Los Angeles, California.
Administrative Assistant, 1983-1984.
University of Southern California, Department of Political Science, Los Angeles,
California.
Research
Books
In the Path of Hizbullah 1
(forthcoming by Syracuse University Press, November 2004).
Nizar Hamzeh, Faris Abi Saab, Ziad Baroud,
Hanna al-Hajj, Margret al-Helou, Shawqi al-Duwyhi, Huda Rizk, Issam Slieman, Marwan Sakr,
Charles Adwan, Tony Attallah, Nahwand Issa, Hasan Krayem, Karm Karm, Ziad Majid, Muhammad
Mukalid, al-Intikhabat al Baladiyyah fi Libnan 1998(The 1998 Lebanese Municipal
Elections)(Beirut, Lebanon: The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, 1999).
Paul Salem, Nizar Hamzeh, Farid El-Khazen,
al-Muwaten wal- Tarbiyya al-Madaniyyah (The Citizen and Civic Education), 1993.
In Progress: The Doctrine of the Imamah and
Holy War. Research is completed and the writing of the manuscript is in progress.
Articles
“The Rise and Decline of Shiite
Islamists of Bahrain.” (Under Consideration by the British Journal of the Middle
East).
“Hizbullah’s Victory Was No
Surprise,” (Commentary), The Daily Star, May 21, 2004, p.10.
“The Coming Sunni Islamist
Revolution”, East-West Record, November 26, 2001, pp. 1-12. East-West Record is a
refereed electronic journal.
“Clientalism, Lebanon: Roots and
Trends”, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol.37, No.3, July 2001, pp.167-178.
“Lebanon’s Islamists and Local
Politics”, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 21, No.5, fall 2000, pp.739-759.
“Myth and Reality”, Index on
Censorship, Vol.29, June 2000, pp.128-131.
“Islamism in Lebanon: A Guide to the
Groups”, Middle East Quarterly, Vol.4, No.3, September 1997, pp.47-54. Middle East
Quarterly. Reprinted in The Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA Journal
September, 1997.
Nizar Hamzeh and R.Hrair Dekmejian, “A
Sufi Response to Political Islamism: Al-Ahbash of Lebanon,” International Journal of
the Middle East (IJMES), No.28, May 1996, pp.217-229.
Clan Conflict, Hizbullah and the Lebanese
State”, the Journal of Social Political and Economic Studies, Vol.19, No.4, winter
1994, pp.433-447.
“Qatar: The Duality of the Legal
System”, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol.30, No.1, January 1994, pp.79-90.
“Lebanon’s Hizbullah: From Islamic
Revolution to Parliamentary Accommodation”, Third World Quarterly, Vol.4, April 1993,
pp.321-337. Reprinted in the Le Monde Diplomatic, No.47, December 1993.
“Islamic Spectrum of Lebanese
Politics”, Journal of South Asian and Eastern Studies, Vol.16, No.3, Spring1993.
Reprinted by permission in the Beirut Review (published by the Lebanese Center for Policy
Studies), spring 1994.
Bernstein’s Democratic Socialism: The
Great Challenge to Marxism”, Journal of Al-Abhath Vol.40, 1992, pp. 55-67.
“The International Regional
System,” (in Arabic), Al-Awasef, No.64, April 5, 1991.
Book Chapters
“The Future of Islamic Movements in
Lebanon”, in Ahmad Moussalli ed., Islamic Fundamentalism: Myths and Realities,
London: Ithaca Press, 1998, pp.249-273.
“Non Governmental Associations of
Islamic Groups”, in Civil Society in Beirut: a Working Report, Beirut: The Lebanese
Center for Policy Studies/ The Rockefeller Foundation, 1998, pp.87-102.
“The Role of Hizbullah in Conflict
Management within Lebanon’s Shiite Community” in Paul Salem, ed. Conflict
Resolution in the Arab World: Selected Essays, Beirut: American University of Beirut,
1997, pp.93-116.
Conference Presentations
Papers resulted in publication
“Clientalism, Lebanon: Roots and
Trends.” Paper delivered at The American Political Science Annual Meeting, Atlanta,
Georgia, September 1-3, 1999.
“The Future of Islamic Movements in
Lebanon.” Paper delivered at the Middle East Studies Association Conference (MESA),
Phoenix, Arizona, November 22, 1994.
“The Role of Hizbullah in Conflict
Management within Lebanon’s Shiite Community.” Paper delivered at the American
University of Beirut Conference on conflict Resolution, Larnaca, Cyprus, July 23, 1993.
Papers didn’t result in
publication
“Draftees as Productive Actors.”
Representing the President of the University, John Waterbury, paper delivered at the UN-
Economic and Social Commission for Eastern Asia (ESCWA) workshop on “Training The
Youth in Productive Careers During Military Service,” UN-House, Beirut, April7, 2000.
“The Importance of Survey and Public
opinion in Elections.” Paper delivered at The National Conference on Elections,
Beirut, and March 7, 1997.
“The Arab-Israeli Peace Process and
Islamists.” Paper delivered at the Mershon Center, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, September 4, 1995.
“The Dynamics of Iran-Hizbullah
Relationship.” Paper delivered at the Middle East Studies Association Conference
(MESA), Washington D.C., November 22, 1995.
Teaching
Courses Taught in the Preceding Years
PSPA 201, Introduction to Political Science
PSPA 203, Research Methodology
PSPA 210, Survey of Political Theory
PSPA 213, Survey of International Relations
PSPA 216, Western Political Thought I
PSPA 217, Western Political Ideologies
PSPA 225,Public International Law
PSPA 251, Politics and Government: United
States of America
PSPA 288, Special Topics: Conflict
Management and Resolution
PSPA 292, Senior Seminar in Islamic
Political Theory-Islamic Movements
PSPA 300, Graduate Course, Research Design
and Techniques
PSPA 301, Graduate Seminar in Political
Theory
PSPA 312, Graduate Course, International Law
and Diplomacy.
Other Significant Teaching Activities
MEST 301, Center for Arab and Near Eastern Studies, AUB.
Master Theses supervised
Ibrahim Ali El Moussawi, The Role of the
Marja’iyya in the Shiite Community (2004).
Rana Kobeissi, The Crisis Environment of the
Arab Israeli Community (2003).
Carol Mohsen El-Sayed, United Arab Emirates
vs. Iran: The Dispute Over the Islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb (2003).
Amal Khoury, The Islamic Republic of Iran:
Khatami and the Competing paradigms (1999).
Anissa Rafeh, the 1978 and 1982 Israeli
Invasions of Lebanon and the 1990 Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait from International Law
Perspectives (1999).
Rana Edelbi, an Assessment of Islamic
Fundamentalism in Palestinian Society (1999).
Abir Taha, From Nietzsche to Nazism: the
Cult of the Superman Nietzsche’s influence on Nazi Ideology (1998).
Dania Baydoun, the Politics and Economic
Roles of Women in Contemporary Japan (1997).
Currently, I have one student working on his
thesis.
Number of Students Advised
The number of students advised each semester is 35 - 40 students
Service
Service to the Profession
Participated in a workshop on
“Activating the Economic Cycle by Training the Youth”, UN-ESCWA, Beirut, and
April 7-8, 2000.
Workshop on “The Arab-Israeli Peace
Process”, Mershon Center, the Ohio State University, Columbia, Ohio, September 4-6,
1995. The Workshop included scholars from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and the occupied
territories.
Consultant (source of information),
1995-present. Canada Immigration and Refugee Board.
Member of Conference Panel on the Middle
East, American Political Science Association, 1996-present.
Member of the Steering Committee of the
Lebanese Political Science Association, 1995-2000.
Member of the Lebanese Civil Service Board
Examinations’ Committees, 1993-present.
Associate Editor, Beirut Review-Lebanese
Center for Policy Studies, 1992-1999.
Interviews
Newspapers and Magazines
The Economist, “Who’ll impose what
on whom?” May 11, 2002, p.42.
De Groene Amsterdammer (Netherlands), April
20, 2002, pp.16-17.
The Daily Star, “US Requirements Will
Test Arab States Cohesion”, October 11, 2001, p.2.
The Washington Post, Howard Schneider
“Ending Doubts, Saudis to Allow US to Use Base”, p A01.
International Herald Tribune, John F. Burns
“For Hizbullah, Victory May Be Illusory”, Feb 27, 2000, pp.1, 8.
Tages –Anzeiger-Ausland (Germany), Von
Astrid Frefel « Hizbullah als Ruckversicherung furs Leben », Feb 29, 2000.
The Daily Star, “Hizbullah keeps
distance from Hariri”, November 8, 2000, p.2.
Korean Hong Yorae Daily, “Middle East
Report”, September 24, 2000.
The Daily Star, Nicholas Blandford
“Tehran Brought Amal and Hizbullah Together”, September 1, 2000, p.3.
The Daily Star, “Hizbullah Maps
Strategy for 2000 and Beyond”, August 16, 2000, p.3.
Nrchandelsbiad (Germany), Joris Luyendijk
“Gods Voorlichters”, July 15, 2000, p.26.
The Guardian, May 31, 2000.
Der Standard “Austria”, April 10,
2000, p.2.
Cairo Times, Cilina Nasser “Who were
the Sunni fighters, January 26, 2000, pp.14-15.
The New York Times, John F. Burns “An
Arab Militia, Glimpsing Victory, Could Lose Peace”, Feb 28, 2000, p.1.
Al-Anwar, September 10, 2000, p.9.
Al-Kifah al-Arabi, The Impotent Peace
Process”, March 18, 1996, pp.16-17.
Al-Mustakbal, “Islamic Movements”,
November 10, 1995, pp.18-19.
Television and Radio
National Public Radio (U.S) with Kate Seelye
“The World”. October 17, 2000.
Voice of America (Arabic Service), June 19,
2000.
Voice of America (English Service), with
Scott Bob, April 15, 2000.
BBC World Services Flagship News Programmes,
with Barbara Plett “Hizbullah and Israel”, June 3, 2000.
Finish (YLE), World News with Leena Reikko
“Middle East and Islamist Groups”, March 2, 2000.
CNN cover story on Hizbullah, with Brent
Saddler, Feb 20, 2000.
CNN World News with Ben Wedemen, March 15,
1998.
CBS Middle East Documentary with Lee
Solomon, September 25, 1997.
ABC World News with Peter Jennings, October
15, 1996.
Many interviews were given to local network
TV stations such as Future TV, al-Manar and Orbit.
Service to the University
Member of AUB Task Team#4 on Leadership and
Governance, 2002-present.
Member of AUB Task Force on Undergraduate
Teaching Excellence, 2000-present.
Member of FAS Task Team on Registration of
Degrees, 2002-2003.
Member of the University Senate, 2000-2003.
Chair, University Committee on Student
Affairs, 1998-2000.
Member of the Senate Committee on Faculty
Affairs, 1997-1998.
Member of the University Senate, 1996-1999.
A/Chair of Arts and Sciences Scholarships
Committee, 1996-1998.
Member of Arts and Sciences Curriculum
Committee, 1996-19997.
A/Chair of Arts and Sciences Scholarships
Committee, 1992-1994.
Member of the University Academic
Development Committee, 1992-1994.
Member of Graduate Committee of Arts and
Sciences, 1991-1993.
A/Chair of Arts and Sciences Student Affairs
Committee, 1990-1991.
Member of the Steering Committee for the
Center for Arab and Middle East Studies (CAMES), 1992-1995.
Research Grants
Fulbright Senior Research Grant, 2001. Host
institutions UCLA and USC.
Ford Foundation/Conference panel on the
Middle East Research Grant, 1999.
AUB Faculty Development Research Grant,
1992.1994,1996,1998
USIA/Mershon Foundation Research Grant,
1995.
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