A.U.B. Professor  Hilal Khashan, PSPA

Background Information
Place of Birth: Beirut, Lebanon Date of Birth: March 15, 1951 Citizenship: Lebanon & USA

Mailing Address
Department of Political Studies & Public Administration American University of Beirut P.O.Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh Beirut 1107 2020 Lebanon
Or
American University of Beirut Department of Political Studies & Public Administration 3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 8th Floor New York, NY 10017-2303

Telephone (mobile): 961-3-809484
Fax: 961-1-74 44 61;
E-mail: hilkhash@aub.edu.lb

Educational History
Ph.D. in Political Science; Florida State University, 1980.
M.S. in Political Science; Florida State University, 1978.
B.A. in Political science; University of Florida, 1977.

Professional Experience
Professor: American University of Beirut, 2000-till present
Visiting Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2001-02.
Associate Professor: American University of Beirut, 1989-2000.
Visiting Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (Summer of 1997).
Visiting Professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl, 1996-97.
Visiting Scholar: Annenberg Research Inst.: Philadelphia, PA, 1991-92.
Assistant Professor: American University of Beirut, 1986-89.
Program Officer: Hariri Foundation, 1984-86.
Assistant Professor: King Saud University, 1981-84.

Awards
1- A grant from the Frederick Nauman Foundation, 1997.
2- A grant from the Ford Foundation in 1988 to complete my book entitled Inside the Lebanese Confessional Mind.
3 -'Aida al-Sanyura Prize for the best research in political science & public administration, 1990.
4- 'Abdul Hamid Shuman prize in the social sciences, 1991.
5- Visiting scholar at the Annenberg Research Institute in Philadelphia, for the 1991-92 academic year.

Editorship and Refereeing
Membership in the editorial board of Middle East Quarterly during the period of 1995-2002.
Reviewed manuscripts for Security Dialogue, the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Social Behavior and Personality, and grant proposals for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Areas of Competence
1- Research methodology in the social sciences
2 -Comparative politics (with emphasis on Arab countries): topics of interest and research include minorities, democratization, civil society, Lebanese politics, and the Arab-Israel peace process.
3 -The performance of the public sector in the Middle East

Major Service to the Community
Prepared a manual in Arabic (142 pages) covering basic concepts and perspectives on liberalism on behalf of Frederick Nauman Foundation (in collaboration with Rene Mouawad Foundation) for use in workshops in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia.

Services to the Department and University
1-Served on the scholarships committee, research committee, administrative committee, admissions committee, library committee, special ad hoc committee for University reorganization.
2 -Supervised the PSPA Society, and served on several departmental sub-committees and as an acting chairperson of the PSPA Dept. on a number of occasions.
3 -Contributed four lectures to CAMES graduate program.

Thesis Supervision
Successfully supervised the theses of dozens of graduate students and sat on numerous committees as reader. Currently supervising the theses of five graduate students.

Philosophy in Teaching
Promotion of my students' analytical thinking, self-competence, independent-mindedness and integrity.

PUBLICATIONS

A- Books and Monographs: (Published)

Survey Research in the Arab World (Monte Palmer, Mima Nedelcovych, Hilal Khashan, and Deborah Monroe). London: Middle East and North Africa Press, 1982.

Inside the Lebanese Confessional Mind. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1992. This is an empirical study of 2300 Lebanese college students that examines their political values and preferences, intergroup perceptions and political competence. Reviewed in Orbis, vol. 37, no. 2, 1993, p. 313, Arab Studies Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 95-97, An-Naqid, no. 63, September 1993, pp. 63-65, Journal of Third World Studies, vol. 16, no. 1, 1999, pp. 290-91.

Partner or Pariah? Attitudes Toward Israel in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Study no. 41, 1996.

Arabs at the Crossroads: Political Identity and Nationalism, University Press of Florida, 2000. Reviewed in Choice, October 2000, p. 405, Middle East Policy, vol. 7, no. 2, 1999, pp. 190-94, The Arab World Geographer, vol. 3, no. 2, 2000, pp. 141-147, Hurriyat, June, 2000, p. 37, and The Middle East Journal, vol. 54, no. 4, 2000, pp. 666-667, Al-Ahram Weekly (on-line), 8-14 February 2001, Journal of Palestine Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2001, p. 115, International Affairs, vol. 77, no. 1, 2001, p. 225, Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, vol. 7, no. 2, 2001, pp. 140-141.

Arab Attitudes Toward Israel and Peace. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Focus Series no. 40, 2000. Translated into Hebrew by Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, 2001.

B- Books: (In Preparation)

1- Islam and Political Violence
2 -Shi'ism and Political Activism in the Middle East

C- Articles

"The Economic Basis of Civil Conflict in Lebanon: A Survey Analysis of Sunni Muslims," Journal of Arab Affairs, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 113-132, 1981 (Hilal Khashan and Monte Palmer). This article was reprinted in Tawfic E. Farah, ed. Political Behavior in the Arab States. Boulder: Westview Press, 1983.

"A Study of Student Perceptions in a Saudi Arabian University," Research in Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 17-31, 1984.

"Al-'Alaqa baina At-Ta'lim wal Tanmiya: Tahlil Mashi Lit-Tullab al-Jamiiyin Assa'udiyyin," [The relationship between education and development: a survey analysis of Saudi Arabian college students] Al-Fikr al-'Arabi, vol. 6, nos. 37-8, pp. 419-439, 1985.

"Ta'thir al-Livantiniyya wal Mirkantiliyyah fi 'Amaliyyat At-Tanshi'a As-Siyasiyya fi Lubnan," [The impact of levantinism and mercantilism on the process of political socialization in Lebanon] Al-Fikr al-Islami, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 14-17, 1986.

"Do Lebanese Shi'is Hate the West?" Orbis, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 583-590, 1989. This article was reprinted in Daniel Pipes, ed. Sandstorm: Middle East Conflicts & America. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1993.

"The Political Values of Lebanese Maronite College Students," Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 723-744, 1990.

"The Limits of Arab Democracy," World Affairs, vol. 153, no. 4, pp. 127-135, 1991.

"The Revival of Pan-Arabism," Orbis, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 107-116, 1991. This article was reprinted in Daniel Pipes, ed. sandstorm: Middle East Conflicts & America. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1993.

"The Political Values of Lebanese Armenian College Students," Armenian Review, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 51-67, 1991.

"The Lebanese State: Lebanese Unity and the Sunni Muslim Position," International Sociology, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 85-97, 1992.

"Minorities in the Arab East," The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 45-63, 1992.

"The Plight of the Kurds," Bulletin of Peace Proposals, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 147-158, 1992 (Hilal Khashan and Judith Harik).

"The Despairing Palestinians," Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 2-17, 1992.

"The Quagmire of Arab Democracy," Arab Studies Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 17-33, 1992.

"How Grantees Relate to Grantor: A Study on a Lebanese College Scholarship Foundation," Research in Higher Education, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 263-273, 1992.

"Lebanon's Divisive Democracy: The Parliamentary Elections of 1992," Arab Studies Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 41-59, 1993 (Judith Harik and Hilal Khashan).

"Are the Arabs Ready for Peace with Israel?" Middle East Quarterly, vol.1, no.1, pp. 19-28, 1994.

"Palestinian resettlement in Lebanon: Behind the Debate," Montreal Studies on the Contemporary Arab World, pp. 1-17, April 1994.

"Lubnan wa Tahaddiyat al-Mustakbal," in Zakirat Lubnan, (ed.) Beirut: Lebanese Institute of Documentation and Research, pp. 127-131, 1994.

"The Developmental Programs of Islamic Fundamentalist Groups in Lebanon as a Source of Popular Legitimation," Islam and the Modern Age, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 116-142, 1994.

"The Labyrinth of Kurdish Self-Determination," International Journal of Kurdish Studies, vol. 8, nos. 1-2, pp. 5-32, 1995.

"Ad-Dimuqratiyya fi Lubnan: Mafhum at-Ta'addudiyya wa Dawr an-Nukhab," Hurriyat, no. 2, pp. 9-11, Dec. 1995.

"Polling Arab Views on the Conflict with Israel--The Levant: Yes to Treaties, No to Normalization," Middle East Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 3-14, 1995.

"Nasir's Commitment to Arab Unity in Retrospect," Palma Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 41-58, 1995.

"Institutionalization and the Enigma of Kurdish Statelessness," Ethnic Forum, vol. 15, nos. 1-2, pp. 131-152, 1995 (with Michel Nehme).

"The Making of Stalled National Movements: Evidence from Southern Sudan and Northern Iraq," Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 111-140, 1996 (Hilal Khashan and Michel Nehme).

"The Views of Lebanese Professionals on the Issue of Economic Normalization with Israel," Dirasat, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 197-208, 1996.

"The New Arab Cold War," World Affairs, vol. 158, no. 4, pp. 158-169, Spring 1997.

"The New World Order and the Tempo of Militant Islam," British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 5-24, 1997. Reprinted in Dietrich Schroeer and Alessandro Pascolini, eds.The Weapons Legacy of the Cold War. Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 1997.

"Diana and Arab Conspiracy," Weekly Standard, (Daniel Pipes and Hilal Khashan), pp. 16-17, Nov. 1997.

"Lebanon's Controversial 1996 Parliamentary Elections," Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 24-49, 1997.

"The Middle East's Disappearing Christians," in Johan Gنrde, ed. Réfugiés, Migrants et Déplacés: Réalités et Réponses? Proceedings of the Deuxiéme Séminaire sur les Réfugiés de la Région Mona, Saydet el-Bir, Lebanon: Caritas Internationalis, pp. 20-25, May 1998.

"The Arab World's Travails: History's Burden," Middle East Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 41-48, 1998.

"The Youth and Political Alienation in Lebanon," Zavarian Review," vol. 22, no, 1, pp. 3-5, 1998.

"An Unpropitious Return! A Rejoinder " Security Dialogue, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 359-365, 1998.

"Russia's Middle Eastern Policy," International Affairs (Sage), vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 17-33, 1999.

"Revitalizing Arab Nationalism," Middle East Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 49-56, 2000.

"The Coupling of the Syrian-Lebanese Tracks: Beirut's Options," Security Dialogue, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 201-14, 2000.

"Arab Attitudes Toward Israel on the Eve of the New Millennium," The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 131-229, 2000.

"An Intifada for Peace and Against its Process," The Arab World Geographer, vol. 3, no. 3, 2000.

"Arab Christians as Symbols," Middle East Quarterly, volume 8, no. 1, 2001, pp.4-13.

"Are the Israelis Ready for Peace with the Arabs?" Lebanese National Defense, no. 36, April 2001, pp. 187-204.

"The Social and Economic Correlates of Islamic Religiosity," World Affairs, vol. 164, no. 2, 2001, pp. 83-96.

"Roots and Causes of 11 September" Security Dialogue, vol. 33, no. 1, 2002, pp. 111-114.

"America's Horrific Wake-Up Call," Palma Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2002, pp. 7-21.

"Lebanon's Political System: The Aftermath of Landslide Victory," Il Politico, vol. 67, no. 2, 2002, pp. 1-20.

"Islam and Terrorism," The Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 46, no. 6, 2002, pp. 812-828 (with Simon Haddad).

"Perceptions of the Causes of Poverty Comparing Three National Groups: Lebanon, Portugal, and South Africa," Current Research in Social Psychology, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 1-17, Dec. 16, 2002 With Ramzi Nasser and Kamal Abouchedid). Available at: http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.8.7.html

"Al-Ishkaliyya al-Thaqafiyya fi Lubnan," pp. 113-116, in George Mughamis, ed. Dawlat al-Ghad: Ayyat Ru'a? Zouk Mkaiel, Lebanon: NDU Press, 2003.

"Lebanese Muslim Views of September 11," The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, vol. 42, no. 2, 2003, pp. 291-298 (with Simon Haddad).

"Baghdad's New Mongols," The Arab World Geographer, vol. 6, no. 1, 2003.

"Collective Palestinian Frustration and Suicide Bombings," Third World Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 6, 2003, pp. 1049-1067.

In addition to seven essays on "Al-Afghani, As-Sayid Jamal Al-Din," p. 9; "Qutb, Sayyid," p. 434; "Qaddafi, Muammar Al-,"p.431; "Saudi Nationalism," pp.459-60; "Syrian Nationalism," pp. 523-24; "Lebanese nationalism," pp. 293-94; and "Algeria, Nationalism In," pp. 10-11 . In Alexander J. Motyl, ed. Encyclopedia of Nationalism: Leaders, Movements, and Concepts, vol. 2. (San Diego: Academic Press, 2001).

Furthermore, Khashan have written many book reviews and made numerous contributions to dozens of local and international dailies such as As-Safir, An-Nahar, The Washington Times, The Herald Tribune, The Miami Herald, and The Wall Street Journal .