{"598517":{"#nid":"598517","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Schneer Addresses British Academy on Centenary of Balfour Declaration","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJonathan Schneer, professor in the School of History and Sociology, addressed the British Academy on the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, a landmark document which committed Britain to supporting the establishment in Palestine of \u0026ldquo;a National Home for the Jewish people.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his award-winning 2010 book, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/162099\/the-balfour-declaration-by-jonathan-schneer\/9780812976038\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Penguin Random House, 2010), Schneer highlighted new archival material and created a book illuminating the origins of the Middle East conflict that drives modern world events. Britain\u0026rsquo;s Balfour Declaration, issued on November 2, 1917, was a seed of the conflict. Schneer spoke to the British Academy, the most prestigious scholarly body in Great Britain\u0026nbsp;on November 2, 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchneer\u0026rsquo;s lecture at the British Academy caps a seven year juggernaut of awards and recognition for his work on the Balfour Declaration. The book was published by presses in the\u0026nbsp;United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Turkey. It has been widely featured in top-tier media including the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/08\/22\/books\/review\/Segev-t.html?mcubz=0\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/09\/17\/AR2010091702391.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and in journals around the world. Schneer has lectured on his Balfour declaration research dozens of times in the U.S., U.K., Israel, and France.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn November 2, he also spoke at a conference sponsored by British-Israeli communications Research (BICOM). \u0026nbsp;On October 7 he spoke at the British Library in London at an event sponsored by the Middle East Monitor (MEMO). In recent months he has conducted numerous radio, film, and print interviews, and more are in the offing. He is taking part in scholarly conferences about the declaration in the U.S. and U.K., and he delivered the keynote address at a Princeton conference dedicated to the Balfour Declaration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPRESS AND RECENT\/UPCOMING EVENTS FEATURING DR. SCHNEER\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/palestine-britain-the-balfour-declaration-tickets-36745476710\u0022\u003EPalestine, Britain, and the Balfour Declaration 100 Years On (British Library)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20171005-memo-marks-100-years-since-the-balfour-declaration\/\u0022\u003E[Additional event information]\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.international.ucla.edu\/israel\/event\/12704\u0022\u003EThe Balfour Declaration and Its Legacy (UCLA)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/17%20Schneer%20talk%20flyer%20v1.0.pdf\u0022\u003ETalk in Northampton, Mass., at\u0026nbsp;Congregation B\u0026rsquo;nai Israel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fathomjournal.org\/balfour-100-weizmann-corralled-the-british-government-behind-the-zionist-movement-an-interview-with-jonathan-schneer\/\u0022\u003EInterview of Dr. Schneer\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EFathom Magazine\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJonathan Schneer, professor in the School of History and Sociology, addressed the British Academy on the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, a landmark document which committed Britain to supporting the establishment in Palestine of \u0026ldquo;a National Home for the Jewish people.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jonathan Schneer, professor in the School of History and Sociology, addressed the British Academy on the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, a landmark document which committed Britain to supporting the establishment in Palestine of \u201ca National Home for"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2017-11-07 22:10:52","changed_gmt":"2017-11-20 02:05:16","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"598516":{"id":"598516","type":"image","title":"Jonathan Schneer","body":null,"created":"1510092484","gmt_created":"2017-11-07 22:08:04","changed":"1539020864","gmt_changed":"2018-10-08 17:47:44","alt":"Georgia Tech Professor Jonathan Schneer in his book-lined office.","file":{"fid":"228167","name":"Websized.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Websized.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Websized.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":403902,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Websized.jpg?itok=eWXGmcbI"}}},"media_ids":["598516"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10529","name":"Jonathan Schneer"},{"id":"176180","name":"Balfour Declaration"},{"id":"172801","name":"HSOC news"},{"id":"166851","name":"HSOC research"},{"id":"176181","name":"British Academy"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}