Neighbours and Enemies: War for the Holy Land
Wed 15 Jan 2025, 10:00 am - Wed 12 Feb 2025, 12:00 pm
This small patch of land, between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan, holy for three world religions, has been fought over for three millennia. This course takes a long view of this conflict. It begins by looking at the creation of the kingdom of Israel and the conflict between Jew and Roman that ended in its destruction. It goes on to examine the experience of the Jews living among Christians and Muslims until the rise of Zionism in response to antisemitism, culminating in the Holocaust and the foundation of the modern state of Israel. Finally it examines the conflict between Israel and the Arab states and the Palestinians laying claim to the same land.
Event Information
Price: £75.0
Course Weeks: 5
Room: Brunt Room
Campaign: Spring Term 2025
Your Tutor
Name: Michael Williams
Bio: Michael Williams has an undergraduate degree in History and an MSc in Politics. For 21 years he worked as a ministerial adviser in Whitehall before leaving for academic life in 1995. He spent another 26 years teaching a great variety of courses in different universities until retiring in 2021. He’s been teaching courses on politics and history at the Settlement for several years. He published a book on Britain since 1867 in 2000 and a family memoir in 2022. Michael is currently working on a sequel.
Department: Humanities
