Professor Colin Shindler
BSc (Leicester), MSc (North London), PhD (Middlesex)
Overview
Department of the Languages and Cultures of Near and Middle East
(Professor of Israeli Studies)
SOAS Food Studies Centre
(Member, SOAS Food Studies Centre)
History and politics of Israel; ZionismContact Details
- Name:
- Professor Colin Shindler
- Email address:
- cs52@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4358
Interests / Disciplines
Politics; history; Hebrew and Israeli studiesTeaching
Programmes Convened
Courses Taught
Expertise
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- Near and Middle East
Country Expertise
- Israel
- Palestine
Languages
- Hebrew
Publications
Authored Books
Shindler , Colin (2008) A History of Modern Israel. Cambridge University Press.
Shindler , Colin (2007) What Do Zionists Believe? London: Granta Books.
Shindler , Colin (2006) The Triumph of Military Zionism. Nationalism and the Origins of the Israeli Right. London: I.B. Tauris.
Shindler, Colin (2002) The Land Beyond Promise: Israel, Likud and the Zionist Dream. I.B. Tauris.
Shindler, Colin (1995) Israel, Likud and the Zionist Dream: Power, Politics and Ideology from Begin to Netanyahu. IB Tauris.
Shindler, Colin (1991) Ploughshares into Swords? Israelis and Jews in the Shadow of the Intifada. I.B. Tauris.
Shindler , Colin (1978) Exit Visa: Détente, Human Rights and the Jewish Emigration Movement in the USSR. Bachman & Turner.
Chapters in Books
Shindler , Colin (2007) 'The Place of Israel in British Jewish Identity.' In: Ben-Moshe, Danny and Segev, Zohar, (eds.), Israel, the Diaspora and Jewish Identity. London: Sussex Academic Press.
Shindler, Colin (2003) 'The "Thunderer" and the Coming of the Shoah: 1933-1942.' In: Shapiro, R. M., (ed.), Why Didn't the Press Shout? American and International Journalism During the Holocaust. Yeshiva University Press & KTAV Publishing House, pp. 151-173.
Shindler , Colin (2003) 'Reading The Guardian: Jews, Israel-Palestine and the Origins of Irritation.' In: Parfitt, T. and Egorova, Y., (eds.), Jews, Muslims and Mass Media. London: Routledge Curzon, pp. 157-177.
Shindler, Colin (2002) 'Likud and the Search for Eretz Israel: From the Bible to the Twenty First Century.' In: Karsh, E, (ed.), Israel: The First Hundred Years Vol III Israeli Politics and Society Since 1948 Problems of Collective Identity. Frank Cass, pp. 91-117.
Shindler, Colin (2001) 'The View from the Right: From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu.' In: Greenspoon, Leonard J. and Simkins, Ronald A., (eds.), Studies in Jewish Civilization Volume 11: "A Land Flowing With Milk an Honey" Visions of Israel from Biblical to Modern Times. P. Creighton University Press, pp. 297-317.
Shindler, Colin (2000) 'London; Meir Kahane.' In: Terry, M, (ed.), Reader's Guide to Judaism. Fitzroy Dearborn, 333-334; 381-382.
Articles
Shindler , Colin (2005) 'Modèles pour les radicaux: Nationalisme et les origins de la droite israélienne.' Revue Européenne de Études Hébraïques (11). pp. 63-83.
Shindler , Colin (2005) 'The Assassination of Rabin: Attempting to Nullify Oslo.' Striving for Peace: The Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin, . pp. 53-58.
Shindler, Colin (2004) 'The Israeli Barrier.' Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies Newsbrief, 24 (3).
Shindler, Colin (2003) 'The Israeli Election: Sharon as the Status Quo.' Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies Newsletter, vol.23 ( 1) . pp. 3-5.
Shindler, Colin (2002) 'Jabotinsky and Ukrainian Nationalism: A Reinterpretation.' East European Jewish Affairs, vol. 31 (2) . pp. 122-131.
Shindler, Colin (2002) 'Likud and the Search for Eretz Israel: From the Bible to the Twenty First Century.' Israel Affairs, vol. 8 (1) ( 2) . pp. 91-117.
Shindler, Colin (2001) 'Vladimir Jabotinsky and Ukrainian Nationalism: A Reinterpretation.' East European Jewish Affairs, 31 (2). pp. 122-131.
Shindler, Colin (2000) 'Likud and the Christian Dispensationalists: A Symbiotic Relationship.' Israel Studies, vol. 5 (1) . pp. 153-182.
Shindler, Colin (1999) 'Barak, the Election and the Wye Agreement.' International Institute for Strategic Studies: Strategic Comments, vol. 5 (3) .
Shindler, Colin (1999) 'The PLO in the World Order.' Terrorism and Political Violence, 11 no. 3 . pp. 151-160.
Conference or Workshop Items
Shindler, Colin (2002) Vladimir Jabotinsky, the Baltic States and the Legacy of Revisionist Zionism. In: Jews in a Changing World, 20-22 November 2001, The University of Latvia (Riga).
Book Reviews
Shindler, Colin (2008) Review of Giora Goldberg, 'Ben-Gurion against the Knesset'. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 40 (1). pp. 152-154.
Shindler, Colin (2003) The New Israel: Peacemaking and Liberalisation. Political Studies, 50 (5).
Shindler, Colin (2002) Exile from Exile: Israeli Writers from Iraq. Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, 2 (2).
Other
Shindler, Colin (2000) Meir Kahane; London. New York: The Reader's Guide to Judaism / ed. Dr Michael Terry , Jewish Theological Seminary.
