Last updated on:
4/4/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Philip K. Hitti, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Former Professor Emeritus of Semitic Literature at Princeton University
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of July 5, 2005
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to Israeli-Palestinian conflict. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Former Chairman of Princeton’s Department of Oriental Studies
- Founder and first director of Princeton’s Near Eastern Studies Department
- Lecturer, Columbia University
- Professor at American University, Beirut
- Member of the American Historical Association,
- Member of the American Oriental Society,
- Member of the Arab Academy of Damascus
- Fellow of Medieval Academy of America
- Education:
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- PhD, Columbia University, 1915
- BA, American University, Beirut
- Other:
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- Born: 1886
- Died: 1978