Eighth Annual Holt Lecture
Israel’s Armor: The Role of the Israel Lobby in the History of the Palestine Conflict
The “Israel lobby” has been a controversial topic in public affairs, yet it has also
been understudied. What exactly is the Israel lobby? What are its origins? And
what has been the impact of the lobby on the Palestine conflict, the U.S.-Israeli
special relationship and U.S. relations with the Middle East more broadly? Author
and historian Walter Hixson will examine these issues in the
Department of History's eighth annual Rush D. Holt Lecture on Thursday,
Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. in G09 White Hall.
About Dr. Hixson
Walter Hixson is the author of several books focused primarily on the history of
U.S. foreign relations. They include "American Foreign Relations: A New Diplomatic
History" (Routledge, 2016); "American Settler Colonialism: A History" (Palgrave
Macmillan, 2013); "The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and U.S. Foreign
Policy" (Yale University Press, 2008); "Parting the Curtain: Propaganda, Culture
and the Cold War, 1945-1961" (St. Martin’s, 1997); and "George F. Kennan: Cold
War Iconoclast" (Columbia University Press, 1989). Hixson has taught history for
36 years and is currently Distinguished Professor of History at the University
of Akron.
About the Holt Lecture
The first Rush D. Holt Lecture was presented by the WVU Department of History on
April 11, 2011. Inaugurating the annual lecture series was the Honorable Rush D. Holt,
Jr., a U.S. congressman from New Jersey and son of former U.S. Senator Rush D.
Holt of West Virginia, after whom the series is named. The lecture series
is supported by the family of Sen. Holt through the Sen. Rush D. Holt Endowment
established in 1998.