Oded Haklai

Oded Haklai has been teaching at Queen’s since 2004. His book Palestinian Ethnonationalism in Israel (2011) was awarded the Shapiro Award for best book in Israel Studies. In addition, he has published 3 co-edited volumes on the impact of democratization and ethnic minorities, the politics of settlers in contested lands, and Jewish Israeli – Palestinian relations, as well as over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.  Winner of several prestigious research grants, Haklai has held several visiting fellowships including at the Truman Institute at the Hebrew University, the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, and the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies at the Elliott School, George Washington University. In 2015, he became the founding Director of the Laboratory for Ethnic Conflict Research at Queen's.

Haklai’s main foci of doctoral supervisions are (1) populations settlements and territorial conflict, (2) the political mobilization of ethnic minorities, and (3) Israeli politics.  

Research interests: Politics of nationalism and ethnicity; state and majority-minority relations; Middle East politics; politics of Israel; Palestinian-Israeli relations; settlers and territorial disputes

Courses Taught: POLS 349 Contemporary Antisemitism