Oren Barak

Oren Barak (1970-) was born in Urbana, Illinois, and grew up in Jerusalem, Israel. He received his PhD from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2001) and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Texas in Austin and at Cornell University. He is the Maurice B. Hexter Chair in International Relations – Middle East Studies and Professor of political Science at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He teaches and writes on the relationship between state, society and security and on conflicts and popular culture.