Jennifer G. Loewenstein
Copy contact details to clipboardExpert on contemporary Middle East: history, politics, culture, religion and U.S. foreign policy in the region
Associate director, Middle East Studies Program
608-890-3429 (Work)
Home and cell phones available upon request.
Jennifer G. Loewenstein
Associate director, Middle East Studies Program
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Expert on contemporary Middle East: history, politics, culture, religion and U.S. foreign policy in the region
jsarin@wisc.edu
608-890-3429 (work)
Home and cell phones available upon request; e-mail experts@uc.wisc.edu
Areas of expertise
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Arab, Israeli and U.S. policies; history, politics, religion, culture
- Rise of Islamic politics in Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territories, Jordan, Egypt and Syria; Hizbullah and Hamas
- Arab world and Iran: perceptions of U.S. Middle East foreign policy; nuclear weapons issues
- Oil politics and colonialism in modern Middle East
- Goldstone Report; analyst; discussion of war crimes and crimes against humanity
Notable achievements
- Global Citizen Award, Dane County United Nations Association, 2009
- Member, first Rachel Corrie Foundation delegation to the Gaza Strip, September 2009
- Participant, United Nations 11th Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland: expert witness testimony on occupied Palestinian territories
- Board member: Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, USA branch, 2007-present
- Author: Essay in "Inside Lebanon: Journey to a shattered land," Monthly Review Press, 2007
- Plenary speaker: United Nations Special Session on Palestinian Civil Society, European Parliament in Brussels, 2007