Nubar Hovsepian - Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies
2004 - present

Rosevelt Hall 105, Chapman University, 1 University Dr., Orange, CA 92866
(714) 628-2748
hovsepian@chapman.edu

B.A., University of Washington, Seattle, Ph.D., City University of New York

Nubar Hovsepian is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies. He received his Ph.D. from The Graduate Center¡ªCity University of New York. He recently published two books:¡¡ Palestinian State Formation: Education and the Construction of National Identity (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009), and edited and contributed to The War on Lebanon (Interlink Publishers, 2008). He is presently working on a book Edward W. Said: The Politics of a Public Intellectual. He has also written and edited four books in Arabic, most notably on the Iranian revolution of 1979, and has published articles in professional journals, newspapers, and magazines in various parts of the world. Hovsepian has devoted enormous time to the Israel/Palestine conflict, and served, from 1982 to 1984, as Political Affairs Officer for the United Nations Conference on the Question of Palestine. He teaches courses on Globalization, Democracy and Democratization, Middle East Politics and Conflict in the Middle East. He also teaches graduate courses for the MA program in International Studies. Finally, he shares his ME expertise with various media outlets.