Professor Pappé obtained his BA from Hebrew University in 1979 and his D. Phil from Oxford in 1984. He founded the Academic Institute for Peace in Givat Haviva (1992-2000) and chaired the Emil Tuma Institute for Palestine Studies (2000-2006). A senior lecturer at Haifa University (1984-2006), he later chaired the History department at Cornwall Campus (2007-2009) and became an IAIS fellow in 2010. His research focuses on the modern Middle East, Israel-Palestine history, multiculturalism, and Critical Discourse Analysis.