Missed Opportunities

This was Amherst Neighbors' special program featuring retired Hampshire College professor Dr. Aaron Berman as he discussed material from his new book “America’s Arab Nationalists: From the Ottoman Revolution to the Rise of Hitler.” Dr. Berman notes that, as entire Palestinian families perish in Gaza and conflicts continue to rage in much of the Middle East, it is important to remember that an alternative reality was once possible. In this event, we will learn how, in 1922, Elizabeth Titzel warned Americans that a disaster was brewing in the Holy Land and that Charles Crane tried, but failed to help Arab nationalists in Syria. Dr. Berman’s research interests center on the history of nationalism (particularly Arab, Jewish, and Palestinian nationalisms). For eleven years, he served as Dean of Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Hampshire College.