Ron Hassner

Job title: 
Professor
Department: 
Political Science
Bio/CV: 

Ron Hassner is the Chancellor's Professor of Political Science and Helen Diller Family Chair in Israel Studies at the University of California Berkeley. He is also the faculty director of the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies and is the editor of the Cornell University Press book series “Religion and Conflict.” Prof. Hassner studies the role of ideas, practices, and symbols in international security with particular attention to the relationship between religion and violence.

Research interests: 
  • Security / Defense
  • Middle East / North Africa

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720 Barrows Hall