Name David Tal | ||
David Tal is an Israeli historian and professor. Since 2009, he has been the Kahanoff Chair in Israeli Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada. He is an expert on Israel's security and diplomatic history, as well as U.S. disarmament policy.
Biography
Tal completed all his undergraduate and graduate study in history at Tel Aviv University, receiving his BA in 1986, his MA in 1990, and his PhD in 1995. He was an instructor in the department of history at Tel Aviv University from 1994–1996 and a lecturer in that department and in the Program of Security Studies from 1996–2005. He was a NATO research fellow from 2000–2002.
Since 2005, Tal has been a visiting professor at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (2005–2006, 2008–2009), Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York (2006–2008). in 2009 he joined the history department at the University of Calgary as a professor and the Kahanoff Chair in Israeli Studies. Calgary, Canada. i(2009–present). in 2014 he moved to the University of Sussex, UK, where he is holding the Yossi Harel Chair in Modern Israel Studies.