P. J. Vatikiotis Explained

Panayiotis Jerasimof Vatikiotis (5 February 192815 December 1997) was a Greek-American political scientist and historian of the Middle East. He was Professor of Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, in London.^[1]

Vatikiotis was born in Jerusalem, the son of Paraskevi and Jerasimos Vatikiotis, and grew up in Haifa.^[2] He was educated at Greek and English private schools in Mandatory Palestine before he studied at the American University in Cairo and Johns Hopkins University.^[3] In the 1960s he moved to London University where he helped get Middle Eastern Studies established.

A festschrift was published in his honour in 1993.^[4]

Works

• The Egyptian Army in politics; pattern for new nations?, 1961
• Politics and the military in Jordan : a study of the Arab Legion, 1921-1957, 1967
• Egypt since the revolution, 1968
• The modern history of Egypt, 1969. 2nd ed published as The history of Egypt, 1980.
• Conflict in the Middle East, 1971
• (ed.) Revolution in the Middle East, and other case studies, 1972
• Nasser and his generation, 1978
• The modern history of Egypt, 1986. Rev. ed. published as The history of modern Egypt: from Muhammad Ali to Mubarak, 1991
• Book: Islam and the state . original from the University of Michigan; reprint . 1991 . 1987 . . 9780415057530 . 716235510 .
• Among Arabs and Jews: A Personal Experience 1936-1990, 1991
• Popular Autocracy in Greece 1936-1941

Notes and References

1. Web site: School of Oriental & African Studies, Report of The Governing Body and Statement of Accounts, 1969-70, p76.
2. Book: Vatikiotis, P. J.. Among Arabs and Jews : a personal experience 1936-1990. 1991. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 0-297-82076-1. London. 24795126.
3. Book: The International Who's Who, 1989-90. 30 September 2012. 1989. Europa Publications. 978-0-946653-50-8. 1591.
4. Book: Charles Tripp. Contemporary Egypt: Through Egyptian Eyes: Essays in Honour of P. J. Vatikiotis. 30 September 2012. 1993. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-415-06103-2.