S. Ilan Troen is Lopin Pro­fes­sor of Mod­ern His­to­ry, emer­i­tus at Ben-Guri­on Uni­ver­si­ty of the Negev, Israel, Stoll Fam­i­ly Pro­fes­sor in Israel Stud­ies, emer­i­tus at Bran­deis Uni­ver­si­ty, USA, and found­ing direc­tor of the Israel Stud­ies cen­ters at both insti­tu­tions. He is Found­ing Edi­tor of the jour­nal Israel Stud­ies, and 2023 recip­i­ent of the Asso­ci­a­tion for Israel Stud­ies ​“Life­time Achieve­ment Award.”