Avi Shlaim is a Emeritus Fellow of St Antonys College and a Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford. He was the Alastair Buchan Reader in International Relations from 1987 to 1996. He was the Director of Graduate Studies in International Relations in 1993-1995 and 1998-2001. In 1995-97 he held a British Academy Research Readership and in 2003-6 a Research Professorship. In 2006 he was elected Fellow of the British Academy.