British Honours
1990, appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1995, created Knight Bachelor for services to British history and international affairs
2009, sworn a member to the Privy Council
2009, invited to serve as a member of the Chilcot INQUIRY into the Iraq War
Honorary Degrees
1981, Hon .D.Litt. Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. USA
1989, Honorary Degree, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
1992, Honorary Degree, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1992, Hon .D.Litt. Buckingham University, UK
1994, Honorary Fellow, Merton College, Oxford, UK
1997, Honorary Fellow, University of Wales, Lampeter, UK
1999, D. Litt, Oxford University, UK
2000, Honorary Degree, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
2000, Honorary Doctorate, Gratz College, Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, USA
2002, Honorary Degree, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, USA
2003, L L. D. D. Honoris Causa, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
2004, Hon D. Litt, University of Leicester, UK
2004, Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2008, Honorary Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK
2011, Honorary Degree, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel
Prizes
2000, Guardian of Zion Award, Ingeborg Rennert Centre for Jerusalem Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
2003, Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize by the, University of Tübingen, Germany
2009, The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation Prize , Washington, D.C. USA
2012, Dan David Prize, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Teaching & Lecturing Positions
1965, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
1979, University of Tel Aviv, Israel
1979, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel
1996, University College London, UK
2002, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, University of California, San Diego, USA
2002, Distinguished Fellow, Hillsdale College, Michigan, USA