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Israel Institute Scholars and Artists School Year 2018-2019

Visiting faculty and artists are available to give talksEach year, the Israel Institute brings scholars of modern Israel and Israeli artists to

the United States to teach, conduct research, and perform on university campuses.

Visiting Israeli faculty and artists are available to give talks and performances on

campus and in the wider community.

Below is a list of visiting faculty and artists who will be on campus during the 2018-

2019 school year. Israel Institute visiting faculty are drawn from highly respected

universities, colleges, and research institutions. They come from a wide variety

of disciplines, including political science, history, sociology, anthropology,

communication, and economics. Likewise, among our visiting artists are

filmmakers, choreographers, musicians, and authors who represent the best of

Israel’s vibrant cultural scene.

If you are interested in hosting a scholar or artist, please contact:

[email protected].

For more information about the Israel Institute, please visit: www.israelinstitute.org.

The Israel Institute is an independent, nonpartisan and non-advocacy 501(c)(3)

organization that advances rigorous teaching, research, and discourse about modern

Israel in partnership with leading academic, research, and cultural institutions.

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2018-2019 GRANT RECIPIENTS

ANAT BALINT

HOST INSTITUTION: SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITYTERM:

School Year 2018-2019

HOME INSTITUTION: The College of Management Academic Studies

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Communication: Media and Journalism

EREZ BEN-YOSEF

HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGOTERM:


HOME INSTITUTION: Tel Aviv University

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Archaeology

CLAUDE BERREBI

HOST INSTITUTION: PRINCETON UNIVERSITYTERM:

Spring 2019

HOME INSTITUTION: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Economics and Public Policy: Labor and Defense Economics

Visiting Faculty Program

YIFAT BITTON

HOST INSTITUTION: NEW YORK UNIVERSITYTERM: Fall 2018

HOME INSTITUTION: The College of Management Academic Studies

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Gender Equality; Anti-discrim-ination Law; Law and Society; Law and the Movies

URI DORCHIN

HOST INSTITUTION: UC LOS ANGELESTERM: School Year 2018-2019

HOME INSTITUTION: Zefat Academic College

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Contemporary Music

ITAI ATER

HOST INSTITUTION: UC BERKELEYTERM: School Year 2018-2019


AREA OF EXPERTISE: Economics: Market Competition; Cost of Living in Israel

BRIG. GEN. (RET.) MEIR ELRAN

HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOTERM: Fall 2018

HOME INSTITUTION: The Institute for National Security Studies

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Israeli National Security

AMB. ZION EVRONY

HOST INSTITUTION: THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICATERM: School Year 2018-2019

HOME INSTITUTION: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Retired

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Christian-Jewish Relations



EYTAN GILBOA

HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATERM: Spring 2019

HOME INSTITUTION: Bar-Ilan University

AREA OF EXPERTISE: International Relations: U.S.-Israel Relations; Communication: International Communication; Public Diplomacy

HAREL CHOREV HALEWA

HOST INSTITUTION: YESHIVA UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2018-2019


AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Middle Eastern Studies; Historical Network Analysis

LUBA LEVIN-BANCHIK

HOST INSTITUTION: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2018-2019

HOME INSTITUTION:

Bar-Ilan University, Ph.D.

AREA OF EXPERTISE: International Relations: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Terrorism; Security Crises; World Politics Simulations

Visiting Faculty Program (CONTINUED)

ALISA LEWIN

HOST INSTITUTION: STANFORD UNIVERSITYTERM:


HOME INSTITUTION: University of Haifa

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Demography of the Family; Poverty; Social Inequality

YEHUDA GOODMAN

HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGOTERM: School Year 2018-2019

HOME INSTITUTION: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Psychological Anthropology; Medical Anthropology; Anthropology of Religion

TALLY KRITZMAN-AMIR

HOST INSTITUTION: HARVARD UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2018-2019

HOME INSTITUTION: The College of Law and Business

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Israeli Law and Society; Human Rights; Immigration and Refugee Law

PNINA MOTZAFI-HALLER

HOST INSTITUTION: THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGNTERM: School Year 2018-2019

HOME INSTITUTION: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Gender and Judaism

YIGAL KIPNIS

HOST INSTITUTION: MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIESTERM: School Year 2018-2019

HOME INSTITUTION: University of Haifa

AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Political History; Political Geography



NOAM ZADOFF

HOST INSTITUTION: LUDWIG MAXIMILIAN UNIVERSITY MUNICHTERM: School Year 2018-2019

HOME INSTITUTION: Indiana University

AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Modern Israeli History

Visiting Faculty Program (CONTINUED)

ALON TAM

HOST INSTITUTION:

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATERM:


HOME INSTITUTION: University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D.

AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Modern Middle East History

GAD YAIR

HOST INSTITUTION: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYTERM: School Year 2018-2019


AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Israeli Culture and Society

VERED VINITZKY-SEROUSSI

HOST INSTITUTION: NEW YORK UNIVERSITYTERM: Fall 2018


AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Collective Memory

GILEAD SHER

HOST INSTITUTION: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYTERM: Spring 2019

HOME INSTITUTION: The Institute for National Security Studies

AREA OF EXPERTISE: International Relations: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Negotiations; Israel Politics and Foreign Policy; the Middle East

EYAL NAVEH

HOST INSTITUTION: HARVARD UNIVERSITYTERM:

Spring 2019

HOME INSTITUTION:

Tel Aviv University

AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Modern Israeli History

YITZHAK REITER

HOST INSTITUTION: EMORY UNIVERSITYTERM: Fall 2018

HOME INSTITUTION: Ashkelon Academic College

AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: History of the Middle East and Israel



ELAI RETTIG

HOST INSTITUTION: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUISTERM: School Year 2018-2019

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Energy Security

RAFI GROSGLIK

HOST INSTITUTION: UC DAVISTERM: School Year 2018-2019

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Globalization; Food and Culture; Organic Food and Agriculture

NED LAZARUS

HOST INSTITUTION: THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2018-2019

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Conflict Resolution

ZIV RUBINOVITZ

HOST INSTITUTION: SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2018-2019

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: U.S.-Israel relations; Israel-Egypt peace process

ZOHAR GAZIT

HOST INSTITUTION: MIDDLEBURY COLLEGETERM: School Year 2018-2019

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Death in Israeli Society

Teaching Fellows Program



HILLA BEN ARI

HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDATERM: January 3 – April 28, 2019

A visual artist, Ben Ari presents her work, often focused on the female body, in many formats, including video, sculpture, and installations.

GIL KERER

HOST INSTITUTION: OBERLIN COLLEGETERM: January 28 – May 10, 2019

Kerer is an independent dancer, performer, and choreographer based in Tel Aviv who, in 2011, won the first prize in the Israeli Curtain Up Festival.

TAISEER ELIAS

HOST INSTITUTION: UC BERKELEYTERM: September 24 – October 10, 2018

Elias is an internationally celebrated oud player, violinist, and composer, and is regarded as the leading figure in classical Arab music in Israel.

YAEL RASOOLY

HOST INSTITUTION: TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORDTERM: January 15 – May 15, 2019

Rasooly’s theatrical language is based on a multidisciplinary approach, combining different forms of theatre, puppetry, visual art, and music.

AVIYA KOPELMAN

HOST INSTITUTION: UC BERKELEYTERM: March 11 – May 12, 2019

Kopelman is a composer and pianist, and is one of the youngest-ever recipients of the Israeli Prime Minister’s Prize for Composition (2007).

Artists-in-Residence

NOA SHADUR

HOST INSTITUTION:

INDIANA UNIVERSITY and BALL STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: January 2 – May 3, 2019

Israel’s Young Choreographer Prize winner in 2009 and 2014, Noa Shadur’s work has been presented in festivals in Israel and internationally.

RONIT WEISS-BERKOWITZ

HOST INSTITUTION: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: January 15 – May 9, 2019

Weiss-Berkowitz is a professor at Tel Aviv University’s Film Department, having served formerly as the head writer or writer for various television drama series.

RONEN SHARABANI

HOST INSTITUTION: UC LOS ANGELESTERM: March 27 – June 14, 2019

Sharabani’s animated works are projected onto architecture using a blend of movement, performance, video, and light, with a musical overlay.



MOSHE ZONDER

HOST INSTITUTION: RUTGERS UNIVERSITYTERM: August 28 – December 21, 2018

Zonder was the head writer for Fauda, the enormously successful television series broadcast in Israel.

Artists-in-Residence (CONTINUED)

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