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Israel Institute Scholars and Artists School Year 2019-2020

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 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

2019-2020 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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2019-2020 COHORT

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MEIR ELRAN

HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOTERM:

Spring 2020

HOME INSTITUTION: The Institute for National Security Studies

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Counterterrorism; Israeli National Security

ZION EVRONY

HOST INSTITUTION: THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICATERM:

School Year 2019-2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Christian-Jewish Relations

Visiting Faculty Program

ERIC FLEISCH

HOST INSTITUTION: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Near Eastern and Judaic Studies: Israel Studies; American Jewish History

ERAN FEITELSON

HOST INSTITUTION: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITYTERM:

Fall 2019

HOME INSTITUTION: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geography: Environmental Policy and Planning; Water Policy

HAREL CHOREV HALEWA

HOST INSTITUTION: YESHIVA UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020

HOME INSTITUTION: Tel Aviv University

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

JOSEPH DAVID

HOST INSTITUTION: YALE UNIVERSITYTERM:

Spring 2020

HOME INSTITUTION: Sapir Academic College

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Religion and the Law; Legal History; Comparative Law; Jurisprudence

NILI ALON AMIT

HOST INSTITUTION: UC LOS ANGELESTERM:


HOME INSTITUTION: Hakibbutzim Academic College

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Philosophy: Contemporary Israeli Education

ANAT BALINT

HOST INSTITUTION: SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020

HOME INSTITUTION: College of Management Academic Studies

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Communication: Media and Journalism


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DAFNA LANGGUT

HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGOTERM: Spring 2020


AREA OF EXPERTISE: Archaeology: Ancient Near Eastern Cultures; Historic and Prehistoric Climate Change

Visiting Faculty Program (CONTINUED)

LIHI LAHAT

HOST INSTITUTION: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: Fall 2019

HOME INSTITUTION: Sapir Academic College

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Public Policy: Poverty and Social Services

TALLY KRITZMAN-AMIR

HOST INSTITUTION: HARVARD UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020

HOME INSTITUTION: The College of Law and Business

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

ELI GOTTLIEB

HOST INSTITUTION: THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYTERM:

Fall 2019

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Psychology: Psychology of Education; Leadership

BOAZ GANOR

HOST INSTITUTION: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYTERM: Spring 2020

HOME INSTITUTION: The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Terrorism and Counterterrorism

YEHONATAN GIVATI

HOST INSTITUTION: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYTERM: Spring 2020


AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Economic Analysis of Law

KEREN FRIEDMAN-PELEG

HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATERM: School Year 2019-2020

HOME INSTITUTION: College of Management Academic Studies

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Anthropology: Trauma in Israeli Society

CHARLES FREILICH

HOST INSTITUTION:

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYTERM:

Spring 2020

HOME INSTITUTION: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: U.S.-Middle East Policy; Israeli National Security Strategy


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SHIMON SHETREET

HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGOTERM:

Fall 2019


AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Legislative Research; Comparative Law

NACHMAN SHAI

HOST INSTITUTION: EMORY UNIVERSITYTERM:

Spring 2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Israeli Politics, Policy, Communications, and Media

JAY ROTHMAN

HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGOTERM: School Year 2019-2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Identity-Based Conflict and Cooperation in Israeli-Palestinian Relations

ROY PELED

HOST INSTITUTION: UC BERKELEYTERM: School Year 2019-2020

HOME INSTITUTION:

College of Management Academic Studies

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Administrative and Constitutional Law; Freedom of the Press; Freedom of Expression

LUBA LEVIN-BANCHIK

HOST INSTITUTION: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020

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

NOA LAVIE

HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOTERM: School Year 2019-2020

HOME INSTITUTION: The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology: Media and Communication; Television Studies; Cultural Industries

LIAT MAGGID ALON

HOST INSTITUTION: THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGNTERM: School Year 2019-2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Jewish Community of Egypt; Women, Gender, and Family

YAIR LORBERBAUM

HOST INSTITUTION: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYTERM: Fall 2019

HOME INSTITUTION:

Bar-Ilan University

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Philosophy of Law; Jewish Law


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TAL ZARSKY

HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATERM: School Year 2019-2020

HOME INSTITUTION: University of Haifa

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Information Privacy; Internet Policy; Cyber Security

ALON TAM

HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATERM:

Fall 2019

AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Modern Middle East History; Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Relations

GAD YAIR

HOST INSTITUTION: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYTERM: School Year 2019-2020


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

MARIK SHTERN


AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geography: Urban Studies; Jewish-Arab Relations in Jerusalem

GILAD SHTIENBERG


AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geology: Marine Archaeology


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NED LAZARUS

HOST INSTITUTION: THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Conflict Resolution

ZOHAR GAZIT

HOST INSTITUTION: MIDDLEBURY COLLEGETERM: School Year 2019-2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Death in Israeli Society; Sociology of Sports

RAFI GROSGLIK

HOST INSTITUTION: UC DAVISTERM: School Year 2019-2020

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

JASON LUSTIG

HOST INSTITUTION: THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINTERM: School Year 2019-2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Modern Jewish History and Culture

ELAI RETTIG

HOST INSTITUTION: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUISTERM: School Year 2019-2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Energy Security; Israeli Foreign Policy

URIEL ABULOF

HOST INSTITUTION: CORNELL UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Politics of Emotion; Nationalism; Social Movements

Teaching Fellow Program


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VERED WEISS

HOST INSTITUTION: SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Literature: Hebrew Literature; Israeli Culture

Teaching Fellow Program (CONTINUED)

ZIV RUBINOVITZ

HOST INSTITUTION: SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: U.S.-Israel Relations; Israel-Egypt Peace Process

AVI SHILON

HOST INSTITUTION: NEW YORK UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Israeli History and Politics


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AYELET GOLAN

HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDATERM: Fall 2019

Ayelet Golan is a theater director, puppeteer, and performer working in the field of visual and multidisciplinary theater and video arts whose work has been presented at festivals and venues around the globe.

Visiting Artists Program

RUTH KANNER

HOST INSTITUTION: THE JUILLIARD SCHOOLTERM: Spring 2019

Ruth Kanner (www.ruthkanner.com) is a theater creator based in Tel Aviv who specializes in adapting literary and documentary texts for the stage, interweaving storytelling, physical theater and visual imagery. Kanner is a full professor in the Department of Theatre Arts at Tel Aviv University, where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate students. Her focus is on exploring new theatrical poetics.

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DAFI ALTEBEB

HOST INSTITUTION: EMORY UNIVERSITYTERM: Fall 2019

Dafi Altabeb is an award-winning choreographer, dancer and musician who founded and directs The Dafi Dance Group. She is a repeat recipient of the Excellence Award for Young Choreographers from the Israeli Ministry of Culture; the 2014 Rozenblum Award for Excellence from the Municipality of Tel-Aviv; and the Israeli Ministry of Culture Excellence Award for Ensemble Performance for her piece, “It’s Now. It’s Never.”

MATAN BERKOWITZ

HOST INSTITUTION: CAL ARTSTERM: Spring 2020

Matan Berkowitz is an interdisciplinary artist and entrepreneur whose work lives at the nexus of art, technology, and positive impact. As founder of Shift, a company specializing in impact-driven innovation, Matan co-developed solutions to enable paralyzed, amputee, blind, and autistic musicians to express themselves in new ways. Matan regularly speaks and performs on stages such as TED, Google, Microsoft, and Forbes.

LILACH DEKEL-AVNERI

HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIATERM: Fall 2019

Lilach Dekel-Avneri is a director, curator, translator, and dramaturg. The recipient of the prestigious Rosenblum Prize for Performance Art in 2016, Lilach is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Pathos-Mathos Company. Her works have been described as “theatrical events with poetic and surreal qualities that offer an alternative to conventional theatre.”

AYELET GUNDAR-GOSHEN

HOST INSTITUTION: UC LOS ANGELESTERM: Fall 2019

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter whose work has received international recognition. Waking Lions, her first novel published in the U.S., received the 2017 JQ-Wingate Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of 2018. It has been published in 17 countries. Her latest work The Liar will be published in English in September 2019 by Little, Brown.

The 2019–2020 Visiting Artists Program cohort is still being finalized. Two additional placements are forthcoming.


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Visiting Artists Program2019-2020 COHORT

NOA SHAVIT

HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBORTERM: Fall 2019

Noa Shavit is a Tel Aviv-based performer, choreographer, and dance instructor who serves as Artistic Director of the prestigious Contemporary Dance Program in Haifa. Trained at the Ga’aton Professional Dance Workshop, she performs with Israel’s leading choreographers.

YOAV SZUTAN-GOSHEN

HOST INSTITUTION: UC LOS ANGELESTERM: Fall 2019

Yoav Szutan Goshen writes for film, television, and theater. He wrote the Israeli Drama series KIPAT BARZEL (2017) and the feature film MEKULALIM (2018). An accomplished playwright, he has worked with the Gesher, Beit Lessin, and Beersheba Repertory Theaters. His first novel One Woman, One Time (2017) was a bestseller.


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ROY PELED

CURRENT AFFILIATION:

Visiting Faculty, UC BERKELEYTERM:


HOME INSTITUTION:


AREA OF EXPERTISE:

Law: Administrative and Constitutional Law; Freedom of the Press; Freedom of Expression

RAFI GROSGLIK


Teaching Fellow, UC DAVISTERM:


AREA OF EXPERTISE:

Sociology/Anthropology: Globalization; Food and Culture; Organic Food and Agriculture

Bay Area Scholars & Artists

ZIV RUBINOVITZ


Teaching Fellow, SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYTERM:


AREA OF EXPERTISE:

Political Science: U.S.-Israel Relations; Israel-Egypt Peace Process

VERED WEISS


Teaching Fellow, SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITYTERM:


AREA OF EXPERTISE: Literature: Hebrew Literature; Israeli Culture

ANAT BALINT


Visiting Faculty, SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITYTERM:


HOME INSTITUTION:


AREA OF EXPERTISE: Communication: Media and Journalism


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ERAN FEITELSON


Visiting Faculty, SDSUTERM:

Fall 2019

HOME INSTITUTION:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geography: Environmental Policy and Planning; Water Policy

SHIMON SHETREET


Visiting Faculty, UC SAN DIEGOTERM:

Fall 2019

HOME INSTITUTION:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

AREA OF EXPERTISE:

Law: Legislative Research; Comparative Law

DAFNA LANGGUT



Spring 2020


AREA OF EXPERTISE: Archaeology: Ancient Near Eastern Cultures; Historic and Prehistoric Climate Change

LUBA LEVIN-BANCHIK


Visiting Faculty, SDSUTERM:


AREA OF EXPERTISE:

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

MARIK SHTERN




AREA OF EXPERTISE:

Geography: Urban Studies; Jewish-Arab Relations in Jerusalem

San Diego Scholars & Artists in cooperation with the Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (MGSDII)

JAY ROTHMAN

HOST INSTITUTION:



AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Identity-Based Conflict and Cooperation in Israeli-Palestinian Relations

GILAD SHTIENBERG

HOST INSTITUTION:



AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geology: Marine Archaeology

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