Israel Institute Scholars and Artists School Year 2019-2020
Visiting faculty and artists are available to give talks Each 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. Visiting Faculty Program 2019-2020 COHORT
NILI ALON AMIT ANAT BALINT
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: UC LOS ANGELES SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY TERM: TERM: School Year 2019-2020 School Year 2019-2020 HOME INSTITUTION: HOME INSTITUTION: Hakibbutzim Academic College College of Management Academic Studies AREA OF EXPERTISE: Philosophy: AREA OF EXPERTISE: Communication: Contemporary Israeli Education Media and Journalism
HAREL CHOREV HALEWA JOSEPH DAVID
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: YESHIVA UNIVERSITY YALE UNIVERSITY TERM: TERM: School Year 2019-2020 Spring 2020 HOME INSTITUTION: HOME INSTITUTION: Tel Aviv University Sapir Academic College AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Middle Eastern Studies; AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Religion and the Law; Historical Network Analysis Legal History; Comparative Law; Jurisprudence
MEIR ELRAN ZION EVRONY
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY TERM: OF AMERICA Spring 2020 TERM: HOME INSTITUTION: School Year 2019-2020 The Institute for National Security Studies AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Christian- AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Jewish Relations Counterterrorism; Israeli National Security
ERAN FEITELSON ERIC FLEISCH
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY PENNSYLVANIA STATE TERM: UNIVERSITY Fall 2019 TERM: HOME INSTITUTION: School Year 2019-2020 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem AREA OF EXPERTISE: Near Eastern and Judaic Studies: AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geography: Environmental Israel Studies; American Jewish History Policy and Planning; Water Policy
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CHARLES FREILICH KEREN FRIEDMAN-PELEG
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA TERM: TERM: Spring 2020 School Year 2019-2020 HOME INSTITUTION: HOME INSTITUTION: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, College of Management Academic Studies Harvard University AREA OF EXPERTISE: Anthropology: AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: U.S.-Middle Trauma in Israeli Society East Policy; Israeli National Security Strategy
BOAZ GANOR YEHONATAN GIVATI
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY TERM: TERM: Spring 2020 Spring 2020 HOME INSTITUTION: HOME INSTITUTION: The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya The Hebrew University of Jerusalem AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Economic Analysis of Law Terrorism and Counterterrorism
ELI GOTTLIEB TALLY KRITZMAN-AMIR
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: THE GEORGE WASHINGTON HARVARD UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY TERM: TERM: School Year 2019-2020 Fall 2019 HOME INSTITUTION: AREA OF EXPERTISE: Psychology: The College of Law and Business Psychology of Education; Leadership AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Israeli Law and Society; Human Rights; Immigration and Refugee Law
LIHI LAHAT NOA LAVIE
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO TERM: TERM: Fall 2019 School Year 2019-2020 HOME INSTITUTION: HOME INSTITUTION: Sapir Academic College The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo AREA OF EXPERTISE: Public Policy: AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology: Poverty and Social Services Media and Communication; Television Studies; Cultural Industries
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LUBA LEVIN-BANCHIK YAIR LORBERBAUM
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TERM: TERM: School Year 2019-2020 Fall 2019 AREA OF EXPERTISE: International HOME INSTITUTION: Relations: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Terrorism; Security Bar-Ilan University Crises; World Politics Simulations AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Philosophy of Law; Jewish Law
LIAT MAGGID ALON ROY PELED
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT UC BERKELEY URBANA-CHAMPAIGN TERM: TERM: School Year 2019-2020 School Year 2019-2020 HOME INSTITUTION: AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Jewish Community of College of Management Academic Studies Egypt; Women, Gender, and Family AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Administrative and Constitutional Law; Freedom of the Press; Freedom of Expression
JAY ROTHMAN NACHMAN SHAI
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGO EMORY UNIVERSITY TERM: TERM: School Year 2019-2020 Spring 2020 AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Identity-Based Conflict and Cooperation Israeli Politics, Policy, Communications, and Media in Israeli-Palestinian Relations
SHIMON SHETREET MARIK SHTERN
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGO UC SAN DIEGO TERM: TERM: Fall 2019 School Year 2019-2020 HOME INSTITUTION: AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geography: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Urban Studies; Jewish-Arab Relations in AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Legislative Research; Jerusalem Comparative Law
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GILAD SHTIENBERG ALON TAM
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA TERM: TERM: School Year 2019-2020 Fall 2019 AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geology: AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Marine Archaeology Modern Middle East History; Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Relations
GAD YAIR TAL ZARSKY
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA OF TECHNOLOGY TERM: TERM: School Year 2019-2020 School Year 2019-2020 HOME INSTITUTION: HOME INSTITUTION: University of Haifa The Hebrew University of Jerusalem AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Information Privacy; AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Internet Policy; Cyber Security Israeli Culture and Society; Israeli Innovation
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URIEL ABULOF ZOHAR GAZIT
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: CORNELL UNIVERSITY MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE TERM: TERM: School Year 2019-2020 School Year 2019-2020 AREA OF EXPERTISE: AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Politics of Emotion; Sociology/Anthropology: Nationalism; Social Movements Death in Israeli Society; Sociology of Sports
RAFI GROSGLIK NED LAZARUS
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: UC DAVIS THE GEORGE WASHINGTON TERM: UNIVERSITY School Year 2019-2020 TERM: AREA OF EXPERTISE: School Year 2019-2020 Sociology/Anthropology: Globalization; AREA OF EXPERTISE: Food and Culture; Organic Food and Agriculture Political Science: Conflict Resolution
JASON LUSTIG ELAI RETTIG
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AT AUSTIN IN ST. LOUIS TERM: TERM: School Year 2019-2020 School Year 2019-2020 AREA OF EXPERTISE: AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Modern Jewish History and Culture Political Science: Energy Security; Israeli Foreign Policy
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ZIV RUBINOVITZ AVI SHILON
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK UNIVERSITY TERM: TERM: School Year 2019-2020 School Year 2019-2020 AREA OF EXPERTISE: AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: U.S.-Israel Relations; Political Science: Israeli History and Politics Israel-Egypt Peace Process
VERED WEISS
HOST INSTITUTION: SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY TERM: School Year 2019-2020 AREA OF EXPERTISE: Literature: Hebrew Literature; Israeli Culture
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DAFI ALTABEB MATAN BERKOWITZ
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: EMORY UNIVERSITY CAL ARTS TERM: TERM: Fall 2019 Spring 2020
Dafi Altabeb is an award-winning choreographer, Matan Berkowitz is an interdisciplinary artist and dancer and musician who founded and directs entrepreneur whose work lives at the nexus of The Dafi Dance Group. She is a repeat recipient of art, technology, and positive impact. As founder the Excellence Award for Young Choreographers of Shift, a company specializing in impact-driven from the Israeli Ministry of Culture; the 2014 innovation, Berkowitz co-developed solutions Rosenblum Award for Excellence from the to enable paralyzed, amputee, blind, and autistic Municipality of Tel-Aviv and the Israeli Ministry musicians to express themselves in new ways. of Culture Excellence Award for ensemble He regularly speaks and performs on stages such performance for her piece It’s Now. It’s Never. as TED, Google, Microsoft, and Forbes.
LILACH DEKEL-AVNERI AYELET GOLAN
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CENTRAL FLORIDA TERM: TERM: Fall 2019 Fall 2019
Lilach Dekel-Avneri is a director, curator, Ayelet Golan is a theater director, puppeteer, translator, and dramaturg. The recipient of the and performer whose work has been presented prestigious Rosenblum Prize for Performance Art at festivals and venues around the globe. With in 2016, Lilach is the founder and artistic director extensive experience as an acting coach, of the Pathos-Mathos Company. Her works have creative process facilitator, and dramaturg, been described as “theatrical events with poetic Golan leads workshops and master classes in and surreal qualities that offer an alternative to theater, object theater, and live animation for conventional theatre.” puppeteers and actors.
AYELET GUNDAR-GOSHEN RUTH KANNER
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: UC LOS ANGELES THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL TERM: TERM: Fall 2019 Spring 2019
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen is an internationally- Ruth Kanner is a theater artist based in Tel acclaimed novelist and screenwriter whose Aviv who specializes in adapting literary and work has received international recognition. documentary texts for the stage, interweaving Waking Lions, her first novel published in the storytelling, physical theater and visual imagery. U.S., received the 2017 JQ-Wingate Prize and Kanner is a full professor in the Department was a New York Times Notable Book of 2018. of Theatre Arts at Tel Aviv University, where It has been published in 17 countries. Her third she teaches both undergraduate and graduate novel, The Liar, will be published in English in students. Her focus is on exploring new September 2019 by Little, Brown and Company. theatrical poetics.
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DORY MANOR NOA SHAVIT
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: STANFORD UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, TERM: ANN ARBOR Spring 2020 TERM: Fall 2019 Dory Manor is an esteemed Israeli poet, translator, and editor. He received Israel’s Yehuda Amichai Noa Shavit is a Tel Aviv-based performer, Prize for poetry (2015); the Tchernikovsky Prize for choreographer, and dance instructor who Best Translations of World Masterpieces (2008); serves as artistic director of the prestigious and the Prime Minister’s Prize for Hebrew Writers Contemporary Dance Program in Haifa. Trained (2007 and 2018). Founder and editor of the literary at the Ga’aton Professional Dance Workshop, she magazine Oh!, he also co-edited the first Hebrew performs with Israel’s leading choreographers. LGBTQ poetry anthology (2015).
YOAV SHUTAN-GOSHEN ORYAN YOHANAN
HOST INSTITUTION: HOST INSTITUTION: UC LOS ANGELES CAL ARTS TERM: TERM: Fall 2019 Spring 2020
Yoav Shutan-Goshen writes for film, television, Oryan Yohanan is an award-winning multi- and theater. He wrote the Israeli Drama disciplinary choreographer, dancer. Since 2013, series Kipat Barzel (2017) and the feature film she has created more than 11 multi-disciplinary Mekulalim (2018). An accomplished playwright, performance projects, many of which explore gender he has worked with the Gesher, Beit Lessin, and roles and expectations, including her solo shows Beersheba Repertory Theaters. His first novel,One I Dare U and Shoot Me. She has been awarded Woman, One Time (2017), was a best-seller. three scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and, in 2014, was awarded the Ministry of Culture and Sport’s Best Performing Artist prize.
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