Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications
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10.7.2014 Curriculum Vitae Nimrod Luz 1. Personal Data: נמרוד לוז :Name in Hebrew Name in English: Nimrod Luz E-Mail: [email protected] Current position and rank – senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Western Galilee College 2. Education Certificates and Degrees: Education Institute Department From - To Kreitman Post Ben Gurion Geography 2003-2005 Doctorate fellow University of the Negev Lady Davis Post The Hebrew Islamic and 2002-2003 Doctorate fellow University of Middle Eastern Jerusalem Studies Post Doctorate UW-Madison Geography 2000-2001 fellow Third Degree The Hebrew Geography and 1995-2000 University of Islamic and Jerusalem Middle Eastern Studies Second Degree The Hebrew Geography and 1991-1994 University of Islamic and Jerusalem Middle Eastern Studies First Degree The Hebrew History and 1988-1991 University of Liberal Studies Jerusalem, Israel 3. Title of Master's Thesis: Umayyad al-Ramla – an Urban Innovation in Palestine. [Magna cum Laude]. Supervisors: Prof. Amikam Elad (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies), Prof. Buni Rubin (Geography). 1 Title of Doctoral Thesis: Provincial Cities in Mamluk Syria 1260-1517. [Summa cum Laude]. Supervisors: Prof. Reuven Amitai (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies), Prof. Buni Rubin (Geography). 4. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutions of Higher Education: 2006 – 2010 Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Western Galilee Academic College (100%). 2009 Senior Lecturer, Department of Multidisciplinary Studies, The Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yizrael (25%) /102/11 Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Western Galilee Academic College (100%) (re-confirmation). 5. Grants and Awards: 1988 Dean of Humanities, list of outstanding undergraduate students, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1990 The Herzel Halevi Prize for an excellent undergraduate paper, The Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1991 The Frantz Günter Award for an outstanding undergraduate paper, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1995 a. Travel Grant of the British Historical Geographers Association. b. Yad Hanadiv Grant. 1996 Research and Traveling Grant of the French Government (Cultural Attaché, Israel). 1997 a. The Starosta Doctoral Scholarship for Outstanding Ph. D. Candidate, Humanities, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. b. The Bartuv Award, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Humanities, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2000 a. Post-Doctoral Scholarship of the Hebrew University Fellowship Committee. 2 b. Distinguished Teacher Award – Social Science Dean's List. 2002 The Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2004 UCLA and the Getty Institute, Fellowship for the International Summer Workshop: 'Constructing the Past in the Middle East' Istanbul, Turkey. 2003-2005 Kreitman Post Doctoral Fellowship, The Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. 2010 The Western Galilee Research Authority grant for a book manuscript (6000 NIS). 2012 The Western Galilee Research Authority grant for a book manuscript (5000 NIS). 2014 The Western Galilee Distinguished Research Award (4500$). 6. Reasearch Grants: 2004 Research Grant from the Floersheimer Institute for Policy Study (5000$). Project title: Al-Haram Al-Sharif in the Arab-Palestinian Public Discourse in Israel: Identity, Collective Memory and Social Construction 2005 Research Grant from the Floersheimer Institute for Policy Study (6000$). Project title: The Mosque of Hassan Bey and the Arab Community of Jaffa. 2007 Research Grant from the Floersheimer Institute for Policy Study (10000$). Project title: Land and Planning Discourse(s) between Majority and Minority in Israel: The case of Misgav-Sakhnin Land Dispute. 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholar in Residence Scholarship (47000$). Visiting Professor at Indiana University South Bend, IN, USA. Project title: The Politics of Sacred Places. 3 2010 The Alexander von Humboldt Research Grant. The Connect Program (2500 €). Max Planck Institute for the History of Sceince, Research fellow. Berlin, Germany. 2012-2016 The Israeli Sceince Foundation Research Grant (ISF) (100000$). Project title: Enchanted Places on the Margins (with Dr. Nurit Stadler, Hebrew University of Jerusalem). 2013 The TOPOI-BAK Visiting Research Fellowship (10500€). Research fellowship at the Antike-Kolleg Berlin (3 months). 2014 The Erasmus Mundi Visiting Research Fellowship (2500€). Research fellows at the School of Geography, University College Dublin 7. Scientific Areas of Specialization: Cultural Geography Urbanism in the Middle East – Past and Present Urban Geography Urban Sociology Anthropology and Geography of Religion Islam and Middle East - History and Geography Historical Geography Anthropology and Politics of Food Landscape of Cultural Changes in the Middle East Mixed cities in Israel Cultural Theories Publications Nimrod Luz, Ph.D. Books (as author) 1. Luz, N. (April, 2014). Reading Mamluk Cities: Culture and the Urban Landscape. Cities and Urbanism of the Pre-Modern Middle East. New York: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization, Cambridge University Press. Monographs 2. Luz, N. (2004). Al-Haram Al-Sharif in the Arab-Palestinian Public Discourse in Israel: Identity, Collective Memory and Social Construction. Floersheimer Institute for Policy Study, Jerusalem: Achva Press. [Hebrew]. (74 pages). 4 3. Luz, N. (2005). The Arab Community of Jaffa and the Hassan Bey Mosque. Collective Identity and Empowerment of the Arabs in Israel via Holy Places. Floersheimer Institute for Policy Study, Jerusalem: Achva Press. [Hebrew]. (52 pages). 4. Luz, N. (2007). On Land and Planning Majority-Minority Narrative in Israel: The Misgav-Sakhnin Conflict as a Parable. Floersheimer Institute for Policy Study, Jerusalem: Achva Press. [Hebrew]. (107 pages). Books (as editor) 5. Luz, N. (2004). (ed.). Islam, Society, and Space in Jerusalem. Past and Present. The New East, XLIV (Hamizrach Hachadash). The Israel Oriental Society, The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magness Press. [Hebrew]. (850 copies) (305 pages). Articles and Chapters in Books 6. Luz, N. (1999). Amwas – The First Capital of Jund Filastin. In: Y. Ben Artzi, I. Bartal & E. Reiner (eds.), Studies in Geography and History in Honor of Yehushua Ben-Arie (pp. 168-183). Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magness Press. [Hebrew]. 7. Luz, N. (2002). Tripoli Reinvented: A Case of Mamluk Urbanization. In: Y. Lev (ed.), Towns and Material Culture in the Medieval Middle East (pp. 52-72). Leiden: Brill. 8. Luz, N. (2004). Urban Residential Houses in Mamluk Syria. Forms, Characteristics and the Impact of Socio-Cultural Forces. In: A. Levanoni & M. Vinter (eds.), The Mamluks in Egyptian and Syrian Politics and Society (pp. 339-358). Boston and Leiden: Brill. 9. Luz, N. (2004). Pictures from the Galilee – Resident Accessibility: A Qualitative Approach. In: S. Hasson & K. Abu Asbah (eds.), Jews and Arabs in Israel Facing a Changing Reality. Dilemmas, Trends, Scenarios and Recommendations (pp. 215-226). Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. [Hebrew]. 10. Luz, N. (2005). The Re-making of Beersheba: Winds of Modernization in Late Ottoman Sultanate. In: I. Weissman & F. Zachs (eds.), Ottoman Reforms and Muslim Regeneration. Studies in Honor of Prof. Butrus Abu Manneh (pp. 187-210). London and New York: I. B. Tauris. 11. Luz, N. (2008). Symbols, Landscape, and Ideology in Mamluk Jerusalem. In: Y. Aviram, Y. Ben Arie, D. Bahat, M. Broshi & G. Barkai (eds.) Eretz-Israel, Archeological, Historical and Geographical Studies, Teddy Kollek, 28, Jerusalem, The Israel Exploration Society (pp. 248-254). Jerusalem: Old City Press. [Hebrew]. 5 12. Luz, N. (2008). The Creation of Modern Beersheba. An Imperial Ottoman Project. In: Y. Garduz & E. Meir-Glizenstein (eds.), Beer Sheva: Metropolis in the Making (pp. 177-194). Negev Center for Regional Development, Beersheba: Ben Gurion University of the Negev Press. [Hebrew]. 13. Luz, N. (2010). Self-Empowerment through the Sacred Culture and Representation the Urban Landscape: The Mosque of Hassan Bey and the Arab Community in Jaffa. In: M. Berger, Y. Reiter & L. Hammer (eds.), Holy Places in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Confrontation and Co-Existence (pp. 249-263). London, New York: Routledge. 14. Luz, N. (2011). Mamluk Jerusalem and the Concept of the ‘Muslim City’: Geographic-Historic-Cultural Readings of the Urban Landscape. In: K. Cohen- Hattab, A. Selzer & D. Bar (eds.), A City Reflected Through its Research (pp. 25-55). Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magness Press. [Hebrew]. 15. Luz, N. (2011). The Islamic Movement and the Lure of the Sacred: The Struggle for Land through Sacred Sites. In: E. Rekhess & A. Rudnitzky (eds.), Muslim Minorities in non-Muslim Majority Countries: The Test Case of the Islamic Movement in Israel, (pp. 75-84). Tel Aviv University: The Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation, Tel Aviv: Eyal Press. [Hebrew] (English version in preparation). 16. Luz, N. (2011). Sufi Orders in the Urban Landscape: Islamization and Religious Radicalization in Ayyubid and Mamluk Jerusalem. In: A. Layish (ed.), Conversion, Sufism, Revival and Reform in Islam. Essays in Memory of Nehemia Levtzion (pp. 178-207). Tel Aviv: Hidekel Press. [Hebrew]. 17. Luz, N. (2012). Jerusalem as a Mamluk City: Urban Characteristics and the Model of a Muslim City. In: Y. Friedman