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CURRICULUM VITAE Hayim Katsman Jackson School of International Studies University of Washington Katsmanh@Uw.Edu CURRICULUM VITAE Hayim Katsman Jackson School of International Studies University of Washington [email protected] EDUCATION: • PhD., 2021 (expected) – University of Washington, Jackson School of International Studies. Dissertation title: “New Trends in Religious-nationalist politics in Israel/Palestine” Ph.D. Committee: Prof. Jim Wellman (chair), Prof. Joel Migdal, Prof. Liora Halperin, Prof. Christian Novetzke. • M.A., 2017 – Ben-Gurion University, Department of Politics and Government. Thesis subject: “Political Extremism in Israel: The case of Rabbi Yitzchak Ginzburg and Religious-Zionism.” Advisors: Prof. Neve Gordon & Prof. Dani Filc. • B.A., 2014 – The Open University of Israel, Philosophy and Political Science. ACADEMIC TEACHING: 2019, Lecturer, JSIS 458: Israel: Politics and Society, University of Washington. 2019, Teaching assistant, HSTCMP 269: The Holocaust: History and Memory, University of Washington. 2014-2017, Teaching Assistant, Ben-Gurion University. Courses Taught: - Introduction to Political Philosophy - Israeli Politics - Introduction to International Relations (Israeli Air Force Academy) PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Accepted: Hayim Katsman & Guy Ben-Porat, Israel: Religion and Political Parties. In Routledge Handbook of Religion and Political Parties, Ed. Jeff Haynes. (Routledge, 2019, Forthcoming). Hayim Katsman, Reactions Towards Jewish Radicalism: Rabbi Yitzchak Ginzburg and Religious Zionism. In Jewish Radicalisms, Ed. Frank Jacob & Sebestian Kunze (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019, Forthcoming). Articles under review: “Radicalism and violence in Religious-Zionist thought? The Case of Rabbi Yitzchak Ginzburg” BOOK REVIEWS Hayim Katsman, Review of Avi Sagi and Dov Schwartz, Religious Zionism and the Six-Day War: From Realism to Messianism; M. Hellinger et. al, Religious Zionism and the Settlement Project: Ideology, Politics, and Civil Disobedience. Israel studies review 34:2, pp. 154-157 (2019). Hayim Katsman, Review of Peled, Yoav; Peled, Horit Herman, The Religionization of Israeli Society. H-Judaic, H-Net Reviews. (October, 2019). AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2019-2020, library fellow, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. 2019, Israel Studies Graduate Grant, University of Washington 2019, Association for Israel Studies travel grant. 2019, Maurice and Louis Schwartz Endowment Fellowship, Department of Near and Middle- Eastern languages and civilizations, University of Washington. 2019, Stroum Center for Jewish Studies Opportunity Grant, University of Washington. 2018-2019, FLAS fellowship. 2018-2019, Stroum Center for Jewish Studies Graduate fellowship, University of Washington. 2017-2018, Israel Studies Benaroya doctoral fellowship, University of Washington. 2014-2017, Graduate Excellence Scholarship – Department of Politics and Government, Ben- Gurion University. 2009, 2014 – Dean’s list, The Open University of Israel. PRESENTATION OF PAPERS AT CONFERENCES 6/2019, “Rethinking Religious-Zionism,” Annual Meeting of The Association for Israel Studies, Kinneret College, Israel. 12/2018, “Radicalism and violence in Religious-Zionist thought” Annual Meeting of The American Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, MA. 6/2018, “Radicalism and violence in Religious-Zionist thought” Annual Meeting of The Association for Israel Studies, UC Berkley, CA. 12/2016, “Rabbi Yitzchak Ginzburg and the Construction of ‘Extremism’” Annual Graduate Conference in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. 05/2016, “Yesha is (up to) here: Rabbi Yitzchak Ginzburg and Religious-Zionism”, The Interdisciplinary Conference for Graduate Students, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel-Aviv University. PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS 01/2019, ‘Teaching with Impact,’ The Israel Institute. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Research assistant for Prof. Devin Naar, University of Washington. Research assistant for Prof. Liora Halperin, University of Washington. 2017-2019, Hebrew instructor, Kadima Reconstructionist Community. 2018, Research assistant for Prof. Gill Frank, Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University. 2017-2018, Research assistant for Prof. Mark LeVine (UC Irvine), Parallel States Project. 2015-2017, deputy-chairman, Junior Academic Staff Association in Ben-Gurion University. 2013-2017, car mechanic, ‘Greasly Different Mechanics’ VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES 2018-19, Co-Coordinator of Israel/Palestine research group at the University of Washington. 2015, Board member, Junior Academic Staff Association. 2013-2015, Board member, The Center for Young Adults, Eshkol Regional Council. 2014-2015, Audit committee member, Kibbutz Holit. 2013-2015, Community building committee, Kibbutz Holit. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Association for Israel Studies. Association for Jewish Studies. MILITARY SERVICE 2009-2012, team-commander, Combat Intelligence Collection Corps, IDF. 2010, combat-medics course. LANGUAGES English: Native Hebrew: Native Arabic: Advanced. Talmudic-Aramaic: Intermediate. .
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