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1 Prof. Sergio Dellapergola 1. Personal Background 1942, Sep. 7 Prof. Sergio DellaPergola – July 2011 Prof. Sergio DellaPergola 1. Personal Background 1942, Sep. 7 - Born in Trieste, Italy. 1943-1945 - Family displaced to Switzerland. 1945-1966 - Milan, Italy. 1966→ - Jerusalem, Israel Married: Miriam Toaff; 4 children. Addresses: - The A. Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry The Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus Jerusalem 91905, Israel. Telephone: (972-2) 5882470 or 588-2472; Fax (972-2) 5881243. http://icj.huji.ac.il/SergioDellaPergola.asp Email: [email protected] - Home: Rehov Habanai 29a, Jerusalem 96264, Israel. Telephone: (972-2) 6527867; Fax: (972-2) 6540708. Cellular: (972-54) 5365278. 2. Higher Learning 1973 - Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Dissertation in Demography/Contemporary Jewry; instructor: Prof. R. Bachi). 1966 - Dr. [M.A.] in Political Sciences Summa Cum Laude, Università degli Studi, Pavia (Thesis in Social Statistics; instructor: Prof. P. Gennaro). 3. Academic Ranks at the Hebrew University 2010→ - Professor Emeritus, The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry (ICJ), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2005-2010 - Incumbent, The Shlomo Argov Chair in Israel-Diaspora Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1994-2010 - Professor, The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry (ICJ), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1987-1994 - Associate Professor. 1980-1987 - Senior Lecturer. 1973-1980 - Lecturer. 1971-1972 - Instructor, ICJ. 1 Prof. Sergio DellaPergola – July 2011 1968-1970 - Teaching Assistant, Department of Demography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 4. Research and Teaching Positions 2010 - Visiting Viterbi Professor of Mediterranean Jewish Studies, Center for Jewish Studies and Dept. of Sociology, University of California Los Angeles. 2009 - Visiting Professor, Program of Jewish Studies and Dept. of Sociology, University of Illinois, Chicago. 2003-2009 - Senior Fellow and Project Head, The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute (JPPPI), Jerusalem. 1986-2010 - Head, Division of Jewish Demography and Statistics, The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry (ICJ), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2006 - Visiting Scholar, The Steinhardt Social Research Institute, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., USA. 2006 - Visiting Professor, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università degli Studi, Pavia. 2002/03 - Skirball Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Yarnton, Oxford, U.K.. 2000-2002 - Chair, The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry (ICJ), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1998 - Visiting Professor, Institute of Human Geography, University of Milano. 1994-1998 - Chair, The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry (ICJ), The Hebrew U. 1993/94 - Visiting Scholar, Von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies, and Department of Sociology, University of California-UCLA, Los Angeles, Ca., USA. 1993/94 - Baldwin Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, Ca., USA. 1992-1997 - Senior Research Fellow, The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, Jerusalem. 1991/92 - Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew U. (Study group: Religion and Society in Contemporary Jewish Society). 1991 - Chair, The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry (ICJ), The Hebrew U. 1990-1992 - Visiting Professor, Istituto di Statistica, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università degli Studi, Pavia. 1985/86 - On sabbatical leave, visited and lectured at INED – Institut National d’Études Démographiques, Paris, and several higher learning institutions in Western Europe, North America and Latin America. 1980/81 - Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew U. (Study Group: Demography of the Jews). 1978/79 - Visiting Research Associate, Population Studies and Training Center, Department of Sociology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. 1973-1976 - Teaching Fellow (Lecturer), Dept. of Sociology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan. 5. Awards 2006 - Ufficiale all’Ordine della Repubblica Italiana, by decree of the President of the Italian Republic. 2005 - Commendatore all’Ordine della Solidarietà Italiana, by decree of the President of the Italian Republic. 2001 - Il Paladino for Achievement in Culture, Sicily Regional Government and Siracusa Province Council. 1999 - Marshall Sklare Award for distinguished scholarship, The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ). 6. Research Projects (principal or main associate investigator) 2006-2009 - Family Growth in Israel: Trends and Policies, The Jewish People Policy 2 Prof. Sergio DellaPergola – July 2011 Planning Institute (JPPPI), Jerusalem. 2006-2009 - Jerusalem Municipality Haredi Education Masterplan: Haredi School-Age Population, 2005-2020. Jerusalem Municipality, Masterplan Office. 2005-2006 - Jerusalem Area Transportation Masterplan: Population Projections, 2000- 2030. Israel, Ministry of Transportation, and Jerusalem Municipality, Masterplan Office. 2004-2005 - (With Mina Tzemach, Rimona Viesel, Moran Neuman) Fertility Levels in Israel: Jewish Population Performances and Attitudes, The Jewish Agency for Israel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute (JPPPI), Jerusalem. 2004-2009 - Annual Assessment – The Jewish People, The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute (JPPPI), Jerusalem. 2004-2007 - CARIM – Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole (Florence). 2004-2005 - Jewish Needy Holocaust Survivors, Government of Israel, Minister of Diaspora, Social and Jerusalem Affairs, and World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO), Jerusalem. 2003 - Jewish Holocaust Survivors, The International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC), Washington, D.C.. 2003-2009 - Demographic Project, The Jewish People Policy Planning, Institute, Jerusalem. 2002-2005 - World Jewish Demography Research Initiative, The Jewish Agency for Israel and JPPPI, Jerusalem. 2001-2005 - Jerusalem Masterplan: Population Projections 2000-2020, Jerusalem Municipality, Urban Planning Division. 1999-2009 - (With Mark Tolts) Jewish Population Trends in the Former Soviet Union, with the FSU Division, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Jerusalem. 1998-2000 - (With Rosa Geldstein) Sociodemographic Survey of the Jewish Population of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, with Asociacion Mutualista Israelita Argentina AMIA and Centro Nacional de Estudios de Poblacion CENEP. 1998-2005 - (With Salomon Benzaquen and Tony Beker Veinraub) Sociodemographic Profile of the Jewish Community in Venezuela, with Asociacion Israelita de Venezuela and Union Israelita de Caracas. 1997-2000 - (With Uzi Rebhun) Jerusalem Strategic Masterplan: Demographic Projections, Jerusalem Municipality, Research and Development Division. 1996-2000 - (With Uzi Rebhun, Mark Tolts) World Jewish Population Projections, with Israel Humanitarian Foundation, New York. 1995-2008 - World Jewish Population Trends, with the American Jewish Committee, New York. 1993-1998 - Data Bank on Jewish Educational Statistics, with The Joint Authority for Jewish Zionist Education. 1993-1998 - (With Eugenio Sonnino) Survey of Jewish Community in Rome, with the Vigevani Fund of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Università La Sapienza, Roma, Dipartimento di Demografia. 1990-1998 - (With Susan Lerner) Mexican Jewish Population Study, with Centro de Estudios Demograficos y de Desarrollo Urbano (CEDDU), El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City. 1989-1991 - (With Eric Peritz) Never Married Jewish Women in Israel, with The National Insurance Institution, Jerusalem, Ministry of Labor and Welfare, The Demographic Center, Jerusalem. 1984-1988 - (With Roberto Bachi and Vivian Klaff) Urban Ecology of the Jews in the Diaspora, United States-Israel Bi-national Scientific Foundation (Grant 82- 03427). 1981-1995 - (With U.O. Schmelz) Evaluation of World Jewish Population Trends, with the American Jewish Committee, New York. 1979-1991 - Jewish Educational Statistics, The Joint Program for Jewish Education of the 3 Prof. Sergio DellaPergola – July 2011 State of Israel, Ministry of Education and Culture, The Jewish Agency for Israel, and the World Zionist Organization; later: The L.A. Pincus Fund for Jewish Education. 1976-1978 - (With Allie Dubb) South African Jewish Population Study, with South African Jewish Board of Deputies, Johannesburg. 1974-1978 - (With Amedeo Tagliacozzo) Italian Immigrants in Israel, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Rome. 1972-1984 - (With Doris Bensimon) French Jewish Population Study, with Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris. 1972-1974 - (With U.O. Schmelz) The Jewish Population of Argentina, with Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA), Buenos Aires, and David Horowitz Institute, Tel Aviv University. 1970-1971 - (With Nathanel Lichfield and others) New Towns in Israel, Institute of Planning and Development, Tel Aviv, and State of Israel, Ministry of Housing, Jerusalem. 1964-1972 - (With Roberto Bachi and Franco Sabatello) Italian Jewish Population Study, with Università di Pavia, and Unione delle Comunità Israelitiche Italiane (UCII), Roma. 7. Committees and Other Academic Activities 2010→ - Nominations Committee, The Righteous of the Nations, Yad Vashem. 2010 - Organizer and Chair, Session RC06.05, ISA International Conference, Gothenburg. 2009→ - Chair, Academic Committee,
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