CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Personal Details Name: Reuven Gafni Permanent Home Address: Shadmot Mehola, MPO Emek Beit Shea`n, 1093200 Home Telephone Number: 972-4-6099646 Cellular Phone: 972-50-2180961 Electronic Address: [email protected] 2. Higher Education A. Undergraduate and Graduate Studies Period of Name of Institution Degree Year of Approval Study of Degree and Department 2009-2013 The Department of Jewish History, The PhD. 2013 Hebrew University, Jerusalem 2002-2005 The Individual program of Historical Graduate Studies 2005 Geography at The Faculty of (MA) Humanities, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 19992001 Departments of Political Science and Undergraduate 2001 Hebrew literature, The Hebrew Studies (BA) University, Jerusalem 3. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education Dates Name of Institution and Department Rank/Position 2016 - Kinneret Academic College Senior Lecturer The Department of The Land of Israel Studies The Department of interdisciplinary studies 2017-2018 Tel Hai College Adjunct Lecturer The Department of interdisciplinary Studies 2013-2016 Kinneret Academic College Adjunct Professor The Department of The Land of Israel Studies 2014 Ariel University Adjunct Professor The Department of Jewish Studies 2005-2014 Herzog Academic College Adjunct Professor The Departments of Eretz-Israel Studies The department of History 4. Offices in Academic Administration Dates Name of Institution and Department Role 2018 – current Kinneret College, Land of Israel Studies Head of Department 2018 – current Kinneret College Member of the Academic Council (Senate) 2018- current Kinneret college Head of Disciplinary Appeals Committee 2017 - 2018 Kinneret College Academic Head of the pre-Academic Program 2017 - 2018 Kinneret College Academic Head of Honors Program 2013-2015 Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem Deputy Head, The Institute for the Research of Eretz-Israel 5. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the Institution A. Memberships in Academic Professional Associations 2018 – current Board Member , The Association for Israel Studies (AIS) 2015 – current Member of The Association for Israel Studies (AIS) 2015– current Member of The Forum of Researchers of Eretz Israel in The Mandate Period 2014 - current Member of the Israeli Geographical Association (IGA) B. Participation in Scientific Research Groups 2019-2020 Member of the Forum of scholars on Ottoman and Sepharadi Jewry, Machon Ben-Zvi 2014-2015 Member of The Research group: "Borders and crossing boundaries between communities in Eretz-Israel/Palestine in the 19 th -20 th centuries", The Gotlieb Shumacher Institute, Haifa University 2009 Member of research Forum for the study of new Israeli houses of worship, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem (2009) c. scholarly activities at Other Institutions 2017- current Board Member, The Elyashar center for the research of Sepharadi Jews in Eretz-Israel, Machon Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2017- current Member of The Academic Council, The Old Yishuv Court Museum, Jerusalem 2015-2017 Academic Advisor for several Historical publications under the supervision of the Ministry of Education D. Pear-Reviews given to academic journals 2019 Israel (Tel Aviv University) 2020 Journal of Israeli History 2020 Horizons In Geography (Haifa University) 2020 Architext (Ariel University) 2020 Arts (MDPI) 2016, 2017, 2019 Cathedra (Yad Ben-Zvi) 2017, 2019 Pe`amim (Machon Ben-Zvi) 2018 Israel Studies (Ben Gurion University) 2018 Judea and Samaria Research Studies (Ariel University) 2017 Oreshet (Orot College) 2013 Kenishta (Bar Ilan University) 2013: Democratic Culture (Bar Ilan University) E. Editorial Positions at Academic Periodicals and Publications 2009 - 2019 Editor & Member of the editorial board, “ Al-Atar : Academic Journal for the Eretz-Israel studies in Jewish sources ”, Herzog Academic College, volumes 16-18 2007-2014 Director of the “ Tevuno t” Academic Publishing house, Herzog Academic College. 2012-2014 Member of the editorial board “ To Remember: Journal of Holocaust education ”, School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem, volumes 1-8 F. Supervision of Graduate Students 2017-2019 Ayala Sheklar, "The Religious department of the Jewish National Fund in The British Mandate Period", PhD Thesis (Approved June 2019, With Prof. Yossi Katz, Bar Ilan University) G. Review of Graduate Research Proposals / Thesis 2020 PhD Thesis Review, Haifa University 2019 Ma. Thesis Proposal Review, Tel Aviv University 2019 Ma. Thesis Proposal Review, Bar Ilan University 2018 Ma. Thesis Review, Haifa University 2017 Ma. Thesis Review, Haifa University 6. Participation in Scholarly Conferences A. Active Participation - international conferences Date Name of Place of Subject of Role Conference Conference Lecture/Discussion September 2019 Provincializing the St. Anthony Invited British Mandate (A College, Date Name of Place of Subject of Role Conference Conference Lecture/Discussion conference initiated Oxford Participant by the inter- University University forum of British Mandate scholars in Israel June 2019 The Association for Kinneret "Was there ever a real lecturer Israel Studies Annual College chance? The Attempts to Conference (AIS) create Jewish presence in Nazareth, 1900-1948" June 2018 The Association for Berkeley, "Jewish medical personnel in Lecturer Israel Studies Annual CA Arab towns during the British Conference (AIS), Mandate period: Between nationalism, economy and humanitarian aid" July 2017 The 17 th Conference The Hebrew "The Forgotten Settlement lecturer of The World Union University, Janre: Jewish Presence in of Jewish Studies Jerusalem Arab Towns in The Late Ottoman and British Mandate Period" June 2017 The Association for Brandeis "From neighborhoods to lecturer Israel Studies Annual University borders: Jurat El-Anab, Conference (AIS) Shamma`a, and the early creation of divided Jerusalem in the British Mandate Period " September 2016 (EAIS) The London City The Jews of Beit Shea`n Lecturer European University (Bisan) during the Mandate: Association for Israel characteristics, ideological Date Name of Place of Subject of Role Conference Conference Lecture/Discussion Studies Annual affiliation and changing ties Conference with surrounding communities June 2016 (AIS) The Yad Ben-Zvi A Local Affair or a National Lecturer Association for Israel & The Begin Settlement? The Jews in Beit Studies Annual Heritage She`an during the British Conference Center Mandate Period June 2015 (AIS) The Concordia loyalty or independence ? Lecturer Association for Israel university, national prayers in honor of Studies Annual Montreal non-jewish personalities in Conference eretz israel during the british Mandate period December 2014 (AJS) The American Baltimore Shaping Jewish nationalism Lecturer Association for in Eretz-Israel synagogues Jewish Studies during the British Mandate Annual Conference period June 2014 National Association Ben Gurion Language, pronunciation and Lecturer of American University nationalism in Synagogues in Professors of the Eretz-Israel during the Hebrew annual British Mandate conference June 2012 Jerusalem: A city of University Mobile Populations and Lecturer many portraits Institute of Wandering Synagogues in Architecture, Jerusalem: The Mobility of Venice Jewish Sacred Sites as a Reflection of Social and National Conflicts in Date Name of Place of Subject of Role Conference Conference Lecture/Discussion Jerusalem 1900–1948 B. Active Participation - local conferences Date Name of Place of Subject of Lecture/Discussion Role Conference Conference January 2020 Colloquium on The Toni Identity, Ethnicity and Nationalism: Lecturer Elyashar the Sepharadi The Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakkai Center Jews in Eretz- For the Synagogue and the Sepharadi Study of the Israel Community in Jerusakem, 1900- Sephardi Jews in the 1948 Land of Israel, Jerusalem January 2020 Modern Jewish Shechter Which Siddurim are given to pupils Conference Prayer in Israel – Academic in the elementary schools ? Organizer A Institute, and Multidisciplinary Jerusalem lecturer workshop December 2019 The Annual Haifa "Between Emek Ha`Arazim and lecturer Conference of University Migdal Eder: A Short-lived colony, The Israeli and a comment on the Jewish Geographical agricultural periphery of Jerusalem Society (IGA) after 1929" June 2019 The first Kinneret "Is The Jordan Valley also Trans- Lecturer Conference for Jordan ? A geographical- Date Name of Place of Subject of Lecture/Discussion Role Conference Conference The research of College consciousness dilemma from the Trans-Jordan early twentieth century" March 2019 New studies of Tel Hai An unsuccessful attempt: The Lecturer the Galilee, Academic Jewish Presence in Nazareth, 1900- College 1948" , January 2018 The Religious Bar Ilan "Do we really need others to edit Lecturer our own prayer books?! - The Zionist University Publication of the Mizrachi Edition Movement and of the Rinat Yisrael Siddur " The Jews of The Islamic World July 2018 The Annual Jerusalem, "The national character of Tiberias Lecturer during the Mandate period" Conference of The Inter- University Forum of Researchers of Eretz Israel in The British Mandate Period June 2017 The Annual The Hebrew " The rise and fall of the Arab sub- Lecturer cities as shared communal spaces Conference of University, by Jews and Arabs during the the Israeli Jerusalem Mandate period" Association of Middle East Studies December 2016 The Annual Tel Aviv "Jews Between Borders and Lecturer Identities: The Jewish Presence in Date Name of Place of Subject of Lecture/Discussion Role