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Syllabus Defining Status in the Modern State: Citizens, Nationals and Refugees — Maham Ayaz (Spring 2021)
Maham Ayaz
Maham Ayaz
Defining Status in the Modern State: Citizens, Nationals and Refugees (NEJS 85a) Instructor: Maham Ayaz Essential Readings for the course: Castes, Stephen and Mark J. Miller. The Age of Migration.…
Syllabus Ethnic Minorities in the Modern State of Israel – Rima Farah (Spring 2021)
Rima Farah
Rima Farah
Ethnic Minorities in the Modern State of Israel (HBRW 152b) Instructor: Rima Farah Course Narrative: Israel was established as a Jewish nation-state. However, the state is characterized by its…
Syllabus History of the State of Israel - Alexander Kaye (Fall 2019)
Alexander Kaye
Alexander Kaye
History of the State of Israel (NEJS 145a) Instructor: Alexander Kaye Course Description This course is a survey of the political, social and cultural history of the State of Israel.…
Syllabus Israeli Music (2018)
Mark Kligman, Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Mark Kligman, Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Essential Reading Philip V. Bohlman, “Afterword Shireh ‘Am, Shireh Medinah (Folk Song, National Song) in Hans Nathan," ed. Israeli Folk Music: Songs of the Early Pioneers (Madison, WI: A-R Editions, 1994), pp.…
Syllabus Israel and the Middle East (2018)
Asher Susser, Professor of History and Senior Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University
Asher Susser, Professor of History and Senior Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University
This SIIS faculty syllabus explores the relationship between Israel and the Middle East in terms of the Arab-Israeli conflict and political developments in the Middle East. Essential Reading Asher…
Syllabus Introducing Israeli Cinema (2018)
Rachel Harris, Assistant Professor of Israeli Literature and Culture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Rachel Harris, Assistant Professor of Israeli Literature and Culture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Essential Reading Rachel S. Harris “Through the Lens of Israeli Cinema: A Review” Jewish Film & New Media: An International Journal, Volume 3, Number 2, Fall 2015, pp. 220-231 ---…
Syllabus Israeli Art and Visual Culture (2018)
Gannit Ankori, Professor of Fine Arts and Chair in Israeli Art, Department of Fine Arts and Schusterman Center for Israel Studies
Gannit Ankori, Professor of Fine Arts and Chair in Israeli Art, Department of Fine Arts and Schusterman Center for Israel Studies
Contemporary Art by Israeli and Palestinian Artists During the session on campus, we will view, analyze and interpret visual culture from Israel, with emphasis on contemporary art. Given our limited…
Syllabus Zionist Settlement – Colonialism or Colonization? (2018)
Ilan Troen, Stoll Family Chair in Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Ilan Troen, Stoll Family Chair in Israel Studies, Brandeis University
This SIIS faculty syllabus provides a comprehensive list of essential readings related to Zionism and the settling of land in Palestine/Israel. The syllabus also includes material on important debates related to…
Syllabus Israeli Society (2018)
David Ellenson, Director, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, and Visiting Professor, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University
David Ellenson, Director, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, and Visiting Professor, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University
Essential Readings: David Ellenson,The Rock from Which They Were Cleft, Jewish Review of Books, Winter 2012 Donna Robinson Divine, Citizenship and Democracy in Israel in: S. I. Troen & R. Fish (eds.), Essential Israel…
Syllabus Palestinian Nationalism - One Century Overview (2018)
As'ad Ghanem, Head of the Government and Political Philosophy Department at the School of Political Science, University of Haifa
As'ad Ghanem, Head of the Government and Political Philosophy Department at the School of Political Science, University of Haifa
Presentation Powerpoint View in PDF format. Essential Readings As'ad Ghanem. 2009 "Palestinian Politics after Arafat: The Predicament of the 'Palestinian National Movement'," Journal of Developing Societies, Vol. 24:4, pp. 465–487…
Syllabus The U.S. and Peace Negotiations (2018)
Daniel Kurtzer, Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies, Princeton University
Daniel Kurtzer, Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies, Princeton University
Presentation Powerpoint View in PDF format. Essential Reading Ilan Goldenberg, Lessons from the 2013–2014 Israeli-Palestinian Final Status Negotiations, Voices from the Field Series, Center for a New American Security,…
Syllabus Walker Robins - American Evangelicals and Israel
Walker Robins
Walker Robins
Presentation Powerpoint View in PDF format. Essential Readings: Shalom Goldman, "Introduction: the Two Zionisms," from Zeal for Zion (UNC, 2014) Richard Cogley, "The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Restoration…
Syllabus Palestinian History and State Formation (2018)
Abigail Jacobson, Senior lecturer at the Department of Islamic and Middle Easter Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Abigail Jacobson, Senior lecturer at the Department of Islamic and Middle Easter Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Presentation Powerpoint View in PDF format. Essential Reading Abdel Monem Said Ali, Shai Feldman, Khalil Shikaki, Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East (Pelgrve, 2013), pp. 7-84 (ch. 1-2)…
Syllabus Israeli National Security and the Conflict (2019)
Michael Eisenstadt
Michael Eisenstadt
Charles D. Freilich, "National Security Decision-Making in Israel: Processes, Pathologies, and Strengths," Middle East Journal, Vol. 60, No. 4, Autumn 2006, pp. 635-663. Col. Alon Paz, Transforming Israel's Security…
Syllabus Music in Israeli Life and Culture (2019)
Mark Kligman, Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Mark Kligman, Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Essential Readings: Philip V. Bohlman, "Afterword Shireh ‘Am, Shireh Medinah (Folk Song, National Song)" in Hans Nathan, ed. Israeli Folk Music: Songs of the Early Pioneers (Madison, WI: A-R Editions, 1994), pp.…
Syllabus The U.S. & Peace Negotiations (2019)
Daniel Kurtzer, Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies, Princeton University
Daniel Kurtzer, Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies, Princeton University
Daniel Kurtzer, “Choices Facing the United States: Greater Israel or Global Israel?” Israel Studies, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Fall 2018), pp. 246-252. Daniel Kurtzer, “Waiting for Uncle Sam: ‘Ten Commandments’…
Syllabus Israel's Foreign Policy (2019)
Tamara Wittes
Tamara Wittes
Essential Readings: Shai Feldman and Tamara Cofman Wittes, “Everyone Loves Israel Now,” ForeignPolicy.com 26 March 2018, accessible at https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/26/why-everyone-loves-israel-now/ Charles Freilich, Zion’s Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security…
Syllabus Israel: Jewish and Democratic? (2019)
Alexander Kaye
Alexander Kaye
Gavison, Ruth. “Jewish and Democratic? A Rejoinder to the ‘Ethnic Democracy’ Debate.” Israel Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 1999, pp. 44–72. Smooha, Sammy. “Ethnic Democracy: Israel as an Archetype.” Israel…
Syllabus Israel and the Middle East (2019)
Asher Susser, Professor of History and Senior Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University
Asher Susser, Professor of History and Senior Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University
This SIIS faculty syllabus explores the relationship between Israel and the Middle East in terms of the Arab-Israeli conflict and political developments in the Middle East. Essential Reading Asher…
Syllabus Mizrachi Jews in Israel (2019)
Bryan Roby
Bryan Roby
Required Readings: Khazzoom, Aziza. “Mizrahim, Mizrachiut, and the Future of Israeli Studies.” Israel Studies Forum 17, no. 2 (2002): 94–106. Lubin, Alex. “Black Panther Palestine.” Studies in American Jewish Literature…
Syllabus Americans in Israel: From the 19th Century to the Present (2019)
Jonathan Sarna, University Professor and the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History; Chair of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program; and Incoming Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University
Jonathan Sarna, University Professor and the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History; Chair of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program; and Incoming Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University
Presenation Powerpoint View in PDF format. Essential Reading Michael B. Oren, Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present, W.W. Norton, 2011, pp. 3-7,…
Syllabus Americans in Israel: From the 19th Century to the Present (2018)
Jonathan Sarna, University Professor and the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History; Chair of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program; and Incoming Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University
Jonathan Sarna, University Professor and the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History; Chair of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program; and Incoming Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University
Presenation Powerpoint View in PDF format. Essential Reading Michael B. Oren, Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present, W.W. Norton, 2011, pp. 3-7,…
Syllabus Introducing Israeli Cinema (2019)
Rachel Harris, Assistant Professor of Israeli Literature and Culture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Rachel Harris, Assistant Professor of Israeli Literature and Culture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Essential Reading Rachel S. Harris “Through the Lens of Israeli Cinema: A Review” Jewish Film & New Media: An International Journal, Volume 3, Number 2, Fall 2015, pp. 220-231 ---…
Syllabus The Impact of the Shoah on Israeli Society (2019)
Laura Jockusch
Laura Jockusch
Required Reading: Dalia Ofer, “The Past that Does Not Pass: Israelis and Holocaust Memory,” Israel Studies 14,1 (2009), 1-35. Yehiam Weitz, “The Holocaust on Trial: The Impact of…