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Israel Institute Scholars and Artists School Year 2019-2020
Visiting faculty and artists are available to give talksEach year, the Israel Institute brings scholars of modern Israel and Israeli artists
to the United States to teach and perform on university campuses. Visiting Israeli
faculty and artists are available to give talks and performances on campus and
in the wider community.
Below is a list of visiting faculty and artists who will be on campus during the
2019-2020 school year. Israel Institute visiting faculty are drawn from highly
respected universities, colleges, and research institutions. They come from
a wide variety of disciplines, including political science, history, sociology,
anthropology, communication, and economics. Likewise, among our visiting
artists are filmmakers, choreographers, musicians, and authors who represent
the best of Israel’s vibrant cultural scene.
If you are interested in hosting a scholar or artist, please contact:
For more information about the Israel Institute, please visit: www.israelinstitute.org.
The Israel Institute is an independent, nonpartisan, and non-advocacy 501(c)(3)
organization that advances rigorous teaching, research, and discourse about modern
Israel in partnership with leading academic, research, and cultural institutions.
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MEIR ELRAN
HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOTERM:
Spring 2020
HOME INSTITUTION: The Institute for National Security Studies
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Counterterrorism; Israeli National Security
ZION EVRONY
HOST INSTITUTION: THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICATERM:
School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Christian-Jewish Relations
Visiting Faculty Program
ERIC FLEISCH
HOST INSTITUTION: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Near Eastern and Judaic Studies: Israel Studies; American Jewish History
ERAN FEITELSON
HOST INSTITUTION: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITYTERM:
Fall 2019
HOME INSTITUTION: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geography: Environmental Policy and Planning; Water Policy
HAREL CHOREV HALEWA
HOST INSTITUTION: YESHIVA UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020
HOME INSTITUTION: Tel Aviv University
AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Middle Eastern Studies; Historical Network Analysis
JOSEPH DAVID
HOST INSTITUTION: YALE UNIVERSITYTERM:
Spring 2020
HOME INSTITUTION: Sapir Academic College
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Religion and the Law; Legal History; Comparative Law; Jurisprudence
NILI ALON AMIT
HOST INSTITUTION: UC LOS ANGELESTERM:
School Year 2019-2020
HOME INSTITUTION: Hakibbutzim Academic College
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Philosophy: Contemporary Israeli Education
ANAT BALINT
HOST INSTITUTION: SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020
HOME INSTITUTION: College of Management Academic Studies
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Communication: Media and Journalism
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DAFNA LANGGUT
HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGOTERM: Spring 2020
HOME INSTITUTION: Tel Aviv University
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Archaeology: Ancient Near Eastern Cultures; Historic and Prehistoric Climate Change
Visiting Faculty Program (CONTINUED)
LIHI LAHAT
HOST INSTITUTION: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: Fall 2019
HOME INSTITUTION: Sapir Academic College
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Public Policy: Poverty and Social Services
TALLY KRITZMAN-AMIR
HOST INSTITUTION: HARVARD UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020
HOME INSTITUTION: The College of Law and Business
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Israeli Law and Society; Human Rights; Immigration and Refugee Law
ELI GOTTLIEB
HOST INSTITUTION: THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYTERM:
Fall 2019
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Psychology: Psychology of Education; Leadership
BOAZ GANOR
HOST INSTITUTION: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYTERM: Spring 2020
HOME INSTITUTION: The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Terrorism and Counterterrorism
YEHONATAN GIVATI
HOST INSTITUTION: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYTERM: Spring 2020
HOME INSTITUTION: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Economic Analysis of Law
KEREN FRIEDMAN-PELEG
HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATERM: School Year 2019-2020
HOME INSTITUTION: College of Management Academic Studies
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Anthropology: Trauma in Israeli Society
CHARLES FREILICH
HOST INSTITUTION:
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYTERM:
Spring 2020
HOME INSTITUTION: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: U.S.-Middle East Policy; Israeli National Security Strategy
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Visiting Faculty Program (CONTINUED)
SHIMON SHETREET
HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGOTERM:
Fall 2019
HOME INSTITUTION: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Legislative Research; Comparative Law
NACHMAN SHAI
HOST INSTITUTION: EMORY UNIVERSITYTERM:
Spring 2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Israeli Politics, Policy, Communications, and Media
JAY ROTHMAN
HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGOTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Identity-Based Conflict and Cooperation in Israeli-Palestinian Relations
ROY PELED
HOST INSTITUTION: UC BERKELEYTERM: School Year 2019-2020
HOME INSTITUTION:
College of Management Academic Studies
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Administrative and Constitutional Law; Freedom of the Press; Freedom of Expression
LUBA LEVIN-BANCHIK
HOST INSTITUTION: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: International Relations: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Terrorism; Security Crises; World Politics Simulations
NOA LAVIE
HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOTERM: School Year 2019-2020
HOME INSTITUTION: The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology: Media and Communication; Television Studies; Cultural Industries
LIAT MAGGID ALON
HOST INSTITUTION: THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGNTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Jewish Community of Egypt; Women, Gender, and Family
YAIR LORBERBAUM
HOST INSTITUTION: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYTERM: Fall 2019
HOME INSTITUTION:
Bar-Ilan University
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Philosophy of Law; Jewish Law
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Visiting Faculty Program (CONTINUED)
TAL ZARSKY
HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATERM: School Year 2019-2020
HOME INSTITUTION: University of Haifa
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Law: Information Privacy; Internet Policy; Cyber Security
ALON TAM
HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATERM:
Fall 2019
AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Modern Middle East History; Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Relations
GAD YAIR
HOST INSTITUTION: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYTERM: School Year 2019-2020
HOME INSTITUTION: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Israeli Culture and Society; Israeli Innovation
MARIK SHTERN
HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGOTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geography: Urban Studies; Jewish-Arab Relations in Jerusalem
GILAD SHTIENBERG
HOST INSTITUTION: UC SAN DIEGOTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geology: Marine Archaeology
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NED LAZARUS
HOST INSTITUTION: THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Conflict Resolution
ZOHAR GAZIT
HOST INSTITUTION: MIDDLEBURY COLLEGETERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Death in Israeli Society; Sociology of Sports
RAFI GROSGLIK
HOST INSTITUTION: UC DAVISTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sociology/Anthropology: Globalization; Food and Culture; Organic Food and Agriculture
JASON LUSTIG
HOST INSTITUTION: THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: History: Modern Jewish History and Culture
ELAI RETTIG
HOST INSTITUTION: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUISTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Energy Security; Israeli Foreign Policy
URIEL ABULOF
HOST INSTITUTION: CORNELL UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Politics of Emotion; Nationalism; Social Movements
Teaching Fellow Program
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VERED WEISS
HOST INSTITUTION: SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Literature: Hebrew Literature; Israeli Culture
Teaching Fellow Program (CONTINUED)
ZIV RUBINOVITZ
HOST INSTITUTION: SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: U.S.-Israel Relations; Israel-Egypt Peace Process
AVI SHILON
HOST INSTITUTION: NEW YORK UNIVERSITYTERM: School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Israeli History and Politics
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AYELET GOLAN
HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDATERM: Fall 2019
Ayelet Golan is a theater director, puppeteer, and performer working in the field of visual and multidisciplinary theater and video arts whose work has been presented at festivals and venues around the globe.
Visiting Artists Program
RUTH KANNER
HOST INSTITUTION: THE JUILLIARD SCHOOLTERM: Spring 2019
Ruth Kanner (www.ruthkanner.com) is a theater creator based in Tel Aviv who specializes in adapting literary and documentary texts for the stage, interweaving storytelling, physical theater and visual imagery. Kanner is a full professor in the Department of Theatre Arts at Tel Aviv University, where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate students. Her focus is on exploring new theatrical poetics.
2019-2020 COHORT
DAFI ALTEBEB
HOST INSTITUTION: EMORY UNIVERSITYTERM: Fall 2019
Dafi Altabeb is an award-winning choreographer, dancer and musician who founded and directs The Dafi Dance Group. She is a repeat recipient of the Excellence Award for Young Choreographers from the Israeli Ministry of Culture; the 2014 Rozenblum Award for Excellence from the Municipality of Tel-Aviv; and the Israeli Ministry of Culture Excellence Award for Ensemble Performance for her piece, “It’s Now. It’s Never.”
MATAN BERKOWITZ
HOST INSTITUTION: CAL ARTSTERM: Spring 2020
Matan Berkowitz is an interdisciplinary artist and entrepreneur whose work lives at the nexus of art, technology, and positive impact. As founder of Shift, a company specializing in impact-driven innovation, Matan co-developed solutions to enable paralyzed, amputee, blind, and autistic musicians to express themselves in new ways. Matan regularly speaks and performs on stages such as TED, Google, Microsoft, and Forbes.
LILACH DEKEL-AVNERI
HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIATERM: Fall 2019
Lilach Dekel-Avneri is a director, curator, translator, and dramaturg. The recipient of the prestigious Rosenblum Prize for Performance Art in 2016, Lilach is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Pathos-Mathos Company. Her works have been described as “theatrical events with poetic and surreal qualities that offer an alternative to conventional theatre.”
AYELET GUNDAR-GOSHEN
HOST INSTITUTION: UC LOS ANGELESTERM: Fall 2019
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter whose work has received international recognition. Waking Lions, her first novel published in the U.S., received the 2017 JQ-Wingate Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of 2018. It has been published in 17 countries. Her latest work The Liar will be published in English in September 2019 by Little, Brown.
The 2019–2020 Visiting Artists Program cohort is still being finalized. Two additional placements are forthcoming.
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Visiting Artists Program2019-2020 COHORT
NOA SHAVIT
HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBORTERM: Fall 2019
Noa Shavit is a Tel Aviv-based performer, choreographer, and dance instructor who serves as Artistic Director of the prestigious Contemporary Dance Program in Haifa. Trained at the Ga’aton Professional Dance Workshop, she performs with Israel’s leading choreographers.
YOAV SZUTAN-GOSHEN
HOST INSTITUTION: UC LOS ANGELESTERM: Fall 2019
Yoav Szutan Goshen writes for film, television, and theater. He wrote the Israeli Drama series KIPAT BARZEL (2017) and the feature film MEKULALIM (2018). An accomplished playwright, he has worked with the Gesher, Beit Lessin, and Beersheba Repertory Theaters. His first novel One Woman, One Time (2017) was a bestseller.
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ROY PELED
CURRENT AFFILIATION:
Visiting Faculty, UC BERKELEYTERM:
School Year 2019-2020
HOME INSTITUTION:
College of Management Academic Studies
AREA OF EXPERTISE:
Law: Administrative and Constitutional Law; Freedom of the Press; Freedom of Expression
RAFI GROSGLIK
CURRENT AFFILIATION:
Teaching Fellow, UC DAVISTERM:
School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE:
Sociology/Anthropology: Globalization; Food and Culture; Organic Food and Agriculture
Bay Area Scholars & Artists
ZIV RUBINOVITZ
CURRENT AFFILIATION:
Teaching Fellow, SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYTERM:
School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE:
Political Science: U.S.-Israel Relations; Israel-Egypt Peace Process
VERED WEISS
CURRENT AFFILIATION:
Teaching Fellow, SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITYTERM:
School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Literature: Hebrew Literature; Israeli Culture
ANAT BALINT
CURRENT AFFILIATION:
Visiting Faculty, SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITYTERM:
School Year 2019-2020
HOME INSTITUTION:
College of Management Academic Studies
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Communication: Media and Journalism
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ERAN FEITELSON
CURRENT AFFILIATION:
Visiting Faculty, SDSUTERM:
Fall 2019
HOME INSTITUTION:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geography: Environmental Policy and Planning; Water Policy
SHIMON SHETREET
CURRENT AFFILIATION:
Visiting Faculty, UC SAN DIEGOTERM:
Fall 2019
HOME INSTITUTION:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
AREA OF EXPERTISE:
Law: Legislative Research; Comparative Law
DAFNA LANGGUT
CURRENT AFFILIATION:
Visiting Faculty, UC SAN DIEGOTERM:
Spring 2020
HOME INSTITUTION: Tel Aviv University
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Archaeology: Ancient Near Eastern Cultures; Historic and Prehistoric Climate Change
LUBA LEVIN-BANCHIK
CURRENT AFFILIATION:
Visiting Faculty, SDSUTERM:
School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE:
International Relations: Arab-Israeli Conflict; Terrorism; Security Crises; World Politics Simulations
MARIK SHTERN
CURRENT AFFILIATION:
Visiting Faculty, UC SAN DIEGOTERM:
School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE:
Geography: Urban Studies; Jewish-Arab Relations in Jerusalem
San Diego Scholars & Artists in cooperation with the Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (MGSDII)
JAY ROTHMAN
HOST INSTITUTION:
Visiting Faculty, UC SAN DIEGOTERM:
School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Political Science: Identity-Based Conflict and Cooperation in Israeli-Palestinian Relations
GILAD SHTIENBERG
HOST INSTITUTION:
Visiting Faculty, UC SAN DIEGOTERM:
School Year 2019-2020
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geology: Marine Archaeology