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Israel Studies (Spring Semester)

Joint program: Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Social Sciences

The courses below offer insights into different major topics which present a broad perspective of Zionism and Israeli politics and society. Each course stands by its own. Still, there are several salient clusters of interrelated courses which deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; religion and society; and Israeli identity. Moreover, jointly the courses expose students to the developments of the Israeli society over time. Tackling Israel from different angles makes this program suitable for students from numerous disciplines in both the humanities and the social sciences.      

List of courses

The 1948 War - The Inter-Communal Stage (MA open to advanced BA students)

Prof. Alon Kadish, Department of History

Jerusalem between Israel and the Palestinians (MA open to advanced BA students)

Prof. Hillel Cohen, Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Negotiating Middle East Peace (BA)

Prof. Arie Kacowicz, Department of International Relations

Church and State in Israel: Comparative and Philosophical Perspectives (BA)

Dr. Laura Wharton, Department of Political Science

The Kibbutz: Beginnings. Glory. End? (MA open to advanced BA students)

Dr. Jonathan Dekel-Chen, Department of the History of the Jewish People and Contemporary Jewry

Modernism Meets Zionism: Hebrew Literature in Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine (MA open to advanced BA students)

Dr. Tamar Hess, Department of Hebrew Language

Israeli Cultural History, 1920-1970 (MA open to advanced BA students)

Dr. Assaf Shelleg, Musicology Department

The Problem of Place in Israeli Art (MA open to advanced BA students)

Dr. Noam Gal, Art History Department

Israeli Cinema: A Collective Image as a Search for Identity (BA)

Prof. Aner Preminger, Department of Communication and Journalism  

From Biblical Canaan to Modernity: Images from Palestine (MA open to advanced BA students)

Prof. Yaron Ben-Naeh, Department of the History of the Jewish People and Contemporary Jewry

For more details:

Ms. Ayala Feinmesser-Mizrahi, Coordinator for Incoming Students, Email: incoming@savion.huji.ac.il

http://international.huji.ac.il/book/exchange-programs