A research colloquium organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and co-sponsored by The Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History at UCLA.
The colloquium will bring together an invited group of scholars from diverse disciplines – History, Law, Political Science, Sociology, and Philosophy – to present and discuss critical topics of democracy in Israel. The final papers resulting from the research meetings are to be published in an edited volume.
Colloquium Moderators: Dov Waxman and David Myers Coordinator: Liron Lavi
Presented remotely via Zoom
Past January 14, 2021 – 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Presenting Scholars: 1. Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2. Dmitry Shumsky, Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 3. Alexander Kaye, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University. Discussant: Liora Halperin, Department of History, University of Washington.
Present March 11, 2021 – 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Pacific Time)
Presenting Scholars: 1. Dani Filc, Department of Politics and Government, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. 2. Amal Jamal, School of Political Science, Tel Aviv University. 3. Dahlia Scheindlin, The Century Foundation. Discussant: Gershon Shafir, Department of Sociology, University of California San Diego.
Future May 13, 2021 – 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Pacific Time)
Presenting Scholars: 1. Julie Cooper, School of Political Science, Tel Aviv University. 2. Ameer Fakhoury, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa. 3. Menachem Mautner, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University. Discussant: Suzanne Stone, Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization.
DISCLAIMER: The views or opinions of our guest speakers and the content of their presentations do not necessarily reflect the views of the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Hosting speakers does not constitute an endorsement of the speaker's views or opinions.
For questions on the closed colloquium, contact Liron Lavi: laviliron@ucla.edu