Faculty of Humanities & Social Science
Ariel KnafoEducation
Ariel
Knafo (Education) received his B.A, M.A. and Ph.D.
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Eitan Bar-Yosef Foreign Literature and Linguistics
Eitan Bar-Yosef (Foreign Literature and Linguistics) completed his M.Phil. and D.Phil. at the University of Oxford. His doctoral thesis examined the representation of the Holy Land in English culture, 1798-1917. He is currently working on the construction of the "Jew" in late-Victorian culture. Prof. Mark Gelber is his advisor. |
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Yosef JabarinGeography
Yosef Jabarin (Geography) received his Ph.D. from the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Technion, Haifa. He also graduated from Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, Cambridge, M.A. and won academic awards from the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Technion, GSD at Harvard University, and the Science Ministry. His research will focus on cultural aspects of planning and development. Particularly, he will continue developing his approach to 'Culturally Sustainable Development of Housing'. The case study will be the unrecognized Arab settlements in the Negev. Prof. Oren Yiftachel is his advisor. |
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David Anaki David Anaki (Behavioral Science) received his B.A. and M.A. at Bar-Ilan University. He is currently writing his thesis on "attention mechanisms in word recognition processes", with Prof. Avishai Henik, his advisor. His research focuses on how attention is involved in word recognition. |
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Moti Etun Philosopy
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Moti Etun received his
B.A. (in philosophy and jewish thought) from Shortly after finishing writing his thesis, on 15.7.99, Moti took his own life. |
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Tania Forte Behavioral Sciences
Tania Forte (Behavioral Sciences) received her B.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John's College (Annapolis, MD) and an MA and Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on practices of every day life among Palestinian women in the Galilee. Prof. Fran Markowitz is her advisor. |
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Dr. Yuval Harari Dr. Yuval Harari received his B.A. and M.A. from Hebrew University. He is currently doing research on early Jewish magic, and is working with Prof. Tamar Alexander. He will continue working and teaching at Ben-Gurion University. |
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Gitit HolzmanJewish Thought
Gitit Holzman (Jewish Thought) received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University in the field of Medieval Jewish Philosophy, under the supervision of Prof. Shalom Rozenberg. She is researching Rabbi Moshe Narboni's commentary to Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed. Prof. Chaim Kreisel is her advisor. |
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Rami
Israel Rami Israel received his B.A. and M.A. at Ben-Gurion University, and is currently writing his Ph.D. thesis on "Confirmation Theories in the Philosophy of Science", with : Dr. Yitzhak Nevo, Dr. Dalia Deri and Professor Hilary Putnam (Harvard) as his advisors. His dissertation is a vindication of rationality as a reaction to post-modernism's attack on it. He recently spent a semester at Harvard as a Special student, auditing courses by the invitation of Prof. Putnam. |
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Adiel
Kadari Adiel Kadari received his B.A at Touro College (NY), and is currently completing his thesis on "Religious Law and Philosophy in Maimonides' Laws of Repentance", with Prof. Ya'akov Blidstein as his advisor. |
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Gideon KatzBen Gurion Research Center
Gideon Katz (Ben Gurion Research Center) received his Ph.D. at Haifa University. He is researching Greek Philosophy and Modern Jewish Philosophy, especially The Jewish and Israeli Secular Thought. |
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Michal Krumer-NevoSocial Work
Michal Krumer-Nevo, (Social Work) has a B.A. in Hebrew Literature, and a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Work from the Hebrew University. Her major fields of interest are: poverty, people living in poverty, gender and qualitative methodologies. She is currently working on a research project: "The Various Faces of Poverty in the Negev". Her advisor is Dr. Lea Kacen. |
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Raviv
Schwartz Raviv Schwartz (Social Work) received his B.A. from New York University and his M.A. from the University of Michigan. His thesis is an examination of the role played by identity in peace organizations in three conflict-ridden societies: Israel, Northern Ireland, and South Africa. His advisor is Prof. Benny Gidron. |
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Pnina Shukrun-Nagar Pnina Shukrun received her B.A. and M.A. from Ben-Gurion University.Her thesis deals with rhetorical devices (semantic, pragmatic and syntactic) in election propaganda. Her advisor is Dr. Eldaiah Weizman |
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Ada Taggar-Cohen Ada Taggar-Cohen (Bible and the Ancient Near East) received her B.A. and M.A. from the Hebrew University. Her thesis deals with the Hittite priesthood in Anatolia of the second millenium B.C.E. in light of Hittite texts. It includes a comparative study of Mesopotamian and Biblical texts. Her advisors are Prof. Avigdor Horowitz and Prof. Theo P.J. van den Hout, Chicago. |
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Betty Wainberg Betty Wainberg received her B.A. from Tel-Aviv University. Her thesis deals with changes in quality of object relations and behavioral changes of institutionalized children. It studies the prospective, longitudinal relations between intrapsychic and behavioral changes in long-tern psychoanalytic residential treatment for children with severe personality disorders. Her advisor is Prof. Beatrice Priel. |
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Haim Dihi Haim Dihi (Hebrew Language) received his B.A. at Ben-Gurion University and his M.A. at the Hebrew University. He is currently writing his thesis on "A Compilation of the Lexical Innovations in the Book of Ben-Sira" with Dr. David Talshir as his advisor. |
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Dana Freibach-HeifetzPhilosophy
Dana Freibach-Heifetz (Philosophy) Dana Freibach-Heifetz (Philosophy) received her B.A., L.L.B. and M.A. atTel-Aviv University. Currently writing her Ph.D. thesis on "A Suggestion for a Secular- Humanistic Grace". Her advisor is Prof. Yuval Lurie. She recently spent a year at UCLA as a guest of the Center for the Study of Religion, by the invitation of the director of the center, Prof. Scott Bartchy. |
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Moshe LavieJewish Thought
Moshe Lavie (Jewish Thought) received his B.A. at the Open University (Tel-Aviv) and M.A. at the Ben-Gurion University. His thesis deals with different metaphors of proselytism in rabbinic thought: birth, creation, and repentance. Prof. Gerald J. Blidstein is his advisor. |
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Anat Navot Anat Navot received her
B.A. and M.A. from the Hebrew University; and a second M.A. from The Jewish
Theological Seminary of America (Jerusalem). |
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Avi Picard Avi Picard received his B.A. and M.A. from Ben-Gurion University. His thesis deals with the absorption of North African Jews in development towns between 1954-1963. His advisors are Prof. Zeev Tzahor and Dr. Yaron Tzur. |
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Ronit Arzy-SharabaniBehavioral Science
Ronit Arzy-Sharabani (Behavioral
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Shachar
Pinsker Hebrew Literature
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Tally Katz-GerroBehavioral Sciences
Tally Katz-Gerro has a Ph.D. in
Sociology from the |
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Asnat DamryHebrew Language
Asnat Damry, (Hebrew Language) is writing her doctoral dissertation on the Grammar of Mishnaic Hebrew according to "Kaufman II" manuscript of the Mishna in comparison with the "Kaufman I" manuscript. Her supervisors are Prof. Moshe Bar-Asher and Prof. Yaacov Bentolila. |
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Ishay LandaHistory
Ishay Landa received his B.A.
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Peter LehnardtHebrew Literature
Peter
Lehnardt (Department of Hebrew Literature)
graduated with the First theological Exam at the Faculty of Protestant
Theology of the Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen. He received an M.A. in Judaic Studies and
Jewish Education from The Jewish Theological Seminary of America. His thesis
is on The Emergence of the Tradition of Hebrew Liturgical Poetry in |
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Arie PremingerEconomics
Arie Preminger received his
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Ziad SafadiBehavioral Science
Ziad Safadi (Behavioral Science) received his B.A. and M.A. at Ben-Gurion University and is currently writing his Ph.D. thesis on "Attentional Inhibition and Facilitation in Schizophrenia", under the supervision of Prof. Avishai Henik and Prof. Ora Kaufman. His research focuses on how attentional inhibition and facilitation are involved in clinical symptoms of schizophrenia. The importance of his research is to uncover the Neurocognitive basis of thesis mechanisms. |
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Ido ShaharMiddle Eastern Studies
Ido Shahar (Middle Eastern
Studies) received his B.A. at |
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Tamar Shimshi-LichtHistory
Tamar
Shimshi-Licht (History) received her B.A. at |
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Tamar WittenbergSocial Work
Tamar
Wittenberg (Social Work) received her B.A. at |
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Debby Nirit Ben-Arye Art History
Nirit Ben-Aryeh
Debby (Art History) received her PhD from the |
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Na'ama Atzaba-PoriaBehavioral Sciences Naama Atzaba-Poria (Behavioral
Sciences) received her B.A. and M.A from the department of Behavioral
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James Nathan
Ford Hebrew Language
James Nathan Ford received his M.A in Egyptology and Ph.D. in Ugaritic Philology from the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem. His Ph.D. research was titled "The Ugaritic
Incantations against Sorcery: The Texts and Their Place in the Ancient Near
Eastern Magical Tradition". His current research focuses are Ugaritic magic and Aramaic/Mandaic
incantation bowls. Prof. Chaim Cohen is his
advisor. |
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Ephraim
Shoham-Steiner History Ephraim Shoham-Steiner received both his M.A and
his Ph.D from the |
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Hilla Jacobson-Horowitz
Philosophy Hilla Jacobson-Horowitz (Philosophy) received
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Nehama VerbinPhilosophy Nehama Verbin (Philosophy)
received an M.A. from the |
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Lauren BassonPolitics and Government Lauren
Basson (Politics and Government) received her Ph.D in Political Science from the |
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Keren
Abbou-Hershkovitz Middle East
Studies Keren Abbou-Hershkovits received her B.A. at
Her PhD subject will deal with the historiography of science under Muslim rule. Advisor Dr. Nimrod Hurvitz. |
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Nitzan
Amitai-Preiss Bible &
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Roi Cohen-KadoshBehavioral Science
Roi Cohen-Kadosh (Behavioral Science) received his B.A. at Ben-Gurion University. He is currently studying for his Ph.D in the direct track under the supervision of Prof. Avishai Henik, his advisor. His research focuses on Size congruity effect in number processing: mental operations and neuropsychological mechanisms. |
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Aviezer CohenHistory
Aviezer Cohen (History) received his B.A. from the Open University (Tel-Aviv), and his M.A. at Bar-Ilan University. The topic of his proposed dissertation is "The Przysucha Hasidic School- A Question of Phenomenology of Religious Existentialism", which will be written under the guidance of Prof. Haviva Pedaya. |
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Nuzha El-Huziel Social work |
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Martin J. WeinHistory
Martin J. Wein (History) received his M.A. at Emory University, Atlanta/Georgia. His thesis, under the supervision of Prof. Deborah Lipstadt, dealt with the Zionist movement in the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938). His dissertation focuses on the minority conflict in interwar Czechoslovakia, with a special focus on the Jewish minority, and the conflict's implications for the State of Israel. He is working under the supervision of Dr. Guli Arad and Prof. Dan Diner (Hebrew University). |
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Gal YehezkelPhilosophy
Gal Yehezkel (Philosophy) received his B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is currently writing his Ph.D. thesis, titled "Conceptual Structures" with Dr. Dalia Drai as his advisor. His thesis is an attempt to reveal the conceptual connections that exist between key concepts in our conceptual scheme |
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Foreign Literatures and Linguistics Yael
Ben-zvi completed her Ph.D. at |
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Amir
Banbaji Hebrew Literature
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Nimrod Luz
GeographyNimrod
Luz (Geography) received his B. A., M. A., and Ph. D. in Geography and
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His
Ph. D. Research was titled: "Provincial Cities in Mamluk |
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Hadas Mandel
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Shalomi –
Hen Racheli Bible &
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History Iris Shagrir received her: |
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Middle Eastern
Studies Kobi Peled received his B.A and M.A from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and his B.A in Architecture from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. He received his Ph.D. in History from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His Ph.D. research was titled: ‘Architexture: History of Social Structures as seen through Architectural Texts from the ‘Wadi Ara’ Region in the 20th century’. His current research focuses on Cultural History of the Middle East. Prof. Dror Zeevi is his advisor. |
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Middle Eastern
Studies Deborah Tor received her B.A. and first M.A. from The Hebrew University of
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