About Me
Dr. Noam Tirosh is a senior lecturer and, since 2023, head of the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research explores the intersections of memory, media, democracy, justice, and human rights. He has published widely on topics including the European "Right to Be Forgotten," the memory rights of the Palestinian minority in Israel, and the experiences of refugees, asylum seekers, and Jews deported from Arab countries.
In 2017, he received the Israel Communication Association’s Outstanding Book of the Year award, alongside Prof. Amit Schejter, for their co-authored volume A Justice-Based Approach for New Media Policy: In the Paths of Righteousness. He is co-editor of The Right to Memory – History, Media, Law, and Ethics (2023, with Prof. Anna Reading) and author of the Hebrew-language book The Right to Forget – Why Did Kafka Ask to Be Forgotten? (Resling, 2024).
He lives in Be’er Sheva, Israel, with his wife Anat and their three children.