CFP: 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies (Theme: Balfour Centennial)

The Program Committee of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies invites scholars conducting research on any aspect of Israel Studies to submit proposals for organized panels and individual papers. Of particular interest are proposals relating to the conference theme: A Century After Balfour: Vision and Reality.

A century after the Balfour Declaration we wish to revisit the possibilities and ideas reflected in this seminal document in the context of present realities. This centenary provides a lens for scholars to examine topics such as Israel’s attitudes towards imperialism and world powers, Israel in the context of the Middle East, relations between Diaspora Jews and the Zionist movement and the State of Israel, the meaning of a Jewish homeland, the imperative to secure the civil and religious rights of non-Jewish communities, and the role of international institutions in implementing the Declaration. These and other issues invite research and scholarship by the multiple disciplines that constitute the humanities and the social and political sciences.

Deadline for Submission of all proposals: January 15, 2017

• Panel submissions and individual papers should be submitted using the online submission form.
• Panel proposals should include information on the panel theme and on each individual paper. Proposals should not exceed 750 words.  We encourage cohesive panel submissions.
• Individual paper proposals should not exceed 250 words.
• All presenters will be required to register for the conference and be current AIS members in order to present and be listed on the conference program. Registration can be done directly at the AIS website.
• Graduate students who have completed their course work are encouraged to submit their proposal and should provide the email of their advisor for approval.

Travel Grants:

• All travel grant applications should be sent by email to Ilan Ben-Ami, AIS Treasurer, at: treasurer@aisisraelstudies.org
• Graduate students who wish to apply for travel grants should send a request along with a copy of their proposal and a letter from their advisor.
• PhD holders without university travel support should send an abstract of the proposed paper and a current CV.
• The travel grant application deadline is January 15, 2017.

Program Committee

David Ellenson, Chair

Gannit Ankori & Tal Dekel, Visual Arts

Shulamit Reinharz & Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman, Gender Studies

Andre Levy & Judith Goldstein, Anthropology

Bruce Phillips & Sergio Della Pergola, Communal Studies

Arye Naor & Yoram Peri, Communications

Sara Horowitz & Yaron Peleg, Film and Theater

Maoz Azaryahu and Shay Rabineau, Geography

Naomi Sokoloff & Yigal Schwartz, Hebrew Literature

Derek Penslar & Aviva Halamish, History

Uriel Abulof & Yael Aronoff, International Relations

Len Saxe & Jonathan Rynhold, Israel-Diaspora

Suzanne Last Stone & Rifat Azam, Law

Tamara Cofman Wittes & Stuart Cohen, National Security

Ilan Peleg & As’ad Ghanem, Arabs in Israel

Joel Migdal & Ayelet Harel-Shalev, Political Science

Tamir Sorek & Uri Ram, Sociology

Elie Rekhess & Khalil Shikaki, Arab-Israeli Conflict

Chaim Gans & Sara Hirschhorn, Zionism

Aziza Khazoom & Esther Meir-Glitzenstein, Ethnic Identities

Alex Sinclair & Ofra Backenroth, Education

Michal Shaul & Yehudah Mirsky, Religious Studies

Conference Coordinator

Rachel Fish, ais2017@aisisraelstudies.org

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CFP: Jewish horticultural schools in Germany and their impact on Palestine / Israel

Call for Papers: Jewish horticultural and agricultural schools / training centers in Germany and their impact on horticulture, agriculture and landscape architecture in Palestine / Israel 

Place: Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem

Date: September 26, 2016

Deadline: April 30, 2016

In the course of the late 19th and early 20th century, more than 30 Jewish horticultural and agricultural training centers and schools (Hachshara) were established in Germany to train Jews from Germany and other European countries, particularly Eastern Europe. While these institutions aimed to prepare their graduates to emigrate from Germany, they also reflected the lure of the students toward the local land and landscape, a topic which was relative neglected in the emerging research field of ‘everyday history’(Alltagsgeschichte) of Jewish life in Germany. Upon arriving in Palestine, graduates of these centers were involved in establishing new settlements, led agricultural and horticultural activities, pioneered agricultural education, and practiced landscape architecture. Nevertheless, in contrast to the rich documentation of the role of the “Yekkes” in the country’s development, there is surprisingly little research on this group’s contribution to the emergence of the local landscape.

Our research explores the scopes, goals, and contribution of these German educational institutions. It documents the history of the schools and training centers, their curricula, and the actual work and life of their students. In parallel we investigate the impact of these graduates, after their arrival in Palestine, on the local landscape. We explore their landscape perceptions, their settlement projects (mainly in the Kibbutzim but not exclusively), and their contributions to the fields of agriculture, horticulture, and landscape architecture.
On September 26, 2016 we will hold a workshop in Jerusalem, organized together with the Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem, in order to bring together German and Israeli researchers to discuss these issues and exchange knowledge and ideas. We invite scholars of all disciplines, including but not limited to architecture, horticulture, agriculture, the humanities, and the social sciences, to send proposals for papers addressing the research topics and related issues.

Interested scholars are invited to send an abstract of 300 words and a short bio of 100 words to Sharon Gordon sharon.n.gordon@gmail.com.

We encourage scholars to send full papers or work in progress prior to the workshop, though such exchange will not be obligatory.

Due date is 30/4/2016.

CFP: AJS 2016, “Socio-Political Boundaries in the Yishuv”

I am seeking participants and papers for a panel on social, political, and cultural boundaries and boundary making in the Zionist Yishuv.  This could include work on the analysis, perception, depiction, destruction or creation of boundaries in the areas of political policy, language, labor organization, religion, art, literature, or other areas.  The panel will focus on the basis and strength of boundaries as indicators of socio-political goals, values, and challenges in this period and their ramifications for future periods. The goal of this panel is to foster conversation and connections on the latest research in Israel Studies on the pre-state period.

Please contact me at aemarino@ucdavis.edu if you are interested in presenting a paper or serving as a chair or respondent.  I am open to revising the panel proposal to fit more closely with participants’ interests.  Since I am a graduate student this panel needs at least one presenter who is a faculty, so faculty proposals are especially welcome.  Thanks in advance.

CFP: 48th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies (San Diego, Dec 2016; apply by May 5, 2016)

The Call for Papers for the 48th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies is now available online. The online proposal submission site will be open for submissions beginning March 15, 2016; the deadline for submissions is May 5, 2016 at 5:00 pm EST.  The conference will take place December 18 – 20, 2016 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel in San Diego, California. You will find detailed information about the conference on the AJS website, including a page to share ideas about sessions seeking participants and papers seeking sessions, as well as suggested themes for each subject-area division.

AJS is committed to supporting wide participation in the conference and is offering, for the first time, special reduced registration rates for unemployed and retired members. We are also raising funds for our Conference Travel Grant Program and will post updates about travel grant opportunities in the coming months. If you wish to contribute to the AJS Conference Travel Grant Fund, please click here.

Pending sufficient demand, AJS will arrange for onsite childcare at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, to be provided by a conference childcare company. Please email conference@ajs.cjh.org by May 5, 2016. If you wish to make a donation to the AJS Conference Childcare Fund, please click here.

Please do not hesitate to contact the AJS office (conference@ajs.cjh.org or 917.606.8249) if you have any questions regarding the submission process. We look forward to seeing you in San Diego!

Seminar and Call for Applications: Leffell Seminar on The Impact of Israel on American Jewry

Call for Applications

How has Israel shaped the culture, religious expression, political and organizational life, and self-understanding of American Jews between 1948 and the present? This subject will be explored at a two-day seminar sponsored by The Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation, August 2-3, 2016 in White Plains, New York. Facilitated by senior academic faculty and leading opinion-makers, the seminar invites applicants from a broad range of disciplinary backgrounds in the humanities and social sciences. All transportation and lodging expenses will be provided by the Foundation. Seminar presenters will receive a $2,500 stipend for their participation.

Advanced graduate students, early career academics, and thought leaders are invited to submit an application by March 18, 2016, with notification of acceptance to the seminar by April 15, 2016. Applicants should submit a two- page resume that includes personal contact information, education, degrees earned, publications, and names with contact information of two persons who can directly reflect on the candidate’s past performance and future promise. Each applicant must submit an 800 word essay explaining how their scholarly or professional interests intersect with the seminar’s theme. Applications should be sent electronically to Ms. Stacey Popovsky, Executive Director, Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation at spopovsky@leffellfoundation.org. You may also contact Ms. Popovsky with questions at (646) 532-2445. Candidates accepted for participation in the seminar will be asked to write an original 12-15 page paper on a topic related to the seminar’s theme due no later than June 10, 2016. Seminar presenters will be eligible to apply for subsequent research support to expand the scope of their seminar presentations for possible publication.

Lisa and Michael Leffell
Ken Stein, Emory University, Consultant to the Foundation
Jack Wertheimer, Jewish Theological Seminary, Consultant to the Foundation

https://israeled.org/leffell-seminar/

CFP: “Promised Lands: Israel-Diaspora Relations and Beyond” Workshop for Young Scholars (Munich, May 23-25, 2016)

The young scholars’ workshop focuses on the relationship between the State of Israel and Jewish communities worldwide. This relationship is often conceptualized in ideologically charged terms. “Diaspora,” the term most frequently used for Jewish communities outside of Israel, describes these relations in terms of “center” and “periphery” and is filled with negative connotations going back to religious traditions of spiritual diminishment and exile. But beyond messianic utopias, the actual state plays a great variety of different roles among Jews and their communities. Since its creation in 1948, Israel has shaped and formed the perceptions and self-perceptions of Jews around the world. What is more, these communities influence and shape Israeli culture, society and politics. Migration in both directions is a key element of these relations as migrants serve as agents of transcultural exchange and considerably help shaping mutual perceptions. These complex and multilayered relations and their representations are at the center of the workshop.

The workshop offers young scholars from Europe in the field of Israel Studies a forum to discuss their work with their peers and senior scholars alike. Scholars on the doctoral and post-doctoral level (within three years after completing their Ph.D.) can expand their networks and help to foster a vivid academic community of Israel Studies in Europe.

The workshop is supported by the Israel Institute and will take place at the Center for Advanced Studies / LMU Munich, Mai 23-25, 2016 under the direction of Michael Brenner (LMU Munich), Daniel Mahla (LMU Munich) and Johannes Becke (Center for Jewish Studies Heidelberg). Featured speakers include Derek Penslar (Oxford/Toronto) and Michael Berkowitz (UCL London).

To apply please send in an abstract of up to 300 words about the proposed paper and a CV until January 18, 2016 to: daniel.mahla@lrz.uni-muenchen.de.

Topics can include, but are not limited to:

– Political, economic and social relations between the State of Israel and Jewish communities worldwide

– Israeli emigration and its representation

– The concept of Jewish Diaspora and its changes after 1948

– The meanings and significance of the concept of a “dispersed people” for Jews and Israel

– The roles of exile and home in Jewish weltanschauung

– The influence of the state on Jewish-Gentile relations outside of Israel

– The impact of the establishment of a Jewish state on world Jewry

– The relationship between global and local in Jewish history

-Comparative perspectives on diaspora nationalism and Homeland-Diaspora relations

– Israeli Arab/Palestinian conceptions of “Diaspora”

– Palestinian emigration and its representation

– Non-Jewish diaspora communities in Israel (e.g. Armenians)

– Jewish and non-Jewish migration into Israel

CFP: Jewish Law Association: Impact of Technology, Science and Knowledge on Jewish Law and Ethics (abstracts by Jan 15, 2016)

Call for Papers
The 19th International Conference of the Jewish Law Association
Impact of Technology, Science and Knowledge on Jewish Law and Ethics
Tel Aviv University, Israel 11-13 July, 2016

Though the interaction between Jewish law, technology, and science is not novel, in recent centuries this interaction has intensified. Jewish law has been challenged, developed, and transformed under the sway of new developments in the fields of bio- and nano-technology and computer science and new research in the fields of digital and communication studies, the social sciences (e.g. psychology, sociology) and the humanities (e.g. philology, archeology). These developments pose new challenges for regulating behavior and for law in general. (For example, the growth of knowledge raises questions regarding the current nature of knowledge and authority, and transforms the nature of the legal corpus and of rabbinic authority.)

The conference committee invites scholars from all disciplines to submit proposals. We also invite proposals from practitioners (including rabbis, doctors, scientists and technology experts). We will give preference to proposals that deal with innovative technologies and to proposals that apply novel theoretical perspectives, and comparative perspectives (both to state law and to other religions). Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

 Post-humanism: Jewish law on bionic body parts, synthetic biology, technologically mediated sensations (cameras, loud speakers, virtual reality), and futuristic science.

 Identity: the effect of biology and virtual reality.

 Science education: the effects of evolutionism, archeology, Biblical studies, etc.

 Autonomy: free will vs. determinism in light of neuroscience and artificial intelligence.

 Social media and virtual/new communities, novel forms of communication and texts.

 Information Technologies: the effect of information retrieval systems etc.

Questions and fields can be combined. For example, one may ask whether causality in Jewish Law (grama and grami in religious law, torts and criminal law) has changed due to conceptual changes in physics, technological developments and/or new research in the social sciences.

The committee will consider full-panel proposals for thematic sessions. Please summarize the session’s rationale, the proposals of the participants, and information about the organizer.

Off-topic proposals will be considered too and their presentation will be integrated in the conference program.

Proposals, including a short CV, should be up to one page.
Send to JLAconference2016@gmail.com, by January 15st, 2016.

Decisions by Feb. 15th, 2016.

The organizing committee: Arye Edrei & Shai Wozner (TAU), Shai Lavi (Safra Center, TAU), Tehilla Beeri-Alon (Sha’arei Mishpat Academic Center), Amos Israel (Bar Ilan, JLA)

CFP: Seeking panelists for AIS on teaching Israel Studies

I’m seeking presenters for a panel entitled “Primary Sources for Teaching Israeli History,” at the upcoming AIS (June 2016). Instructors often look for ways to engage students in topics far removed from daily college life. Using non-traditional primary sources – posters, art, music, cookbooks, songs, film, material artefacts – is an effective way of bringing history to life. Panelists will share an innovative primary source they use in their undergraduate classes. They will explain how they use this source in the classroom and why they find it successful. My field is history, but other fields of Israel Studies are welcome, like anthropology, sociology, film studies, etc.

Please email your ideas to sklein@chapman.edu.

 

Shira Klein, Chapman University.

CFP: NAPH 2016 (Brown U, June 21-23)

 The 2016 NAPH Conference on Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture will be held at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island on June 21-23, 2016.

Members who are interested in organizing thematic panels, a seminar, or a colloquium and/or in presenting an individual paper or conducting a workshop are now invited to submit their proposals to the Conference Committee.

The deadline for submitting proposals for organized panels or individual papers is December 15, 2015.

For a description of the conference and submission instructions in English, click HERE or visit our website http://naphhebrew.org and navigate to the “Upcoming Conference” page; for a description and instructions in Hebrew click HERE.

Located in historic Providence, Rhode Island, Brown University was founded in 1764 and is the seventh-oldest college in the United States. Providence is a compact, thriving American capital city that neatly cross-stiches the fabric of New England history with a vibrant dining palate and edgy arts, music and cultural scenes. It is about 50 miles from Boston (1 hour by car, train and bus), and about 180 miles from NYC (about 3 ½ hours by car, train and bus).

CFP: Homonationalism in Hebrew (NAPH, June 2016)

I am looking for participants in a panel about Israeli homonationalism for the 2016 National Association of Professors of Hebrew conference (Providence, RI, June-21-23).

Please contact me at segalo[at]cofc. edu

Oren Segal, College of Charleston

Homonationalism in Hebrew: Representations in Literature, Drama, and Cinema

Following Jasbir Puar’s 2007 conceptualization of homonationalism, it became fashionable in Queer Studies to explore the various ways in which mainstream gays foster patriotism in order to assimilate into Western societies. Only a few scholars address this issue in the Israeli context, prominently among them Aeyal Gross, but, except of Raz Yosef, who examines this phenomenon in Israeli cinema, the conversations about the Israeli configuration of homonationalism are limited to the Social Studies perspective. Aiming to widen the scope of the discussion, this panel intends to explore cultural representations in literature, drama, and cinema of the unique Israeli fusion of nationalism and homonormativity. Since homonormativity supports and maintains the national structures that discriminate against individuals that fail to achieve or intentionally reject the narrow terms of acceptability, this panel also wishes to pay close attention to representations of non-normative sexualities and non-binary identities. This panel will provide another dimension to the current debate about homonationalism and offer the possibility to enrich it with questions about the cultural backgrounds of the Israeli manifestation of gay patriotism.

CFP: The Past in the Present of the Middle East (CBRL Conference, April 15-16, 2016, London)

 

CBRL Conference: The Past in the Present of the Middle East

15 & 16 April 2016 at the London Middle East Institute in SOAS

The Council for British Research in the Levant is pleased to open a call for papers and posters for a two-day conference to be held in London with the LMEI to showcase the work of CBRL and its partners in the region. The conference will present sessions on a number of themes linking the past to the present day in the Middle East.

• Cultural heritage in conflict

• Cultural heritage, society and economics

• Britain and the Levant: Culture and (Mis)Communication

• The past in the political present: the legacy of colonialism and intervention

• The Politics of Dissent: challenges to Orientalism and Zionism

• The impact of research – working with humanitarian agencies/practitioners

Closing session: The future of the past in the Middle East

Participants in the conference will include both invited speakers and participants who respond to this call, including early career scholars sponsored by CBRL to undertake new research, as well as established scholars presenting their own research, and research partners from the region. The conference is intended as an opportunity to speak to a wide audience, not only the academic community but also policy makers, practitioners and members of the public. We believe that this event will make an important contribution to the profile of research in the region.

Please send proposed paper or poster titles and abstracts of no more than 250 words to CBRL@britac.ac.uk by September 7th 2015. We will notify participants whether their paper or poster has been accepted by the end of October.

The conference fee is £50 (with an early bird rate of £40 until 15 January 2016), with a discounted rate of £20 for student participants. The fee will cover attendance at the conference, including lunches during the conference and the conference reception.

The CBRL is the British Academy-sponsored organization that promotes, sponsors and carries out high-quality research in the humanities and social sciences throughout the countries of the Levant.

Please circulate to all interested colleagues.

Council for British Research in the Levant

10 Carlton House Terrace

London SW1Y 5AH.  UK

www.cbrl.org.uk

CfP: Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, and the Dynamics of Delegitimization (IU, April 2016; deadline June 1, 2015)

Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism

 Indiana University

Announces

Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, and the Dynamics of Delegitimization:

An International Scholars’ Conference

April 2-5, 2016

Call for Papers

This conference will aim to explore the thinking that informs contemporary anti-Zionism and to clarify the ties such thinking may have with antisemitism and broader ideological, political, and cultural currents of thought.

The French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, recently declared that “anti-Zionism is an invitation to antisemitism.” The Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, concurs, stating that anti-Zionism is “the face of the new antisemitism. It targets the Jewish people by targeting Israel and attempts to make the old bigotry acceptable for a new generation.”

Are they right? What are the possible links between anti-Zionism and antisemitism? When does criticism of Israel cease to be a part of legitimate or acceptable discourse and become a form of antisemitism?  These have been much discussed questions, but recent events have given them a new urgency, and examining them today seems both timely and necessary.

Most arguments against Zionism formulated in the pre-state period would find few supporters today. The destruction of European Jewry during World War II and the establishment of Israel a few years later changed history in decisive ways and brought most Jews and others to recognize the need for and validity of a sovereign Jewish state. Nevertheless, in some circles attitudes towards the ongoing existence of such a state are no longer as affirmative as they had been, and publicly voiced calls for the end of Israel are becoming more prevalent. These anti-Zionist views are emerging at a time when antisemitism is on the upsurge in Europe and elsewhere.  How, if at all, are these phenomena related? What exactly do people mean when they say they are not against Jews or Judaism but “Zionism?” What does “Zionism” signify to its present-day opponents? What motivates them to fixate, sometimes fervently, on what they see as the singular “injustices” and even “evil” of Zionism and Israel? Of what irredeemable sin do they find Israel to be uniquely guilty?

The thinking that gives rise to these questions finds abundant expression today on college and university campuses as well as in some NGOs, political parties, trade and labor unions, religious institutions, human rights organizations, the United Nations, the global media (including social media), the arts and popular entertainment, etc. Those who align themselves with anti-Zionist agendas within these bodies frequently advance the goals of delegitimization. And the ultimate end point of delegitimization is the dissolution of Israel as a sovereign Jewish state and, for some, the nullification of the notion of the Jewish people as such. Why do such radical goals have appeal to otherwise thoughtful, professedly “peace-loving” people? What do they see in Israel that makes it, alone among all of the world’s countries, unacceptable as a state? No other nation, after all, is targeted for elimination. Why is Israel?

This conference will provide opportunity to explore and debate these and related questions in their historical, ideological, political, psychological, and cultural dimensions.

Papers are invited from younger scholars as well as more senior scholars. For oral presentation at the conference, papers will be restricted to 30 minutes. Thus, they should not exceed about 12 pages, double-spaced. For possible inclusion in a projected volume of edited conference proceedings, papers should be 20-25 pages, double-spaced.

Instructions for Submitting Paper Proposals: Please send detailed proposals to Alvin H. Rosenfeld (rosenfel@Indiana.edu), together with your curriculum vitae, by June 1, 2015. Proposals should be no longer than 2 typed pages, double-spaced. Decisions about acceptance will be sent to applicants by September 1, 2015.

Academic Advisory Board: Chaired by Alvin H. Rosenfeld, this committee will read and assess conference paper proposals. Members include: Doron Ben-Atar (Fordham University), Bruno Chaouat (University of Minnesota), Günther Jikeli (Indiana University), and Elhanan Yakira (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

Conference Sponsors:  Indiana University’s Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, School for Global and International Studies, and Indiana University Press.

Expenses: Those presenting papers who require financial assistance can apply to the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, c/o Alvin H. Rosenfeld, for coverage of conference-related travel, food, and accommodations costs. We will do our best to help meet at least some of your needs.

Call for Application: 2015 Leffell Seminar on The Impact of Israel on American Jewry (deadline: Feb 23, 2015)

Call for Applications

2015 Leffell Seminar on The Impact of Israel on American Jewry

 

How has Israel shaped the culture, religious expression, political and organizational life, and self-understanding of American Jews between 1948 and the present? This subject will be explored at a two-day seminar sponsored by The Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation from May 4-6, 2015 and to be held in Westchester, New York. Facilitated by senior academic faculty and leading opinion-makers, the seminar invites applicants from a broad range of disciplinary backgrounds in the humanities and social sciences. All transportation and lodging expenses will be provided by the Foundation.

Advanced graduate students, early career academics, and thought leaders are invited to submit an application by February 23, 2015, with notification of acceptance to the seminar by March 1, 2015. Applicants should submit a two page resume that includes personal contact information, education, degrees earned, publications, and names with contact information of two persons who can directly reflect on the candidate’s past performance and future promise. Each applicant must submit an 800 word essay explaining how their scholarly or professional interests intersect with the seminar’s theme. Applications should be sent electronically to Ms. Stacey Popovsky, Executive Director, Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation at spopovsky@leffellfoundation.org. You may also contact Ms. Popovsky with questions at (646) 532-2445. Candidates accepted for participation in the seminar will be asked to write an original 12-15 page pager on a topic related to the seminar’s theme due no later than midnight April 15, 2015. Seminar presenters will be eligible to apply for subsequent research support to expand the scope of their seminar presentations for possible publication.

 

 

Lisa and Michael Leffell

Ken Stein, Emory University, Consultant to the Foundation

Jack Wertheimer, Jewish Theological Seminary, Consultant to the Foundation

 

Click here for PDF file of the Call for Applications.

 

CFP: Child and Family in challenging situations: legal issues (Ono Academic College, apply by April 30, 2015)

Click here for a PDF file of this announcement.

Notice of Academic Symposium and Call for Papers

“Child and Family in challenging situations: legal issues”

June 9-10, 2015, Ono Academic College Faculty of Law, Kiryat Ono (Israel)

The International Academy for the Study of the Jurisprudence of the Family (“IASJF”) is pleased to announce that it will hold its 8th international symposium on the jurisprudence of the family on on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 9-10, 2015, at Ono Academic College Faculty of Law, Kiryat Ono, Israel. The topic of the symposium is “Child and Family in Challenging Situations: Legal Issues.” The Symposium will address the issues related to the topic from a juridical point of view; interdisciplinary presentations are also welcome.

Kiryat Ono, Israel, is in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, and approximately 50 minutes’ drive from Jerusalem. The Ono Faculty of Law is Israel’s largest law school with 50 full-time faculty members including two full-time Family Law faculty: Dr. Yitshak Cohen and Dr. Yoav Mazeh, who are the hosts of this symposium. The symposium will be followed with an organized tour to the Old City of Jerusalem, which will take place on Thursday, June 11th.

The International Academy (IASJF), is an independent, interdisciplinary scholarly society that seeks to promote thoughtful consideration and discussion of the foundations of the family, including marriage, parenting, extended and other family relations. Our website is at: http://www.iasjf.org/. The IASFJ has previously hosted academic symposia at Boston College Law School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; at Bratislava Law School of Pan-European University in Bratislava, Slovakia; at Pontifical Catholic University of Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina; at the University of Malta in Valletta, Malta; in Doha, Qatar (hosted by the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development); at Cardozo Law School, New York City, USA; and at University of La Coruña, Spain. The IASFJ sponsors the International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family (“IJJF”), which is published in both print editions and in HeinOnline. Papers from prior symposia have been published in the IJJF; and selected submitted papers from the 2015 Symposium will be published in Volume 6 of the IJJF.

A person wishing to present a scholarly paper at the symposium should submit a short abstract of the paper they propose (no more than one page) including a working title, the identity, institutional affiliation and full contact information of the author(s), and a brief description of the paper proposed. Proposals should be sent to Professor Lynn D. Wardle (BYU, US) at wardlel@law.byu.edu, to Professor Carlos Martínez de Aguirre (University of Zaragoza, Spain) at aguirre@unizar.es, or to Dr. Yitshak Cohen (Ono Academic College, Israel) at Itshak_c@ono.ac.il , by April 30, 2015. Acceptances will be on a rolling basis. All symposium participants must register ($ 80 for Academy members, $ 120 for non-members, plus $ 40 late fee after 31 March 2015) and pay for their own transportation and hotel. The fee includes all symposium meals. Please, check for updated news about this symposium on http://www.iasjf.org/.

News: Busy month of November at the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies (Concordia)

 

•     Family law in Israel: The tension between religious and civil legislation, with Rabbi Yitshak Cohen on Monday, November 3^rd at 11:30 am (1590 Docteur Penfield, room SB-407)
  • o   http://azrieli-institute.concordia.ca/news-and-events/events/lectures/documents/cohenflyer.pdf

 

• The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs presents One Story at a Time on Monday, November 10^th at 7:30 pm (Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec, 475 blvd. de Maisonneuve St Est)
  • o   The Azrieli Foundation is pleased to host a film and readings featuring their newly published authors.
  • o   RSVP by November 3^rd to launch@azrieli.ca

 

• A double lecture on Arab minority and the IDF: Historical perspectives with Randall Geller and Yakub Halabi on Wednesday, November 12^th at 2 pm (1590 Docteur Penfield, room SB-407)
  • o   http://azrieli-institute.concordia.ca/news-and-events/events/lectures/documents/gelerhalabiflyer.pdf

 

• JI Segal Awards on Wednesday, November 12^th at 7:30 pm (5151 Cote St Catherine)
  • o   The Jewish Public Library presents the JI Segal awards (http://www.jewishpubliclibrary.org/en/events+programs++courses/ji+segal+awards/)
  • o   One of the awards will be presented by the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies.

 

• A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide with Prof. Alon Confino at 11:00 am on Friday, November 14 (Room LB-1014,McConnell Library Building (1400 De Maisonneuve W.))
  • o   http://www.concordia.ca/cuevents/artsci/history/2014/11/speaker-series-alon-confino.html

 

• Lecture with Aviva Halamish on Tuesday, November 18^th at 2:30 pm.  Her topic will be 1934: A Year in the Life of the Jewish Community in Palestine (the “Yishuv”) pm  (1590 Docteur Penfield, room SB-407)
  • o   http://azrieli-institute.concordia.ca/news-and-events/events/lectures/documents/halamishflyer.pdf

 

• Coffee with Uri Dromi on Wednesday, November 19 at 2 pm (1590 Docteur Penfield, room SB-407)
  • o   http://azrieli-institute.concordia.ca/news-and-events/events/lectures/documents/dromifinalflyer.pdf

 

• On Wednesday, November 26^th at 11 am (1590 Docteur Penfield, SB-407), the Institute will be presenting a fall seminar.
  • o   http://azrieli-institute.concordia.ca/news-and-events/events/seminars/documents/advertisingposterforNovemberseminar_000.pdf

 

• The Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies is proud to host this year’s AIS Conference: Sustainable Israeli: A Changing Society in the 21^st Century.  Should you wish to submit a proposal, please click on the link provided (http://azrieli-institute.concordia.ca/news-and-events/conferences/) to read the Call for Papers.

We look forward to seeing you at one or all of these upcoming events.  For more information, please do not hesitate to contact the office or checkout our website.  Also, LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Azrieli-Institute-of-Israel-Studies/221296064713188

 

CFP: Sustainable Israel, Annual AIS Meeting (June 1-3, 2015)

31ST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR ISRAEL STUDIES

SUSTAINABLE ISRAEL
A Changing Society in the 21st Century

AZRIELI INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL STUDIES
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
JUNE 1-3, 2015

CALL FOR PAPERS

SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL HERE

Sustainability is a pressing global challenge in the 21st century. The growing gap between human needs and the limited availability of resources that are required to meet them has put the responsible collective management of those resources at the center of attention in global and national policy making. Sustainable development has always been central to the Zionist vision as suggested by Ben Gurion’s vision to “make the desert bloom” or Golda Meir’s famous quote: “We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel”. Sustainable development is a multi-dimensional concept and as such it reflects very well the multi-disciplinary nature and concern of the field of Israel Studies. While it centers on issues of environmental protection, social justice, and responsible economic growth, it also encompasses the diversity of ways in which the debates over this collective responsibility get articulated in the historic, social, cultural and political realms. It highlights the intimate connection between past, present and future, both in a global and in a local / national context.

Deadline for Submission of all Proposals

December 15, 2014

 SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL HERE

Submission Guidelines

Individual papers and panel proposals should be submitted using the online submission form available on the AIS
website: http://www.aisisraelstudies.org/annualmeeting.ehtml

Individual paper proposals should not exceed 250 words. The committee strongly encourages scholars to submit panel proposals. These should include information on the panel theme and on each individual paper and should not exceed 750 words.

PhD students who have completed their course work are encouraged to apply and should provide the email of
their advisor for approval.

All presenters will be required to register for the conference and be current AIS members.

Registration is online using a web-form on the AIS website.

Late proposals will not be accepted.

Travel Grants

All applications should be sent by e-mail to Professor Ilan Ben-Ami, AIS Treasurer, at: treasurer@aisisraelstudies.org.
The travel grant application deadline is December 15, 2014.

PhD students who wish to apply for travel grants should send a request along with a copy of their proposal and a letter from their advisor.

PhD holders without university travel support should send an abstract of the proposed paper and a current CV.

Program Committee

Csaba Nikolenyi, Chair
Gabor Balazs, Philosophy, Jewish Studies and Diaspora
Rebecca Leah Golbert, Anthropology
Yakub Halabi, Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science
Mordechai Inbari, Philosophy and Religion
Paula Kabalo, Israel and Zionism
Ian Lustick, Political Science

Arye Naor, Communications and Political Science
Bruce Phillips, Sociology and Jewish Communal Service
Yaron Shemer, Film
Shaul Shenhav, Political Science
Ilana Szobel, Gender Studies and Literature
David Tal, History

Keren Weinshall-Margel, Law
Asaf Zohar, Sustainability and Business Administration

For questions, please contact the conference coordinator, Jennifer Solomon at ais2015@aisisraelstudies.org

 

CFP: Israel Affairs special issue, Cultural Sociology of Dancing in Israel

[from: http://www.academia.edu/6251234/]

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Call for Papers

Special issue of Israel Affairs

 A Dancing Nation – Cultural Sociology of Dancing in Israel

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In history, dance has contributed towards creating friendship and understanding. For example, in newly established communities of British settlers in Australia dancing helped newcomers to interact with locals and establish friendly relations (Clendinnen, 2005). Some form of dance exists in social life since early days. For example, ballet as a formalized form of dance exists since 15th century Italy, and from Italy it spread to France and then other countries. At first, ballet was intertwined with opera, but theatrical ballet quickly found its place as an independent form of art. On the other hand, wider population developed traditional folk dances, which today form part of national cultures. In Judaism, dance presents a social tradition since ancient times because Jews have always expressed joy through dancing. This practice continued after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 when Jews even danced on the day modern state of Israel was established, and Israeli state has a rich dancing culture:  both folk and artistic. During 1940s, Jewish community was seeking its right to self-determination, and Jewish communities developed Hebrew culture as a national culture that will foster new national Jewish identity (Rottenberg 2013; Maoz 2000). Dance also had an important position in creating the state, and particularly the artistic dance performed mostly by European settlers. Jewish communities also developed folk and modern dance inspired by their countries of origin and the Zionist movement (Rottenberg, 2013). In 1950s, American dance groups came to Israel and this helped in spreading expressionism in dance techniques (Rottenberg, 2013). Various dance companies were established during the 1960s, and while folk dances were created from all distinctive traditions in the land of Israel and from Jews who came to Israel after the creation of the modern state of Israel (Roginsky 2007; Eshel 2011), modern and artistic dance are flourishing in Israel. However, dance has not been without divisions in Israeli society and; thus, there is a conflict between Eastern and Western Jewish dances and the position of these two dancing tradition is not the same (Yellin, 2011).

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This volume seeks contributions that tackle socio-cultural aspects of dance, the role of dance in contemporary Israeli society and everyday lives of Israelis. Papers are invited for the following topics: Judaism and dance Jewish dance culture in Israel Zionist dances and culture Impact of dance on everyday lives of Israelis and understanding between Jews of various backgrounds Americanization of dance in Israel Globalization of dance in Israel Influence of the immigration (Russian, Ethiopian, etc.) Dancing and its representation in Israeli Media Dancing and the discourse of ‘prestige’ vs. ‘mass’ culture This special volume is supposed to contribute to increasing of the knowledge about Israel and Jewish studies, as well as to contribute to better understanding of cultural studies and the role of dance in creating and preserving cultural identities. All articles will be a subject to editorial screening and independent peer review, and have to be prepared according to Israel Affairs standards:

http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=fisa20&page=instructions

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Abstracts are due June1st, 2014, and should be sent to:

martina@socialsciencesandhumanities.com

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Decisions will be sent by July 1st, 2014. Full papers are due December 1st, 2014. Acceptance of abstract does not automatically guarantee the final paper will be accepted since papers will be subjects to two independent peer-reviews.

CfP: Graduate conference at Cambridge, Patterns of Protest in Hebrew Culture

Call for Papers

Patterns of Protest in Hebrew Culture: Memory, Agents and Representation

2014 Cambridge Graduate Conference in Modern Hebrew

We would like to invite graduate students from within or without Hebrew Studies, as well as academics, artists and other interested parties to submit proposals for the Cambridge Hebrew Graduate Conference 2014, “Patterns of Protest in Hebrew Culture: Memory, Agents and Representation,” to be held on Tuesday 6 May 2014 at Cambridge. The conference aims to facilitate and promote discussion in the field of Modern Hebrew Studies, stimulating scholarship in the UK academy and bringing it into conversation with academics from around the world.

Recent waves of political protest in the Middle East have drawn critical focus to tensions regarding the future of societies and communities in the region and to the clash of worldviews and visions. Protest and the changes it brings are difficult phenomena to measure, and we tend to understand them mainly through examining political systems and the actions of leaders. In this conference we wish to promote a different debate by taking focus away from speeches in Parliament and statements to the media and aiming it toward the dynamics of culture.

2011’s wave of social protest in Israel caught many by surprise, as hundreds of thousands of Israelis took to the streets to demand social justice, a lower cost of living and a government response to the concerns of the middle class. Although the social justice movement challenged 21st century Israeli neo-liberalism, it often did so by employing the rhetoric of a diverse tradition of Hebrew texts, from Amir Gilboa’s poetry to the words of the Hebrew Bible.

The link between Hebrew texts and political and social protest is as ancient as the books of the prophets. Throughout history, Hebrew writers have articulated the prohibited and the revolutionary, in advance – and in advancement – of wider public acceptance. What part, then, has protest played in shaping Hebrew culture, throughout its history and in the present?

The purpose of this conference is to bring together young scholars from different disciplines to investigate the historical and cultural significance of Hebrew as a language of protest, and the forms of expression of protest and protest movements – topics surprisingly unexplored by academia. We welcome contributions that consider this theme from diverse theoretical perspectives and academic disciplines. We particularly welcome papers that examine the complimentarity and tensions between political dissent and Hebrew literary production – how is protest rendered intelligible in ways that serve to contain or depoliticize struggles? How has Hebrew, the language of tradition, served these modes of dissent as a means of reclaiming agency in the face of existing power structures? And how, in contemporary Israel, is Hebrew protested against as the language of power?

Participants will be invited to present their work as part of themed panels, followed by questions and discussion with Cambridge students, academics and fellow conference attendees.

Abstracts of 300-500 words are requested by 1 February 2014, with accepted papers to follow in full by March. Please submit abstracts, along with a brief academic C.V, to chgc2014@gmail.com. Any further queries may be sent to the same address.

CFP: AJS, Boston, December 2013, Deadline: May 8, 2013

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Reminder: the proposal submission deadline for the AJS 45th Annual Conference is

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 5:00 pm (Eastern Time)

 

For information on submitting an individual or session proposal, please see the AJS website, where you will find the Call for Papers, instructions for submitting a proposal, and checklists for all submission types.

 

 

Some tips for submitting proposals:

• Sessions Seeking Participants/Papers Seeking Sessions

The AJS website now lists more than thirty sessions seeking participants, and papers seeking sessions. Please contact the session organizer or the paper author listed if you would like to collaborate on a proposal. You may also submit a proposal individually, if your topic does not fall within any of the proposed topics.

• Organizing a Session

If you are a session organizer, or participating in a session being organized by someone else, please note: only the session organizer should submit information (paper title, abstract, a.v. needs, etc.) regarding the session and its participants. Session participants should provide session organizers with all the required information, as listed on the AJS website, so the organizer can submit the session proposal in its entirety. Please see the session submission checklist for additional guidelines on submitting a session proposal.

• Making Payments

All those planning to submit a proposal, either individually or as part of a pre-formed session, are required to pay their 2013-2014 membership dues and 2013 conference registration fee as part of the submission process. This policy also applies to chairs, discussants, paper presenters, and respondents who are part of pre-formed sessions. You can pay these fees through the the AJS website by selecting Log in to MyAJS. For step-by-step instructions, please click here.

 

If you have any questions regarding the submission process, please contact the AJS office at ajs@ajs.cjh.org or (917) 606-8249.

 

http://www.ajsnet.org | ajs@ajs.cjh.org | (917) 606-8249

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CFP: Israel between International Relations and Domestic Policies, London, 15-16 Sep 2013

Click here for details and e-mails

 

European Association of Israel Studies (EAIS)

2nd Annual Conference on Israel Studies

Israel between International Relations and Domestic Policies

SOAS, University of London

Sunday, 15 September – Monday 16 September 2013

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

This one day conference will build on our successful academic conference in September 2012 at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich which was attended by scholars and students of many European countries, from Russia to Portugal.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines who are engaged in research in any aspect of Israel studies – Politics, Literature, History, Economics, Language, Culture, Music and Art.

It will continue to build on areas previously investigated in the academic literature and also open up new fields of intellectual enquiry.

The organisers welcome all proposals including suggestions for panels which are pertinent to Israel Studies.

The EAIS will offer a limited number of travel grants  for the London conference for  doctoral students and junior faculty.

Please send an abstract of 200-250 words together with biographical background of about 50-100 words before 13 May 2013 to: Mita Vaghji on *****@soas.ac.uk All proposals are subject to a review process. The conference will be held in English.

All presenters must be fully paid-up members of the EAIS. For membership details, see http://tinyurl.com/673qdhn For details of the EAIS Charter, see http://tinyurl.com/6ggsu7o Further information and registration details will be made available in due course on our website.

Mita Vaghji

SOAS, University of London