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American Jewry and Israel: Intersections and Connections between Homelands and Diasporas
Tulane University, New Orleans
June 29 - July 1, 2020
The Program Committee of the 36th 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 special interest are proposals relating to the conference theme: “American Jewry and Israel: Intersections and Connections between Homelands and Diasporas.” This year’s venue is Tulane University in historic New Orleans, known worldwide for its fabulous food, music and atmosphere. The conference coincides with the launch of Tulane’s Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience, which seeks to better integrate the study of American Jewry into that of world Jewry.
In 1950, David Ben-Gurion and Jacob Blaustein, head of the American Jewish committee, met at the King David Hotel to clarify “some confusion and misunderstanding… as regards the relationship between Israel and the Jewish communities abroad, in particular that of the United States.” Ben-Gurion assured American Jews, who were concerned about charges of dual loyalty, that there was no expectation that all Jews would move to Israel and that American Jews had “no political allegiance to Israel.” For his part, Blaustein held up Israel as “a stronghold of democracy” that aligned with President Truman’s vision of the world and assured Ben-Gurion that American Jews could offer help and advice to Israel but would not attempt to interfere in their internal affairs.
Today, 70 years later, twenty-first century Israel and America have not only changed their once-conventional discourse on homeland and exile, they have also forged new kinds of relationships in all sectors of society. This conference will seek to explore all facets of these relationships: How can we account for the changing relationship between American Jewry and Israel, where alarms repeatedly sound over ‘the divide’ and “distancing” between Israel and American Jewry? What in the Ben-Gurion-Blaustein pact has changed, and what has remained constant? How, historically, have the two largest Jewish communities in the world interacted with one another both before and since that agreement? How have world events and Jewish trends redefined this relationship?
Deadline for Submission of all proposals: January 15, 2020
• Panel submissions and individual papers should be submitted using the online submission form at the AIS website.
• 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.
• In constructing panels keep in mind the importance of gender and diversity in the AIS.
• 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.
Program Committee
Conference Co-Chairs: Michael Cohen & Brian Horowitz (Tulane University)
Anthropology: Dan Rabinowitz (Tel Aviv University) and Judith L. Goldstein (Vassar College)
Architecture: Sharon Ayalon (Penn State University)
Arab-Israeli Conflict and Efforts at Cooperation: Galia Golan (IDC Herzliya) and Menna Abukhadra (University of Cambridge/Cairo University)
Arab Society in Israel: Faisal Azaiza (University of Haifa) and Ilana Kaufman (The Open University of Israel)
Communications: Anat Ben-David (The Open University of Israel) and Yoram Peri (University of Maryland)
Education: Niva Dolev (Kinneret Academic College)
Entrepreneurship (social, business, environmental): Harry Yuklea (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Film, Theater and Arts: Nina Spiegel (Portland State) and Yael Katzir (Beit Berl Academic College)
Gender Studies: Orna Sasson-Levy (Bar-Ilan University) and Sylvie Fogel Bijauoi (College of Management)
Hebrew Literature: Yael Dekel (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Yael Halevi-Wise (McGill University)
Historical and Cultural Geography: Havatzelet Yahel (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
History: Meir Chazan (Tel Aviv University) and Orit Rozin (Tel Aviv University)
International Relations: Emanuel Adler (University of Toronto) and Johanna Dyduch (Jagiellonian University in Poland)
Israel & Diaspora Relations: Gur Alroey (University of Haifa), Sara Hirschhorn (Northwestern University) and Zohar Segev (University of Haifa)
Law: Mohammed Wattad (Zefat Academic College) and Pnina Lahav (Boston University)
Political Science: Ayelet Harel-Shalev (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Csaba Nikolenyi (Condordia University)
Public Administration and Public Policy: Alon Tal (Tel Aviv University) and Lihi Lahat (Sapir College)
Religious Studies: Lilach Rosenberg Friedman (Bar-Ilan University)
Security Studies: Ofra Ben Ishai (The Open University of Israel) and Ron Hassner (UC Berkeley)
Sociology: Aziza Khazzoom (Indiana University) and Gili Drori (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Zionism: Rachel Fish (Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism) and Johannes Becke (Hochschule Für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg)
Tulane University, New Orleans
June 29 - July 1, 2020
The Program Committee of the 36th 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 special interest are proposals relating to the conference theme: “American Jewry and Israel: Intersections and Connections between Homelands and Diasporas.” This year’s venue is Tulane University in historic New Orleans, known worldwide for its fabulous food, music and atmosphere. The conference coincides with the launch of Tulane’s Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience, which seeks to better integrate the study of American Jewry into that of world Jewry.
In 1950, David Ben-Gurion and Jacob Blaustein, head of the American Jewish committee, met at the King David Hotel to clarify “some confusion and misunderstanding… as regards the relationship between Israel and the Jewish communities abroad, in particular that of the United States.” Ben-Gurion assured American Jews, who were concerned about charges of dual loyalty, that there was no expectation that all Jews would move to Israel and that American Jews had “no political allegiance to Israel.” For his part, Blaustein held up Israel as “a stronghold of democracy” that aligned with President Truman’s vision of the world and assured Ben-Gurion that American Jews could offer help and advice to Israel but would not attempt to interfere in their internal affairs.
Today, 70 years later, twenty-first century Israel and America have not only changed their once-conventional discourse on homeland and exile, they have also forged new kinds of relationships in all sectors of society. This conference will seek to explore all facets of these relationships: How can we account for the changing relationship between American Jewry and Israel, where alarms repeatedly sound over ‘the divide’ and “distancing” between Israel and American Jewry? What in the Ben-Gurion-Blaustein pact has changed, and what has remained constant? How, historically, have the two largest Jewish communities in the world interacted with one another both before and since that agreement? How have world events and Jewish trends redefined this relationship?
Deadline for Submission of all proposals: January 15, 2020
• Panel submissions and individual papers should be submitted using the online submission form at the AIS website.
• 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.
• In constructing panels keep in mind the importance of gender and diversity in the AIS.
• 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.
Program Committee
Conference Co-Chairs: Michael Cohen & Brian Horowitz (Tulane University)
Anthropology: Dan Rabinowitz (Tel Aviv University) and Judith L. Goldstein (Vassar College)
Architecture: Sharon Ayalon (Penn State University)
Arab-Israeli Conflict and Efforts at Cooperation: Galia Golan (IDC Herzliya) and Menna Abukhadra (University of Cambridge/Cairo University)
Arab Society in Israel: Faisal Azaiza (University of Haifa) and Ilana Kaufman (The Open University of Israel)
Communications: Anat Ben-David (The Open University of Israel) and Yoram Peri (University of Maryland)
Education: Niva Dolev (Kinneret Academic College)
Entrepreneurship (social, business, environmental): Harry Yuklea (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Film, Theater and Arts: Nina Spiegel (Portland State) and Yael Katzir (Beit Berl Academic College)
Gender Studies: Orna Sasson-Levy (Bar-Ilan University) and Sylvie Fogel Bijauoi (College of Management)
Hebrew Literature: Yael Dekel (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Yael Halevi-Wise (McGill University)
Historical and Cultural Geography: Havatzelet Yahel (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
History: Meir Chazan (Tel Aviv University) and Orit Rozin (Tel Aviv University)
International Relations: Emanuel Adler (University of Toronto) and Johanna Dyduch (Jagiellonian University in Poland)
Israel & Diaspora Relations: Gur Alroey (University of Haifa), Sara Hirschhorn (Northwestern University) and Zohar Segev (University of Haifa)
Law: Mohammed Wattad (Zefat Academic College) and Pnina Lahav (Boston University)
Political Science: Ayelet Harel-Shalev (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Csaba Nikolenyi (Condordia University)
Public Administration and Public Policy: Alon Tal (Tel Aviv University) and Lihi Lahat (Sapir College)
Religious Studies: Lilach Rosenberg Friedman (Bar-Ilan University)
Security Studies: Ofra Ben Ishai (The Open University of Israel) and Ron Hassner (UC Berkeley)
Sociology: Aziza Khazzoom (Indiana University) and Gili Drori (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Zionism: Rachel Fish (Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism) and Johannes Becke (Hochschule Für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg)
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