What is the program?
The Distinguished Lectureship Program includes prominent scholars coming from all fields which cover the breadth of Israeli politics, history, society and culture.
The program offers the chance to host some of the most prominent Israel Studies scholars today to discuss their scholarship on a wide variety of issues related to Israel Studies. In broader terms, the program seeks to serve as a platform for Israel Studies scholars, one that will showcase their work as well as enrich and invigorate the scholarly discussion of Israel.
How does the program work?
Universities are invited to sponsor a lecturer to speak at their institution. Scholars are expected to be willing to give one lecture per year for the program if invited by a sponsor university to do so. Universities that are interested in sponsoring a lecture will pay an honorarium of $1,000 for a single speaker and $500 for a speaker participating on a panel, directly to the AIS and cover the lecturer’s travel and lodging expenses (when conducted in person, rather than virtually). Lecturers are required to be AIS members.
Please explore the list below to find lecture topics listed by categories. To view lecture topics listed according to scholars, click here.
To get started:
Please contact Asaf Shamis, Executive Director at ais@aisisraelstudies.org. Please include the name of the scholar you would like to sponsor for a lecture.
The AIS will coordinate the next steps between the institution and the scholar.
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Diego Rotman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (website)
Gad Barzilai, University of Haifa (website)
Joel Migdal, University of Washington (website)
Liat Steir-Livny, Sapir College (website)
Sarah S. Willen, University of Connecticut (website)
Arieh Saposnik, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (website)
Aviva Halamish, The Open University of Israel (website)
Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania (website); www.paradigmlostbook.com
Bess W. Heyman Professor, Political Science Department
Talia Diskin, Tel Aviv University (website) and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Yael Zerubavel, Rutgers University (website)
Ayelet Harel-Shalev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (website)
Alan Dowty, University of Notre Dame (website)
Arieh Saposnik, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (website)
Aviva Halamish, The Open University of Israel (website)
Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania (website); www.paradigmlostbook.com
Bess W. Heyman Professor, Political Science Department
Reuven Gafni, Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee (website)
Yael Zerubavel, Rutgers University (website)
Adrian Krupnik, University of Potsdam (website)
Aviva Halamish, The Open University of Israel (website)
Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania (website); www.paradigmlostbook.com
Bess W. Heyman Professor, Political Science Department
Liat Steir-Livny, Sapir College (website)
Adrian Krupnik, University of Potsdam (website)
Aviva Halamish, The Open University of Israel (website)
Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania (website); www.paradigmlostbook.com
Bess W. Heyman Professor, Political Science Department
Donna Robinson Divine, Smith College, (website)
Galia Golan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (website)
Darwin Professor (emerita)
Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania (website); www.paradigmlostbook.com
Bess W. Heyman Professor, Political Science Department
Uriel Abulof, Tel Aviv University, (website)
Yael Aronoff, Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel, James Madison College, Michigan State University (website)
Adrian Krupnik, University of Potsdam (website)
Ilan Troen, Brandeis University (website) /Ben-Gurion University (website)
Uriel Abulof, Tel Aviv University, (website)
Gad Barzilai, University of Haifa (website)
Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania (website); www.paradigmlostbook.com
Bess W. Heyman Professor, Political Science Department
Talia Diskin, Tel Aviv University (website) and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Bat-Zion Eraqi Korman, The Open University of Israel (website)
Alan Dowty, University of Notre Dame (website)
Donna Robinson Divine, Smith College, (website)
Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania (website); www.paradigmlostbook.com
Bess W. Heyman Professor, Political Science Department
Ilan Troen, Brandeis University (website) /Ben-Gurion University (website)
Ilan Peleg, Lafayette College (website)
Jonathan Rynhold, Bar-Ilan University (website)
Robert Freedman, Johns Hopkins University, (website)
Tamar Hermann, The Open University of Israel (website) and The Israel Democracy Institute (website)
Academic Director, Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research
Uriel Abulof, Tel Aviv University, (website)
Yael Aronoff, Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel, James Madison College, Michigan State University (website)
Yoram Peri, University of Maryland, (website)
Kimmy Caplan, Bar-Ilan University (website)
Reuven Gafni, Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee (website)
Masua Sagiv, Bar-Ilan University and Shalom Hartman Institute (website)
Yael Aronoff, Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel, James Madison College, Michigan State University (website)
Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull, (website)
Arieh Saposnik, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (website)
Aviva Halamish, The Open University of Israel (website)
Donna Robinson Divine, Smith College, (website)
Ilan Troen, Brandeis University (website) /Ben-Gurion University (website)
Uriel Abulof, Tel Aviv University, (website)