UW faculty traveled to the southern Israeli city of Be’er Sheva for the Association for Israel Studies (AIS) annual meeting in June.
AIS is the only international, interdisciplinary association dedicated to the academic study of modern Israel and it draws scholars from all over the world. Despite the tenuous political situation in southern Israel, almost three hundred scholars of Israeli Studies participated at what turned out to be an excellent meeting.
The outstanding UW participation included three departments and the Center for Jewish Studies:
- Professor Rachel F. Brenner (Hebrew and Semitic Studies) who serves as the president of AIS.
- Professor Nadav Shelef (Political Science)
- Visiting Professor Miri Talmon-Bohm (Hebrew and Semitic Studies)
- Bilha Mirkin (Hebrew and Semitic Studies)
- Post-doctoral fellow Sharon Assiskowitch (Political Science)
- Graduate students Assaf Meshulam (Education) and Amnon Cavari (Political Science)