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CV<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n
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\n EDUCATION<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

\n B.A. 1988<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

1984-1988- Hebrew University- Political Science + English Literature    <\/p>\n

\n M.A 1992<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

1988-1991- Hebrew University- Political Science<\/p>\n

\n Ph.D. 1996<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

1993-1996- Free University of Berlin- Political Science<\/p>\n

\n Doctoral dissertation:<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

Mobilization Under Control: The PLO and the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip<\/p>\n

Supervisors: Prof. Abraham Ashkenasi & Prof. Friedemann Buettner <\/p>\n

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\n ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/strong>     \n <\/p>\n

1988-1992- Hebrew University- Political Science (With Prof. Shlomo Avineri and Prof. Yaron Ezrahi)- Teaching Assistant<\/p>\n

1996-1997- Open University- Political Science- Lecturer<\/p>\n

1997-1998- Zfat Academic Collage- Social Sciences- Lecturer<\/p>\n

1997-2008- Western Galilee College- Social Science- Lecturer<\/p>\n

1998-2004- Tel Aviv University- Political Science- Lecturer<\/p>\n

2004-2011- Tel Aviv University- Political Science- Lecturer<\/p>\n

2012- present \u2013 Tel Aviv University- Associate Prof.<\/p>\n

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\n VISITING SCHOLAR POSITIONS<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

2002-2003- University of Pennsylvania- Political Science \u2013 Visiting Scholar Position<\/p>\n

2005- Summer position- University of Pennsylvania \u2013  Political Science \u2013 Teaching Position<\/p>\n

Summer 2006- University of Pennsylvania \u2013  Political Science \u2013  Teaching  Position<\/p>\n

Summer 2017- Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik \u2013 Berlin \u2013 Visiting Research Fellow<\/p>\n

Summer 2019   Otto-Suhr Institut \u2013 Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin  \u2013 Visiting Research Fellow<\/p>\n

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\n ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

Noevember 1995- \u201cConflict Resolution in the light of theories of Democracy: A Critical Perspective\u201d. Paper presented at an international conference on \u2018Conflict Resolution and Education for Democracy: Issues in Public Policy\u2019. Jerusalem, Israel.  <\/p>\n

August 1997- \u201cCivil Society as the Sphere of Stable Peace in the Middle East\u201d. Paper presented at an German-Israeli-Palestinian Conference on \u201cThe Peace Process in the Middle East\u201d. Munich, Germany.  <\/p>\n

April 1998-  \u201cWhen the Fida\u2019I Meets the Samid: Insiders and Outsiders in Palestinian Political Discourse\u201d. Paper presented at the Israeli Sociological Association, Haifa University. Haifa, Israel.<\/p>\n

August 1998- \u201cPalestinian State-Formation, the Media and the Prospects of Democracy in Palestine\u201d. Paper presented at the  Conference of the International Communication Association. Jerusalem, Israel.<\/p>\n

December 1998-  \u201cPalestinian State-Formation and the Constitution of Critical Public Spheres\u201d. Paper presented at the conference of the Middle East Studies Association. Chicago, USA.<\/p>\n

May 2000- \u201cCivil Challenges to Ethnic Democracy: Differentiated Citizenship and Group Rights.\u201d Paper presented at a conference on: \u201cChallenges to Democracy: The Periphery as a Vantage Point,\u201d  Ben-Gurion University. Beer Sheva, Israel.  <\/p>\n

July 2000- \u201dNational Identities in Conflict: The Psychopolitical   Dynamics of the Israeli Palestinian Reconciliation.\u201d Paper presented at the conference of International Society of   Political Psychology, 23ed Annual Meeting, , Seattle, USA.<\/p>\n

September 2000- \u201cState Structure and Conflict in Multiethnic States.\u201d Paper  presented at conference on: Critical Issues in Conflict Resolution: Old Challenges and New Directions.\u201d Harvard University. Cambridge, USA.<\/p>\n

November 2000- \u201cLeadership in Crisis: The Impact of Structural and Motivational Factors on the Arab Leadership in Israel.\u201d Paper presented at a conference on: \u201cThe Arab Minority: Between Israel and Palestine.\u201d Tel-Aviv University. Tel Aviv, Israel.<\/p>\n

December 2002- \u201cRedefining Majority Rule in the Jewish State: Law Making and the Predicament of Equal Citizenship\u201d. Paper presented at conference organized by MADA: Arab Center for Applied Social Research. Nazareth, Israel.<\/p>\n

April  2003- \u201cNative Peoples, Ethnic Nationalism and the Predicament of Civic Equality: Justifying Arab Collective Rights in Israel\u201d. Paper presented at conference at NYU Law School on: The Legal and Socio-Economic Status of Arab Citizens in Israel. New York, USA.<\/p>\n

June 2003- \u201cThe Palestinian IDPs in Israel and the Predicament of Return: Between Imagining the \u201cImpossible\u201d and Enabling the \u201cImaginative\u201d. Paper presented at a second seminar on  The Predicaments of Palestinians and Jews: The Meanings of Catastrophe, Historical Knowledge, and the Return of Exiles. University of  Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, USA.<\/p>\n

February 2004- \u201cThe Politics of Arab Minority in Israel\u201d, in a conference on: Equality in Rifted Society. Center for Human Values at Princeton University, USA. <\/p>\n

February 2004- \u201cThe Structure and Policies of the Palestinian Media after Oslo\u201d Bet Berl College, Nazareth.<\/p>\n

March 9, 2004- \u201cCollective Rights for Indigenous Minorities: Theoretical Aspects\u201d in a conference on The Arabs in Israel 2004: The Status of the Arab Minority in the Jewish Nation-State at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n

June 25-26, 2004- \u201cConstitutional Patriotism and Minority Rights: A Critical Appraisal\u201d in a conference on Constitutionalism as a Mechanism of Social and Political Change: Israel in a Comparative Perspective at Mada \u2013Arab Center for Applied Social Research.<\/p>\n

May 22-25, 2005- \u201cWhen Liberal Zionism and Ethnic Majoritarianism Meet: On the Politics of Exclusion in Israel\u201d in a conference on How and Why do Democracies Breakdown? at Hebrew University.<\/p>\n

May 29-31, 2005- Institutionalizing Inclusion: Differentiated Citizenship Rights, Effective Participation and Deliberative Equality\u201d in a  conference on Civic Education in Conflicted Societies at the Van Leer Institute and Haifa University.<\/p>\n

December 15, 2005- \u201cCivic Education and the Challenge of Shared Civility in Israel\u201d, in a conference on \u201cIs Shared Civility Possible in Israel?\u201d at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n

June 4-6, 2006- \u201cThe Text and Sub-Text of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict\u201d in a conference on: Ethnicity and Nationalism in Divided Societies: Conflict or Accommodation\u201d at Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n

February 5-6, 2007- \u201cElite Without Shadows: On the Sociology of Arab Leadership in Israel\u201d in a conference on: Elites in Israel: Continuity and Change at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n

November 30-December 1, 2007-  \u201cConditional Democratization: The Palestinian Experience in Comparative Perspective\u201d in a conference on: External  Democracy Promotion in the Middle East at the Freie  Universitaet Germany.<\/p>\n

December 6, 2007- \u201cThe Future Vision Documents and the Constitution of the Palestinian-Israeli Political Subject\u201d in a conference on: Continuation and Interruption in Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel: The Future Vision Document in a  Perspective at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n

May 19-21, 2008- Time and Temporality in Zionist Thought and Practice, in Conference of Association of Israel Studies, NYU.<\/p>\n

June 2008- \u201cThe Desire for Normalcy as Temporariness in Palestinian Imagination and Practice\u201d, in: The Dialectics of Memory and Forgetfulness in the Israeli Independence and Palestinian Nakba, Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n

March 25, 2009- The Phenomenology of Arab Communist Leadership in Israel, TAU.<\/p>\n

April 2-4, 2009- Ethno-Republicanism, Imperial Expansionism and the Indispensability of Federalism for Israeli-Palestinian Relations, Republic and Empire, Columbia University.<\/p>\n

April 17-18, 2009- Popular vs. Institutionalized Religion and Democratic Power Structures: Theoretical Conclusions from Three Middle Eastern Countries, Religion and Democratization: Friend or Enemy?,                                   London Metropolitan University.<\/p>\n

October 25-27, 2011- Democratization in Monarchal vs. Republican Regimes: A Comparative Analysis in Challenges to Democracy: Eruptions and Erosions at Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.<\/p>\n

April 16, 2012- Redefining the Jewish State and the Hollowing Out of Arab Citizenship, SOAS, London.<\/p>\n

June 4-6, 2012- Redefining the Jewish State and the Hollowing Out of Arab Citizenship in Israel in Domestic and International Perspective, Hebrew University, 4-6 June 2012.<\/p>\n

April 2013- \u201cThe Roots of the Israeli Denial of the Nakba\u201d, in: The Nakba in the Israeli National Memory, Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n

December 13, 2013- The Challenges of Differential Citizenship and Transitional Recognition in Palestine\/Israel. In Historical Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in Israel\/Palestine, European University Institute, Florence.<\/p>\n

January 8, 2014- Divergent Trust in Conflict Situations: The Case of Palestinian Citizens of Israel. International Conference: The Role of Trust in Conflict Resolution. Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n

May 2014- \u201cBeyond Traditional Sovereignty Theory in Conflict Resolution: Lessons from Israel\/Palestine\u201d in: Global Conflict and Conflict Management: Israel\/Palestine and Beyond\u201d, Oxford University.<\/p>\n

June 2014- \u201cLegitimacy Crisis in Constitution Making: Egypt and Tunisia in Comparative Perspective\u201d, in: Revolutions and Constitutions: Theoretical and Comparative Perspective. Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n

December 2014-January 2015- Religion State and Constitution Making in Egypt and Tunisia: A Comparative Perspective. In: Public Religions, Private Communities and Human Rights, Ramat Gan \u2013College of Law and Business.<\/p>\n

May 2015- \u201cMisrecognition and the Politics of Hollow Citizenship\u201d, in: Dilemmas of Recognition in Asymmetric Conflicts: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in a Comparative Perspective\u201d, Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n

April 2016- \u201cCan The Palestinians Recognize Israel as Jewish State?\u201d, in: Israel and Palestine: Lands and Peoples, Brown University.\u2019<\/p>\n

June 2016- \u201cA Response to Seyla Benhabib\u201d, in: Political Philosophy  Today?, Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n

May 2017- \u201cThe Rights of Indigenous Peoples in National States\u201d, in Annual Conference of Israeli Political Science Association.<\/p>\n

June 2017- \u201cDecolonizing Knowledge in the Neoliberal Age\u201d, in: Critical Theory in the Neoliberal Era \u2013 Current Views, Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n

April 2018- \u201cCreating Fauda: Subaltern Agency-Claimg versus Othering in the Israeli Cultural Industries\u201d, Creative Industries Conference, Kings College, London, 18-20 April, 2018.<\/p>\n

May 2018 \u2013 \u201cHumanist Lessons from the Holocaust Memory for Political Education\u201d, Tomorrow\u2019s Holocaust Memory, The Eva and Marc Besen Institute for the Study of Historical Consciousness at Tel  Aviv University, 29 April, 2018.<\/p>\n

October 2018  -\u201cDecolonizing Knowledge\u201d, Israel Studies: Theory and Practice,  Bir Zeit University, 27 October, 2018.<\/p>\n

December 2018  \u2013 \u201cThe Temporal Turn in Palestinian Exile\u201d, Israeli, Palestinian and Other Diasporas in Comparative Perspective, Elie Wiesel Center  For Jewish Studies, Boston University, 13-14, December, 2018.<\/p>\n

March 2019 \u2013 \u201cConstitutionalizing the Unconstitutional Nation-State Law in Israel: Motivations and Ramifications\u201d, Conference: Constitutionalism Constitution-Making and Sovereignty \u2013 A Theoretical and Comparative Perspective, Center for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University \u2013 Jerusalem, 25-26 March, 2019. <\/p>\n

February 2020 \u2013  \u201cPalestinian Cultural Activism and Cultural Control Policy in Israel\u201d, Conference: Culture, Power and the Power of Culture, The Israeli Sociological Association, Bar Ilan University, 25-26 February, 2020. <\/p>\n

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\n ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

1988-1989: Raul Wallenberg Foundation \u2013  Award for Human Rights.<\/p>\n

1992-1996: German Academic Exchange Service  \u2013 Doctoral Fulbright.                                                                                <\/p>\n

1996-1997: Van-Leer Institute \u2013 Research Fellowship.         <\/p>\n

1996-1997: University of Haifa \u2013 Research Fellowship.<\/p>\n

1997-1998: Kreitman Foundation \u2013 Post-Doctoral Fellowship. <\/p>\n

1998- 2001: Tel Aviv University \u2013 Maof Fellowship.           <\/p>\n

1999- 2001:  Tami Steimetz Center \u2013 Research Fellowship.<\/p>\n

2000-2001: Tel Aviv University \u2013 Research Fellowship.       <\/p>\n

2002-2003: American-Palestinian Research Council \u2013 Research Fellowship ($6000).<\/p>\n

2002-2003: University of Pennsylvania \u2013 Visiting scholar position. <\/p>\n

2003-2004: Burda Center for Innovative Communications at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev \u2013 Research Fellowship ($4000).           <\/p>\n

2004-2006: United States Institute of Peace \u2013  Research Fellowship ($40,000).<\/p>\n

2004-2005: The Konrad Adenauer Program \u2013 Research Grant for Jewish-Arab Cooperation($3500).<\/p>\n

2006- The Minerva Center for Human Rights Research Award ($1500).                                                                                              <\/p>\n

2007 -2009: Ford Foundation \u2013 Research Grant  ($135,000).      <\/p>\n

2007-2008: Vice President for Research \u2013 Research Grant (20,000 NIS).<\/p>\n

2011: Deutsch Israeli Zukunft Forum -(50,000 Euro).<\/p>\n

2014: Tami Steinmetz Center \u2013 TAU \u2013 Research Grant ($ 7,200).<\/p>\n

2017: <\/strong>Vice President for Research \u2013 Research Grant (20,000 NIS).\n <\/p>\n

2017-2020: ISF Research Grant \u2013 Research Grant (620,000 ILS).<\/p>\n

2019: DAAD research grant, (6600 Euros).<\/p>\n

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\n MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

1998-1999     Middle East Studies Association. USA   <\/p>\n

1999               American Political Science Association. USA  <\/p>\n

2008               Middle East Studies Association. USA<\/p>\n

2008               Association for Israel Studies. USA<\/p>\n

2014               International Studies Association. USA<\/p>\n

2019               International Communication Association. <\/p>\n

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\n Administrative Positions and Task:<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

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  1. Chair of Political Science Department at Tel Aviv University. July 2006-July 2009.<\/li>\n
  2. Coordinator of Political Communication Program, 2000-Present<\/li>\n
  3. Consultant of MA students 2001-2002; 2003-2004 2010-2015.<\/li>\n
  4. Head of Walter Lebach Institute for Jewish-Arab Relations at Tel Aviv University. September 2005- 2011<\/li>\n
  5. Head of Master\u2019s Executive Program of Political Communication, 2006-Present.<\/li>\n
  6. Member of the Doctoral Committee at the Political Science Department, TAU.<\/li>\n
  7. Head of the International MA Program in Political Science and Political Communication, 2011-Present<\/li>\n
  8. Head of the Walter Lebach Institute for Jewish Arab Relations \u2013 TAU October 2014<\/li>\n
  9. Co-Editor in Chief of the Public Sphere Journal \u2013 Political Science Department TAU<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

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    CV EDUCATION B.A. 1988 1984-1988- Hebrew University- Political Science + English Literature     M.A 1992 1988-1991- Hebrew University- Political Science Ph.D. 1996 1993-1996- Free University of Berlin- Political Science Doctoral dissertation: Mobilization Under Control: The PLO and the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip Supervisors: Prof. Abraham Ashkenasi & Prof. Friedemann Buettner    ACADEMIC AND … Continue reading “CV”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-794","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/amaljamal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/amaljamal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/amaljamal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/amaljamal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/amaljamal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/amaljamal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":889,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/amaljamal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/794\/revisions\/889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/amaljamal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}