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Guest Professor for Israel and Near East Studies

“Ben Gurion Endowed Chair” at the University of Heidelberg and the HfJS

 

The „Ben Gurion Endowed Chair for Israel and Near East Studies” is founded by The State of Baden-Württemberg and is the only one of its kind in the German speaking countries.

Prof. Dr. Rakefet Zalashik from New York University was appointed as the first Ben Gurion guest professor for the academic year of 2009/2010. In the fall and spring semesters she will offer various courses such as immigration in Israel, the state of Israel, women in Israeli society and the perception of the Holocaust in Israeli society and culture.

The „Ben Gurion Endowed Chair” is a bridge professorship between the University of Heidelberg and the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg. It was initiated by the Prime Minister of the state of Baden-Württemberg Günther H. Oetttinger. In the frame of the Ben-Gurion chair, a distinguished scholar will be appointed each year for the next five years.