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The Schusterman Center sponsors the following faculty placements at Brandeis.
Uri Bialer, History & NEJS 2011
Michael Feige, Anthropology & NEJS 2011-2012
Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Politics 2009-2012, Heller School 2011-2012
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The Jerusalem Report September 12th edition features the Schusterman Center in its article "Studying Israel."
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At the Schusterman Center
Brown Bag Lunch - A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism
Thursday, March 1st, 12:00 -1:45 pm
Alumni Lounge, Usdan (upstairs from Levin Ballroom)
Dessert and Coffee will be served.
Daniel L. Byman, Senior Fellow with the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, will discuss his new book. The program is sponsored by the Politics Department, The Crown Center for Middle East Studies and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. For further information click here.
Podcasts of Center Events
Israeli author Michal Govrin speaks to students and the wider community about her book Hold On to the Sun. Watch the video here.
David Makovsky and Gaith al-Omari spoke on September 7th. Watch a video of the event: UN Recognition of Palestinian Statehood - A New Dawn or Another Debacle?
Videocasts of plenary sessions and keynote address from the AIS conference, May 2011:
- Panel: "What Does the U.S. Want in the Middle East and What Should it Want?"
- Panel: "Arabs in the Jewish State"
- Keynote: "Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State," by Professor Moshe Halbertal
Watch a videocast of our center Dedication, Nov. 10, 2010. And a video of the artist installation with students.
Tzipi Livni, Israeli MK and leader of the opposition, held a town hall meeting on Nov. 4 2010, on the topic "Israel-Diaspora Relations."
Watch a videocast of this event.
Sayed Kashua, celebrated author, columnist and screenwriter, was invited in the spring of 2010 to share his body of work with several Brandeis classes.
Further details and audiocast of Arab Labor screening and Q&A
Ethan Bronner, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for the New York Times, spoke in 2010 about the challenges faced by a journalist covering opposing narratives.
Additional information and link to audiocast
Amos Oz, world-renowned novelist, activist and public intellectual spoke of his personal perspective on Israel in a public lecture, and discussed his novel A Tale of Love and Darkness to a group of Summer Institute for Israel Studies fellows.
Videocast of Israel: A Personal Perspective and further information about the author
Justice Richard Goldstone and respondent Ambassador Dore Gold discussed the challenge of the U.N. Gaza Report on Nov. 5.
Further information and link to videocast