Post-doctoral Publications
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch
2009-2010
Politics Department
michalbj@brandeis.edu
Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch is a Post-Doctorate Fellow at the Schusterman Center of Israel Studies. She is also an Associate at the International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University. Michal holds a PhD in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a B.A (magna cum laude) in Political Science from Tel Aviv University. Her dissertation, titled: And the Truth Shall Make You Free: The International Norm of Truth-Seeking, develops a theory for the emergence and spreading of international norms in order to explain the worldwide prevalence of truth and reconciliation commissions. Michal is currently working on two research projects. In her first project, she evaluates the scope and political implications of the ideational and political alliance between the American Christian Right and the State of Israel. Her second project builds on her dissertation and evaluates the feasibility of introducing symbolic reparations into the negotiations over the Palestinian refugee issue.
At Brandeis, Michal is a Visiting Lecturer, where she is teaching the following seminars:
Fall 2009- Understanding the ‘Special Relationship’: The Role of Interests, Lobbies and Values in US-Israel Relations
Spring 2010- Transitional Justice and the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
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Mordechai (Motti) Inbari
2008-2009
Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
minbari@brandeis.edu
The Schusterman Center's first postdoctoral fellow, Mordechai (Motti) Inbari, focuses his research on Jewish fundamentalism in Israel. His book Jewish Fundamentalism and the Temple Mount: Who Will Build the Third Temple? has been published in English (SUNY Press, 2009. [H: 2008, Magnes Press]). He earned his PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and wrote his dissertation on King, Sanhedrin and Temple: Contemporary Movements Seeking to Establish a 'Torah State' and Rebuild the Third Temple 1984-2004. Prior to his fellowship at Brandeis, Inbari served as the Schusterman Visiting Assistant Professor for Israel Studies at the University of Florida.