CURRICULUM VITAE
YORAM PERI
Kay Chair in Israel Studies, &
Director of the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies
College of Arts and Humanities
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742
Office phone 301 405 9413; Office fax 301 405 8232
Email: yperi@umd.edu
Education
Ph.D. 1981, Sociology and Political Science, London School of Economics
M.A. 1973, Sociology and Political Science, Hebrew University
B.A. 1968, Sociology and Political Science, Hebrew University
Academic Appointments
2009 - Present: Director the Gildenhorn Institute of Israel Studies, University of Maryland.
2009- Present: Kay Chair in Israel Studies, University of Maryland, College Park.
2008-2009: Visiting Professor, Center for Israel Studies, American University.
2005-2008: Founder & Director, Rothchild School of Communication, Tel Aviv University.
2006: Senior Visiting Scholar, Middle East Institute, Washington DC.
2004 – 2009: Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication, Tel Aviv University.
2002 – 2009: Director of Herzog Institute for Media, Politics and Society, Tel Aviv University.
2002: Department of Communication Senior Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
2001: Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow, US Institute of Peace, Washington DC.
2000: Visiting Professor and Fulbright Scholar, American University, Washington DC.
1995-2002: Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication, Hebrew University.
1988-1990: Senior Research Fellow, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University.
1987: Visiting Associate Professor, Dept. of Government, Dartmouth College.
1986: Visiting Scholar, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University.
1981-1985: Lecturer, Dept. of Political Studies, Tel Aviv University.
Recent Honors
2007: The "Best of the Best" award by the Association of American University Presses, the
American Association of School Librarians and the Public Library Association for the
book Generals in the Cabinet Room: How the Military Shapes Israeli Policy.
2007: “The Meir and Rachel Chechik Prize” by the Institute for National Security Studies, Tel
Aviv, for the book Generals in the Cabinet Room.
2006: "The Best Book in Social Sciences for 2006" award by the Israeli Political Science
Association, for Brothers at War: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Culture
War in Israel.
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2006: "The Prime Minister's Prize", for the book, Brothers at War: The Assassination of Yitzhak
Rabin and the Culture War in Israel.
2000: Fulbright Foundation's Yitzhak Rabin Award.
1994: Journalism Prize, The Smart Family Foundation, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Recent Professional Service (Academic)
2012-Present: Member of the Board of the Israel Institute, Washington, DC, an
organization founded to develop Israel Studies programs in the United States.
2012- Present: Member of the advisory committee of the Center for Law and Media at
Bar-Ilan University.
2011-Present: Editor of Israel Studies Review, the official journal of the Association of
Israel Studies.
2010-Present: Board Member, The Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem.
2009-Present: Member of the Editorial Board of Central European Journal of
Communication.
2006-2008: Member of the editorial board of Dvarim Ahadim (Israel journal of Communication,
Culture, and Society).
2006-Present: Member of the editorial board for Kesher (Journal for Study of Journalism and
Media in the Jewish World and Israel).
1995-1996: Member of the Board of Governors, Haifa University.
1995-2012: Founder and Coordinator of the “Maof” Program for Israeli-Arab faculty.
Professional Experience (non-academic)
2007-2008: Member of the special commission of the Press Council (Dorner
Commission) for media ethics in war
2007-2008: Member of the Advisory Committee of the State Controller (official, independent
oversight board of the Israeli government)
2000-2008: Member of the Israel Press Council and its presidium
2000-2002: President of the New Israel Fund (subsequently Chair of its International Council)
1997-1999: Vice Chair of the New Israel Fund
1995-1997: Member of the Board of Directors of the JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
1995-present: Frequent analyst and commentator on radio, television and the press, on current
affairs with emphasis on Israeli media, politics and security affairs
1990-1995: Member and Chair of the Association of Editors of Israeli Dailies
1990-1995: Editor in Chief of the daily Davar
1988-1990: Managing Editor of Davar
1987-1990: Editor of the journal Israeli Democracy
1981-1988: News Editor and political analyst in Davar
1978-1981: Director, The Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East, London, U.K.
1974-1977: Head of the Israel Labor Party European liaison office in London.
1974-1975: Political Advisor to the Prime Minister
1970-1973: Spokesperson of the Israel Labor Party
1965-1970: Reporter and columnist for Davar
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Publications
Books
Peri, Y. (2009). Reissue of Between Battles and Ballots: Israeli Military in Politics, Cambridge
UK and New York: Cambridge University Press.
Peri, Y. (2006). Generals in the Cabinet Room: How the Military Shapes Israel Policy,
Washington DC: US Institute of Peace.
Peri, Y. (2005). Brothers at War: The Rabin Assassination and the Cultural War in Israel, Tel
Aviv: Babel, Edith Aharonot (in Hebrew).
Peri, Y. (2004). Tele-Populism: Media and Politics in Israel in the 1990’s, Stanford: Stanford
University Press.
Peri, Y. (2000). The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, (ed. and contributor of 4 chapters), Stanford:
Stanford University Press.
Peri, Y. (1983). Between Battles and Ballots: Israeli Military in Politics, Cambridge UK and
New York: Cambridge University Press.
Monographs
Peri, Y., Tsfati, Y., & Tukachinsky, R. (2007). “Does the Media Influence National Morale?”
Media Trust Index: Report number 7. Tel Aviv University: Hertzog Institute for Media,
Society and Politics (Hebrew; 19 pp).
Peri, Y., Tsfati, Y., & Tukachinsky, R. (2005). “News Consumption on Internet Sites.” Media
Trust Index: Report number 4. Tel Aviv University: Hertzog Institute for Media, Society and
Politics (Hebrew; 12 pp.).
Peri, Y., Tsfati, Y, & Dor, D. (2004). “Israeli Attitudes towards Coverage of the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict in the Israeli Media.” Media trust index: Report number 3. Tel Aviv
University: Hertzog Institute for Media, Society and Politics (Hebrew; 12 pp).
Peri, Y., & Tsfati, Y. (2004). “Public and Journalists’ confidence in the media.” Media trust
index: Report number 2. Tel Aviv University: Hertzog Institute for Media, Society and
Politics (Hebrew; 19 pp).
Peri, Y., & Tsfati, Y. (2003). Media trust index: Report number 1. Tel Aviv University: Hertzog
Institute for Media, Society and Politics (Hebrew; 11 pp).
Peri, Y. (2001). The Israeli Military and Israel’s Palestinians Policy, Washington DC: US
Institute of Peace Press (65 pp).
Peri, Y. (1996) “Afterword: Rabin: From Mr. Security to Nobel Prize Winner,” in The Rabin
Memoirs, Berkeley: California University Press (pp. 339-380).
Yariv, A., Alpher, J., Feldman, S., Ben-Meir, Y., Ben-Zvi, A., Eytan, Z., Gazit, S., Gold, D.,
Heller, M., Karsh, E., Kurz, A., Levite, A., Meir, S., Peri, Y., & Shalev, A.(1989) The West
Bank and Gaza: Israel’s Options for Peace, Report of the JCSS Study Group, with Tel Aviv
University (221 pp).
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Peri, Y. (1989). “Electoral Reform in Israel,” Reports of the IDI International Forum on Electoral
Reform, Israel Democracy Institute, Israel (135 pp).
Peri, Y. & Neubach, A. (1985). The Military-Industrial System in Israel, International Center for
Peace in the Middle East, Tel Aviv (98 pp).
Refereed articles
Peri, Y. (2010). Israel at 62. Wilson Quarterly (Summer 2010), 56-61.
Tsfati, Y., Tukachinsky, R., and Peri, Y. (2009). Exposure to news, political comedy and
entertainment talk shows: Concern about security and political mistrust. International
Journal of Opinion Research, 21(4), 339–423.
Peri, Y. (2007). Cosmetics or Substantial changes? Media-Security Relations in the Beginning of
the 21 century. Media Frames, 1, 153-168 (in Hebrew).
Peri, Y. (2007). Intractable Conflict and the Media. Israel Studies, 12 (1), 78-102.
Peri, Y. (2007). The Return of Engaged Journalism. Kesher, 35 (Winter 2007), 132-136 (in
Hebrew).
Tsfati, Y. & Peri, Y. (2006). Mainstream Media skepticism and Exposure to Sectorial and
Extranational News Media: The Case of Israel. Mass Communication and Society, 9 (2), 165187.
Peri, Y. (2006). Land versus State: Israel and its Army after the Disengagement. Dissent, 53(1),
15-18.
Tsfati, Y., Meyers, O. & Peri, Y. (2006). What is good Journalism? Comparing Israeli public and
Journalists' Perceptions. Journalism, 7 (2), 153-174.
Wolfsfeld, G., Khouri, R. and Peri, Y. (2002). News About the Other in Jordan and Israel: Does
Peace Make a Difference? Political Communication, 19 (2), 189-210.
Peri, Y. (1999). Media, War and Citizenship, Communication Review, 3 (4), 1-29. Also in
Hebrew (2001) The Changing Security Discourse and the Change of the Concept of
Citizenship in Israel. Democratic Culture (Tarbut Democratit) vol. 4-5, 233-265 (in Hebrew).
Peri, Y. (1999). Requiem for What Once Was: Israel’s Politically Sponsored Press. Kesher, 25,
28-40 (in Hebrew).
Peri, Y. (1999). From Party-State to Telepopulism. Panim, 9, 17-23 (in Hebrew).
Peri, Y. (1999). The Media and the Collective Memory of Yitzhak Rabin Remembrance. Journal
of Communication, 49 (3), 106-124.
Peri, Y. (1998). The Rabin myth and the Media: Reconstruction of the Collective Israeli Identity.
European Journal of Communication, 12 (4), 435-458. Also In Hebrew as Peri, Y. (1997).
The Rabin Myth and the Media. Dvarim Ahadim, 1, 51-65.
Liebes, T. and Peri, Y. (1997). Electronic Journalism in Segmenting Societies: Lessons from the
Israeli elections 1966. Political Communication, 15 (1), 27-44. Also in Hebrew as T. Liebes,
Y. Peri, and Z. Grabelsky. (1996). The Media and the Alternative Media in Israel’s 1996’
Elections. Kesher, 20, 5-20.
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Peri, Y. (1996). The Radical Social Scientists and Israeli Militarism. Israel Studies, 1 (2), 230266. Also in Hebrew as Peri, Y. (1996). Is the Israeli Society Militaristic? Zmanim, No. 56,
94-112.
Peri, Y. (1983). Party-Military Relations in a Pluralistic Society. Journal of Strategic Studies,
6(3), 46-63.
Peri, Y. (1982). The Fall from Favour - Israel and the Socialist International. The Jerusalem
Quarterly, (24), 129-44.
Peri, Y. (1977). Ideological Portrait of the Israeli Military Elite. The Jerusalem Quarterly, (3),
28-41.
Chapters in Scholarly Anthologies
Peri, Y. (2014). Intentional Ambiguity: Why Do Crisis in Relations between the Defense
Minister and the Chief of Staff Reoccur Repeatedly? In E. Rosman-Stollman & A.
Kampinsky (Eds.), Civil-Military Relations in Israel (194-221). Lanham, MD: Lexington
Books.
Peri, Y. (2013). [Review of The Leader and the Media: Ben-Gurion and the Struggle Over the
Public Space, by Rafi Mann]. Media Frames 10, (Winter 2013), 161-164.
Peri, Y. (2012). The Impact of National Security on the Development of Media Systems: The
Case of Israel. In D. C. Hallin & P. Mancini (Eds.), Comparing Media Systems Beyond the
Western World (11-25). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Peri, Y. (2009). [Review of Sourcing the news: Key issues in journalism – An innovative study of
the Israeli press, by Zvi Reich]. Media Frames (Winter 2009),151-156.
Peri, Y. (2007). The Army-Politics Partnership and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process. In M.
Naor (Ed.), Army, Memory and National Identity (27-35). Jerusalem: Magnes (in Hebrew).
Peri, Y. & Tsfati, Y. (2007). Mainstream media skepticism and exposure to sectorial and extranational media. In D. Caspi (Ed.), Media and Democracy in Israel (162-184). Jerusalem: Van
Leer Institute (in Hebrew).
Peri, Y. (2007). The New Israeli Military Elite. In E. Ben-Rafael & Y. Sternberg (Eds.), New
Elites in Israel (117-136). Jerusalem: Bialik Institute (in Hebrew).
Peri, Y. (2005). The Political-Military Complex: The IDF's Influence over Policy Towards the
Palestinians Since 1987. In R. Cohen-Almagor (Ed.), Israeli institutions at a Crossroad (5070). London: Routledge.
Peri, Y. (2003). The Democratic Putsch of 1977. In M. Al-Haj & U. Ben-Eliezer (Eds.), In The
Name of Security: The Sociology of Peace and War in Israel in Changing Times (125-144).
Haifa: Haifa University Press.
Peri, Y. (2001). The Crisis of civil-Military Relations in Israel. In D. Maman, Z. Rosenhek & E.
Ben-Ari (Eds.) Military and Society in Israel: Theory and Comparative Perspective (107136). New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. Also in Hebrew: (1999) Civil -Military
Relations in Israel in Crisis, Megamot, 39 (4), 375-399.
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Peri, Y. (2000). Introduction: The Writing was on the Wall. In Y. Peri (Ed.), The Assassination
of Yitzhak Rabin (1-21). Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Peri, Y. (2000). The assassination: Causes, Meaning, Outcomes. In Y. Peri (Ed.), Rabin
Assassination (25-63). Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Peri, Y. (2000). The Media and Rabin Myth: Reconstruction of the Israeli Collective Identity. In
Y. Peri (Ed.), Rabin Assassination (175-226). Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Peri, Y. (2000). Rabin: Between Commemoration and Denial. In Y. Peri (Ed.), Rabin
Assassination (348-376). Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Peri, Y. (1999). The Changed Security Discourse in the Israeli Media. In D. Bar-Tal, D.
Jacobson, & A. Klieman (Eds.), Security Concerns: Insight From the Israeli Experience (215240). Stamford: JAI Press.
Peri, Y. (1998). Civilian-Military Relations in a Post - War Society. In T. Herman & E.
Yuchtman-Yaar (Eds.), Israeli Society and the Challenge of Transition to Co-Existence (100112). Tel Aviv: Konard Adenauer Stiftung and The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace
Research, Tel-Aviv University.
Peri, Y. (1996). Rabin - From Mr. Security to the Nobel Peace Prize Winner. In Yitzhak Rabin,
The Rabin Memoirs (339-380), Berkeley: California University Press.
Peri, Y. (1996). Democracy - Principles and Characteristics. In B. Neuberger (Ed.), State,
Government and Politics (45-51). Tel Aviv: Am Oved (in Hebrew).
Peri, Y. (1993). Conscientious Objection in a Democracy under Siege. In C. C. Moskos & J. W.
Chambers II (Eds.), The New Conscientious Objection (146-157). New York: Oxford
University Press, (pp.).
Peri, Y. (1993) The Arab-Israeli Conflict and Israeli Democracy. In E. Sprinzak and L. Diamond
(Eds.), Israel Democracy Under Stress (343-357). Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Peri, Y. (1990). The Impact of the Intifada on the IDF. In R. Gal (Ed.), The Seventh War (122128). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad (in Hebrew).
Peri, Y. (1989). The Impact of Occupation on the Military: the Case of the IDF 1967-1987. In I.
Peleg and O. Seliktar (Eds.), The Emergence of Binational Israel (143-168). Boulder:
Westview Press.
Peri, Y. (1988). From Political Nationalism to Ethic-Nationalism - the Case of Israel. In Y.
Lukas & A. M. Battah (Eds.), The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Two Decades of Change (41-53).
Boulder: Westview Press.
Peri, Y. (1985). The relations between the IDF and the political System in Israel. In A.Yariv
(Ed.) War by Choice (31- 56). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad (in Hebrew).
Peri, Y. (1984). Civilian Control During a Protracted War. In Z. Lanir (Ed.), Israel Security
Planning in the 1980s (50-72). New York: Praeger (in Hebrew).
Peri, Y. (1983). Coexistence or Hegemony - Shifts in the Israeli Security Concept. In D. Caspi
(Ed.), The Roots of Begin’s Success (191-218), London: Croom Helms.
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Peri Y. & Lissak, M. (1975). Retired Officers in Israel and the Emergence of a New Elite. In G.
Harries-Jenkins & J. Van Doorn (Eds.), The Military and the Problems of Legitimacy (175192). London: Sage.
Peri, Y. (1975). "T.V. in the Election Campaign. In A. Arian (Ed.), The Elections in Israel, 1973
(95-117). Jerusalem: Academic Press.
Other Media Activities
Occasional contributor of op-eds and other journalistic pieces to Israeli and American media
outlets such as Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Haaretz Sfarim, The New York Times,
The Boston Globe, and YNet.
Approached frequently by journalists for commentary and have done interviews for BBC, NPR,
CNN, Al Jazeera, Galei Zahal, Kol Yisrael, CBC (Canada), and others.
Frequently peer reviews manuscripts and books for publications such as: Megamot, Politika, The
Communication Review, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, European
Sociological Review, Haaretz Sfarim, and Democratic Culture (Tarbut Demokratia). Has also
reviewed for publishing imprints such as Magnes Press, Bar-Ilan University Press, Haifa
University Press, Open University Press, and Palgrave Macmillan.
Recent Research grants awarded
2013: Kahanoff Foundation grant for research on Israel 2023 project ($150,000).
2002-2006: Kahanoff Foundation grant for research projects on The Small Media ($145,000).
2002-2007: Grants from various institutions and foundations for academic activities at the
Herzog Institute (approximately $400,000).
2004: USIP grant for research on the Israel Defense Fund’s role in shaping Israeli policy.
2002: Euro research grant by EC People to people Program, for joint research with Prof. Gadi
Wolfsfeld, on “Attitudes of Jordanians and Israelis Towards Each Other, The Role of the
Media” ($135,000).
2001: Senior Fellow, The Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace at US Institute of
Peace, Washington D.C.
2000: Fulbright Award, for research on Yitzhak Rabin legacy.
1999: Research grant, The Eshkol Institute for Social, Economic and Political Research, The
Hebrew University, for research on “Telepopulism.”
1998: Research grant, The Smart Institute of Communications, Hebrew University, Jerusalem,
for research on Israeli media in politics.
1998: Research grant, The Truman Institute, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; for a joint research
with Prof. Gadi Wolfsfeld on the Jordanian and Israeli media after the peace process.
1997: Research grant, The Smart Institute of Communications, Hebrew University, Jerusalem;
for research on the media and the collective memory.
1997: Research grant, Faculty of Social Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; for research on
the media and Rabin assassination.
1997: Research grant, The Truman Institute, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; for research on the
Rabin Assassination and the Israeli Public.
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1995: Journalist in Residence, The Smart Institute for Communications, Hebrew University,
Jerusalem.
Recent Conference Participation and Lectures
(Selected list, since 1999)
“Yitzhak Rabin – The Prime Minister who was Assassinated Twice,” Global Political
Assassination Symposium, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, December 3, 2015.
“1917-2017: 100 years of Zionism, its Achievements and Challenges,” Shanghai International
Studies University, China, November 2015.
“The Evolution of Israeli-Chinese Foreign Relations,” Nanjing University, China, November
2015.
“A New Role for China in the Middle East: A View from Israel,” World Forum on China
Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China, November 2015.
“Panel: Politics and Law,” Reinventing Israel: Transformations of Israeli Society in the 21st
Century, Center for Israel Studies, American University, Washington, DC, October 29, 2015.
“The Second Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Cultural War in Israel,” Interdisciplinary
Humanities Center, University of California - Santa Barbara, October 18, 2015.
“Security Structures, Doctrine, and Domestic Politics,” Israeli Decision-Making in Turbulent
Times, Institute for National Strategic Studies, Washington, DC, September 30, 2015.
“2015 Knesset Elections: A Shift in Israeli Politics?” Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel
Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, March 5, 2015.
“What About Gaza: The War that Both Sides Lost,” Weatherhead Center for International
Affairs and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
November 20, 2014.
Roundtable on “Israel Studies and Jewish Studies -- Separate and Together,” Jewish Studies in
America: Past, Present, and Future conference, Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, College
Park, MD, November 16, 2014.
“Roundtable on Guy Ben-Porat’s Book, Between State and Synagogue - The Secularization of
Contemporary Israel,” Association for Israel Studies Annual Conference, Ben-Gurion University
of the Negev, Israel, June 24, 2014.
“Roundtable: Teaching Israel and Related Topics in American Universities,” Association for
Israel Studies Annual Conference, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, June 23, 2014.
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“Roundtable: National Security Decision-Making in Israel,” Association for Israel Studies
Annual Conference, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, June 23, 2014.
"What if Kerry's Initiative Fails? Potential Consequences for Israel's Future," Belfer Center for
Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge,
MA, March 11, 2014.
“Institutional Failures in Relations Between the Chief of Staff and the Political Echelon,” The
Second Kinneret Conference of the Association of Civil-Military Relations in Israel, Kinneret
College, Israel, December 11, 2013.
"Was October War Israel's Vietnam: Has the media coverage of Defense and the IDF
fundamentally changed since 1973?" Conference organized by Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace
Research on "Does the Media Fuel the Conflict?" Tel Aviv University, November 22, 2013.
“Israel’s New Government: New Faces, Same Policies?” Woodrow Wilson International Center,
Washington DC, April 12, 2013.
“The 2013 Israeli Elections and the Rise of the New Israelis,” Brown University, March 18,
2013.
"Israel, Iran, and the Arab Spring--A Coming Storm?" University of Toronto, Canada, March 7,
2013.
"Israeli Elections: New Faces, Old Predicaments" Queen's University, Canada, March 7, 2013,
and University of Winnipeg, Canada, March 5, 2013.
“Finding a Home: Jewish Studies and Israel Studies in the Academy,” Conference on Israel
Studies and Jewish Studies in America,” American University, Washington, DC, March 3, 2013.
“The Israeli Elections – A New Chapter or More of the Same?” Carnegie Council, New York,
February 21, 2013.
"Israel: History, Politics, Society," Foreign Service Institute (US Department of State),
Washington DC, February 19, 2013.
"Israel Following the 2013 Elections: A New Chapter or More of the Same?" University of
California – Berkeley, February 13, 2013.
“The 2013 Israeli Elections and the Prospects for Peace in the Middle East,” University of
Maryland, College Park, January 28, 2013.
"Elections in Israel," George Washington University, Washington DC, January 24, 2013.
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“The New Israel: The New Middle East,” Keynote address at the opening of the Polonsky
Academy for Advanced Study, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Jerusalem, Israel, October 25,
2012.
“Military Service and the Quest for Israeli Identity,” Keynote address in Jews, Military Service,
and Collective Belonging Conference at Emory University, Atlanta GA, May 6-8, 2012.
“The Political Role of the Military in Israel”, a conference on The Political Role of the Military
in the Middle East, University of Maryland, March 14, 2012.
“In Search of Identity: Israel’s Cultural Quandary,” Routes Conference, University of Maryland,
March 11, 2012.
“Israel, Iran, and the Arab Spring – A Coming Storm?”
University of Winnipeg, Canada, March 9, 2012.
University of Manitoba, Canada, March 8, 2012.
Canadian International Council and Royal United Services Institute, Regina, Canada,
March 7, 2012.
University of Regina, Canada, March 6, 2012.
"Shifts in Political Decision-Making Processes in Israel and Palestine," a conference on Up
Against the Wall: Israel in a Changing Middle East, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies Michigan
University, Ann Arbor, February 6, 2012.
“Mediatized Wars – A New Relationship Between War and Media,” Inaugural Conference of the
Association of Civil-Military Relations in Israel, Kinneret College, Israel, December 15, 2011.
“Security and Peace: What Can Be Done to Overcome Spoilers and Prevent Violence?”
Twenty years After Madrid, Lessons Learned and the Way Forward for Arab-Israeli
Peacemaking, US Institute of Peace, Washington DC, November 2, 2011.
“Between the Knesset and Beit Ha-Knesset: State and Religion in Israel,” The 23rd Annual Pearl
& Troy Feibel Lecture, at the Melton Center for Hewish Studies, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, October 31, 2011.
Conference on UN-Palestinian Statehood: Political, Legal, Social, Economic, and Strategic
Perspectives, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC, September 27, 2011.
“US Think Tanks and their Role in Middle East Policies,” a paper in the Annual Conference of
the Association of Israel Studies, Brandeis University, June 13, 2011.
“Jewish Perspectives: Israel in the News”, in Jewish Perspectives series, Rice University,
Houston, TX, March 17, 2011.
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“2011: Shifting Sands in the Middle East,” sponsored by the Centre for International Governance
Innovation, Balsillie School of International Affairs and the Waterloo Region branch of the
Canadian International Council, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, February 28, 2011.
“Israel after Egypt: Opportunities and Challenges for Peace,” a panel at the Middle East Institute,
Washington DC, February 23, 2011.
“Israeli History, Politics, and Society,” a special seminar at the US Department of State,
Foreign Service Institute, February 1, 2011.
“How the Media Create National Security Misconceptions,” an international conference on
Militarism: Political economy, security, theory, Sussex University, Great Britain, May 14-15,
2009.
“Populism, Anti-Politics, and Post-Democracy: the 2009 Elections in Israel,” AICE conference
on Israel at a Crossroad, American University, Washington DC, May 12, 2009.
“The Middle East after the Elections in Israel,” Middle East Seminar, Weatherhead Center for
International Affairs, Harvard University, March 5, 2009.
“Generals in the Cabinet Room: How the Military Shapes Israel’s Policy,” Taub Center for
Israeli Studies Graduate Workshop Seminar, New York, February 20, 2009.
"The Impact of the Six Days War on Israeli Society,” Seminar on Israel 1967-2008, The Israeli
Association for Military History, Yad Tabenkin, July 3, 2008.
"War and Terror," in Ethics and the Cinema: The 7th Tel Aviv International Colloquium on
Cinema Studies, June 3-6, 2008.
“The Revival of Israeli Populism: The Case of Arkady Gaydamak,” Annual Conference of the
Israeli Association of Political Science, Beit Berl, Israel, May 26, 2008.
"Communication Scholars as Public Intellectuals: Challenges and Responsibilities"; "Exposure
to News, Political Comedy, and Entertainment Talk Shows"; & "Concern About Security and
Political Mistrust”; both at the 58th Annual conference of the International Communication
Association, Montreal, Canada. May 23, 2008.
"The Resurgence of Israeli Populism," 24th Annual Conference of the Association of Israel
Studies, Israel 2008: Sixty Years after 1948 - Are the Narratives Converging? New York
University, New York, May 19-21, 2008.
"The Role of the Supreme Court in Israeli Society," Active chair at the Rector's special serial to
mark Israel’s Independence, Tel Aviv University, May 5, 2008.
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"Media Criticism in the Second Lebanon War: Reassessment," the 12th Annual Conference of
the Israeli Association of Communication, School of Communication, College of Management,
Tel Aviv, April 13, 2008.
"The Future of Public Radio Journalists," a conference on Public Broadcasting, Association of
Israeli Journalists with Haifa University, Tel Aviv, April 10, 2008.
"The Impact of the Media on Terrorism," Terror and the Open Society, Tel Aviv Workshop on
Science, Technology and Security, Tel Aviv, April 3, 2008.
"How the Media Create Misconceptions in National Security Isssues," an international
Conference on Existential Threats & Civil-Security Relatons, The Davis Institute for
International Relations, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, March 10-11, 2008.
"Messages of Peace in the Israeli and Egyptian Mass-Media," a conference on President Sadat's
Visit 30 Years Later: Where From? Where To? Dayan Center for the Middle Easts and African
Studies, Tel Aviv University, November 28-29, 2007.
"Media Activism," in the first National Confernce of Israeli Journalist, The Journalist
Association, Eilat, November 27-29, 2007.
"The Courts in the Media and Trials by the Media," The Annual conference of the Israeli Law
and Society Forum, Natanya Academic College, Neve Ilan, November 23-24, 2007.
“Freedom of Press in Emergency Situations: The Case of Israel,” Kiev State University, Kiev,
Ukraine, October 18, 2007; Kiev-Mohila University, Kiev, Ukraine, October 19, 2007.
"Israel Between Al-Aqsa Intifada and the Lebanon war"; "The First Mediatized War: Israel and
the Hezbolla in the Summer of 2006"; both at 23rd Annual Confernce of the Association of
Israel Studies, The Open University, Ra'anana, June 11-13, 2007.
"From Politics to Telepopulism: The Israeli Populist Project 1977-2007," a conference on The
Transformation of Israel's Political Culture, The Weitzman Institute for the Study of Zionism and
Israel, Tel Aviv University, May 16-17, 2007.
"Gaze to Journalists and Media in Palestine and Israel', in International conference Path to Peace
in the Palestinian-Israel Conflict, Universidad Carlos the Third, Madrid, Spain, May 11-12,
2007.
"The Media Revolution in Turkey and Israel," international conference on Turkey and Israel – A
Comparative Analysis, The Suleyman Demirel Program for Contemporary Turkish Studies,
Bilkenet University, and Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, April 30, 2007.
"Peace Journalism and the role of the Media in the Peace Process," conference for Israeli and
Palesinian journalists, The Geneva Initiative and Konrd Adenauer Stiftung, Anataliya, Turkey,
April 26-29, 2007.
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“How Does the Israeli Media Shape the Image of Arabs and Muslims?” Ben-Gurion University,
Israel, April 17, 2007.
"The Media and the Conflict," the 11th Annual conference of the Israeli Communication
Association, The Open University, Ra'anana, March 29, 2007.
"The Change of Israel's Image in the World," International conference marking the 40th
Anniversary of the six-Day War, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, March 28-30,
2007.
"The Media in Israel: the Constraint of Protracted Conflict on the Development of the Liberal
Model,” An international seminar on Comparing Media System Beyond Western World,
Universita Degli Studi di Perugia, Italy, March 23-24, 2007.
"Generals in the Cabinet Room: How the Military influence Israeli Policy," A Book Tour
in the USA, including World's Affairs Council, Harvard Seminar on the Middle East, Boston
Mass; Carnegie Institute New York; Center for Middle East, UCLA, Calif.; Center for Near
Eastern Studies, Washington DC. February 10-18, 2007.
"Israeli Military in Israeli Politics," at the Séminaire stratégique of the Centre de Etudes et
Researches International of the Science-Po, Paris, France, February 8, 2007.
“The Military Elite and the Political Class in Israel,” Conference on Israeli Elites, Continuation
and Renewal, Weizman Center for the Study of Zionism in Israel, Tel Aviv University, Israel,
Feburary 5, 2007.
"The coverage of the Intifada by Israeli and European Media," the second EU-Israel Media
Dialogue, The European Commission, Seville, Spain, February 2007.
"Media Institutions and Media Resarch," conference on Teaching and Studing the Media, The
Smart Communiation Institute, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, December 24, 2006.
“How Did the Political-Military Partnership Collapse in Summer 2006?” Conference on the
Second Lebanon War, Haifa University, December 7, 2006.
“Why do we See So Many Generals on the Screen?” Conference on Critical Approaches to
Journalism in War, Netanya Academy and Sapir Academy, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 23, 2006.
"Discourse, Legitimacy, and Molding of Consciousness - The Israeli Model of Political-Military
Relations," Convener and Chair, a Conference on The Second Lebanon War: How Decisions are
Made? Swiss Center for Conflict Resolution, Jerusalem Institute for Israel's Research and the
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, November 20, 2006.
"Israel's Evolving Foreign Policy," Middle East Institute's annual conference, The National Press
Club in Washington DC, November 14, 2006.
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"The Public Perceptions of the Media's Roll in the War," a seminar on the Media as a Strategy:
The Lessons of the Second War in Lebanon, The Institute for National Security, Neve Ilan,
November 11, 2006.
"Civil-Military Relations," a seminar on After the Hezbollah-Israel War: Debates in Israel and
the Arab World, The Anglo Israel Association, The Institute of Physics, London, October 29-30,
2006.
“From the ‘Second Intifada’ to the ‘Caricature Controversy:’ The Power of Images in the Middle
East Conflict,” Keynote Address at the Conference of Deutsch-Israelischer Arbeitskreis fur
Frieden in Nahen Osten (DIAK), Evangelische Akademie Arnoldshain, Germany, October 27,
2006.
“The Role of the Military in the Zionist Ethos: Myth and Reality,” Lecture during an Israel Study
Tour for the German Federal Agency for Civic Education, Tel Aviv, Israel, October 15, 2006.
“The Disengagement in Gaza - The ‘Third Way’ Approach to Solution of the Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict,” Instituto Elcano, Madrid, Spain, June 26, 2006.
“The Contribution of the Media to Israel’s ‘Cult of Security’,” Annual Meeting of the Israeli
Political Science Association, Ra’anana, Israel, June 15, 2006.
"Israeli Public Opinion on Defence," a conference on Israeli Society and National Security, The
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv, June 15, 2006.
"Models of Cooperation and Influence,” a conference on Diplomacy and the Media: Who Leads
Whom? The Institute for Diplomacy and Regional Cooperation, Tel Aviv University, June 12,
2006.
"The Media and the Construction of a Warring Society," an International Workshop on An Army
that Has a State? The Role of Israel’s Security Establishment in a Comparative Van Leer
Institute, Jerusalem, June 5-6, 2006.
“Noisy Media of Muted Communities: The Sectorial Media of the ‘Six Tribes’in Israeli Society,”
Keynote Address, Multiculturalism in Israeli Society Conference hosted by Emek Yisrael
College and Netanya College, Emek Yisrael, March 22, 2006.
"Retro vs. Metro: The Cultural War in Israeli Society," A conference to commemorate Prime
Minister Rabin Assassination, Israel Democracy Institute, Jerusalem, November 5, 2005.
“Yitzhak Rabin – Styles of Leadership,” Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, July 19,
2005.
"Israeli Politics," Middle East Institute, Washington DC, August 31, 2004.
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“The Media in Low-Intensity Conflict,” Organizer of a panel and a lecture, Tel Aviv Workshop
for Technology and Security, Tel Aviv, April 20, 2004.
"Israel's image in the European Media – Europe's image in the Israeli Media," A joint seminr of
Israeli and European of Newspapers' Editor, The Chaim Herzog Institute for Media, Politics and
Society, Tel Aviv, March 21, 2004.
"The Media and the Military," IDF National Security College, Tel Aviv, February 15, 2004.
“The 1999 Elections – The Democratic Putsch,” Haifa University Center for Multiculturalism,
Haifa, Israel, December 14, 2003.
"Media and politics in Israel," Colloqium the Deprtment of Communication, University of San
Diego, May 26, 2003.
“Media Coverage of the War in Iraq,” Jaffa Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University,
Israel, April 14, 2003.
“Media Criticism of the Security Establishment,” Jaffa Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv
University, March 17, 2003.
"The Role of the IDF in Israel’s Policy towards the Palestinians," The Middle East Institute,
Washington DC. Also a paper on the same topic at the Wilson Center, Washington DC, October
2002.
“Turbulence and Transition in US-Middle East Relations,” Middle East Institute, Washington,
DC, July 10, 2002.
“Transformational Leadership and Transactional Leadership: The Case of Israel,”
Commencement Address, Snelling Center for Government, University of Vermont, June 8, 2002.
"Covering war, Dilemas in War Journalism," International conference on War Teror and
Communication, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, May 2002.
“Is Unilateral Withdrawal the Answer for Israel?” Middle East Policy Council, Washington, DC,
March 22, 2002.
“Guns and Olive Brances: The Military and the Israeli-Palestinian Relationship,” United States
Institute of Peace, Washington, DC, March 20, 2002.
“Critical Challenges to Israel’s Democracy,” Jewish Studies & Middle East Studies Programs,
University of Washington, Seattle, April 11, 2001.
“The Impact of Domestic Politics among Israelis and Palestinians on the Peace Process,” Center
for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, April 19, 2001.
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“What Have We Learned from the Oslo Process?” The Middle East Institute, Washington, DC,
February 28, 2001.
“The Elections in Israel: An End to Rabin’s Legacy?” U.S. Department of State, Washington
DC, February 21, 2001.
“The Palestinian Revolt and Israel’s Constitutional Crisis,” a paper delivered to the Law School
faculty, American University, Washington D.C., February 2001.
“Election in Israel: Telepopulism and New Politics,” A special presentation at the Department of
Communication, University of California, February 2001.
“The U.S. Electoral Process - Still a Model for the World?” sponsored by the School of
Communication, American University, December 7, 2000.
“The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin – Five Years Later,” College of Arts and Sciences,
American University, November 1, 2000.
“Are there misperception gaps? Mutual perceptions of Europe and Israel in their respective
medias,” European Union-Israeli Forum, Strasbourg Conference, Strasbourg, France, July 9-11,
2000.
“Jordan’s Image in Israeli Society and Media,” International Conference on Political Discourse –
Incitement and Freedom of Expression, Yitzhak Rabin Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, February 29,
2000.
“The Military and Politics,” Conference on ‘Israel Today: Pursuing Peace and Prosperity,’
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Feburary 14, 2000.
“Who Secures Civil Rights? The Police, the Media, or In Between?” A Conference organized by
the Association of Civil Rights in Israel and the Israeli Police – “The Police and Civil Rights”
December 13, 1999.
Addressed the International Conference of Jurists on Civil and Human Rights, The Knesset,
Jerusalem, December 8, 1999.
“The 1999 Elections in Israel – The Democratic Putsch,” Annual Conference of the Association
of Israel Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, June 1999.
“The Frankfurt School: Hegemony, Aesthetics,” Session Chair in the international conference
on “Canonical Texts in Media Research,” Hebrew University, Jerusalem, June 1999.
“The Media and Collective Memory: The Commemoration of Yitzhak Rabin,” Panel on
International Communication at the International Communication Association, San Francisco,
CA, May 29, 1999.
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“The Rise and Fall of Netanyahu’s Tele-Populism,” Keynote address at the annual conference of
the Association for Israel Studies, Washington DC, May 1999.
“How Do the News Media construct Reality?” the annual conference of the Israeli Association of
Sociology, Rishon LeZion, March 1999.
“Netanyahu: The Emergence of Telepopulism in the Context of the Peace Process,” 22nd Annual
Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP), Tel Aviv, July 20, 1999.
“Civil-Military Relations in Crisis,” Society, Politics and the Military: Israel in a Comparative
Perspective, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, December 3, 1997.
“The Challenge of Russian Immigration and the Israeli Response,” The Royal Institute of
International Affairs, London, UK, June 13, 1991.
Membership in professional societies (present or past)
Association of Israel Studies
International Association of Communication
Israel Association of Communication
Israel Political Science Association
Israel Sociology Association
American Political Science Association
Association for the Study of Middle East and Africa
Inter University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society