The AIS awards the Ben Halpern Prize for the best doctoral dissertation in Israel Studies (broadly defined) approved during the 2022 calendar year. The prize awarded is $1,000 and the deadline for submissions is January 23, 2023. Find out more: aisisraelstudies.org/AWARDS_I3...

Check out Raphael Cohen-Almagor's take on the five best books in Israel Studies! shepherd.com/best-books/mul…

The AIS Executive and Nominations Committee invite nominations for the AIS Board of Directors. Nominations, including a CV and brief statement of background and qualifications, should be sent to [email protected] by February 16!

The AIS Nominations Committee invites nominations for the position of AIS Vice-President, beginning in June 2023 and ending in June 2025. Nominations, including a cover letter and CV should be sent to AIS Executive Director at [email protected] by February 16!

The AIS Executive and Nominations Committee invite #nominations for the position of AIS #Treasurer. Nominations, including a CV and brief statement of background and qualifications, should be sent to AIS Executive Director, Asaf Shamis at [email protected] by February 16!

AIS Vice-President Prof. Raphael Cohen-Almagor, as holder of the 2023 Olof Palme visiting professorship, will be giving the Olof Palme Inaugural Lecture on March 6. Find out more by visiting this link: cmes.lu.se/calendar/olof-…

Please join this timely virtual discussion, led by a panel of 6 prominent #Israeli observers and moderated by the Director of the Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern #Israel. You can register for this virtual symposium here: msu.zoom.us/.../register/W…

Tomorrow at 2PM EDT, The Middle East Study Centre (MESC) has organised a panel on the role of women in the Middle East. Sign up here: register.gotowebinar.com/register/13655…

We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of Israel Studies (Indiana University Press) Volume 28, Number 2, Summer 2023! Access it here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/49302

The Michael and Elaine Sterling Institute for #JewishStudies and Modern Israel presents-- #Israeli Fantasy and Science Fiction: Fantastical Time/Space and the Modern #PromisedLand by Dr. Vered Weiss, Tuesday April 11th at 1PM (EST). Livestream this event: youtube.com/watch?v=vyTRIQ…

It is with profound sadness that we inform you of the passing of our esteemed colleague and former AIS President (between 2011 and 2013), Gad Barzilai,. He will be deeply missed.

The UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies invites submissions to its fifth annual Undergraduate Scholars Conference in Israel Studies. This year, the virtual conference will take place on Thursday, June 22. international.ucla.edu/israel/event/1…

The Association of Israel Studies is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2023 annual awards! This year the award committees considered many distinguished nominations, exceptional books, and outstanding dissertations. Please join us in congratulating the 2023 awardees.

Raphael Cohen-Almagor, AIS Vice President, recently published “Academic freedom and the anti-Israeli BDS movement.” Read more here: theloop.ecpr.eu/academic-freed…

Congratulations to Prof. Aviva Halamish & Prof. Ilan Troen for winning the AIS Lifetime Achievement Award! Prof. Halamish is a prolific scholar of the Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine and the early state of Israel & Prof. Troen has made pioneering contributions to Israel Studies.

Congratulations to Dr. Karin Carmit Yefet for winning the AIS Early Career Award! Dr. Karin Carmit Yefet has compiled a record of unmatched success as a teacher, as a mentor, in service to her profession and her country, and above all as a scholar of Israeli law and society.

Prof. Giora Goodman and Prof. Tony Shaw are the winners of the Shapiro Award for Best Book in Israel Studies for their book Hollywood and Israel: A History! Order it here: amazon.com/Hollywood-Isra…

Honorable mention goes to Noa Hazan for her book Visual Syntax of Race: Arab-Jews in Zionist Visual Culture published by the University of Michigan Press. Download it here: press.umich.edu/12140060/visua…

Congratulations to both Shlomi Balaban and Eli Osheroff for being the co-winners of the Halpern Award for Best Dissertation in Israel Studies!

The Baruch Kimmerling Award for Best Paper presented by a graduate student goes to Marie Behrendt for her paper ”Journalism and Democracy: Changes in Israeli Press Ethics as Reflected in the Work of The Jerusalem Parliamentary Reporter Gerda Luft, 1924-1951”