George L. Mosse
Program in History
Arie M. Dubnov
Personal
- Academic Coordinator and Administrative Manager, the George L. Mosse Program in History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- PhD candidate, Department of History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Education
- 2003-2004: Fellow and Exchange Student, George L. Mosse Program in History, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- 2002-2003: MA (magna cum laude), Department of History, Hebrew University.
- 1999-2002: BA studies (magna cum Laude), History School Program, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- 1992-1995: Full Matriculation ("Bagrut"). Major at Art and Literature. Israel Art and Science Academy High-School, Jerusalem.
Publications
- ---, 'A tale of trees and crooked timbers: Jacob Talmon and Isaiah Berlin on the question of Jewish Nationalism', History of European Ideas, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Special issue under my editorship): 220-238. click to read article
- ---, 'Priest or Jester? Jacob L. Talmon (1916-1980) on History and Intellectual engagement (Introduction essay)', History of European Ideas, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Special issue under my editorship): 133-145. click to read article
- ---, Review of Jehuda Reinharz and Jacob Shavit, 'Glorious, Accursed Europe', Zion: A Quarterly for Research in Jewish History (The Historical Society of Israel), Vol. LXXII no. 4 (2007), 491–497. [in Hebrew] click to read article
- ---, 'Between Liberalism and Jewish Nationalism: Young Isaiah Berlin on the Road towards Diaspora Zionism', Modern Intellectual History, Vol. 4, no. 2 (2007): 303-326. click to read article
- ---, 'The Giant Shadow of Isaiah Berlin and Jacob Talmon - A Unique Kind of Intellectual Friendship: On Nationalism, Democracy, Liberalism and Freedom' (in Hebrew), Kivunim Hadashim [New Directions, published by the World Zionist Organization], vol. 15 (January 2007): 123–46 [in Hebrew]
- ---, 'Liberal or Zionist? Ambiguity or Ambivalence?: Reply to Jonathan Hogg', Eras 7 (2005)
[URL: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/eras/edition_7/dubnovarticle.htm]
- ---, 'Examining the concept of virtú in Machiavelli's Prince: new perspectives", Hayo-Haya: A Young Forum for History, 2 (Winter 2003): 26-43 [in Hebrew].
Forthcoming (accepted for publication)
- ---, 'Freud at the service of the biographers: Notes on the rise (and fall?) of Psycho-Biography', Alpayim: A multidisciplinary publication for contemporary thought and literature [In Hebrew] click to read article
- ---, 'Introduction: A Question of Perspective', in A. Dubnov (ed.), Zionism – A View From the Outside (Jerusalem: Bialik Institute and the Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel, Hebrew University) [In Hebrew]
Conference Papers and Lectures
- ---, "Nihilism and the Dilemma of the Liberal Intellectual: From Turgenev to
Berlin and back," The Concept of Nihilism: The Limits of Political Critique,
Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, June 2009 click to read paper
- ---, "On Diaspora Zionism and 'the need to belong': Sir Isaiah Berlin and the Nationalist Predicament", New Approaches: Home, Nation, and Landedness in Modern Jewish Identity, Harvard University, May 2008.
- ---, "A Tale of Two Statesmen and One Philosopher: Isaiah Berlin between Chaim Weizmann and Winston Churchill", The Churchill Era and Beyond: Postgraduate Conference at the Churchill College, University of Cambridge, February 2008.
- ---, "נורמליות ונורמליזציה בשיח הציוני: קוי מתאר לגלגוליה של מטאפורה", הכנס השנתי של פורום החוקרים הצעירים של המכון לחקר הציונות על שם חיים וייצמן, אוניברסיטת תל אביב, יולי 2007.
- ---, "כשבול עץ עיקש פוגש בעץ השדה: ישעיה ברלין ויעקב טלמון בין ציונות לשיח הטוטליטריזם", הרצאה בכנס יעקב טלמון וטוטליטריות כיום: מורשת ומבט מחדש, האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים בשיתוף האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים, דצמבר 2006.
- ---, "ישעיה ברלין בין ציונות לליברליזם, או: למה קשה לכתוב ביוגרפיה אינטלקטואלית?", הכנס השנתי של פורום החוקרים הצעירים של המכון לחקר הציונות על שם חיים וייצמן, אוניברסיטת תל אביב, יולי 2006.
- ---, "חוויית הלידה בעידן הטכנולוגי: בין 'שנת דמדומים' להתעוררות פמיניסטית", כאב בשר ודם: כנס רב תחומי על ייצוגי הגוף החולה, הסובל, המתענג, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב ומרכז הקשרים, אפריל 2006.
- ---, "בול עץ עיקש ואילן השדה: יעקב טלמון, ישעיהו ברלין והלאומיות היהודית המודרנית", הרצאה בטקס השנתי לזכרו של פרופ' יעקב טלמון, האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים, נובמבר 2005.
- ---, "Between Cold-War Liberalism and Zionism: Towards a Reappraisal of Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought", Jerusalem Seminar in the History of Political Thought, October 2007
- ----, "Isaiah Berlin beyond the Context of British Liberalism", Midwest Conference for British Studies (MWCBS), 51st Annual meeting, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, Sep. 2005.
- ----, "Isaiah Berlin between Liberalism and Zionism", 17th Annual conference of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association (MJSA), University of Wisconsin - Madison, Sep. 2005.
Teaching Experience
- Oct. 2005-Present: Lecturer, "Introduction to World History", History School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem [visit course site via High Learn]
- Oct. 2005-Present: Lecturer, "Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Western Science", Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Rehovot Branch of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [visit course site via High Learn]
- 2005-Present: Academic Coordinator and Administrative Manager, the George L. Mosse Program in History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- Feb. 2005-2006: Lecturer, "European History 1914-1945 through the lens of popular cinema", Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Rehovot Branch of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- 2001-2004: Member of Board of Editors and Vice-Editor, Hayo Haya: Young Forum for History, Journal of the History School Program, Hebrew University.
Grants, Prizes and Awards
- Dec. 2006: Best essay in Jewish thought award, Mark and Ruth Luckens International Prize in Jewish Thought, University of Kentucky
- Aug. 2006: Scholarship, The Bianca Milian Marcus Trust, South African Federation (Israel).
- Jan. 2006: Award for PhD candidates, The Ben-Zion Dinur Centre for Research in Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- Oct. 2005: The Department of History's prize for distinguished PhD students.
- Jun. 2005: Travel Grant, The Ben-Zion Dinur Centre for Research in Jewish History, The Hebrew University.
- Dec. 2002: Humanities Faculty Dean's prize for academic achievements, Hebrew University.
- Jun. 2002: The Yehoshua Arieli Prize, Israeli Historical Society
- 2001: Dean's Award for academic achievements
- 2001-2002: Scholarship, History School, Hebrew University
- 2000: Dean of Humanities Award for academic achievements
Fellowships
- 2006-7: Annenberg Fund for US Studies, Hebrew University.
- 2005-2006: Herzl Fellowship, the Bernard Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel, Hebrew University.
- Aug. 2005: Visiting research student at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Yarnton Manor, Oxford.
- 2004-2005: Fellow and Exchange Student, George L. Mosse Program in History, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
