Director
YORAM PERI is the new director of the Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies at the University of Maryland. He will also serve as chair of the Abraham S. and Jack Kay Chair of Israel studies. READ MOREExecutive Director
PAUL SCHAMLinks to Partner Programs
The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center
for Jewish Studies
The Hebrew Program (School of Languages Literatures and Cultures)
The Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development
SPRING 2010 COURSES
ISRL142: Introduction to Israel Studies
(3 credits)
An introduction to the history, politics, culture and society of
modern Israel.
0101(44128) STAFF
MWF.......10:00am-10:50am
ISRL349Z: Selected Topics in Israel Studies
Also offered as JWST342 and HIST376.
(3 credits)
Ideological and political factors leading to the establishment of a secular Jewish state in 1948; Zionist thought of Herzl, Ahad Haam, the socialist and religious Zionists, and the revisionists; diplomatic activities; Arab-Israel conflict; post-1948 Israeli society.
0101 E. Adler
TuTh...... 9:30am-10:45am
ISRL448A: Seminar in Israel Studies:
Israeli Politics and Government
(3 credits)
0101(44129) Y. Peri
MW........ 2:00pm- 3:15pm
ISRL448B Seminar in Israel Studies:
Israeli Society
Also offered as SOCY498O
(3 credits)
The course introduces Israeli society: its societal characteristics, central institutions, and internal divisions and conflicts. Topics include special features, inter-state comparisons, school of thought, formative period, culture, politics, military, religion, class
inequality, ethnic divide, national rift, and cohesion and trends of change.
0101(44133) S. Smooha
Tu........ 4:00pm- 6:30pm
ISRL449J Advanced Topics in Israel Studies:
Archeology, Heritage, and the Contemporary Middle East
Also offered as JWST419J, ANTH448J, and ARTH489J
(3 credits)
0101(67050) S. Scham
Tu........ 3:30pm- 6:00pm
Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies + 0131 Holzapfel Hall
301 405 9413 + israelstudies-contact + www.israelstudies.umd.edu