Association for Israel Studies

The Association for Israel Studies was formed in 1985 and "is an international scholarly society devoted to the academic and professional study of Israel. The Association's membership is composed of scholars from all disciplines in the social sciences and many in the humanities.... "AIS is an affiliated member organization of the Middle East Studies Association of North America. AIS sponsors panels or workshops and holds a reception and board meeting at the annual MESA conference. AIS also sponsors panels at meetings of tthe International Studies Association and the American Political Science Association. In Israel, AIS works in cooperation with various scholarly associations, institutes and universities."

Board
Accessed February 2010:


 * President: Dr. Aviva Halamish (The Open University of Israel)
 * Vice-President: Dr. Gad Barzilai (University of Washington)
 * Treasurer: Dr. Ilan Ben-Ami (The Open University of Israel)

Second Term Members, 2007-2011:


 * Ariel Feldestein (Sapir College)
 * Sylvie Fogiel-Bijaoui (Bert Berl Academic College)
 * Ze'ev Khanin (Bar-Ilan University)
 * Nadav Shelef (University of Wisconsin)
 * Margalit Shilo (Bar-Ilan University)
 * Walid Shomaly (Palestine Center for Research and Cultural Dialogue)
 * Ilan Troen (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev & Brandeis University)
 * Howard Wachtel (American University)
 * Ronald Zweig (New York University)

First Term Board Members, 2009-2011:


 * Shlomo Aronson (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
 * Donna Robinson Divine (Smith College)
 * Michael Feige (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
 * Oded Haklai (Queen's University)
 * Yoram Peri (Tel Aviv University)
 * Orit Rozin (Tel Aviv University)
 * Zaki Shalom (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
 * Na'ama Sheffi (Sapir College)
 * Russell Stone (American University)

Immediate Past Presidents:

Ex Officio:
 * Rachel Brenner (University of Wisconsin) (2009-2015)
 * Alan Dowty (University of Notre Dame) (2007-2013)
 * Joel Migdal (University of Washington) (2005-2011)


 * Ilan Peleg (Editor, Israel Studies Forum)
 * Laurie Zittrain Eisenberg (Associate Editor for Book Reviews)
 * Dov Waxman (Associate Editor for Review Essays)

Contact
URL: http://www.aisisraelstudies.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Mark A. Tessler - former president
 * Mohammed Abu-Nimer - former board member