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CURRICULUM VITAE
Faculty: Law
Home Address: 61 Eilat St. #2602, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Phone No.: 03-6203147; 052-3344856
Date of birth: February 24, 1969
Place of birth: Indiana, USA
A. EDUCATION
1992 – 1996 Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Law
LL.B. Magna cum laude
1993 – 1997 Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Philosophy
B.A. (additional program) Magna cum laude
1998 – 1999 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Law
LL.M. (waived)
Supervisor: Prof. Duncan Kennedy
1999 – 2002 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Law
S.J.D. (Doctor of Juridical Science)
Supervisor: Prof. Gerald Frug
B. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPREIENCES
Oct. 1996 – Mar. 1997 The Israeli Supreme Court, Jerusalem, Israel
The Honorable Chief Justice Aharon Barak
Law Clerk
Oct. 1996 – Jul. 1998 Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Buchmann Faculty of Law
Teaching Assistant
Sep. 1999 – Dec. 1999 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Harvard Law School
Teaching Assistant (Prof. Slaughter)
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Spring 2000
Spring 2001
Fall 2002
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Harvard Law School
Teaching Fellow
Oct. 2002 – Sept. 2003 Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Buchmann Faculty of Law
Doctor-Instructor
Oct. 2003 – Jun. 2007 Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Buchmann Faculty of Law
Lecturer
Summer 2006 Monash University, Prato branch, Prato, Italy
Law School
Visiting Professor
Jul. 2007 – Sept. 2012 Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Buchmann Faculty of Law
Senior Lecturer (tenured)
Winter 2007 International Institute for the Sociology of law, Oñati, Spain
Visiting Professor
Sept. 2008 – Oct. 2008
Jan. 2009 – Mar. 2009
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
The Watson Institute for International Studies
Visiting Professor
Oct. 2009 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Law School
Visiting Professor
Jun. 2011 – July 2014 Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Buchmann Faculty of Law
Vice Dean (Academic Affairs)
Oct. 2012 – present Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Buchmann Faculty of Law
Associate Professor (tenured)
Sep. 2014 – Aug. 2015 Sciences Po., Paris, France
Sciences Po Law School
Visiting Professor
Nov. 2014 Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Queen’s Law School
Visiting Professor
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July 2015 – Aug. 2015 University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Faculty of Social Sciences
Visiting Professor
Mar. 2016 – May 2016 Sciences Po., Paris, France
Sciences Po Law School
Visiting Professor
Sept. 2016 University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Faculty of Law
Distinguished Visiting Professor
July 2017 – Jan. 2018 Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Harvard Law School
Visiting Professor
D. INVITED PAPERS PRESENTED IN SCIENTIFC MEEITINGS
All items refer to lectures given in academic conferences and colloquia. Other roles (e.g., organizer) are separately noted.
Mar. 1999 The American Society of International Law (ASIL),
Washington, DC., USA, “Annual Meeting”
Paper Presenter
“The Israeli Legal System”
Jul. 2001 The American Law and Society Association (ALSA),
Budapest, Hungary, “Annual Meeting”
Paper Presenter
Oct. 2002 Los Andes University School of Law, Bogotá, Colombia
Distinguished International Guest Speakers Series
Distinguished Invited Guest
Speaker
“American Legal Theory”
Apr. 2003 Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA
“Law and Economic Development: Critiques and Beyond”
Conference
Paper Presenter
“The City and the World”
May 2003 Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
“A Different Sex (3)” Conference
Paper Presenter
“There is No Motherland for
Queers”
Oct. 2003 University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA,
USA
“The Role and Limits of Legal Regulation of Conflict of
Interests” Conference
Invited Commentator on Prof.
Rick Hills
Mar. 2004 Tel Aviv University, Porter School of Environmental Studies,
Tel Aviv, Israel
“Environment, Society and Human Rights” Conference
Paper Presenter
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Oct. 2004 Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA
“The Past, Present and Future of the Jewish West Bank and
Gaza Settlements: The Internal Israeli Conflict” Conference
Invited Speaker
“The Settlers’ Double
Collectivism”
Dec. 2004 Tel Aviv University, Porter School of Environmental Studies,
Tel Aviv, Israel
“Local Borders’ Correction” Conference
Paper Presenter
Mar. 2005 Harvard Law School, Harvard Journal of International Law,
Cambridge, MA, USA
“Comparative Visions of Global Public Order” Conference
Invited Speaker
“Localism in the New World
Order”
Sep. 2005 The American Bar Foundation, Chicago, Il, USA
“Faculty Workshop”
Invited Speaker
“The City and the World”
Sep. 2005 Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, Il, USA
“Northwestern-Tel-Aviv Faculty Exchange Workshop”
Paper Presenter
“The City and the World”
May 2006 The European Society of International Law (ESIL), Paris,
France
“2nd Biannual Conference”
Invited Speaker
May 2006 University of Toronto Law School, Toronto, Canada
“Why Citizenship?” Conference
Paper Presenter
“The Spheres of Citizenship”
Jun. 2006 Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Different Sex (6)” Conference
Invited Commentator on Prof.
Kendall Thomas
Jan. 2007 UNITED NATIONS HABITAT, Seville, Spain
“City-to-City Cooperation in the European Union” Conference
Invited Speaker
“European Local Government
Law”
Mar. 2007 Harvard Law School, Cambridge , MA, USA
“Resistance and the Law” Conference
Invited Speaker
“Cities as Resisters”
May 2007 Tel Aviv University Law School, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Legal Pluralism, Privatization of Law and Multiculturalism”
Conference
Commentator
Jul. 2007 The American Law and Society Association (ALSA), Berlin,
Germany
“Annual Meeting”
Paper Presenter
Oct. 2007 Harvard Law School, Cambridge (MA), USA
“International Local Government Law” Seminar
Invited Speaker
Nov. 2007 Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem, Israel
“Spatial Planning and the Multidisciplinary Knowledge”
Conference
Commentator on Prof. Allen
Cochrane
Dec. 2007 Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione Locale
(SSPAL) and the Center for Constitutional Studies and
Democratic Development, the School of Advanced Int'l
Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Rome, Italy
“Municipalities of the East” Conference
Invited Speaker
“Israeli Local Government
Law”
Dec. 2007 The Minerva Center for Human Rights, Tel Aviv University,
Tel Aviv, Israel
“Architecture and Human Rights” Conference
Organizer and Speaker
“Law and Space: Architecture
and Human Rights”
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Jan. 2008 Ben Gurion University, Politics and Government Department,
Beer Sheba, Israel
“Henri Lefebvre” Conference
Invited Speaker
“Lefebvre, Law and Space”
Jan. 2008 Bar Ilan Law School and The Cegla Center for
Interdisciplinary Research of Law, Bar Ilan and Tel Aviv,
Israel
“Community and Property” Conference
Commentator on Prof. Amnon
Lehavi
Mar. 2008 Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International
Private Law and The Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary
Research of Law, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Convergence and Divergence of Law: Israeli and German
Perspectives” Conference
Paper Presenter
“Decentralization and
Diverging Convergences in the
EU”
Apr. 2008 Tel Aviv University Law School, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Political Philosophy Beyond the Liberal Horizon” Conference
Conference Organizer
Jun. 2008 The Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown
University, Providence, RI, USA
“After Empire: Perspectives on Global Governance”
Invited Speaker
“Cities as Global Actors”
Jan. 2009 Tel Aviv University Law School, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Money Matters: The Law, Economics, and Politics of
Currency” Conference
Commentator on Prof. Ronen
Palan
Mar. 2009 Osgood Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada
“The Learning City” Conference
Invited Speaker
“Two Conceptions of
Subsidiarity”
May 2009 The Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown
University, Providence, RI, USA
“International Perspectives on City Bound” Symposium
Organizer and Speaker
Jun. 2009 Clingendael Institute for International Relations, The Hague,
Netherlands
“The 2nd Hague Diplomacy Conference”
Invited Speaker
“City Diplomacy”
May 2009 The Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown
University, Providence, RI, USA
“Graduate Student BIARI Seminar”
Invited Speaker
Sep. 2009 Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY, USA
“Identifying New Directions and Research in the Middle East”
Conference
Invited Speaker
“Tel Aviv as a Global City”
Oct. 2009 Fordham Law School, New York, NY, USA
“Empowered Cities: the Rise of Cities as Autonomous Actors”
Colloquium
Invited Paper Presenter
Dec. 2009 The Israeli Law and Society Association, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Annual Meeting”
Paper Presenter
“The Political Theology of
Federalism and Subsidiarity”
Feb. 2010
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, USA
“Walls: What They Make and What They Break” Conference
Invited Speaker
“In Front of the Wall”
May 2010 The Katzmann, Gazit, Globe Real Estate Institute, Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Invited Speaker
“Affordable Housing: A Tool
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“Affordable Housing in Israel: Why, How and For Whom?”
for Achieving Spatial and
Social Integration”
May 2010 Tel Aviv University Law School, The Cegla Center for the
Interdisciplinary Research of Law and the Environmental Law
Program, Tel Aviv Israel
“The Planning and Building Act Reform” Conference
Organizer and Paper Presenter
Jun. 2010 Cornell Law School and Tel Aviv University Law School, Tel
Aviv, Israel
Conference on “The Future of Legal Theory”
Commentator on Profs.
Alexander and Riles
Jun. 2010 The Minerva Center for Human Rights and McGill Law
School, Tzuba, Israel
“Religious Revival in Post-Multicultural Societies” Conference
Invited Speaker
Nov. 2010 Tel Aviv University Law School, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Faculty Seminar”
Paper Presenter
“The Reenchantment of Law”
Dec. 2010 The Radziner Law School, The Interdisciplinary Center,
Herzliya, Israel
“Faculty Seminar”
Paper Presenter
“The Reenchantment of Law”
Jan. 2011 McGill Law School, Montreal, Canada
“Religious Revival in Post-Multicultural Societies”
Invited Paper Presenter
“Localizing Religion in the
Jewish State: The Local Battle
over Public Spaces”
Feb. 2011 The Israeli Democracy Institute, Jerusalem, Israel
“The Planning Law Reform” Symposium
Invited Speaker
Mar. 2011 The Minerva Center for Human Rights, Tel Aviv University
Law School, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Annual Human Rights Lecture”
Invited Commentator on Prof.
Ulrich Beck (Keynote
Speaker)
Jul. 2011 The Center for Advanced Studies, Ludwig Maximilians
University, Munich, Germany
“Cosmopolitan Communities of Risk and International Law”
Workshop
Invited Speaker
Sept. 2011 Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University, Berlin,
Germany
“Urban Citizenship Revisited: Rights, Recognition and
Distribution in Berlin and Tel-Aviv” Symposium
Paper Presenter
“Affordability and Citizenship:
Contested Meanings of
Affordable Housing and the
Struggle over Urban
Citizenship in Tel-Aviv-Jaffa”
Nov. 2011 The Azrieli School of Architecture, Tel Aviv University, Tel
Aviv, Israel
“Protest, Planning, and Space” Symposium
Invited Presenter
“This Urbanism Which Is Not
One”
Mar. 2012 School of Law, University of California, Irvine, Irvine,
California, USA
“Law As… II” Workshop
Invited Paper Presenter
“Critical Reenchantment and
the Seduction of Political
Theology”
Jun. 2012 The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Tel Aviv University,
Tel Aviv, Israel
Invited Commentator on
Keynote Speaker Prof. Dennis
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Inauguration Ceremony
Thompson
Jun. 2012 The Program on Law and Social Theory, Harvard Law
School & The University of Florida Levin College of Law &
The Minerva Center for Human Rights, The Buchmann
Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Governance Without a State? Governmentality in a Global
World” Conference
Invited Panel Participant
Jun. 2012 The Environmental Law Clinic, The Buchmann Faculty of
Law, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Urban Spaces” Symposium
Invited Speaker on “This
Urbanism Which Is Not One”
Oct. 2012 The university of Haifa and the Hebrew University, Haifa
and Jerusalem, Israel
“Competing Histories and Conflicted Spaces: Property, Ethnicity
and Contested Memory in Post-War Societies” International
Conference
Invited Speaker on “Law,
Space and Community: Law
and the Construction of
Collective Subjectivities after
the Establishment of Israel”
Dec. 2012 The Gazit-Globe Real Estate Research Center, The
Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel
“Affordable Housing” International Seminar
Chair and Commentator
Dec. 2012 Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University, The
Azrieli School of Architecture, Tel Aviv University, and The
Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv,
Israel
“Housing as a Human Right: Tel-Aviv and Berlin” International
Interdisciplinary Workshop
Opening Remarks on
“Housing as a Human Right:
Gains and Losses”
Jan. 2013 The Department for Government and Social Policy, Sapir
Academic College, Sderot, Israel
“Local Government, Citizenship and Democracy” Conference
Keynote Speaker on
“Citizenship and Democracy in
Local Government”
Feb. 2013 The Berg Foundation for Law and History, The Buchmann
Faculty of Law, and the Weitzman Institute for the Study of
Israel, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
“The Welfare State: Historical and Legal Aspects” Conference
Invited Speaker on “A History
of Segregation and Integration
in Public Education: Local
Government between
Centralization and
Decentralization”
Feb. 2013 The Center for Advanced Studies, Ludwig Maximilians
University, Munich, Germany
“Cosmo-Climate” Workshop
Invited Speaker on “Legally
Greening World Cities”
Feb. 2013 Ono Academic College, Quiryat Ono, Israel
“The Future of Legal Clinics” Workshop
Invited Keynote Speaker on
“Law Clinics: Between a
Critical Theory of Practice and
a Critical Practice of Theory”
May 2013 The Center for Regional and Urban Studies, The Hebrew
University, Jerusalem, Israel
“Urban Development and Distributive Justice in Local
Governments” Colloquium
Commentator
May 2013 The Cegla Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law,
The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Annual Cegla Lecture of Prof. Fisher on “Good Life, Good
Commentator on Prof. William
Fisher III
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Law”
May 2013 The Cegla Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law,
The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv, Israel
“New Approaches for a Safer and Healthier Society” Conference
Commentator on Prof.
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
May 2013 Sciences Po Law School, Paris, France
Intensive Doctoral Week
Invited International Speaker
and Workshop Coordinator
Jun. 2013 The Edmund J. Safra Center for Ethics, Tel-Aviv
University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
“Expertise, Justice and Changing Legal Orders” Conference
Commentator
Oct. 2013 The Edmund J. Safra Center for Ethics, Tel-Aviv
University, Tzuba, Israel
Colloquium
Commentator
Oct. 2013 The Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Tel Aviv
University Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv, Israel
“Law in a Changing Transnational World” Young Scholars
Colloquium
Commentator
Nov. 2013 The Center for Advanced Studies, Ludwig Maximilians
University, Potsdam, Germany
“Cosmo-Climate” Workshop (focus on “operationalizing
cosmopolitization”)
Invited Speaker on “The legal
turn to the city in global
climate change management”
Nov. 2013 The Berg Center for Legal History, The Buchmann Faculty
of Law, Tel-Aviv, Israel
“In the Name of the Law” Book Event
Commentator
Dec. 2013 The Israeli Law and Society Association, The Center for
Law and Business, Ramat Gan, Israel
Annual Meeting
Panel Organizer and Panelist
May 2014 Collège d'études mondiales, Fondation Maison des sciences
de l'homme, Paris, France
Annual Seminar
Invited Guest Speaker
May 2014 Taubenschlag Institute of Criminal Law, The Buchmann
Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv, Israel
“Community and Problem Solving Courts” Conference
Panel Participant
May 2014 The American Law and Society Association, Minneapolis,
MN, USA
Annual Meeting
Panel Participant
Jun. 2014 Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law
School, Cambridge, MA, USA
“Global Legal Thought: The Legacies of Heterodoxy”
Conference
Invited Panel Participant
Jun. 2014 Radzyner Law School, IDC, Herzliya, Israel
“Constitutional Agendas” International Symposium
Presented a Paper on
“Contrarian Administrative
Institutions”
Nov. 2014 Law and Public Affairs (LAPA), Princeton University, Presented a Paper on “In
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Princeton, NJ, USA
“Religions, Rights, and Institutions” International Symposium
Search of the Secular”
Dec. 2014 Doshisha Law School, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
“Transformations of Law in the age of Globalization”
International Workshop
Panel Participant
Dec. 2014 Keio University Law School and University of Washington
School of Law, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
“How Should Law Be Taught in the Globalizing World?”
International Symposium
Panel Participant
Jan. 2015 The American Studies Program, Faculty of Humanities, Tel-
Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
“Segregation: A Global Perspective” International Conference
Presented a Paper on
“Legalizing Segregation:
Agents, Structures, Ideologies”
Mar. 2015 Political Theory, Department of Political Science, Sciences
Po, Paris, France
Departmental Faculty Seminar
Presented a Book chapter: “A
World of Cities? The Legal
Aspects of the Globalization of
Cities”
Apr. 2015 Sciences Po Law School, Sciences Po, Paris, France
Faculty Seminar
Presented a Book chapter: “A
World of Cities? The Legal
Aspects of the Globalization of
Cities”
Jun. 2015 Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA
“35 Years to City as a Legal Concept” Conference
Conference Organizer and
Panel Participant
Jun. 2015 Sciences Po Law School, Sciences Po, Paris, France
“What is Left of Sovereignty?” TAU-SciPo Annual Workshop
Conference Co-organizer (with
Prof. A. von-Busekist and
Prof. J. Perelman)
Jun. 2015 Sciences Po Law School, Paris, France
Intensive Doctoral Week
Invited International Speaker
and Workshop Coordinator
Jun. 2015 Sciences Po Law School, Sciences Po, Paris, France
“Fete a Duncan: Celebrating Duncan Kennedy?” European
Conference
Conference Co-organizer (with
Prof. Xifaras, Prof. Perelman
and Prof. Waked)
Jul. 2015 Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hamburg, Hamburg,
Germany
Special Guest Speaker
Presented a Book chapter: “A
World of Cities? The Legal
Aspects of the Globalization of
Cities”
Nov. 2015 The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Tel-
Aviv, Israel and Bar Ilan University
“Experimenting Environmental Regulation Across Scales”
International Conference
Presented a paper co-authored
with Prof. Rosen-Zvi:
“Localized Bureaucracy”
Mar. 2016 Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
“Post-Colonialism, Sexuality and Race in Law” Workshop
Special invited speaker
Mar. 2016 Stanford Law School and CERI, Sciences Po, Paris, France
“Equality Law: Comparison, History and Critique” International
Conference
Presented a paper on “Equality
and Religion in Israel”
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Mar. 2016 College des Bernardins and Sciences Po, Paris, France
“Cities and Migration: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives”
Conference
Presented a paper on
“Migration and the New Urban
Sovereignty?”
May. 2016 Ecole des Haute Etudes en Sciences Social, Paris, France
“Law, Space and Place” International Conference
Presented a paper on “Places
of Religion and Secularism”
Jun. 2016 Sciences Po Law School, Paris, France
“Legal Change: Method and Theory” TAU-SciPo Annual
Workshop
Workshop Co-organizer (with
Prof. Mikhail Xifaras)
Jun. 2016 Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, Columbia
University and CERI, Sciences Po, Paris, France
“Forms of Pluralism and Democratic Constitutionalism”
Conference
Presented a paper on “Religion
and Secular Pluralism in a
Supposedly Unitary State”
Jun. 2016 University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Doctoral Workshop
Special Guest Speaker on “The
Globalization of Cities: A
Legal Perspective”
Sept. 2016 University of Toronto Law School, Toronto, Canada
Critical Analysis of Law Workshop
Special Guest Speaker on “In
Search of the Secular: A
Socio-Legal Journey”
Sept. 2016 Osgood Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada
“Institutions, Constitutions: The Role of the Judiciary in the
Twenty-First Century” Symposium
Panel Speaker on “In Search of
the Secular”
Oct. 2016 The Princeton Center for Human Values, Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ, USA
“Synesthesia of Law: An International and Trans-Disciplinary
Conference”
Presented a Paper on “The
Smell and Taste of Cities”
Dec. 2016 Bar Ilan Law School, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
“Trends in Legal Formalism and the Judicial Role:
Jurisprudence Meets Empirical Legal Studies”
Presented a Paper on “The
Reenchantment of Law”
Jan. 2017 The Israel Science Foundation Workshop, Bar Ilan Law
School, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
“The Constitution in Trial Courts: Law, Hierarchy and
Democracy”
Presented a Paper on “The
Smell and Taste of Cities”
Feb. 2017 The Israeli Association for Law and Society, Netanya Law
School, Netanya, Israel
The Annual Conference
Panel Participant on
Segregation and Inclusion of
the Ultra Orthodox
Feb. 2017 The Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem, Israel
Faculty Workshop
Special Guest lecture on
“Cities in a Globalizing
World”
Mar. 2017 ICON-S: The International Society of Public Law, Bar Ilan
Law School, Ramat-Gan, Israel
The Annual Conference of ICON-S (Israeli Chapter)
Delivered a Paper on
“Reviving Federal Regions”
May 2017 The Safra Center for Ethics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
University Law School, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Annual Safra Lecture
Commentator on the lecture of
Special Guest Speaker, Prof.
Sheila Jassanoff
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Jun. 2017 The Elga Cegla Clinics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
University Law School, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The 25th Anniversary of the Clinics
Panel Participant on “New
Modes of Activism and Social
Change”
Jun. 2016 Sciences Po Law School, Paris, France
“Law and Politics in Polarized Times” TAU-SPLS 3rd Annual
Workshop
Workshop Co-organizer (with
Prof. Mikhail Xifaras)
Jun. 2016 Sciences Po Law School, Paris, France
“The Ends of Europe” International Conference
Conference Co-organizer (with
Prof. Mikhail Xifaras, Prof.
Roy Kreitner and Prof. Julie
Saada) and Panel Participant,
Presenting work-in-progress
on “Rethinking Critique”
E. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
E.1. Internal Grants (Tel Aviv University)
Year Foundation Title Sum Co-
Researcher
P.I.
2004
Cegla Center for the
Interdisciplinary Research
of the Law
“Decentralized
National
Education: Local
Government,
Segregation and
Inequality in the
Education
System”
$1,000 ------ PI
2010
Cegla Center for the
Interdisciplinary Research
of the Law
“The
Reenchantment of
Law”
$1,000 ------- PI
2010
Cegla Center for the
Interdisciplinary Research
of the Law
“Religion and
Culture in Israel”
$1,000 ------- PI
2015 -
2016
Cegla Center for the
Interdisciplinary Research
of the Law
“Reclaiming
Federal Regions”
$1,500 Issi Rosen-
Zvi
PI
2015 -
2016
The Berg Center for History
of Law
“Reclaiming
Federal Regions”
$2,000 Issi Rosen-
Zvi
PI
E.1.2. External Grants
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Year Foundation Title Sum Co-
Researcher
P.I.
2007 -
2008
Israel Science
Foundation
(ISF)
‘The Global City in
Law”
$3,000 ------- PI
2009 -
2010
Citizens’
Empowerment
Center in
Israel
“The Municipalities
Bill”
$3,000 ------- PI*
2016 -
2018
Israel Science
Foundation
(ISF)
“A World of Cities? A
Legal Framework and
Analysis Model for the
Globalization of
Cities”
$72,000 ------- PI
* Dr. Issi Rosen-Zvi and Dr. Yishai Blank are BOTH Principle Investigators
E.2. Fellowships
Year Foundation Title Sum
2001 European Law Research
Center Fellowship, Harvard
Law School
Comparative Legal Theory Teaching
Fellow
$3,000
2002 Harvard Law School Clark Byse Graduate Fellowship $12,000
E.3. Prizes and Awards
Year Foundation Title Sum
2002 American Bar Association
Prize for Best Work on
Local Government Law
Local Frontiers: Local Government Law
and Its Impact on Space and Society in
Israel
-----
2006 –
2008
The Israeli Academy of
Sciences and Humanities
Elected as member of the “Young Scholars
in the Humanities and Social Sciences”
Forum
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F. MEMBERSHP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1997 to present The Israeli Legal Bar
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2003 to present The Israeli Association of Public Law
G. DOCTORAL AND MASTER STUDENTS SUPERVISED BY CANDIDATE
G.1. Masters Students
G.2. Doctoral Students
Year Name of
Student
Title of Thesis Institution Comments
2004 -
2006
Manal Totry-
Jubran
Patterns of Participation and
Resistance in the Planning Process
of Waddi El-Nisnas
Tel Aviv
University
LL.M.
Awarded
2005 -
2009
Yael Yoaz-
Symonds
The Regulation of Prostitution in
Israel
Tel Aviv
University
LL.M.
Awarded
2007 –
2010
Barak Calev Monitoring the Local Government
by the Central Government, de Jure
De Facto, and the Significance of the
Gap between Them: The Case of the
Monitoring by the Ministry of
Interior on Malfeasance in the
Municipalities in Israel
Tel Aviv
University
LL.M.
Awarded
2008 –
2013
Yael David Political Appointments in the Local
and Central Administration
Tel Aviv
University
LL.M.
Awarded
2009 –
present
Yael Tzach Affordable Housing Tel Aviv
University
2010 –
2015
Ofra Bloch Quotas as Affirmative Measures in
the Israeli Education System
Tel Aviv
University
Co-
supervised
with Prof.
Barak-Erez
2011-
present
Yaniv Yogev The Conservative Turn in Israel’s
Supreme Court
Tel Aviv
University
2011-
present
Ziv Giladi Regulation Tel Aviv
University
2014-
present
Alon Jasper Regulation Tel Aviv
University
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PUBLICATIONS
B. ORIGINAL ARTICLES
B.1. Published Articles
1. Yishai Blank
“The Location of the Local: Local Government Law, Decentralization and Territorial
Inequality in Israel”
Hebrew U. L. Rev, Vol. 34, pp. 197-299, 2004 (Hebrew)
2. Yishai Blank
“There is No Motherland to Queers: Globalization, Fragmentation and the Gay
Ghetto”
Theory and Criticism, Vol. 23, pp. 83-111, 2004 (Hebrew)
3. Yishai Blank
“Decentralized National Education: Local Government, Segregation and Inequality
in the Education System”
Tel Aviv University Law Review, Vol. 28, pp. 347-416, 2004 (Hebrew)
4. Yishai Blank
“The Resilience of Participation: A Comment on Prof. Hills”
Theoretical Inquiries in Law, Vol. 6, pp. 155-192, 2005
5. Yishai Blank
“Space, Community, Subject: Reflections on Law and Space
Haifa University Law Review, Vol. 2 , pp. 19-61, 2005 (Hebrew)
6. Yishai Blank
“Brown in Jerusalem: A Comparative Look on Race and Ethnicity in the Public
Education System”
The Urban Lawyer, Vol. 38(3), pp. 367-436, 2006
Year Name of
Student
Title of Thesis Institution Comments
2008 –
2015
Manal Totry-
Jubran
Gated Communities Tel Aviv
University
Ph.D.
Awarded
2013 -
present
Kais Nasser Planning and Minorities Tel Aviv
University
2014 -
present
Yael Kafri Education and Privatization Tel Aviv
University
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7. Yishai Blank
“Localism in the New Global Legal Order”
Harvard International Law Journal, Vol. 47, pp. 263-281, 2006
8. Yishai Blank
“The City and the World”
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 44, pp. 875-939, 2006
9. Yishai Blank
“The Spheres of Citizenship”
Theoretical Inquiries in Law, Vol. 8, pp. 411-452, 2007
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Yishai Blank and Issi Rosen-Zvi
“The Cities Act: Present without A Past, Reform without A Future”
Hukim Journal on Legislation Vol. 1, pp. 49-134, 2009 (Hebrew)
11. Yishai Blank
“Federalism, Subsidiarity and the Role of the Local in an Age of Multilevel
Governance”
Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 37, pp. 509-558, 2010
12. Yishai Blank and Issi Rosen-Zvi
“The Spatial Turn in Legal Theory”
Hagar: Studies in Culture, Polity and Identity, Vol. 10, pp. 39-62, 2010
13. Yishai Blank
“The Reenchantment of Law”
Cornell Law Review, Vol. 96, pp. 633-670, 2011
14. Yishai Blank
“Legalizing the Barrier: the Legality and Materiality of the Israel/Palestine Separation
Barrier”
Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 46, pp. 309-343, 2011
15. Yishai Blank
“Islands of Pluralism: Segregation and Integration between Secular and Religious
Jews”
Haifa University Law Review, Vol. 6, pp. 85-137, 2011 (Hebrew)
16. Yishai Blank and Issi Rosen-Zvi
“The Geography of Sexuality”
North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 90, pp. 955-1025, 2012
17. Yishai Blank
“Localizing Religion in a Jewish State”
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Israel Law Review, Vol. 45(2), pp. 291-321, 2012
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18. Yishai Blank
“On the Limits of Positive Rights in Israeli Law”
Tel-Aviv University Law Review, Vol. 36, pp. 97-110, 2013 (Hebrew)
19. Yishai Blank and Issi Rosen-Zvi
“The Persistence of the Public/Private Divide in Environmental Regulation”
Theoretical Inquiries in Law, Vol. 15, pp. 199-228, 2014
20. Yishai Blank
“Law Clinics: Between a Critical Theory of Practice and a Critical Practice of Theory”
Ma'asei Mishpat, Vol. 6, pp. 123-133, 2014 (Hebrew)
21. Yishai Blank and Issi Rosen-Zvi
“Reviving Federal Regions”
Stanford Law Review, Vol. 70, 75 pages, (forthcoming 2018)
C. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
C.1. Published Chapters
1. Yishai Blank
“Technology and the Boundaries of the Human: Local Borders and Technology”
Technologies of Justice: Law, Science and Society, pp. 123-168 (Shai Lavi ed., 2003)
(Hebrew)
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Di Yischai Blank
La disciplina giuridica enti Israel tra burocrazia autogerno democratic
187-212 (Kudo, Ladu and Pegoraro eds., 2008) (Italian)
Yishai Blank
“Israeli Local Government Law: Between Bureaucracy and Democratic Self-Rule”
Municipalities of the East: Local Governments in East Europe, Asia and Australia, pp.
187-212 (Kudo, Ladu and Pegoraro eds., 2008) (Italian)
3. Yishai Blank
“The Reality of Cosmopolitanism”
Cosmopolitanism: A Critical Theory for the 21st Century, pp. 7-36 (Ulrich Beck)
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(Hebrew) (2011)
4. Yishai Blank
“The Chaos and the Archive”
Nili Cohen Book, pp. 204-232 (S. Lavi and O. Groskopf eds., 2017) (Hebrew)
5. Yishai Blank
“In Search of the Secular”
Institutionalizing Rights and Religion: Competing Supremacies, pp. 126-144 (H.
Dagan and L. Batnitzky eds., forthcoming 2016)
6. Yishai Blank and Roy Kreitner
“On the Primary and Constitutive Nature of Regulation”
The Governance of Regulation: Law and Policy, 9-19 (Y. Blank, R. Kreitner & D.
Levi-Faur, eds., 2016) (Hebrew)
F. BOOKS/VOLUMES EDITED
1. Yishai Blank, Shai Lavi and Roy Kreitner
Critical Modernities: Politics and Law beyond the Liberal Imagination
Special Volume of Theoretical Inquiries in Law (2007)
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Yishai Blank and Issi Rosen-Zvi
A Spatial Age: The Turn to Space in Law, the Social Sciences and the Humanities
Special Volume of Hagar: Studies in Culture, Polity and Identities, pp. 1-153 (2010)
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Yishai Blank, Roy Kreitner & David Levi-Faur
The Governance of Regulation: Law and Policy
Law, Society and Culture (2016))
