Israel Institute Scholars and Artists School Year 2019-2020 Visiting faculty and artists are available to give talks Each year, the Israel Institute brings scholars of modern Israel and Israeli artists to the United States to teach and perform on university campuses. Visiting Israeli faculty and artists are available to give talks and performances on campus and in the wider community. Below is a list of visiting faculty and artists who will be on campus during the 2019-2020 school year. Israel Institute visiting faculty are drawn from highly respected universities, colleges, and research institutions. They come from a wide variety of disciplines, including political science, history, sociology, anthropology, communication, and economics. Likewise, among our visiting artists are filmmakers, choreographers, musicians, and authors who represent the best of Israel’s vibrant cultural scene. If you are interested in hosting a scholar or artist, please contact: [email protected]. For more information about the Israel Institute, please visit: www.israelinstitute.org. The Israel Institute is an independent, nonpartisan, and non-advocacy 501(c)(3) organization that advances rigorous teaching, research, and discourse about modern Israel in partnership with leading academic, research, and cultural institutions.
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Israel Institute Scholars and Artists School Year 2019-2020
Visiting faculty and artists are available to give talksEach year, the Israel Institute brings scholars of modern Israel and Israeli artists
to the United States to teach and perform on university campuses. Visiting Israeli
faculty and artists are available to give talks and performances on campus and
in the wider community.
Below is a list of visiting faculty and artists who will be on campus during the
2019-2020 school year. Israel Institute visiting faculty are drawn from highly
respected universities, colleges, and research institutions. They come from
a wide variety of disciplines, including political science, history, sociology,
anthropology, communication, and economics. Likewise, among our visiting
artists are filmmakers, choreographers, musicians, and authors who represent
the best of Israel’s vibrant cultural scene.
If you are interested in hosting a scholar or artist, please contact:
HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDATERM: Fall 2019
Ayelet Golan is a theater director, puppeteer and performer working in the field of visual and multidisciplinary theater and video arts whose work has been presented at festivals and venues around the globe.
NOA SHAVIT
HOST INSTITUTION: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBORTERM: Fall 2019
Noa Shavit is a Tel Aviv-based performer, choreographer and dance instructor who serves as Artistic Director of the prestigious Contemporary Dance Program in Haifa. Trained at the Ga’aton Professional Dance Workshop, she performs with Israel’s leading choreographers.
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RUTH KANNER
HOST INSTITUTION: THE JUILLIARD SCHOOLTERM: Spring 2019
Ruth Kanner (www.ruthkanner.com) is a theater creator based in Tel Aviv who specializes in adapting literary and documentary texts for the stage, interweaving storytelling, physical theater and visual imagery.
