Post-Doctorate Fellowship: The Sophie Davis Forum on Gender, Conflict, Resolution and Peace
Dr. Tal Nitsán, “Let Us Rise Up: Women’s Struggles for Hope, Dignity, and Social Justice in a Post-Conflict Era”
Dr. Tal Nitsán is a feminist scholar engaged in critically examining socio-cultural global and local perspectives of the intersections between gender, violence, law, and society. Her interdisciplinary projects navigate between three main research sites: Israel/Palestine, Guatemala, and North America. She currently holds the Sophie Davis Postdoctoral Fellow on Gender, Conflict Resolution and Peace at the Davis Institute for International
Relations. Her research on transnational women’s human rights discourse in theory and practice presents a comparative perspective on the role of dignity and diversity in promoting social justice in Guatemala and Israel. Dr. Nitsán has taught several undergraduate courses on gender and socio-legal issues in both the Anthropology and Sociology departments of the University of British Columbia (UBC). In addition, she actively applied
insights gained from her fieldwork with the Guatemalan movement to end violence against women, into campus-based activism on gendered violence in universities. Dr Nitsan completed her PhD in Anthropology at UBC where she was a Liu Institute Scholar. Her PhD was supported by multiple fellowships and research grants and a chapter in her dissertation received the Audre Rapoport Prize for Scholarship on Gender and Human Rights (The Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas School of Law). She holds an MA in Anthropology and Sociology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she was a Truman Institute fellow. Her MA degree was supported by multiple fellowships and research grants and received The Shaine Center for Research in the Social Sciences Master’s thesis award as well as The Israeli Sociological Society’s Master’s Thesis Recognition Award. Past activities include volunteering at the Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center and serving on the UBC Advisory Committee on Sexual Assault Awareness. She currently serves on the American Anthropology Association’s Committee on Gender Equity in Anthropology (CoGEA).
Dr. Einat Gedalya-Lavy
Research topic: “A Different Voice? The Gender Gap in Values and Attitudes toward Peace and Security Issues in a Comparative Perspective”
Dr. Einat Gedalya-Lavy is a Sophie Davis Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender, Conflict Resolution and Peace at the Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University. Her PhD, which was completed at the Political Science Department of Tel Aviv University examined the relationships between feminism, media framing of women and politics, and the gender gap in voting in Israel.
Her present research focuses on the values and attitudes of women and men toward peace and security issues from a comparative perspective. Previous publications focus mostly on gender, media framing of women and politics, public opinion, and voting and intra-party politics. Gedalya-Lavy is recipient of several academic
awards and scholarships, including: the 2017 Best Dissertation Award of the Israeli Political Science Association, the Na’amat Doctoral Research Grant, and the Tami Steinmetz Research Grant (together with Prof. Hanna Herzog) for studying women’s voices on issues of peace and security. She has been an active member of the “Gender Gap in Voting” research group at the “Shavot” Center for the Advancement of Women in the Public Sphere of the Van-Leer Institute, Jerusalem. Her research interests include: Gender and Politics; Gender,
Peace and Security; Political Communication; Electoral Studies; Political Psychology, and Political Methodology.
Meeting : Hope, Gender, and Conflict Resolution
19/12/2016, 14:00 to 15:30
This was the first meeting of The Sophie Davis Learning Community. The meetings seek to create a scholarly community that will develop various creative and innovative collaborations around these themes. The following meeting focused on the concepts of: Respect (January), Translation (March), Recall (April), Belonging (May).
2ND Learning Community meeting: Kavod, Gender, and Conflict Resolution
Mon, 16/1/2017, 12:00 to 14:00
Opening: Prof. Dan Miodownik, Academic Director, the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Kavod, Gender, and Conflict Resolution, is the second meeting of The Sophie Davis Learning Community. The meetings aim to create a scholarly community that will develop various creative and innovative collaborations around these themes.
Speakers:
Dr. Orit Kamir, The Israeli Center for Human Dignity
Adv. Shiri Lev-Ran Lavy, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Dr. Hadas Cohen, Lafer Center and Davis Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Chair: Dr. Tal Nitsán, The Sophie Davis Forum on Gender, Conflict Resolution and Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Meeting: Translation, Gender, and Conflict Resolution
15/03/2017, 11:00 to 14:00
The meeting on Translation, Gender, and Conflict Resolution was the third meeting of The Sophie Davis Learning Community. The meetings aim to create a scholarly community that will develop various creative and innovative collaborations around these themes. Conceptual Opening and Chairing: Dr. Tal Nitsán, The Sophie Davis Forum on Gender, Conflict Resolution and Peace, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Speakers:
Adv. Anat Tahon, Itach-Maaki: Women Lawyers for Social Justice
Dr. Limor Meoded Danon, The Martin Buber Society of Fellows, The Hebrew University
Ms. Maytal Strul, Adva Center for Information on Equality and Social Justice in Israel
Adv. Rawia Aburabia, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Writing Workshop: Writing Kavod
14/2/2017, 10:00 to 14:00
The Faculty of Social Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Writing Kavod workshop focuses on texts written for and following the second meeting of the Sophie Davis Learning Community on Kavod, Gender, and Conflict Resolution. The texts reflect how aspects of dignity, honor, respect and glory meet and intersect in the authors’ research, activism, and lived experiences.
Writing Workshop: Writing Translation
28/03/2017, 10:00 to 12:30
Mt. Scopus Campus
The Writing Translation, workshop focuses on texts written for and following the third meeting of the Sophie Davis Learning Community on Translation, Gender, and Conflict Resolution. The texts focus on the translation processes we are involved in, focusing on how traditions, languages, and individuals’ social locations impact (and are impacted by) translation processes, as well as the translation practices themselves.
4th Learning Community Meeting: ReCall, Gender, and Conflict Resolution
19/04/2017, 12:00 to 16:00
Beit Maiersdorf, Mt. Scopus Campus
This meeting focused on three main aspects of recalling the lived experience and house demolitions at Umm al-Hiran. First, on the interpretation level, looking for critical, alternative, decolonizing perspectives of past and
current events. Second on the level of recall, as a call for action, directed at those who witnessed the events and/or the testimonies delivered by Umm al-Hiran’s residents. Finally, recall as a protest, a clear statement grieving the harm done and the grounded situation, as well as critiquing the policies and practices leading to it.
Speakers:
Prof. (Emerita) Naomi Chazan, Departments of Political Science and African Studies, The Hebrew University and Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem.
Dr. Inbal Wilamovski, Lafer Center and the Criminology Institute, The Hebrew University
Dr. Tal Nitsán, The Sophie Davis Forum on Gender, Conflict Resolution and Peace
Dr. Amal Abu Saad, Program Head, Teacher Education for Kindergarten Teachers in the Bedouin Sector, Kaye Academic College, and Umm al-Hiran evacuee
Ms. Mariam Abu El-Kian, Department of Public Policy and Administration, Ben Gurion University, and Head of Umm al-Hiran Women’s Council
Adv. Netta Amar-Shiff, Department of Geography, Ben Gurion University
Ms. Nili Baruch, Department of Geography, The Hebrew University, and Bimkom: Planners for Planning Rights
Dr. Yeela Raanan, Department of Public Administration and Policy, Sapir Academic College, and Spokesperson, The Regional Council of Unrecognized Villages.
5th Learning Community Meeting: Belonging, Gender, and Conflict Resolution
8/5/2017, 12:30 to 16:00
Beit Maiersdorf, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Introduction: Prof. Dan Miodownik, Academic Director, The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Speakers:
Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, the Faculty of Law (Institute of Criminology) and the School of Social Work and Public Welfare, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Dr. Sarai Aharoni, Gender Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ms. Siri Levinas with Ms. Yahaloma Zchut, Women Wage Peace.
Prof. Yifat Bitton, Faculty of Law, College of Management and the Hebrew University
Chair: Dr. Tal Nitsán, The Sophie Davis Forum on Gender, Conflict Resolution and Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Belonging, Gender, and Conflict Resolution, is the fifth meeting of The Sophie Davis Learning Community. The meetings aim to create a scholarly community that will develop various creative and innovative collaborations around these themes.