Uriel Abulof - אוריאל אבולוף

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The truth shall make you free, but first it shall make you angry.
- anonymous

Curriculum Vitae

Date of Birth

December 23, 1973

Languages

Hebrew (mother tongue), English, Literary Arabic

Education

2007 Ph.D. in International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dissertation: “Small Peoples”: Ethnonational Existential Uncertainty Israeli Jews, Afrikaners and Québécois);
2002 M.A. in Contemporary Middle East Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (average 97)
1994 B.A. inInternational Relations and Islam & Middle-East Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (average 92.5)

Academic Experience and Teaching

2008/9

Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Teacher:
Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Near Eastern Studies

2007/8

Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar:
New York University's Taub Center for Israel Studies; Princeton University's Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination of the Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs

2006/7

Postdoctoral Fellow:
The Hebrew University's Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations; The Hebrew University's Bernard Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism

2001-2004 Lecturer:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (best-teacher listings)

Conferences & Lectures

2008, May

International Council for Canadian Studies Biennial Conference, Ottawa

2008, May

The 23rd Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies, New York City

2008, March

International Studies Association’s 49th Annual Convention, San Francisco

2007, December

The Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University

2007, October

LISD, Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, Princeton University

2007, October

NYU’s Taub Center for Israel Studies Workshop, NYC

2007, October

Metro International’s Global Classroom, Columbia University, NYC

2007, June

The 23rd Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies, Ra'anana/Israel

2007, January Cherrick Center Forum (Theoretical Aspects of the Arab-Israeli Conflict), keynote address, Jerusalem
2006, November The Einstein Center’s Workshop, Jerusalem
2006, July The 11th Biennial Jerusalem Conference in Canadian Studies
2006, May Association for Israel Studies Annual Conference, Banff/Canada
2005, December 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Washington DC
2005, August First Global International Studies Conference, Istanbul
2005, May The Israeli Political Science Association annual conference
2005, April The Israeli Association for International Studies annual conference
2004, June The 10th Biennial Jerusalem Conference in Canadian Studies
2004, May The Leonard Davis PhD Students Conference

Professional Experience

2006 - Eretz Acheret Journal: Staff Member and Writer
2003 - Op-Ed writer for M'aariv daily newspaper
2000 - 2004 Hebrew University of Jerusalem (The Multimedia Center & The Faculty of Social Sciences): Web-Based Research & Learning Manager
1998 - 2001 “Snunit” Online Educational System (www.snunit.k12.il): Educational Content and Portal Manager

Publications

Work in Progress
  • We, the People ? The Rise and Fall of Popular Sovereignty in Canadian/Canadien Political Thought
  • “Losing Ground / Losing face”: Afrikaners and Québécois Compared
  • Before the Law”: The Nomos of Global Politics

Academic Articles

  • “Small Peoples”: The Existential Uncertainty of Ethnonational Communities, International Studies Quarterly (2009, forthcoming)
  • “Back to the Future”: A Comparative Ethical Look at Israeli Arab “Future Vision” Documents, Israel Studies Forum 23:2 (2008, forthcoming)
  • “French, Canadiens, French-Canadians and Québécois: The Survival-Identity Complex.” In Shuli Barzilai, Arza Churchman and Allen Zysblatt (Eds.), Coping with Crisis: Conflict Management and Resolution. Jerusalem: Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies (2008, forthcoming).
  • “Al-pi Tehom”: Safek ha-Kiyom ha-Yehudi Yisraeli, Tchelet 27 (2006), pp. 62-87. [in Hebrew]

Treatises

  • “The Abyss Beneath Us”, A Different Place (winter 2006), pp. 48-57
  • “ha-Tehom ha-Pe'ura le-Ragleynu” Eretz Aheret 35 (2006), pp. 62-68 [in Hebrew]
  • “Mida Keneged Mida” (Measure for Measure), Eretz Aheret 34 (2006), pp. 58-64 [in Hebrew]
  • “Dilemmat ha-Assir” (Prisoner’s Dilemma), Eretz Aheret 33 (2006), pp. 34-38 [in Hebrew]

Non-Academic

  • “Hakchashat haShoa” (Holocaust Denial), Eretz Acheret 37 (2007), pp. 14-20
  • “Ben-Avraham” (Son of Abraham), Eretz Aheret 32 (2006), pp. 80-84 [in Hebrew]
  • Op-Ed Column & Essays in Maariv daily newspaper (2003-)

Scholarships & Awards

2007/8 Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship
2007/8 David Nathan Meyerson Postdoctoral Fellowship
2006/7 Bernard Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2006/7 Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2006 The Einstein Center Fellowship (Ethics and World Order)
2005 Honorary Mention - Azure Journal Articles Contest
2005 Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies' Peter Lougheed Graduate Fellowship
2004/5 The Silbert Center for Israel Studies Scholarship
2004 The Shaine Center for Research in Social Sciences
2004 The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research Scholarship
2003 The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations Scholarship
2003-2005 Herzl Fellows grant (Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism ,the Yishuv and the State of Israel)
2003-2005 Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University Stephen Robert z”l Prize in Excellence
2003 Dr. Yaacov Hertzog z”l Prize
2001, 2002 Excellence Scholarship in the program of Contemporary Middle East Studies
2001 Ruth Gilutz Prize on research concerning “Chaos Theory & Political Assassinations in the Middle East”
1992/3/4 Dean’s List and award