Association for Israel Studies
Association for Israel Studies( AIS) is an organization open to scholars in the social sciences and humanities engaged in research on topics related to the State of Israel.
History
AIS, founded in 1985, is an affiliated member organization of the Middle East Studies Association of North America. In 2007, it had about approximately 500 members.
Although the association was founded by scholars dissatisfied with bias against Israel in the Middle East Studies Association, it does not take political positions.[1]
References
- The Politics of Israel Studies, by Jennifer Jacobson, Chronicle of Higher Education, June 20, 2005, http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i42/42a01001.htm
External links
- http://www.aisisraelstudies.org/
- Mitchell Bard, Israel Studies in the United States: A Growth Industry, Israelis 8 (2017), pp. 215–236.
- The Woodman Scheller Israel Studies International Program (WSISIP) of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
- The Ben-Gurion Research Institute
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