- Personal
- Education
- Academic Appointments
- Professional Experience
- Administrative and Other Academic Activities
- Fields of Research
- Scholarships
- Prizes
- Sponsored Research
- Membership on Editorial Boards
- Membership in Professional Societies
- Visiting Scholar
- Teaching
- Other Professional Activities
- Conference Activities
- List of Publications
Personal
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E-mail: avivaha@openu.ac.il
Born in Haifa, Israel
Mother of two
Education
| 1973 | B.A. (summa cum laude), History of Muslim Countries, History and History of the Jewish People, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
| 1976 | M.A., Jewish History and Middle East Studies, Columbia University, New York |
| 1982 | High School Teaching Certificate, Department of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
| 1996 | Ph.D., Jewish History, Tel Aviv University |
Academic Appointments
| 2006 | Associate Professor, Department of History, Philosophy and Judaic Studies, The Open University of Israel |
| 2004 | Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Philosophy and Judaic Studies, The Open University of Israel |
| 2000 | Senior Lecturer, Netanya Academic College |
| 1996 | Senior Instructor (after receiving Ph.D.), Tel Aviv University |
| 1992 | Instructor, Tel Aviv University |
Professional Experience
| 1982 – | The Open University of Israel |
| 1995 – 1996 | Menashe College (affiliated with Tel Aviv University) |
| 1997 – 1998 | University of Haifa, teacher |
| 1998 – 1999 | Bar Ilan University, teacher |
Administrative and Other Academic Activities
| 1992 – 1997 | Coordinator, BA program "Peoples, Religions and Cultures in Palestine Eretz Israel", The Open University |
| 1997 – 1999 | Coordinator, "Israel Studies", Tel Aviv University |
| 1997 – | Member, sub-committee for Humanities, The Open University |
| 1998 – 2001 | Member, Academic Board of the Institute for the Study of Zionism, Tel Aviv University |
| 2000 – 2006 | Member, Academic Board, Illegal Immigration Museum, Athlit |
| 2003 – | Member, Board of Overseers, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem |
| 2004 – 2009 | Member, Executive Board, Academic Committee, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv |
| 2005 – | Member, Board of Directors, Association for Israel Studies |
| 2006 | Member, Committee for the Accreditation of Prior Non-Academic Studies, The Open University |
| 2006 – 2008 | Member, Committee for Examining Teaching Matters, The Open University |
| 2006 – 2009 | Chair, Ministry of Education Committee for re-writing and updating History curricula for grades 6-9 in the general school system |
| 2007 | Member, Committee on limiting the length of studies toward a degree, The Open University |
| 2007 – 2008 | Head, Academic Development Unit, The Open University |
| 2007 – | Member, Academic Committee, The Open University |
| 2007 – | Member, Board of Directors, The Historical Society of Israel |
| 2007 – 2009 | Vice-President, Association for Israel Studies |
| 2007 – | Member, Academic Committee, Yad Yaari |
| 2007 – | Head, Modern History Studies, Dept. of History, Philosophy and Judaic Studies, The Open University |
| 2008 – | Member, Ministry of Education Committee on History |
| 2008 – | Member, Open University Council |
| 2008 – | Member, Academic Committee, The Lavon Institute |
| 2009 – | Chair, Academic Committee, Yad Yaari |
| 2009 – | President, The Association for Israel Studies |
| 2009 – | Member, Executive Committee, The World Union of Jewish Studies |
Fields of Research
- History of Zionism
- Jewish immigration in the twentieth century
- Illegal Jewish immigration to Mandatory Palestine
- The Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine
- Holocaust survivors (she'erit ha-p'leta)
- History of the State of Israel
- History of the Kibbutz movement
- Historical biography
Scholarships
| 1987 | The Luba Datlow and Emma Rosenberg Ph.D. Fund, Tel Aviv University |
| 1988 | The Joseph and Ceil Mazer Post Doctoral Fellowship Fund, Tel Aviv University |
| 1989 | The Faculty of the Humanities, Tel Aviv University |
| 1990 | The Hannah and Zvi Brander Fund, The Institute for the Research of Zionism, Tel Aviv University |
| 1991 | The Rashi Fund for Distinguished Ph.D. Candidates, The Open University |
| 1991 | The David Ben-Gurion Fund for Research Promotion, General Federation of Labor |
| 1991, 1992 | Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, New York |
| 1994 | The Rothschild Yad Avi ha-Yishuv Fund |
| 1999 | Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, New York |
| 2000 | The Eisenstadt Scholarship, Lavon Institute, Tel Aviv |
| 1999, 2000 | Rivlin Institute, Bar Ilan University |
| 2000 | The Eisenstadt Scholarship, Lavon Institute, Tel Aviv |
Prizes
| 2007 | The Association for Israel Studies Annual Shapiro Award for Best Book in Israel Studies during the year 2006, for the book: Be'merutz Kaful Neged Hazman [A Dual Race Against Time: Zionist Immigration Policy in the 1930s] (Yad Ben Zvi). |
| 2008 | Hecht Prize of the Herzl Institute for the Research and Study of Zionism, University of Haifa, for a research book in History of Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel, for the book: Be'merutz Kaful Neged Hazman [A Dual Race Against Time: Zionist Immigration Policy in the 1930s] (Yad Ben Zvi). |
Sponsored Research
| 1984 – 1987 | The Inter-University Project for the Research of Illegal Immigration in Honor of Shaul Avigur; Illegal Immigration Ship "Exodus 1947" |
| 2001 – 2004 | Yad Ya'ari, The Center for Research and Documentation of HaShomer HaTzair Movement and of the Kibbutz Artzi Federation: Biography of Me'ir Ya'ari |
| 2009 – 2010 | Yad Chaim Weizmann of the Weizmann Institute of Science and The Weizmann Institute for the Research of Zionism and Israel at Tel Aviv University: "Weizmann and Immigration" |
Membership on Editorial Boards
| 1998 – 2001 | Member, Editorial Board, Ha-Tzyonut |
| 1998 – 2001 | Member, Editorial Board, The Journal of Israeli History |
| 2002 – | Member, Editorial Board, Aley Zayit ve-Herev |
| 2003 – | Co-editor, Cathedra for the History of Eretz Israel and its Yishuv |
| 2005 – | Member, Editorial Board, Iyunim Bitkumat Israel |
| 2003 – | Member, Editorial Board, Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi Press |
| 2005 – | Member, Editorial Board, Ben Gurion Institute for the Research of Israel and Zionism Press |
Membership in Professional Societies
- Israel Historical Society
- World Union of Jewish Studies
- Association for Jewish Studies
- Association for Israel Studies
Visiting Scholar
Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, August 2005-February 2006
Teaching
| The Open University | |
| 1986 – 1991 | "Jerusalem throughout the Ages," Coordinator and instructor |
| 2001 – 2005 | "From National Home to a State in the Making: The Jewish Community in Palestine between the World Wars," Coordinator and instructor |
| Tel Aviv University | |
| 1987 – 1999, 2007 | Courses in the history of the Yishuv and Israel |
| Menashe College (affiliated with Tel Aviv University) | |
| 1996 | Courses in the history of Palestine Eretz Yisrael |
| University of Haifa | |
| 1998 | MA course on Jewish Immigration |
| Bar Ilan University | |
| 1999 | BA and MA courses in Jewish history and history of Palestine |
| Netanya Academic College | |
| 2001 – 2005 | History courses in the school for communication studies |
Other Professional Activities
Co-supervisor, doctoral dissertations
University of Haifa (3); Bar Ilan University (1)
Referee, MA Theses and PhD Dissertations and Proposals
Tel Aviv University, Ben Gurion University, Bar Ilan University, University of Haifa, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Referee, Research Proposals
The National Foundation for Jewish Culture: Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies, 2007; German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development, 2009; Israel Science Foundation, 2009
Referee, Prize Committee
Auschwitz Foundation Prizes, 2008
Member, Academic Committee
15th World Congress of Jewish Studies, 2007-2009
Member, Ephraim E. Urbach Post-Doctoral International Fellowship for Jewish Studies
The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture in cooperation with the World Union of Jewish Studies, 2009
Member, Prize Committees
The Goldhirsh Prize for Outstanding MA Thesis in Holocaust Studies, Ben-Gurion University (2005); KKL Prize Committees for Doctoral Dissertations (2005, 2006 and 2007); The Shimon Ben Shemesh Prize, KKL (2006)
Referee of books
Yad Ben Zvi, The Center for Ben-Gurion Heritage, Yad Tabenkin, Israel State Archive, Ha-Kibbutz ha-Meuchad
Referee of articles
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Cathedra, Ha-Tziyonut, Israel, Iyunim bi'Tekumat Israel, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Pe'amim, Studies in Zionism, The Journal of Israeli History, Zmanim, Israel Studies Forum, Dor l'Dor, Zion
Miscellaneous
Academic advisor on junior high and high school textbooks; Lectures in study series of Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi and Zalman Shazar Center; History courses in Machon Avshalom; Series of academic lectures in Akademia b'Alef, Israel Broadcasting Authority; Member, Academic Committee of the Eretz-Yisrael Museum, Tel Aviv, 2003-2009; Member, Committee, Nahum Sokoloff Prize for Electronic Media, 2006; Member, Book Prize Committee, Tel Aviv Centennial Celebration, 2008