The Open University of Israel
Prof. Tamar Hermann

Prof. Tamar Hermann

Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication

Updated: December 2009
 

Personal

Office tel.: 972-9-778-1165

E-mail: tamarhe@openu.ac.il

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Professional Education

1978 BA [cum laude], History and Political Science, Tel Aviv University
1984 MA, Political Science, Tel Aviv University [no thesis, direct PhD program]
1989 PhD, Political Science, Tel Aviv University
Dissertation: “From the Peace Covenant to Peace Now - The Pragmatic Pacifism of the Israeli Peace Camp (1925-1985)”
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Fields of Academic Research

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Academic Appointments

1986-1990 Instructor, Political Science, Tel Aviv University
1990-1991 Post-doctorate (MacArthur fellow for Peace and Security), Center for International Studies, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
1991-1992 Research fellow, The Truman Institute, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1991-1993 Visiting lecturer, International Relations Department, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1991-1995 Lecturer, The Open University of Israel
1994-2007 Director, The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University
1995-2004 Senior lecturer, The Open University of Israel
1997 (June-September) Visiting research fellow, ICAR, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
2000-2003 Chair, Sociology, Political Science and Communication Dept., The Open University of Israel
2003 (April-August) Visiting research fellow, Center of International Studies, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, USA
2004-2006 Chair, Democracy Studies, MA Program, The Open University of Israel
2004-2009 Associate Professor, The Open University of Israel
2005 (August-October) Visiting Senior Research Fellow, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University, Belfast, NI
2006-2009 Dean of Academic Studies, The Open University of Israel
2007 - Senior research fellow, Israeli Democracy Institute
2009 Full Professor
2009-2010 (Fall semester) Visiting Professor, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
2010 (Spring semester) Visiting Professor, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC, Herzliya
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Sponsored Research

1994-95 Methodologies of Peace Research and Conflict Resolution (Israeli partner) EC-sponsored international project EIRENE
1996-98 International study of conflict resolution/peace organizations (Israeli case study - principal investigator) Aspen Institute (Third Sector)
1997-98 International research project – Coming Out of Violence project (Israeli case study – principal investigator) Coordinated by INCORE, Ulster University, Derry, Northern Ireland
2002 The Software of Peace Building, Center for Peace Research and Strategic Studies (Israeli partner) Institute for International and European Policy; University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  Research project – On the notion of reconciliation (team member) Leonard Davis Institute for International Studies, The Hebrew University
2002-04 Research project – A Shattered Dream: The Israeli Peace Movement and the Collapse of the Oslo Process (principal investigator) USIP – US Institute of Peace
2002-03 Research project – The Oslo Process – What Went Wrong? (team member) Leonard Davis Institute for International Studies, The Hebrew University
2002-04 Palestinian Studies Program (co-director) Ford Foundation
2005-08 Crossing Borders Program (co-director) Ford Foundation
2006-08 The Implications of the Unilateral Disengagement from Gaza on Israeli Democracy (co-director) Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
2006 International Public Opinion Survey (co-director of Israeli team) Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and The Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland
2007 - Israeli Democracy and Grassroots New (anti)Politics (principal investigator) Israeli Democracy Institute, Jerusalem
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Membership on Editorial Boards

1998-2001 Politika, Israeli Journal of Political Science
2002 - Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies
2008 - Strategic Assessment, INSS
2008 - Israeli Journal of Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
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Membership on Academic Committees (since 2005)

2005 Israel Science Foundation (ISF): Member, Political Science Grants Committee
  Germany-Israel Foundation (GIF): Member, Organizing Committee of the Conference “What We Remember and What We Would Rather Forget...: Collective Reminiscence and Collective Oblivion as Factors in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation”
2006 Israel Science Foundation (ISF): Chair, Political Science Grants Committee
  Israeli History Society: Member, Organizing Committee of annual conference on Peace and War
  Tel Aviv University: Organizing Committee of International Conference on “Ethnicity and Nationalism in Divided Societies”
  Germany-Israel Foundation (GIF): Member, Organizing Committee of the Conference “The Political Comeback of Religion”
2007 Israel Science Foundation (ISF): Member, Bikura post-doctorate grant committee
2005 - Ford-Israel Foundation: Member, academic advisory committee
2005-2007 Israeli Political Science Association: Member, academic committee, annual graduate workshop
2008 Germany-Israel Foundation (GIF): Advisor to GIF board (Social Sciences)
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Membership on academic and non-academic boards and committees

2004 - Bitterlemons
2005-2007 B'tselem
2005 - IPCRI
2007 - Academic committee of the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, TAU
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Membership in Professional Societies

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Teaching Experience

1986-1989 A variety of courses on social movements, political protest and foreign policymaking, Tel Aviv University, Political Science Dept.
1991-1993 Public opinion and foreign policymaking, peace activism and peace movements, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, International Relations Dept.
2004-2006 A variety of courses on approaches to conflict resolution, The Evens MA program on Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Tel Aviv University
2009-2010 Civil and Political Participation course, WWS, Princeton University (Fall semester)
  Israeli society and politics course, IDC (Spring semester)
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Workshop coordination (2007 onwards)