Brandeis University
June 13-15, 2011
Full conference details and to Submit proposal visit www.aisisraelstudies.org/brandeis2011call.ehtml

“Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State”
The Zionist ideal of a Jewish and democratic society has been a central issue since early settlements through the present. It continues to elicit celebration, criticism and debate in the arts, academic disciplines and the public sphere. The challenge of defining Israel also involves diplomatic relations, interactions between Jews and Arabs inside Israel and the region, among Jews in Israel and with the Diaspora, gender issues, the legal culture, the political system, and perceptions of a collective past and future.The Program Committee of the 27th Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies invites scholars conducting research on any aspect of Israel Studies and in particular on the declared theme of this conference, “Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State”.

Program Committee Chair, Ilan Troen
Conference Coordinator, Rachel Litcofsky ais2011@brandeis.edu