Alek D. Epstein
Professor
Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication
The Open University of Israel
Israel
Biography
1995 B.A., Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1997 M.A., Sociology and Anthropology (cum laude), Hebrew University of Jerusalem Thesis: The Changing Patterns of Conscientious Objection as an Indicator for the Altering Relations Between State, Military, and Civil Society in Israel (1947-1997) Supervisors: Baruch Kimmerling and Martin van Creveld 2001 Ph.D., Political Sociology and Contemporary Social History of Israel Dissertation: The Involvement of the Academic Community in the Public Discourse on the Formation of the Israeli Political Culture in the Period of Labour Movement Hegemony Supervisor: Baruch Kimmerling (1939-2007)
Research Interest
Israeli history and politics, History of the Arab-Israeli conflict, Intellectuals' influence on the emergence of civil society, Civil-military relations and conscientious disobedience, Development of Israel studies as a research field in various countries, Emergence of the Palestinian refugee problems and unsuccessful attempts to solve it, Immigrant scientists' and teachers' professional and social integration in Israel
Publications
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Alek D. Epstein, After the Collapse of the "Road Map": The Attempts to Mitigate the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Moscow: Institute of the Middle Eastern Studies, 2006 [in Russian]), 108 pp., paperback edition. ISBN 5-89394-166-7.
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Alek D. Epstein, Israel in the Era of "Post-Zionism": Academy, Ideology and Politics (Moscow: Institute of the Middle Eastern Studies, 2006 [in Russian]), 126 pp., paperback edition. ISBN 5-89394-155-1.
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Alek D. Epstein, Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Problem: History and Politics (Moscow: Institute of the Middle Eastern Studies, 2005 [in Russian]), 193 pp., including 3 tables, paperback edition. ISBN 5-89394-147-0.
