Yaacov Shavit
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Yaacov Shavit is a professor at the Department of Jewish History, Tel Aviv University
. His main fields of study are the history of modern Israel
and modern Jewish intellectual and cultural history
. Shavit has also written about the Afrocentrism
movement in the African American
community.
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
. His main fields of study are the history of modern Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and modern Jewish intellectual and cultural history
Jewish history
Jewish history is the history of the Jews, their religion and culture, as it developed and interacted with other peoples, religions and cultures. Since Jewish history is over 4000 years long and includes hundreds of different populations, any treatment can only be provided in broad strokes...
. Shavit has also written about the Afrocentrism
Afrocentrism
Afrocentrism is cultural ideology mostly limited to the United States, dedicated to the history of Black people a response to global racist attitudes about African people and their historical contributions by revisiting this history with an African cultural and ideological center...
movement in the African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
community.
Published works
- 1987, The New Hebrew Nation: A Study in Israeli Heresy and Fantasy.
- 1988, Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement, 1925-1948: 1925-1948, Routledge, ISBN 9780714633251.
- 1997, Athens in Jerusalem: Classical Antiquity and Hellenism in the Making of the Modern Secular Jew, Oxford (Paperback edition, 1999).
- 2001, History in Black: African Americans in Search of an Ancient Past, London.http://books.google.com/books?id=IF3nT14IbOIC&printsec=frontcover#PPR5,M1
- 2006, with Jehuda ReinharzJehuda ReinharzJehuda Reinharz is the former President of Brandeis University, where he is Richard Koret Professor of Modern Jewish History and Director of the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry. On September 25, 2009 he announced his resignation as president; at the request of trustees he stayed...
, Glorious, Accursed Europe: An Essay on the Jews, Europe and Western Culture. - 2007, The Hebrew Bible Reborn: From Holy Scripture to the Book of Books, Berlin.
External links
- http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/818005.html