Dr. Zohr Maor

טלפון
פקס
03-5318390
דוא"ל
zohar.maor@biu.ac.il
משרד
Building 410, room 223
שעות קבלה
Wednesday 14:40-15:40
אוניברסיטה
Bar Ilan
תחומי מחקר
    קורות חיים

    Education:

    2005
    Ph.D. "Mysticism, Regeneration and Jewish Rebirth: The “Prague Circle” in the Beginning of the Twentieth Century" supervisors: Prof. Steven Aschheim and prof. Yehoyada Amir.
    1997
    M.A. "National Struggle and Counter-Identity: The emergence of National-Jewish Identity in Austro-Hungary at the end of the Nineteenth Century"
    Supervisor: Prof. Dan Diner
    1997
    B.A. – B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics
     

    Academic Positions:

    2007-
    Department of History, Bar-Ilan university
    2003/2004
    The Koebner Center for German History, Department of History, the Hebrew university

     

    Research cooperation in Israel and abroad:

    2004
    research group: Jews in the Age of Empires, the Nevzlin center, Hebrew university

     

    Public Activities:

    1998-2010
    Field-work and research at Yesodot, center for Torah and Democracy
    2006
    Writing on the M. Buber and N. Birnbaum for the virtual project “the founding fathers of   Zionism” founded by the Center for Educational Technology and the National Library
    2004-2005
    Directing the “Bina Le-Itim” Institute in honour of Dr. Issac Breuer for research on Judaism and Modernity.

     

    Supervision of Graduate Students:

    2009
    Ruti Lehavi: Teachers and their fighting pupils, WWI.

     

    Fellowships, Grants, and Honours:

    2010
    A grant  from the Lakritz Foundation for the publication of my book
    2009-2010
    A grant from the Kahana foundation for the research of S.Z Kahana's national legends
    2007
    A fellowship from the Franz Rosenzweig centre in the Hebrew University
    2004
    Talmon Prize for outstanding Works in History
    2003
    The Erich Kulka prize for a research on the Jews in Czechoslovakia
    2003
    A grant from the Prof. M. Pazi and Dr. M. Pazi foundation for my Ph.D
    2002
    A fellowship from the Lakritz Foundation for my Ph.D
    2002
    A fellowship from the Leo Baeck Institute (Jerusalem) for my Ph.D
    2001-2002
    A fellowship from from the Koebner centre in Jerusalem for my Ph.D
    1998
    A prize from Leo Baeck Institute (Jerusalem) for my M. A. Thesis
    1991-1996
    A fellowship from the interdisciplinary program from outstanding students, Tel Aviv university
     

    Conference Papers:

    2004
    “National Identity in the Prague Circle during WW1” (Hebrew), in the conference the Jews of Czechoslovakia, Jerusalem.
    2004
    “The Concept of Youth in the Prague Circle” in the international conference The Age of Youth, Jerusalem.
    2005
    “The Mystical Roots ‘Brith Shalom’: Berlin and Prague after World War I” (Hebrew), in the 14th Congress for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, in a special Session organised by the Koebner centre: 80 Years of Brith Shalom: The central-European Context.
    2006
    "Two different tracks and a rendezvous: Rosenzweig and Brod", in the second international conference of the Franz Rosenzweig Society, Jerusalem.
    2009
    Hans Kohn and the dialectics of Colonialism", in the international conference The Legacy of Hans Kohn, Jerusalem.
    2009
    "Secularization and New Religiosity in the Central-European Zionism", in the conference Nationalism and Secularization, Ramat Gan and Jerusalem.
    2010
    "Death or Birth: Gershom Scholem and Secularization", in Culture & Catastrophe in Modern European History: International Conference In Honor of Steven E. Aschheim, Jerusalem .




     

    מחקר

    Cultural and intellectual history of modern central Europe
    Nationalism and national culture
    Secularization and neo-religiosity
    anti-rationalistic Culture
     

    פרסומים

    Books:

    2010
    A new Secret Doctrine: Spirituality, Creativity and Nationalism in the "Prague Circle" in the beginning of the 20th Century, Jerusalem: Shazar Center (Hebrew).

     

    Articles:

    2007
    “Between Anti-colonialism and Postcolonialism: The Critique of Nationalism and Secularism in Brit Shalom”, Theory and Criticism 30 (2007), pp. 13–38. (Hebrew)
    2007
    "Identity and Confusion: One More Glance on the Whirlpool of Identities in Prague", Zion 71 (2007), pp. 457–472. (Hebrew)
    2010
    "Two New Secret Doctrines", Daat, 68–69 (2010), pp. 101–129. (Hebrew).
    2010
    "Hans Kohn and the Dialectics of Colonialism: Insights on Nationalism and Colonialism from Within",Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook, 55 (2010) , pp. 255–271.

     

    Articles in Books:

    “The Concept of Youth in the Prague Circle” in: Y. Hotam (ed.), The Age of Youth, Jerusalem: Magnes Press and Koebner Center, 2008, pp. 131–148 (Hebrew)
    2009
    "Der Idee der Jugend in der Prager Kreis", Die Zeitalter der Jugend. Deutsch-Jüdische Jugendlichen in der Moderne,  Tübinegen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, pp. 193–212.
    2009
    “The inaccessible Land: The Central European Roots of Brith Shalom” in A. Gordon (ed.), Brith Shalom and Bi-National Zionism: The 'Arab Question' as a Jewish Question, Jerusalem: Carmel and Koenber Center, pp. 93–110. (Hebrew)
    2010
    "Transforming the Land of Israel into Longing: Political Theology in Kafka and Brod and in Contemporary Post-Zionism”, in: M. Helinger (ed.) The Jewish Political Tradition: Daniel Elazar Memorial Book, Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, pp.  229–253. (Hebrew)
    In print
    "Redemption and Law: Rosenzweig's Critique on Max Brod", in Y. Amir and J. Turner (eds.) Faith, Truth and Reason: Essays on the Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig.

     

    Reviews:

    2010
    Deutscher, Jude, Europäer im 20. Jahrhundert: Arnold Zweig und das Judentum, eds. J. Bernhard and J. Schloer, Bern 2004 – A review essay, Zion 75 (2010), pp. 110–115. (Hebrew)



     

    Last Updated Date : 12/11/2023