Peace and War Discourse: Cultural Aspects
CDA, CCDA (Cultural Approach to CDA)
Major Research Interests
Specifically: Critical analysis of peace and war discourses
Research fields: Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), Cultural studies, communication, political studies, security studies.
Education
2006 Ph.D. School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University.
Thesis entitled: The Cultural Dimension of the Surprise and the Yom Kippur War.
2003 M.A. summa cum laude, Security Studies Program,
Tel Aviv University. Thesis entitled: The Pretty War - Representations of War in Israeli Culture 1967-1973
1999 M.A. magna cum laude, Department of Poetics and Comparative Literature, Tel Aviv University. Thesis entitled: The Verbal Representation of Body Language.
1987 LL.B. Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Professional experience
2008: Visiting Scholar at University of California at Berkeley, Linguistics Department.
2006: Visiting Scholar at University of California at Berkeley, Near Eastern Studies Department.
Academic positions held
2011- A research fellow at the Truman Institute for Peace Research, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2007- Senior Lecturer, Hadassah Academic College Jerusalem, Department of Politics and Communication