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This site was designed by my brother Alon Sorek (1985-2006)
Welcome to my
website. Here you can find some details about my academic work and read published
articles and course syllabi.
My scholarly interests
center on the processes in which ethnic and national identities are produced,
re-produced and dissolved. My study of these processes focuses on
socio-historical dynamics, power relations, and the juncture of culture and
politics.
In my view,
boundaries between disciplines in the social sciences and humanities reflect
mainly political and economic interests in the academic arena and beyond it.
The fortification of these boundaries reflects these interests and has mainly a
negative impact on our ability to understand social phenomena.
Therefore, my
work blurs the lines between various academic disciplines. Similarly I believe
that social studies should be based on more than one method and thus I combine
in my work both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
My work
In my study
on Arab soccer in
As part of my interest in national identities and national symbols I
investigated public debates held in
My recent project dealt with the establishment of Palestinian memorial monuments in Israel. In a forthcoming article in Comparative Studies in Society and History I illustrate how extrernal and internal cross-pressures have made Palestinian commemoration in Israel circuitous, vacillating, and cautious. Although intellectual and political leaders have aspired to nurture Palestinian national identity by building monuments for national martyrs, frequently this national identity has been challenged and even blurred by local and religious allegiances. I argued that the prominence of these allegiances is partly related to the attempts of many Palestinians in Israel to secure their shaky status as citizens by de-politicizing their public image. The traumatizing events of October 2000 have only partly changed these dynamics.
Publications
Books Arab Soccer in a Jewish State: The Integrative Enclave, Cambridge University Press, (forthcoming, 2007). The Hebrew version was published by Magnes Press, 2006. Outline in French is also available. Refuzniks Israéliens ("Israeli Refuseniks – Soldiers who Refuse to Serve in the Occupied Territories " co-authored with Fabienne Messica), Agnès Viénot Edition, Paris (in French, 2003). Articles in Refereed Journals “Arab Soccer in Israel and the Contest over its Meanings,” (in Hebrew), Ha-Mizrach he-Hadash, 43, 2002, pp. 157-176. “Palestinian Nationalism in the 1940’s: The Sports Column as an Identity Agent,” (in Hebrew), Zmanim, Spring 2000 (70), pp. 15-25. Chapters in books “Why did Beit-She’an let Beitar win? Ethnic solidarity, sports ethic,and national ideology,” in: Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Vol. 23, edited by Jonathan Frankel, Peter Medding, Eli Lederhendler, and Ezra Mendelsohn, Oxford University Press (forthcoming, 2008). “The sports column as a site of Palestinian nationalism in the 1940’s? ” in: Sports and Society in Israel/Palestine, edited by Amir Ben Porat and Yair Galili, Frank Cass, forthcoming, 2007). “Arab soccer in a Jewish State, ”Jews, Sports and the Rites of Citizenship , edited by Jack Kugelmass, University of Illinois Press, 2006, pp. 159-172. “Palestinian Sports in Historical Perspective,” (in Hebrew), in: Body Culture and Sports in Eretz-Yisra’el in the 20 th century (Idan series), Edited by Haim Kaufman and Hagai Harif, Yad Ben-Zvi, 2002, pp. 434-452. Solicited Articles in Journals “Window of Opportunity in the National Stadium,” (in Hebrew) in: Panim , 25 (Summer 2003), pp.74-81. “Memory and Identity: The Land Day Monument ,” in ISIM Newsletter (10), July 2002, p. 17. Book Reviews Yair Sheleg’s “The New Religious Jews” and Eva Etzioni-Halevy’s “The Divided People,” Bulletin of the Association for Israel Studies, Fall 2001, Vol. 17 (1), pp. 128-131. Op-Eds “Conscience Laundry in Sakhnin,” (in Hebrew) in Y-net , January 8, 2004 |
Courses
sport
Martydom
Israeli Society
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This site was designed by my brother Alon Sorek (1985-2006)