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The Amira Margalith
Summer Research Internship
at the Moshe Dayan Center
for Middle Eastern and African Studies
at Tel Aviv University (AMSITAU)

Northwestern/Tel Aviv
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The Amira Margalith Summer Research Internship at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University (AMSITAU)

The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies has established a research assistance internship to honor the memory of Amira Margalith, who served as the Center administrator for more than two decades. It was Amira’s good nature and helpfulness that made the work of the Center, its fellows, and its visitors so successful for many years. Through a competitive application process, the Dayan Center seeks to appoint one undergraduate or graduate intern for a semester from a European or North American college or university setting. Students who have a budding passion for Middle Eastern Studies, are interested in undertaking quality research under the direction of a Center member, and have a special linguistic and writing talents are encouraged to apply. An annual grant of $3000 will be given to the recipient to defray living expenses and transportation costs. The minimum period for the internship will be three months and include a minimum of 20 hours per week of work at Tel Aviv University or in a location designated by the supervising Dayan Center member.

Applicants for the internship are expected to submit a 1,000 word essay about their career intentions and how the internship fits into those plans. Candidates for the internship should specify their areas of disciplinary interest. In addition, three letters of recommendation should be submitted on behalf of the student, with at least two of them from present or former teachers. Those letters should speak to the intellectual promise, research skills and experience, language abilities, writing talents, and other qualifications that reflect on the candidate’s credentials. Letters should include mention of the candidates character, ability to work autonomously yet with guidance, commitment to a future academic or research position in Middle Eastern studies, and an estimate where the candidate ranks among former and present students of the same class cohort.

Applications will be accepted up to February 28 of each year, with decisions made by March 30. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. All applications should be submitted to Director, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel, 69978. Successful applicants will be informed by mail and e-mail, with initial disbursement of funds coming as a transportation reimbursement prior to the students arrival in Israel. Internship candidates may not submit their application materials via e-mail.

Initial funding for the internship was provided by Emory Professor Kenneth W. Stein who throughout his thirty year career benefited from the grace, diligence, and thoughtfulness emanating from Amira’s dedication and friendship. Additional contributions to the internship honoring the memory of Amira Margalith may be made by contacting the Director of the Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University.

Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA, in partnership with Tel Aviv University, announces a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Israeli Studies. This appointment will be for a two-year residency at Northwestern beginning September 1, 2009.

Responsibilities: teaching one course per academic quarter on Israel and the Middle East (no teaching the first quarter in residence), and pursuit of a program of independent scholarship (fellows will present a research colloquium to faculty colleagues once each year).

Requirements: receipt of Ph.D. after January 2005; fluent English; a demonstrable record of very good college-level teaching. (Applications will not be accepted from persons now holding ongoing faculty positions.)

Applications are encouraged from all Israeli universities, and should include a letter explaining interest in the position and the kinds of courses that could be taught,(one or two sample syllabi should be attached) a curriculum vitae, and evidence of teaching success.

Mail to the Northwestern/Tel Aviv Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Committee via the Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978.

Two referees, at least one of whom can comment on teaching, should be asked to write directly to the Director of the Moshe Dayan Center.

Applications that are received by March 15, 2009 will have first consideration.