Biography
Prof. Eyal Naveh is a Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, where he heads the Political Education project. Naveh was the chairperson of the General and Interdisciplinary Studies program at Tel Aviv University between 2003 and 2007. He is a professor of U.S. history in the History Department at Tel Aviv University. In addition, he lectures at the Kibbutzim College of Education and is a member of its Academic Council.
Since 2000, Prof. Naveh has led a team of Israeli history teachers engaged in writing a textbook, in conjunction with Palestinian history teachers, that presents both narratives alongside one another. The project is being conducted under the auspices of PRIME (Peace Research Institute in the Middle East), headed by Professors Dan Bar-On and Sami Adwan. Naveh has also served as advisor on the writing of a history textbook for Arab students who are citizens of Israel. As a member of the Salzburg Global Seminar project, Naveh is involved in efforts to promote historical justice and reconciliation. He is also a member of the academic council of Massuah - School for Holocaust Teaching.
Prof. Naveh has been a visiting professor at Venice International University, the University of Toronto, UC Berkeley, and Cornell University. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees in history (both summa cum laude) from Tel Aviv University, and completed his Ph.D. under a Fulbright scholarship at the History Department of UC Berkeley.
tel: 02-530-0833
email: enaveh@idi.org.il
Select Publications
Eyal Nave, Nationalism in Israel and among the Nations, (together with Naomi Vered), Even Yehuda: Reches Publications, 2008, 220pp, [Hebrew]
Eyal Nave, The United States – An Ongoing Democracy, Tel Aviv: Open University Press 2007, 340 pp. [Hebrew]
Eyal Nave, Reinhold Niebuhr and Non-Utopian Liberalism, Brighton, Sussex Academic Press, 2002, 234pp
Eyal Nave, Histories: Toward a Dialogue with the Israeli Past, (together with Esther Yogev) Tel Aviv, Bavel Publication, 2002, 389pp. [Hebrew]
Eyal Nave, The American Century, Tel Aviv, Ministry of Defense Press, 2000, 181pp. [Hebrew]
Eyal Nave, The 20the Century, on the Threshold of Tomorrow, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Books, 1999, 223pp. [Hebrew]
Eyal Nave, Modern Times, (together with Eli Barnavi) Vol. II, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Books, 1999, 342pp. [Hebrew]
Eyal Nave, The Liberal Ethos in the American Society, Tel Aviv, Ministry of Defense Press, 1997, 120pp. [Hebrew]
Eyal Nave, The 20the Century, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Books, 1994, 272pp. [Hebrew]
Eyal Nave, Crown of Thorns - Political Martyrdom in America, New York, New York University Press, 1990, 248pp
Awards and Scholarships
2002 - Tel Aviv University Rector's Prize for Excellence in Teaching
1992 - Scholarship from the American Council of Learned Societies
1988 - Fulbright Scholarship from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars