University / institution contact details
Position: Lecturer/Professor
Schechter Intitute of Jewish Studies
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Teaches (T) and/or researches (R) in:
2. History of the Jewish People: TR
Late Antiquity: TR
Modern: TR
9. Contemporary Studies: TR
State of Israel: TR
Description
Professor Doron Bar specializes in cultural-historical geography, researching popular and national sacred sites in the history of Palestine and the State of Israel. He has published numerous books and articles on the history of pilgrimage to Palestine during Late Antiquity and the nineteenth century, and on the development of Jewish and national sacred sites in the State of Israel. He has recently published a book on Landscape and Ideology: Reinterment of Renowned Jews in the Land of Israel 1904-1967 (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2016). At present, Professor Bar serves as the President of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem.
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