Early Career Award

The AIS Early Career Award recognizes an exceptional scholar who has made significant contributions to the field of Israel Studies, and whose record of publications and scholarship has demonstrated the potential to shape the field in the future. The award is open to promising scholars of up to the rank of Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer in Israeli universities). 

Details about next year’s awards are yet to be announced. 

PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD:

2023: Karin Carmit Yefet (University of Haifa)

2022: Tally Kritzman-Amir (In Memoriam) (Boston University Law School)

2021: Amnon Cavari (Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya) and Alexander Kaye (Brandeis University)

2019: Liat Steir-Livny (Sapir Academic College and The Open University of Israel)

2018: Ayelet Harel Shalev (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

2016: Uriel Abulof (Tel-Aviv University and Princeton University) 

2015: Mohammed Wattad (Zefat Academic College)

2014: Omri Herzog (Sapir Academic College)2013: Gur Alroey (University of Haifa)