Focus on cross-disciplinary analysis of Palestinian History, Politics and Culture
The Arab-Israeli conflict.
The role of High Edu-cation and Students in Building National Identities in the Middle East.
Dr. Zelkovitz is a research fellow at the Ezri Centre for Iran and the Persian Gulf Studies. He also teaches in the Department of Middle Eastern History at the University of Haifa. Dr. Zelkovitz received his PhD from the University of Haifa.
Dr. Zelkovitz won the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Post-doctorate fellowship and in the academic year of 2011-2012 he was a postdoc research fellow in The Institute of Sociology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
Dr. Zelkovtiz is also a Member of Mitvim - The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies: an independent think tank that envisions a fresh start for Israel among the nations. His research, academic courses, and public lectures reflect a focus on cross-disciplinary analysis of Palestinian History and Politics and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Israel’s geopolitical situation in the Middle East and the role of High Education and Students in Building National Identities in the Middle East. He is the author of two books and has been published in many respected peer reviewed academic journals such as Middle Eastern Studies, History of Education, Israel Affairs, and Ha-Mizrah Ha-Hadash.