Humanities Fellowships

FAIN: RA-20240-02

American Center of Research (Alexandria, VA 22314-2909)
Pierre M. Bikai (Project Director: September 2001 to November 2006)

The equivalent of half a fellowship each year for three years.

Associated Products

Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced (Book)
Title: Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced
Author: Rochelle Davis
Abstract: Throughout modern-day Israel, over four hundred Palestinian villages were depopulated in the 1947-1949 war. With houses mostly destroyed, mosques and churches put to other uses, and cemeteries plowed under, Palestinian communities were left geographically dispossessed. Palestinians have since carried their village names, memories, and possessions with them into the diaspora, transforming their lost past into local histories in the form of "village memorial books". Numbering more than 100 volumes in print, these books recount family histories, cultural traditions, and the details of village life, revealing Palestinian history through the eyes of Palestinians. Through a close examination of these books and other commemorative activities, Palestinian Village Histories reveals how history is written, recorded, and contested, as well as the roles that Palestinian conceptions of their past play in contemporary life. Moving beyond the grand narratives of 20th century political struggles, this book analyzes individual and collective historical accounts of everyday life in pre-1948 Palestinian villages as composed today from the perspectives of these long-term refugees.
Year: 2010
Primary URL: http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=17079
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780804773126

“Matar `Abdelraheem: From a village in Palestine to a refugee camp in Syria” (Book Section)
Title: “Matar `Abdelraheem: From a village in Palestine to a refugee camp in Syria”
Author: Davis, Rochelle
Editor: Mark Levine and Gershon Shafir.
Abstract: Book chapter: “Matar `Abdelraheem: From a village in Palestine to a refugee camp in Syria” in Struggle and Survival in Israel and Palestine. Edited by Mark Levine and Gershon Shafir. (University of California Press, July 2012).
Year: 2012
Publisher: University of California Press
Book Title: Struggle and Survival in Israel and Palestine

“Iraqi Culture and the US Military: Understanding Training, Experiences, and Attitudes” (Book Section)
Title: “Iraqi Culture and the US Military: Understanding Training, Experiences, and Attitudes”
Author: Davis, Rochelle
Author: Dahlia Elzein
Author: Dena Takruri
Editor: John Kelley, Beatrice Jauregui, Sean T. Mitchell, Jeremy Walton.
Abstract: Book chapter: “Iraqi Culture and the US Military: Understanding Training, Experiences, and Attitudes” with Dahlia Elzein and Dena Takruri in Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency, edited by John Kelley, Beatrice Jauregui, Sean T. Mitchell, Jeremy Walton. (University of Chicago Press, 2010), pp. 297-310.
Year: 2010
Primary URL: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo8334045.htmlhttp://
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Book Title: Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency
ISBN: ISBN: 97802264

Mapping the Past, Recreating the Homeland (Book Section)
Title: Mapping the Past, Recreating the Homeland
Author: Davis, Rochelle
Editor: Lila Abu Lughod and Ahmad Sa’di
Abstract: Book chapter: “Mapping the Past, Recreating the Homeland” in Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory, edited by Lila Abu Lughod and Ahmad Sa’di. (NY: Columbia University Press, 2007), pp. 54-76.
Year: 2007
Primary URL: http://http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-13578-8/
Publisher: NY: Columbia University Press
Book Title: Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory
ISBN: ISBN: 978-0-23

Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Staff/Faculty/Fellow Position)
Name: Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Abstract: Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. “Cultural Knowledge and U.S. Military Strategy.” Washington, DC. Sept 2011- May 2012.
Year: 2011

New Iron Age copper mine fields discovered in southern Jordan (Article)
Title: New Iron Age copper mine fields discovered in southern Jordan
Author: Najjar , M
Author: Levy, Thomas Evan
Abstract: Ben-Yosef, E., Levy, T.E. and Najjar , M. 2010 New Iron Age copper mine fields discovered in southern Jordan. Near Eastern Archaeology 72:98-101.
Year: 2010
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Near Eastern Archaeology 72:98-101.

The New Pragmatism: Integrating Anthropological, Digital and Historical Biblical Archaeologies (Book Section)
Title: The New Pragmatism: Integrating Anthropological, Digital and Historical Biblical Archaeologies
Author: Levy, T.E.
Editor: Levy, T.E.
Abstract: 192. Levy, T.E. 2010 The New Pragmatism: Integrating Anthropological, Digital and Historical Biblical Archaeologies. In T.E. Levy (ed) Historical Biblical Archaeology and the Future – The New Pragmatism. Pp. 3-44; London: Equinox.
Year: 2010
Publisher: London: Equinox.
Book Title: Historical Biblical Archaeology and the Future – The New Pragmatism.

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