CONTACT US: [email protected] or 800-962-2248, ext. 2201 VISIT US: www.bgustudyabroad.org Ben-Gurion University of the Negev offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of politics, government and history. Our curriculum focuses on core areas that include comparative politics and international relations, while employing the insights of several other disciplines, including sociology and geography. Many courses offer students the unique opportunity to engage in research, taking advantage of primary historical resources and educational fieldtrips. “Having the ability to reside and study in such a politically diverse, controversial and significant setting was priceless to my academic career. ” – Aaron Estabrook, Kansas State University are you interested in political science, government or history?
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CONTACT US:
[email protected] 800-962-2248, ext. 2201
VISIT US:www.bgustudyabroad.org
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of politics, government and history. Our curriculum focuses on core areas that include comparative politics and international relations, while employing the insights of several other disciplines, including sociology and geography. Many courses offer students the unique opportunity to engage in research, taking advantage of primary historical resources and educational fieldtrips.
“Having the ability to reside and study in such a politically diverse, controversial and significant setting was priceless to my academic career. ”
– Aaron Estabrook, Kansas State University
are you interested in political science, government or history?
Why study Israeli Politics, History and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)?
Home to the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel – which houses the personal archives of David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of Israel – BGU is uniquely suited to the study of Israel and the modern Middle East in all its complexities. Students enjoy the advanced research infrastructure offered by the Institute and have the opportunity to engage in research and internship programs in a world-renowned archive combined with participation in present-day field research.
Through its location in the peripheral Negev region, Ben-Gurion University represents a blend of the history, culture and traditions of the different groups in Israeli society and the region.
Sample Course Offerings:
• The Cultural Survival of Indigenous Peoples: The Case of the Negev Bedouin Arabs in Israel
• Left, Right and the End of Ideology in Israel: Understanding Israeli Politics, 1960s - 1980s
• Environmental Governance and Regulation
• Politics and Ideology in the Shaping of Zionism
• Could this Happen Again? Hitler and Nazi Germany: From Freedom to Persecution
• From Che Guevara to Osama Bin Laden: The International Maze of Terrorism and Guerilla Warfare
• Violence in Our Lives: From Cartoons to Mass Murder and Back
• Political Humor in Mass Media
• Holy War in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
• The Israeli Mosaic: An Introduction to Israeli History, Politics, Society, and Culture
for further information
Visit www.bgustudyabroad.org or contact American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev at 800-962-2248 ext. 2201 or [email protected]
CONTACT US:
[email protected] 800-962-2248, ext. 2201
VISIT US:www.bgustudyabroad.org
Israel is a democratic nation-state whose society is characterized by an increasingly wide range of cultures. It’s an ancient country, and yet a young democratic nation. It’s modern and progressive, a leader in technology and entrepreneurship, while at the same time traditional and protective of customs and rituals. Students will have the opportunity to study the mosaic of diverse cultures and communities that make their home in the modern state of Israel and which provide a unique case study for observation and research.
“ Beer-Sheva is really a cultural Mecca, not a tourist spot to visit these cultures, as in Jerusalem, but a spot where I can live amongst all of these cultures, the only way to understand them.”
– Kevin Schwartz, Cornell University
are you interested in sociology or anthropology?
The Negev Desert, home to Ben-Gurion University, is populated by a variety of religious and ethnic groups that serve as a mirror of Israeli society.
Study at BGU provides students with a multi-faceted understanding of the cultural survival of the different communities within Israel. Issues of key importance to the populations in the Negev region and beyond will be explored, including their historical and political context, educational and social transformations, and state-indigenous relations.
Because of its proximity to indigenous Bedouin communities, the program has the unique ability to incorporate courses that include perspectives from both the cultural and medical anthropology subfields.
BGU is the institution where one can focus on the history and archaeology of the Negev, while gaining a better understanding of the social and cultural trends evident in the archaeological and historical record.
Sociology: Sample Course Offerings
• The Cultural Survival of Indigenous Peoples: The Case of the Negev Bedouin Arabs in Israel
• Israel Society as Seen through Israeli Film
• Internet Society
• Between Lands and Languages: The Experience of Creative Writing
• Women and Judaism: A Feminist Perspective
Anthropology: Sample Course Offerings
• Medical Anthropology of the Middle East
• The Israeli Mosaic: An Introduction to Israeli History, Politics, Society, and Culture
• The Archaeology of the Negev: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives on the Desert
• Communities and Landscape of the Negev’s Contradictions, Connections, Transitions
• Human Behavior in Emergency Situations
Why study Sociology or Anthropology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)?
for further information
Visit www.bgustudyabroad.org or contact American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev at 800-962-2248 ext. 2201 or [email protected]
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