Hanna Herzog is a professor of Sociology

Sociology

Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

 at the Department of Sociology
and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University and a
Senior Research Fellow and the Academic Director
of the Civil Society forums at Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute is an academic institute in Jerusalem established in 1959 by the Van Leer family of the Netherlands.The Van Leer Institute is a center for the interdisciplinary study and discussion of issues related to philosophy, society, culture and education...

 in
Jerusalem.

Among the founders of Woman and
Gender Studies

Gender studies

Gender studies is a field of interdisciplinary study which analyses race, ethnicity, sexuality and location.Gender study has many different forms. One view exposed by the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir said: "One is not born a woman, one becomes one"...

 in Israel which has been in existence since
2000.

Specializes in political sociology

Political sociology

Contemporary political sociology involves much more than the study of the relations between state and society . Where a typical research question in political sociology might have been: "Why do so few American citizens choose to vote?" or even, "What difference does it make if women get elected?" ...

, political
communication, and sociology of gender. Published
many articles on the politics mainly of ethnic and
racial relations, women in politics, Palestinian
women citizens of Israel, and gender, religion and
politics.

Herzog is the author of numerous books and articles, including:

• Political Ethnicity - The Image and the Reality, 1986 (Hebrew)

• Realistic Women - Women in Israeli Local Politics, 1994 (Hebrew)

• Gendering Politics - Women in Israel, University of Michigan Press, 1999

• Sex Gender Politics - Women in Israel (Written with others) 1999 (Hebrew).

Herzog headed the Sociology Department of Tel Aviv University, headed the Society and
Politics Section at the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Academic College from its inception in 1994 –
2001). She served as the President of the (International) Association for Israel Studies

Association for Israel Studies

The Association for Israel Studies is a scholarly organization founded in 1985. It is open to scholars in the social sciences and humanities who study the modern state of Israel. AIS is an affiliated member organization of the Middle East Studies Association of North America...

(1999–2001), as the editor of the academic journal Israeli Sociology (2001–2005). She
is as member of the editorial boards of the academic journals in Hebrew and
international acadenic journals.

She has been active in the public sphere in political lobbying, and in the struggle
against gender discrimination. She has been a member and board member of the Israel
Women’s Network (INW); headed the steering committee of the Research and
Information Center of the INW; is much in demand as a lecturer and advisor for
various women’s organizations; is a member of the public forum for the advancement
of the status of women in science and academe; is active in the peace movement;
served on the public council to examine the structure of the regime in Israel
established by the President of Israel

President of Israel

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; is a member of the council to define military
service for women in Israel (2007).

Hanna Herzog has concentrated on the connection between society and politics in
Israel with special emphasis on minority groups striving for equality and full
integration. She uses the research and academic tools with which she is familiar to
advance the academic and political dialog between Jewish and Palestinian-Arab
women in Israel.

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