Sessional Lecturer: POL378H1 S, Topics in Comparative Politics II (Jews and Power)

Date Posted: 06/05/2026
Req ID: 48450
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Dept of Political Science
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:

Course Number and Title: POL378H1 S, Topics in Comparative Politics II (Jews and Power)

Course description: The rich human fabric comprising contemporary Israeli society is divided along multiple identity-based lines. It is divided nationally (between Jews and Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel), religiously (between religious and secular Jews, Muslims and Christians), and ethnically (between Ashkenazi and Mizrahi Jews). Other salient identity markers separate new immigrants from the older ones and city dwellers from residents of peripheral areas - within state borders and outside them, located in Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. In this course, students wil...