General Description

The Walter Lebach Institute for Jewish-Arab Coexistence through Education conducts an annual competition for Master’s and Doctoral students who study in Israeli universities and are writing a Master’s thesis or Doctoral dissertation that promotes equality and fairness between Jewish and Arab citizens in Israel.

The competition takes place each year in March and only students who are still in the process of writing their MA or Ph.D. research are encouraged to submit their approved proposals.

Prizes (total $4000) are rewarded for the best research proposals.

Eligible candidates should submit:

1.  A research proposal – 3-5 pages that include the research's rationale and methods;

2. A certificate of approval from the appropriate academic authorities;

3. A recommendation letter from the research advisor;

4. An academic C.V.

• The request should include the candidate's address, phone number and email.
• All of the required materials for candidacy should be submitted in 9 copies to the institute by March 31.

The prizes will be awarded in May.

2005

1. Ms. Rabia Husisy, Ph.D. student, Faculty of Education, Haifa University, for her research proposal titled “The connection between legitimizing the others' collective narrative & adherence to one's own collective narrative as a function of participation in peace education”.
   

2. Ms. Hannah Shemesh, Ph.D. student, Department of Islam and Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, for her research proposal titled “The shaping of memory in history textbooks in the Arab sector in Israel (1948-2000)”.
   

3. Mr. Younis Abu el Hija, Ph.D. student, Faculty of Education, Haifa University, for his research proposal titled “The institutes for higher education as means to advance the social, economical and political status of minority groups in different countries and in Israel”.
   

4. Ms. Noga Einy & Ms. Nivin Eid, Master’s students, Behavioral Sciences Department, Ben Gurion University, for their joint research proposal titled: "Learning the other's historical narrative: Jewish-Israeli students' responses to the Palestinian and Israeli narratives of the 1948 events as presented in a new historical booklet published by Prime".

2004

In 2004 the committee chose the following prize recipients:

1. Mrs. Nihayah Dauod, Ph.D.student of School of Public Health, The Hebrew University and Hadassah, Jerusalem, for her research proposal titled “Explanatory pathways to socioeconomic inequalities in health within the Arab population in Israel”.
    

2. Mr. Youval Tamari, Master’s student of Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, for his research proposal titled “Identity and place in a mixed city in Israel- The planning implications of the fear of the other".
    

3. Mrs. Najood Mzareeb Sefadi, Master’s student of Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, for her research proposal titled “The unrecognized Bedouin village”.
    

4. Ms. Ayelet Girin, Master’s student of Psychology Department, Tel Aviv University, for her research proposal titled “Taking the bus, going into the mall: Arab-Israeli's daily life under terror attacks”.

2003

In 2003 the committee chose the following prize recipients:
 Ms. Manel Tutri-Jubran, Master’s student of Law, Tel Aviv University, for her research proposal titled “Wadi Alnasnas: Examination of patterns of participation and opposition in the framework of law construction”; and Ms. Merav Riklin-Shapira, Master’s student of Sociology, Ben Gurion University, for her research proposal about “Citizenship under the shadow of memory- Palestinian citizens of Israel, Rabin’s murder and the Israeli discourse”.

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