Curriculum Vitae
Professor Aron Shai
Rector of Tel-Aviv University
Departments of History and East Asian Studies
The Shoul N. Eisenberg Professor for East Asian Affairs
| 1963-1964 | College of San Mateo, California Scholarship by the Gouled Foundation |
| 1964-1967 | B.A. in History and Philosophy. Courses in Chinese language, The Hebrew, University, Jerusalem |
| 1967-1969 | M.A. cum laude in History (emphasis on East Asian Studies), The Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| M.A. Thesis: China and the United States, 1948-1954 | |
| 1969-1972 |
D.Phil., St. Antony's College, Oxford. Scholarship by the Friends of the Hebrew University and the British
Council. D.Phil. Thesis: British Policy towards China, 1937-1939 (The Sino-Japanese War) |
| Aug.-Dec. 1971 | Studies and research tour in Asia. In Hong Kong member of Robert Black College, Hong Kong and University and Universities Service Centre, Kowloon (sponsored by Oxford University). Courses and text reading in Chinese. |
| 1972-1977 | Lecturer, Department of History, Tel-Aviv University. |
| Aug.-Oct. 1975 | St. Antony's College, Oxford: Research on British foreign policy in Asia. Grant-in-Aid by the British Council. |
| 1977-1985 | Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Tel-Aviv University. |
| 1978-1979 | Elected Israeli (Wolfson) Fellow, St. Antony's College, Oxford. Also, tutor, University of Oxford. |
| 1979-1980 | Senior Associate Member, St. Antony's College, Oxford. Grant by Avi Foundation, Geneva. |
| June-Aug. 1983 | Senior Associate Member, St. Antony's College Oxford. Research on Britain's China policy. |
| 1985 | Associate Professor, Department of History, Tel-Aviv University. |
| 1985-1986 | Visiting Professor, The Department of History, University of Toronto, Canada. |
| 1986-1987 | Adjunct Professor, The Department of History, University of Toronto. |
| 1987-2007 | Academic Dean, The David Yellin College of Education, Jerusalem. |
| 1989-1997 | Visiting Professor, The Department of East Asian Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. |
| Sept.-Oct 1989 | Study tour in the People's Republic of China. |
| 1991 | Full Professor, Tel-Aviv University. |
| 1991 | Directeur D'Etudes, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Fondation de la Maison des Sciences de L'Homme - Professeur invité, Paris. Quai d'Orsay, Paris - Visiting Researcher. |
| 1991-1996 | Director, The Israel Phoenix Assurance Company Ltd. |
| 1993-1996 | Chair, The Department of History, Tel Aviv University. |
| 1994-1997 | Chair, The Department of East Asian Studies, Tel Aviv University. |
| 1994-2004 | Ministry of Education, member, the History Curriculum Committee. |
| 1998 | Visiting Professor, East-Asian Institute, Columbia University, New York. |
| 1998 | Consultant, UIA-Canada, on higher education. |
| 2000-2004 | Ministry of Education, Chair, History Curriculum Committee. |
| 2000-2002 | Director, The "Israel - Foreign Trade Risk Insurance Corporation Ltd. |
| 2000 | Incumbent, The Shoul N. Eisenberg Chair for East Asian Affairs. |
| 2002-2007 | Chair, Academic Council David Yellin College of Education. |
| 2004-2007 | Member, The Academic Council, The Open University of Israel. |
| 2004-2007 | Member, The Executive Committee, The Open University of Israel. |
| 2004-2007 | Member, The Academic Council, Safed College. |
| 2004-2007 | Member, The Executive Committee, Safed College. |
| 2007-2009 | Member, The Council for Higher Education. |
| 2009-2010 | Vice Rector, Tel Aviv University. |
| 2010- | Rector, Tel Aviv University. |
Responsibilities and Activities at Tel-Aviv University.
| Head, the Military-Diplomatic Studies at the Aranne School of History, (the Graduate Programme). | |
| 1983-1993 | Review Editor and member, the editorial board, Zmanim - History Quarterly. |
| 1984-1985 | Member, the Professors' Association. |
| 1986-1990 | Chair, Libraries Committee. |
| 1986-1989 | Chair, Libraries Computerization Committee. |
| 1989-1990 | Co-Chairman Wiener Library Seminar. |
| 1993-1996 | Chair, the Department of History. |
| 1994-1997 | Chair, the Department of East Asian Studies. |
| 1996-2005 | Member, the Board of Trustees Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies, Tel-Aviv University. |
| 1998 | Member, Nominations Committee, Faculty of Humanities. |
| 2000 | Incumbent, The Shoul N. Eisenberg Chair for East Asian Affairs. |
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Member, Nominations Committee, Faculty of Humanities. |
| 2009- 2010 | Vice-Rector of Tel-Aviv University. |
| 2010- | Rector of Tel-Aviv University. |
Membership in Academic Associations
| 1973-2007 | The Oxford Society, Israel, Secretary |
| 1973 | The Israeli Association of Asian Studies |
| 1975 | The Israeli Association of Political Science |
| 1984 | The Israeli Commission of Military History |
| 1985 | The American Historical Association |
| 1999 | St. Antony's College Oxford, The Israeli Advisory Committee |
| 2002-2007 | Chair, St. Antony's College Oxford, The Israeli Advisory Committee |
Papers presented at scientific meetings
Between 1972 and 2009 over 30 papers were presented at scientific meetings in over 20 different countries. The topics of these papers were, for example:
Appeasement in East Asia, Triangle in International Relations: Japan, China and the Soviet Union
The British Imperial Expansion in the Red Sea Area and the Routes to India
Britain's Attempts to Re-establish a Pre-War Foothold in China
The Sino-Japanese War of 1931-1945; The Chinese Civil War and Cold War
The Second World War in the Far East
Captive Imperialism: Britain's Withdrawal from China, 1941-1954
British Imperial Hangover and China
British Commercial Interests in China and the Second World War
Israeli - Chinese Relations
Imperialism Imprisoned or Capitalism in Captivity: The Fate of Western Firms in China after 1949
Center and Periphery - Home Countries and Colonies: Britain and China
The Closure of British and French Commercial Interests in China
The Changing Attitude of Foreign Firms towards China since 1949
Fifty Years Later: The Second World War and its Aftermath - The End of Empire in East-Asia
The Israeli Communist Party's Policy Towards the People's Republic of China
The 1956 War - The Last Imperial War or an Imperial Hangover?
The Fate of the Abandoned Arab Villages.
