Gershoni Yekutiel, Dept. of Middle Eastern and African History


Short Curriculum Vitae (highlights):


B.A, Tel Aviv University, Magna Cum Laude, 1973
M.A., Tel Aviv University, Magna Cum Laude, 1976
PhD., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1981

Associate Professor, African History
Lecturer, Department of Middle Eastern and African History; and Aran School of History, Tel Aviv University
Supervisor, African Studies, Open University, Tel Aviv
Visiting Research Fellow, Hoover Institutions, Stanford University, California 1986-87
Visiting Scholar, Department of History, Stanford University, California, 1987-88
Head of African Studies, Tel Aviv University, 1994-96
Visiting Research Fellow, African Studies Center, Boston University, 1996-97
Editorial Advisory Board, Liberian Studies Journal, 1994-Present
Reader and Reviewer, Journal of Third World Studies
Reader and Reviewer, African Studies Review
Reader and Reviewer, The International Journal of African Historical Studies

Major publications (books and major articles):


Books:
Yekutiel Gershoni; Black Colonialism: The Americo-Liberian Scramble for the Hinterland
Yekutiel Gershoni; African on African-Americans: The Creation and Uses of an African-American Myth

Editing:
Yekutiel Gershoni, Naomi Chazan; Asian and African Studies Journal of the Israel Oriental Society; Vol. 26, No. 2, July 1992, Special Issue: African International Politics, 1960-1990, A Retrospective Assessment

Articles:
"The Formation of Liberia’s Boundaries-Part One: Agreements" Liberian Studies Journal, Vol. XVII, No. 1 (1992) pages 25-45
"The Formation of the Liberian Boundaries- Par Two: The Demarcation Process" Liberian Studies Journal, Vol. XVII, No. 2 (1992) pages 177-202
"The Changing Pattern of Military Takeovers in Sub-Saharan Africa" Armed Forces and Society, Vol. 23, No. 2, Winter 1996, pages 235-248

Teaches the following courses in the current academic year:


Introduction to African History
The History of Modern Nigeria
African Political Activities in the Inter-War period in West Africa
African-American Myth in Africa

Areas of current research interest:


History of West Africa
African African-American Relations
Engaged in research on Government-Opposition relationship in Liberia 1980-1990

Additional points of contact (office/home telephone,fax,etc.):


Office: 972-3-6409981
Fax: 972-3-5402534

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