Summer and Special Programs
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The Department of Summer Courses and Special Programs offers a comprehensive spread of short-term, intensive and specialized summer courses designed for undergraduate and graduate students and mature learners with academic backgrounds. Varied study field trips complement these courses, bringing the subject matter to life while broadening the students' perspective and enriching their academic experience.
This summer, our academic program offers courses in the following areas: Israel Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, International Law, Jerusalem Studies, Jewish and Religious Studies Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Economics and Trauma & Resilience.
For an overview of which courses can be combined, please take a look at the Summer Courses 2013 Time Table. When registering for more than one summer course, you will be offered a 10% discount off of the total tuition fee.
Applicants currently enrolled in or who have completed an MA program are able to earn graduate credits for their participation in a summer course. More information on earning graduate credits is available on our website.
To apply for summer courses, please click on the following button:
For an overview of the application guidelines, please click
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***Please note: The Hebrew University reserves the right to cancel courses for which there is insufficient registration.***
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| | | | | June 30 - July 28, 2013
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most persistent and infamous international conflicts, yet its key aspects have rarely been discussed by the media. The course provides students with an in-depth, multi-disciplinary study of the conflict, examining classic studies written by scholars of conflict resolution, social and clinical psychology, and law. | |  |
| | | | | | June 30 - July 28, 2013
This course examines the emergence of the State of Israel from its origins in the late nineteenth century until today. It deals with the key issues of nation state building; the triangular conflict between the Zionists, British and Arabs and the emergence of religious, ethnic and national tensions. | | |
| | | | | | June 30 - July 28, 2013
This course will deal with some of the pivotal phenomena in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict - the evolution of the Arab positions towards the Zionist movement, the Arab-Israeli wars, the peace strategies and negotiations between Israel’s neighbors and the Palestinian national movement and Hamas. Students will study the complexity and challenges that the conflict poses to the societies involved as well as its historical, national and religious connotations. | | |
| | | | | | June 30 - July 28, 2013
The goal of the course is to provide an overview of public international law in an Israeli context. Israel as a functioning sovereign state is beset by a host of issues pertaining to its role in engaging other states and adhering to norms of international concern. This course analyzes the international legal framework as well as Israel's position in that framework. | | |
| | | | | | June 30 - July 28, 2013
This course examines major contemporary Islamist movements and ideologies. What are the key Islamist movements? What motivates them? What is their relation to traditional Islamic thought and how do they relate to modernity? Against whom do they fight and why? | | |
| | | | | | June 30 - July 28, 2013
The course will examine different models and theories regarding multiculturalism and in particular relations between political authorities and religious minorities in Jerusalem. It will also focus on specific issues arising in Jerusalem among the religious and ethnic minorities and their relations with the municipal government. For this the lecturer will draw on her experience with timely issues as a member of Jerusalem’s City Council. | | |
| | | | | | June 30 - July 28, 2013
This course provides a critical overview of the development of fine arts in contemporary Israel. Visual arts have been an important part of Jewish cultural renewal and have played a key role in the formation of a new national identity. Students will become acquainted with the work of native Israeli artists and immigrants from the Jewish world who have contributed to the development of the extraordinary blend of dynamic creativity and differing cultural traditions which characterize the artistic scene in contemporary Israel. | | |
| | | | | | June 30 - July 28, 2013
This course enables students to learn about the Holocaust from those who experienced it, thus preserving survivors' stories for future generations. Students will acquire documentary filmmaking skills, interview and film eyewitnesses, and ultimately create a Holocaust oral history film documentary that will become a permanent part of the National Library of Israel, Hebrew University, and Yad Vashem. | | |
| | | | | | June 30 - July 28, 2013
Jerusalem has a rich history, throughout which it has grown and developed as a city containing a variety of populations, religions, cultures and architectural styles. This course explores the city of Jerusalem in its various stages of development: from biblical times, through the Middle Ages, to the present. The course includes field trips to sites throughout Jerusalem. | | |
| | | | | | June 30 - July 28, 2013
This course explores the ways that Kabbalistic thought has entered diverse forms of contemporary spirituality, new-age thought, art, cinema, environmentalism, and even politics. Various perspectives on God, the universe, the human body, sexuality, meditation, ritual, and healing will be meticulously examined. The course incorporates interviews with living Kabbalists as well as a tour of Tzefat, the center of kabbalistic spirituality. | | |
| | | | | | June 30 - July 28 & August 4 - 15, 2013
This course offers a unique opportunity to experience the challenges and complexities of coexistence in Israel, the Holy Land for Christians, Jews and Muslims; a key point of interest and dispute for the international community, and the homeland shared and claimed by both Israelis and Palestinians. Through extensive field trips and first-hand interaction with senior representatives of different disciplines, students gain exposure to a wide variety of people, narratives and perspectives. | | |
| | | | | | June 30 - July 28, 2013
This course offers students the opportunity to learn entrepreneurship and innovation essentials via the first-hand experience of successful Israeli innovators, in a country world-renowned as the "Start-up Nation". Students will gain direct access to the insights and knowhow of serial startup founders, industry specialists and senior personnel from innovative R&D centers of leading multinational corporations. In addition, they will learn practical models, tools and methodologies critical to the creation of startup companies and the development of innovative ventures of large organizations. | | |
| | | | | | June 30 - July 28, 2013
This program analyzes how exponentially growing technologies may impact our lives, industries and society in the next five to fifteen years. Throughout the program, participants will meet experts from different disruptive technologies and gain exposure to some of the latest breakthroughs developed in Israel, a world leader in innovation in the fields of Computer & Communications, Security, Clean-Tech, Nano-Tech, and Bio-Tech. With the insight gained, the students will be better prepared to face and seize the opportunities and challenges arising from the emergence of these technologies. | | |
| | | | | | June 30 –July 11/21, 2013
This course presents a broad picture of the latest developments in the trauma field and presents both theory and research. Students learn about the consequences of trauma, healthy coping processes, possible pathological consequences as well as the risks of developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, related distress and potential protective factors. Additional topics covered include trauma in the military, building resilience in the wake of trauma and war, medical trauma, the trauma of immigration, and vicarious trauma. The Israeli perspective and experience is highlighted.
An optional third week of clinical training is offered for clinicians interested in developing their clinical skills in the field. | | |
| | | | | | July 14 - August 15, 2013
A five-week Summer School in Economics will be offered by the Department of Economics of the Hebrew University, earmarked for international undergraduate and MA students with a background in Economics. | | |
| | | | | | August 5 - 19, 2013
From his birth to his Crucifixion, Jesus of Nazareth changed the course of history as few did before him or have done since. The belief that he was the Messiah captured the hearts of many and by the fourth century Christianity became the official religion of the whole Roman Empire. This specially designed course will review and analyze the archaeological record of Christian activity in the Holy Land, from the time of Jesus and up to the Crusades. It will be comprised of class meetings, and intensive field trips to Jerusalem, the Galilee, and the Judean Desert. | | |
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