Doctoral Students

Natan Milikowsky

Doctoral student, Department of Political Science

Dissertation title: “Minority” in political theory – a sociological or political concept?

Supervisors: Prof. Shlomi Segall and Dr. Yiftah Elazar

natan.milikowsky@mail.huji.ac.il

Maayan Partuch

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: Identity in the test of exclusion: a critical analysis of the shaping of the liberal Jewish identity in Israel in the face of the orthodox religious hegemony

Advisors: Dr. Charlie Lesh and Prof. (Emeritus) Hervey Goldberg

maayan.partuch@mail.huji.ac.il

Erin Petersen

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: Political Personalism on Apex Courts

Advisor: Prof. Gidi Rahat

erin.petersen@mail.huji.ac.il

Vered Porzycki

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Dissertation Project Title: The Representation of Women in Parliaments: Gendered Language, Gendered Society

Doctoral Advisor: Prof. Shaul Shenhav and Dr. Odelia Oshri

vered.porzycki@mail.huji.ac.il

Gal Ron

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

The Politics of Emotions: Hate and Enthusiasm in Political Discourse

Advisors: Dr. Odelia Oshri and Prof. Shaul Shenhav

gal.ron2@mail.huji.ac.il

Zachary Rosenzweig

Doctoral student, Department of Political Science

Dissertation title: Dimensions of Cultural Resonance: Understanding Culture in Contemporary Political Discourse

Supervisors:Prof.Tamir Sheafer & Dr.Meital Balmas Cohen

zachary.rosenzweig@mail.huji.ac.il

Mordechai Rotenberg

Doctoral student, Department of Political Science

Study subject: The Power of Ideas – A Case Study on the Strength of “Maximum Profit” Notion

Advisor: Dr. Charles Lesch

mordecha.rotenberg@mail.huji.ac.il

Shoham Shenhav

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: Radicalizing The Nahda: Revolution, Cosmopolitan, and Questioning Authority in The Philosophy of Shibli Shumayyil

Advisor: Dr. Wael Abu- Uksa

shoham.shenhav@mail.huji.ac.il

Daniela Tolchinsky

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: The history of Zionism, Israel and Palestine, Jewish thought, justice, and critical theory

Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Nicole Hochner, Prof. Robert Meister

daniela.tolchinsky@mail.huji.ac.il

My research centers on the notion of collective, or group-level agency, and on the potential of such a concept to serve as an underlying foundation for just political practice.

Gilad Alexander Weizman Shapira

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study subject: Strategic procurement policy

Advisor: Prof. David Levi Faor

giladshap@gmail.com

Paz Yaacov

Doctoral student, department of Political Science

Study Subject: Populism and regionalism

Supervisor: Prof. Dan Miodownik

Paz.yaacov@mail.huji.ac.il

Shay Yoss

Doctoral student, Department of Political Science

Study Subject: Studying the communities impacted by the October 7th massacre, with a focus on understanding the political implications of this tragedy and the effects of collective trauma on both individual and collective hope

Advisors: Dr. Matthew Simonson and Prof. Eran Halperin

shay.yoos@mail.huji.ac.il