Faculty

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    • Shemer, Yaron
    Assistant Professor
    Assistant Professor of Israeli Culture and Modern Hebrew and Levine-Sklut Fellow in Jewish Studies

    Shemer
    Phone: 919-962-5428

    yshemer@email.unc.edu

    Education: Ph.D., University of Texas

    Research interests:
    Israel Studies, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Israeli/Middle Eastern Cinema, Hebrew, and Filmmaking

    Courses taught:
    The Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa Israeli Cinema and Television Film Adaptations of Israeli Literature Media in Israel Jerusalem in Israeli Literature and Cinema Hebrew Hebrew via Popular Culture

    Recent Publications:
    "Victimhood, Protest, and Agency in Contemporary Mizrahi (Arab-Jewish) Films in Israel." Scope. #8, June 2007. (peer-reviewed, 27 pages)