B.A. (Philosophy and Political Science), The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Ph.D. (Political Science), the University of Minnesota
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Research Interests:
Political communication, political literature, online life-writing, media and journalism.
Teaching Interests:
Freedom of Speech, Communication and the Novel.
Books:
Ben Gurion and the Intellectuals: Power, Knowledge and Charisma. (1983); The Pen and the Sword: Israeli Intellectuals and the Making of the Nation-State (1989); Professionals against Populism: The Peres Government and Democracy (1995); The Concentration of Media Ownership and Freedom of the Press (1996); Political Literature in the Twentieth Century (1999); History of Political Ideas (2001); (with Don Sylvan:) International Intervention: Sovereignty vs. Responsibility (2002), Zichroni v. State of Israel: The Biography of a Civil Rights Lawyer (2002); The Citizen’s Voice: Twentieth Century Politics and Literature (2003); Blogosphere; The New Political Arena (2006).
About Me:
Michael Keren is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Communication, Culture and Civil Society in the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Communication and Culture, at the University of Calgary. Born in Jerusalem in 1944, he received his B.A. in philosophy and political science at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1968 and his Ph.D. in political science at the University of Minnesota in 1975. Since 1975 he lectured on political philosophy and political communication at Tel-Aviv University. Professor Keren served as director of the Ben-Gurion Research Institute and Archives in Sde-Boker, as chair of the Department of Political Science at Tel-Aviv University, as United Nations expert in Latin America and as head of the Institute for the Study of Jewish Press and Communications at Tel-Aviv University. In 2002 he was awarded a Canada Research Chair in Communication, Culture and Civil Society at the University of Calgary.
Professor Keren lectured in many universities and other institutions in North America, Europe and Asia, and frequently comments on Israeli and global affairs in the media. He is the author of many books including the prize winning Ben Gurion and the Intellectuals: Power, Knowledge and Charisma. (1983); The Pen and the Sword: Israeli Intellectuals and the Making of the Nation-State (1989); Professionals against Populism: The Peres Government and Democracy (1995); The Concentration of Media Ownership and Freedom of the Press (1996); Political Literature in the Twentieth Century (1999); History of Political Ideas (2001); (with Don Sylvan:) International Intervention: Sovereignty vs. Responsibility (2002), Zichroni v. State of Israel: The Biography of a Civil Rights Lawyer (2002); The Citizen’s Voice: Twentieth Century Politics and Literature (2003); Blogosphere; The New Political Arena (2006).
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