"Levy’s book resonates with our contemporary moment as an informed inquiry into the charged relationship between science and politics." Happy to share this generous review of A New Orient by Abraham Rubin, featured in the latest issue of AJS Review 📖 muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...

Another thoughtful review of A NEW ORIENT is out – this time by Nora Derbal in Die Welt des Islams. She calls it a “treasure trove” and a “powerful intervention” on migrating knowledge & intellectual cooperation. Read it here: brill.com/view/journal...

Grateful for Sabine Mangold-Will’s generous deep dive into "A New Orient" in Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines! Read the full review here: journals.openedition.org/rhsh/12132?l...

‏ביקורת חדשה על מזרח חדש, והפעם בכתב העת חידושים! תודה לפרופ׳ מאיר חטינה על ביקורת עשירה, מלומדת ומנומקת עם הצעות לכיווני מחקר נוספים

AJS 2025 is upon us – come say hello if you’re here! Our ultra-awesome lightning session on education and Arab-Jewish relations in the Mandate period will take place on Monday at 8:30 a.m. (yes, I know – but honestly, what better way to start the day?)

AIS 2025 reschedule scrapped our roundtable on place, myth & memory in Zionist and Israeli history 😢 But I’ll still be on campus next week for the doctoral workshop we’re hosting + panels. Around? Let’s grab coffee or swap ideas!

לרגל חודש הספר, ״מזרח חדש״ משתתף במבצע 1+1 בהוצאת מאגנס, יחד עם עוד מלא (באמת מלא) ספרים מצוינים שאת חלקם קראתי ואת חלקם אני מתכוון לכל הפחות לטעון שקראתי! www.magnespress.co.il/promotions

אני מעדיפה לשווק ברשת השנייה אבל תדעו שהספר שלי יצא והוא גם במבצע לשבוע הספר www.shazar.org.il/product/%D7%...

**LAST DAY TO REGISTER!**

**LAST DAY TO REGISTER!**

They say your book isn’t really published until it’s on @telavivreview.bsky.social. Thanks to Gilad Halpern for the thoughtful conversation about A New Orient! 🎧 tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv...

🎓 Coming to AIS 2025 in Haifa? Join our Grad Student Workshop on July 6! ✅ Journal editors ✅ Postdoc advice ✅ Networking skills 🎉 Dinner at City Hall w/ AIS Board & Mayor 📝 RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🎓 Coming to AIS 2025 in Haifa? Join our Grad Student Workshop on July 6! ✅ Journal editors ✅ Postdoc advice ✅ Networking skills 🎉 Dinner at City Hall w/ AIS Board & Mayor 📝 RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Gil Eyal (Columbia), whose Disenchantment of the Orient deeply shaped my thinking, reviewed the Hebrew edition of my book for Israeli Sociology. I really appreciated reading his take! www.israeli-sociology.sites.tau.ac.il/_files/ugd/4...

Congratulations to @amitlevy.bsky.social ! His book "A New Orient" (in its Hebrew version) was announced as the winner of the Mordechai Ish-Shalom Award for a First Book in the Study of the Land of Israel. Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Award Ceremony April 28, 5 p.m., Jerusalem ybz.org.il/product/ben-...

Yes, I am THAT committed

התחלנו. חמש דקות הליכה מרחוב עזה. בואו להתרעננות אינטלקטואלית

Stop apologizing for cross-posting nobody cares that you’re cross-posting we’re ignoring your threads anyway

🚨 New article alert! 🚨 Ideology and practice in the study of the Jewish communities from the Islamic world in nascent Israel Eurocentric biases, Zionist historiography, and academic struggles – and it's Open Access! 🔓 Read more inside.👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I'm pleased to announce that Colonial Vocabularies: Teaching and Learning Arabic, 1870-1970, edited by Karène Sanchez-Summerer, @rachelmairs.bsky.social, Lucia Admiraal and me, published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social, is now available open access from www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

To those who missed the online conversation with the generous, attentive, and all-around awesome discussant Arie Dubnov on A New Orient: a) Shame on you b) But there’s a recording: brandeis.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_o4... c) Stay tuned for some interesting audience questions toward the end!

6/ 🎤 Upcoming Event: Join me for an online conversation with Prof. Arie Dubnov (GWU) on Wednesday, January 24th, at 1 pm (EST). Register here: brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#friendlyreminder On Thursday, 23 January 2025, 11 a.m., @amitlevy.bsky.social will give insights into his recently published book entitled »A New Orient. From German Scholarship to Middle Eastern Studies in Israel« (Brandeis University Press) in a lunch talk at the Dubnow Institute in Leipzig.

📚 A New Orient is officially out! I’m thrilled to announce that my book, A New Orient: From German Scholarship to Middle Eastern Studies in Israel, has just been published by @brandeispress.bsky.social in the @tauberbrandeis.bsky.social Series. (Thread 👇)

Liebe Münchner*innen, Ich lade euch herzlich zu meinem Buchvortrag nächste Woche ein! Dienstag, 21.1, 19 Uhr, Historicum 🏛️

Look what the cat dragged in 😻

חיפאיות.ים! ‏בשלישי הבא (14.1) נארח מפגש ראשון בסדרת ״צהרי ספר״. ‏איך נולדה המדיניות הישראלית בשטחים? כיצד החלטות שהתקבלו לפני יותר מ-50 שנה הביאו אותנו לאיפה שאנחנו היום? והאם משה דיין מתהפך בקברו או דווקא מתרווח בנחת? ‏בואו לשמוע את ד״ר עמרי שפר רביב ולשאול שאלות על ספרו החדש 📖

מחר ב-16:00 באוניברסיטת תל אביב ננסה לחבר בין נקודות המבט ההיסטורית, הסוציולוגית והפילוסופית כדי לחשוב יחד על לימודי אוניברסיטה בישראל. בואו

A New Orient. From German Orientalism to Israeli Mizrahanut. Book presentation by @amitlevy.bsky.social Now available on the Youtube channel of the @leobaeckjeru.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/xie7ruL...

A new Orient. @amitlevy.bsky.social will present his new book on Monday, 23 December at the @leobaeckjeru.bsky.social and on Zoom leobaeck.org/upcoming-eve... and one month later, on Thrusday, 23 January 2025, 11 a.m., at the Dubnow Institute in Leipzig www.dubnow.de/en/event/a-n...

Today on Mt. Scopus

Being pro-Palestine means supporting Palestinian self-determination and sovereignty. It means denouncing Israeli policies that harm Palestinians, condemning Hamas, and emphasizing accountability on both sides. It means promoting coexistence and pursuing a pragmatic, humanistic path to peace.

*קול קורא: יהדות ואסלאם במאה העשרים בין גרמניה, פלשתינה-ישראל וארה״ב* כנס לציון 125 שנים להולדתו ו-40 שנים למותו של ש״ד גויטיין (ירושלים, 3/25) 🗓️ תאריך אחרון להגשה: 15 בינואר 2025 📢 מוזמנות ומוזמנים להגיש הצעות - אנא הפיצו!

*CFP: Judaism and Islam in the 20th Century Between Germany, Palestine/Israel, and the US* A conference marking 125 years since the birth & 40 years since the death of S. D. Goitein (Jerusalem, 3/25) 🗓 Submission deadline: Jan 15, 2025 📢 Please share and consider submitting a paper proposal!

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie

A friend with a real job asked me if I know of a podcast or recording that gives an introduction to the Cairo Genizah in a way that’s easy to understand for a general audience. Do you have any recommendations?

But first,

מי שיכול להרשות לעצמו אני ממליץ

SANT GORG

Last week in Berlin: blasphemous content

מוזמנות ומוזמנים להאזין לריאיון שערך איתי גבי זהר האחד והיחיד ברדיו צפון על הספר שלי, ״מזרח חדש״, ועל ידידות אינטלקטואלית בין יהודים וערבים בתקופת המנדט soundcloud.com/amit-l/23820...

Out next month, by @amitlevy.bsky.social brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/a-new-...

Stop trying to make Bluesky happen. It’s not going to happen

I wrote something on the recent 'open letter' that tries to explain why although I oppose Israeli government policies I found it very troubling. Decided not to post it because I think the world doesn't need another self-righteous text, and others can probably say it better. >>>

The awkward, life-draining art of sending introductory emails to professors in your new institution

German-Jewish orientalist Gotthold Weil (right) and friends riding mules in the desert on their way to Saqqara, Egypt, around December 1927. (From the Digitized Collections of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin)

I guess I’ll be reposting some things from the other-social-media-platform-that-shall-not-be-named. Keep in mind that I’m a historian so expect old photos or photos of old things

Oh hi Mark