Name: Gad Barzilai Date:October 2011
CURRICULUM VITAE
1.Personal Details
Name:Gad Barzilai
Date of Birth:1958
Country of Birth:Israel
Identity Card Number:054173992
Marital Status:Divorced & two children
Permanent Home Address:4809 Pullman Av. NE Seattle, WA, USA
33 Ruchama St.Ramat Gan52354, Israel
Home Telephone Number:1-206-417-3103; 0545-521520 (Israel)
Office Telephone Number:1-206-685-0578
Electronic Address: [and
Fax Number:1-206-6850668
2.Higher Education
Period of Study
/Name of Institution and Department
/Degree
/Date of Degree
1976-1979
/Bar IlanUniversity
Ramat Gan, Israel- Political Science
- General History, Judaism /
B.A. (Summa Cum Laude)
/1979
1978-1982
/TelAvivUniversity
LawSchoolTel Aviv, Israel / LL.B [JD] /
1982
1980-1982
/Bar IlanUniversity
Ramat Gan, Israel- Political Science and International Relations /
M.A. (Summa Cum Laude)
/1982
1983
/Tel Aviv University& Israel Bar
- Specialized in public, international and commercial law
/Lawyer’s License
/1983
1983-1987
/HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem
- Political Science /Ph.D. (with letters of distinction)
/1987
1987-1988
/ YaleUniversityNew Haven, CN
- Fulbright Scholar, Post Doctorate
- Political Science & Social, Legal and Policy Studies / /
June-September 1988
/MichiganUniversity
Ann Arbor, Michigan- Political Science & Social and Policy Studies;
- Advanced statistical and methodological analysis /
Certificate of ICSPR
(International Consortium of Social and Political Research) /September 1988
3.Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutions of Higher Education
Dates / Name of Institution and Department / Rank/Position1977-1980 / Bar IlanUniversity
Political Science Department / Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant
1980-1987 / Bar IlanUniversity
Political Science Department / Instructor
1986-1987 / HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem
Political Science Department / Instructor
1989 / TelAvivUniversity
Political Science Department
[counteroffer: YaleUniversity] / Lecturer
1990-1994 / TelAvivUniversity
Political Science Department / Assistant Professor
1993 / LehighUniversity
Department of Political Science
Program of Jewish Studies
LafayetteCollege
Department of Government and Law / Visiting Assistant Professor, Berman Chair
1994 / YaleUniversity
Department of Political Science
[counter offer: HarvardUniversity] / Visiting Assistant Professor
1994-2000 / YaleUniversity
Department of Political Science and
International Security Program / Research Fellow
1994-2002 / TelAvivUniversity
Political Science Department
& Co-Founder and Co-Director,
Program of Law, Society and Politics / Tenured Associate Professor [Martze Bachir]
2000 / University of California, Berkeley
Center for the Study of Law and
Society / Visiting Associate Professor
Since 1996 / TelAvivUniversity
LawSchool / Adjunct Professor
2002-2005 / TelAvivUniversity
Political Science Department
& Co-Founder and Co-Director,
Program of Law, Society and Politics / Professor [Professor Haver]
2005 / University of Washington
JacksonSchool of International
Studies & Law, Societies, and Justice
Program [LSJ] / Visiting Professor
Since 2005 / University of Washington
LawSchool / Adjunct Full Professor
Since 2006 / University of Washington
Professor of Political Science, Law &
International Studies
JacksonSchool of International
Studies & Law, Societies, and Justice
Program [LSJ]
Comparative Law and Society Studies
Center [CLASS] / Full Tenured Professor
Since 2008 / University of Washington
JacksonSchool of International
Studies & Law, Societies, and Justice
Program [LSJ]
Comparative Law and Society Studies
Center [CLASS] / Full Tenure Professor
Pruzan Chair
Since 2011 / University of Haifa / Full Professor of Law
[Professor Min Ha’Minian]
4.Offices in University Academic Administration
1991Ombudsmen, Department of Political Science, TelAvivUniversity
1991Member of the Faculty Teaching Committee, Faculty of Social Sciences, TelAvivUniversity
1992Co-Founder of the undergraduate program of law, society and politics at TelAvivUniversity
1994-1996Chair of Faculty Research Seminar, Department of Political Science, TelAvivUniversity
1996-2004Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Law, Politics, and Society Program, TelAvivUniversity
2000Representative of the Faculty of Social Sciences to the University Senate, TelAvivUniversity
2000Chair of the Undergraduate Admission Committee, Department of Political Science, TelAvivUniversity
2000-2002Director of the M.A. Graduate Program, Department of Political Science, TelAvivUniversity
2000-2003Co-Founder and First Director of the International Dan David Prize, TelAvivUniversity
2002-2004Director of the Ph.D. Graduate Program, Department of Political Science, TelAvivUniversity
2002-2004Member of the Ph.d. Faculty Committee, Faculty of the Social Sciences, TelAvivUniversity
2006Member of the Admissions Committee, JacksonSchool of International Studies, University of Washington
2007Chair of the FLAS, Scholarships Undergraduate and Graduate Committee, University of Washington
2008Interim Director of Graduate Program, Law, Societies, and Justice Program,University of Washington
2008-2011Pruzan Chair of the Stroum Jewish Studies Program, University of Washington
5.Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the University
5.1Membership and Roles in Academic Organizations
1988- 2001 Member of the Association for International Studies
Since 1990Member of the American Political Science Association
1990 Member, ISPS (Institute for Social and Political Studies), YaleUniversity
Since 1994Member of the Association for Israel Studies
1994-2004Board Member of the Association for Israel Studies
1994Member of the International Security Program, Yale
Since 1996Member of the Law and Society Association
1996Member of the Program Committee of the Israel Association for Political Science
1997Co-Founder of the Israel Association for Law and Society
1998International Activities Committee, Law and Society Association
1999Member of the center for the Study of Law and Society, UC Berkeley
2001President of the Israel Association for Law and Society
2002-2004Member of the Executive Board, Ethics Committee, Mishkanot Shananim,
Jerusalem
2003Member of Program Committee, Law and Society Association
2003-2007Member of Board of Trustees, Law and Society Association
2005Chair, Membership Committee, Law and Society Association
2009Program Chair of the Annual International Meeting of the Israel Association
for Law and Society
2009-2011Vice President, Association for Israel Studies
2011-2013 President, Association for Israel Studies
5.2 Editor of Academic Journals
2000-2002 Board of Editors, American Journal of Political Science
2001-2004 Academic Chief Editor of Politika [Hebrew]
2005-2010Board of Editors, Israel Studies Forum
Since 2007 Board of Editors,Comparative Political Studies
2008 Guest Editor, Plilim [Tel Aviv Journal of Criminal Law]
Since 2010 Board of Editors,Law and Society Review
2011-2012 Guest Editor, Israel Studies Review
5.3Referee in Scientific Foundations and Journals
Since 2000Fulbright
Since 2002ISF [Israel Scientific Foundation]
Since 2010NSF [USANational Scientific Foundation]
5.4Referee in Academic Journals
Since 1988Journal of Conflict Resolution
Since 1997 Comparative Politics
Since 2002 American Political Science Review
Since 2005 Comparative Political Studies
Since 2006Law and Society Review
Since 2006 Law and Social Inquiry
5.5 Consultation – Pro Bono [pro bono publico]
-Adviser to major public figures in planning public policy & strategy of legal reforms.
-Adviser to public organizations in planning social reforms.
-Adviser to NGOs in planning legal mobilization and public reforms.
-Adviser to international human rights organizations.
-Spokesman of the second generation of Holocaust Survivors in Israel [1984-1987].
-Legal adviser in planning appeals in public affairs to the High Court of Justice.
-Adviser to the Open University, Tel Aviv, in writing text books in the fields of law & politics.
-Adviser to international research foundations and international endowments.
5.6 Public Voice
Essays, opinions and interviews in major Israeli and International media channels, including: The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Herald Tribune, Newsweek, Der Spiegel, Liberation, Middle East Times, Life Week (China), Jerusalem Post, Globes, Ha’aretz, The Marker, Ma’ariv, NRG, Y-Net. In addition, TV and Radio interviews with American, Canadian, English, French, Israeli, Japanese, Italian, Slovak, Spanish, Portuguese and Swedish stations.
6.Participation in Scholarly Conferences
- Active Participation
International Conferences and Presentations
Date / Name of Conference / Place of Conference / Subject ofLectures1989 / International Meeting of the Society of Political Psychology / Tel Aviv, Israel / The Political Logic of Israel and US Military Action
1989 / International Studies Association Annual Meeting / St. Louis, MO / Sources of Judicial Legitimacy
1990 / International Studies Association Annual Meeting / Washington, DC, USA / The Political Logic of Israel and US Low Level Military Action
1991 / American Political Science Association Annual Conference / Seattle, WA / The Superpowers’ Policy towards the Middle East
1991 / International Studies Association Annual Conference / Vancouver, Canada / Mythical Legitimacy of Supreme Courts
1992 / International Studies Association Annual Conference / Atlanta, GA / Sources of Legitimacy of the Israeli Supreme Court in Comparative Perspective
1993 / American Association for Israel Studies Conference / Atlanta, GA / The Neo-Institutional Facets of the HCJ [High Court of Justice]
1993 / King’s College Colloquium on the Middle East / University of London, UK / The Attitudes of the Labor Movement towards Law and Obedience
1994 / International Political Science Association – Comparative Research Committee / Berlin, Germany / The Dynamics and Future of Israel Borders
1994 / International Association for Political Science Conference / Berlin, Germany / Sources of Institutional Legitimacy of Supreme Courts
1994 / International Political Science Association – Comparative Judicial Research Committee / Florence, Italy / Cultural and Institutional Facets of Judicial Review
1994 / American Association for Israel Studies Conference / Pittsburgh, PA / Public Opinion and the Israeli Supreme Court
1995 / American Political Science Association Annual Conference / Chicago, IL / Diffuse and Mythological Legitimacy of Supreme Courts
1995 / Association of Israel Studies Conference / Baltimore, MD / The Limits and Constraints of Judicial Activism
1995 / Midwest Political Science Association Conference / Chicago, IL / Neo-Institutional Interactions of the Judiciary: How Do Supreme Courts Accumulate Power and How Do they Lose it?
1996 / Conference on Israel / UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA / Supreme Courts as Hegemonic Institutions: The HCJ in Comparative Perspective
1996 / American Political Science Association Conference / San Francisco, CA / Game Theory and Empirical Evidence as to How Do Courts Accumulate Political Power
1996 / A Workshop – Palestine, Jordan, Israel – Building a Base / East Jerusalem / Sources of Political Leadership in Israel
1996 / International Political science Association – Comparative Judicial Research Committee / Jerusalem, Israel / Myths and Mythologies around Supreme Courts’ Legitimacy
1997 / American Political Science Association Conference / Washington, DC / National Security and Democracy: Human Rights and Judicial Intervention
1997 / Conference on States’ Borders / New York, NY / Marking Boundaries and Borders and the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict
1997 / International Workshop on Cause-Lawyering / Jerusalem, Israel / Governmental Lawyers and Political Power
1997 / Law and Society Association Annual Conference / Aspen, CO / Religion and Law and Judicial Activism
1998 / Law and Society Association Annual Conference / St. Louis, MO / The Judiciary and Public Opinion
1999 / Law and Society Association Annual Conference / Miami, FL / Israeli Communities Under the Law
1999 / Green Movements and International Human Rights / Brussels, Belgium / The Middle East and the Prospects of Peace
2000 / Lecture at OxfordUniversity / St. Anthony’s College, England / The Judiciary and Human Rights in the Middle East
2001 / Law and Society Association Annual Conference / Budapest, Hungary / Extra-Judicial Killings and the Future of Human Rights
2003 / American Political Science Association Annual Conference / Philadelphia, PA / Group Rights and Individual Rights and the Predicament of Liberal Jurisprudence
2003 / Law and Society Association Annual Conference / Pittsburgh, PA / Arab-Palestinians in Israel and Group Rights
2004 / Law and Society Association Annual Conference / Chicago, IL / Law and Religion and Political Power
2005 / West Coast Law and Society Association / Berkeley, CA / National Security, Uncertainty and Human Rights
2005 / Political Science, LawSchool / University of Florida, Gainesville, FL / The Israeli Legal System in Comparative Perspective
2005 / Law and Society Association Annual Conference / Las Vegas, NV / Liberalism and Ultra-Orthodox Communities
2005 / American Association for Israel Studies Conference / Tucson, AZ / Human Rights and the Community of Israeli Arab-Palestinians
2005 / The Abe Keller Foundation Peace Education Fund / Seattle, WA / Nuclear Weapons, Law, and the Israeli-Iran Crisis
2005 / Conference on War and the Environment / University of Washington, USA / How to Protect the Environment in the Middle East- Law and Policy
2006 / Association for Israel Studies Annual Meeting / Banff, Canada / Unification of Palestinian Families and the Israeli Law
2007 / Annual Meeting of Faculty-Graduate Students, Research in Political Science / Haifa, Israel / Research of Supreme Courts: Models and Data
2007 / Conference on Effects of State-Society Relations on Public Policy / University of Washington, USA / Societies and States in Law and its Theory
2007 / Law and Society Association Annual Meeting / Berlin, Germany / Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights
2007 / Conference on Religion and Society / University of Washington, USA / Communitarianism and Religious Communities
2007 / Conference on Legal Pluralism / Tel Aviv Law School, Israel / Where is Political Power in Legal Pluralism
2007 / Conference on Jewish Identities / University of Washington, USA / The Boundaries of Jewish Identities: The Question of ‘Who is a Jew’?
2007 / American Political Science Association Annual Conference / Chicago, IL / Non-Liberal Religious Communities in Liberalism
2008 / Western Law and Society Association Retreat / Hawaii / The Zeitgeist of Uncertainty, Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights
2008 / Israel Association for Law and Society International Conference / Jerusalem / The Language of Rights: Why Divided Societies as Israel and India Survived as Democracies
2009 / Conference on Non-State Religious Agents and Democracy / University of Washington, USA / Civil Society, Rights and Non-Liberal Religious Communities
2009 / Law and Society Association Annual Conference / Denver, CO / Where is Political Power in Cultural Relativism
2009 / Conference on Israel in the 21st Century / CaliforniaStateUniversity, San Diego / The Legal Struggle Over Unification of Palestinian Families in Israel
2010 / Law and Society Association Annual Conference / Chicago, IL / State Law, Globalization and Legal Pluralism
2010 / Association forIsrael Studies Annual Conference / Economic Liberalism, Liberalism, Silence and Dissent: On Lawyers and Litigation
2011 / Association for Israel Studies Annual Conference / BrandeisUniversity / Can Courts and Litigation Bring about a Social Change?
2011 / InternationalLawSchool Students Organization, University of Washington / University of Washington / Social Action, Litigation, and a Social Change
2011 / American Political Science Association Annual Conference / Seattle / Do Courts and Lawyers Bring about a Political Change?
2011 / Law and Society Association Annual Meeting / San Francisco / Dissent, Litigation and Silence
2011 / EAIS- European Association of Israel Studies / London / Presidential address- The Challenges of Israel studies
b.Organization of Conferencesor Sessions
Organization of Academic Conferences and Panels (Selected List)
Date / Name of Conference / Place of Conference / Subject of Conference/Role at Conference/
1987 / Panel on “Disqualification of Political Parties in Democracies” / Israel Political Science Association / Subject: Jewish and Democratic State/ Chair and Discussant
1988 / Panel on “Disobedience and Obedience to law” / TelAvivUniversity / Subject: Law and Behavior/Chair and Discussant
1990 / Panel on “Freedom of Speech and National Security” / TelAvivUniversity / Subject: Freedom of Speech and National Security/Discussant
1991 / Panel on “Presidential vs. Parliamentary Electoral Systems” / TelAvivUniversity / Subject: Political Reforms in Israel/Chair and Discussant
1995 / Annual Conference of the Israel Political Science Association / TelAvivUniversity / Subject: The Rule of Law/Chair and Discussant
1996 / Panel on “Judges and Rulers”, Program of Law, Politics and Society / TelAvivUniversity / Subject: Political Power and Law/Chair and Discussant
1997 / Panel on “Judicial Review and Public Policy”, American Political Science Association / Washington, DC / Subject: Political Science/Chair and Discussant
1998 / Panel on “Judicial Policy Making and the ModernState”, Law and Society Association / Aspen, CO / Subject: Law and Society/Chair and Discussant
1999 / Panels on Law, Politics, and Society in the Association for Israel Studies / Chicago, IL / Israel Studies/Chair and Discussant
2000 / International Conference “Global Trends in Comparative Politics”, School of Government / TelAvivUniversity / Subject: Global Trends of Governance/Chair
2001 / Inaugural Lecture of the Dan David Prize / TelAvivUniversity / Subject: Intellectuals and Politicians in Ancient Rome/Chair
2002 / International Events of the Dan David Prize / TelAvivUniversity / Past, Present and Future in Sciences and Humanities/Chair
2003 / A Series of Three Panels on Israel Elections, School of Government / TelAvivUniversity / Towards Elections 2003:Ethnic Politics, Politicians Discourse, and The Future of the Territories/Chair
2003 / Program Committee, The Annual Conference of the Law and Society Association. / Pittsburgh, PA / Subject: Law and Religion and Legal and Political Theory/Chair and Discussant
2003 / Liberalism and Citizenship Laws: Israel in Global Perspective / TelAvivUniversity / Subject: Citizenship and Law/Chair
2004 / Technology, Law, and National Security, The Program for Security Studies / TelAvivUniversity / Freedom of Expression and National Security/Chair
2005 / Immigration, Human Rights and Civil Liberties in a Globalizing World. West Coast Law and Society Faculty Retreat / UC Berkeley / Subject: Immigration and National Security/Chair
2006 / Religion and Democracy / University of Washington / Subject: Communities and Boundaries/ Discussant
2007 / Jewish Identity in Transnational World / University of Washington / The Construction of Jewish Identities/Chair
2008 / International Series of Speakers on Israel / University of Washington / Subjects: The Arab-Palestinian Israeli Minority. Israel Nuclear Policy. Communities in Israel/Chair
2008 / International Series of Speakers on Globalization and Law / University of Washington / Subjects: National Security and Law; Immigration and Law; Communities and Law/Chair
2008 / The Future of Jerusalem: Israel and Palestine / University of Washington / Subject: The Future of the Conflict Over East Jerusalem/Chair
2008 / Exploration Seminar in Israel: Facets of Multiculturalism / University of Washington / Subject: Communities, Human Rights, and Multiculturalism/Chair
2008 / Chair of Program Committee, International Conference, Law and Society – Global, Regional and Local / HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem / Subject: Lawyers, Litigation and Legal and Political Change/Chair
2008 / Program Committee, International Conference of the Israel Association for Law and Society / TelAvivUniversity / Subject: Judicial Review and Politics/ Chair and Discussant
2009 / Religious and Human Rights; Interfaith Dialogue – Christianity, Islam and Judaism / University of Washington / Subject: Interfaith Dialogue and Conflict Resolution/Chair and Discussant
2009 / Symbolic and Cultural Readings of Israel and its Past / University of Washington / Subject: Israeli Politics and Law/Chair and Discussant
2009 / Program Committee, International Conference of the Israel Association for Law and Society / TelAvivUniversity / Subject: Law and Politics/Chair
2009 / Program Committee, Annual Conference, Association for Israel Studies / Beer Sheva, Israel / Subject: Law, Society, and Politics in Israel/Chair
2010 / Law and Society Association Annual Conference / Chicago / Subject: Faith, Tradition, and Law/Chair and Discussant
7.Invited Lectures
1993 Columbia, Department of Political Science, “War and Peace in the Middle East: Israelis and Palestinians”