Prof. David Newman
Tel: 08-6477595
Fax: 08-6477242
Email: newman@bgu.ac.il
Homepage: http://www.bgu.ac.il/politics/newman/index.htm
Office: 72 / room 644
Office hours: By appointment
Bio
David Newman is professor of Political Geography and chief editor of the journal Geopolitics. Originally from the UK, he has been at BGU since 1988, and served as Chair of the Department of Politics in its formative years. His research and publications focus on the territorial dimensions of conflict, the contemporary role and significance of borders in a globalized world, and the interface between science and politics.
Books
David Newman and Martin Glasner, Political Geography, 2009. (Seventh edition of undergraduate text – first edition with Newman as co-author. Eighth edition to be authored only by Newman, scheduled for 2012).
David Newman, Changing Patterns of Rural Settlement in Israel, 1967 -1985, Undergraduate course for the Open University, 1997. (In Hebrew).
David Newman, The Regional Councils in Rural Areas: Reform and Change in Local Government, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies: Jerusalem, 1996. (In Hebrew).
David Newman and Avigdor Orgad, The Regional Councils in Israel, Achdut Publishing House: Tel Aviv, 1990. (English & Hebrew + 54 anotated maps).
David Newman and Leviah Applebaum, Between Village and Suburb: New Settlement Types in Israel , Bialik Publishers: Jerusalem, 1989. (In Hebrew).
Articles
David Newman, "The Academic Boycott of Israel," Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, Vol. 2, no. 2, 2008: 45-56.
David Newman, "Where is Israel? Identities Beyond Geography," Tikkun Magazine, 2008.
David Newman, "Geographic Discourses: The Changing Spatial and Territorial Dimensions of Israeli Politics and Society," Israel Studies, Vol. 13, no. 1, 2008: 1-15.
David Newman, "Borders and Bordering: Towards an Interdisciplinary Dialogue," European Journal of Social Theory, Vol. 9, no. 2, 2006: 171-186.
David Newman, "The Lines that Continue to Separate Us: Borders in our Borderless World," Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 30, no. 2, 2006: 1-19.
David Newman and Ami Oren, "The Territorial Dimension of Civil-Military Relations in Israel," Israel Affairs, Vol 13, 2006.
David Newman, "Occupation is the Only Alternative to a Two State Solution," Arab World Geographer, Vol. 8, no. 3, 2005: 49-51.
David Newman, "From 'hitnachalut' to 'hitnatkut': The Impact of Gush Emunim and the Settlement Movement on Israeli Society," Israel Studies, Vol. 10, no. 3, 2005: 192-224.
David Newman, "The Israel-Palestine Conflict in the Post-Arafat Era: the Perspective from Israel," Mediterranean Politics, Vol. 10, no. 2, 2005: 210-217.
David Newman, "A Live Research Laboratory: The Israel – Palestine Conflict Through the Writings of Israeli Political Geographers," Horizons in Geography, Vol. 60-61 , 2004.