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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Modern and Contemporary History,African, American and Oceania Studies |
| Keywords | Diasporas, Ethnicity, Populism, Latin America, Migration |
| Honours and awards | 2025: Awarded the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies, University of Florida 2025: Honorary Doctorate conferred by the University of Buenos Aires 2020: Ufficiale dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia by the Italian government 2017: Honorary Doctorate conferred by the Argentine University of San Martin (UNSAM) 2016: Awarded the title of Comamdor in Spain's Order of Civil Merit, granted by King Felipe VI 2016: Reimar Lüst Award for outstanding humanities scholars 2013: Awarded the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA) Book Prize 2009: Awarded the title of Commander in the Order of the Liberator by the Argentine Government 2009: Distinguished Fellow, Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory University 2002: Elected as Corresponding Member of Argentina’s Academia Nacional de la Historia |
Current contact address
| Country | Israel |
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| City | Tel Aviv - Jaffa |
| Institution | Tel Aviv University |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Stefan Rinke | Lateinamerika-Institut (LAI), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/10/2016 |
Programme(s)
| 2016 | Reimar Lüst Award Programme for International Scholarly and Cultural Exchange |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Raanan Rein is well known internationally for his outstanding research in the history of migrations, ethnic identity, and populism in Latin America. His contributions to the history of Jewish Argentina have gained him much scholarly acclaim and made him the world leader in this line of research. Professor Rein combines scholarly excellence with a strong commitment to internationalization. As Vice President of Tel Aviv University, Professor Rein is a highly respected ambassador of academic Israel in the world who has gained special merit for strengthening the ties with institutions and universities in Germany. During Professor Rein’s stay in Berlin he will pursue a research project on the New Ethnic Studies in Latin America. |