The Moshe Dayan Center and the Mosse / Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (CJS) have launched a joint five-year program, as a result of the leadership and vision of TAU Governor Richard Sincere and his wife, Debra.
The program will support academic cooperation, joint conferences and publications, and scholarly exchange programs in the fields of Jewish, Israel and Middle East studies. The specific research focus of the joint work will be “The Role of Religion in the Public Sphere – the Contemporary Middle East."The first round of presentations on the subject by both groups included talks on women in the Arab Spring revolution and the Internet as a platform for public expression. It promises to provide a “playground” for developing cutting-edge research in our field.
Moreover, the TAU component, inaugurated as the Debra and Richard Sincere Tel Aviv University Project in Middle Eastern Studies, will offer young doctoral candidates generous scholarships to enable them to complete their studies.
Without the vision and generosity of the Sincere family, this robust multi-year program would not be possible. It represents a major vote of confidence in the Moshe Dayan Center, and reinforces the standing of TAU as a major global center of expertise in the field of Middle East Studies.