Shay Rabineau
Chair of Judaic Studies/ Associate Professor of Israel Studies
Judaic Studies
Background
Shay Rabineau is Associate Professor of Israel Studies and chair of the Department of Judaic Studies. His book Walking the Land: A History of Israeli Hiking Trails (Indiana University Press, 2023) received the 2024 Yonathan Shapiro Award for Best Book in Israel Studies from the Association for Israel Studies. His research and teaching are at the intersection of history, politics, and environment in the modern Middle East.
Select Publications
- Walking the Land: A History of Israeli Hiking Trails (Indiana University Press, 2023)
Education
- PhD, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, 2013
- BA, English Writing, University of Oklahoma, 2003
Research Interests
- Walking and waymarking in Israel
- Trailology
- The Dead Sea environmental crisis
- Political geography of the Middle East
Teaching Interests
- History of the State of Israel
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Environmental history of the Middle East
- Trails, pilgrimage, and walking