Last updated on: 7/31/2015 | Author: ProCon.org

Eyal Weizman, PhD Biography

Title:
Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College, University of London
Position:
None Found to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of July 21, 2015

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Individuals with PhDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Professor, Spatial and Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths College, University of London
  • Director, Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths College, University of London
  • Visiting Research Scholar, Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities, Princeton University
  • Professeur Invite, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) (France)
  • Director, Forensic Architecture, a European Research Council (ERC) funded project, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2011-present
  • Founding Member, Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR), Beit Sahour, Palestine, 2007-present
  • Advisory Board Member, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) (England)
  • Advisory Board Member, Human Rights Project, Bard, New York
  • Former Professor of Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Austria)
  • Former Board Member, B’Tselem – The Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, Jerusalem
  • Co-recipient, Prince Claus Prize for Architecture, 2010
  • Recipient, James Stirling Memorial Lecture Prize, 2006-2007
Education:
  • PhD, Architecture, London Consortium/Birkbeck College (UK)
  • Studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London (UK)
Other:
  • Born in 1970 in Haifa, Israel
  • Has taught at University College London (UCL) and the Stadel School in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Co-curated the exhibition “A Civilian Occupation, The Politics of Israeli Architecture,” and co-edited the publication of the same name. These were banned by the Israeli Association of Architects.
  • Has exhibited at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin, Germany, as well as at galleries in New York; San Francisco; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Malmo, Sweden; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Ramallah, Palestine.
  • Delivered the Edward Said Memorial Lecture at the University of Warwick, UK, in 2010 and the University of South Australia Nelson Mandela Lecture in 2012
  • Is a regular contributor and an editorial board member for several journals and magazines including Humanity, Inflexions and Cabinet
Quoted in:
  1. Who Are the Israeli Settlers in the Palestinian Territories?