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No, it’s not the title of a science fiction thriller, but rather a dystopian metaphor – and a warning -- of what has happened to academic life. Dr. Omri Herzog of Sapir’s Department of Culture, Creativity and Production has published Compliance and Resistance within Neoliberal Academia, a series of very personal and unnerving reflections on the academic profession in an age of neoliberalism.

Sapir College Associate President Nir Kedar’s Groundbreaking New Book: David Ben Gurion and the Foundation of Israeli Democracy Published by Indiana University Press,  Professor Kedar’s book addresses one of the most important puzzles about the creation of the State of Israel: How did Israel become a democracy given that almost none of the leaders of the newly established state come from countries that had any significant experience with democracy and democratic institutions.

Professor Orit Nuttman-Shwartz, Acting Head of the School of Social Work at Sapir, facilitated a group of international peers from the School of Social Work at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. During the meeting, the participants discussed a range of issues, including: using online materials to work with children and adults in trauma and disaster situations.

USA House of Representatives' Majority Leader, the Hon. Steny Hoyer meets Sapir President Professor Shai Feldman The Hon. Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) headed a 14-member delegation visiting the western Negev on Wednesday, February 23. In the framework of the visit, Leader Hoyer held a lengthy conversation at Kibbutz Alumim with Sapir College President, Prof. Shai Feldman. Their meeting covered a wide range of issues related to Sapir College, the security situation in the Gaza Envelope region and along Israel's other frontiers, U.S.-Israel relations including the prospects for U.S.

As companies scramble to recruit competent human resources, the value of engaged and motivated employees is ever more apparent. Now, Dr. Gil Bozer, has led a major international conference in Berlin on the subject of workplace coaching.

Sapir in the Washington Post: Cyber Security and Privacy Dr. Michael Dahan, faculty member of the Departments' of Public Policy and Communications at Sapir may not wield a lance, but the dragon he’s been fighting should be of concern to us all. The Washington Post and the Times of Israel quoted him extensively over the recent NSO scandal. Technology has developed “faster than the public’s ability to comprehend the degree of invasion of privacy,” he warned, after journalists revealed that Pegasus, the NSO’s powerful cyber surveillance program, had been used to spy on Israeli citizens.

Sapir faculty member, Dr. Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler awarded First Annual Best Book in Israel Studies by Concordia University Library - Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies Last week, senior lecturer of Architecture and Visual Culture, Dr. Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler's book, Architectural Culture in British Mandate Jerusalem, 1917-1948*, (Edinburgh University Press, 2020) won the First Annual Prize Best Book in Israel Studies. Her book won along with with Haggai Ram, author of Intoxicating Zion: A Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel (Stanford University Press, 2020). Dr.