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Born: Tel-Aviv, l928, Ph.D.: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, l963.
Hebrew University: Lecturer, l965; Senior Lecturer, l969; Associate Professor, l972; Professor, l979;
Head, Dept. of Geography, 1975-1981; Dean, Faculty of Humanities, l982-85; Rector of The Hebrew University - 1993-1997.
Other Appointments:
Research Fellow, Univ. College, London; Visiting Prof. Univ. of Maryland, Carleton Univ., Canada, and Univ. College, London;
Recipient, Ben-Zvi Prize, l97l, Bialik Prize, l977; Israel Prize, 1999.
Research interests:
Historical geography of Israel in modern times, mainly the l9th century until World War I; and the British Mandate Periad,1917-1948;
General cultural and human geography; Middle East.
Publications
Books:
Regional Geograhy of the Central Jordan Valley, 1964 (Doctoral dissertation)
The Central Jordan Valley, Negev Kinrot (Regional Geography), Ha-Kibbutz Ha-Meuchad, Tel Aviv, 1965, 292 pp. (Hebrew)
The Changing Landscape of the Central Jordan Valley, Scripta Hierosolymitana, Jerusalem, 1968, Magnes Press, 142 pp. (English)
The Rediscovery of the Holy Land in the Nineteenth Century, Jerusalem, 1970, Carta and the Israel Exploration Society, 236 pp. (Hebrew)
A City Reflected in its Times: Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century, Part 1 - The Old City, Jerusalem, Yad Ben-Zvi, 1977, 498 pp. (Hebrew)
A City Reflected in its Times: Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century, Part 2 - New Jerusalem - The Beginnings, Jerusalem, Yad Ben-Zvi, 1979, 699 pp. (Hebrew)
The Rediscovery of the Holy Land in the Nineteenth Century, Magnes Press and the Israel Exploration Society, 1979, 266 pp. (English)
Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century - The Old City, Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem, and St.Martin’s Press, New York, 1984, 438 pp. (English)
Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century - The Emergence of the New City, Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem, and St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1986, 509 pp. (English)
Painting Palestine in the Nineteenth Century, Yad Ben Zvi, Yedioth Aharonoth Chemed Books, Hebrew edition, 1992, 300 pp.; English edition, 1996, 320pp.
A Land Reflected in Its Past, Studies in Historical Geography of Israel , Jerusalem 2001. (Collection of Papers with New Ones, edited by R. Aaronsohn and H. Lavski ) 513 pp. (Hebrew)
Edited Books:
Studies in the Geography of Eretz Israel, Israel Exploration Society (A number of booklets in conjunction with colleagues) (Hebrew)
Jerusalem Studies in Geography, Department of Geography, Hebrew University, Vol. 1-1970; Vol. 2-1971
Geography in Israel, A collection of papers presented to the 23rd International Geographical Congress, USSR, 1976, The Israel National Committee for Geography, Jerusalem, 1976 (Together with Prof. D.H. K. Amiran) 250 pp.
Cathedra, Quarterly for the History of Eretz Israel and the Yishuv, Yad Ben-Zvi, (joint editor 1979-1993) (Hebrew)
With Eyes Toward Zion - III, Western Societies And The Holy Land, 1991 (with Prof. M. Davis) Praeger, U.S.A., 275 pp.
Jerusalem in The Mind of The Western World, 1800-1946, With Eyes Toward Zion - V, 1997, (Together with Prof. M. Davis) Praeger, U.S.A. 282 pp.
Studies In the History of Eretz Israel,(With Elchana Reiner) ( Presented to Yehuda Ben Porat), Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2003. 672 pp.(Hebrew)
Jerusalem and the British Mandate, Interaction and Legacy, Mishkenot Shah'ananim, and Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 2003. 520pp.(Hebrew)
In Addition, over 120 articles in scientific journals November 8, 2004