Tilde Rosmer
Research
My current research focuses on the Islamic Movement in Israel based on ethnographic material collected on fieldtrips in Israel from 2008 onwards. In order to resist and limit the pressures and influence by the Israeli state and Jewish society on Muslim Palestinian citizens of Israel, this Islamic Movement has adopted the approach of self-reliance which it advances through the establishment and maintenance of institutions and organisations that cater to its constituency. The goals of this strategy are to provide the constituency with facilities and services that are not provided by the state and that have an Islamic content and outlook, which in turn serves to develop and (re)introduce the Muslim Palestinian Arab identity promoted by the Movement. This project analyses the ideas and identity transmitted through the institutions of the Islamic Movement in Israel and examines the relationship of this Movement and its followers to the Jewish and non-Muslim Palestinian groups in the Israeli society.
Background
Education and Qualifications:
- PhD in Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, 2003-2007. Dissertation titled 'Mizrahiut and the Arab-Jewish Divide: Contemporary Challenges to Israel's Ethnic Boundaries'.
- M.St in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University of Oxford, 2002-2003
- M.Phil in History of Religion, University of Oslo, Thesis: ‘Shas - The Sephardi Torah Guardians and their Construction of the New Jewish Israeli Identity’ (Cand. Philol.), 1999-2002
- Cand.Mag. (equivalent to BA) in International Cultural Studies with a Major in History of Religion, University of Oslo, 1995-1999
Professional Experience:
- Researcher on the project The New Middle East: Emerging Political and Ideological Trends, Centre for Islamic and Middle East Studies, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, 2011 - 2015
- Lecturer, Institute for Continuing Education, University of Cambridge, 2007 - 2010
- Researcher on the project Fault Lines of Islamism: Negotiating Progress, Participation and Patriarchy, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, 2008 - May 2011
- Fellow & Lecturer, Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations, The Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, Cambridge, 2007 - 2009
- Guest Lecturer, H. M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, 2004
- University Lecturer, The Middle East and North Africa Area Studies Programme, Department of East European and Oriental Studies, University of Oslo, 2003
Teaching and tutoring
Not teaching at present.
Previously taught courses on Judaism; State and Policy in the Middle East and North Africa; The History of Literature in the Middle East and North Africa; Muslim-Jewish Relations in the Middle East and North Africa; Middle Eastern Jews in Israel; Palestinians in Israel.
Special fields
- Israeli society and history
- Jewish and Muslim religious-political movements
- Judaism, especially Sephardic Judaism and Middle Eastern and North African Jewry
- Palestinian citizens of Israel
Publications
Articles:
(forthcoming) "Resisting 'Israelization': The Islamic Movement in Israel and the realisation of Islamization, Palestinization and Arabization" in Journal of Islamic Studies, Oxford Journals.
(2010) “Studying Academic Activists: The Balancing Act of Critique and Solidarity” in Cultural Dynamics, 22(2), pp. 1-15
(2004) “The Sephardi Torahnim – Shas’ New Jewish Israeli” in Israel Studies Forum, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 58-82
(2000) “The Sephardi Torah Guardians” in Tidskrift för mellanösternstudier, Lund University
Chapters in Books:
- (2010) "The Islamic Movement in the Jewish State" in Political Islam: Context versus Ideology, ed. Khaled Hroub, Saqi Books http://www.amazon.com/Political-Islam-Context-Versus-Ideology/dp/0863566596/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1288628711&sr=8-3-catcorr
- (2005) “Forewarned is Forearmed... How to Prepare for Fieldwork and Deal with Expectations,” in Cultural Studies in the Field – Methodological and Educational Experiences, Høyskoleforlaget, ed. Anders Gustavsson (Norwegian)
Book Reviews:
- (2007) “Palestinian NGOs in Israel - The Politics of Civil Society, by Shany Payes,” in International Journal for Middle East Studies, Vol. 39, No. 3
- (2006) “Peacemaking is a Risky Business: Norway’s Role in the Peace Process in the Middle East, 1993-1999, by Hilde Henriksen Waage” in Middle East Journal, Vol. 60, No. 2
- (2005) “The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Sufferings, by Norman Finkelstein” in Babylon, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Norwegian)
M.Phil Thesis:
- "Shas - The Sephardi Torah Guardians and their Construction of the New Jewish Israeli Identity" Extended Master thesis, Department of Cultural Studies, UiO, spring 2002, (hovedfagsoppgave), electronic publication at University of Oslo
- Rosmer, Tilde (2010). “Studying Academic Activists: The Balancing Act of Critique and Solidarity”. Cultural Dynamics. ISSN 0921-3740. 22(2), s 121- 136
- Rosmer, Tilde (2010). The Islamic Movement on the Jewish State, In Khaled Hroub (ed.), Political Islam: Context versus Ideology. Saqi Books. ISBN 9780863566592. 9. s 185 - 214
- Rosmer, Tilde (2005). Bedre føre var... Om det å forberede seg til feltarbeid, I: Anders Gustavsson (red.), Kulturvitenskap i felt. Metodiske og pedagogiske erfaringer. Høyskoleforlaget. ISBN 82-7634-658-8. Kapittel. s 49 - 71
- Rosmer, Tilde (2004). The Sephardi Torahnim – Shas’ New Jewish Israeli. Israel Studies Forum. ISSN 1065-7711. 19(3)
- Rosmer, Tilde (2000). "The Sephardi Torah Guardians". TFMS : Tidskrift för Mellanösternstudier. ISSN 1400-1195.
- Rosmer, Tilde (2011). Tyranners sikkerhet. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
- Rosmer, Tilde (2008). Mizrahiut and the Arab-Jewish Divide: Challenges to Israel’s Ethnic Boundaries.
- Rosmer, Tilde (2007). Palestinian NGOs in Israel: The politics of civil society, library of modern Middle East studies. International Journal of Middle East Studies. ISSN 0020-7438. 39 . doi: 10.1017/S0020743807070663
- Rosmer, Tilde (2006). Har Norge gitt opp?. Dagbladet. ISSN 0805-3766.
- Rosmer, Tilde (2006). Myter og sannheter om israelske kibbutzer. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. ISSN 1503-5727. 4(2), s 70- 79
- Rosmer, Tilde (2006). Nå må det handles!. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
- Rosmer, Tilde (2006). ‘Peacemaking Is a Risky Business’, Norway’s’ Role in the Peace Process in the Middle East,1993-9, by Hilde Henriksen Waage. Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), Oslo, Norway, 2005. vi + 246 pages. Bibl. to p. 257. The Middle East Journal. ISSN 0026-3141. 60(2)
- Rosmer, Tilde (2006). Suad Amiry; Sharon og min svigermor og Mourid Barghouti; Jeg så Ramallah - Memoarer. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. ISSN 1503-5727. 4(2), s 150- 152
- Rosmer, Tilde (2005). Norman G. Finkelstein - Holocaust-industrien. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. ISSN 1503-5727. 3(2), s 163- 165
- Rosmer, Tilde (2004). Israelsk film - sionismens kulturelle støttespiller?. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. ISSN 1503-5727. 3(1), s 156- 163
- Rosmer, Tilde (2004). To folk bytter plass. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. ISSN 1503-5727. 2(2), s 70- 79
- Rosmer, Tilde (2001). Opplysningsarbeid som ikke når massene - Håkon Harket, Jødestaten. Arr. Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7005. (3), s 96- 96