Harvey (Haim) Hames#
| Membership Number: | 5066 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ISRAEL |
| Homepage(s): | https://bgu.academia.edu/HarveyHames |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4550-6967 |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/hjhames |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/harveyjhames/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 Rector, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- 2016 - 2018 Dean, Faculty of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- 2013 - present Professor, History Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- 2009 - 2010 Sabbatical, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- 2007 - 2013 Associate Professor, History Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- 2002 - 2003 Sabbatical, Clare Hall, Cambridge University
- 2001 Tenure, History Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- 2000 - 2007 Senior Lecturer, History Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Spring 2000 Visiting Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
- 1995 - 2000 Lecturer, History Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Fields of Scholarship
- Medieval and Renaissance history
- Inter-religious polemics
- Christian, Jewish and Muslim relations
- Religious conversion
- Bible and Talmud translations
- Apocalypticism
- Mysticism and philosophy
Honours and Awards
- 2014 The David Berg and Family Chair in European History, Ben-Gurion University
- 2013 I-CORE (Israeli Centers of Research Excellence) – Center for the Study of Conversion and Inter-Religious Encounters (CSOC)
- 2006 Appointed Magister of the Maiorcensis Schola Lullistica, Palma de Mallorca
- 2003 Clare Hall, Cambridge - Life Member
- 2002 Premio Samuel Toledano – The Samuel Toledano Prize
