Tamar Mayer: Terrorism, Jewish and Palestinian Nationalism
Tamar Mayer
Professor of Geography
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 314
Topics she can discuss include: - construction of national identity
- Middle East politics
- Jewish and Palestinian nationalisms
- gender and nationalism
- terrorism
Tamar Mayer is a professor of geography at Middlebury College. She joined the faculty in 1985 and teaches courses on the Middle East, terrorism, development, and the environment.
Recent publications include "War on the Boundary of Memory: State and Gender in Jewish Israel" and " Gender Ironies of Nationalism: Sexing the Nation."
A native of Israel, Mayer graduated from University of Haifa in Israel, and received her master's and doctorate from University of Wisconsin in Madison. Mayer is a retired lieutenant who served in the Israel Defense Forces.