Abstract
For two decades, the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University’s Summer Institute for Israel Studies (SIIS) has helped equip scholars to teach and write about Israel. Between 2004-23, SIIS brought together nearly 400 college and university faculty for a two-week summer residency at Brandeis and a 10-day study tour of Israel that features seminars and lectures by leading scholars in the field.
This report provides results of the annual alumni survey for Fellows from cohorts 2004-23, gathered in early fall 2024. It details Fellows’ professional positions and activities related to Israel during the 2023-24 academic year . The report also examines Fellows’ ongoing connections to SIIS, including their connections to other alumni and use of resources provided by the Schusterman Center. As this is the first alumni survey taken after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war and its tumultuous effects in Israel and Gaza and on colleges across the country, the report also addresses how Fellows responded to the situations abroad and on their campuses.