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אמנדה קיען

אמנדה
אמנדה
קיען
היסטוריה של הקולנוע הישראלי מבעד לפריזמה של עלייה וקליטה
מנחה: פרופ' רעיה מורג

Amanda Bernstein is a ‎Stage B PhD student. ‎Having completed her ‎Bachelor’s degree in ‎Communications & ‎Journalism and Jewish ‎Thought; and a ‎Master’s in ‎Communications, ‎Culture, and Cinema, all ‎at the Hebrew ‎University of Jerusalem; ‎Amanda is a passionate ‎researcher of Jewish life ‎and Israeli culture; ‎particularly as ‎manifested in its ‎cinema. Currently, ‎Amanda is writing her ‎doctoral dissertation, ‎examining the narrative ‎cinematic depictions of ‎aliyah – Jewish ‎immigration – and ‎absorption in Israeli ‎cinema, and sketching a ‎history of the trends ‎and tropes that have ‎been common to the ‎cinematic portrayals of ‎Jewish immigrants and ‎their offspring ‎acclimating to life in ‎Israel, from 1948 ‎through 2020‎‏.  ‏

In February 2021, ‎Amanda had an abstract ‎accepted for the ‎‎“Pluralistic Israel: ‎Women, Minorities and ‎Diversity” Association ‎for Israel Studies ‎conference. ‎Presentation title: ‎‎“Lacking a Birthplace? ‎Israeli Cinema`s Missing ‎Voices of Life Before ‎Immigration”. The ‎conference and ‎presentation are ‎scheduled to take place ‎in June‏. ‏

Additionally, in ‎February 2020, Amanda ‎had an abstract ‎accepted for the ‎‎“American Jewry and ‎Israel: Intersections and ‎Connections between ‎Homelands and ‎Diasporas” Association ‎for Israel Studies ‎conference. ‎Presentation title: “Life ‎before Aliyah: Israeli ‎cinema’s exploration of ‎the Jewish diaspora”. ‎This conference was ‎cancelled due to the ‎covid-19 pandemic‎‏. ‏

In May 2018 Amanda ‎presented a paper ‎based on her Master’s ‎thesis at the "Gender ‎across borders" ‎interdisciplinary ‎conference for research ‎students, Department ‎of women's and gender ‎studies, Tel Aviv ‎University. Presentation ‎title: "Double ‎oppression of the Arab ‎woman in Intifada II ‎Israeli and Palestinian ‎cinema‏".‏

She works as a research ‎assistant for Professor ‎Raya Morag‏.‏

 

Research Interests

Israeli cinema

Film studies

Jewish studies

Migration studies

Gender studies

Israeli culture

Israeli history

 

Awards and Prizes

Department of Communications Scholarship 2021

Department of Communications Schaolarship 2020

Smart Institute Scholarship 2019

Dean’s List 2017

Dean’s List 2016

Scholarship for Academic Excellence 2016

Dean’s List 2013