SPIA’s Department of International Affairs has won a three-year grant from the Israel Institute, worth more than $230,000, to support courses and programming on modern Israel. The grant will fund the hire of a scholar on modern Israel, Dr. Eli Sperling, currently a postdoctoral associate in the Duke University Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Sperling will be responsible for teaching four undergraduate-level courses and organizing at least four academic/community events per year.

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