Dana Gold, Ph.D. Candidate
dgold3@uwo.ca
Graduate Student
University of Western Ontario
City: Toronto, Ontario
Country: Canada
About Me:
Independent researcher and subject matter expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with numerous presentations and publications on topics related to international relations and exploring how representations of the "Other" are institutionalized within the Israeli education system.
Research Interests
Middle East & North African Politics
Political Psychology
Conflict Processes & War
Religion & Politics
Foreign Policy
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Education Policy
Othering
Cognitive Science
Political Institutions
Social Psychology
Countries of Interest
Israel
United States
Palestinian Territories
Publications:
Journal Articles:
Emotion is an extremely valuable, yet underdeveloped, topic of study particularly in the world of International Relations. This article seeks to rectify this discrepancy by reconceptualizing the issue of emotion in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For the last century, Israelis and Palestinians have been waging war over the same territory in which religions, cultures, and values are constantly clashing. Passionate emotions are a cause, and also a consequence, of the constant physical and ideological battles faced by both sides. The question of how to reconcile differences between the two will not be easy to answer. Considering how peace can viably be implemented requires a deeper comprehension of what emotions entail as well as their role in prolonging conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
Book Chapters:
This book is designed as a foundational entry point to International Relations (IR) theory. As a beginner’s guide, it has been structured to condense the most important information into the smallest space and present that information in the most accessible manner in order to introduce this area of study in a fresh way. It is recommended that you first consult this book’s companion text International Relations (McGlinchey 2017) so that you have a fuller understanding of the discipline of International Relations before you delve into IR theory, which is one of its more difficult elements.
Theories of International Relations allow us to understand and try to make sense of the world around us through various lenses, each of which represents a different theoretical perspective. In order to consider the field as a whole for beginners it is necessary to simplify IR theory. This chapter does so by situating IR theory on a three-part spectrum of traditional theories, middle-ground theories and critical theories. Examples are used throughout to help bring meaning and perspective to these positions. Readers are also encouraged to consult this book’s companion text, International Relations Theory (2017), which expands greatly on the subject matter of this chapter.
Book Reviews:
Each year, new books are released that are intended to allow scholars and students to gain insight into topics integral to scholarly life but often not properly explained. The past year saw two exciting new releases, Berdahl and Malloy’s Work Your Career and Phillips and Bhaskar’s (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Publishing, illustrating that one size, indeed, does not fit all. These books will appeal to individuals at various stages of their careers, as well as individuals from different disciplines and with different vocations and passions. What unites the two volumes is a shared interest in research and writing, and readers could choose to engage with the texts either for their own professional development or out of intellectual curiosity.
In Ethnographic Encounters in Israel: Poetics and Ethics of Fieldwork, a vital question is raised: "Can life and fieldwork be separated?" (183). A diverse array of scholars who are well-versed in the challenges faced when conducting fieldwork in a state of ongoing war, namely Israel, skillfully address this question throughout the book either explicitly or indirectly. Each chapter presents a unique perspective with stories that offer a glimpse into the lives of research subjects who are at the centre, and often simultaneously at the margins, of Israeli society.
Other:
This article was the winner of the 2019 E-IR Article Award, in association with Routledge, Palgrave/Macmillan, Hurst, Polity, and I.B. Tauris.
Media Appearances:
Newspaper Quotes:
This is the decades-long history behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. More than 100 years of clashes, war and more, explained.
Other:
Dana Gold won E-IR’s 2019 Article Award with her article The Israeli-Palestinian Impasse and Theories of Peace in International Relations. She is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of Western Ontario. Her dissertation explores how mental representations of the “Other” are constructed and reproduced in the Israeli education system. Dana received the Kimmerling Award for the best graduate paper presented at the Association for Israel Studies Conference at the University of Los Angeles, California (UCLA) in 2014 and was a Visiting Scholar at Concordia University’s Azrieli Institute from 2016-2017. Additionally, Dana’s work has been published in the Israel Studies Review and the Canadian Journal for Political Science and she has contributed to two textbooks, International Relations Theory (2018) and International Relations (2017), for E-IR.