Dimitry
Shumsky
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Charles W. and Sally Rothfeld Fellowship
Research Topic
Zionism as "Travel to Palestine" in the Age of Empires, 1880-1917
Bio
Dimitry Shumsky is Lecturer in the Department of History of the Jewish People at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He studies the intellectual and cultural history of Zionism as well as contemporary Israeli society. Shumsky will research Zionist travel literature with an eye to understanding the complex relations between Diaspora and Zion.
