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Tilde Rosmer

Assistant Professor
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Introduction

I obtained my PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oslo in 2008 with my thesis on “Mizrahiut and the Arab-Jewish divide: contemporary challenges to Israel's ethnic boundaries”, which investigates the ethno-religious identity and socio-political status of Israeli Jews who originate in Arab and Muslim countries, and of Palestinian citizens of Israel. I then continued my research on Palestinian citizens of Israel and have published several articles and in 2022 the first book in English on the Islamic Movement in Israel (published by University of Texas Press). I moved to Dubai, UAE, in 2011 and began teaching at Zayed University in 2015 and have been a full-time Assistant Professor since 2019, after which I began to conduct my research in the UAE.

Research and Professional Activities

Rosmer’s research on collective identity formation and religious-political movements with a particular focus on Israel-Palestine is published in peer-reviewed journals, such as the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies; Journal of Palestine Studies; Die Welt des Islams; Journal of Islamic Studies; and Cultural Dynamics. Rosmer’s book on the Islamic Movement in Israel was published by University of Texas Press in 2022. Currently her research interests are in the emerging field of Environmental Humanities focusing on awareness and knowledge of sustainability among Emirati youth and on how sustainability is taught in the different school systems in the UAE. Rosmer is also involved in research into the development of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workspace in the Emirates, and conducts ethnographic research on Palestinian cultural spaces in Dubai.

Teaching Areas

Rosmer teaches an array of undergraduate courses in humanities and social sciences including Critical Thinking, History of the Modern Middle Eastern, Popular Culture, History of the Emirates, Bedouin Culture and Sustainable Development.

Rosmer, T., (2022) “The Islamic Movement in the Israel”, University of Texas Press. Nominated in 2023 for the Association for Israel Studies’ Shapiro Prize for the best book in Israel Studies published during 2022.

Alzeer, G. and Rosmer, T., (2023) “Emirate Youth’s Perceptions of Green Branding” in Branding the Middle East, Gruyter, Berlin & Boston Studies on Modern Orient Series, ed. Steffen Wippel.

Rosmer, T., (forthcoming) “Emirati Students and Climate Change Adaptation Green Activism in the UAE?”, in The Leading Role of Gulf Higher Education in Achieving Sustainability and Addressing Climate Change, Sustainability and SDG-focused series, Springer, ed. Alabri and Buckner.

Wieczorek, M., Rosmer, T., Siddiqui, H. and G. Alzeer, (forthcoming) “Young Emirati women in the workplace: challenges and opportunities”, Hawwa Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World, Brill.