Leonard Hammer

Ph.D., JD, Lecturer
Associate Professor of Practice and the Edwin & Alma Laken Chair on the Holocaust, Human Rights, and Comparative Genocide

Dr. Hammer is a Lecturer and the 2011, 2012, 2013,  2015 & 2016 David and Andrea Stein Visiting Professor of Modern Israel Studies at the University of Arizona. He is an adjunct professor at The Hebrew University’s Rothberg School and works as an International Expert for the Open Society Institute. Hammer’s research focuses on international law and human rights. His most recent publication Sacred Space in Israel and Palestine: Religion and Politics is a co-edited book and will appear in bookstores soon.

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Dr. Hammer in the news:

Bibi's Speech is Self-Serving

Scholar to parse debate on Israel's proposed National Identity Law, human rights

Dr. Hammer's publications:

The Contest and Control of Jerusalem's Holy Sites