Faculty members of the Sociology & Anthropology Department

Sharif Kananeh

 

 EDUCATION:

  

1. PHD in Anthropology , University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 1975.

2. M.A. in Anthropology , University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 1968.

3. B.A. in Psychology and Economics, Yankton College, South Dakota 1965.

 RESEARCH INTRESTS:

·        Folklore and Popular Culture

·        Culture and Mental Health

 UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE:

·         1967-1969: Instructor in Psychology (part time, two years), Hawaii community college.

·        1971-1972: Instructor, Freshmen Seminar Program( full time, two years ), Uyniversity of Hawaii

·        1972-1975: Assistant Proffessor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

·        1975-1976: Assistant Proffessor of Psychology, Department of  Psychology and Education, Birzeit University, West Bank.

·        1976-1981: Assistant Proffessor of Anthropology and Chairman of Sociology and Anthropology Department Birzeit University, Birzeit West Bank.

·        1981-1983:  Associate Proffesor and Dean of Faculty of Arts, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.

·        1983-1985:  Acting President, An-Najah University, Nablus, Palestine.

·        1985-1989: Director, Research and Documentation Center, Birzeit University.

·        1989-1996: Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Birzeit University, West Bank.

·        1996 - Present: Full Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Birzeit University.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
A: Books

 1989

(Co-author) Speak Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales Universityof California Press, Berkeley, Ca.

 

1992a
Ed-Dar Dar Abuna( This is our Father’s Home): Collective Papers in Palestinian Folklore. The Jerusalem Center for Palestinian Studies, Jerusalem (in Arabic)
1992b
Es-Shatat Alfilistini (Palestine Diasporal: Collected Papers on the 1948 Eviction of the Palestiniane People. The Jerusalem Center for Palestinian Studies, Jerusalem (in Arabic)
1994a
(Editor) Folk Heritage of Palestine, Research Center for Arab Heritage, Taybeh, Israel.  
1994b
( Co-Editor) Discourse and Palestine: Power, Text and Context, Het Spinhuis Publishers, Amsterdam, Netherlads.

 B: ARTICLES

1986
“What is Folklore ? “Society and Heritage, Number 1,8, Al-Bireh , West Bank(in Arabic)
1987
“The Distinguishing Characteristics of Folklore Material, “Samed el-Iqtisadi, number67 and 68 (in Arabic)
1988a
“1948: Emigeration or Eviction, “Mawakib, number 7 and 8, Nazareth, Israel(in Arabic)
1988b
“The Status of the Scientific Research and Research Institutions in the Occupied Territories “ Al-Aswar number 1, Acre, Israel( in Arabic)
1989
“ Proverbs as Indicators of Social Dimensions, Society and Heritage, number 20,Al-Bireh, West Bank(in Arabic)
1990a
“The Role of Zionist Ideology in the Eviction of the Palestinian in 1948 “ Qadaya Magazine, Jerusalem (in Arabic)
1990b
“Humor of the Palestinian Intifada, Journal of Folklore Research, Vol, 27, number 3, Folklore Instiute, Indian University.
1991a
“Jokes and Humorous Tales From the Intifada, “ Qadaya Magazine, number6, Jerusalem(in Arabic).
1991b
“Patterns in the Evictions of the Palestinians in 1948, Qadaya Magazine,number8, Jerusalem(in Arabic) 
1993a
“The Role of Folklore in the Preservation of Palestinian National Identity. “Kanaan Magazine, number21 and22, Research Center for Arab Heritage, Tayibeh, Israel (in Arabic)
1993b
“The Eviction of the Palestinian People in 1948: A rview Article, Afaq Filistiniyya, Magazine, number7, Birzeit University, Birzeit, West Bank(in Arabic)
1995a
“Palestinian Humor During the Gulf War, Journal of Folklore Research, vol.32number1, Folklore Institute, Inndian University.
1995b
“The Role of Women in Intifada Legend, “Contemporary Legend, vol.3, International Society for Contemporary Legend Research.
1995c
“The Arabic Ear Versus the American Eye: The Role of Different Senses in Different Culture, “ Society and Heritage, number 26, The Center for Palestinian Folklore Research, Al-Bireh, West Bank.

CURRENT RESEARCH:

·  Palestinian Children’s Folklore Legends of Martyers(Karamal)

·  Palestinian Political Humor Massacres in 1948, Folktales of Jerusalem