Amitai Ben-Abba

PhD in Comparative Literature and Graduate Certificate in Judaic Studies
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amitai@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Middle East and North Africa; Philosophy and Theory; Film and Media; Race and Ethnicity; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Environmental Studies; Western Europe; North America

Education/Degree:

BA, summa cum laude, UWC Davis Scholarship, Middlebury College, 2015
MFA English and Creative Writing, Community Engagement Fellowship, Mills College, 2020
MA candidate in Arabic, Pari S. Ahmadi Scholarship, Middlebury Language Schools

About

Amitai Ben-Abba wrote and produced the award-winning documentary Objector (2019) and published fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and journalism on a variety of platforms including The Independent, Haaretz, CounterPunch, Witness, Your Impossible Voice, Tripwire, and Mondoweiss.

In Comparative Literature, Amitai is interested in Middle Eastern politics and culture, video and public-facing scholarship, resistance movements and counterinsurgency, post/anti-colonial theory, and critical translation studies.

People curious about the Comp Lit program here at U-M or anything else related to Amitai's work are warmly encouraged to reach out.

Languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Italian, French, Spanish, English

Learning: American Sign Language (ASL)

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People curious about the Comp Lit program here at U-M or anything else related to Amitai's work are warmly encouraged to reach out.

Languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Italian, French, Spanish, English

Learning: American Sign Language (ASL)

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