Shay Hazkani

Biography

Shay Hazkani is an associate professor of history and Jewish studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. He specializes in the social and cultural history of Palestine/Israel. His first book, “Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War” (Stanford University Press, 2021), received the Korenblat and Azrieli-Concordia book awards and was longlisted for the Cundill History Prize. The book was also published in Hebrew and is forthcoming in Arabic in 2025. Shay is the co-creator of “The Soldier’s Opinion,” a documentary based on his research, which won the 2023 American Historical Association John E. O’Connor Film Award. Before his academic career, Shay worked as a journalist in Israel, covering the occupied Palestinian territories and the Israeli military.