Prof. Khaled Furani
Senior Research Fellow
Prof. Khaled Furani is a professor of anthropology at Tel-Aviv University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. His research interests include social theory, modernity, language and literature, secularism, theology, Palestine, and the history of anthropology.
His most recent book was co-edited with Dr. Yara Sa'adi Ibrahim and published in Arabic in 2022 by VL, Inside the Leviathan: Palestinian Experiences at Israeli Universities. His ethnography Silencing the Sea: Secular Rhythms in Palestinian Poetry appeared in 2012 (Stanford University Press), and his book Redeeming Anthropology: A Theological Critique of a Modern Science appeared in 2019 (Oxford University Press). In his research Prof. Furani tries to imagine what a Palestinian critique of the concept of modern sovereignty might produce.
At the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Prof. Furani is currently heading a research group on Recognizing Tolerance in Palestinian Society. His previous groups include the Critical Incubator and Arabic and the Challenge of Thought.