Itamar Ben Ami

Itamar Ben Ami is an Affiliated Researcher at the Dubnow Institute and a member of the focal project »Turning Object into Subject. Communicating Jewish Everyday Culture in Germany.« His work bridges the intersections of modernity, religion, state, and secularism in the 20th century, with a focus on Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Jewish political theology.

• Education: PhD from Hebrew University of Jerusalem; graduate of ultra-Orthodox Yeshiva world.
• Awards: Recipient of Posen Society of Fellows, Minerva Stiftung, and Rothschild Post-doctoral Fellowships.
• Teaching: Former research fellow and lecturer at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Research interests center on Modern Jewish Thought, Political Theology, and Religion-State Dynamics. His recent work explores Jewish material culture, such as the kippah's symbolic role in public spaces. He contributes to projects analyzing Jewish burial practices and Habsburg-era trafficking investigations, though these are collaborative efforts rather than his sole authorship.