Rassem Khamaisi

Activities

Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education

Dates               Name of Institution and Department                              Ranks

1982                Institute for city and regional Studies, Technion,         Research Ass. 

1988-92           Hebrew University, Geography Department              Assistance

1992-93           Troman Institute, Hebrew University                         Adjunct Research 

1993-95           Hebrew University, Geography Department              Adjunct lecturer  part-time  

1995                University of Haifa, Geography Department               Adjunct Lecturer part-time

1996-1999       University of Haifa, Geography Department              Lecturer

2000-current   University of Haifa, Geography Department               Senior Lecturer

 

Scholarly Positions and Activities Outside the University

Over the past decade and a half, I have built a professional   planning practice and served as a consultant  for local, regional and national institutions and authorities. Activities include:

1-       Since 2000 member of Galilee "MOB" Galilee Institution for applied research, as presenter of Haifa University which give this institution  academic Umbrella.

2-        In 2001,Hed of public committee which pointed by Minster of Law, to investigate the implication of  changing the law of Sharei (religion)  Court  on the Arabs (Moslems and Christian) in Israel.

3-          In the beginning of 2002, Editor of academic magazine Al-borhan, issued by al-kalam academic association. 

4-          Member of the Director and the Santa of The Academic College Eamek-Yezrael.

5-         Member of the Director of the “Forty Association for recognize the unrecognized Arab villages. 

6-          Member of the Director of International Center for Peace and Co-operation, (IPCC), Jerusalem.

7-          Member of the Director of The Arab Association for Research and  Development, Tamra.    

 

Membership in Professional Association

 1.      The Israeli Geography Union.

2.      The Israeli Association for Environmental Planning.

3.      The Engineering  and Architecture Union in Israel. 

 

National and Metropolitan Staff

 1993-4             Staff member,  Jerusalem Metropolitan Plan.

1995                Staff member of  National plan  T/A/M/A  31.

1992-6             Senior Staff member,  National Master Plan for Israel 2020.

1997-98           Senior Staff member, Haifa Metropolitan and District plan T.M.M6.

1997-99           Senior Staff Member, Israeli National plan T/A/M/A 35.

2000-01                       Staff member, Jerusalem District plan T.M.M1.

2002-               Staff member, Beear Shava Metropolitan Plan

 

Planning in West Bank  

1984-86           Town Planner, Khyate Planning firm, Jerusalem (planning staff member for seven Palestinian main towns) .

            1984-86            Head of Planning Department in El-Bere Municipality  (close to Ramalla).

1986-91           Researcher and  Senior Planner in 'Center for Planning and Engineering' Ramalla, Participated as a Head Planning Staff for 46 towns and villages.

1997-99           Head planning staff for the master  and outline plan of Ramalla  municipality.

                         1998-99          Senior Staff Member, Strategic planning for Jerusalem, and master planning for renovation of the Old City of Jerusalem (Palestinian Staff). 

1998-þ þ2002      Senior Staff  Researcher and Planning Member, International Peace and Cooperation Center (IPCC), Jerusalem.

 

Strategy Planning

1989-92           Director (and established), the Strategic Planning Unit, Om el Fahem Municipality; planning consultant for  Arab municipalities.

1993-96           Director (and established), the Center for Strategic Planning in Arab Localities.

1997                Current Strategy Planning Consultant for Different Institutions.


 Planning and Consulting in Arab Localities

 1989-90           Head, Planning, Master Plan for the Arabs Beduim of the Negev .

1992-94           Consultant, Project of Renewal in Arab Localities.  

1993-95           Staff member, Committee for Absorption of  Arab Academics in  government and public sectors.

              1993-95                              Preparing an Education Master plans for seven Arab localities. 

1987-              Owner of own planning consulting  office “Center for Planning and Research”, Located in Kaffer Kanna.  

1992-þ 2002    Planner and consultant to different (About 53) master and outline plans for Arab localities initiated by the local government, and later by Prime Minster’s  office, Ministry of Interior and Israeli Land Authority.

2001- 2003    Planning Staff member of  ten Arabs locality.    

 

Active Participation in Scholarly Conferences

(Since joining the University of Haifa 1996)
·    International Conference for Urban and Rural Reconstruction,  Amman Jordan, 24-27 November 1995 , “Planning  for New Towns in Palestine”.

·    Cities in Dispute Conference,  Stockholm, 6-10 June 1996, “The plans for the   future of Jerusalem”.

·    28th International Geographical Congress, The Hague  4-10 August 1996, participant, Local government and administration panel.

·    7th International Planning History  Society Conference, Thessaloniki, 17- October 1996,  “The British planning legacy”.

·    The Israeli Geography Association Conference, Beer Shava 28-29/12/1997, “The Arabs in Israel: forced citizen to citizen in a dual periphery”.

·    International Geographical Union, Geopolitics and Globalization in a Postmodern World,   Haifa and Beer Sheba 25-31/12/1997,  Field  Trip leader in Palestinian Autonomy Areas.

·    Theoretical Options for the Status of the Arabs in Israel Conference, University of Haifa; The Jewish – Arab Center, 10/6/1998, “ Separation  between Arabs and Jews: irredentism or transfer? “ . 

·    International British Planning Legacy: Planning History  Society 8th International Conference, Sydney, Australia 15-18 July 1998 , “The Israeli land use planning  policy in East Jerusalem”.

     ·    The Arab Community in Israel: A Basis for Autonomy or a Model of Integration Conference,  Tel Aviv University 22-23/11/1998,” The local government in  Arab localities- between inherent weakness and potential empowerment”.

    ·    Planning in Palestine: Existence, Obstacle  and  Future Trends  Conference, An Najah University, Nablus 3/12/1998, “ Urban planning in a conditional  transition period: Palestine”. 

   ·    The Israeli Geographical Union, Bar Ilan University 16-18/12/1998,  “ The geography of the Arabs in Israel: 1948-1998 “ .

   ·    The Israeli Geographical Union,  Bar Ilan University 16-18/12/1998, “  The National  Outline Scheme 35 and the Arab sector”.    

   ·    International Conference: 50 Years of Planning in Israel- Theory and Practice, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 20-21/12/1998,” National planning in  Israel: characteristics of the Arab population”.

   ·    The Arabs in Israel: in between National and Local Planning and Development, Haifa university, 8/3/1999,  “ National and local issues in the Arab localities”.

   ·    The Fifth International Congress of Education Cities, Jerusalem, March 14-17, 1999, “The Islamic cites as centers of education and heritage: continuity and change; Jerusalem as an Example”.   

·  IGU- Conference  on Geography and Administration called, "Challenging New Realities - Focusing on Flexibilization of Administrative Structure", Berne, Switzerland, 21- 26/9/1999, "Challenges for Restructuring of Local Government in the Transition Period -Palestine".

 ·    ACSP- Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 2000 Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 2-5, 2000, “ Shaping  a Culturally Sensitive Planning Strategy: mitigating the impact of Israel’s proposed trans-national highway upon Arab communities”.

 · The Israeli Geographical Union, Hebrew University 16-18/12/2000,   Two lectures “ The  Israeli land policy and their impact on Planing” and “ The Arab localities  between  master plan and outline plan.

 · Alfbalma center, Stockholm,  15-18 August 2000 “ Activating the Planning System in Jerusalem Area  in Aftermath Political Arrangement”. 

·  Tel Aviv University, Environmental Simulation Laboratory, 31 may 2001, centralization and decentralization of the planning system in Israel: Arabs perspectives”.    

·    TUDelft University, Delft, Netherlands,  Divided cities conference, 1-2/3/ 2001,  “ Provide Housing needs in Divided cities: Jerusalem”  

 · AWG 2001, Conference in Malta 4-7 October 2001, “The Legacy of British System and Its Impact in Shaping the Palestinian Space”.

·    Friedrick Ebert Stifung, Berlin 11-18 October 2001, Jerusalem: Institution, Spatial Organization and Urban Planning A New Perspective”.

·    Tel Aviv University, Dayan center: The Arabs in Israel- A new national Agenda; 19-20 December 2001,  “A New Concept for Land: National and Social perspective”.

·     The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies, “The Local government in the Periphery: challenges forward new agenda”, Jerusalem, 4/2/2002, Reform in the local governments: its Possible and its need?. 

·     The Israeli Geographical Union, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2-3/12/2002,  “ The  Frizzing Sector: Land Privatization and its Implication of the Palestinian Arabs In Israel”.

 

6. Colloquium Talks and Other Invited Addresses

 Prior to 1998, I gave numerous lectures in academic  departmental seminars in Israel and abroad.  The following record refers to those talks given only since 1998.

 

    ·    TU Delft  Faculty of Civil Engineering and Urban Design,Delft, Netherlands, 13/2/1998, “Jerusalem: planning for the  next generation”.

    ·    International Institute for Infrastructure, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, , Delft, Netherlands, 16/2/1998, “Jerusalem: the impact of spatial planning in Palestine”.

            ·    Yad Yeshak Ben Zve, Seminar on Human Music in Israel, Tel Aviv, 5/3/1998, “Planning of an urbanization process in Arab localities”.

·    “After the election and the challenges ahead: the Arab local government towards the 21- century” . The Jewish – Arab Center, University of Haifa 26/11/1998, Challenges and Problems for Arabs local  government  in the 21st century.

·    Department of Geography, University of Haifa, 10/12/1998, "Aspects of  a Palestinian State" with Prof. A Soffer

·    The Jewish - Arab Center for Peace, Gevat Habeba, 17/12/1998, “  The local government elections: some municipal and political lessons and conclusions – identity or identities”.

·    Department of Geography, Hebrew University, Jerusalem,  23/12/1998,   “Joint 

        management of  a divided metropolitan area: Jerusalem.”   

·    The local government in Israel: challenges of government, development and planning conference, The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies, Tel Aviv, 28/12/1998,“Management of  municipal governments in a divided community“.

·    Jewish- Arab center for economic development, Tel Aviv, 23/11/2000, “Special  national spatial plan for the Arabs in Israel”.

·    Zfat Collage, Tourism in Galilee, 30/11/2000, “Challenges development of Tourism in the Arabs Localities”.

    ·    Haifa University, The Center for Multiculturalism and Education Research, 21/1/2001, “ To whom this land belong? Land policy in Iretz Yesrael/ Palestine”.   

·    Rechet Seminar for Architecture and Society, Center and Periphery- Is Their a new Agenda, 30/3/2001, “ Planning as instrument for control and obstacle to create for new agenda in the relation between the Arabs and Jewish population”.

     ·    Hebrew University, The Faculty of Law, 15/1/2002, “Changing and development in the Sharea’(religion) court in Israel”.

     ·    Arab Center for Alternative Planning and the Arab Union of Local Government, “The experience of unrecognized Arabs villages: the straggle for survival or plan the reality”, second conference “ Lands and Housing Issues”, 25/3/2002, Nazareth.

·    The Jewish-Arabs Center for Economic development and the Arab Union of Local Government, “Strategic Planning as a tools for development and municipal management”, Prize Hotel, Ber-Shava, 23-24/4/2002.    

     ·    Hebrew University, The Department of Geography, 20/11/2002, “regulative and intuited planning: the experience of Arab localities in Israel”      

 

      7.   Scholarships, Awards, Research Grants, etc.

·    "Kahanov" Scholarship, 1996-1999.

·     "Floersheimer" Research Grant, 1995

·    "Kor  Histadrut", research  grant on “Industrialization of the Arab villages in Israel” (basis for Masters thesis), 1983.   

 

8.  Teaching

A. Courses taught in recent years:
 Title                                                                 Year               Type         Level

 

Urbanization and development of                      1997-8             Seminar            B.A./M.A.

Arab localities in Israel

Regional planning and development                   1996-7            Workshop        B.A/ M.A.

City and planning and development       1997-01            Workshop      B.A/ M.A.

Cities and urbanization in the                             1997-9             Lecture             B.A/ M.A.  

Arab World

The planning system in Israel                             1997-01           Seminar           M.A 

Planning and development in Israel                    1998-01           Seminar           B.A.

Planning and urbanization of                              1998-01            Lecture           B.A.  

Arab localities in Israel

Planning Dilemmas in Establishing a       1999-00           Lecture             B.A/ M.A

 new state, Palestine 

Urban Geography                                             2000-02           Lecture             B.A

Principle of Urban planning                               2000-02           Lecture B.A/M.A

(institute for urban studies, Hebrew University) 

 

Supervision of graduate students in recent years:

 

**Lior Bear, 1998-2000  The development of  Bed and Breakfasts (Tsemerm) in the  Arab and  Druze Localities” M.A  thesis, proposal accepted, 1998 – present (with A  Soffer).

       

**Fath all Saade, 1998-1999,  “Tellkarem; Developing of Land Use”, M. A. thesis, 1999 (Wlith a. Douik) In Al Najah University. 

 ** Tofek El-Bedery 2002 “Developing The Planning System in Palestine” M.A thesis, 2001 (With A. Abd-Elhameed) In Al Najah University. 

 ** Tarabe Hosen, 2001-  (begin to prepare the  proposal, still do not determine the title of the P.HD thesis. (with D. Shmueli).

 

9.  Miscellaneous

Throughout my professional career I have emphasized public service - volunteer lectures, group meetings and community work throughout the Israeli planning community. I have done intensive work  with Arab council members on the importance of developing planning tools and techniques. Creating and promoting planning  awareness skills within the Arab community, is an important contribution and relevant to my academic and professional activities.

 

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