Amy Horowitz

Scholar in Residence, Lecturer
Melton Center for Jewish Studies and International Studies
105B Mershon Center
614.292.1025
horowitz.36@osu.edu

Education
B.A., Southern Oregon State College, Social Science (1975)
M.A., New York University, Jewish Studies (1986)
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Folklore (1994)

Teaching/Research
Dr. Horowitz’s main research interests are Mediterranean Israeli music (a form of contemporary popular Israeli music created by Israeli Jews from Islamic countries), the study of cultures in disputed territories, the ethnography of contemporary Jerusalem, and protest music as responsible citizenship. She has three decades of experience in the academy, music industry, and grassroots social change networks.

Publications
Dr. Horowitz has published articles on popular music and politics in Israel in Journal of American Folklore, Musical Performances, and The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The Middle East.

"Dueling Natives: Zehava Ben Sings Umm Kulthum," Palestine, Israel, and Politics of Popular Culture (ed. by Ted Swedenborg and Rebecca Stein, Duke University Press, 2005).

"Re-Routing Roots: Zehava Ben's Journey between Shuk and Suk" in The Art of Being Jewish in Modern Times, ed. by Barbara Kirshenblatt Gimblett and Jonathan Karp (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008)

Honors, Awards, and Service
Dr. Horowitz served as assistant and acting director of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, where she won a Grammy as co-producer of The Anthology of American Folk Music.

She was nominated for a Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor award in 2007.

Mershon Projects
Living Jerusalem: Cultures and Communities in Contention
Protest Music as Responsible Citizenship

Amy Horowitz
Scholar in Residence
Lecturer
Melton Center for Jewish Studies
International Studies
The Ohio State University