{"id":15021,"date":"2025-02-12T16:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rega.news\/?p=15021"},"modified":"2025-02-12T16:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:01:50","slug":"honoring-excellence-professor-ruth-kark-receives-israel-prize-for-geography-and-land-of-israel-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/honoring-excellence-professor-ruth-kark-receives-israel-prize-for-geography-and-land-of-israel-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Excellence: Professor Ruth Kark Receives Israel Prize for Geography and Land of Israel Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch announced today (Wednesday) that Professor Ruth Kark, a world-renowned scholar in the field of historical geography of the Land of Israel, has been named the recipient of the Israel Prize in Geography and Land of Israel Studies for the year 5785 (2025). The Israel Prize selection committee, chaired by Professor Maoz Azaryahu and including Professors Havazelet Yahel and Irit Amit-Cohen, selected Kark for her outstanding contributions to the study of Israel\u2019s geography and settlement history.<\/p>\n<p>The committee emphasized Kark\u2019s significant role in advancing the research of Israel\u2019s geography and settlement patterns in the late 19th and 20th centuries. \u201cProfessor Kark\u2019s pioneering research has made a comprehensive, original, and unique contribution, both theoretically and practically, to a wide range of topics, including the history of Jerusalem, Jaffa, and the Negev, land and legal studies, ethnic and religious communities, cartography, and the study of landscapes and settlement patterns,\u201d the committee stated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15024\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15024\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/12-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/12-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/12-photo.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister of Education, Yoav Kisch | Photo: Chaim Goldberg\/Flash 90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>A Prolific Scholar with Global Influence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor Kark\u2019s scholarly work includes hundreds of articles and dozens of books published in Hebrew and English in leading academic journals and platforms. The committee further highlighted her contributions to academia through mentoring numerous research students and promoting women\u2019s participation in academic research.<\/p>\n<p>Her research also extends to gender studies and women\u2019s roles in Israel\u2019s history, including studies on women\u2019s involvement in early Jewish settlements, the contributions of Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi to the Zionist movement, and the economic initiatives of rural and Bedouin women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards to be Presented on Israel\u2019s 77th Independence Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Israel Prize is considered the highest honor bestowed by the State of Israel in various fields of excellence and national contribution. The awards will be presented on the evening of Israel\u2019s 77th Independence Day to outstanding Israeli individuals who have demonstrated excellence, and innovation in their fields, and made significant contributions to Israeli society.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the announced laureates include: Professor Yonina Eldar, recipient of the Israel Prize in Engineering and Science; Shlomo Maman, recipient of the Israel Prize in Theater, Dance, and Opera; and Blu Simion Feiler, recipient of the Israel Prize in Design and Interdisciplinary Arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch announced that Professor Ruth Kark, a distinguished scholar of historical geography specializing in the Land of Israel, has been awarded the Israel Prize in Geography and Land of Israel Studies for the year 5785 (2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2887,2885,2888,2886],"class_list":["post-15021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-geography","tag-israel-prize","tag-ruth-kark","tag-yoav-kisch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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