Reuven Amitai

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Full Name	Reuven Amitai
Occupation	Historian
Date Of Birth	Aug 23, 1955(1955-08-23)
Age	69
Birthplace	Philadelphia
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Leo

Reuven Amitai Biography

Reuven Amitai is one of the most popular and richest Historian who was born on August 23, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Reuven Amitai (Hebrew: ראובן עמיתי ‎; born August 23, 1955), also Reuven Amitai-Preiss, is an Israeli-American historian and writer, specializing in pre-modern Islamic civilization, especially Syria and Palestine during the time of the Mamluk Empire. In his 20s he moved to Israel, and became history professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As of 2012 he is the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University.

Reuven Amitai Net Worth

Reuven Amitai is one of the richest Historian from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Reuven Amitai 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Amitai was born in Philadelphia in 1955, and studied at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1976 he made the aliyah to Israel, intending to live and work on a kibbutz while also pursuing Middle Eastern Studies. He worked at the kibbutz for six years as a welder, and then decided to return to academic studies. He enrolled at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he eventually received a Masters and Doctorate, focusing on the history of Islam, especially during the time of the Crusades, the Mamluks, and the Mongol Empire, a time period spanning the 11th to 16th centuries. He spent a year as a visiting fellow at Princeton University from 1990–91, and St. Antony’s College in Oxford from 1996–97. Returning to the Hebrew University, he became a teacher, then Chairman of the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies from 1997–2001, and director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies twice, in 2001–04 and 2008–10. Around 2005, he became director of the Nehemia Levtzion Center for Islamic Studies, whose goal was to encourage research public activity related to Islamic studies. From 2010 to 2014, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Reuven Amitai celebrates birthday on August 23 of every year.

Top Facts about Reuven Amitai

1. Reuven Amitai is an Israeli-American historian and writer.
2. He was born in 1955.
3. Amitai specializes in the history of the Middle East.
4. He has written several books on medieval Islamic history.
5. Amitai is a professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
6. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1987.
7. In 2019, he won the Israel Prize for History research.
8. Amitai’s research focuses on Muslim-Jewish relations in medieval times.
9. He has also studied the Crusades and Mamluk history.
10. Amitai has published numerous articles in academic journals and edited volumes.