I am a lecturer (assistant professor) in the Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. My research examines the causes of violent interstate and intrastate conflict, with a particular focus on nationalism, religion, and protracted territorial disputes. My case expertise include the Middle East and former Yugoslavia as well as contemporary white nationalism in the United States.
My recent book with Matthias Basedau and Jonathan Fox, entitled Religious Minorities at Risk, was published by Oxford University Press in September 2023. Therein, we examine the conditions under which religious minorities express a range of grievances and how these grievances and background conditions lead to varying forms of political mobilization, from non-violent protest to violent rebellion.
My academic articles have been published in American Politics Research, East European Politics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Global Security Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Politics and Religion, Politics, Religion & Ideology, Religions, Security Studies, Territory, Politics, Governance, and Terrorism and Political Violence.
At Bar-Ilan University, I teach graduate and undergraduate courses in qualitative and quantitative research methods as well as an undergraduate seminar on nationalism and a graduate seminar on territorial politics.
Dr. Ariel Zellman 