CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
1971-1974 BA Economics & Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1977-1983 PhD Social Anthropology, Cambridge University.
1985-1987 Research Fellow, New Hall, Cambridge University.
Academic Positions
1987-1995 Lecturer, Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University.
1996-2008 Senior Lecturer, Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa.
2008-2017 Professor (Haver), Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa.
2017-2019 Full Professor of Anthropology, University of Haifa.
2019- Full Professor Emerita, University of Haifa.
Visiting and Professional Positions
1986 Visiting Research Fellow, Truman Research Institute, Hebrew University.
1991 Visiting Research Fellow, Smuts Institute, Cambridge University.
2008 Visiting Scholar, Harvard University.
2010-2012 President, Israeli Anthropological Association.
2015-2019 Head of the PhD Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of Haifa.
2016- Member, Advisory Board, World Council of Anthropological Associations.
2017- Visiting Professor, University College London.
2018-2019 Member of the Advanced Studies Council, University of Haifa.
Grants
1994-1997 Netherlands-Israel Research Program: Impact of Agricultural Development in Machakos District, Kenya.
2009-2011 Israel Science Foundation: Ethnographic Exploration of Home-Production in Middle-Class Israeli Consumer Culture.
2012-2015 Israel Science Foundation: Anthropological Study of Household Shelters (Mamads) in Neoliberal Israeli Consumer Society.
2017-2020 Israel Science Foundation: Strangers at Home:Intercultural Encounters in the Global “Sharing Economy,” The Airbnb case.
Awards and Mentions
May 2022
The Department of Anthropology at the University of Haifa celebrates the work of Professor Nurit Bird-David, hosting a conference in honor of her work on hunter-gatherers and an outside focus on environmental sustainability.
September 2021
September 2021 Professor Bird-David's groundbreaking paper on animism has passed 1,500 citations on Google Scholar!
October 2018
Professor Bird-David discusses her life among the Nayaka people in India in this new documentary by Pnina Zimmerman
January 2018
Professor Bird-David has received a lifetime achievement award and a honorary membership from the International Society for Hunter-Gatherer Research. The announcement was made during the 12th International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies (CHAGS 12) in Malaysia.