Dr. Irit Back
Head of the Inter-University program of African studies at Tel Aviv University
Dr. Irit Back is Head of the Inter-University program of African studies at Tel Aviv University, a senior lecturer in the Department of Middle East and African Studies and a senior researcher at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. Her research interests are contemporary Islam, conflicts resolution and regional organizations, mostly at the Horn of Africa and West Africa. She published extensively at various academic journals and other forums on these themes. Her recent book From Sudan to South Sudan: IGAD and the role of regional mediation in Africa was published in Brill in 2020. Dr. Back is also one of the founders of the Israel-Africa Relations Institute.