Benefit to the Career of Researcher from Reintegration

The planned period of reintegration of Dr. Pablo Markin will benefit his career by offering him an opportunity to accumulate valuable research experience in the emerging field of metropolitan studies. As innovative research centers are being founded in Berlin, such as Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies, the Center for German Studies of the European Forum of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has a rare combination of preconditions that make it optimal for hosting Dr. Markin, given the intrdisciplinary and multidisciplinary ambit of the center. The active guest lectures and courses program of the Center for German Studies will allow Dr. Markin to forge important scholarly contacts with the community of his European colleagues many of which take part in other events taking place around the Hebrew University and at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. The Van Leer Institute adds to the rich scholarly environment, together with events hosted by the Konrad Adenauer Center at Mishkenot Sha'ananim, that Jerusalem has to offer as a host city. The growing international visibility of Israeli contemporary art, with Tel-Aviv as its major urban center situated nearby, will put Dr. Markin in close proximity with existing and emerging art biennials that take place in these cities. The air travel distances to Europe being no farther from Israel than from many member states of the European Union, the comparative aspect of Dr. Markin's research will benefit from the opportunity to frequently visit European art events and conferences that Israel's positioning makes possible.

As a budding scholar specializing in a fast developing research area taking art biennials into its focus, Dr. Markin will have opportunity to build his publication record during the period of holding his Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant at the Center for German Studies. There are numerous research resources in Europe that he will be able to have access to from the Hebrew Univesity of Jerusalem as his home campus. Dr. Markin will also be building his academic contacts network by taking part in the events that the Center for German Studies holds for visiting scholars from across Europe. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of networking for a beginning scholar who is sure to continue pursuing an internationally oriented career path, as is Dr. Markin. The desired duration of the reintegration grant of four years will let Dr. Markin to deepen his specialization in related areas of expertise, such as German Studies and Urban Studies. The many research initiatives underway in Israel and Germany, a significant portion of which taking place under the aegis of the Marie Curie calls framework, will offer to Dr. Markin a unique combination of conditions to pursue a comparative course of research that will go beyond comparison of art biennials in Germany, Italy and Israel to include other countries such as Canada or Brazil.

Additionally. a proven record of research and publication that this reintegration grant and location will make it possible for Dr. Markin to create will open many avenues of further academic career for him. Tenure-track and research related positions being filled on a competitive basis, a successful holding and managing of Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant by Dr. Markin will represent a most significant contribution to his academic portfolio that stands to win from the high international standing of the Hebrew University.