Neil Rogachevsky

Assistant Professor of Humanities
CSE 0572
T/R 2:50 PM - 4:50 PM and by appointment

Neil Rogachevsky is Assistant Professor in the Hamilton School, having previously taught at Yeshiva University. His research concerns Israeli political thought and history, comparative constitutionalism, and Jewish history.

With Dov Zigler, Rogachevsky is the co-author of Israel’s Declaration of Independence: The History and Political Theory of the Nation’s Founding Moment (Cambridge University Press, 2023), which won that year’s Concordia-Azrieli prize for Best Book in Israel Studies. He is currently at work on a new book on the political thought of David Ben-Gurion, which is slated to appear with Cambridge University Press in 2027.

Rogachevsky’s scholarship has also appeared or is forthcoming in Israel Studies Review, Shofar, The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, French History, and edited volumes on Michel Houellebecq’s political thought from Brill and diaspora politics in the United States from NYU Press. Rogachevsky also writes widely for general-interest and policy journals including the Wall Street Journal, Mosaic, Jewish Review of Books, The National Interest, The Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, First Things, and American Affairs.

Current Project

Rogachevsky’s current research concerns state formation, political rhetoric, and political development in early Israel, particularly focusing on constitutional questions and debates in the first years of statehood.

Courses

Education

  • Ph.D. in Political Thought and Intellectual History, University of Cambridge, 2014
  • M.A. in Political Science, University of Toronto, 2006
  • B.A. in Intellectual History (Great Distinction), McGill University, 2004

Publications - Books

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