Israel Studies in Poland, Czech Republic, and Germany: paths of development, dynamics, and directions of changes

In recent years, Israel Studies have been gaining momentum in Europe, especially the Central and Eastern parts of continent. The aim this paper is to scrutinize genesis evolutionary developments as a separate study field Poland, Czech Republic, Germany. authors tackle following aspects: dominant intellectual traditions, historiographic approaches, disciplinary frameworks; teaching research environment for each examined country; potential entanglement discipline with political ties State its consequences. employs qualitative approach relies on case methodology. However, an essential part utilizes comparative perspective offers certain prospects Studies.