Publications and Lectures

Books

Stadler, Nurit. 1996. Changes in Contemporary Catholicism: The Opus Dei’s Sanctification of Daily Work, The Shaine Centre for Research for Social Sciences, Jerusalem. (Based on my MA, published in Hebrew).

Stadler, Nurit. 2009. Yeshiva Fundamentalism: Piety, Gender, and Resistance in the Ultra-Orthodox World, New York University Press, New York.
Book Review by Rivka Ben-Shahar

Caplan, Kimmy and Stadler, Nurit (eds.). 2009. Leadership and Authority in Israeli Haredi Society, H'akibutz H'ameuhad and the Van Leer Institute, Tel-Aviv.

Stadler, Nurit. 2012. A Well-Worn Tallis for a New Ceremony, Brighton, MA: Academic Studies Press.

Caplan, Kimmy and Stadler, Nurit (eds.). 2012. From Survival to Consolidation: Changes in Israeli Haredi Society and Its Scholarly Study, H'akibutz H'ameuhad and the Van Leer Institute, Tel-Aviv. 250 pages.

Articles in Referee Journals

Dar, Yechezkel. Kimchi, Shaul, Stadler, Nurit. and Epstein, A. 2000. "The Imprint of the Intifada, Response of kibbutz born Veterans to Military Service in the West Bank and Gaza", Armed Forces and Society 26 (2): 285-311.

Stadler, Nurit. 2002. "Is Profane Work an Obstacle to Salvation? The Case of Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jews in Contemporary Israel", Sociology of Religion, 63 (4): 455-474.

Stadler, Nurit and Ben Ari, Eyal, 2003. "Other-Worldly Soldiers? Ultra-Orthodox Views of Military Service in Contemporary Israel", Israel Affairs, 9 (4): 17-48.

Stadler, Nurit. 2004. "Taboos, Dreams and Desires: Haredi Fantasies on Militarism and the Military", Sociologia Israelit, 6(1): 69-90.

Stadler, Nurit. Ben-Ari Eyal, and Einat Mesterman, 2005. "Terror, Aid and Organization: The Haredi Disaster Victim Identification Teams (“ZAKA”) in Israel", Anthropological Quarterly 78 (3): 619-651.

Stadler, Nurit. 2006. "Terror, Corpse Symbolism and Taboo Violation: the 'Haredi Disaster Victim Identification Team in Israel (ZAKA)", The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 12(4): 837-858.

Stadler, Nurit. 2007. "Playing with Sacred/Corporeal Identities: Yeshiva Students' Fantasies of the Military Participation", Jewish Social Studies: History, Culture, Society 13 (2): 155-178.

Stadler Nurit . 2007. "Ethnography of Exclusion: Initiating a Dialogue with Fundamentalist Men”, Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues 14(1): 185-208.

Aran, Gideon, Stadler Nurit and Ben-Ari, Eyal. 2008.” Fundamentalism and the Masculine Body: The Case of Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Men in Israel", Religion 38(1): 25-53.

Stadler Nurit and Lomsky Feder Edna and Ben-Ari, Eyal. 2008. "Fundamentalism's Challenges to Citizenship: The Haredim in Israel", Citizenship Studies 12 (3): 215-231. Also published in 2011. David Lehmann and Humeira Iqtidar (Eds.), Fundamentalism and Charismatic Movements, London: Routledge.

Stadler Nurit, 2011, "Between Scripturalism and Performance: Cohesion and Conflict in the Celebration of the Theotokos in Jerusalem", Religion 41 (4): 645-664.

Stadler Nurit and Nimrod Luz, "Following the Tomb in the Womb: The Veneration at the Tomb of Mary and the Makkam of Abu al- Hijla", (under review)

Book Chapters

Stadler, Nurit, 2003. “Work, Livelihood and the Miraculous: Defining the Haredi Dilemma in Israel”, In: Sivan Emanuel and Caplan, Kimmy (eds.), Haredim in Israel, pp. 88-112, Hakibutz Hameuhad & Van Leer, Jerusalem (in Hebrew).

Stadler, Nurit, 2005. "Fundamentalism", In: de Lange Nicholas and Freud-Kandel, Miri (eds.), Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide. pp. 216-227. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Stadler Nurit and Caplan Kimmy. 2009. "Alternative Sources of Haredi Authorities: An Introduction", In: Caplan Kimmy and Stadler, Nurit (eds.), Leadership and Authority in Israeli Haredi Society,pp.7-30. Hakibutz Hameuhad and The Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem. (In Hebrew).

Stadler Nurit. 2011. "Post - Fundamentalism". In: Rappoport Tamar and Kahane, Ahuvia, (eds), Rethinking the Informal Code, pp. 395-416. Tel Aviv: Resling Publication House. (In Hebrew).

Stadler Nurit, 2011. Edna Lomsky Feder, Ben Ari, Eyal."Fundamentalist Citizenships: the Haredi Challenge". In: Turner Bryan and Ben Porat, Guy (eds.), The Contradiction of Israeli Citizenship: Land, Religion and State, pp.135-157, London: Routledge.

Stadler, Nurit. 2011. "Suicide bombing and Body Assembly: an Israeli Case Study”, In: Turner Bryan (ed.), Handbook of the Sociology of the body, London: Routledge, Chapter 15, pp 216-226.

Stadler, Nurit and Caplan Kimmy. 2012. "Conversion and New forms of Affiliation to the Haredi community", In: Caplan Kimmy and Stadler, Nurit (eds.), From Survival to Consolidation: Changes in Israeli Haredi Society and Its Scholarly Study, Hakibutz Hameuhad and The Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem. (In Hebrew).

Stadler Nurit. (Forthcoming). "The Problem of Ethnography in Fundamentalist Institutions". In: Phil Carspecken, Lucy Carspecken and Dennis, Barbara (eds.). Qualitative Research: A Reader in Philosophy, Core Concepts, and Practice, Chapter 16, New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Conferences

“Livelihood and Miracles: Re-Defining Haredi religiosity in Israel”,. Paper Presented at the Workshop on Unthinking Fundamentalism. Cambridge University, UK. June, 28, 2001.

“Religious Fatalism and the ‘Work Ethic’”.. Paper Presented at the Societe Internationale de Sociologie des Religions (SISR) conference. Ixtapan de la Sal, Mexico. August 20-24, 2001

“From Tex-Based Religiosity to Religious Activism: Transformations in the Israeli Yeshiva world”.. Paper Presented at the Department of Sociology., Ben-Gurion University. January, 2003. .
“Ultra-Orthodox Religiosity under Terrorism: Rescue, Heroism and Politics”, Paper Presented at the Societe Internationale de Sociologie des Religions (SISR) conference. Torino, Italy. July 2003

"Death, Terror and 'True Kindness': The Case of the Haredi Disaster Victim Identification Team in Israel (ZAKA)". Paper Presented at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales., Paris, France. May, 19, 2004. .

"Scripturalism and the Evil Inclination: Transformations within the Haredi Community". Paper presented at the Department of Comparative Religion, Hebrew University. June 16 2004.

"The Militarization of the Self: the Evil Inclination and the Haredim.. Paper presented at the Societe Internationale de Sociologie des Religions (SISR) meeting. Zagreb, Croatia. June 2005.

"The Cult of The Virgin Mary", Paper Presented at the Yad Ben Zvi Institute. Jerusalem, June 2006. .

"The Domestication of Fundamentalist Masculinity".. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR). Montreal Canada. August 2006.

Terror and 'True Kindness': The Case of the Haredi Disaster Victim IdentificationTeam in Israel (ZAKA)". Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR). New York, USA. August 2007.

The Transformation of Haredi Piety.. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR). Boston, USA. August 2008

Guadalupe and the Dormition: Fertility Cults and National Identity in Jerusalem and Mexico. Paper presented to the Christiany Group at Van Leer, Jeruslam. May 2009.

The Relocation of the Sacred: the Cult of the Virgin Mary in Jerusalem and Mexico. Paper presented to Scholion group. May 2009. .

Fundamentalism and Piety. June 2009. Paper presented at the Societe Internationale de Sociologie des Religions (SISR) meeting., Santiago de Compostela, Spain. July 2009.

Terror and Fundamentalism: The case of ZAKA. Paper presented at the ITAM, International Relations Department, Monday, Mexico City, February 15, 2010.

Fundamentalism, Gender and the New Family. Paper Presented at the Iberoamerican University, Mexico City. February 16, 2010.

Fundamentalism and New Forms of Citizenship, University of the Americas, Mexico City. February 16, 2010.

Fundamentalism and New Forms of Citizenship, Paper presented at the Panamerican University the Philosophy Department, Mexico City. February 17, 2010.

The New Family and the Transformation of Piety. Paper presented at the UNAM, Mexico City. February 18, 2010.

The Transmission and Adaptation of Religious Knowledge Between the Mountains of Jerusalem and the Hills of Mexico: the Cults of the Madonna at the Dormition and Our Lady of Guadalupe as a Case Study, Paper Presented at the Lafer Conference, May, 3, 2010. .

Citizenship and Fundamentalism. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR). Atlanta. July 2010.

Trace and the Celebration of Death: Pilgrimage at the Tomb of Mary in Jerusalem. Paper presented at the Societe Internationale de Sociologie des Religions (SISR) meeting, Aix En Provence, France July 2011.

How to Study Fundamentalism? Sociological/ Anthropological point of View. Paper presented at the Societe Internationale de Sociologie des Religions (SISR) meeting, , Aix En Provence, France. July 2011.

The Dynamic Nature of Haredi Culture, A Review of Theocratic Democracy, by Prof. Nachman Ben Yehuda. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, December 2011.

Third German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities , Norms: Concepts and Practices,Kibbutz Tzuba, Israel, November 27-30, 2011.