Dr. Nathaniel Berman

Biography

Nathaniel Berman is a Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School and the Rahel Varnhagen Professor Emeritus at Brown University specializing in International Affairs, Law, Modern Culture, and Religious Studies. His interdisciplinary work draws from psychoanalysis, literary criticism, cultural studies, and political theory to explore the problem of 'alterity'. His scholarship in international law examines themes of nationalism, colonialism, self-determination, and ethnic conflict in the context of law and war. In religious studies, Berman focuses on Jewish mysticism, particularly thirteenth-century kabbalistic mythology. He has published works such as 'Passion Ambivalence: Colonialism, Nationalism, International Law' and 'Divine Demonic Poetic Mythology of the Zohar'. Currently, he is working on books addressing the intersections of law, religion, and politics. Berman has previously held academic positions at Amherst College, Northeastern Law School, and Brooklyn Law School.

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