Dr. Irit Amit-Cohen. Senior Lecturer - the Department of Geography and Environment and the Department of Land of Israel and Archeology. Bar Ilan University Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Research Fields: Planning, Conservation and Development Cultural Landscape and Cultural Built Heritage in Rural Area and in Urban Area; Environmental Studies – Social, Culture and Tourism; Human Geography; Historical Geography; Eretz-Israel, the Mandate Period, and Israel State Studies.
Membership in Professional Commities:
• Member of Committee for Education and Museums of the Council for Preserving Sites, since 1996, Chairman of Committee since October 2000
• Member of Committee for Museums in Israel, Ministry of Education, since 2005
• Member of ICMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites), in UNESCO
• Member of World I.C.H.G. (The International Committee of Historical Geography Society)
• Member of Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems, International Geographical Union (I.G.U).
• Member of Commission: Historical Cities Committee (ICOMOS)