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)
