Amitai Touval

Education

Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, Brown University Providence RI

B.A., European History, Bowdoin College Brunswick ME

Books

Touval, A. (2017). The Innkeeper and the Guest: An Anthropological Study of Hospitality.

Journal Articles

Touval, A. (2023). The East German Intelligentsia and the Chronotopes of a Lost Utopia. History and Anthropology,

Touval, A. (2017). Culture, Power and Applied Anthropology in a Corporate Setting. The Political Anthropologist,

Touval, A. (2014). Peripheral Observations as a Source of Innovation. Urbanities, 4(2). 100-103.

(2013). Local Knowledge of Elites as a Basis for Comparing Political Systems. Anthropology of East European Review,

Touval, A. (2011). The Pastoral, Nostalgia, and Political Power in Leipzig, Germany. Urbanities, 1(1). 43-53.

Touval, A. (2005). The Coping Strategy of Women Members of the Former East German Intelligentsia. Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe, 5(2). 13-20.

Media Contributions

Touval, A. (2011). Guest Commentary: Can Corporate Culture Enable Fraud?.

Touval, A. (2011). Corruption in the Assignment of Bankruptcy Cases in Germany?.

Touval, A. (2010). Invoicing Fraud or Incompetence? How to Distinguish Between the Two When Faced with a Questionable Case.

Touval, A. (2010). BlackBerries in the Operating Room? Let’s Leave Them Outside!.

Touval, A. (2006). Cultural Awareness and Ethical Conduct.

Touval, A. (2006). Compliance and the Perception of Victimization.

Presentations

Touval, A. (2014, October 16). Applied Anthropology: Drawing on Geert Hofstede’s Framework to Help Businesses Succeed. Singapore: Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS),.

Touval, A. (2013, August 6). ITAP’s Social Media Activities. Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA: ITAP Global Alliance.

Touval, A. (2013, April 29). The Anthropology of Hospitality: The Case of an Innkeeper in Leipzig. Taipei, Taiwan: Department of Ethnology, National Chengchi University.

Touval, A. (2013, March 31). East German Authoritarianism: Its Uses and Meanings to Leipzig’s Current and Deposed Elite. 2013 Annual SOYUZ Symposium , Authoritarianism and Beyond? Lessons from Postsocialist Societies. New York, NY: Harriman Institute, Columbia University.

Touval, A. (2013, February 28). The Sacred in the Narratives of East German Politicians. 7th Annual Telos Conference: Religion and Politics in a Post-Secular World. New York, NY

Touval, A. (2012, December 31). A Deposed Elite’s Response to Judgement and Its Premises. Local Memory, Global Ethics, Justice: The Politics of Historical Dialogue in Contemporary Society. : Columbia University.

Touval, A. (2012, March 12). Urban Anthropology. Ida Susser’s graduate seminar. : CUNY Graduate Center.

Touval, A. (2012, April 28). Autobiographies and Photographic Collages in the Aftermath of Regime Change. Rethinking Inheritance Conference. New York, NY: The New School of Social Research.

Touval, A. (2011, November 10). Business Ethics Solutions: Opportunities for Growth. : ITAP International Annual Conference.

Touval, A. (2011, February 25). How Familiarity with Operations Can Help You Find a Job. : Bowdoin Career Advisory Network and Bowdoin Alumni Network.

Touval, A. (2010, December 1). Ethics, Leadership, and Cultural Competence. Piscataway, NJ: Honors College Program, the Institute for Ethical Leadership, Rutgers University.

Touval, A. (2010, May 20). Leveraging the Warning Signs of Fraud. : ECOA, the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association.

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Professional

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