Shlomo Sand

Shlomo Sand
Shlomo Sand
שלמה זנד
	Sand in 2014
Born	10 September 1946; Linz, Austria
Academic background
Education	1978–1982, Doctoral student at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Academic work
Era	Contemporary
Institutions	1983–1985, Maître assistant associé, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; 1988–1994, Tenure, Tel Aviv University; 1995–2001, Associate Professor, Tel Aviv University; 2002–2014, Full Professor, Tel Aviv University; 2014–present, Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University;
Main interests	History of Jews
Notable works	The Invention of the Jewish People
Notable ideas	Non-Zionism

Shlomo Sand (pronounced Zand; Hebrew: שלמה זנד; born 10 September 1946) is an Austrian-born Israeli post-Zionist historian and socialist. He has served as an emeritus Professor of History at Tel Aviv University since 2014. He is known for his book The Invention of the Jewish People, originally published in Hebrew as Matai ve’eich humtsa ha‘am hayehudi? (מתי ואיך הומצא העם היהודי? When and How Was the Jewish People Invented?) in 2008.