Liat Steir-Livny is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Culture at Sapir Academic College, as well as a tutor and course coordinator for the Cultural Studies MA program and the Department of Literature, Language, and the Arts at the Open University of Israel. Her research focuses on Holocaust commemoration in Israel from the 1940s until the present. It combines Holocaust Studies, Memory Studies, Cultural Studies, Trauma Studies, and Film Studies. She is the author of many articles and five books. She is the recipient of the 2019 Young Scholar Award given jointly by the Association for Israel Studies (AIS) and the Israel Institute. Website: www.liatsteirlivny.com.