Amia Lieblich (; born 1939) is an Israeli psychologist and writer known for her work in

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Academic career

Lieblich is a professor

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from

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. It is the second-ol ...

, where she has also served as

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of students. After she retired from Hebrew University she was a faculty member at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo for a few years. Lieblich heads the School of Society and the Arts at

Ono Academic College Ono Academic College (''in Hebrew'': הקריה האקדמית אונו) is a private college located in Kiryat Ono, Israel with over 18,000 students.

. Lieblich's research focuses on various aspects of Israeli society including military service, the

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movement, life stories of women, and the "new family" in Israel. She has written psychobiographies about creative women, among them Dvora Baron and Lea Goldberg. She has also co-edited, with

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and Dan P. McAdams, the eleven-book series "The Narrative Study of Lives."

Published works (English)

*''Tin Soldiers on Jerusalem Beach'' (Pantheon, 1978) *''Kibbutz Makom'' (Pantheon, 1981) *''Transition to Adulthood During Military Service'' (SUNY Press, 1989) *''Seasons of Captivity: the Inner World of POWs'' (NYU Press, 1994) *''Conversations with Dvora: An Experimental Biography of the First Modern Hebrew Woman Writer'' (UC Press, 1997) *''Narrative Research: Reading, Analysis, and Interpretation'' (With Rivka Tuval-Mashiach and Tamar Zilber, Sage, 1998) *''Learning about Lea'' (Athena, 2003) *''In spite of everything: The Story of a bi-national Community (2014) *''Seder Nashim: Sipurei Nashim Bamishpakha Hahadasha Beyisra'el''The Keys to the Wedlock
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References

1939 births Living people Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israeli women psychologists {{Israel-writer-stub