אמירטוס חיים גורן

• Historical Geography
• Humanities
• The Galilee

Historical-geography of Palestine in the 19th century; Holy Land pilgrim's and traveler's literature; European activity in Ottoman Palestine and the Near East; history of the modern scientific study of these regions, currently concentrating on historical-geography and history of cartography.

Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutions of Higher Education

4.1997 - Tel-Hai College, Senior Lecturer

10.2003 - Tel-Hai College, Tenure

6.2004 – Tel-Hai College, Associate Professor of Historical Geography

2.2013 – Tel-Hai College, Professor of Historical Geography

Office in Academic Administration

1.8.1988-1.4.1993 - Tel-Hai Regional College: Director of the Academic Studies (Studies of: University of Haifa; The Hebrew University, Faculty of Agriculture, Rechovot; The Open University)

4.1993-4.1997 - The Open University: Regional Coordinator and Regional Academic Consultant, responsible for the Upper Galilee, Golan, Jordan Valley and Bet-Shean Valley

10.1994-12.1997 - Tel-Hai College: Coordinator of Academic Program Planning and Coordinator of the Departments of Humanities and Social Sciences; Founder of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences

10.1994-3.1998 - Tel-Hai College: Founder and Head of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

12.1997-7.1999 - Tel-Hai College: Head of School for Humanities and Social Sciences    

10.2010-3.2014 – Tel-Hai College: Vice President for Academic Affairs

12.2012 – 10.2015 Tel-Hai College, M.A. in Galilee Studies: Head of Program

6.2014 - 6.2016 - Tel-Hai College: Head of Multidisciplinary Institute for the Study of Resilience

9.2018 - Tel-Hai College, Head, Research Center for Historical Cartography

-Deutscher akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD): Four Months research scholarship in Germany for the Ph. D. Dissertation, 9.1987-1.1988 [c. 4000 Mark].

-Two-Year Research Grant from the Israeli Scientific Foundation: 'Dead Sea Level, Irish Explorers in the Holy Land, and British Imperialism in the Near East during the 1830's and 1840's', 1.10.2003-30.9.2005.

-Research grants from 'Leibniz-Institut-für-Länderkunde', Leipzig, and the BMBF Verbundprojekt Kommunikationsräume des Europäischen. Jüdische Wissenkulturen jenseits des Nationalen in the 'Simon-Dubnow-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur an der Universität Leipzig', for three months stay, The project: 'The Holy Land in Contemporary German Cultural Landscape', March-May 2009

-GIF Research Grant of 177,000 Euro for a project with Dr. Bruno Schelhaas, The Leibnitz Institute of Geography, Leipzig, Germany, for the years 2011-2014: 'Robinson, van de Velde, and German Holy Land Cartography in the mid-19th Century'.

- ISF Research Grant, 160,000 NIS for two years (1.10.2015-30.9.2017): 'Robinson and Smith, Generators of Change in Holy Land Scientific Study: New Considerations'. Prolonged until 9.2018.

Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutions of Higher Education

4.1997 - Tel-Hai College, Senior Lecturer

10.2003 - Tel-Hai College, Tenure

6.2004 – Tel-Hai College, Associate Professor of Historical Geography

2.2013 – Tel-Hai College, Professor of Historical Geography

Office in Academic Administration

1.8.1988-1.4.1993 - Tel-Hai Regional College: Director of the Academic Studies (Studies of: University of Haifa; The Hebrew University, Faculty of Agriculture, Rechovot; The Open University)

4.1993-4.1997 - The Open University: Regional Coordinator and Regional Academic Consultant, responsible for the Upper Galilee, Golan, Jordan Valley and Bet-Shean Valley

10.1994-12.1997 - Tel-Hai College: Coordinator of Academic Program Planning and Coordinator of the Departments of Humanities and Social Sciences; Founder of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences

10.1994-3.1998 - Tel-Hai College: Founder and Head of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

12.1997-7.1999 - Tel-Hai College: Head of School for Humanities and Social Sciences    

10.2010-3.2014 – Tel-Hai College: Vice President for Academic Affairs

12.2012 – 10.2015 Tel-Hai College, M.A. in Galilee Studies: Head of Program

6.2014 - 6.2016 - Tel-Hai College: Head of Multidisciplinary Institute for the Study of Resilience

9.2018 - Tel-Hai College, Head, Research Center for Historical Cartography

Research Grants

-Deutscher akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD): Four Months research scholarship in Germany for the Ph. D. Dissertation, 9.1987-1.1988 [c. 4000 Mark].

-Two-Year Research Grant from the Israeli Scientific Foundation: 'Dead Sea Level, Irish Explorers in the Holy Land, and British Imperialism in the Near East during the 1830's and 1840's', 1.10.2003-30.9.2005.

-Research grants from 'Leibniz-Institut-für-Länderkunde', Leipzig, and the BMBF Verbundprojekt Kommunikationsräume des Europäischen. Jüdische Wissenkulturen jenseits des Nationalen in the 'Simon-Dubnow-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur an der Universität Leipzig', for three months stay, The project: 'The Holy Land in Contemporary German Cultural Landscape', March-May 2009

-GIF Research Grant of 177,000 Euro for a project with Dr. Bruno Schelhaas, The Leibnitz Institute of Geography, Leipzig, Germany, for the years 2011-2014: 'Robinson, van de Velde, and German Holy Land Cartography in the mid-19th Century'.

- ISF Research Grant, 160,000 NIS for two years (1.10.2015-30.9.2017): 'Robinson and Smith, Generators of Change in Holy Land Scientific Study: New Considerations'. Prolonged until 9.2018.

M. A. Thesis
1. 'The German Catholic Activity in Palestine, 1838-1910'.
Hebrew. 291 pages. Date of approval: 25.9.1986.
Supervisors: Prof. Yehoshua Ben-Arieh, Prof. Ruth Kark
2. Ph. D. Dissertation
'The German Contribution to the Study of 19th Century Palestine (1766-1877)'.
Hebrew. 385 pages. Date of approval: 22.1.1993.
Supervisors: Prof. Ruth Kark, the late Prof. Alex Carmel.

Books
3.1 Published Books
1. H. Goren, 'Go View the Land': German Study of Palestine in the Nineteenth Century, Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, 1999 [Heb.]
2. H. Goren, 'Zieht hin und erforscht das Land': Die deutsche Palästinaforschung im 19. Jahrhundert (trsl. A. Naujoks, Schriftenreihe des Instituts für deutsche Geschichte der Universität Tel Aviv, 23), Göttingen: Wallstein 2003 [slightly different from the Hebrew version]
3. H. Goren, 'Real Catholics and Good Germans': The German Catholics and Palestine, 1838-1910, (The Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2005 [Heb.] [accepted in 2003]
4. H. Goren, 'Echt katholisch und gut deutsch': Die deutschen Katholiken und Palästina, 1838-1910, trsl. M. Lemke, Göttingen: Wallstein, 2009 [slightly different from the Hebrew version]
5. H. Goren, Dead Sea Level: Science, Exploration and Imperial Interests in the Near East (Tauris Historical Geography Series, 6), London: I.B. Tauris, 2011
6. H. Goren, J. Faehndrich and B. Schelhaas, Mapping the Holy Land: The Origins of Cartography in Palestine, London: I.B. Tauris, 2017

3.2 Edited Books
1. Y. Ben-Arieh, Y. Ben-Artzi and H. Goren (eds.), Historical Geographical Studies in the Settlement of Eretz Israel, Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben Zvi, 1987 [Heb.]
2. H. Goren, G. Barka’ai and E. Schiller (eds.), Conrad Schick: For Jerusalem (Ariel, 130-131), Jerusalem: Ariel, 1998 [Heb.]
3. H. Goren (ed.), Germany in the Middle East: Past, Present and Future (World Powers and the Middle East, The Harry S. Truman Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Jerusalem: Magnes, 2003 [reviewed]
4. T. Grossmark, H. Goren, Y. Seltenreich and M. Abassi (eds.), New Galilee Studies: Tenth Anniversary Volume of the Galilee Research Conference, Tel-Hai: Tel-Hai College, 2009 [Heb.] [reviewed]
5. I. Bartal and H. Goren (eds.), The History of Jerusalem: The Late Ottoman Period (1800-1917), Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, 2010 [reviewed]
6. H. Goren (ed.), 130 Years to Rosh Pinna [Renewed and Improved edition of: D. Niv (ed.), Rosh Pinna 100 Years Old (1882-1982), Rosh Pinna 1983], Rosh Pinna: Local Council (Jerusalem: Keter), 2011
7. H. Goren and E.J. Eisler (eds.), Deutschland und Jerusalem im neunzehnten Jahrhundert: Eine Konferenz in Mishkenot Sha'ananim, März 2007, Jerusalem: Mishkenot Sha'ananim, 2011
8. E. Dolev, H. Goren and Y. Sheffy (eds.), Palestine and the First World War: New Perspective, Conference Volume, Tel Hai, London: I.B. Tauris 2014 [reviewed]
9. P. Weigel, H. Goren, B. Schelhaas and J. Faehndrich (eds.), Das Heilige Land in Gotha: Der verlag Justus Perthes und die Palästinakartographie im 19. Jahrhundert (Veröffentlichungen der Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, 50), Gotha: Unversität Erfurt\Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, 2014
10. T. Grossmark, H. Goren, M. Abbassi, Y. Seltenreich, and Z. Greenberg, Tel Hai Galilee Studies, vol. II, Zichron Ya'akov, 2016

Articles in Refereed Journals
1. H. Goren, 'An Eighteenth Century Geography: Sefer Yedei Moshe by Rabbi Moshe Yerushalmi', Cathedra, 34 (January 1985), pp. 75-96 [Heb.]
2. H. Goren and R. Rubin, 'The Beginning of Modern Apiculture in Eretz Israel', Science, 29/5-6 (September 1985), pp. 181-187 [Heb.]
3. S. Stern and H. Goren, 'A Bibliography of Titus Tobler’s Publications', Cathedra, 48 (June 1988), pp. 46-48 [Heb.]
4. H. Goren, 'Erste Siedlungsversuche der deutschen Templer in der Jesreel-Ebene im 19. Jahrhundert', Jahrbuch des deutschen evangelischen Instituts für Altertumswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes, 1 (1989), pp. 100-130 [different from the Hebrew version]
5. H. Goren, 'Two new Sources from Titus Tobler’s Legacy', Cathedra, 56 (June 1990), pp. 161-169 [Heb.]
6. H. Goren, 'Early Twentieth Century Christian Institutions in Abu Ghosh', Cathedra, 62 (December 1991), pp. 107-122 [Heb.]
7. Y. Ben-Artzy and H. Goren, 'Medical Practice in Galilean Towns', Cathedra, 63 (April 1992), pp. 176-178 [Heb., Note]
8. H. Goren, 'Imaginary Jerusalem in the Late Sixteenth Century - In a Three-Dimensional Model', Cathedra, 72 (June 1994), pp. 34-49 [Heb.]
9. H. Goren, 'An Imaginary European Concept of Jerusalem in a Late Sixteenth-Century Model', Palestine Exploration Quarterly, 127 (1995), pp. 106-121 [identical with the Hebrew version]
10. H. Goren, 'Titus Tobler’s Legacy: Two Sources', Bulletin of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society, 14 (1994-95), pp. 57-62 [similar to the Hebrew version]
11. H. Goren and R. Rubin, 'Conrad Schick’s Models of Jerusalem and its Monuments', Palestine Exploration Quarterly, 128 (July-December 1996), pp. 103-124
12. H. Goren, 'Nicholayson and Finn Describe the Expeditions and Death of Costigan and Molyneux', Cathedra, 85 (October 1997), pp. 65-94 [Heb.]
13. H. Goren and R. Rubin, 'Conrad Schick’s Models of Jerusalem and Its Monuments', Studies in the Geography of Israel, 15 (1998), pp. 47-75 [Heb., identical with the English version]
14. H. Goren, 'Johannes Rudolf Roth: Ein Leben für die Palästinaforschung', Jahrbuch des deutschen evangelischen Instituts für Altertumswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes, 5 (1997), pp. 22-44
15. H. Goren, 'The Present as an Expression of the Past: The Holy Land in the Work of the Historical Cartographer Heinrich Kiepert', Horizons in Geography, 51 (1999), pp. 99-118 [Heb.]
16. H. Goren, 'Pioneer Surveying and Mapping of the Galilee and the Hauran: The Map of the Sources of the Jordan River (1841) and Map of the Ledja (1838)', Cathedra, 96 (July 2000), pp. 111-130 [Heb.]
17. H. Goren, 'Scientific organisations as agents of change: the Palestine Exploration Fund, the Deutsche Verein zur Erforschung Palästinas and nineteenth-century Palestine', Journal of Historical Geography, 27, 2 (2001), pp. 153-165
18. H. Goren, 'Vom "Flaggenstreit" zum "Hospizwettstreit": das katholische Deutschland und Frankreich am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts', Jahrbuch des deutschen evangelischen Instituts für Altertumswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes, 7 (2001), pp. 35-50
19. H. Goren, 'Sacred, But Not Surveyed: Nineteenth-Century Surveys of Palestine', Imago Mundi, 54 (2002), pp. 87-110
20. H. Goren, 'Sacred, but Not Surveyed: Why Was the Survey of Western Palestine Put Off until the 1870s?', Cathedra, 106 (December 2002), pp. 87-118 [Heb., slightly different from the English version]
21. H. Goren, 'Debating the Jews of Palestine – German Discourses of Colonization, 1840-1883', Leipziger Beiträge zur jüdischen Geschichte und Kultur, 1 (2003), pp. 217-238
22. H. Goren, 'Pilgrimage, tapestries, and cartography: sixteenth-century wall hangings commemorating a pilgrimage to the Holy Land', Journal of Historical Geography, 33/3 (July 2007), pp. 489-513
23. D. Cvikel, Y. Kahanov, H. Goren, E. Boaretto and K. Raveh, 'Napoleon Bonaparte's Adventure in Tantura Lagoon: Historical and Archaeological Evidence', Israel Exploration Journal, 58/2 (2008), pp. 199-219
24. D. Cvikel and H. Goren, 'Where are Bonaparte's siege cannon? An episode in the Egyptian campaign', Mediterranean Historical Review, 23\2 (2008), pp. 129-142
25. H. Goren, 'Mission, Education, Welfare, Hospitality and Science: German Catholic Institutions in Jerusalem Prior to the First World War', Eretz Israel: Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Studies (Teddy Kollek Volume), 28 (2007), pp. 354-366 [Heb.]
26. H. Goren, '"The Peaceful Crusade": The Crusades and Eretz-Israel in the Nineteenth Century', Cathedra, 135 (2010), pp. 63-88 [Heb.]
27. E. Mentovich, D. Schreiber, Y. Goren, Y. Kahanov, H. Goren and D. Cvikel, 'New insights regarding the Akko 1 shipwreck: a metallurgic and petrographic investigation of the cannonballs', Journal of Archaeological Science, 30 (2009), pp. 1-9
28. R. Kark and H. Goren, 'Pioneering British exploration and scriptural geography: The Syrian Society/The Palestine Association', The Geographical Journal, 177/3 (2011), pp. 264-274
29. H. Goren and E. Eisler, '"Chasing the Patient": On the History of the Study of Modern Medicine in the Holy Land during the Nineteenth Century', Cathedra, 140 (2011), pp. 163-172 [Heb.]
30. H. Goren and D. Mirkin, 'Jaffa – a port without a port: To the failure of nineteenth century plans to build a modern deep water port in Jaffa', Cathedra, 143 (2012), pp. 133-152 [Heb.]
31. D. Cvikel, Y. Kahanov and H. Goren, 'The naval campaign for conquering Acre, December 1831', Cathedra, 145 (2012), pp. 1-26 [Heb.]
32. D. Pashut, Y. Kahanov and H. Goren, 'The Akko 2 Shipwreck, Akko Harbour, Israel', Archaeologia Maritima Mediterranea, 10 (2013), pp. 125-144
33. H. Goren and B. Schelhaas, 'On an unknown measuring of Jerusalem in 1823', Cathedra 153 (2014), pp. 35-56 [Heb.]
34. H. Goren and B. Schelhaas, 'Berghaus’ map Part of Arabia Petraea and Palestine (1839) and the Royal Geographical Society: misuse or misunderstanding?', Terrae Incognitae, 47\2 (2015), pp. 127-141
35. H. Goren and B. Schelhaas, 'On an unknown measuring of Jerusalem in 1823', Die ERDE, 146\1 (2015), pp. 63-78
36. H. Goren, 'Geography of Religious Traditions: The beginning of Scientific Study of the Dead Sea', Negev, Dead Sea and Arava Studies, 8/1 (March 2016), pp. 3-16

Articles or Chapters in Books, not in Conference Proceedings
1. H. Goren, 'The German-Catholics: Pioneers of European Settlement by the Sea of Galilee', Y. Ben-Arieh, Y. Ben-Artzy and H. Goren (eds.), Historical Geographical Studies in the Settlement of Eretz Israel, Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben Zvi, 1987, pp. 45-58 [Heb.]
2. H. Goren, 'The "Verein von Heiligen Grabe" and Its Activities in Eretz-Israel', Y. Katz, Y. Ben-Arieh and Y. Kaniel (eds.), Historical-Geographical Studies in the Settlement of Eretz-Israel II, Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben Zvi, 1991, pp. 54-72 [Heb.]
3. H. Goren, 'Heinrich Kiepert in the Holy-Land, Spring 1870 – Sketches From an Exploration-Tour of an Historical Cartographer', L. Zögner (ed.), Antike Welten Neue Regionen: Heinrich Kiepert 1818-1899, Berlin 1999, pp. 45-61 [slightly different from the Hebrew version]
4. H. Goren, 'Carl Ritter and the Historical-Geography of the Holy Land', Y. Ben-Artzi, I. Bartal and E. Reiner (eds.), Studies in Geography and History: In Honour of Yehoshua Ben-Arieh, Jerusalem: Magnes and The Israel Exploration Society, 1999, 92-113 [Heb.] [reviewed]
5. H. Goren and O. Morag, 'To the History of Mapping of the Galilee: Zimmermann's Map After Schultz's Routes, 1861', Y. Bargal, N. Kliot and A. Peled (eds.), Eretz Israel Studies – Aviel Ron Book, Haifa 2004, 307-323 [Heb.] [reviewed]
6. H. Goren, 'How Low is the Lowest Point on Earth? The Story of Determining the Level of the Dead Sea', J.D. Maos, M. Inbar and D.F. Shmueli (eds.), Contemporary Israeli Geography (Horizons in Geography, 60-61), Haifa: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa, 2004, pp. 147-162 [reviewed]
7. H. Goren, ‘”Undoubtedly, the best connoisseur of Jerusalem in our times”: Conrad Schick as Palästinawissenschaftler', U. Hübner (ed.), Palaestina exploranda: Studien zur Erforschung Palästinas im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert anlässlich des 125 jährigen Bestehens des Deutschen Vereins zur Erforschung Palästinas (Abhandlungen des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins, 34), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2006, pp. 105-128 [reviewed]
8. H. Goren, 'Nineteenth Century Jerusalem as a Test Case of European Involvement in the Near East: A Reappraisal', I. Bartal and H. Goren (eds.), The History of Jerusalem: The Late Ottoman Period (1800-1917), Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, 2010, pp. 19-32 [Heb.] [reviewed]
9. R. Rubin and H. Goren, 'Nineteenth Century Jerusalem Cartographic Presentations: Maps, Relief Maps and Models', I. Bartal and H. Goren (eds.), The History of Jerusalem: The Late Ottoman Period (1800-1917), Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, 2010, pp. 403-428 [Heb.] [reviewed]
10. H. Goren and Y. Alon, 'Ulrich Jasper Seetzen: The Huleh Valley and its Vicinity in the Early Nineteenth Century', T. Grossmark, H. Goren, M. Abbassi, Y. Seltenreich, and Z. Greenberg, Tel Hai Galilee Studies, vol. II, Zichron Ya'akov: Itay Bahur, 2016, pp. 249-270
11. H. Goren, 'George Henry Moore and the Relative Dead Sea Level, 1837: An Irish Gentleman's Diary', Y. Balslev, Y. Katz and I. Schnell (eds.), Changing spaces: Geographical changes in Israel and its surroundings (Merhavim, 7), Tel Aviv: Merhavim, Dept. of Geography and Human Environment, Tel Aviv University, 2016, pp. 25-50

U. Berger and H. Goren, ‘The “Royal” Dolmen Field North of Tel Dan: King Georg’s V’s Tour to the Upper Galilee‘, T. Grossmark et al. (eds), Tel-Hai Galilee Studies, Vol. III , Tel-Hai: Tel-Hai College, 2018, pp. 347-368

Articles in Conference Proceedings
Papers published in refereed volumes
1. H. Goren, 'Sources for Germany-Holy Land Studies in the Late Ottoman Period: German Libraries and Archives', M. Davis and Y. Ben-Arieh (eds.), With Eyes Toward Zion-III, New York, Westport & London: Praeger, 1991, pp. 170-178
2. H. Goren and Y. Ben-Arieh, 'Catholic Austria and Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century: The Beginnings', M. Wrba (ed.), Austrian Presence in the Holy Land in the 19th and early 20th Century: Proceedings of the Symposium in the Austrian Hospice in Jerusalem on March 1-2, 1995, Tel Aviv: The Austrian Embassy, 1996, pp. 7-24
3. H. Goren, 'The German Catholic "Holy Sepulchre Society": Activities in Palestine', Y. Ben-Arieh and M. Davies (eds.), Jerusalem in the Mind of the Western World (1800-1948) (With Eyes Toward Zion – V), Westport, Connecticut & London: Praeger, 1997, pp. 155-172
4. H. Goren, 'The Chase After the Bible: Individuals and Institutions - and the Study of the Holy Land', U. Wardenga and W.J. Wilczynski (eds.), Religion, Ideology and Geographical Thought (WCP Kielce Studies in Geography 3), Kielce: Wydawnictwo JEDNOŚĆ, 1998, pp. 103-115
5. H. Goren, 'Carl Ritter’s Contribution to Holy Land Research', A. Buttimer, S.D. Brunn and U. Wardenga (eds.), Text and Image: Social Construction of Regional Knowledges (Beiträge zur Regionalen Geographie, 49), Leipzig: Institut für Länderkunde, 1999, pp. 28-37 [similar to the Hebrew version]
6. H. Goren, ‘Du "conflit des drapeaux" à la "contestation des hospices": l'Allemagne et la France catholiques en Palestine à la fin du XIXe siécle', trsl. D. Trimbur, idem and R. Aaronsohn (eds.), De Bonaparte à Balfour: La France, l'Europe occidentale et la Palestine 1799-1917, Paris 2001, pp. 325-344 (rep. mélanges du Centre de recherche français de Jérusalem, Paris, 2008, pp. 343-363) [similar to the German version]
7. H. Goren, 'The Scholar Precedes the Diplomat: German Science in the Service of Political Involvement in Egypt and Palestine until 1870', idem (ed.), Germany in the Middle East: Past, Present and Future (World Powers and the Middle East, The Harry S. Truman Institute), Jerusalem: Magnes, 2003, pp. 41—60
8. H. Goren, 'The German-Catholics: A Unique Element in European Activity in Nineteenth Century Palestine', M. Zimmermann (ed.), Germany and the Land of Israel: A Cultural Encounter (The Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Jerusalem: Magnes, 2004, 33-54 [Heb.] [reviewed]
9. H. Goren, ‘Charles Gaillardot, Renan's Man-in-the-Field: Physician and Scholar’, M. Abitbol (ed.), France and the Middle East: Past, Present and Future (World Powers and the Middle East, The Harry S. Truman Institute), Jerusalem: Magnes, 2004, pp. 99-124 [reviewed]
10. H. Goren, 'British Surveyors in Palestine and Syria, 1840-1841', International Cartographic Conference A Coruña 2005: Mapping Approaches into a Changing World [http://www.cartesia.org/geodoc/icc2005/pdf/oral/TEMA16\Session%205/HAIM%2520GOREN.pdf]
11. R. Kark, D. Denecke and H. Goren, 'The Impact of the Early German Missionary Enterprise in Palestine on Modernization and Environmental and Technological Change, 1820-1914', M. Tamcke and M. Marten (eds.), Christian Witness Between Continuity and new Beginnings: Modern historical missions in the Middle East [Studien zur Orientalischen Kirchengeschichte, 39], Münster: LIT-Verlag, 2006, pp. 145-176 [reviewed]
12. H. Goren, 'Wissenschaftliche Landeskunde: Palästina-Deutsche als Forscher im Heiligen Land', J. Eisler (ed.), Deutsche in Palästina und ihr Anteil an der Modernisierung des Landes (Abhandlungen des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins, 36), Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, 2008, pp. 102-120 [reviewed]
13. H. Goren, 'August Petermann and Palestine Cartography', S. Lenz and F. Ormeling (eds.), Die Verräumlichung des Welt-Bildes: Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen zwischen "explorativer Geographie" und der "Vermessenheit" europäischer Raumphantasien (Beiträge der Internationalen Konferenz auf Schloss Friedenstein Gotha, 9.-11. Oktober 2005, Friedenstein Forschungen, 2), Stuttgart: Steiner, 2008, pp. 75-87 [reviewed]
14. H. Goren, 'Scholar and Research Agent: Charles Gaillardot, Physician and Scientist', T. Grossmark, H. Goren, Y. Seltenreich and M. Abassi (eds.), New Galilee Studies: Tenth Anniversary Volume of the Galilee Research Conference, Tel-Hai: Tel-Hai Academic College, 2009, pp. 153-184 [Heb., different from the English version, reviewed]
15. H. Goren, 'Israeli Scholars since 1970 and the Study of the European Presence in Palestine in the Nineteenth Century (until World War I): State of the Art', B. Haider-Wilson and D. Trimbur (eds.), Europe and Palestine 1799-1948: Religion – Politics – Society (Historische Kommission, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenshaften), Wien 2010, pp. 55-73
16. H. Goren, 'School- and mission-conceptions of the German Catholics in Palestine until the First World War', N. Friedrich, U. Kaminsky and R. Löffler (eds.), The Social Dimension of Christian Missions in the Middle East: Historical Studies of the 19th and 20th Centuries (Missionsgeschichtliches Archiv, 16), Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2010, pp. 87-99 [reviewed]
17. H. Goren, 'Germany and Germans in Nineteenth-Century Palestine: A Reappraisal', Center for Digital Research and Scholarship, Columbia University's Academic Commons
18. H. Goren, 'Irish Explorers of the Jordan Rift and the Euphrates Valley in the 1830s: Science, Adventure and Imperialism', C. Montague and A. Frazier (eds.), George Moore: Dublin, Paris, Hollywood, Dublin and Portland, OR: Irish Academic Press, 2012, pp. 28-38
19. H. Goren, 'Ottheinrich and Sandtner: 16th Century Realistic Pilgrimage-Map and Imaginary Model of Jerusalem', B. Kühnel, G. Noga-Banai and H. Vorholt (eds), Visual Constructions of Jerusalem, Conference Volume (Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Agers, 18), Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2014, pp. 331-340
20. H. Goren and B. Schelhaas, 'Colonial, Religious and Scientific Mapping. The Cartographic Practice of Charles William Meredith van de Velde', J. García Álvarez, and J. Carlos Garcia (eds), History of Geography and Colonialism, Lisbon: Centro de Estudos Geográficos da Universidade de Lisbosa, 2015, pp. 211–227
21. H. Goren, 'Tobler, Sepp, and the Ruins of the Muristan', D. Vieweger and S. Gibson (eds), The Archaeology and History of the Church of the Redeemer and the Muristan in Jerusalem: A Collection of Essays from a Workshop on the Church of the Redeemer and its Vicinity held on 8th/9th September 2014 in Jerusalem, Oxford: Archaeopress, 2016, pp. 281-292
22. H. Goren, ‘The Historical Emergence of Replication: Reifying Geography through Repeated Surveys’, A. Shavit and A. M. Ellison (eds), Stepping in the Same River Twice: Replication in Biological Research, New Haven and London, 2017, pp. 37-50

Papers published in non-refereed volumes
1. H. Goren, ‘Introduction: Exploited or Unexploited Potential? Germany and the Middle East: Past, Present, and Future’, idem (ed.), Germany in the Middle East: Past, Present and Future (World Powers and the Middle East, The Harry S. Truman Institute), Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2003, pp. xi-xvii
2. H. Goren, 'Il pellegrinaggio di Ottheinrich (1519): arazzi e Riforma' ['Ottheinrich's Pilgrimage (1519): Tapestries and Reformation'], Viaggiatori, Pellegrini e Testimoni L'Incontro con la Terra Promessa/Terra Santa (Atti del convegno 11 Novembre 2009, Nevé Shalom/Wahat as-Salam, In occasione della manifestazione 'Una voce da Assisi: otto secoli dal messaggio francescano') [Travellers, Pilgrims and Testimonies, the Encounter with the Promised Land/ Holy Land, Conference proceedings, 11th November 2009, Nevé Shalom/Wahat as-Salam, on the occasion of the event 'A Voice from Assisi: Eight Centuries of the Franciscan Message'], Tel Aviv 2010, pp. 43-62 [63-80]
3. H. Goren, '"Der unstreitig beste Kenner des heutigen Jerusalems" – Conrad Schick und sein Werk', H. Goren and E.J. Eisler (eds.), Deutschland und Jerusalem im neunzehnten Jahrhundert, Conference Volume, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem: Keter, 2011, pp. 80-99
4. H. Goren, 'Mission, Erziehung, Gastfreundschaft und Wissenschaft – Die deutschen Katholiken und Jerusalem im 19. Jahrhundert', H. Goren and E.J. Eisler (eds.), Deutschland und Jerusalem im neunzehnten Jahrhundert, Conference Volume, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem: Keter, 2011, pp. 226-245
5. H. Goren, 'Pater Ernst Schmitz – Priester und Zoologe', H. Goren and E.J. Eisler (eds.), Deutschland und Jerusalem im neunzehnten Jahrhundert, Conference Volume, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem: Keter, 2011, pp. 246-258

Book Reviews
1. H. Goren, Buchbesprechungen: Rehav Rubin, Image and Reality: Jerusalem in Maps and Views, …, Jerusalem 1999, …, Erdkunde, 55 (2001), 98-100
2. H. Goren, Review: L. Zögner (ed.), Antike Welten Neue Regionen: Heinrich Kiepert 1818-1899, Berlin 1999, Horizons in Geography, 52 (2000), 136 [Heb.]
3. H. Goren, 'Mordechai Eliav, Österreich und das Heilige Land: Ausgewählte Konsulatsdokumente aus Jerusalem 1849-1917, Wien 2000', M. Zuckermann (ed.), Ethnizität, Moderne und Enttraditionalisierung (Tel Aviver Jahrbuch für deutsche Geschichte, 30), Göttingen: Wallstein, 2002, pp. 422-433
4. H. Goren, 'Through Children's Eyes or For Them? Descriptions of Eretz Israel in Juvenile Travel Literature', Cathedra, 104 (June 2002), pp. 157-164 [Heb.]
5. H. Goren, '"I Had the Honor of Wearing the Uniform of the Ottoman Army for Four Years" ', Cathedra, 110 (December 2003), pp. 153-158 [Heb.]
6. H. Goren, 'Germans in Palestine': Chronicle of a Utopia: The Templers in the Holy Land, 1868-1948, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem 2006', Zmanim, 96 (2006), pp. 118-120 [Heb.]
7. H. Goren, '"That Interesting Sheet of Water" (Book review: A.C.A. Jampoler, Sailors in the Holy Land, Annapolis MD, 2005), Cathedra, 124 (2007), pp. 175-179 [Heb.]

Other Publications
8.1 Books
1. L. Bez, H. Goren, M. Antmann & U. Gräf, Der Jüdische Friedhof in Freudental, Stuttgart: W. Kohlhamer, 1996

8.2 Articles
1. H. Goren, 'The Earliest Templer Settlement in Eretz Irael', E. Shiller (ed.), Zev Vilnay’s Jubilee Volume, Part II, Jerusalem: Ariel, 1987, pp. 269-278 [Heb., different from German version]
2. H. Goren, 'Introduction: 'The Voyage of the Carmelite Nuns from Jaffa to Haifa, 1891', Horizons: Studies in Geography, 20 (1987), pp. 84-86 [Heb.]
3. H. Goren, 'Tiberias as Described in Traveler's Literature', Metuv Tveria, 8 (December 1990), pp. 29-41 [Heb.]
4. H. Goren, 'J. M. Pines über deutsche Templerkolonien in Palästina als Vorbild für die jüdische Besiedlung des heiligen Landes', O. Kohler (ed.), In deines Herzens offene Wunde: In Erinnerung an Jochen Klepper (1903-1942), Gnadenthal 1992, pp. 44-49
5. H. Goren, 'Johannes Rudolph Roth - Researching Palestine until Death', Ariel, 102-103 (1994), pp. 190-201 [Heb., popular version of the German article]
6. H. Goren, 'Rosh Pinna - the Beginning Gei Oni in the Year 1882', Z. Aner (ed.), Sipurei Moshavot: The Story of the Fifty-Two Moshavot in Eretz-Israel, [Tel Aviv]: Ministry of Defence, 1996, pp. 213-217 [Heb.]
7. H. Goren, 'Kiepert and Shapira’s Route in Jemen', G. Barka’ai and E. Schiller (eds.), The 120th Volume of Ariel: Selected Essays on Eretz-Israel, Jerusalem: Ariel, 1997, pp. 229-234
8. H. Goren, 'Conrad Schick’s Scientific Endeavor', H. Goren, G. Barka’ai and E. Schiller (eds.), Conrad Schick: For Jerusalem (Ariel, 130-131), Jerusalem: Ariel, 1998, pp. 32-40 [Heb.]
9. H. Goren, 'Bibliography of Conrad Schick’s Publications', H. Goren, G. Barka’ai and E. Schiller (eds.), Conrad Schick: For Jerusalem (Ariel 130-131), Jerusalem: Ariel, 1998, pp. 227-236
10. H. Goren, 'Christian Activity on the Shores of the Sea of Galilee in the New Era', G. Barka’ai, E. Schiller and R. Dgani (eds.), The Sea of Galilee and its Vicinity in the Christian Tradition (Ariel, 139), Jerusalem: Ariel, 1999, pp. 125-132 [Heb.]
11. H. Goren and Y. Leshem, 'The Bird Man From Jerusalem', Et-Mol, 25/5 (151) (July 2000), pp. 10-13 [Heb.]
12. H. Goren, ‘Rosh Pina from the Perspective of the German Settlers in Palestine – 1889’, Paths Through the High Hills: The History of the Settlement of Rosh Pina and the Galilee, Research, Documentation and Folklore, 1 (2001), pp. 17-23 [Heb.]
13. H. Goren, entries in: A. Tishby (ed.), Holy Land in Maps from Medaba to the Satelite, Jerusalem: Israel Museum & Ministry of Defense, 2001 ('Samuel Heinrich Kiepert and Eduard Robinson', pp. 112-113; 'Franz Wilhelm Sieber', pp. 162-163; 'Carel William Meredith van de Welde', p. 164; 'Ermete Pierotti', p. 168; 'Models and Relief Maps of Jerusalem and its Monuments', pp. 172-172 (with R. Rubin) [Heb.]
14. H. Goren, entries in: A. Tishby (ed.), Holy Land in Maps, Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 2001: ’Samuel Heinrich Kiepert and Edward Robinson', 1840 (pp. 106--107); ‘Franz Wilhelm Sieber’ (p. 154); ‘Carel William Meredith van de Velde' (pp. 156-157) [similar to the Hebrew version]
15. H. Goren, 'Eastern Galilee and Hula Valley in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Travelers' Descriptions', G. Barkai and E. Schiller (eds.), Eastern Upper Galilee and Corazim Heights (Ariel 154), Jerusalem: Ariel, 2002, pp. 57-66
16. H. Goren, 'The Orient as percepted by the American Colony Photographers', The American Colony: Photographs from Eretz Israel and its Surroundings (Exhibition Catalog, Eli Lamberger Museum, Tel Hai), Tel Hai, 2002, pp. 5-13 [Heb.]
17. H. Goren, ' "The Place, Where God Himself Plays the Harp": Carl May's Excursions to the Holy Land', Et-Mol, 28/3 (2003), pp. 4-8 [Heb.]
18. H. Goren, 'Der Beitrag der Templer zur Erforschung Palästinas', Gemeindebrief der deutschsprachigen evangelischen Gemeinde an der Erlöserkirche Jerusalem (September-November 2004), pp. 33-37
19. H. Goren, 'The Prince and the… Carpet', Et-Mol, 30\1 [177] (2005), 8-13 [Heb.]
20. H. Goren, 'Following Them: Dead Sea Explorers in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century', Dubi Tal (ed.), Unrevealed Beauty: Skyline – The Dead Sea, Hezliya: Albatross, 2006, pp. 102-103 [Heb.]
21. H. Goren, 'Forward: On Eretz Israel, Pilgrimage, the Templers – and their Album', Yoel Amir, Holy Land Views 1906, Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, 2006, pp. 7-11 [Heb.]
22. H. Goren, 'Chasing the Level: How was the level of the Dead Sea established?', R.I.M.S. News, Report 34 (2008), pp. 3-7
23. H. Goren, 'The Excursion to Establish the Level of the Dead Sea', Galileo, 129 (Mai 2009), pp. 26-35 [Heb.]
24. H. Goren, 'The Sources of the Jordan and the Huleh Valley (1806) in Ulrich Jasper Seetzen's Travel Description', E. Schiller and G. Bark'ai (eds.), The Galilee and the North of the Country: Essays in Eretz Isarel's Studies, Presented to Micha (Mike) Livneh (Ariel 195-196), Jerusalem: Ariel, 2011, pp. 115-121
25. H. Goren, 'Beginning of the Scientific Study of the Negev', E. Schiller and G. Bark'ai (eds.), Following the First Explorers of Eretz Israel (Ariel 202), Jerusalem: Ariel, 2013, pp. 65-78
26. H. Goren, '"The German Catholic Establishment outside the Jaffa Gate": Pioneering German Catholic Activity in Palestine', R. Bonfil (ed.), The Italian Jewish Cultural Centre in the Heart of Jerusalem, Jerusalem: U. Navon Museum of Italian Jewish Art, 2014, pp. 15-40
27. H. Goren, 'Edward Robinson – Father of the Scientific Study of Eretz Israel', A. Schiller and G. Barka'ai (eds.), Wonderful Land: Jerusalem and Eretz Israel, Papers and Studies (Ariel 206-207), Jerusalem 2014, pp. 64-74 [Heb.]
28. Items in: P. Weigel, H. Goren, B. Schelhaas and J. Faehndrich (eds.), Das Heilige Land in Gotha: Der verlag Justus Perthes und die Palästinakartographie im 19. Jahrhundert (Veröffentlichungen der Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, 50), Gotha: Unversität Erfurt\ Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, 2014:
28.1 'Berlin um 1850: Carl Ritter konzentriert Fragen und Forscher', p. 41, with B. Schelhaas
28.2 'Berlin um 1830: Carl Ritter ermutigt junge Kartographen', p. 43
28.3 'Berlin um 1840: Heinrich Berghaus konstruirt Reiserouten', p. 47
28.4 'London 1854: John Arrowsmith kartiert Edward Robinson zweite Reise nach Palästina', p. 49
28.5 'London 1848: August Petermann verfleicht Flussgefälle', p. 53, with B. Schelhaas
28.6 'Auf dem See Genezareth 1841: Lieutenant Symonds irrt bei Höhenmessungen', p. 71
28.7 'Zwischen See Genezareth und Totem Meer 1848: Marineoffizier Lynch erforscht dem Jordanlauf', p. 73
28.8 'Judäa Ende 1857: Titus Tobler ist zu Pferd und Fuß westlich Jerusalems unterwegs', p. 75
28.9 'Ostjordanien 1860: Richard Doergens bestimmt Höhen und Orte', p. 79
28.10 'Palästina 1837: Johann ,artin Bernatz zeichnet Ansichten biblischer Orte', p. 93
28.11 , p. 101 'Berlin 1844: Ernst Gustav Schultz referiert über Jerusalem', p. 101
28.12 'Berlin 1852: Heinrich Lange kartiert Carl Ritters Forschungen zu Jerusalem', p. 103, with P. Weigel
28.13 'Zwischen Jaffa und Jerusalem 1864: Conrad Schick plant Straßen und Eisenbahnen', p. 117, with B. Schelhaas

H. Goren, 'German Bricks in the Holy Land: 19th century German settler's influence on the country's landscape', Et-Mol, 242 (October 2015), 15-17 [Heb.]
30. H. Goren, 'Baedeker's unique contribution', E. Hacohen and E. Schiller (eds), The First Guide Books to the Holy Land (Ariel 213), Jerusalem 2016, pp. 42-44