Zvika ORR

Selected presentations

Invited lectures, seminars, and workshops

• “The Politics of Economic and Social Rights: Knowledge and Nationality in the NGO Yedid in Haifa.” Invited presentation at the conference: “Exotics Next Door,” 21 May 2009, University of Haifa.
• “Buying and Selling Organs in Israel and Judaism: Moral Perceptions, Public Policy, and Law.” Invited presentation at the PhD Forum of Federmann School of Public Policy & Government, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 21 December 2010.
• “The Socio-Cultural Construction of Public Policies Concerning Bioethical Dilemmas: The Case of Purchase and Sale of Organs in Israel and Judaism.” Invited presentation at the Social Policy Workshop, School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 16 May 2011.
• “Between Research and Engagement in the Field: Jewish-Palestinian Relations and Action Strategies in an NGO for Social Change.” Invited presentation at the meeting on “Students’ Engagement in Conflict Zones,” 16 February 2012, Tel Aviv University.
• “From Collective Amnesia to Recognition: Memory Work, Conservation, and Reconciliation in Lifta.” Invited presentation at the international workshop: “Contested Urban Spaces in the 21^st Century: Planning with Recognition,” 16-17 May 2012, Tel Aviv University (with Daphna Golan).
• Invited participation at the “Illicit Organs Trade” workshop of the international summit: “Illicit Networks: Forces in Opposition,” 16-18 July 2012, Los Angeles, USA.
• “International Norms, Local Worlds: An Ethnographic Perspective on Organ Trafficking in the Israeli Context.” Invited faculty presentation at the 3^rd ELPAT Congress: “Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Transplantation: Global Issues, Local Solutions,” 20-23 April 2013, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• “The Social Construction of Moral Perceptions and Public Policies Concerning Purchase and Sale of Organs for Transplant.” Invited presentation at the 7^th Galilee Colloquium on Social, Moral and Legal Philosophy, 19-22 June 2013, Kfar Blum.
• “The Social Construction of Moral Perceptions and Public Policies Concerning Purchase and Sale of Organs for Transplant.” Invited presentation at the Medical Psychology Forum, Hadassah Medical Center, 31 October 2013, Jerusalem.
• “Trafficking in Organs for Transplantation in Israel: The Social Construction of Moral Perceptions and Public Policies.” Invited presentation at the Anthropological Forum, Department of Anthropology, University of Haifa, 6 November 2014.
• Invited participation at the workshop on “Protection of Persons Targeted or Trafficked for the Purpose of Organ Removal.” International Writers’ Conference and Symposium: “Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Organ Removal,” 19-21 November 2014, The Hague, The Netherlands.
• “Community-Engaged Ethnographic Research: Methodological and Ethical Dilemmas.” Invited guest lecture at the Institute of Criminology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 27 April 2015.
• “Medical Professionals’ Moral Dilemmas as a Result of Policy Changes: The Case of Organ Trafficking in Israel.” Invited presentation at the 44^th Annual Conference of the Israeli Anthropological Association, 8-9 June 2016, Kinneret College.
• “Localized Medical Moralities: Organ Trafficking in the Israeli Context.” Invited presentation (“distinguished speaker”) at the international conference “Anthropology on the Front Lines: Honoring the Work of Nancy Scheper-Hughes,” 1-2 May 2017, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
• “Concluding Remarks on Academia-Community Partnerships.” Invited talk at the seminar “Bridges of Knowledge: Campus-Community Partnerships in Israel,” 9 May 2017, Mofet Institute, Tel Aviv.
• “Localization of Human Rights of Individuals with Disabilities in Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Communities in Israel.” Invited talk at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, University of California, Berkeley, 4 October 2017.
• Invited participation in the “Israeli Hope in Academia” delegation to Toronto, Canada, sponsored by the Council for Higher Education and the Rothschild Caesarea Foundation, 18-22 March 2018.  
• “Human Rights of People with Disabilities in Haredi Communities.” Invited talk at the Council for Higher Education Meeting, 28 May 2018, The Polonsky Academy, Jerusalem.
• “The Sociopolitical Determinants of Health in Conflict Zones: Promoting Structural Competency in Jerusalem.” Invited talk at a plenary session of the international summit “Universities’ Social Responsibility in Shaping a Future of Critical Hope,” 2-4 December 2018, University of Haifa and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• “Students’ Community Engagement with People with Disabilities in Jerusalem.” Invited presentation at the international summit “Universities’ Social Responsibility in Shaping a Future of Critical Hope,” 2-4 December 2018, University of Haifa and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• “Academia-Community Partnership for the Promotion of Human Rights of People with Disabilities in Haredi Society.” Invited talk at the symposium “Community Activism in the Academia in Israel,” 27 November 2019, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem.
• “Haredi Students’ Community Engagement.” Invited talk at the online conference “Religiosity, Health, and the COVID-19 Pandemic,” 8 September 2020.
• “People with Disabilities in Israel and in the Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Community.” Invited seminar (online), 1 October 2020, Institute of Developing Economies - JETRO, Chiba, Japan.
• “Disability Rights Localization in Haredi Communities.” Invited talk (online) at the meeting of the Disability Studies Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2 June 2021.
• “Introducing the Concept of Disability Rights in Local Communities: An Israeli Case Study.” Invited talk (online) at the Israel-Japan Disability Studies International Seminar, hosted by The University of Tokyo, Institute of Developing Economies – JETRO, and the Embassy of Israel in Japan, 15 December 2022.
• “Haredi Students’ Leadership and Community Engagement: Bridging Between Academia and Haredi Society.” Invited talk at the Rothschild Foundation’s meeting, 23 January 2023, Ono Academic College.
• “Impact Entrepreneurship in Nursing Education.” Invited talk at the Rothschild Foundation’s meeting, 21 February 2023, The Edmond de Rothschild Center, Tel Aviv.
• “Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Nursing Education: Nurses as Critical Intellectuals.” Invited talk at the conference “Heroines of the Holocaust: Nurses and Doctors as Resisters in Genocide,” 6 June 2023, Wagner College, New York, USA.
• “Disability, Religion, and Social Difference in France.” Invited talk at the workshop “Disability, Migration and the Politics and Theory of Social Difference,” organized by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, 23-24 May 2024, University of Göttingen, Germany.
• “Treating Palestinian Patients in Israeli Hospitals: Towards Conflict-Informed Care.” Invited presentation at The Case of the Human Working Conference – The Lancet Global Social Medicine Case Series, 6-8 September 2024, The University of Chicago, USA.
• “People with Disabilities in Jewish Religious Communities in France: An intersectional perspective.” Invited talk at the 56^th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, 15-19 December 2024, online.
• “Organ Trafficking: How Moral Perceptions and Public Policies Are Socially Constructed?” Invited talk at The Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Tel Aviv University, 24 March 2025.

Lectures at conferences and workshops

• “Contested Homes: The Reaction of the Architectural Profession to the Build Your Own Home Project.” 38^th Annual Conference of the Israeli Sociological Society, 14-15 February 2007, University of Haifa (with Hadas Shadar).
• “Towards an Anthropology of Human Rights: Aspects of Construction of Knowledge and Reality.” 37^th Annual Conference of the Israeli Anthropological Association, 22-23 April 2009, Kinneret College.
• “The Adaptation of Human Rights Norms in Local Settings: Intersections of Local and Bureaucratic Knowledge in a Social Rights Organization in Israel.” International PhD Workshop: “International Order – Transnational Processes and Their Effects,” 11-12 November 2010, Free University of Berlin, Germany.
• “Multiculturalism as a Means of De-Politicization in a Social Rights Organization in Israel.” International Conference: “Nations, Regions, Organizations – Cultural Diversity as a Source of Integration and Alienation,” 22-23 November 2010, University of Szczecin, Poland.
• “Between Social Commitment and Professional Commitment in Anthropology.” 39^th Annual Conference of the Israeli Anthropological Association, 29-30 May 2011, University of Haifa (with Itamar Haritan).
• “The Social Origins of Moral Perceptions and Public Policies Regarding the Buying, Selling, and Trafficking of Organs.” 15^th Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 4-7 September 2011, Glasgow, UK.
• “Contested Homes: Professionalism, Hegemony, and Architecture in Times of Change.” 10^th Conference of the European Sociological Association: “Social Relations in Turbulent Times,” 7-10 September 2011, Geneva, Switzerland.
• “The Socio-Cultural Shaping of Moral Perceptions and Public Policy Decisions toward Ethical Dilemmas Concerning Health and the Human Body: The Case of Buying and Selling Organs in Israel and Judaism.” 10^th Conference of the European Sociological Association: “Social Relations in Turbulent Times,” 7-10 September 2011, Geneva, Switzerland.
• “Managing Cultural Diversity through Multiculturalism in NGOs for Social Change: An Israeli Case Study.” “Re-Thinking Diversity: 2^nd International Conference on Narrative & Innovation,” 20-21 September 2012, Karlshochschule International University, Karlsruhe, Germany.
• “The Social Construction of Moral Perceptions and Public Policies Concerning Purchase and Sale of Organs for Transplant.” The Jerusalem Forum for Bioethics, 22 May 2013, Jerusalem.
• “Space, Conservation, and Memory Work in the Village of Lifta.” 41^st Annual Conference of the Israeli Anthropological Association, 29-30 May 2013, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem (with Daphna Golan and Sami Ershied).
• “The Global-Local Nexus in Health-Related Crises: The Case of Organ Trafficking in the Israeli Context.” 11^th Conference of the European Sociological Association: “Crisis, Critique and Change,” 28-31 August 2013, Torino, Italy.
• “The Struggle for Recognition of Disabilities Caused by Chronic Illness: The Case of Fibromyalgia and CFS.” 48^th Annual Conference of the Israeli Sociological Society, 30-31 January 2017, The Open University of Israel (with Shaul Horwitz and Adi Finkelstein).
• “Vernacular Conceptions of Human Rights in Israeli society: The Case of Haredi People with Disabilities.” 34^th Annual Meeting of the Association for Israel Studies, 25-27 June 2018, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
• “Earthquake Mitigation Among the Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel.” Paper presented at the conference “Health and Disaster Mitigation in Multicultural Society,” 4 November 2018, JIB, Jerusalem (with Osnat Barnea et al.).
• “Organizations as Translators of Human Rights Values in Local Conservative Communities.” The 2019 Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association: “The Future of Work,” 10-12 September 2019, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.
• “Community Engagement of Underrepresented College Students: Ultra-Orthodox Students in Israel as Social Change Agents.” 15^th Conference of the European Sociological Association: “Sociological Knowledges for Alternative Futures,” 31 August – 3 September 2021, Barcelona, Spain (online).
• “Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Nursing Education: Nurses as Critical Intellectuals.” Sigma 33^rd International Nursing Research Congress, 21-25 July 2022, Edinburgh, UK.
• “Community Engagement of Underrepresented Nursing Students: The Case of Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Students.” NET-NEP 8^th International Nurse Education Conference, 19-22 October 2022, Sitges, Spain.
• “Holocaust and Genocide Studies for Nurses: Enhancing Conscious Leadership.” NET-NEP 8^th International Nurse Education Conference, 19-22 October 2022, Sitges, Spain.
• “Israeli Healthcare Professionals’ Reaction to Political Violence: Medical Neutrality and Engagement During Conflict.” 39^th Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies, 26-28 June 2023, New York University, USA.
• “Haredi College Students in Community Engagement Programs: Bridging Between Academia and Haredi Society in Israel.” 39^th Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies, 26-28 June 2023, New York University, USA.
• “People with Disabilities in Jewish Religious Communities in France: An Intersectional Perspective.” The conference “Diversity and Difference – Studies in Subjectivation,” 28-30 September 2023, Kiel University, Germany.
• “Israeli Architects’ Reaction to Arab Cultures: Professions, Hegemony, and Government.” 18^th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists: “Doing and Undoing with Anthropology,” 23-26 July 2024, University of Barcelona, Spain.
• “School Education for Children with Disabilities in Jewish Religious Communities in France: An Intersectional Analysis.” 13^th European Disability Research Conference (ALTER), 8-10 July 2025, University of Innsbruck, Austria.  

Conference posters

Posters presented at conferences of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Gold Humanism Honor Society, World Federation of Public Health Associations, NET-NEP, Israeli Society for Emergency Medicine, Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, and other institutions.

Dr. Orr has received travel grants from institutions including UC Berkeley, the University of Chicago, the University of Tokyo, Wagner College, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Google Ideas and Council on Foreign Relations, the European Society for Organ Transplants (ELPAT section), the Swiss-Israel Philosophy Foundation, the EU-funded HOTT research project, and others.

He has organized international and national conferences and seminars.