Prof. Raanan Rein is the Elías Sourasky Professor of Latin American and Spanish History and a former Vice President of Tel Aviv University. Rein is the author and editor of more than forty books and over a hundred articles in academic journals and edited volumes. He is a member of Argentina’s National Academy of History and a former President of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA).

He has received several honors, including the title of Commander in the Order of the Liberator San Martín, awarded by the Government of Argentina for his contribution to Argentine culture, and the title of Commander in the Order of the Civil Merit, awarded by the King of Spain. In 2016, he received the Reimar Lüst Award (co-sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation).