Curriculum Vitae
AYA ELYADA
August 2014
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born in Israel, 1977
Previous name: Aya Lahav
Married, 2 children
HIGHER EDUCATION
2010
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PhD The Graduate School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv University
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2004-2009
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PhD studies at The Graduate School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv University, and as a visiting doctoral student at the Lehrstuhl für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich. Research conducted under the supervision of Prof. Shulamit Volkov (Tel Aviv) and Prof. Michael Brenner (Munich). Subject of research: “Early Modern Christian Literature on Yiddish in the German-Speaking World”
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2001-2004
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MA The Graduate School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv University. MA thesis: “Language, Religion and Nation in Early Modern Europe: The Depiction of Yiddish in Johann Jakob Schudt’s Jüdische Merckwürdigkeiten (Frankfurt a.M. 1714-1718)” supervised by Prof. Shulamit Volkov, summa cum laude.
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1998-2001
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BA Department of History, School of History’s Honors Program and Amirim Honors Program in Humanities, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, summa cum laude.
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2012-
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Fall 2010
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Visiting Lecturer at the Department of History, Tel Aviv University
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2009-2012
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Visiting Scholar, Department of History, Duke University
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RESEARCH GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
2014
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Research Grant of the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF), Young Scientists Program
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2013-2017
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Research Grant of the Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
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2013-2017
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Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (CIG)
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2012-2015
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Yigal Alon Fellowship for Outstanding Junior Faculty, Israeli Council for Higher Education
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2012-2013
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International Fellowship of the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
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2012-2013
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Gerald Westheimer Career Development Award, Leo Baeck Institute
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2009-2011
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Postdoctoral Fellowship of Yad Hanadiv Foundation, Israel
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2008-2009
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Scholarship of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies, Tel Aviv University / Scholarship of the Goldreich Family Institute for Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture, Tel Aviv University
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2007-2008
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Dan David Prize for excellence in PhD studies, Tel Aviv University
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2006
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Grant of the Pedagogica Foundation for Graduate Students, Tel Aviv University
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2005-2007
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Minerva Fellowship of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft for research in Germany
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2004-2005
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The Hertie Foundation scholarship for studies and research in Germany
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2004
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Prize of the Leo Baeck Institute for MA thesis
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2003
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Grant of the Wolf Foundation for excellence in MA studies, Tel Aviv University
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2003
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Grant of the Lessing Memorial Foundation, Tel Aviv University
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2002
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Grant of the Neuberger Memorial Foundation for German-Jewish studies, Tel Aviv University
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2001-2002
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Scholarship of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation, in the Ignatz Bubis’ Memorial Fund-program, Germany
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2001
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Prize of the School of History, Tel Aviv University
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2001
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Prize for excellence in BA studies – Yaacov Talmon Memorial Foundation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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2000
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DAAD scholarship for a summer course in Germany
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2000
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Prize for promising students of the middle ages, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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1999-2000
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Dean’s Prize (Humanities), Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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1998-1999
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Dean’s Prize (Humanities), Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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1998-2001
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Amirim Honors Program’s scholarship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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ACADEMIC TEACHING
Language and the Construction of Culture in Germany, 15th-18th centuries
The Yiddish-German Encounter Throughout the Ages
Christian Hebraism in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
The Reformation as a Religious, Social, and Cultural Revolution
Luther, the Reformation and the German Language
Christian-Jewish Relations in Early Modern Germany
Religion and Society in 16th-Century Germany
Poverty and Crime in Early Modern Europe
RESEARCH STUDENTS
2013- Amit Levy, M.A. thesis: From Breslau to Jerusalem: Martin Plessner's Encounters with the Orient (joint supervision with Prof. Yfaat Weiss)
2013- Tuvia Singer, Ph.D. thesis: Jews and Other Minorities in 19th-Century German Folk Tales (joint supervision with Prof. Galit Hasan-Rokem)
LANGUAGES
Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish, Latin
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