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Curriculum Vitae David Fishelov Office Address: Home Address: Department of Comparative Literature 20 Hakalir St. Apt. 5 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91905 Tel Aviv 64245 Tel.: 972-(0)2-5883920. Fax: 972-2-5881245 Home Phone: 972-(0)77-4450691 E-mail: fishelov@mscc.huji.ac.il Cell/Fax: 972-(0)544-857610 Educational Background 1975‑1978 BA in Poetics & Comparative Literature and in Philosophy, Tel Aviv University 1978‑1981 MA in Poetics and Comparative Literature, Tel Aviv University 1982-1986 Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, U.C. Berkeley Appointments in the Hebrew University 1987 Associate Lecturer, Department of Comparative Literature 1989 Lecturer, Department of Comparative Literature 1994 Senior Lecturer, Department of Comparative Literature 1999 Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Literature Teaching Experience 1978‑1982 Teaching Assistant, Poetics & Comparative Literature, Tel Aviv University 1984‑1986 Teaching Associate, Near Eastern Studies, U.C. Berkeley 1986‑1992 Lecturer, Comparative Literature, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1992-1993 Visiting Assistant Professor, Near Eastern Studies, U.C. Berkeley 1994-1998 Senior Lecturer, Comparative Literature, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1994-1996 Visiting Senior Lecturer, Poetics & Comparative Literature, Tel Aviv University 1995-2006 Teaching at the Rothberg International School for Overseas Students 1998 Visiting Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago 2001 Visiting Associate Professor, Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University 1999-present Associate Professor, Comparative Literature, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Special Awards, Honors and Prizes 1978/9 Honors awarded by the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv U. 1980 Honor awarded by the Rector of TAU for excellent achievements in studies 1982 Education Exchange Grant, Educational Foundation. 1986 The Benjamin Goor Prize in Advanced Jewish Studies, U.C. Berkeley 1986 The Mabell Lewis Grant for Dissertation in the Humanities in Northern Universities of California 1986 The Chancellor Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley 1989 The Golda Meir Fellowship, awarded by the Rector of The Hebrew U. of Jerusalem 1990 The British Council Grant in Aid for research studies in the 1994-97 The Israel Science Foundation, A Research Grant on biblical Samson in Literature and Art 1998 The Bahat First Prize, for a manuscript on biblical Samson, The Haifa UP and Zmora Bitan Publishers Acacemic and Academic-Related Activites 1995 Committee chair, Ministry of Arts, fellowship for translation into Hebrew 1995-98 Representative of the Faculty of Humanities at the Rothberg International School 1996 Writing a report on a research proposal for Israel Science Foundation 1996 Reader of two articles for a scholarly series, Porter Institute, TAU 1996/97 Member of the Teaching Committee at the Rothberg International School 1996-98 Graduate Advisor, Graduate Program, the Rothberg International School 1999-2001 Chair, Department of Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University 2002-2006 Member, the Council of Research Students in the Humanities and Social Sciences, the Hebrew U Titles of Courses Taught at the Hebrew University (during the past five years) The Bible in Modern Literature Modern Theories of Poetry Lights and Shadows in the Age of Enlightenment The Living Bible in Israeli Literature Poetic Prose, Prosaic Poetry Dialogues with Great Books Israeli Literature: From Commitment to Dissent How to Read Poetry Between Sacred and Secular Literature Evolution and Adaptation in Biology and Literature Directing of Doctoral Dissertations Dr. Sagit Blumrosen, Ph.D., Research Proposal submitted 1997; Dissertation approved 2000 Dr. Dov Simchon, Ph.D., Research Proposal submitted 2001; Dissertation approved 2006 Dr. Naomi Ben-Gur, Research Proposal submitted 2006; Dissertation approved 2010 Other Activities at the Hebrew University 1995-present Director of four MA theses 1995-present Reader of ten MA theses 1996-present Member of eight doctoral committees

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