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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 Tel Aviv 64245, Israel Mount Scoups, 91905 Israel Cell phone: 972-(0)-54-4857610 Office phone: 972-(0)2-5883920 Email: david.fishelov@mail.huji.ac.il Educational Background 1978 BA in Comparative Literature and in Philosophy, Tel Aviv University 1981 MA in Comparative Literature, Tel Aviv University 1986 Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley Appointments at the Hebrew Univesity 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 2013 Full Professor, Department of Comparative Literature Additional Functions/Tasks at the Hebrew University (selection) 1995-2006 Teaching at the Rothberg International School for Overseas Students, The Hebrew Univeristy 1996-1997 Member of the Teaching Committee at the Rothberg International School 1996-1998 Graduate Advisor at the Rothberg International School 1999-2001 Chair, Department of Comparative Literature 2002-2006 Member of the Council of Research Students in the Humanities and Social Sciences 2012 (Fall) Substitute-Chair, Department of Comparative Literature, Fall Semester 2014 (Fall) Substitute-Chair, Department of Comparative Literature, Fall Semester Service in Other Universities and Research Institutions 1978-1982 Teaching Assistant, Department of Comparative Literature, Tel Aviv University 1984-1986 Teaching Associate, Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley 1992-1993 Visiting Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studeis, UC Berkeley 1994-1996 Adjacent Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, Tel Aviv University 1998 Visiting Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago 2001 Visiting Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Lang. and Cultures, Columbia University 2014 Visiting Professor, EHESS, Paris Awards, Honors, Fellowships and Prizes 1978 Honor awareded by the Dean of Humanities, Tel Aviv University 1979 Honor awarded by the Dean of Humanities, Tel Aviv University 1980 Honor awareded by the University Rector, Tel Aviv University 1986 The Benjamin Goor Prize in Advanced Jewish Studies, UC Berkeley 1986 The Mabell Lewis Grant for Dissertation in the Humanities at Northern Universities of California 1986 The Chancellor Dissertation Fellowship, UC Berkeley 1989 The Golda Meir Fellowship, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1998 The Bahat Prize for the best non-fiction manuscript of a book on biblical Samson in literature and art Travel and Research Grants 1982 Education Exchange Grant, US-Israel Educational Foundation-Fulbright 1990 The British Councel Grant in aid for a research in the UK 1994 Israel Science Foundation, a grant for a research project on biblical Samson in literature and art (3 years) 2012 Intramural Research Grant, The Authority of Research and Development, The Hebrew University 2013 Israel Science Foundation, a grant for a research project on the canonization of H.N. Bialik (3 years) Selected Acacemic and Academic-Related Activites 1995 Chair, Committee of the Ministry of Arts for awarding fellowship for translation into Hebrew 1995-1998 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, Tel Aviv 1996-1997 Member of the Teaching Committee at the Rothberg International School 1996-1998 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 2006 Chair, Committee of the Bernstein Prize for the best book of fiction, The Book Publishers Ass. of Israel 2007 Consultant for Hebrew terms in Narrative Theory, Academy of the Hebrew Language 2011 Chair, Committee of the Yehuda Amichai Prize in Poetry, Ministry of Culture and City of Jerusalem 2012 Nominated for the Editorial Board of Connotations: A Journal for Critical Debate Membership in Professional Associations Connotations: Society for Critical Debate IGEL: Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Media Titles of Courses Taught at the Hebrew University (during the past five years) The Living Bible in Modern Literature Lights and Shadows in the Age of Enlightenment Poetic Prose, Prosaic Poetry Dialogues with Great Books How to Read Poetry Dialogue: Voices and Positions Literary Works in Film Introduction to Poetry The Dynamics of Canon Formation Directing of Doctoral Dissertations Dr. Sagit Blumrozen-Sela; Research Proposal submitted 1997; Dissertation approved 2000 Dr. Dov Simchon; Research Proposal submitted 2001; Dissertation approved 2006 Dr. Naomi Ben-Gur (co-supervising with Miri Baruch); Research Proposal submitted 2006; Dissertation approved 2010 Mr. Daniel Avitzour; Research Proposal submitted 2014 Directing of MA Theses Ms. Galit Levi-Samorai; Thesis submitted and approved 2000 Mr. Daniel Birenbaum (co-supervising with Avraham Noverstern); Thesis submitted and approved 2009 Ms. Dalia Ish-Shalom, Thesis submitted and approved 2010 Ms. Shiri Rosenfeld, Thesis submitted and approved 2011 Mr. Dan Yair, Thesis submitted and approved 2013 Ms. Edna Ruppin, Thesis submitted and approved 2013