Faculty of Humanities / Institute of Archaeology
Prof. Yosef Garfinkel
Prof. Yosef Garfinkel

List of Publications Sha'ar Hagolan Art Khirbet Qeiyafa Excavations Stone tools Prehistoric Pottery



Dr. Yosef Garfinkel
Yigael Yadin Chair in Archaeology of Eretz Israel


Curriculum Vitae
January 2011
 
1. Personal Details
Born: 23.7.1956, Israel
ID # 05391899
Nationality: Israel
Marital Status: Married + 2 children.
1975-1978 Israel Defense Forces. Reserve service 1978-2001.
Address: Reuven Arazi 34/7, Jerusalem, Israel
Tel. (work) 02-5882412
Fax: 02-5825548
garfinkel@mscc.huji.ac.il      
 
2. Academic Education
From-to          Institute                     Department                                     Degree 
1979-81           Hebrew University       Geography & Archaeology                 B.A.
1982-87           Hebrew University        Prehistory, Biblical Archaeology      M.A.                        
1988-92           Hebrew University        Archaeology                                      Ph.D.                       
1992                Harvard University        Anthropology & Semitic Museum    Post D.                    
 
 
3. Positions at HebrewUniversity
From-to            Position                                          Department
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1983-87         Research Assistant                         Archaeology
1988-91         Teaching Assistant                         Archaeology
1992-94         Instructor                                           Archaeology
1995-00         Lecturer                                            Archaeology
May 2001      Senior Lecturer                                Archaeology
2004              Associate Professor                       Archaeology           
 
 
4. Other Positions at HebrewUniversity
1995-8.          Head of Archaeology program at Rehovot extension of the Faculty of
                       Humanities.
Since 2001   Every summer 6 weeks archaeological summer camp for the Youth
                      ScienceCenter (“Noar Shoher Mada”נוער שוחר מדע ).
2004-6         Head of the Biblical Archaeology department at the Institute of
                     Archaeology
2005-8        Head of the BermanCenter for Biblical Archaeology.   
2007            Yigael Yadin Chair in Archaeology of Eretz Israel
 

5. Activities at Other Universities or Research Institutions
1987-1992        Centre de Recherché Francais de Jerusalem, Research Assistance 
1985- 1993       Albright Institute of Archaeology, Research fellow
Autumn 1995   YaleUniversity, Research Affiliate in Anthropology
2000                 OxfordUniversity, Visiting scholar at the AshmoleanMuseum
                         and Wolfsan Collage
2000                CambridgeUniversity, Visiting scholar at the McDonald Institute for
                       Archaeological Research
 
 
6. Other Academic Activities:
1. Since 1994. Curator, ArchaeologicalMuseum, Kibbutz Sha‘ar Hagolan .
2. 1999. Guest curator, BibleLandsMuseum, Jerusalem, exhibition: The Yarmukians,
              Neolithic Art from Sha‘ar Hagolan.               
3. Editorial advisory board at: Bulletin of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society.
4. Guest editor: Near Eastern Archaeology, a special issue on dance in the Ancient
                Near East (Vol. 66, 2003).
 
Polonsky Book Prize
2006: Polonsky Book Prize for creativity and originality in the Humanities, for the
              book: Dance at the Dawn of Agriculture. Austin: TexasUniversity Press, 2003. 


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