Faculty of Humanities / English and American
Professor Shira Wolosky
Literary Theory, Poetics, Feminism
Professor Shira Wolosky
Literary Theory, Poetics, Feminism
Curriculum Vitae
Shira Wolosky
Full Professor, English and American Literature
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Born: 1954, New York, U.S.A.
Education:
Jan. 1981: Princeton University, Ph.D. with distinction, Comparative Literature,
Major Specialization: English and American Literature, nineteenth and
twentieth centuries
1978‑1979: Fulbright Scholar at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
June, 1978: Princeton University, M.A. with distinction, Comparative Literature,
June, 1975: Brown University, B.A. summa cum laude, Comparative Literature
Dissertation: "Linguistic Poetics: Literary Responses to Modern Cultural Crisis."
Directors: Robert Fagles, Joseph Frank, Emory Elliott, A. Walton LItz
Academic Honors:
Sept. 2011: Scholar in Residence, Cardoza Law School, NY
Jan-March, 2011: Drue Heinz Visiting Professor, Rothermere Institute, Oxford University
April, 2010: Fellow at the Center for Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Jan-March, 2008: Drue Heinz Visiting Professor, Rothermere Institute, Oxford University
Jan-June, 2007: Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton: School of History
August, 2003: Einstein Forum Fellowship, Potsdam, Germany
November, 2001: Fellow at the Center for Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania
2001-2002: Littauer Foundation Grant
2000-2001: Guggenheim Fellowship
1993-1995: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Research Grant
1985‑1986: Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem
1983‑1984: Morse Fellowship, Yale University
June, 1983: Whitney Griswold Research Grant, Yale University
June, 1982: American Council of Learned Societies Grant‑in‑Aid
June, 1981: Sidonie Claus Dissertation Award in Comparative Literature, Princeton University
1978‑1979: Fulbright‑Hayes/Israel Government Grant, Hebrew University in Jerusalem
1978‑1979: Whiting Fellowship in the Humanities
1975‑1978: Princeton University Fellowship
1975: Rosalie Colie Award in Comparative Literature, Brown University
1975: Phi Beta Kappa, Brown University
Academic Positions:
2009-2011: Director of Graduate Programs, Rothberg International School at the Hebrew University
From 1998: Full Professor, Hebrew University
1998 - 2005: Fellow, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem
1987: Senior Lecturer, Hebrew University [Tenure: 1994]
Jan. 1987: Visiting Professor, Hebrew University
1985-6: Associate Professor of English Literature, Yale University
1984‑1985: Assistant Director of the Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University
198O‑1985: Assistant Professor of English Literature, Yale University
1976‑198O: Teaching Fellow, Princeton University
1974‑1975: Teaching Fellow, Brown University
Teaching Awards: 1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2009