EDUCATION

1981              B.A.   University of California, Berkeley, Comparative Literature 

1983              M.A., University of California, Berkeley,  Comparative Literature 

1990              Ph.D.,   University of California, Berkeley, Comparative Literature

                      Dissertation: “Pursuits of the Past: Feminist Literary Reading of       

                                                Antithetical Biblical Texts.”

 ACADEMIC POSITIONS

1990-1992    Assistant Professor,  Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University

1996                           Visiting Professor (sabbatical),  Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley 

1992-            Lecturer & Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Comparative Literature, Hebrew University

2008              Professor, Dept. of Comparative Literature, Hebrew University

2003- 2008   Chair, Department of Comparative Literature, Hebrew University

2006 (Sep.-Oct.) Visiting Professor, Dept. of Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley

GRANTS AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS (Selected List)

1988-90           Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture (doctoral scholarships)

1989-90           Lady Davis Fellowship

1989                      Distinguished Instructor, Hebrew University

1990                      Princeton University Research Grant

1992-93      Hebrew University Research Grant

1993-96          Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Research Grant

1997           Federman Research Grant, Jewish Studies, HU

1997 - 2005   Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute for Advanced Studies

2004-2005 Internal Research Grant, HU

2005-2006 Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at HU

2005 -         Joseph H. and Belle Braun Senior Lectureship in Humanities

2005-2007  Israel Science Foundation Research Grant.