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Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE
Tamar S. Hess
Sidney and Betty Sarah Berg Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Language Updated: February 2012
E-mail address: tamar.hess@mail.huji.ac.il
EDUCATION
(in chronological order)
1989 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hebrew Literature and
Interdisciplinary Program, BA, magna cum laude
1995 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Topic: Images of Femininity in
Third Aliya Literature, MA, Summa cum laude
2003 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Topic: Autobiographical
Writings by Women of the Second Aliya, Ph.D., Advisors: Prof. Yigal
Schwartz and Dr. Ruth Ginsburg.
APPOINTMENTS AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
(in chronological order)
1990-1992: Teaching assistant at the Department of Hebrew Literature,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1995: Adjunct Teacher at The Lafer Center of Gender Studies,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1995: Instructor at the Department of Hebrew literature,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2004 - 2007: Mandel Postdoctoral Fellow at Scholion Interdisciplinary Research
Center in Jewish Studies.
October 2005: Lecturer at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
April 2013: Senior lecturer at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem October 2014: Head of the Center for Literary Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem MEMBERSHIP IN A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
Association of Jewish Studies (since 2005)
Modern Language Association (since 2004)
RESEARCH GRANTS
A. FELLOWSHIPS AND PRIZES
1991, Horowitz Award for Seminar Papers
1992, Zipora Klauzner Award for Seminar Papers
1996-1997, Feinsud-Sukenik Scholarship from the Lafer Center of Gender Studies,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1997/8-2000, Vatat Nathan Rotenstreich Scholarship, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
2001, Lavon Award, The Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
2001, Katz Award at the Institute of Jewish Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2002, “Herzl Fellow”, The Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2002, Cherrick Award at the Institute of Jewish Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2003-2004, Moritz and Charlotte Warburg Prize in Jewish Studies, Postdoctoral
Scholarship at the Institute of Jewish Studies, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
2004-2007, Mandel Fellow at the Scholion Center at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
2004, Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of
Pennsylvania (declined)
2004, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Research Award
2005-2006, The Ignatz Bubis Research Award
2007-2008, The Golda Meir Award at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
B. RESEARCH GRANTS
2009 – Two year research grant from the Israel Science Foundation for two years for
the project: Readings in Modern Hebrew Autobiography: Scenes in the Life of a Genre
TEACHING AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
Courses taught in the last 5 years
Orientalism and Postcolonialism in Modern Hebrew Literature
David Fogel – The Works
The collective voice in Hebrew Autobiography
Elements of Narrative Fiction
Israeli Poetry 1950-1980
Modernism and Gender in Hebrew Poetry
Hebrew Narrative Fiction in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction
Parents in Israeli Autobiography
The Female Body in Hebrew Fiction before 1950
Dahlia Ravikovitch’s Oeuvre
Feminism in Hebrew Poetry: Kafri, Zarchi, Chalfi and Bejerano
Hebrew Cultural Creation in Ottoman Palestine
Immigrants and Immigration in Modern Hebrew Literature
Gender and Modernism in Hebrew Poetry
Y.H Brenner: A Monograph
“One is Not Born a Man”: Gender and Nation in Modern Hebrew Literature (at the Rothberg International School)
Yehushua Knaz’s Oeuvre
Autobiography and the Revolving Door Question
Lea Goldberg: Her Poetry, Fiction and Essays
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