Dr. Rachel Albeck-Gidron

CV
Position
Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Jewish Studies, Department of Hebrew Literature
Senior Lecturer. Modern & Postmodern Hebrew Literature, Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics & Poetics.
2006-2007:
Stanford University, Taube Center for Jewish Studies, visiting associate professor.
2012, February-August,
Osaka University, Research Fellow, Graduate School of Letters,.
Education
1998 |
Bar-Ilan University, PhD, Comparative Literature With Highest Distinction (Suma Cum Laude). Subject of doctoral dissertation: Leibniz’s Monad Theory as a Poetic Platform for Modernist Literature in the 20th Century. |
1986 |
Bar-Ilan University, Master’s, Comparative Literature, With Distinction (Magna Cum Laude) |
1982 |
Bar-Ilan University, Bachelor’s, Philosophy and Comparative Literature (With Honors). |
Awards
Year |
Award |
2004 |
High score from the Israeli Academy of Sciences Foundation (ISF) for “The Third Text: A Synoptic Edition of Sefer haMatkonet v’haDmut by Uri Zvi Greenberg” |
1986 |
Bar-Ilan University Doctoral Committee Award |
1985 |
Lady Edith Wolfson Foundation Excellence Award |
1982 2006 |
Lady Edith Wolfson Foundation Excellence Award The Israel Culture Project at Stanford University and Taube Center for Jewish Studies Stipend |
Academic positions
Date position assumed |
Position |
2004 |
Senior Lecturer |
1999 |
Lecturer |
Special seminars
Date |
Manner of participation |
Summer 2003 |
Studies in Tibetan Buddhism in the school of the Tibetan colony in Himachal-Pradesh, India |
Summer 2003 |
Studies in meditation and Zen Buddhism, Tushita Meditation Centre, Himachel-Pradesh, India |
Conferences organizer
Date |
Conference |
January 7-9, 2002 |
Bar-Ilan University International Symposium: “Traces, Folds, and Splits: Types of Continuities in the Literature of the Jewish People” |
Spring 2002 |
Session on the works of Yoel Hoffman at the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH) Annual 2002 Conference on Hebrew Language, Literature, and Culture |
June 20, 2008 |
International Workshop for Ashkenazi Pronunciation, Bar-Ilan University & Stanford university. |
Editorial board membership
Member since 2004, Bikoret u’Parshanut (Criticism and Interpretation), Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Culture, Bar-Ilan University Press
Public Activity
The Education Ministry Comity for Public Culture Sal Tarbut.
Teaching experience
Introductory courses in Hebrew literature and comparative literature:
Writing an Academic Paper & Library Instruction
Publications
Books authored
- The Century of the Monads: Leibniz’s Metaphysics and the Modernism of the 20th Century. Bar-Ilan University Press, Ramat Gan, 2007. [in Hebrew].
- Shamanism and Literary Criticism, Resling Publishing, [in Print, in Hebrew].
Chapters in books
- “The ‘Third Text’: The Theoretical and Methodological Principle in the Research of Comparative Versions of Berdichewsky’s Urva Parach, Sedan: Studies in Hebrew Literature (Avner Holtzman Ed.), Vol. 4, p. 323-352, Tel Aviv University, 2000.
- "Shamanism and Poetry: Dalia Rabikovitch's Writings as a Test Case", in: A Selection of Studies on Dalia Rabikovitch's writings, (Hmutal Zamir and Tamar Hess Ed.) Heksherim Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev & Keter Publishing House, (in print) 12 pages.
- Annotated Introduction [in] Uri Nissan Gnessin, Besides & Other Stories, New Milford, CT, USA: Toby Press (Introduction pp. VII-XXX), 2005.
- [with Avidov Lipsker] “Gnizin Elef Heichalin de-Chsifin: An Index to Uri Zvi Greenberg’s footnotes to Book of Zohar” in: Uri Zvi Greenberg - Studies. (Hannan Hever Ed, Bialik Institute, 2008. pp. 245-292.
- [with Avidov Lipsker] “Kad Havina Talia: On the Poetic Mystical Language in Uri Zvi Greenberg’s Poetry”, in: Studies on the Works of Uri Zvi Greenberg (Hannan Hever Ed., Bialik Institute, 2008. pp. 224-244.
- "Yoel Hoffmann's Monograph", in: The Lexicon of Israeli Writers, Heksherim Institute for Research of Hebrew Literature, Ben Gurion University. [in print. in Hebrew].
Articles
- “How One Smiles with Dolores: On the Faculties of Observation and Their Presence in the Humorous Patterns of Yoel Hoffman’s ‘How do you do Dolores?’” Zafon 6, Annual of the Association of Hebrew Writers, (2000) pp.33-48
- “Phatic and Non-Phatic Ideas”, Bikoret u’Parshanut 37, Language, Thought, and Culture (2003), p. 195-206.
- “Exiled and Suppressed Voices: On the Ashkenazic Pronunciation of Hebrew as a Postmodern Question,” Jerusalem Studies in Hebrew Literature 19, Magnes Press, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, pp.65-91 [in Hebrew]
- “Where is This Homeland Where Hoffmanese Is Spoken? On Genre and the Community in Yoel Hoffmann’s Epics”, Zafon 7, Annual of the Association of Hebrew Writers, pp. 40-50 [in Hebrew]
- “Totem and Blindness in Israel of 1998: The Cultural Selection Processes Represented by A.B.Yehoshua’s The Liberating Bride, Mikkan 4, Journal for the Research of Hebrew Literature, Ben-Gurion University Press, pp. 5-19. [in Hebrew]
- “The Draft Renounced by History: Appelfeld’s The Journey Into Winter and the Radiance of Noah’s Ark as a Healing Discourse”, Mikan 5, Journal for the Research of Hebrew Literature Cambridge University Press and Ben-Gurion University Press, (January 2005), pp. 57-67. [in Hebrew]
- “Everything Has a Name, and For the Name Itself, There’s a Name: Onomatopoeia as a Wish in Yoel Hoffmann’s The Heart is Katmandu” in Bikoret u-Parshanut 37, Language, Thought, and Culture (2004) pp. 195-206. [in Hebrew]
- “On the Question of ‘Who is a Hebrew Writer?’ and On the Hebraism of Yoel Hoffmann’s Writings”, Proof Texts, A Journal of Jewish Literary History, New York: J.T.S, 14 pages [in print, in English]
- "Per se stesso: Il responsabile delle risorse uname, l'ultimo di una sequenza " Lopera Litteraria Di A.B. Yehoshua [in Italian], p. 15-15., Einaudi ,2007.
- "Nationality and Addressees: the case of Yoel Hoffmann", Bikoret u-Pashanut, Aesthetics and Poetics, 42, 2010. pp. 294-310. [in Hebrew].
- ''Die Persiflage abendländicher Philosophie im Werk Yoel hoffmanns'', Schriften der Gesellschart für europäische–jüdische Literature, Band 2: Rück-blick auf Deutschland, Anat Feinberg (HG.) Breet+k, Edition text+kritik, Munchen, 2009. pp. 132-150.
- ''Who Accompanies You? – On Certain Recurring Paradigms in the Woks of A.B. Yehoshua'', in: Intersecting Perspectives: Essays on A.B. Yehoshua's Oeuvre, Ed. Amir Banbaji, Nitza Ben-Dov and Ziva Shamir, Hakibutz Hameuchad, Poalim, (Academically peer-reviewed), 2010. pp. 337-345. [in Hebrew].
- ''A Mental Library, Textuality and Community Affiliation: The Work of Ronit Matalon as a National Voice'', Jerusalem Studies in Hebrew Literature, The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 23 pp. [in Hebrew, submitted].
- ''The Lexicon and the Flood: Aaron Appelfeld and the Discourse of Survivors from the First Arc'', From Myself to Myself, New Readings of Aharon Appelfeld's Writings, Bar Ilan University press, 9 pp. [in Hebrew, in print].
- "The Holocaust as a Transformed Presence in Yoel Hoffmann's Texts", PaRDes , Journal of the Association of Jewish Studies, 29 pages, [in print].
- ''The Politics of Ashkenazi Pronunciation'', Poetics Today: A Journal for Theory and Analysis of literature and Communication, Porter institure, Tel Aviv University, ed. Hanna Wirth-Nesher. 20 pages [in print].
Non-refereed articles
“I’ll Tell You Crazy Words, Pay insane Attention to Them: A Review of Yoel Hoffmann’s The Shunra and the Schmetterling”. ha-Aretz Weekend Supplement p. 6, Nov. 4, 2001.
Conferences
Papers presented
Date presented |
Conferences and papers |
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June 3, 1997 |
Department Colloquium, BIU Jewish Literature Dept. “Leibniz’s Monad Theory as a Model for Ontological Positions of Images in the Modern Novel” |
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April 7, 1998 |
Annual Inter-University Conference of the Israeli Aesthetics Society: “Theory, Criticism, and Aesthetic Evaluation: On the Positions and Roles of Aesthetic Theories; “Leibniz’s Monad Theory as a Poetic Infra Structure of Modern Literature” |
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May 26, 1998 |
Symposium, Department of Comparative Literature, BIU: “Monadology as State of Mind” |
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June 30, 1999 |
Yoel Hoffmann Study BIU: “Reversed Onomatopoeia in the Language of Yoel Hoffmann” |
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Aug. 12-17, 2001 |
13th International Congress for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem: “The ‘Other Hebrew’: Ashkenazic Pronunciation in Contemporary Hebrew Discourse”. As Congress Chair: “Literature and Ideology: Research Aspects of Israeli Children’s Literature” |
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Spring 2002 |
Annual Conference of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew Language, Literature, and Culture (NAPH): “Where is this Homeland Where Hoffmannese is Spoken? The Origin of Hoffmann’s Epic Lexicon” |
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April 29, 2002 |
Conference on A.B. Yehoshua, BIU: “Writings From The Basement: On Two Primordial Imperatives in Yehoshua’s The Liberating Bride” |
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April 3-6, 2003 |
University of Cambridge and Ben-Gurion University: The World of Aharon Appelfeld: “The Draft Renounced by History: “Appelfeld’s Journey Into Winter” and The Radiance of Noah’s Ark as a Healing Discourse” |
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May 5, 2003 |
Orly Castel-Bloom Symposium , BIU: “The Hebrew Parole and the City: The Literary Work of Orly Castel-Bloom” |
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April 18-21, 2005 |
Sguardi Incrociatti Convegno Sull’opera Letteraria Di A.B. Yehoshua, Universitta’ Ca’ Foscari Di Venezia Dipartamento di Studi Eurasiatic, “Per se stesso: Il responsabile delle risorse umane, l’ultimo di una sequenza” Venezia |
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June 2005
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National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH) Annual Conference on Hebrew Language, Literature, and Culture: “Narrative and Nonsense in Yoel Hoffman’s writings”, Stanford University |
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March 2006 |
Colloquium on American Hebrew Literature: "Shimon Halkin's Ad Mashber (The Crisis), and the Urban Experience", Jewish Theological Seminary, New York |
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December 2006 |
38th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies: "Textual Locality in Hoffmann's Writings", San Diego. |
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March 2007 |
"The Holocaust as a Transformed Presence in Yoel Hoffmann's Texts". An International Conference, "History as Reflected in Israeli Literature", UCLA, Los Angeles. |
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March 2007 |
"This which is not one: Femininity, Masculinity and Photography in Yoel hoffmann's Poetry", Stanford University, International Conference on Hebrew Poetry in Cultural Context. |
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April 2007 |
"Visuality and Textuality in the Works of Yoel Hoffmann", University of California, Berkeley. A lecture in the Jewish Studies Colloquium Series. |
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November 2008 |
"Rück-Blick auf Deutschland: Ansichten hebräischer Autoren", Internationale Tagung der Hochschule für Jüdische Studien (HFJS), Heidelberg und des Heksherim-zentrums an der Ben Gurion Universität. Heidelberg, Germany. |
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June 2008 |
"The Politics of Ashkenazi Pronunciation", Tel Aviv University, an international conference: Yiddish: Between Languages and Theories. |
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December 2009 |
''The Poetics of Prose and the Politics of Poetry'', Association for Jewish Studies International Conference 2009. |
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Courses
Undergraduate and graduate courses in comparative literature:
- Literature as a Literary Topic: Theory and Criticism
- Modernism and Postmodernism Hebrew Literature
Advanced courses in comparative literature:
- Structuralism: Theory and Criticism
- The Monadological Novel: Interdisciplinary Course in Literature and Philosophy
Courses in Hebrew literature for undergraduate and graduate students:
- The Hebrew Short Story at the Turn of the Century
- Diaspora and Migration, Romance and Modernism in the Works of Micah Joseph Berdichewsky
- The Writers of the Revival Generation: M.Z. Feierberg, Y.H. Brenner, and U.N. Gnessin
Graduate courses in Hebrew literature:
- East and West in Yoel Hoffmann’s Prose
- Hebrew and Western Identity in the Hebrew Short Story
- Modernism and Postmodernism in Contemporary Israeli Literature
- The Debate About the Prosodic Form in Hebrew Poetry
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