Academic Appointments
2023 —
Senior Lecturer (tenured). The Department of Theatre Arts, Tel Aviv University.
2017-2022
Senior Lecturer (tenured). The Theatre Department, The University of Haifa.
Education
2005-2013
Ph.D. Theatre Studies. The Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University. Supervisor: Prof. Freddie Rokem
2004-2005
M.A. Theatre Studies (Summa cum Laude). The Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University. (Direct doctoral program)
2001-2003
B.A. The Multidisciplinary Program of the Arts (Summa cum Laude). The Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University.
FELLOWSHIPS, Grants & AWARDS
2023
The Lowy School grant for new Global Projects at TAU: Curating Theatre Histories, a Joint Research Program with the University of Cologne (Joint project with Prof. Sharon Aronson-Lehavi and Prof. Peter W. Marx).
2022
Visiting Fellow at the LMU centre for Advanced Studies (CAS), Munich.
2020
Jordan Schnitzer Book Award Finalist for Possessed Voices: Aural Remains from Modernist Hebrew Theater, in the category of “Jews and the Arts: Music, Performance, and Visual.”
ERC Starting Grant of the European Research Council (Horizon 2020). Title: “Yiddish Popular Theatre, 1880-1920: Performance As Knowledge” (1.5€ million for 5 years, 2021-2026)
2019
2018
The University of Haifa Recor book publication grant
2014-2017
The Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Post-Doctoral Fellowship, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Four years full funded postdoctoral research fellowship grant (I declined one year in favor of a tenure track position).
2014
Lady Davis Post-Doctoral Fellowship, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (declined).
2013-2014
ICORE-Da'at Hamakom: Center for the Study of Cultures of Place in Jewish Modernity, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A one-year Post-Doctoral scholarship.
2009-2010
German-Israeli Foundation doctoral scholarship.
2008-2009
Salter doctoral scholarship.
2007-2008
Tel Aviv University President’s doctoral fellowship in Fine-Arts.
2007
The Dr. Lillian Chutick and Dr. Rebecca Chutick scholarship for outstanding Female Doctoral Students. Tel Aviv University.
2005-2007
Tel Aviv University Rector (Provost) doctoral fellowship in Fine-Arts.
2002
Dean’s List for Excellence, Faculty of the Arts, Tel-Aviv University.
Teaching
Courses
Samuel Beckett/ Intersections of Arts and Culture / Postmodernism and Performance: An interactive online course/ Introduction to Performance Studies/ Introduction to Modern Theatre/ The Body in Performance-Art/ Games, Puppets and Objects in Theatre and Performance-art/ Sound and Voice in Theatre and Performance/Artaud and the Theatre of the Avant-garde Theatre/ Introduction to Performance-Art/ Feminist Drama and Performance/ Drama and Performance Analysis: Modern Theatre.
Seminars
The Poetics of Bertolt Brecht/ Joshua Sobol’s Theatre: History on the Theatre Stage/ Who Creates the Creators? A Critical Outlook on the Field/ Historical and Performative Perspectives on Rituals and Ceremonies/ Methods and Concepts in Interdisciplinary Theatre Research/ Voice-Identity-Presence: Voice artists.