Born: 22 July, 1949 in Paris
Domiciled in Israel since 1971
Studies
1966 Baccalauréat, Mathématiques Elémentaires section
Sorbonne, Paris, France
1968 D.U.E.L. (University Diploma of Literary Studies - Cum Laude)
1969 1969: B.A. in Modern Literature (Cum Laude)
1970 M.A. in Modern Literature (With Honours)
1973 Doctorate from Paris III University (Summa cum Laude)
Academic Activity
1971-1985 Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Dpt. of French
1986-2014 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Dpt. of Comparative Literature
Dpt. of French
Full Professor since 1995
Professor Emerita since 2014
Functions held at the Hebrew University
- Member of the Teaching Commission (1986-88)
- Delegate to the Senate (1989-92)
- Chair of the French Department (1989-92)
- Member of the Commission for Advanced Studies (1993-95)
- Director of the Desmarais Research Centre for French Culture (1992-98)
- Member of the Commission for Research Students (1995-97, 1998-99)
- Chair of the French Department (1999-02)
- Member of the Academic Committee of the School for Literature (2001-04)
- Member of the Academic Committee of the Centre for Literary Studies (2001-06)
- Member of the University Commission for Ethics (2002-04; 2005-07; 2007-09)
- Member of the University Commission for Promotions (2003-05)
Functions held out of the Hebrew University
- Member of the Academic Committee of the Israel Scientific Foundation (2007-08)
- Delegate in Israel of the Fonds Paul Ricoeur (2007-2009)
- Delegate in Israel of the Collège International de Philosophie
- Correspondent of the College International de Philosophie in Israel (2009-2011)
- Correspondent of the Fonds Ricoeur in Israel
Functions held in Scientific Journals
- Member of the Editorial Board of Partial Answers, The Hebrew University
- Correspondent of Sigila, Editions Gris-France
Teaching as Visiting Professor
Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Feb-March 1993: Visiting Professor (Department of French Studies)
Collège International de Philosophie, Paris, France
Director of research seminars:
- Nov-Dec. 1996: "Le sens de la rencontre"
- Feb-March 1998: "Formes théologiques du négatif"
- March-April 2002: "L’affirmation judaïque du monde"
- January 2003: "La métaphore du talion"
- February 2004: "La double mort de Moïse"
- January 2007: "Pour une métaphysique du désordre"
- May 2009: "La peine et la trouvaille"
Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, France
Invited by the E.H.E.S.S. as Study Director:
- February 2004
- March 2005
Institut Universitaire d'Etudes Juives Elie Wiesel, Paris, France
Seminars:
- 2006-2007: Modernité et judéité
- 2009: March 5, 12, 19, 26 : Désir et détour (4 lectures)
Institute of Advanced Studies (IEA), Paris, France
- March-June 2011: "Pour un humanisme nouveau: une métaphysique de l’inachevé"
Membership in Academic Associations
- Member of the "Association Internationale des Etudes Françaises"
- Member of the "Association des Amis de Claude Vigée"
- Member of the Association "La Lueur des Jours de Jean Grosjean"
Academic Appointments
- Katherine Cornell Chair in Comparative Literature (2000)
Awards
1965 2nd runner-up in French literature in the Concours Général
1993 Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Research and teaching interests
- Modern French Literature and thought
- Structuralism and semiotics, Linguistics, Theory of text
- Jewish Hermeneutics within contemporary philosophical context
Selected list of lectures given overseas
- "Le discours indirect dans le théâtre de Marivaux", Paris III, Sorbonne, Feb. 1977.
- "Lecture de la Bible : Texte et hors-texte", Collège International de Philosophie, Paris, May 1984.
- "Lecture de la Bible : le récit herméneutique", Collège International de Philosophie, Paris, Feb. 1985.
- "Le sacrifice d’Isaac", Ecole des Langues Orientales, Paris, Feb. 1985.
- "Entre linguistique et symbolique : La Bible", Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Vème section, Feb. 1986.
- "Surgir, à partir de Claude Vigée", Colloque International de Cerisy-la-Salle, August 1988.
- "Feu Noir sur Feu Blanc", Centre d’Etudes Juives. Paris IV, Sorbonne, Feb. 1991.
- "Entre raison et révélation", Institut Martin Buber, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1991.
- "The Lapses of Time", The Fifth International Bakhtin Conference, Manchester University, 15-19 July 1991.
- "Une grave distraction", Katholieke Theologische Universiteit, Utrecht, Winter 1992.
- "Une grave distraction", Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne, Jan. 1993.
- "La féminité comme principe de la créature dans la mystique juive", Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, May 1994.
- "Le désir d’être homme", Alliance Israélite Universelle, Paris, May 1994.
- "La Brûlure du buisson", Alliance Israélite Universelle, Paris IV Sorbonne, Jan. 1999.
- "Un texte sans autorité : La Bible", The University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Nov. 1999.
- Centre Gaston Bachelard de Recherches sur l’Imaginaire, University of Burgundy, Dijon, Jan. 2000.
- "Marges de la Torah : le presque-parfait", colloque "Judéités : autour de Jacques Derrida", Paris Jewish Community Centre, Dec. 2000.
- "La Révélation introuvable", colloque "La Bible et ses interprétations", Collège des Etudes Juives, Paris, Sorbonne, Feb 2002.
- "L’option pour la vie dans la tradition mystique juive", Université Juive Européenne, May 2002.
- "Croyants fils de croyants", Alliance Israélite Universelle, Hôtel de ville de Paris, October 2007.
- "La nuit de Jacob", symposium on "L’inquiétante étrangeté dans le judaïsme", Alliance Israélite Universelle, Paris, April 2012.
- "Les Artistes de la faim : Un jugement sans appel ?", colloque Claude Vigée, Paris III Sorbonne nouvelle, June 2015.