Curriculum Vitae

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.