Ori Rotlevy

Curriculum Vitae

Date of Birth: 13/03/1975
Status: Married + 2
Address:11 Fichman St., Tel-Aviv, Israel
Cellular Tel: - 972-523-668722;
E-Mail: rotlevyo@post.tau.ac.il.com

EDUCATION

Tel-Aviv University, July 2005 - present
Ph. D. studies in Philosophy under the supervision of Prof. Eli Friedlander
Dissertation topic: “Orientation, Philosophy and Benjamin’s Arcades Project”

Princeton University, September 2007- August 2008 Visiting Student Research Collaborator in the German Department under the sponsorship of Prof. Michael Jennings.

Tel-Aviv University, March 2002 - July 2005 M.A. in Philosophy (summa cum laude) Thesis under supervision of Prof. Eli Friedlander: Truth in History- The Expression of Truth Contents by Historical Contents in Walter Benjamin’s The Origin of the German Trauerspiel.

Tel-Aviv University, 1999-2002 B.A. in History (magna cum laude) and Philosophy (summa cum laude)

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

October 2006- present, The Philosophy School Scholarship for doctoral students
September 2005-June 2006, The Ignaz Bubis Scholarship for distinguished doctoral students
July 2005-September 2005, The Philosophy School Scholarship for doctoral students
June 2004, The Minerva Institute for German History Grant
June 2004, The Konrad Adenauer Chair for Comparative History Grant
March 2004, The “David Demlin” award for social involvement
July 2003, The Pozis Foundation grant for distinguished M.A. students

CONFERENCE TALKS

April 2008, Princeton, Princeton University- Deficient Being- An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference “Benjamin’s Individual: An Alternative to the Modern Subject?”

October 2006, Berlin, Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung- Jetzt- The Now of Recongizability “Paris of the Second Empire in Baudelaire - A Shift from Places to Individuals in The Arcades Project?”

June 2006, Tel-Aviv University- Identity- A Philosophy Graduate Conference “Baudelaire as a miniaturized World”

March 2006, Princeton University- American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting “Baudelaire as a Modern Individual in a Capitalist City”

February 2006, Ben-Gurion University- The New Israeli Philosophy Association conference “From Orientation in Thinking towards Orientation in Experience”.

COURSES TAUGHT

Tel-Aviv University, Philosophy Department

“Political Theory and Praxis” (course, 2009)
“The Field of Aesthetic Judgment” (course, 2006)
Guided Reading B- Hume and Kant (section, 2006)
Guided Reading A- Descartes (section, 2002-2004)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Tel-Aviv University- Philosophy Department, Philosophy Department, 2008- 2009
Research Assistant for Prof. Eli Friedlander

Tel-Aviv University- Philosophy Department, 2002-2004; 2006-2007; 2009
Teaching Assistant
Position includes teaching sections and independent courses.

Tel-Aviv Municipality and different NGOs, September 2004- 2007
Freelance Guide
Freelance guide of an educational tour I initiated and developed. The tour juxtaposes the Israeli and Palestinian historical narratives of the city of Jaffa in concrete historical sites.

Tel-Aviv University- Philosophy Department, 2001
Teaching Assistant
Teaching Assistant for a course entitled “The History of China in the 20^th Century”. Responsibilities included preparing and grading exams.

LANGUAGES

Fluent in Hebrew & English; Good reading and basic writing capabilities in French & German.