Silvina Schammah Gesser

Professional Positions:

• Lecturer, Minshar, Art School, Tel Aviv, 2005-2006
• Lecturer, Camera Obscura, Art School, Tel Aviv, 1998 - 2003
• Instructor, Open University of Israel, 1998-1996
• Instructor and Teaching Assistant, Tel Aviv University, 1992-1994

Visiting Appointments:

• Visiting fellow, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, spring semester, 2004.

Education:

Ph. D.    History, Tel Aviv University, 2006

M. A.     Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University, 1996

B. A.     Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University, 1989

Work in Progress:

• “Taming the Civil War and Its Aftermath in Post-Franco Spain.”
• “A Critical Revision of the Avant-garde Origins of Spanish Fascism.”
• “Male Gaze, Female Object and the Constrains of Spanish Tradition in Luis Buñuel's Last Films.”
• “ ‘Jusep Torres Campalans’: Max Aub’s Unique Critique to ‘History’ and ‘Memory’ in Francoist Spain.”
• “The Role of the Arts and Culture in the Internationalization of Post-Franco Spain.”
• “Museums, ‘Recovery’ Industries, and Globalization in Contemporary Spain.”

Articles published:

• 2007. Schammah Gesser, Silvina, “The Image of Sepharad and the Jews in the Avant-garde Origins of Spanish Fascism, 1923-1936”, in: Raanan Rein (ed), España e Israel veinte años después, Fundación Tres Culturas, Sevilla, Spain. pp. 67-83.
• 2005. Schammah Gesser, Silvina “Dangerous Liaisons: Aesthetics, Identities and Politics in Madrid (1923-1936). The Case of the Poet Rafael Alberti” in Raanan Rein and Tamar Groves (eds.) Outside the Bullring: Spain in the Twentieth Century, (Tel Aviv, 2005), pp. 55-74 (Hebrew).
• 2003. Raijman, R., Schammah Gesser, S. and Kemp, A.;" International Migration, Domestic Work, and Care Work. Undocumented Latina Migrants in Israel.” Gender and Society, Vol. 17, No. 5, 727-749.
  Reprinted in Global Dimensions of Gender and Carework, edited by Mary Zimmerman, Jackie Litt and Chris Bose, (Stanford, 2006).
• 2001. Rebeca Raijman, Adriana Kemp, Silvina Schammah-Gesser, and Julia Resnik. "Searching for a Better Future: Latino Labor Migration to Israel," Discussion Paper 105. Tel-Aviv University: Golda Meir Institute for Social Research and Labour.
• 2000. Schammah Gesser, S.; Raijman, R.; Kemp, A. and R. Reznik, " ' Making it in Israel'?: Latino Undocumented Migrant Workers in the Holy Land", E.I.A.L, (Estudios Interdisciplinarios de America Latina y el Caribe) Vol II. December, Tel Aviv University, 113-136.
• 2000. Kemp, A. Raijman, R. Reznik, J. and S. Schammah Gesser, "Contesting the Limits of Political Participation Latinos and Black African Migrant Workers in Israel" Racial and Ethnic Studies, Vol. 23 No 1 January 2000 pp. 94-119.

Essays and Miscellaneous Publications:

• 2005. Schammah Gesser, Silvina, "Madrid, The Seismographer of the Iberian Peninsula", Metropolis, Fall, 2005 Issue Madrid, (Hebrew) pp. 40-47.
• 1999. Sitman Rosalie, Ivonne Lerner and Silvina Schammah Gesser,"¿Es generoso el género en español? De mujeres, hombres y otras hierbas..." in Actas del IX Congreso Internacional de ASELE, (Santiago de Compostela).
• 1996. Lifszyc, Anabel and Silvina Schammah Gesser, “La enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera en Israel: metodología para un enfoque cultural.” Actas del VII Congreso Internacional de ASELE. Tendencias actuales en la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera II, (Rueda) .

Fellowships and Awards:

• 2007     Lady Davis Fellowship. Department of IberoAmerican Studies, Hebrew University
• 2004     Ginsberg Grant. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University
• 2003     Rachel Hodara Grant. Intitute of Latin American History and Culture. School of History. Tel Aviv University.
• 2002     Lessing Award. School of History. Tel Aviv University.
• 2001     Fulbright Fellowship for Doctoral Dissertation Students, University of Maryland.
• 1999     Beca para Hispanistas, Spanish Foreign Ministry, Madrid.
• 1999     European Conference Young Scholars’ Grant,European Science Foundation, Migration and Inter-Ethnic Migration, Obernai , France.