Itamar Even-Zohar, B.A., M.A., PhD

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

CONTENTS

1. Current Positions at Tel Aviv University

2. Biography and Studies

3. Academic Nominations, Positions and Editorial Work

4. Various Universities and Institutions: Short Term Seminars

5. International Positions

6. Membership in Editorial Boards

7. Scholarships and Grants

8. Research Stays at Various Institutes and Universities

9. Languages

Further CV materials

- SHORT BIOGRAPHY
- Papers presented to Conferences
- M.A. And Ph.D. Dissertations Guided

Publications

- PUBLICATIONS BY DATE
- PAPERS AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY

ADDRESS:
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL

Telephones:
(office): +972-3-640-7319
(mobile): +972-52-859-7314

E-mail: itamarez@tauex.tau.ac.il
Websites:
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http://www.tau.ac.il/~itamarez
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http://itamar.even-zohar.com

1. Current Positions at Tel Aviv University

Professor Emeritus (1 October 2007–)

2. Biography and Studies

23.03.1939 Born in Tel Aviv, Israel

1959-1961 Military service, Israel Defence Army

Studies, Tel Aviv University

1961-1964

Philosophy and Hebrew Language (both major)

1966

B.A. (Summa cum laude)

1972

Ph.D. Dissertation: "An Introduction to the Theory of Literary Translation" (under the supervision of Professor B. Hrushovski)

Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

1964-1966

Comparative Literature (with complementary courses in English and Russian)

1967

M.A. (Summa cum laude(

 

Thesis: "Time in Drama: Strindberg's 'The Father' vs. 'A Dream Play'" (under the supervision of Professor Lea Goldberg)

Other Studies

1958

Preparatory studies (“Année propédeutique”), Sorbonne, Paris (1 term(

1966-1967

(1 ac. Year) Studies, University of Oslo, Norway (Norwegian Language and Literature(

1967-1968

(1 ac. Year) Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Danish Language and Literature

3. Academic Nominations, Positions and Editorial Work

3.1. Tel Aviv University

3.1.1. Departments

- Unit of Culture Research (1994–2022)

- Department of Poetics and Comparative Literature (1969-1994)
- Department of Hebrew Literature (1966)

3.1.2. Nominations

2007-

Emeritus professor

1977-2007

Full Professor

1975

Tenure

1972

Senior Lecturer

1969-1972

Instructor, Poetics & Comparative Literature

1966

Teaching Assistant

3.1.3. Positions

1990-2009

Incumbent, Shirley and Leslie Porter Chair of Semiotics and Theory of Literature

1995-2007

Chairperson, Unit of Culture Research (Graduate Program), School of Cultural Studies

1987-1993

Director, Porter Institute of Poetics and Semiotics

1986-1993

Head and Founder, Porter School of Cultural Studies

1982-1990

Incumbent, The Betty and Walter Artzt Chair of History of Poetry and Literature

1978-1982

Incumbent, The Bernstein Chair of Translation Theory

1974-1987

Vice-Director, Porter Institute of Poetics and Semiotics

1973-1978

Acting Incumbent, The Bernstein Chair of Translation Theory

1973-1975;

1977-1981

Chairman, Department of Poetics and Comparative Literature

3.1.4. Editorial Work

1986-1993

Editor, Poetics Today

1976-1983

Editor, Ha-Sifrut

1974-1980

Co-Editor, PTL (Amsterdam)

1971-1976

Associate Editor, Ha-Sifrut

1969-1971

Assistant Editor, Ha-Sifrut

3.2. Nominations: Other Institutions

1982

(Spring semester) Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, Comparative Literature and Literary Theory Program

1981

(Spring semester) Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, Comparative Literature and Literary Theory Program

1975-1976

Visiting Senior Lecturer, University of Amsterdam, The Netherland, Department of General Literary Studies

1971-1972

(2 ac. years) Acting Chairman and Visiting Lecturer, Bet Berl College, Zofit, Israel, Department of Literature

1969-1972

(3 ac. years) Visiting Lecturer, Haifa University, Israel, Department of Hebrew Literature

1967

Assistant teacher (hjelpelærer) in Israeli Hebrew (2 terms), University of Oslo, Norway, Department of Semitic Studies

4. Various Universities and Institutions: Short Term Seminars

2011

Universitat Rovira y Vergili, , Intercultural Studies Group, Tarragona (19-21 January, “Intercultural Competence”)

2008

Universitat Rovira y Vergili, Intercultural Studies Group, Tarragona (20-24 May, “Sociocultural transfer analysis”)

2007

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela (15-24 May 2007; “La cohesión intra-grupal y sus fronteras.)

2004

Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Departament de Traducció i Interpretació (1 week) (September)

2001

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela (2 weeks) (June)

1986

University of Alberta, Edmonton (6 weeks)

1985

International Summer Institute for Structural and Semiotic Studies (ISISSS), Bloomington, Indiana (4 weeks)

1984

SUNY at Binghamton, Comp. Lit. & TRIP (translation program) (1 month) (January)

1983

NATO Advanced Institute in Semiotics (Estoril, Portugal, 2 weeks)

1982

SUNY at Binghamton, Comp. Lit. & TRIP (translation program) (6 weeks) (April-May)

1979

University of Leuven (Louvain) (1 week)

1976

University of Antwerp, UIA (1 week)

5. International Positions

2014-

Honorary Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Division of Humanities and the Social Sciences

1978-1999

Member, Executive Committee, International Association of Semiotic Studies (IASS)

1978-1985

Member of Bureau, International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA)

1976-1982

Member, Committee for Translation Studies, ICLA

6. Membership in Editorial Boards

Current

 

2004-

Member, Editorial Board, Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales

1998-

Member, Comité de lecture, Applied Semiotics / Sémiotique Appliquée

2018-

Editorial Advisor, Ex-Position (Continuation of NTU Studies in Language and Literature [Taipei])

Past

 

1989-2018

Member, Editorial Board, Target

1993-2007

Member, Consello científico, Anuario GRIAL de estudos literarios galegos (Journal discontinued)

1999-2004

Member, Editorial Board, NTU Studies in Language and Literature (Taipei)

1991-2010

Member, Editorial Board, Iyyunim bi Tequmat Yisrael

1989-2007

Member, Editorial Board, History and Memory

1982-1985

Member, Editorial Board, Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales

1979-1993

Member, Editorial Board, Poetics Today

7. Scholarships and Grants

(Study awards excluded)

1975/76)

Research grant, Israel Academy of Sciences (Declined

1974

Danish Ministry of Education (via The Israel National Research Council): Research grant for Danish Studies (2 months)

1967-1968)

Danish Ministry of Education: Scholarship for Danish Studies, University of Copenhagen (8 months

1967 etc.

The Swedish Institute, Stockholm, Sweden: Research grants for Swedish studies:

1967 (1 month), 1968 (8 months), 1970 (1 month), 1971 (1 month), 1973 (1 month), 1983 (3 months)

1966-1968

Tel Aviv University: Scholarship for the study of Scandinavian languages and literatures (2.5 academic years)

1966-1967

Norwegian Foreign Ministry: Scholarship for Norwegian Studies, The University of Oslo (13 months

8. Research Stays at Various Institutes and Universities

2006

The Center for Cultural Studies, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California (6 months) (April-September)

2005

Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, The Australian National University, Canberra (one week) (August)

2003

ISER, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland. (August-September)

2001

ISER, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland. (August-September)

1999

Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi, Reykjavík. (July-August)

1999

ISER, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland. (September)

1998

Institut de Cultura, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. (April-May)

1998

Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi, Reykjavík. (June-August)

1998

ISER, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland. (September)

1997

ISER, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland. (August-September)

1995

Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Faculty of Humanities. (August)

1995

Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi, Reykjavík. (July)

1995

CRELIQ, Université Laval, Québec. (August-September)

1994

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Dpto. de Filología española, Teoría de la Literatura y Lingüística General. (September)

1994

Collège de France: Centre de Sociologie Européenne. (October)

1993

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Dpto. de Filología española, Teoría de la Literatura y Lingüística General. (September)

1990

Directeur d'Études Associé, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris (1 month)

1985

Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi, Reykjavík. (July)

1983

Directeur d'Études Associé, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris (3 months)

1982

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA: Research Center for the Study of Symbolic Behavior: Senior Resident scholar
(Research in the theory of culture; Spring semester [6 months])

1982

Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi, Reykjavík. (The Arni Magnússon Institute, Reykjavík, University of Iceland) (July)

1981

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA: Research Center for the Study of Symbolic Behavior: Senior Resident scholar
(Research in the theory of culture; Spring semester [6 months])

1975/76

The Netherlands Organisation for the Advancement of Pure Research [ZWO]): Research grant for work in Translation Studies, University of Amsterdam (12 months)

9. Languages

Read, write and speak

Hebrew (mother tongue), English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Esperanto, Italian.

Good to very good reading ability:

German, Danish, Icelandic, Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, and several other languages.